2 Feb 2011 05:20
{i} 2-3rd Feb 2011-Against AFSPA in solidarity with irom sharmila- programmes in Bangalore
IROM SHARMILA IN BANGALORE! PLAY ON
SHARMILA BY OJAS!
Poet activist Irom Sharmila has completed 10 years of hunger fast. She is being force fed through the nose, by the administration in Imphal. Her demand is simple: Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA) which gives absolute powers for the Indian Army to shoot, kill, torture and rape innocent people in the name of `insurgency’.
Poet activist Irom Sharmila has completed 10 years of hunger fast. She is being force fed through the nose, by the administration in Imphal. Her demand is simple: Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA) which gives absolute powers for the Indian Army to shoot, kill, torture and rape innocent people in the name of `insurgency’.
Schedule for the next couple of days
2nd February 2011 at 2:30pm, Mount Carmel College, Vasanthnagar,
Bangalore.
2nd Febraury 2011 1 to 1:45 St.Joseph’s Arts and Science
2nd Febraury 2011 at 6:00 PM at Ulsoor Lake Bangalore
3rd February 2011from 9.30 am to 4.30pm There will be a full day seminar on `Irom Sharmila and AFSPA’ at the SCM House, Mission road Bangalore.
Prof. Bimol (JNU), Henri (People’s Watch), Babloo (Lawyer,
Human Rights Activist from Manipur), Netraj (Director of the documentary film
`April 6’ which is based on the plight of the widows whose husbands wre
victims of AFSPA ), representatives of civil society organizations in Bangalore
and well known personalities will express their insights on the issue as well as
solidarity to Irom Sharmila. At 5 pm, there will be a protest in solidarity with
Sharmila at the Town Hall Bangalore.
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Background and other details
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged the Indian Government to repeal AFSPA and replace it with a more humane Act within one year. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women also asked the Indian Government to do the same. The European Parliament also raised the demand for the repeal of AFSPA. Many human rights bodies like Amnesty International have demanded the repeal of the Act. National Bodies like the Prime Minister's Working Group on Confidence-Building Measures in Jammu and Kashmir recommended the same. Repeal of AFSPA was also recommended by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission. `The Act, for whatever reasons, has become `a symbol of oppression, an object of hate and an instrument of discrimination and high handedness,' stated Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission appointed by the Prime Minister to look review AFSPA. Jeevan Reddy Committee also recommended the removal of AFSPA. However, all these never reached the dead ears of the Indian Government so far. And the hunger fast of Irom Sharmila is going on for more than ten years.
In this context, several organizations in Bangalore have got together and invited OJAS SV, a theatre activist from Pune, whose one woman play on Irom Sharmila has become quite famous, to perform and discuss with college students in Bangalore. The initial play `Meira Paibi’ was written by well known writer activist Civic Chandran in Malayalam. Ojas has transformed the play into Hindi and English as `Ley Mashalein’ (bearing torch), inspired by the song `Ley Mashalein Chal Pade Hai, Log Mere Gaon Ke’.
The schedule of the performances as per the present commitments is as follows:
29th of January 2011 at 3pm United theological College ,millers Road, Bangalore
29th of January 2011 at 7pm, Suchitra Auditorium, Banashankari, Bangalore
30th January 2011 at 2pm, St' Josephs College, Bangalore
.
31st January 2011 at 10am, CMR College,
31st January 2011 at 2pm, Kristu Jayanti, Koramangala, Bangalore.
1st February 2011, at Koramangala, Govindpur organised by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan for details contact Nagma Shaik 09980282562
2nd February 2011 at 2:30pm, Mount Carmel College, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore.
2nd Febraury 2011 1 to 1:45 St.Joseph’s Arts and Science
2nd Febraury 2011 at 6:00 PM at Ulsoor Lake Bangalore
There will be a full day seminar on `Irom Sharmila and AFSPA’ at the SCM House, Mission road Bangalore from 9.30 am to 4.30pm on Feb 3, 2011. Prof. Bimol (JNU), Henri (People’s Watch), Babloo (Lawyer, Human Rights Activist from Manipur), Netraj (Director of the documentary film `April 6’ which is based on the plight f the widows whose husbands wre victims of AFSPA ), representatives of civil society organizations in Bangalore and well known personalities will express their insights on the issue as well as solidarity to Irom Sharmila. At 5 pm, there will be a protest in solidarity with Sharmila at the Town Hall Bangalore. The events are organized by the following organizations: Peoples' Solidarity Concerns, Students Christian Movement of ndia, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, SICHREM, Pedestrian Pictures, New Socialist Alternative, Visual Search, Indian Social Institute,Open Space, Moving Republic and various peoples organisation
We request you to participate and support the events and do whatever you can strengthen the very foundations of democracy in this country. Please inform your friends and colleagues about the events.
For further information: Jagdish Chandra, Coordinator, People’s Solidarity Concerns, Mob: 9448394365. E-Mail:jagadishgc <at> gmail.com Dipu 9448367627Manohar 9535037596Caleb 9731473701Sasi KP 9845453614
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged the Indian Government to repeal AFSPA and replace it with a more humane Act within one year. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women also asked the Indian Government to do the same. The European Parliament also raised the demand for the repeal of AFSPA. Many human rights bodies like Amnesty International have demanded the repeal of the Act. National Bodies like the Prime Minister's Working Group on Confidence-Building Measures in Jammu and Kashmir recommended the same. Repeal of AFSPA was also recommended by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission. `The Act, for whatever reasons, has become `a symbol of oppression, an object of hate and an instrument of discrimination and high handedness,' stated Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission appointed by the Prime Minister to look review AFSPA. Jeevan Reddy Committee also recommended the removal of AFSPA. However, all these never reached the dead ears of the Indian Government so far. And the hunger fast of Irom Sharmila is going on for more than ten years.
In this context, several organizations in Bangalore have got together and invited OJAS SV, a theatre activist from Pune, whose one woman play on Irom Sharmila has become quite famous, to perform and discuss with college students in Bangalore. The initial play `Meira Paibi’ was written by well known writer activist Civic Chandran in Malayalam. Ojas has transformed the play into Hindi and English as `Ley Mashalein’ (bearing torch), inspired by the song `Ley Mashalein Chal Pade Hai, Log Mere Gaon Ke’.
The schedule of the performances as per the present commitments is as follows:
29th of January 2011 at 3pm United theological College ,millers Road, Bangalore
29th of January 2011 at 7pm, Suchitra Auditorium, Banashankari, Bangalore
30th January 2011 at 2pm, St' Josephs College, Bangalore
.
31st January 2011 at 10am, CMR College,
31st January 2011 at 2pm, Kristu Jayanti, Koramangala, Bangalore.
1st February 2011, at Koramangala, Govindpur organised by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan for details contact Nagma Shaik 09980282562
2nd February 2011 at 2:30pm, Mount Carmel College, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore.
2nd Febraury 2011 1 to 1:45 St.Joseph’s Arts and Science
2nd Febraury 2011 at 6:00 PM at Ulsoor Lake Bangalore
There will be a full day seminar on `Irom Sharmila and AFSPA’ at the SCM House, Mission road Bangalore from 9.30 am to 4.30pm on Feb 3, 2011. Prof. Bimol (JNU), Henri (People’s Watch), Babloo (Lawyer, Human Rights Activist from Manipur), Netraj (Director of the documentary film `April 6’ which is based on the plight f the widows whose husbands wre victims of AFSPA ), representatives of civil society organizations in Bangalore and well known personalities will express their insights on the issue as well as solidarity to Irom Sharmila. At 5 pm, there will be a protest in solidarity with Sharmila at the Town Hall Bangalore. The events are organized by the following organizations: Peoples' Solidarity Concerns, Students Christian Movement of ndia, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, SICHREM, Pedestrian Pictures, New Socialist Alternative, Visual Search, Indian Social Institute,Open Space, Moving Republic and various peoples organisation
We request you to participate and support the events and do whatever you can strengthen the very foundations of democracy in this country. Please inform your friends and colleagues about the events.
For further information: Jagdish Chandra, Coordinator, People’s Solidarity Concerns, Mob: 9448394365. E-Mail:jagadishgc <at> gmail.com Dipu 9448367627Manohar 9535037596Caleb 9731473701Sasi KP 9845453614
_______________________
If you act like there is no possibility for change, you guarantee there will be none... Noam Chomsky
visit our website: openspace.in
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