Statements Statement Condemning the Gagging and Harassment of Professor S A R Geelani, University of DelhiStatements
Statement Condemning the Gagging and Harassment of Professor S A R Geelani, University of Delhi
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- Published on 18 February 2013
- Written by www.icawpi.org
By Teachers of Delhi University
Today at about 11.00 a.m. personnel of the Delhi Police Special Cell who claimed to be acting under the oral instructions of their superior officers, forced their way into Prof SAR Geelani's house, manhandled him and attempted to snatch his mobile phones. When Prof Geelani asked to see the written orders sanctioning this action, he was told that there were no written orders. The members of the Special Cell continued to occupy his residence and intimidate him and his family for five hours. They left his house only when journalists who learnt of this incident arrived at his residence. The Special Cell personnel have continued to loiter outside his house since then.
We the undersigned teachers of Delhi University unequivocally and vehemently condemn the attempt to gag, harass and intimidate Prof Geelani and his family. The harassment began on the 9th of February 2013 after the hanging of Afzal Guru, when Prof Geelani was first illegally detained in the Special Cell office for a day, and then placed under house arrest. This harassment has only intensified since that day. Prof Geelani has been openly and explicitly critical of the execution of Afzal Guru, and the police action is an undisguised attempt to censor and silence him.
We demand the immediate removal of the Special Cell members from the vicinity of his house and the discontinuation of all modes of harassment, intimidation and gagging by agencies of the Indian state.
Name College/Department
1. Sadashiv Dyal Singh College
2. Ali Javed Dept of Urdu
3. S K Sareen Satyavati College
4. N Sachin Dyal Singh College
5. Nandini Chandra Dept of English
6. Hany Babu Dept of English
7. Nandini Dutta Miranda House
8. Anshuman Singh Dyal Singh College
9. Jenny Rowena Miranda House
10. Arjumand Ara Dept of Urdu
11. Ravinder Goel Satyawati College
12. Naveen Gaur Dyal Singh College
13. Karen Gabriel St Stephen's College
14. P K Vijayan Hindu College
15. Apoorvanand Dept of Hindi
16. Uma Gupta Indraprastha College
17. Saroj Giri Dept of Political Science
18. Ish Mishra Hindu College
19. G N Saibaba Ram Lal Anand College
20. Abha Dev Habib Miranda House
21. Nirmalangshu Mukerjee Dept of Philosophy
22. Yasser Arafath Dept of History
23. Nandita Narain St Stephen's College
24. Anirban Kar Dept of Economics
25. Shaswati Mazumdar Dept of Germanic and Romance Studies
26. Archana Aggarwal Hindu College
27. Kumar Sanjay Singh Swami Shraddhanand College