28 AUG. 2019:
26 ZilHajj 1440:Vol: 11, No:278
INDIA: J&K ISSUE
SC's 5-judge Constitution bench to hear challenge to
Article 370 abrogation, J&K bifurcation
New Delhi:The Supreme Court today referred the
petitions challenging the validity of the abrogation of the special status of
Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of the state into 2 Union Territories to a
5-judge Constitution Bench. The bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and
Abdul Nazeer said that issued notice in the matters while fixing the first week
of Oct.to hear it. The court also sought a response from the Centre and Jammu
and Kashmir administration.“We will refer the matter to a 5-judge Constitution
bench”, the bench said while not accepting the arguments that the issuance of
notice will have a “cross-border repercussion”. “Notice is issued for the
purpose of intimating parties to be present for the hearing. We are already
here”, said Mehta, adding that “it had repercussions in other countries”.
Ramachandran wondered how the court issuing notice in the normal course “can
embarrass anyone”.Mehta replied that it “doesn’t embarrass anyone, but other
countries are taking advantage”. Attorney General KK Venugopal also urged the
court not to issue a notice saying “this is a very serious issue”.As the
counsel appearing for both sides were involved in arguments and
counter-arguments, the bench said, “We know what to do, we have passed the
order, we are not going to change”. National Conference leaders, IAS
officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal, activist Shehla Rashid, Advocate ML
Sharma and a Kashmiri lawyer are among the petitioners that have challenged the
Centre’s August 5 decision to scrap Article 370.The bench also issued notice on
the petition by Kashmir Times Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin challenging what
she claimed was the “communication blackout” in J&K.
‘A citizen must get access’: SC lets Yechury
visit Kashmir, but with rider
New Delhi :The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury to visit Jammu and Kashmir to enquire
about colleague Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami’s health.A bench headed by Chief
Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “If a citizen wants to visit a part of the country,
he must have access to.” It, however, directed Yechury to only meet Tarigami
and not use the visit for any political purpose.To Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta submission that Tarigami was a person who had Z category security and was
“not the kind of person who would go missing”, CJI said “whether it’s Z or Z
plus, if a citizen wants to visit a part of the country, he must have access to”.The
court, however, told Senior Counsel Raju Ramachandran who appeared for Yechury
that the visit shall not be used for any other purpose except to enquire about
Tarigami’s health. The bench also asked the state to facilitate the travel. The
bench said if Yechury indulges in any political activities, authorities are
free to report them to the apex court.The bench also allowed a student of Jamia
Millia University who had moved the court saying he had not been able to see
his parents to visit Anantnag to see them. It also asked the state to make
arrangements for this.indianexpress
Under fire, Press Council rethinks: To tell SC it
stands for press freedom
New Delhi :Facing criticism over its stand on the
restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir in its application in the Supreme Court,
Press Council of India has written to its members proposing to inform the apex
court that it stands for press freedom and does not approve of any restrictions
on the media.The communication comes after some members of the Council
protested against the “unilateral” move of its chairman, CK Prasad, a former
judge of the Supreme Court, to intervene in a case — filed by Kashmir Times
executive editor Anuradha Bhasin — backing the restrictions in J&K. The Editors
Guild of India also objected to the Council’s intervention application, saying
that “an institution created to safeguard press freedom is not only failing to
speak up for it but is perversely arguing for a media clampdown in the name of
national interest”.In a letter to all its members, Press Council secretary
Anupama Bhatnagar said that the next hearing is slated for Wednesday, and that
the Council will inform the SC that it will reply only after a fact-finding
committee formed by it has reported back.indianexpress
Pakistan again threatens closure of its airspace,
land routes
New Delhi :In A fresh round of diplomatic
offensive against India, Pakistan is again considering closure of its airspace
for Indian flights.“PM is considering a complete closure of airspace to India,
a complete ban on use of Pakistan land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan
was also suggested in cabinet meeting, legal formalities for these decisions
are under consideration,” Pakistan’s Minister of Science and Technology Fawad
Chaudhry tweeted after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.Chaudhry is a close aide of
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. “Modi has started we’ll finish!” he
tweeted, referring to the Modi government’s decision to revoke J&K’s
special status.indian express
J&K denies Shah Faesal held in illegal
custody, opposes his study claim
New Delhi :Denying that Shah Faesal, former IAS
officer from Jammu and Kashmir, is in “unauthorised custody”, the J&K
administration has stated before the Delhi High Court that his “liberty has
been curtailed in accordance with statutory provisions, and under an order
passed by the competent authority”.The administration opposed Faesal’s “theory”
that he wanted to travel to US to complete a course in Masters in Public
Administration.In an affidavit, J&K administration stated, “It is not
conceivable, in absence of any cogent material, to accept the theory that a
leader of political outfit which is very vocal about the constitutional actions
taken by constitutional bodies of our country on 5th Aug, would leave the
country at this juncture to pursue some academic course, that too without
student visa.”The affidavit stated, “It is submitted that on Aug.14, the
petitioner was travelling on ‘B1/B2’ visa (tourist visa)…. B1/B2 visa affixed
on his passport, not being a student visa, does not entitle him to study in
USA.”The administration also pointed out that Faesal resigned from the civil
service, joined politics and formed a political outfit – J&K People’s
Movement. It said Faesal’s claim that he is in illegal detention “appears to be
a facade and an incorrect fact”. indianexpress
Kashmir saw 500 protests, hundreds injured in 3
weeks: aljazeera
At least 500 incidents of protest have broken out
in Indian-administered Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the region of its
autonomy and imposed a military clampdown more than three weeks ago, a senior government
official has told the AFP.The Kashmir valley is under a strict lockdown,
imposed hours before India's decision to bring Kashmir under its direct
rule.Movements are restricted in the region and phone and internet services
have been cut. Police have been using pellet guns and tear gas to disperse
crowds of protesters in the main city of Srinagar.The lockdown, as well as the
deployment of tens of thousands of extra troops to reinforce the 500,000 based
in Kashmir, was ordered amid fears of unrest in the disputed region where an
armed rebellion against Indian rule has been waged since 1989.A senior
government official told AFP on Wednesday that at least 500 protests and
incidents of stone-throwing have occurred since August 5, with more than half
taking place in Srinagar. Nearly 100 civilians have been injured so far, with a
further 300 police and more than 100 paramilitary troopers hurt, the official
added.
Cong slams Pak for dragging Rahul's name in
petition moved in UN
New Delhi: Congress has slammed Pakistan for
"mischievously" dragging party leader Rahul Gandhi's name in a
petition reportedly moved in the United Nations to justify its "lies"
and misinformation on Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the opposition party
said Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were and would always be an integral part of
India as it accused Pakistan of instigating violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Gandhi said Jammu and Kashmir was India's internal matter and there was no room
for Pakistan or any other country to intervene. He also accused Pakistan of
instigating and supporting violence in Jammu and Kashmir and said the
neighbouring country was known to be "the prime supporter of terrorism
across the world". "I disagree with this Government on many issues.
But, let me make this absolutely clear: Kashmir is India's internal issue and
there is no room for Pakistan or any other foreign country to interfere in
it," he said in a tweet."There is violence in Jammu &
Kashmir.There is violence because it is instigated and supported by Pakistan
which is known to be the prime supporter of terrorism across the world,"
Gandhi wrote on Twitter. PTI
OTHERS
Survey: 50 per cent cops feel Muslims naturally
prone to crime
New Delhi:One in 2 police personnel surveyed feel
that Muslims are likely to be “naturally prone” to committing crimes, 2019
Status of Policing in India Report has found. It also found that 35 per cent of
police personnel interviewed for the survey think it is natural for a mob to
punish the “culprit” in cases of cow slaughter, and 43 per cent think it is
natural for a mob to punish someone accused of rape. The report on police
adequacy and working conditions, prepared by NGO Common Cause and Lokniti
programme of the Centre for Study of Developing Societies, was released on
Tuesday by former SC judge J Chelameswar.Spread across 21 states, the survey
involved interviews of 12,000 police personnel in police stations and around
11,000 of their family members. The survey found that 37 per cent personnel
interviewed feel that for minor offences, a small punishment should be handed
out by the police rather than a legal trial. It found that 72 per cent police
personnel experience “political pressure” during investigation of cases
involving influential persons. “One committed officer can make all the
difference. But who will put that one officer there,” Justice Chelameswar said.
He also narrated his experiences as a judge in dealing with cases where the
police had sidestepped the rules.“What is the training we give our officers?
(A) 6-month crash course on civil and CrPc, IPC and Evidence Act cannot be deemed
sufficient,” he said. Speaking about the need to insulate police personnel from
political influence, the retired judge said: “Transfer as a form of punishment
for displeasing someone is a problem. Even judges, who hold Constitutional
posts, are not protected from undue transfers.” indian express
SCs, STs, OBCs, women poorly represented in
police force; STs, women less likely to be posted as officers
New Delhi:Disadvantaged communities such as Scheduled
Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes(STs), OBCs as well as women are
under-represented in the country's police force, a study has revealed.According
to Common Cause-CSDS Lokniti's 'Status of Policing in India Report 2019', while
SCs are under-represented in 19 out of 21 state police forces studied in
proportion to their share of reserved postings, STs and OBCs are inadequately
represented in 16 and 11 states, respectively. The report arrives at the figure
by taking the actual percentage of SCs/STs/OBCs (2012-2016 average) in
proportion to the reserved percentage of the respective communities in the
state police force. All 3 communities are poorly represented in Delhi – the
only Union Territory included in the study.In the case of women, their
"representation...in the police force is even worse, with only 7.3 per
cent women police personnel at the national level in 2016. None of the states
have been able to meet the 33 per cent benchmark set out by MHA, with Tamil
Nadu having the highest representation of women at 12.9 per cent in 2016,"
report reads. Representation of SCs in the state police forces ranges from 40.2
per cent (of the reserved sanctioned strength) in Uttar Pradesh to 101.8 per
cent in Punjab. In fact, SCs are under-represented across Hindi-belt with four
out of five poorest performing states – UP, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, West Bengal
and MP– belonging to the region. Similarly, ST representation across states
ranges from 3.6 per cent in Haryana to 152.5 per cent in Uttarakhand. OBC
representation is the poorest in West Bengal with 22.6 per cent and best in
Telangana with 145.3 per cent.Meanwhile, data on representation of Muslims, who
are not covered under any reservation, was discontinued by NCRB after 2013.
news18
Unequal sex ratio, juvenile crimes, child labour:
Maharashtra lagging on child well-being
Mumbai:With the prevalence of unequal sex ratio,
juvenile crimes and child labour, Maharashtra has been found lagging on the
parameters of child well-being, a Child Well-Being Index, released Tuesday, has
found.The index, developed by NGO World Vision India and research organisation
IFMR LEAD, is a tool designed to measure and track children’s well-being
through 3 dimensions of healthy individual development, positive relationships
and protective contexts. While focusing on the three key dimensions, 24
indicators — including institutional births, monthly income of highest earner,
mortality rate and school drop-out rates — were used to compute the index.According
to the index, Maharashtra (0.56) falls in third out of the four categories of
states ranked on the basis of their performance on a composite child well-being
score. Kerala (0.76) bagged the top spot due to its exceptional performance in
health, nutrition and education facilities, while MP(0.44) is a tail-ender.The
index has been prepared on the basis of an analysis of available government
data. Under the dimension of healthy individual development, the state has been
ranked in the third category in terms of stunted-underweight children, budget
for children, sanitation facilities and immunisation.indianexpress
Delhi Madrasa Teacher Thrashed To Death By
Hawkers
New Delhi: A madrasa teacher was allegedly killed
after an altercation with two hawkers turned violent, the police said on
Tuesday.The man identified as 27-year-old Mohammad Owais was thrashed by some
hawkers on Monday in north Delhi after an argument broke out between them
regarding the price of a headphone.Two people have been already been arrested
while others are still on the run, the police said.Family members of the
deceased have, however, alleged that he was beaten by over 2 people."Prima
facie it is ascertained that the deceased entered into a scuffle with one
Lallan and his friend which ultimately led to his death," said Additional DCP
(North) Harendra Singh.Locals and people present during the incident claimed
that Owais was buying a pair of headphones and while negotiating the price, an
argument broke out which later grew and Lallan and Ayub both thrashed him.IANS
UP: ‘Religious Discrimination’ in Ballia, Muslim
Students Served on Pattals
Ballia: In what comes as another instance of
discrimination along the religious lines, a video of Muslim students being
served mid-day meals on pattal [leaf plates] while other students are using
plates has gone viral on the social media. The video has been purportedly shot
in Ballia’s primary school falling under the Ubhaon police station. The
district magistrate confirmed that such an incident has taken place about a
month ago and that action was taken against the school for the alleged
discrimination. The district chief, however, claimed that the children did not
come with their dishes, which is why they were served that way. He said that
there was no intentional discrimination behind this. Bhavani Singh Khangaraut,
Ballia DM, however, said that constitutionally, discrimination is a punishable
offence and an enquiry should be conducted in this regard.“I had got the
information about the incident and action was taken against the school staff.
The matter has been brought to me again after it was reported in the media and
now, before jumping to any conclusion, I would request everyone to wait for the
inquiry to finish. I assure that strict action would be taken, as every
religion has got equal rights as per the Constitution. If such a thing is
happening in the schools, it will lead to a very bad impact on the students,
which are the future of the country,” DM said.Lucknow-based Muslim activist,
Faizan Musanna, said, “This is one of the worst incidents of the recent times
where kids have been subjected to discrimination based in their
religions.”newsclick.in
Western UP gripped by mob attacks: 4 men, 7 women
thrashed in 6 days
Meerut :In what could be seen as a surge in mobs
taking law into their hands on mistaken identities across the state, 7 women and
4 men were beaten up in the last 6 days on suspicion of either being a child
lifter or a thief. One of the men, a contract worker, succumbed to his injuries
in Meerut’s Mawana town.The uptick in mob attacks has triggered severe
criticism of Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government. SP president
Akhilesh Yadav on Monday termed the state as “Hatya” (murder) Pradesh, while
BSP chief said a “jungle raj of mob lynching” was prevalent.Over the last one
week, police have been issuing advisories and appeals on social media, against
rumours. Meerut DM Anil Dhingra on Monday appealed to people to reject child
lifting rumours.“Do not take the law into your hands by beating innocents. This
practice is illegal and may land you in a trouble. Immediately inform the area
police whenever you encounter suspected men and women,” DM said.An elderly
woman strolling with her grandson was attacked by a group of people over
suspicion of kidnapping a child in Ghaziabad on Tuesday. According to police,
the woman was walking in Ghaziabad’s Johripur area with her one-year-old
grandson when people some started shouting that she was abducting the child. In
Muzaffarnagar, 2 persons were challaned for spreading fake information after
they blamed 2 innocent people of kidnapping a child. “2 people told villagers
that 2 bike-borne men had kidnapped an eight-year-old, leading to confusion and
panic. We found that the information was fake and took action against them,”
said an official from Bhaura Kalan police station. 5 women (in their 40s) from
Gujarat’s Surat were brutally attacked by a mob in Kairana’s Afganan Ghosa
locality in Shamli on Monday. One of them was carrying her baby. The mob
claimed that the women were the members of a child lifter’s gang. A 40-year-old
beggar was beaten up by a mob on suspicion of child lifting in Meerut’s Lisadi
Gate area on Monday.“Tehseem invited trouble when he entered a house. A woman
there raised an alarm. A dozen people rushed to her house and were told that he
had come to abduct her 5-year-old son. This infuriated the crowd and they beat
him up. We rescued Tehseem,” said Nazeer Ahmed, in charge of Lisadi Gate Police
Station. 4 people were arrested by police for disturbing peace in Ghaziabad’s
Akash Nagar after they allegedly spread a rumor that 2 men had kidnapped a
minor. In Muzaffarnagar,a mob thrashed a mentally-challenged woman in Bhainsee
village of Khatauli town on Sunday night. Police said she was mistaken as a
child lifter. She was rescued by police. In Meerut, a 25-year-old man, who used
to sell herbal medicines, faced the wrath of a mob on Sunday as he was falsely
accused of being a member of a child kidnapping gag. Azad was saved by police.
“We have arrested eight people and raids are being conducted to nab
others,”said Rojan Tyagi, in charge of Kithore Police Station. In Meerut,
47-year-old sugar mill worker Ranveer Chauhan
was beaten badly by a crowd on Saturday. “He succumbed to his injuries
on Sunday,” said in- charge of Mawana Police Station. A mentally challenged man
traveling in a train was beaten up at Dasna railway station as the crowd
suspected he was kidnapping a child. indianexpress
‘Harassed’, girl goes missing, ex-MP Swami
Chinmayanand booked
Lucknow :An FIR was filed against former BJP MP
Swami Chinmayanand in Shahjahanpur on Tuesday after a law student, who had
posted a video on Facebook alleging threat to her life by an “influential
sant-politician who has destroyed lives of several girls”, went missing two
days ago.While the girl did not name anyone in the video, which appears to be
shot in a car, her father alleged that she was referring to Chinmayanand. In
his complaint to the police, the father alleged that the girl was sexually
harassed. However, FIR against the former MP has been registered under IPC
section 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) and 506 (criminal
intimidation).indianexpress
US bipartisan body concerned over use of NRC to
target Muslim community in Northeast India
Washington: Expressing concern over the potential
abuse of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, a US bipartisan body
said on Tuesday that the verification process must not become a means to target
the members of the Muslim community in northeastern India.US Commission on
International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan US
federal government commission created in 1998, that reviews religious freedom
violations abroad and makes policy recommendations to the President, the
Secretary of State, and Congress.India has previously rejected USCIRF report
while maintaining that its Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to all
its citizens including the right to freedom of religion. India says USCIRF has
no locus standi to pass its comment on Indian citizens' constitutionally
protected rights.The comments were made in a statement issued by USCIRF Chair
Tony Perkins and Commissioner Anurima Bhargava."We remain concerned with
the potential abuse of NRC in Assam and the resulting introduction of a
religious requirement for citizenship, which are contrary to the ideals of religious
freedom in India," said Perkins.Bhargava said that USCIRF remains
"troubled by any government policies or actions that have the effect,
whether intentional or not, of undermining religious freedom for vulnerable
religious minorities"."NRC verification process must not become a
means to target and render stateless the Muslim community in northeastern
India," she said.PTI
RSS blames 'untouchability' on Islam, BJP ally
unhappy
New Delhi:Senior RSS functionary Krishna Gopal
has blamed untouchability on Islam and accused the British of coining the term
'Dalit', invoking a rebuke from a JD(U) leader.But JD(U)'s General Secretary
Pawan Kumar Verma said it was more important to look within than blame
others.Taking a dig at Gopal, Verma said that it was not the ethos of Hinduism
to blame its problems on others. JD(U) is an ally of BJP, whose ideological
mentor is RSS.IANS
Zionism, Hindutva are under attack by Islamic
extremist forces, they should come together to fight the same: BJP leader
Subramanian Swamy
BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy
has said that one who doesn’t visit temples or perform rituals is also a
Hindu."I am not someone who visits temples rather I need to be encouraged.
I don’t perform rituals but I am a Hindu because I stand for the defence of
Hinduism,” Swamy said while addressing the gathering at Mumbai University’s
convocation hall.Senior BJP leader Dr Swamy was in Mumbai to speak on Leaders’
Ideas of Nations in the context of Zionism and Hindutva – an event organised by
Consulate General of Israel and Indo-Israel Friendship Association (IIFA).Swamy
was accompanied by Dr Gadi Taub, a professor in the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, in a discussion on the idea of Zionism and Hindutva. Supporting the
growing Indo-Israel relations, Swamy said that Zionism and Hindutva have many
similarities."Israel has repeatedly mentioned that in an unprecedented
manner, India has looked after the jews without any difficulty whatsoever, and
treated them as their own,” Dr Swamy informed. While asserting that Judaism and
Hinduism are sister religions, Swamy stated that the only difference noted by
Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef is that India is a polytheistic country
whilst Judaism believes in one god.
Swamy further informed that the Hindus also believe in one god, however,
its incarnations are many. The common connection between Hinduism and Judaism
is that both religions don’t promote proselytisation – conversion. Neither
Hinduism nor Judaism propagates active conversion but both religions have been
the victim of religious extremism. Unlike Islam and Christianity, Hinduism and
Judaism aren’t restricted by a book or any single representative,”Dr Swamy
claimed.While addressing the audience, Professor Gadi Taub narrated that
Zionism promotes the idea of self-determination to all people and enables
nationalism to become a force to drive democracies. Defending the controversial
idea of Zionism, Dr Taub criticised the international “elite” liberals saying
that liberalism is a threat to democracy. Speaking on Hindutva, Swamy said that
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who coined the term Hindutva, is reminisced for his
extreme alliance towards Hindusim. Swamy further said that Zionism and Hindutva
are under attack by Islamic extremist forces and thus, they should come
together to fight the same. During 2008 attacks in Mumbai, the terrorists
especially targeted Jews people living here, Swamy added. While answering a
query, Swamy said that the Indian education system doesn’t highlight the Hindu
resistance against the Mughals and changes will be made regarding this in
school history books. mumbailive
Bhima Koregaon: One Year After Arrests of
Activists, Bombay HC Begins Daily Trials
A year after the arrests of several activists and
human rights lawyer in connection with the Bhima Koregaon incident, Bombay High
Court on August 27 began daily hearings of the bail pleas filed by lawyer Sudha
Bharadwaj and activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, who were arrested
on August 28, 2018 along with Telugu poet Varavara Rao and activist Gautam
Navlakha.An event is organised every year on January 1 at Bhima Koregaon in Pune
to mark the the Battle of Bhima Koregaon victory, in which Mahar (leather
workers) community soldiers, as part of the British Army, had defeated a
numerically superior force of the Peshwa Baji Rao II in 1818. 3 accused had
approached the High Court after the sessions court rejected their bail
application. Senior Advocate Mihir Desai and Advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhary –
both representing Bharadwaj and Gonsalves, told Justice Sarang Kotwal, that the
bail applications of their clients have been filed on different grounds despite
the fact the reasons cited for arrest were similar.The lawyers argued that the
three accused deserve to be released as the Pune police failed to produce any
direct evidence against them. They further submitted that the arrests have been
made on flimsy grounds.newsclick.in
WORLD
China ban on some textbooks seen aimed at Uighur
culture
Beijing:For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully
navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems
and folk tales to millions of his fellow minority Uighurs in China's far
western region of Xinjiang.That all changed three years ago when the ruling
Communist Party launched what it says is a campaign against ethnic separatism
and religious extremism in Xinjiang. Suddenly even respected public figures
like Rozi were being arrested, caught up in a crackdown that critics have said
amounts to cultural genocide.An estimated 1 million Uighurs have since been
detained in internment camps and prisons across the region, and advocacy groups
say that includes more than 400 prominent academics, writers, performers and
artists. Critics say government is targeting intellectuals as a way to dilute,
or even erase, the Uighur culture, language and identity.After being taken away
by police in 2016, Rozi, 54, was sentenced to more than a decade in prison on
charges of incitement to subvert state power.As one of the first prominent
people to be detained, Rozi's story illustrates how even Uighurs who toed the
party line and were accepted by the government have been rebranded enemies of
the state amid the widening campaign of surveillance and detention underway in
Xinjiang."He had many friends among government officials. He was able to
use his connections to sell his books," said Abduweli Ayup, a linguist who
knew Rozi through a Uighur bookstore Ayup once ran. "Those books sold very
well." AP
Bangladesh Jamaat man sentenced to death in a
1971 war crimes case
A Bangladesh's tribunal has sentenced a
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami man from Rajshahi to death a 1971 war crimes case.
The tribunal ICT-1 said, "Abdus Samad Musa alias Firoz Kha, 62, got
engaged in committing atrocious acts directing civilians as a notorious loyal
activist of Pakistani occupation army and later on got enrolled in locally
formed Razakar Bahini."According to the investigators, Musa was involved
with the Muslim League before the war but joined Jamaat and then Razakar
Bahini, an auxiliary force of Pakistan army, as the war broke out. He went into
hiding after the war, most probably in India, but returned to Bangladesh after
the political changeover in 1975, the investigators also said.Tribunal’s
Chairman Justice Md Shahinur Islam and members Justice Amir Hossain and Justice
Md Abu Ahmed Jamadar read out the summary of the 174-page verdict in presence
of Musa, the prosecution team, investigators, defence and journalists.Defence
counsel Abdus Sattar Palwan, said his client did not get justice and would file
an appeal with the higher court. With the latest judgement, the war crimes
tribunals have so far delivered 39 verdicts against 89 people. Of them, 63 have
been sentenced to death.thedailystar
Muslim Officers in New York Suspended For
Refusing to Shave Beard Reinstated
Albany: Muslim correctional officers in New York
were reinstated Tuesday after being suspended for refusing to shave their
beards because of religious reasons, the state prisons agency said.It came a
day after Brian Sughrim and David Feliciano, correctional officers at Fishkill
prison in Dutchess County, filed a federal lawsuit against Department of
Corrections and Community Supervision. The lawsuit, which argued the agency
discriminated against the two men, is the "sole reason that they're
getting their jobs back," said their attorney, Joshua Moskovitz.The agency
did not comment on what role the lawsuit might have played in the officers'
reinstatement.It seems clear, Moskovitz said, that religious intolerance was at
the heart of the suspensions. The litigation will proceed, he said. The
employees will receive full back pay, prisons agency spokesman Thomas Mailey
said in an emailed statement. The agency, he wrote, will be "reviewing its
rules regarding facial hair immediately in light of the new law."Gov.
Andrew Cuomo signed legislation this month banning employment discrimination
because of religious attire or facial hair.According to the lawsuit, a prison
official acknowledged the new law to Sughrim, but the agency suspended him and
Feliciano this month anyway.AP
Flash: NEWS,views,Articles
In Srinagar lockdown, how a reporter gets news of
his sister’s miscarriage:Adil Akhzer
Why Kosovo keeps extending blind support to
Israel:Denijal Jegic by Denijal Jegic
Why Pehlu Khan’s Lynching, Murder Case Failed to
Stand Judicial Scrutiny:Tarique Anwar
Hindu body admits Babur had endowed land for
mosque in Ayodhya
A newborn died in a detention centre in Assam.
His mother was later found not to be a foreigner:Arunabh Saikia
A crackdown in India on suspected illegal
immigrants could leave millions stateless:Niha Masih , washingtonpost
What Makes Srinagar the World's New 'Forbidden
City':Badri Raina
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