Tag: Gujrat Genocide

The Feminist

Have the courts found Modi guilty of any crime?

    It is sometimes claimed that “…the Supreme Court, generally reckoned one of the few incorruptible institutions left in India, can’t find Modi guilty” (comment on a Guardian opinion piece.) This misses the fact that Modi has neither been tried, nor been exhonerated, for his role in the violence in Gujarat in 2002. The legal argument to date has centred on whether he should stand trial. A … Continue reading Have the courts found Modi guilty of any crime?

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The Feminist

2002 riots: ‘Ethnic cleansing, genocide are foreign terms… cannot be considered’

In her petition challenging the clean chit given by a special investigation team to Narendra Modi and others in the Gulberg Society killings, Zakia Jafri had used the expressions “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”. On Thursday, Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra dismissed both “foreign terms” as not applicable while rejecting Zakia’s petition. Ganatra also rejected the “larger conspiracy” argument raised by Jafri. Excerpts from his … Continue reading 2002 riots: ‘Ethnic cleansing, genocide are foreign terms… cannot be considered’

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After SIT, will FIR be filed against Modi? : Countdown to Judgment Day of Zakia Jafri Case begins

As the countdown to the Judgemnet Day of Zakia Jafri Case begins Hillele.org brings to you some of the important reports on Gujrat’s Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his role in Gujrat riots. After SIT, will FIR be filed against Modi? Manoj Mitta, TNN, Mar 28, 2010, 01.19am IST http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/After-SIT-will-FIR-be-filed-against-Modi/articleshow/5733451.cms TOI, 28 March 2010 NEW DELHI: The much-awaited interrogation of Narendra Modi for his alleged … Continue reading After SIT, will FIR be filed against Modi? : Countdown to Judgment Day of Zakia Jafri Case begins

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The Feminist

Tenth Day of Arguments in the Zakia Jafri Protest Petition

August 1 The conclusions drawn by the SIT in its final report on complainant Zakia Jafri’s allegation that the political executive and state bureaucracy barring a few upright officials had wilfully misled statutory and Constitutional bodies like the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Central Election Commission (CEC) are extremely perverse meant to facilitate the case of the state government and powerful accused. Arguing for … Continue reading Tenth Day of Arguments in the Zakia Jafri Protest Petition

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The Farmer

India First or Upper Caste Elite First? – Irfan Engineer

I: Contours Of Communal Vs. Pseudo Secularism The BJP is once again attempting to redefine secularism in order to attractively package its Hindu nationalist politics. The politics of Hindu nationalism bases itself on stigmatizing minorities, particularly the Muslim and the Christian community. The two communities are demonized in order to alarm the gullible members of majority community who fall for the propaganda regarding non-existing danger. … Continue reading India First or Upper Caste Elite First? – Irfan Engineer

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Civil Rights, Human Rights

Zakia Jafri to court: Enough evidence to try Narendra Modi

AHMEDABAD: Zakia Jafri’s counsel on Thursday claimed that there is ample evidence to try chief minister NarendraModi over the allegation that he had issued illegal instructions on February 27 at a meeting with top officials, to go slow on Hindu rioters during the post-Godhra riots. Opposing the clean chit given by the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team to Modi and others, Zakia’s counsel, Mihir Desai, … Continue reading Zakia Jafri to court: Enough evidence to try Narendra Modi

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