Edmund Burke
rightly says, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good
conscience to remain silent."I wrote an article and open letter on mysterious silence
of NHRC in my case. Please find follows links:
Recently on 15
December,2017 National Human Rights Commission(NHRC), a premier Human Rights
Institution of India and ‘people’s court for poor’ furnished follows order in
case number of 42218/24/72/2012 :
“This
proceeding shall be read in continuation of the earlier proceedings in the
matter: Vide last proceedings dated 19.4.2016 the Commission directed as under:
“The Commission has perused the detailed notings of the Investigation Division
and the papers placed in the file. In so far as the cases which are under
consideration of the court, the Commission cannot intervene and the petitioner
may ventilate his grievances before the adjudicating court. The allegations of
attempt on his life & his false implication are serious in nature. The
petitioner has been a member of the Core Committee on NGO, in the Commission
and has filed several cases in the Commission on violation of Human Rights from
across the country. In the light of the facts and circumstances of this case,
let the DIG, Investigation Division of the Commission call the petitioner Dr.
Lenin on a mutually convenient date and get his version recorded. Present
status/outcome of the criminal cases as indicated above be obtained within 6 weeks. The matter therefore be placed before the full
Commission.” A note has thus been received from the Investigation Division
detailing the steps taken by it. It is inter-alia reported vide note dated
27.5.2016 that the complainant was called “as per his convenience” and his
statement was recorded making allegations / complaints regarding cases
registered against him. Accordingly, present status / outcome of the cases is
being sought. It is inter-alia further reported that despite reminders ending
with that dated 19.10.2016, present status of FIR Nos.199/2013, 4/2013,
359/2013 and 418/2013 have not been received from the SSP, Varanasi so far.
Threat of coercive process has not yielded any results. Commission takes a very
serious view of the non-responsive attitude on the part of the SSP, Varanasi.
Let Summons under section 13 of the PHR Act, 1993 be issued to the SSP,
Varanasi to personally appear before the Commission on 20.2.2018
to explain his utter casual and callous attitude since the instant cases
pertain to the year 2012. However, if the report is received a week prior to
the scheduled date, his personal appearance shall stand dispensed with.
Delinked files be bunched separately.”
I welcome recent step of NHRC for justice and
dignity of human rights defender. This matter concerns not only the life and
the reputation of a human rights defender, but also the very legitimacy of
human rights work in general.
My independent thought (which is not project
driven) and vision based continuous non-violent struggle is creating friendly contradictions with
Civil Society actors and negative contradictions with sectarian fascist forces
of hegemonic masculinity[i].
An International scholar at Universidade de Coimbra Mr. Amit Singh describes , “Born in an upper caste in India, Dr. Lenin
Raghuvanshi has shown tremendous courage to fight against the evils of Caste
system such as bondage labour, police torture and discrimination against
vulnerable groups of the society. Most dalits (down trodden) are the victims of
age old injustices prevalent in Indian society. In spite of Constitutional
safeguard, dalits and Indian minorities (such as Muslim) continue to be victims
of discrimination, police torture and bondage labour. Political and government
machinery, dominated by the upper Caste member lacks sympathy for vulnerable
groups of the Indian society. In such context, few organizations and individual
dared to fight against Caste atrocities. Dr. Lenin and his organization
(People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights, PVCHR) is one of them. Since, 1993, Lenin’s consistent struggle
against historical injustices has been continued at various levels. His torture
free village model is a unique in this regard. Due to his strong advocacy and
struggle for justice for vulnerable groups, Lenin faced legal and physical
threats on his life. Many legal cases were fabricated against him including
rape and kidnapping. He was physically attacked many times; beaten by police
and gun shots fired upon him to deter him to pursue legal cases seeking justice
for dalits and Muslim minorities. In spite of against all odds, Dr. Lenin’s
struggle for human rights persistently continues. He never gave up.”
It is my
hope that the justice to me, Shruti Nagvanshi and PVCHR will help to bring an
end to the suppression of Dalit and other marginalised communities that still
occurs in many countries, and to realise the great potential for plural
democracy and sustainable peace based on non-violence, justice, human dignity
and secularism that Dalit and other marginalised communities can represent.
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