Citizens for Peace has long admired Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand's

tireless work for communal harmony. Over the last twelve years both

Teesta and Javed have been at the fore-front of a sustained legal effort

to ensure that the perpetrators of communal violence in Gujarat in 2002

are brought before the courts and justice is done.

Citizens for Peace joins law abiding citizens across India in calling upon

the judiciary and bureaucracy to ensure that Teesta and Javed's democratic

rights are protected and that they are not burdened by false cases."

Gujarat riots: Participants in Ahmedabad meet

decry effort to harass

human rights activist Teesta Setalvad

 

rotest against efforts to harass Setalvad outside the hall

By Our Representative
A meeting of survivors of the 2002 Gujarat riots and citizens, organised at the Mehdi Jung Hall Paldi, Ahmedabad, by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Ahmedabad, saw participants in the jam-packed hall calling for social boycott of those who are posing themselves as witnesses to the case filed against top human rights activist Teesta Setalvad in a Gujarat court for alleged misappropriation of the funds of the NGO she is heading for purposes other than fighting cases of riot victims.

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