Lok Sabha Debates
Issue Regarding Violation Of Human Rights In The Country. on 10 December, 2012
> Title: Issue regarding violation of Human Rights in the country.
SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA : The subject is violation of Human Rights. Madam, today is the International Day for Human Rights. Madam, you can remember that in the last Session I initiated a discussion on Private Members’ Resolution on large scale violation of Human Rights in our country. Today, a large number of Muslim women have come from Jammu and Kashmir and they are holding dharna at Jantar Mantar. What is happening for the last several years in Jammu and Kashmir? Muslim youths are being picked up by the security forces. They are being put behind the bar, behind the jail by arresting them. They have to remain in Jail for years together – for five years or six years as undertrial prisoners and after keeping them in jail, then they are accused with several cases. Even there are cases where the mothers are not informed about the whereabouts of their children. Wives are not even informed about the whereabouts of their husbands. This is nothing but a blatant violation of human rights which is happening in the State of Jammu and Kashmir by the security forces. There is a demand for withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act. In spite of the recommendations given by the State Government for the withdrawal of the AFSPA, the Government of India has not decided to withdraw Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Jammu and Kashmir and also from Manipur.
Madam, I will refer to the recent incident of blatant Human Rights violation in the State of Maharashtra. 35 youths belonging to Scheduled Castes and Minority Community went to Mumbai. They were taken by a company to work in a construction company in Mumbai. When they went there, within two days, they were arrested alleging as Bangladeshis.
MADAM SPEAKER: All right, thank you so much. आप पटल पर विषय के साथ सम्बद्ध होने के लिए अपने नाम की चिट भेज दीजिए।
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SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA : They are all from my constituency. They belong to Scheduled Castes. None of them were Bangladeshis. They were kept in Jail for more than two months. … (Interruptions)
अध्यक्ष महोदया : आपका विषय समाप्त हो गया है, अब आप बैठ जाइये।
...( व्यवधान)
अध्यक्ष महोदया : आप बैठ जाइये, अब आपका वर्सन रिकार्ड में नहीं जा रहा है।
...( व्यवधान)* MADAM SPEAKER: Shri Rajaiah Siricilla will only speak. Nothing will go in record.
(Interruptions)* … MADAM SPEAKER: Shri M.B. Rajesh, Shri P.K. Biju and Shri Nama Nageshwar rao may be allowed to associate with the issue raised by Shri Basudeb Acharia.
SHRI RAJAIAH SIRICILLA (WARANGAL): Thank you Madam for giving me an opportunity to speak.
13.00 hrs It is a unique opportunity that has been given to me to speak on orphans on this International Day of Human Rights.… (Interruptions)
MADAM SPEAKER: He is talking about the plight of orphan children.
… (Interruptions)
MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record.
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