Rally held for Saibaba in Surrey

June 17, 2019

Dozens of political activists came together to raise their voices for jailed Delhi University Professor G.N. Saibaba at a rally held in Surrey on Sunday, June 16.
Organized by Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI), the rally was aimed at drawing international attention to the deteriorating health of physically challenged Prof. Saibaba who is being incarcerated under inhuman conditions by the Indian state.
Wheelchair-bound Saibaba is ninety percent disabled below the waist, and is suffering with 19 ailments. Yet, the Indian judiciary has refused to set him free on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
So much so, the Indian government isn’t listening to the demand for clemency to Saibaba by international bodies, such as United Nations.
IAPI believes that Saibaba is being persecuted for standing for the religious minorities and other oppressed groups. He was given a life sentence after being branded as a Maoist sympathizer although he functioned as a responsible social justice activist and Human Rights Defender while remaining within the framework of the Indian constitution.
The speakers at the rally unanimously condemned the high handedness of the Indian state and asked for his immediate release. They also pointed out that the Indian courts are being selective, as they have already given bails on medical grounds to much more dangerous right wing Hindu extremists affiliated with the ruling Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party involved in violent acts, while Saibaba continues to suffer.
Among those who spoke on the occasion was Guru Nanak Sikh temple Surrey-Delta President Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who expressed his unconditional solidarity with Saibaba. Nijjar had earlier made an appeal to the community on social media to participate in the rally.
Amal Vincent from Teaching Support Staff Union came out to read a statement issued in support of Saibaba on the occasion. The statement has asked the Canadian government to urgently intervene into the matter.
None of the elected officials invited showed up. However, the Conservative Party candidate Harpreet Singh joined the rally and expressed his support for Saibaba.
Others who spoke on the occasion were progressive Punjabi poet Amrit Diwana, Barjinder Singh of Sikh Nation, Joseph Theriault from Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), Guru Nanak Sikh temple Secretary Gurmeet Singh Toor, a visiting activist from India Rawait Singh from Saibaba’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and IAPI spokesman Gurpreet Singh.
The participants also raised slogans against state violence and carried placards asking for the release of all political prisoners, including Saibaba.
The rally was started with a moment of silence in memory of towering Indian film star and activist Girish Karnad, who passed away recently. He was in the forefront of campaigns against repression and growing attacks on religious minorities.
Fonte: countercurrents.org

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Estado Español: A voz do profesor GN Saibaba e a súa loita contra da Operación Green Hunt, presentes en Sevilla

No Congreso Internacional “Land and Human Rights” celebrado en Sevilla dende o 12 ao 14 de xuño, e diante dun nutrido grupo de profesoras de dereito e varios sindicalistas do SAT/SOC, o antropólogo social Adolfo Naya na súa ponencia contra da Operación Green Hunt, reclamou a liberdade inmediata do profesor GN Saibaba, como unha das voces máis críticas contra desta operación xenocida,”falar do profesor GN Saibaba é falar da Operación Green Hunt”.

Na súa ponencia falou do movemento naxalita como a única alternativa que teñen os pobos Adivasis e a poboación Dalit, para defender a súa terra, bosques e auga  e construír outra sociedade, fora das lóxicas de morte e destrución do capitalismo.

 Así mesmo solicitou toda a solidariedade co movemento naxalita  para deter o xenocidio que está a levar a cabo o Goberno hinduista-fascista de Modi contra dos activistas naxalitas, Dalits e pobos Adivasis.

The voice of Professor GN Saibaba and his fight against 

Operation Green Hunt, present in Seville (Spanish State)

In the International Congress "Land and Human Rights" held in Seville from June 12 to 14, and in front of a large group of right-wing professors and several trade unionists from the SAT / SOC, the social anthropologist Adolfo Naya in his speech against Operation Green Hunt , demanded the immediate freedom of Professor GN Saibaba, as one of the most critical voices against this genocidal operation, "talk of Professor GN Saibaba is to talk about Operation Green Hunt."

In his report he spoke of the Naxalite movement as the only alternative that Adivasis and the Dalit have to defend their land, forests and water, and to build another society, outside of the logics of death and destruction of capitalism.

 He also requested all solidarity with the Naxalite movement to stop the genocide being carried out by the Hindu-fascist Government of Modi against Naxalite activists, Dalits and Adivasis.

Estado Español: Denuncia da Operación "Green Hunt" no Congreso Internacional "Land and Human Rights" que se vai celebrar en Sevilla, dende os dias 12 ao 14 de xuño.

O noso compañeiro o antropólogo Adolfo Naya, participará como poñente no Congreso Internacional "Land and Human Rights" que se vai celebrar en Sevilla, dende os dias 12 ao 14 de xuño, para denunciar a Operación xenocida "Green Hunt" e a persecución que sofren os activistas na India.

Genocidio contra la defensa de la tierra: Operación “Cacería Verde” en India

Introducción

Las empresas multinacionales, en connivencia con el gobierno Indio, se benefician de la “legitimidad” del Estado, en tanto que poseedor del monopolio de la violencia, para reprimir, expulsar de sus tierras, asesinar, violar y cientos de atrocidades más, utilizadas en nombre del “desarrollo” y el “progreso” contra poblaciones humanas que no quieren, o no están dispuestas, a dejar su tierra, o a vivir de la manera que el Estado y el capitalismo quieren.

El desarrollo de los instrumentos sociales de dominación y de los aparatos estatales de coerción produce resistencia por las clases oprimidas, lo cual genera formas de resistencia no violenta y de denuncia, o bien puede llevar a la creación de fuerzas políticas insurgentes, como ha sucedido en determinados Estados de la India con la guerrilla naxalita.

Método

En un análisis comparativo, tanto documental como sobre terreno, de más de dos años, con genocidios y con la estrategia de contrainsurgencia llamada «Corazones y mentes» que se aplicó en Malasia, Indonesia, Guatemala, El Salvador o Perú, el estudio revela las prácticas genocidas que esta estrategia de contrainsurgencia utilizó en el pasado y en el presente en el caso de la India con la denominada Operación “Cacería Verde”.

Resultados

A la vista de las características expuestas en la presente investigación cabe concluir que los ataques que están teniendo lugar en la India contra los pueblos Adivasis y Dalits –tanto aquellos que resisten pacíficamente, como quienes pertenecen al movimiento armado naxalita-, constituyen una práctica genocida. Es decir, que “en parte” algunos grupos nacionales de la India están siendo eliminados con el objetivo de alterar las relaciones sociales dentro de la propia nación.

Discusión

La ponencia pondrá de relieve las prácticas sociales genocidas que se están aplicando en la India contra los pueblos Adivasis, Dalits y militantes naxalitas, que se oponen a la expansión capitalista, así como el debate sobre la definición de genocidio en conflictos políticos.

Palabras clave: genocidio, desarrollo económico y social, progreso social, resistencia a la opresión, violencia, recursos naturales.

India: ALERTA! o Dr. Saibaba ten sufrido un ataque cardiaco o pasado 25 de maio.

 

Según unha entrada no facebook da compañeira Vasantha Kumari, hoxe ten recibido unha carta do profesor GN Saibaba, dende a carcere na que le informa que o pasado 25 de maio sufriou unha crisis cardiaca, na que foi atendido por persoal penitenciario mesmo polos medicos. Suliña a atuación dun carceleiro que ocupouse particularmente, afirmando que le salvo a vida. Denuncia as altas temperaturas na cadea e tamen relata que a cadeira de rodas atopase cada vez máis deteriorada.

O tono da compañeira Kumari é de total desespero e desamparo. Dende Galiza enviamolle moitos animos e saudos vermellos.

Facemos un enerxico chamado as organizacions e persoas democraticas do noso país a denunciar estes feitos, contrarios a unha basica atención aos presos políticos que so pode ter por obxeto a morte na cadea do profesor GN Saibaba.

Liberdade inmediata ao profesor GN Saibaba! 

Basta de crimens e represión na India!