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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
The intention of this collective appeal to the military regiment of Myanmar, beyond the obvious denunciation of mindless violence on its own civilians and an urgent call to cease the violence, is also to open a dialogue on restoring the faith of people the world over in liberty, democracy and basic humanity.
The ripples of violence on humanity, perpetrated in any corner of the world, affect the human psyche of every individual on the face of this earth, consciously and subconsciously. We are still struggling to heal from the scars of the countless genocides of the past and it is a matter of deep shame to the aggregate humanity of the world to even take another step in that direction, having witnessed the horror of genocide many times over.
Children brought into this world deserve better than being shot in the eye before they turn one year old and being killed before they turn two. The very definition of “civilization” comes under legitimate scrutiny when people of a state, without whom there would be no state, are slaughtered, oppressed and persecuted mindlessly for the exclusive intention of grabbing power. Such power, even when usurped momentarily, renders itself meaningless as soon as it is gained at the unconscionable cost of even one human life, let alone hundreds.
We also implore the military command to think about the humanity of the soldiers who are forced to perpetrate these dehumanizing crimes. No human being, under any condition, should be coerced to kill a fellow human, let alone their fellow citizens.
We the humans of the world, write in the faintest of hopes to appeal to the traces of humanity, if they still persist, of those who are in charge of this carnage to stop the violence immediately and to restore the moral, democratic and human rights of the civilians of Myanmar with immediate effect.
Socialist Party (India)
Endorsed by:
- Sapta Giri, New York
- Father Anand, Sanjha Sanskriti Manch, Varanasi
- Sandeep Pandey, Vice-President, SP(I), Lucknow
- Lubna Sarwath, State General Secretary, SP(I) Telangana, Hyderabad
- Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service, Lucknow
- Shreekumar, Co-Founder, Sangatya Commune
- Surabhi Agarwal, Delhi
| 8. Abdul Hameed Nayyar, Islamabad, Physicist, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad |
| 9. Abhay Joshi, Pune, India, Teacher |
| 10. Abhijit Mitra, Kolkata, Professor (Reired) |
| 11. Aditya Singh, New Delhi, Student |
| 12. Advaita, Ahmedabad, |
| 13. Afzal Ahmad Khan , Lucknow , Retired |
| 14. Akhtar Ehtisham, New York. USA., Surgeon. |
| 15. Alka Hingorani, Mumbai, IIT Bombay |
| 16. Amit Bhaduri, Delhi, Professor |
| 17. Amitabha Basu, New Delhi, Retired scientist |
| 18. Anand Kumar, Gurgaon, Social scientist |
| 19. Anand Patwardhan, Mumbai, India, Filmmaker |
| 20. Aneel Hegde, Kundapur Taluk , Samajwadi Abhiyan |
| 21. Anurag Singh, Lucknow, Law student & independent researcher |
| 22. Arun Khote, Lucknow, Justice News |
| 23. Aruna Roy, Rajasthan, Socio-political activist |
| 24. Aseem Shrivastava, New Delhi, India, Professor and writer |
| 25. Ashim Jain, Los Angeles, |
| 26. Babu Rahman, California , |
| 27. Biraj Patnaik – Human Rights Activist, , |
| 28. Biru Banerjee, Kolkata, India, |
| 29. Cedric Prakash , Ahmedabad India , Human Rights and Peace Activist |
| 30. CVR Murti, Hyderabad, India, None |
| 31. Dhananjay, varanasi, teacher |
| 32. Dileep kumar, Pune, Bharti vidyapeeth university |
| 33. Dimple oberoi vahali, Shimla, |
| 34. Dipankar, Mumbai, Scientist, TREELabs Foundation |
| 35. Divya Mangla, Delhi, Yes Bank |
| 36. Dr Sunilam, Samajwadi Samagam |
| 37. Dr. Neeti Bhai, Varanasi, Human Right Activist |
| 38. Dr. S. Q. R. Ilyas, Delhi, Politician, Journalist |
| 39. मदन लाल हिन्द, दिल्ली, समाजवादी जन परिषद |
| 40. Dr Mohan Rao, Bangalore, Former professor, Centre of Social Medicine, JNU. |
| 41. G G Parikh, Mumbai, Medical. Connected with Janata |
| 42. Gary Frase, USA, Retired Farmer |
| 43. Gazain Jawad Ali, Pakistan, Educationist |
| 44. Harish Pandey, Hyderabad, Business |
| 45. Hasan Abdullah, Delhi, |
| 46. Herman Kumara, Negombo, Sri Lanka, NAFSO |
| 47. Ipsita Manna, Kolkata, student |
| 48. J Ranjith Kumar, Chennai, IIM Ahmedabad |
| 49. Jabilli, Vizag, |
| 50. Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, Mumbai, Professor/Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| 51. Jayant , varanasi , Social |
| 52. Jitendra Nath Nandi, Kolkata, a little magazine worker |
| 53. K Babu Rao, Hyderabad, Former Scientist |
| 54. K.P. Sasi, , Countercurrents.org |
| 55. Karuna M, Chennai, |
| 56. Kausharali, Ahmedabad, Socialist Party (India) Gujarat |
| 57. Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, , |
| 58. Koel Das, Kolkata, IISER Kolkata |
| 59. Krunal D, Wardha, Volunteer – Nai Talim, Sewagram |
| 60. Kushal Sharma, Indore, Student |
| 61. Lenin Raghuvanshi, , Founder and CEO, People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) |
| 62. M A Baby . I endorse the statement , Thiruvananthapuram , Ex Member of Parliament |
| 63. Mahendra Kumar, BULANDSHAHR UTTAR PRADESH, BGJAS |
| 64. Mallika Sarabhai, Ahmedabad, Performer |
| 65. Meera Sanghamitra , Telangana, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) |
| 66. Mohammad Imran, Lucknow, India, Ringwood, NJ, Retired |
| 67. Mohammad Tahseen, Lahore, Pakistan, Development professional/ South Asoa Partnership Pakistan |
| 68. Narayanan CP, , |
| 69. National Alliance of People’s Movements, , |
| 70. Nuzhat, Husain, Doctor |
| 71. Pamela Philipose, New Delhi, Independent Journalist |
| 72. Pervin Jehangir, Mumbai, |
| 73. Poornima M B, Breilly, UP, India, Medical teacher |
| 74. Prabodh Jamwal, Jammu, Journalist |
| 75. Prafulla Samantara, , Environmental Activist |
| 76. Pramod Sharma, Chandigarh , Founder, Yuvsatta (youth for peace) NGO |
| 77. Pratap Antony, Secunderabad, Telangana , |
| 78. Prem Verma, Ranchi, Jharkhand Nagrik Prayas |
| 79. Priyanka , Noida, Student |
| 80. Priyanka Preet, , B.A. LL.B(Hons.), Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow |
| 81. Prof K Satchidanandan, , Writer and Academic |
| 82. Prof Shiva Sankar, , Chennai Mathematical Institute |
| 83. Prof. G. Haragopal, Hyderabad, Former dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad |
| 84. Professor B. Vivekanandan, Trivandrum, Former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. |
| 85. Raghu Rangarajan , Ahmedabad , |
| 86. Rajaraman K, Mylapore, Chennai, Software Engineer |
| 87. Rajat Vats, Loharu, Advocate |
| 88. Rajendra Bandhu, Indore, High court Advocate |
| 89. Rakshanda Kharatmal, Jalgaon Maharashtra, Student |
| 90. Ram Nagesh Prasad , Bihar , B.R.A Bihar University, Muzaffarpur |
| 91. Ram Puniyani, Mumbai, CSSS |
| 92. Ramesh Dixit, Lucknow, Academician and social activist |
| 93. Ravi Varun Veyidalamula, Visakhapatnam, |
| 94. Sabyasachi Sen, Araria, Bihar, Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan |
| 95. Samajwadi Samagam, , |
| 96. Samar Bagchi, , |
| 97. Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, New Delhi, Journalist |
| 98. Sanjeev, India, Engineer |
| 99. Satinath Choudhary, New York City, Retired professor, full-time activist |
| 100. Shamsul Islam, NCR, Former faculty Delhi University |
| 101. Sharad Behar, BHOPAL, INDIA, FORMER CIVIL SERVANT |
| 102. Shashank Singh , New Delhi , Advocate |
| 103. Sneha Chandna, NEW DELHI , SOCIAL WORKER |
| 104. Sourav Chakraborty , India, Geologist |
| 105. Sparsh Srivastava, Lucknow, |
| 106. Srinivasan G, Bangalore , Sochara |
| 107. Sruti, Boston, |
| 108. Sudhir Chopra , New Delhi , Retired Government Service |
| 109. Sudhir kumar Pandey, Gorakh Pur, Retired employee |
| 110. Sunil Kaul, Guwahati, Social Work |
| 111. Sunita Viswanath, Taos, NM, Hindus for Human Rights |
| 112. Surya Pratap Mishra, Lucknow, State Coordinator UP- Bachpan Bachaao Aandolan. |
| 113. Tanu, Uttar Pradesh, IIM INDORE |
| 114. Tanu , Delhi, Student |
| 115. Valson Thampu , Kerala, India , Individual |
| 116. Varadarajan M, Pune Maharashtra, Student activist |
| 117. Vikram Lal, Delhi, Retired |
| 118. Vinod Yadav , Varanasi , |
| 119. Vivek , Bangalore, India , Researcher |
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Military regime must end and democracy should reinstate.
Yes indeed Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice and Democracy every where.Let us collectively say NO TO MILITARISATION and WARs
Oppression anywhere is Oppression everywhere, for we are one in the human family. Vasudhaiva kutumbakam
Stop oppression of general public who support democracy.
Human spirit can never be crushed by any dictator
“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely!”
This is an evergreen adage! Nothing could be more true than the above truism!!
We need to find ways of living wherein concentration of power is prevented by dispersing it as much as we can envision. Military dictatorship is absolute negation of that effort. We need to envision ways of living (systems of governance) wherein military/police have minimal and dispersed power so it cannot be abused to oppress the the very society they are supposed to protect.
It should be stopped