Solidarity with the victims of Indian police brutality, unprovoked baton charge and tear gas shelling on sleeping and peacefully protesting protestors at Ram Lila Maidan New Delhi India June 4-5 2011 night
ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION AAC together with the NRI community of the UK UKNRI is holding a peaceful protest and Solidarity demonstration outside
The High Commission of India
India House
Aldwych London
WC2B 4NA
On: Friday 1st July 2011
Time : 12.00pm - 1.30pm
REASONS FOR PROTEST :
We are NRIS, PIOS, OCIs and British Citizens with friends and relatives living in India.
India gained freedom from colonial rule in 1947. It did not gain freedom from brutal suppression of mass economic movements against rampant corruption in high places and government machinery.
We are petitioning to express our deep concern and anger over the recent incidents that took place in Delhi, India related to Anti-Corruption agitations and protests by common people.
On 4th-5th June 2011 at Ramlila Grounds in Delhi, thousands of Protesters gathered, under the leadership of Baba Ramdev, to peacefully protest against the problem of rampant corruption in Indian political elite and top bureaucracy of civil servants - Indian babudom. They were all taking part in a peaceful hunger-strike. But these civilians, who were also fasting, were brutally attacked at 1.00am in the morning by the police in the middle of night under the Indian Government’s political instructions on trumped up charges and with political motivation.
Children were separated from their parents. Women were forced on to the roads when there was no public transport available. Tear-gas shells were fired in the closed tent against safety rules. Thousands were admitted to the hospitals, some of them remain critical. Violence in a closed compound could have even led to an uncontrollable stampede resulting in the loss of an enormous numbers of innocent lives.
This cannot be Democratic India; this is not India governed by rule of law and a democratic constitution, ensuring the fundamental rights of all citizens for assembly and peaceful protest and demonstration. These events have left the people of Indian origin around the globe,
> particularly here in the UK, stunned, shocked and sad. We are thoroughly embarrassed by this naked abuse of police power on our native land and people expressing their aspiration for a corruption free India.
Therefore, we urge you to help us convey our feelings, our grief and our protest petition to the President of India.
We would urge you to help people of India to realise their aspiration to have a corruption free India. People of India deserve a chance to democratically elect new leaders who will root out corruption.
We are holding a peaceful protest in front of Indian High Commission, London on Friday 1st JULY 2011, from 12pm to 1.30pm. At the same time we will also be handing over 7000 named petition and a letter for the President of India from NRI's from UK.
All protestors will be wearing BLACK ARMBANDS as a sign of solidarity with the innocent, sleeping protestors who were baton charged by Indian police while expressing their non compliance with rampant corruption in high places in India.
"CORRUPTION IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF POVERTY IN INDIA"
This is the clear message we want to send to the Indian government which is lax in action on capital flight and unaccounted wealth of Indians stashed in global tax havens.
Rapacious loot, corruption by those in the highest places in Indian government, crony capitalism, capital flight from India to global tax havens, unaccounted money in the Indian economy and political system, is the root cause of India and millions of Indians not being able to achieve full development potential in the last 64 years of political freedom.
HCI London Protest 01 July 2011
ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION AAC together with the NRI community of the UK UKNRI is holding a peaceful protest and Solidarity demonstration outside
The High Commission of India
India House
Aldwych London
WC2B 4NA
On: Friday 1st July 2011
Time : 12.00pm - 1.30pm
REASONS FOR PROTEST :
We are NRIS, PIOS, OCIs and British Citizens with friends and relatives living in India.
India gained freedom from colonial rule in 1947. It did not gain freedom from brutal suppression of mass economic movements against rampant corruption in high places and government machinery.
We are petitioning to express our deep concern and anger over the recent incidents that took place in Delhi, India related to Anti-Corruption agitations and protests by common people.
On 4th-5th June 2011 at Ramlila Grounds in Delhi, thousands of Protesters gathered, under the leadership of Baba Ramdev, to peacefully protest against the problem of rampant corruption in Indian political elite and top bureaucracy of civil servants - Indian babudom. They were all taking part in a peaceful hunger-strike. But these civilians, who were also fasting, were brutally attacked at 1.00am in the morning by the police in the middle of night under the Indian Government’s political instructions on trumped up charges and with political motivation.
Children were separated from their parents. Women were forced on to the roads when there was no public transport available. Tear-gas shells were fired in the closed tent against safety rules. Thousands were admitted to the hospitals, some of them remain critical. Violence in a closed compound could have even led to an uncontrollable stampede resulting in the loss of an enormous numbers of innocent lives.
This cannot be Democratic India; this is not India governed by rule of law and a democratic constitution, ensuring the fundamental rights of all citizens for assembly and peaceful protest and demonstration. These events have left the people of Indian origin around the globe,
> particularly here in the UK, stunned, shocked and sad. We are thoroughly embarrassed by this naked abuse of police power on our native land and people expressing their aspiration for a corruption free India.
Therefore, we urge you to help us convey our feelings, our grief and our protest petition to the President of India.
We would urge you to help people of India to realise their aspiration to have a corruption free India. People of India deserve a chance to democratically elect new leaders who will root out corruption.
We are holding a peaceful protest in front of Indian High Commission, London on Friday 1st JULY 2011, from 12pm to 1.30pm. At the same time we will also be handing over 7000 named petition and a letter for the President of India from NRI's from UK.
All protestors will be wearing BLACK ARMBANDS as a sign of solidarity with the innocent, sleeping protestors who were baton charged by Indian police while expressing their non compliance with rampant corruption in high places in India.
"CORRUPTION IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF POVERTY IN INDIA"
This is the clear message we want to send to the Indian government which is lax in action on capital flight and unaccounted wealth of Indians stashed in global tax havens.
Rapacious loot, corruption by those in the highest places in Indian government, crony capitalism, capital flight from India to global tax havens, unaccounted money in the Indian economy and political system, is the root cause of India and millions of Indians not being able to achieve full development potential in the last 64 years of political freedom.
HCI London Protest 01 July 2011
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