Forum for Release of Imprisoned Innocent “terrorists”

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Forum for Release of Imprisoned Innocent “terrorists” convened a conference on the communal mind-set of intelligence agencies in Lucknow on 19^th September at the Press Club.

They accused Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders of using communal tactics to get rid of their tainted image following unraveling of reports of scams in the region. CPI leader Atul Anjan reiterated the view saying that the SP resorts to communalism to say in power. He said that the SP needs to wake up to the fact that they can’t divide the State subjects on these lines anymore as the downtrodden with their own sufferings will not play into such politics.

They demand that SP fulfills their promise of looking into the cases of falsely-implicated imprisoned youth and award them appropriate compensation or they’d be forced to protest against the government. They pointed out that the Saudi Arabian government has repeatedly stated that the charges on Fasih Mohammad are unfounded, yet the Congress government has not refrained from branding him a terrorist.

The wrongful conviction and sentencing of Afzal Guru is justified in this country. Muslim boys are picked up and labeled as Indian Mujahideen members and the politics in the country is thoroughly communalized, totally linked to international politics with the Indian government taking decisions at America and Israel’s behest.

Ujjain Advocate Noor Muhammad who is a counsel for imprisoned innocent youth was attacked by Hindu right-wingers recently. He said that no Muslim in this country feels safe and that he was attacked before the very eyes of the Police and in front the Court. He said that Muslims will continue to be attacked if they ask for their rights.

Advocate Muhammad Shuaib said that the five riots in the past six months are a proof that the state government is trying to divert attention from the release of imprisoned persons, reinforcing their communal agenda.

Syed Mubarak, a native of Sitapur, UP, who was held by the state police for two years spoke about his torture during the imprisonment and shared the reason why the police had nabbed him. It was because he was fair and fall, he was labelled a Kashmiri migrant and jailed.

Masihuddin Sanjari said it should be investigated as to which corporate groups benefit from Intelligence Bureau's communalism and whose interests it serves.

Reporter Abu Jafar said injustice in the Batla House case will be grounds for injustice for rulings in future cases.