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Islamic Human Rights Commission - Press Release
22nd January 2003
PRESS RELEASE: Report on Gujarat Atrocities Now Available Complicity of
Indian Authorities in Violence Cannot be Ignored
The Islamic Human Rights Commission has released a comprehensive report on
the atrocities committed against Muslims in Gujarat in February – March
2002.
The report outlines the number and nature of atrocities and includes
analyses of state and local government complicity in the crimes that were
originally attributed to unruly Hindu mobs acting spontaneously.
A spokesperson for IHRC said:
“Many months have now passed since the Gujarat carnage, but there has been
little progress in bringing those responsible for the murders, rapes and
other atrocities to account. Neither has there been serious consideration on
the part of the international community, on the long term implications for
human rights in India, as an overtly communalist regime pursues an
increasingly bloody agenda against Indian minorities.”
IHRC acknowledges the reports and reporting of the many human rights
organisations and local civil society groups who have tirelessly campaigned
for justice in the aftermath of the Gujarat atrocities. Its report calls on
the international community to take heed of the parallels between India
today and Germany in the 1930s:
“Many Hindu militant personalities have stated that the Muslims of India are
to be treated as the Jews in Nazi Germany. Surely then it is time the
international community rose up and took action against them as it did
against the Nazis.”
"Gujarat: Ongoing Genocide" is available to download (without charge) in PDF
format from the IHRC website at:
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=507
or to order in hard copy from the IHRC office at a cost of £4.
Gujarat: Ongoing Genocide, 69 pages, ISBN 1-903718-20-5
For further information please contact the Press Officer on (+44) 20
89020888 or (+44) 7958 522 196, email:
info@ihrc.org
Islamic Human Rights Commission
PO Box 598
Wembley
HA9 7XH
United Kingdom
Telephone (+44) 20 8902 0888
Fax (+44) 20 8902 0889
Email info@ihrc.org
Web www.ihrc.org
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