| Demonstrations banned in Delhi
By - 08/10/2001 At 13:32 Demonstrations effectively
banned in capital city of
world's biggest
democracy. At least three
anti-war activists arrested
in Delhi. > Finally, the bombs have fallen on Afghanistan.
...
> In Delhi police are everywhere, with more
> roadblocks, more security checks of ordinary
> people (or, anyone with a beard). The security
> state has been formalised. Today the Delhi
> police took out a large advertisement in the
> newspapers effectively banning all
> demonstrations without police permission.
...
> But wait. Once the anti war demonstrations pick
> up, you shall see yesterday's liberal television
> hosts aggressively attacking dissent, skimming
> over the massive repression going on in the
> country under the pretext of the ban on SIMI.
[SIMI is an islamic students' organisation which has
been banned.]
...
> As I write, a friend tells me that three
> student activists were arrested in Delhi for
> distributing anti-war leaflets.
>
> Remember, Bush promised a long and painful war.
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This is a report of the arrests in Delhi
yesterday, a fairly standard campaign that was
going on against the war. Gives a sense of the
national security paranoia now gripping the
local police. Better reports in the Delhi
edition of the Hindu and the Indian express
(alas, not on-line) The arrested are now in
Tihar jail.
6 HELD IN CITY FOR ANTI-US PROTESTS (Asian Age)
New Delhi, Oct. 8
Six persons, Sunil, Gurmeet, Naveen, Sunil,
Shehzad and Jeeban were arrested by the
northeast district police on charges of
protesting against the US attacks in
Afghanistan, the banning of the Students
Islamic Movement of India and for allegedly
making anti-India slogans on Monday. All of
them are students. It is learnt that three of
arrested are students of Delhi University. It
is learnt that six persons were allegedly
arrested by the Bhajanpura police around 11 am,
reports our correspondent. The arrested
persons claimed to be members of the All-India
People's Resistance Forum and Democratic
Students' Forum. They were arrested by the
police for distributing pamphlets opposing the
ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India
and the aggression by the United States on
Afghanistan on Monday in north Delhi.
Police sources said that the accused persons
assimilated in a small group near Bhajanpura
flouting banners, pamphlets and placards. They
also allegedly distributed the pamphlets among
the passers-by.
The AIPF is a civil rights' organisation in
Andhra Pradesh and the members of the
organisation had come to Delhi to hold
protests.
Around 50-60 people belonging to the
organisation were distributing pamphlets when
the local police took them into custody. It is
reported that earlier they were booked under
preventive detention for breach of peace. The
charges under which they were detained earlier
were Section 107/ 155 of the CRPC.
Police sources revealed that legal experts were
contacted and all of them were formally
arrested. A case under Sections 153 A/ 155 B of
the IPC were registered against the persons for
promoting animosity amongst different
communities and anti national activities.
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