2009 December 10 « Development news of orissa and India

World Human Rights Day observed in India: ‘Everybody, all stake-holders should join hands to fight for restoring’

December 10, 2009 — IMC

Akhand in Bhubaneswar, India

It is a concern of everybody and all stake-holders should join hands together to fight for restoring the rights of every human being and at the same time everybody should remember that rights means a assertion and it should go together with duties. The civil societies should come in a big way in this regard and they should also build up themselves to take the responsibility in this regard, said Dr. R.N. Bohidar, IAS, Member, Orissa State Human Rights Commission.

He was addressing a gathering at a meeting on the occasion of the World Human Rights Day jointly organized by the Indian Red Cross Society, Orissa State Branch and the Inter Agency Group (IAG) Orissa at the Red Cross Bhavan here on Thursday (10th December 2009). Regarding the Human Rights Commission, Bohidar said that it is only a six-year-old organization and actions are being taken to make it more strong so that its deliver and redressal mechanism will be faster as its fact-finding mechanism.

Poverty, starvation death, distress, migration, loss of livelihood, displacement, lack of social infrastructure, health care system,
education and drinking water, sanitation, landlessness are the major challenges of Human Rights in Orissa in particular and throughout the country in general, said Shri Manas Jena, General Secretary, National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. Though there are many civil society organizations working on human rights in different fields i.e. women rights, child rights, Dalit rights, these lack convergence and solidarity, he said, adding that a larger alliance between the civil societies organizations and the Government is badly required to ensure the restoration of rights of every human being. He also emphasized on the need of proper mechanism within the concerned civil society organizations, government organizations and in the Human Rights Commissioner for identification, protection, participation and development of Human Rights.

Prof. M. P. Mohanty, Honorary Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Orissa State Branch and Chairperson, Inter Agency Group (IAG) Orissa discussed on the activities of the Red Cross and IAG Orissa in different sectors towards restoring human rights.

In the open discussion session, the participants raised the issues like right of restoring one’s right by formation of associations,
police torture on innocent people in the name of Maoists, sluggishness of redressal mechanism of the Human Rights Commission and loss of livelihood of displaced people due to mining activities.

Among others, Dr. Ambika Nanda, UNDP, Sunil Verma, UNICEF, Prof. S. Peppin, XIMB, Shyamal Kishore Das, IAG Orissa, social activists Mahendra Parida, Smt. Tapashi Praharaj, representatives from IAG Orissa member organizations like CARE, World Vision, Caritas, Water Aid, LWSI attended the programme.

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Legal restriction vacated from Indian mosque

December 10, 2009 — IMC

Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara, India

Both the minority community members , including Deobandi and Bareli ,on Thursday seemed jubilant after performing namaj at Derabish-based Tehttul mosque,which was remained locked since last 24^th September following the district administration clamped Section 144 CrPC and later Section 145 CrPC in the mosque premises by restrict both the minority community members not to enter into the mosque for performing namaj after tension erupted between the duo groups on the issue of appointing Imam.

The minority community members as well as the intellectual masses of the locality praised the interim order of the High Court in this issue by allowing the minority community members to perform namaj and by issuing stay order on Section 145 CrPC on the mosque imposed by the Executive Magistrate Derabish.

According to Ranjan Kumar Das, the Sub-collector of Kendrapara, the High court in its interim order on 7^th December directed the district administration to stay Section 145 CrPC on the mosque, that was imposed by the Executive Magistrate Derabish, and to carry out the direction of Chairperson of the Orissa Wakf Board in this regard till the settlement of the case..

According to Dash, Orissa Board of Wakf, Sayed Osatullah, in its letter no 455/OBW , dated 7.10.09 wrote to SP of Kendrapara, Nara Sundar Mishra, and the Tehsildar of Derabish by informing that for maintaining peace and tranquility ,promulgation of Section 144 Cr.P.C is seemed to be a correct step to stop violence but on the other hand imposition of Section 144 Cr.P.C on mosque or the temple or any religious institution is something which hurt the sentiments of the devotees As a question of amicable settlement has arisen the steps will be taken to settle the matter .The Orissa Board of Wakf also asked the district administration to allow pesh Imam and mouzzan in the mosque for five times namaj and who ever create lawlessness he may be taken into task .

According to official sources, acting on the direction of the High Court, the Sub-collector of Kendrapara,Ranjan Kumar Dash, and the DSP Home Guard , Narayan Mohanty , went to the mosque and vacated Section 145 CrPC from the mosque .

Later, the district administration appointed a pesh imam and mouzzan as per the suggestion taken by the Orissa Board of Wakf till the settlement of the case, added the sub-collector

On Thursday, the Deobandi group performed prayer in the mosque and later the Bareli group performed the prayer by the pesh Imam and Mouzzan appointed by the district administration on the suggestion of the chairperson of Wakf Board, added official sources.

Notably, both the group members were organizing prayer in the road or at the orchard as police barred both the group not to enter into the mosque since last 24^th September after the district administration clamped Section 144 CrPC and later 145 CrPC on mosque .Even the Pesh Imam and the Mouzzan were not allowed to enter into the, mosque for performing five times namaj.