Re: [PMARC] Fwd: [sakya] Urgent Appeal

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:27 PM, ARUN KHOTE <arun.khote@gmail.com> wrote:

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From: Sumedh A. B. <sumedh.tiss@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Subject: [sakya] Urgent Appeal
To: Dalitconference@googlegroups.com, sakyagroup <sakyagroup@yahoogroups.com>, HumanHorizons <humanhorizons@yahoogroupsco.uk>

Urgent Appeal

We the undersigned protest the unlawful detention of social activist Kopa Kunjam and advocate Alban Topo by the Dantewada police at about 6 p m on 10^th of December. The police apparently came and sought to whisk away Kopa without complying with the D K basu guidelines of the Supreme Court. Kopa was not informed as to why he was being taken away at night in a police vehicle. He was not told where he was being taken. When a young lawyer, working on the right to food case in the Supreme Court who was visiting Dantewada, told the police that he wanted to accompany Kopa to the police station, he too was bundled into the police vehicle and taken away. Attempts to follow the police vehicle failed and the two of them were taken away into the night. No one knows where they are now.

The Supreme Court held in D K Basu's case that anyone being arrested has to be informed of the grounds of arrest and his next of kin has to be informed as to where he is being taken. The lawyer has a right to accompany the arrested person to the police station. To intimidate the advocates in this fashion is gross contempt of court. Apparently his phone has been snatched by the police. We demand immediate release of Kopa and advocate Alban Topo.

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HUM- Humanity United in M-Ward

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Deonar, Mumbai-400088,
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