Amnesty International India booked for ‘sedition’

[Star Wars]

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...-against-amnesty-international-india-2977287/

An FIR was registered on Monday against Amnesty International India under various IPC sections, including sedition, in connection with alleged raising of “independence” slogans by “pro-freedom” Kashmiris who entered into heated arguments with a Kashmiri Pandit leader for hailing Indian Army.

A police official involved in the investigation said that a First Information Report has been registered and investigations will proceed.

The FIR has been registered under IPC sections– 142 (being member of an unlawful assembly), 143 (whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), he said.

A panel discussion on Saturday turned chaotic as some “pro-freedom” Kashmiris, most of whom were youngsters and students, entered into heated arguments with a Kashmiri Pandit leader for hailing Indian Army.

The event was organised by Amnesty International India at United Theological College.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Sunday said the intention and background of those involved will be investigated.

ABVP activists, who staged a protest on Sunday against the event calling it “anti-national”, had also filed a complaint with the police along with a CD containing video recording of the event.

Holding that it had organised the event as part of a campaign to seek justice for “victims of human rights violations” in Jammu and Kashmir, Amnesty International India in a statement had said towards the end of the event, some of those who attended raised slogans, some of which referred to calls for ‘azadi’ (freedom).

Noting that as a matter of policy it does not take any position in favour of or against demands for self-determination, Amnesty had said it, however, considers that the right to freedom of expression under international human rights law protects the right to peacefully advocate political solutions that do not involve incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.

 

[[Bregs]]

lol these amnesty people see only one side of coin always, needs to be put on leash

 

[IndoCarib]

Why hold such event on Independence day ? Amnesty's motive is beyond genuine.

 

[MilSpec]

I stand with NDTV/Amnesty/JNU/Elite intelligentsia/Lutyens crowd..... Cussing out India, Indian armed forces, is freedom of speech....

Pursuing legal recourse under the given framework is intolerance, radicalization, Hindu Terrorism...

 

[sms]

I stand with NDTV/Amnesty/JNU/Elite intelligentsia/Lutyens crowd..... Cussing out India, Indian armed forces, is freedom of speech....

Pursuing legal recourse under the given framework is intolerance, radicalization, Hindu Terrorism...

I concur!

 

[TejasMk3]

Amnesty International's Jihad Problem
The rights group's pro-Taliban partner is detained on terror suspicions.
Is "jihad in self-defense . . . antithetical to human rights? Our answer is no." That was how Claudio Cordone, then Amnesty International's interim secretary-general, responded in February 2010 to criticism after the human-rights group made ex-Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg its poster child in protest of the alleged horrors of U.S. anti-terror detention policies.

That's worth recalling now that British authorities have arrested Mr. Begg on suspicions of attending terrorist training camps and facilitating terrorism in Syria. Local police in Birmingham arrested Mr. Begg on Tuesday. He hasn't been charged, but under a British antiterror statute he can be detained for up to 14 days.

Mr. Begg, a British-Pakistani citizen, was captured in Pakistan in 2002 and transferred to Guantanamo as an enemy combatant. Soon after his release in 2005, Amnesty began sharing platforms with Mr. Begg, describing his U.K.-based Cage prisoners advocacy group as a "leading human rights organization" and inviting him to deliver the 2006 Amnesty International Annual Lecture in Belfast.

ENLARGE
Former British Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg in 2010. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
Amnesty ignored that Mr. Begg had written of his admiration for the Taliban. Nor was Amnesty bothered that, alongside his "human-rights" work, Mr. Begg was conducting fawning interviews with al Qaeda propagandists such as the late terrorist imam Anwar al-Awlaki.

In 2010, Gita Sahgal, who at the time headed Amnesty's gender unit, broke ranks by making public her opposition to promoting the views of "Britain's most famous supporter of the Taliban." Amnesty responded by suspending Ms. Sahgal, and she was eventually pushed out. "I don't see Amnesty International and other human rights organizations coming to grips with the fact that their research and campaigning have been tainted" by their association with Mr. Begg, Ms. Saghal told us this week. In a statement, Amnesty told us that its "relationship with Moazzam Begg was as a victim of human-rights violations." It added that "everyone has the right to be presumed innocent until they are charged and proven guilty in a fair trial."

That's true. Then again, if the suspicions about Mr. Begg are proved in court he would join a long list of known Gitmo recidivists—including Said al-Shihri, a Saudi Arabian who co-founded al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Turkish terror facilitator Ibrahim Sen and dozens more who have returned to waging jihad since their release. It's a reminder of why the detention center was necessary and shouldn't be closed.

The story is also a reminder of the anti-American fervor and intellectual confusion that led Amnesty to team up with Mr. Begg. The world needs morally credible human-rights organizations. Amnesty too often isn't one of them.

 

[Star Wars]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...violation-by-Amnesty/articleshow/53729343.cms

MHA launches probe into "possible" FCRA violation by Amnesty

 

[utraash]

I wish this time gov nail all these scums & burry their so called amnesty into dust forever in India....

 

[Soumitra]

See how buthurt the liberals are

Is Congress siding with Sanghis in harassing Amnesty India?
Bangalore fracas akin to the smearing of JNU students.

While India has long ceased to be the "world’s largest democracy" in the eyes of many, the events of the last few days in Bangalore have come as yet another indication that the country is fast sliding towards mob rule. Over the past four days, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have descended on the streets of Bangalore, vandalising private property, laying siege to Raj Bhavan and disrupting traffic on a main artery, demanding action against Amnesty International India.

On Saturday, August 13, the Indian section of the internationally reputed NGO that champions rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, other international covenants and treaties to which India is a party, as well as rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India, had organised a meeting with families from Kashmir as part of a campaign based on its report "Denied: Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force personnel in Jammu and Kashmir" at the United Theological College in Bangalore.

Also read: Amnesty International India on facing sedition charges

The hall quickly filled up, the audience including Kashmiri students in Bangalore. Before the start, a group of Kashmiri Pandits (as Kashmiri Hindus are known) had arrived and, it transpires, demanded that they be included in the programme to put forward their viewpoint.

Given their intimidating presence – at least one of them sporting a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Kashmiri Pandit" back and front was on his feet stalking the whole hall, talking to AI staff and others – AI India decided to invite RK Mattoo, president of the Bangalore Kashmiri Pandits Association, to the dais for the duration of a dialogue section chaired by senior journalist Seema Mustafa.

It is appalling that an FIR has been registered against Amnesty International India at the behest of the ABVP.
Prior to that segment, when Tara Rao, a senior staff member of AI India, was making her introductory remarks, a couple of Kashmiri Pandits seated in the front row objected loudly to the figure she quoted of the number of Hindus forced to flee the Valley, and a few minutes’ disturbance resulted. Eventually, the audience calmed down and the programme continued.

Also read: Sedition and other laws which must go

Subsequently, AI India screened a few interviews with families in Kashmir and invited an elderly Kashmiri gentleman – one of several specially invited to Bangalore from the Valley for the event – to share his anguish over the loss of his son. All of this went off reasonably peacefully.

During the brief section chaired by Seema Mustafa, she expressly noted in her initial remarks that as a journalist who’d been covering Kashmir for decades, she was aware that all sections,including Kashmiri Hindus and Muslims, had suffered greatly. She requested panellists to focus on their own suffering to illustrate the shared tragedy, and handed the mike first to RK Mattoo.

Rather soon into his remarks, he referred to the Indian Army as the world’s "most disciplined". This riled the Kashmiri students present and several minutes’ disturbance followed. Mustafa decided to change tack and asked other panellists – those invited from the Valley– to speak. Subsequently, the mike was again passed to Mattoo. He used the word "terrorists". This led to more commotion and standoff between the Kashmiri Hindus and Muslims in the audience.

"Some of my best friends are Kashmiris," Mattoo said, presumably referring to Kashmiri Muslims.

The next part of the programme featured the singer MC Kash (real name Roushan Illahi). But the police who had been invited by AI India to provide security at the venue, decided to cut short his singing. This was followed by the Kashmiri students raising "azadi" (freedom) slogans.

In its response to the FIR, Amnesty said, "Amnesty International India as a matter of policy does not take any position in favour of or against demands for self-determination. However, Amnesty International India considers that the right to freedom of expression includes the right to peacefully advocate political solutions."

Also read: India needs a referendum more than Kashmiris do

No anti-India or anti-Army slogans were raised. At any rate, the Supreme Court of India is clear that the mere raising of even separatist slogans does not amount to sedition. AI India was entirely within its rights to organise the programme calling attention to the suffering of the people of Kashmir thanks to the scale of decades-long violence there, the human rights violations they are subject to and the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators. No staff member of Amnesty International acted in any way which was not in accordance with the law of the land.

It is appalling that an FIR has been registered against Amnesty International India at the behest of the ABVP which has made wholly spurious claims about what transpired on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Bangalore Police has taken no cognizance of the vandalism committed by the ABVP’s members under their gaze at the United Theological College the following day, Sunday. Nor has any action been taken against the Kashmiri Pandits who incited the Kashmiris by their statements.

Unlike during the JNU episode earlier this year, when doctored videos emerged leading to the arrests of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, thus far there is no talk of spurious footage being bandied about in India. The Bangalore Police, perhaps with a nod from their political bosses, seem to have filed an FIR without checking the footage, and now with the ABVP breathing down their necks claiming anti-India slogans were raised, they appear clueless in containing the Sanghi mobs.

The Karnataka government and police ought to come to their senses, respect the laws of the land and book perpetrators of violence rather than seeking to browbeat organisations that are desperately calling for upholding the laws of the land, including laws guaranteeing the human rights of all Indians.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah is leading the Congress in the state straight into the arms of the Sanghi hoodlums with his lackadaisicalrule. The party high command, for now, seems to be looking on helplessly.

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Wearing a tshirt saying Kashmiri Pandit is "intidimation". IF he had not "intidimated" then Kashmiri pandit voices would not have been allowed on stage

 

[Star Wars]

See how buthurt the liberals are

Is Congress siding with Sanghis in harassing Amnesty India?
Bangalore fracas akin to the smearing of JNU students.

While India has long ceased to be the "world’s largest democracy" in the eyes of many, the events of the last few days in Bangalore have come as yet another indication that the country is fast sliding towards mob rule. Over the past four days, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have descended on the streets of Bangalore, vandalising private property, laying siege to Raj Bhavan and disrupting traffic on a main artery, demanding action against Amnesty International India.

On Saturday, August 13, the Indian section of the internationally reputed NGO that champions rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, other international covenants and treaties to which India is a party, as well as rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India, had organised a meeting with families from Kashmir as part of a campaign based on its report "Denied: Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force personnel in Jammu and Kashmir" at the United Theological College in Bangalore.

Also read: Amnesty International India on facing sedition charges

The hall quickly filled up, the audience including Kashmiri students in Bangalore. Before the start, a group of Kashmiri Pandits (as Kashmiri Hindus are known) had arrived and, it transpires, demanded that they be included in the programme to put forward their viewpoint.

Given their intimidating presence – at least one of them sporting a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Kashmiri Pandit" back and front was on his feet stalking the whole hall, talking to AI staff and others – AI India decided to invite RK Mattoo, president of the Bangalore Kashmiri Pandits Association, to the dais for the duration of a dialogue section chaired by senior journalist Seema Mustafa.

It is appalling that an FIR has been registered against Amnesty International India at the behest of the ABVP.
Prior to that segment, when Tara Rao, a senior staff member of AI India, was making her introductory remarks, a couple of Kashmiri Pandits seated in the front row objected loudly to the figure she quoted of the number of Hindus forced to flee the Valley, and a few minutes’ disturbance resulted. Eventually, the audience calmed down and the programme continued.

Also read: Sedition and other laws which must go

Subsequently, AI India screened a few interviews with families in Kashmir and invited an elderly Kashmiri gentleman – one of several specially invited to Bangalore from the Valley for the event – to share his anguish over the loss of his son. All of this went off reasonably peacefully.

During the brief section chaired by Seema Mustafa, she expressly noted in her initial remarks that as a journalist who’d been covering Kashmir for decades, she was aware that all sections,including Kashmiri Hindus and Muslims, had suffered greatly. She requested panellists to focus on their own suffering to illustrate the shared tragedy, and handed the mike first to RK Mattoo.

Rather soon into his remarks, he referred to the Indian Army as the world’s "most disciplined". This riled the Kashmiri students present and several minutes’ disturbance followed. Mustafa decided to change tack and asked other panellists – those invited from the Valley– to speak. Subsequently, the mike was again passed to Mattoo. He used the word "terrorists". This led to more commotion and standoff between the Kashmiri Hindus and Muslims in the audience.

"Some of my best friends are Kashmiris," Mattoo said, presumably referring to Kashmiri Muslims.

The next part of the programme featured the singer MC Kash (real name Roushan Illahi). But the police who had been invited by AI India to provide security at the venue, decided to cut short his singing. This was followed by the Kashmiri students raising "azadi" (freedom) slogans.

In its response to the FIR, Amnesty said, "Amnesty International India as a matter of policy does not take any position in favour of or against demands for self-determination. However, Amnesty International India considers that the right to freedom of expression includes the right to peacefully advocate political solutions."

Also read: India needs a referendum more than Kashmiris do

No anti-India or anti-Army slogans were raised. At any rate, the Supreme Court of India is clear that the mere raising of even separatist slogans does not amount to sedition. AI India was entirely within its rights to organise the programme calling attention to the suffering of the people of Kashmir thanks to the scale of decades-long violence there, the human rights violations they are subject to and the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators. No staff member of Amnesty International acted in any way which was not in accordance with the law of the land.

It is appalling that an FIR has been registered against Amnesty International India at the behest of the ABVP which has made wholly spurious claims about what transpired on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Bangalore Police has taken no cognizance of the vandalism committed by the ABVP’s members under their gaze at the United Theological College the following day, Sunday. Nor has any action been taken against the Kashmiri Pandits who incited the Kashmiris by their statements.

Unlike during the JNU episode earlier this year, when doctored videos emerged leading to the arrests of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, thus far there is no talk of spurious footage being bandied about in India. The Bangalore Police, perhaps with a nod from their political bosses, seem to have filed an FIR without checking the footage, and now with the ABVP breathing down their necks claiming anti-India slogans were raised, they appear clueless in containing the Sanghi mobs.

The Karnataka government and police ought to come to their senses, respect the laws of the land and book perpetrators of violence rather than seeking to browbeat organisations that are desperately calling for upholding the laws of the land, including laws guaranteeing the human rights of all Indians.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah is leading the Congress in the state straight into the arms of the Sanghi hoodlums with his lackadaisicalrule. The party high command, for now, seems to be looking on helplessly.

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Wearing a tshirt saying Kashmiri Pandit is "intidimation". IF he had not "intidimated" then Kashmiri pandit voices would not have been allowed on stage

The butt hurt is real in this one.... You know someone should make a list of NGO's making such meetings and conferences, attend the meetings and then file FIR against them..

 

[911]

Given their intimidating presence – at least one of them sporting a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Kashmiri Pandit" back and front was on his feet stalking the whole hall, talking to AI staff and others

Very intimidating

a couple of Kashmiri Pandits seated in the front row objected loudly to the figure she quoted of the number of Hindus forced to flee the Valley, and a few minutes’ disturbance resulted

Rather soon into his remarks, he referred to the Indian Army as the world’s "most disciplined". This riled the Kashmiri students present and several minutes’ disturbance followed.

One can sense the heat. Objection by Kashmiri Hindus on facts resulted in disturbance while disturbance followed when most disciplined comment riled Kashmiris (they never write Kashmiri Muslims, since they believe every Kashmiri is only Muslim)

Subsequently, AI India screened a few interviews with families in Kashmir and invited an elderly Kashmiri gentleman – one of several specially invited to Bangalore from the Valley for the event – to share his anguish over the loss of his son. All of this went off reasonably peacefully.

Everything was peaceful till it was scripted.

The next part of the programme featured the singer MC Kash (real name Roushan Illahi). But the police who had been invited by AI India to provide security at the venue, decided to cut short his singing. This was followed by the Kashmiri students raising "azadi" (freedom) slogans.

And no reasons provided here why police forced to cut short his singing.

No anti-India or anti-Army slogans were raised. At any rate, the Supreme Court of India is clear that the mere raising of even separatist slogans does not amount to sedition.

Sure

thanks to the scale of decades-long violence there, the human rights violations they are subject to and the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators.

Oh poor peaceful flower throwing protesters. Can't even call out terrorists for what they are these days since local and infiltrated terrorists are freedom fighters and attack on them is attack on freedom.

I will gather 400 people outside author's house who will throw stones and then demand no security forces must stop them from doing so, because its an attack on freedom of speech or right to throw stones rather .

Nor has any action been taken against the Kashmiri Pandits who incited the Kashmiris by their statements.

Evil Pandits incited Kashmiris.

Unlike during the JNU episode earlier this year, when doctored videos emerged leading to the arrests of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, thus far there is no talk of spurious footage being bandied about in India.

Doctored, its been proven genuine again and again? No punishment for spreading false news?
http://indianexpress.com/article/in...uru-event-raw-footage-authentic-delhi-police/

 

[Gregor Clegane]

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