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
--
AIDWA
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