Source The Indian Express
Human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen on Saturday demanded immediate
scrapping of the Posco project. He said the State Government was going
out of its way to support the company. Sen was delivering the fifth
Loknath Memorial Lecture here.
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Human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen on Saturday demanded immediate
scrapping of the Posco project. He said the State Government was going
out of its way to support the company. Sen was delivering the fifth
Loknath Memorial Lecture here.
Sen said the State Government was turning a blind eye to people’s sufferings in the name of industrialisation.
He
said the State Government had submitted an undertaking in the High
Court that it would not use force to press its case as far as land
acquisition for the Posco project was concerned. “But with beginning of
the land acquisition and deployment of security forces, it has become
evident that the promise has been broken,” he said. Sen also flayed the
Government for suspension of Dhinkia Sarpanch Sisir Mohapatra on charges
of conducting palli sabhas illegally. Sen, who returned from South
Korea after receiving the Gwangju Award for Human Rights for 2011 a week
back, said he had raised the Posco issue at the award ceremony which
was also attended by the South Korean Prime Minister.
said the State Government had submitted an undertaking in the High
Court that it would not use force to press its case as far as land
acquisition for the Posco project was concerned. “But with beginning of
the land acquisition and deployment of security forces, it has become
evident that the promise has been broken,” he said. Sen also flayed the
Government for suspension of Dhinkia Sarpanch Sisir Mohapatra on charges
of conducting palli sabhas illegally. Sen, who returned from South
Korea after receiving the Gwangju Award for Human Rights for 2011 a week
back, said he had raised the Posco issue at the award ceremony which
was also attended by the South Korean Prime Minister.
Speaking
on sedition charges levelled against him, Sen said the People’s Union
for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has launched a nationwide campaign demanding
repealing of the “black laws” in the country, including laws on
sedition, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act. Stating that the governments use sedition
provisions to target people opposing it, Sen said PUCL would submit a
memorandum to Parliament with 10 lakh signatures demanding abolition of
the law.
on sedition charges levelled against him, Sen said the People’s Union
for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has launched a nationwide campaign demanding
repealing of the “black laws” in the country, including laws on
sedition, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act. Stating that the governments use sedition
provisions to target people opposing it, Sen said PUCL would submit a
memorandum to Parliament with 10 lakh signatures demanding abolition of
the law.
“We are planning to submit the memorandum with signatures of a million people to Parliament in the Winter Session,” Sen said. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/scrap-posco-project-binayak-sen/155188-60-117.html
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