Urgent From AIDWA

Dear friends,

You are aware that a large mass rally of women was jointly conducted by various women’s organizations (AIDMAM, AIDWA, AIWC, ANHAD, CBCI, CGHJ, CPA, CSR, CWDS, JWP, MWF, NFIW, PUCL, RDMA, SAMA, YWCA, Action India, Jagori, Pehchaan, Prabhat Tara, Samata (BGVS), Sangat, Saheli) on the 15th of October at Rohtak to express solidarity with and demand justice for the victims of several incidents of rape that have taken place in Haryana in the last month. The gathering included  leaders such as Brinda Karat (ex Rajya Sabha MP), Jyotsna Chatterjee (JWP), Kavita Srivastav (PUCL), Shabnam Hashmi (ANHAD), Suneeta Dhar (Jagori), Gargi Chakravarti (NFIW), Leila Passah, (YWCA), Sudha Sundararaman and Jagmati Sangwan (AIDWA), Ranjana Kumari, (CSR), etc. , along with family members of the victims.

Instead of facilitating a process whereby the Haryana administration comes forward to listen to the plight of the victims, provide them relief and ensure that the perpetrators are severely punished, the rally was attacked by lathi-wielding policemen resulting in severe injuries to the protesting women, including the hospitalization of 15 women in Rohtak alone.

We request you to strongly condemn this repression and send Telegrams/Faxes to the Chief Minister of Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is also in charge of the Home portfolio in the state, with a copy to the Home Minister, Government of India,

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde. The details are given below.

Thanking you

Yours in solidarity,

(Sudha Sundararaman) on behalf of the Joint platform

  

Text Message:

WE STRONGLY CONDEMN REPRESSIVE LATHI CHARGE ON 15TH OCTOBER JOINT WOMEN’S MASS RALLY FOR JUSTICE FOR HARYANA RAPE VICTIMS. WITHDRAW POLICE CASES IMMEDIATELY.

TO:

Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda,

Chief Minister,

4th Floor, Haryana Civil Secretariat,

Chandigarh

Fax No. 0172-2740526/2740596

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde

Minister for Home Affairs, Government of India

Email: hm@nic.in

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AIDWA