[Assam] An Assamese journalist laments on the Human Rights situation in his region.

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Adinor Sombad    Dated 19 March 2007 
How safe we are now/ 
Odip Phoocon 
In  Pakistan, Punjab  Poilce entered the premises of Geo television and 
ransacked the place. then they  roughed upthe Chief Excutive of the station and 
locked him up in a room.  Qustions are now being asked was this hooliganism by 
the police could have taken  place without a nod from the ruling military junta 
of  Pakistan?  
What was the crime of the station?  
The TV Station seems to have ruffled some feathers by reporting on the  
removal of the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s highest court by the military  
administration in violation of the constitution. The Chief Justice objected and  
refused to take voluntary retirement Hence, the police acted the way they did to  
vent their anger. The military administration is saying now that the misconduct  
on the part of the police took place outside their knowledge.  
President Musharaf has apologised to the TV station. But the station has  
effused tp accept his apology because they feel that the Police could not have  
behaved like that without the authority from the government.  
Musharaf, the puppet of  America has been  stripped naked.  What is our 
Indian  TV doing?  
Indian TV stations showed the clips of the terrorising behaviour of the  
Pakistan Police again and again. Viewers of TV news have seen those pictures so  
are the print medias of  India . the  electronic news media may be thinking 
that ‘we are the citizens of the largest  democracy of  India and we are  free 
from such fascist actions.’ 
Are we really free? Aren’t our people are killed extrajudicialy by our  
soldiers? Aren’t they raping women. teenagers and minor females in our streets?  In 
the North East part of  India to allow  these infringement, parliamentary 
Acts have been passed to legalise such  actions. 
The leadership of the current ruling Government herself is woman. But,  when 
women in Manipur had to make a naked march against the Army atrocities  
carried out in Manipur and pictures of this protest televised this lady was not  
moved by what she saw! Cambridge  educated intellect; our PM has not given any 
indication that his conscience  cannot bear such atrocities any more.  
They know very well that that they have empowered the  troops with a fascist 
law to enable them to do what ever they want to do in our  region. They also 
know very well that the troops are not going to rape their  daughters, nor they 
would slay their sons labelling them as extremists. whom  will they kill? 
But, in our region they are bent upon using fire power to stay  in power. Day 
before yesterday, an eighteen year girl was raped on the roadside  in Manipur by 
soldiers of Assam Rifles. The news was televised. We are  protesting that 
these should be identified as black spot in the modern  India. We are  take pride 
on our third world sovereignty and democracy  which is nothing but a big joke 
for  the  Americans. But we still shout  out at the top of our voice we are 
the largest democracy awe are a sovereign  nation with pride and our judicial 
system is second to none. Is that true?   
Translated from a piece published in Adinor Sombad 
(_http://www.adinorsombad.com/_ (http://www.adinorsombad.com/) ) Dated 19 March 2007 




   
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