NE Support Centre & Helpline condemns Guwahati violence against Adivasi Protestors. The culprits must be booked immediately under SC/ST POA 1995.

New Delhi, November 26, 2007 (NE Support Centre & Helpline)

North East Support Centre & Helpline condemns Guwahati violence against the protest organized by All Assam Adivasi Student’s Association on last Saturday. The culprits must be immediately arrested and high level enquiry must be setup.

The barbaric manner of local residents chasing 250 Adivasi (Dalit) men and women who were protesting for their demand in democratic manner and striping a woman protestor by a local Assamese business man and kicking at her belly is unacceptable and must be punished according law. North East Support Centre & Helpline call all citizens to condemn such inhuman and barbaric act and such act can not be accepted in today’s society.

North East Support Centre & Helpline demands Mr. Tarun Gogoi’s government to pay the compensation as per as SC/ST Prevention of Atrocity Action 1995 to bereave families of those killed and all those injured in the violence. The culprits must be booked under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocity Act.

North East Support Centre also appeals to the public to maintain peace and harmony and refrain from any form communal violence.

North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is a joint initiative of various human rights activists, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to North East People and tribal communities of other states.

Release by,

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Ms. Lannglui Rongmei

President, NESC&H

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Mr. Madhu Chandra

Spokes Person, NESC&H

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