From: keth-AT-rhi.hi.is (Kristin Eva Thorhallsdottir) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:10:50 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Revised petition: ready to go > > The following is the revised petition with names of people who signed. I am > > posting this here for two reasons: (1) to show all the final version of the > > petition, and (2) to make sure I have not dropped any names. > > > > I am going to send it in by the end of this week. Hope it's okay. > > > > Thanks for your support. > > > > Piya Chatterjee from U. California Riverside has helped me revise the letter. > > > > -Partha > > ___________________________ > > > > Honorable Chief Minister > > The Government of Rajasthan > > Vidhan Soudha > > Jaipur 302001 > > Rajasthan, India. > > > > > > October 15, 1996 > > > > > > > > Dear Sir: > > > > > > An International Protest in Regards to the Dhapu Bai Rape Case > > > > > > We the undersigned file this petition to express our outrage at the > > rape and torture of Dhapu Bai, an adivasi woman, in the village of Utharna > > in Tonk district in the state of Rajasthan. As you perhaps know, this > > terrible incident took place on June 15, 1996. We also express our anger > > at the violent beating of Dhapu Bai's husband and son that occurred on the > > same day. > > > > Dhapu Bai was gang-raped in front of her husband Jagdish and son > > Dharam Raj by some twenty henchmen of a liquor contractor named Meghraj and > > a head constable of Deoli police. Jagdish and Dharam Raj were severely > > beaten with iron rods. Finally, the three victims were left by the police > > outside a local hospital where Dhapu Bai regained consciousness after four > > days. Needless to say, the family suffered a horrible physical and > > emotional trauma. > > > > We refrain from describing in further details the rape and physical > > abuse because no description can match the real incident that went beyond > > the bounds of civilized behavior. Through this petition, we strongly > > demand justice for Dhapu Bai and her family. We are aware that some of the > > criminals have been arrested upon agitation by women's groups and > > subsequent media attention on this case. However, in light of the fact > > that the medical report on Dhapu Bai does not register any rape, the case > > may be judged as having circumstantial evidence. We are concerned that > > some of the arrested are now free on bail and we remain apprehensive that > > key evidence will be tampered with resulting aquittal and silence around > > this event. > > > > We the undersigned therefore strongly demand to you and your > > government that the case be dealt with in extreme urgency and care and in > > the interim, Dhapu Bai and her family be given ample financial and legal > > compensation if it has not been done already. > > > > We also demand that the criminals, however socially and politically > > powerful they are, be arrested forthwith and brought to justice. This will > > set a precedent by which your administration will be seen as having a > > sincere commitment to human rights and social justice within your state. > > Your strong and prompt action as chief minister of Rajasthan could also > > prevent future acts of inhumanity and barbarism. > > > > We are sending out copies of this petition to various Indian > > newspapers and women's organizations. > > > > Thank you for your attention. > > > > > > Sincerely yours, > > > > > > > > Partha Banerjee > > Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research > > David Axelrod Institute > > New Scotland Avenue > > Albany, NY 12208, USA. > > > > Biju Mathew, Asst. Prof. of Business, Rider > > University, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 > > > > Sangeeta kamat, Adj faculty, School of education, brookln > > College, Brooklyn, New York > > > > Susanne Schech, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, South Australia > > 5001 > > > > Usha Venkatachallam > > 2725, 39th street, NW > > Washington, DC 20007 > > USA > > > > Piya Chatterjee > > Assistant Professor > > Departments of Women's Studies > > and Anthropology > > University of California-Riverside > > 1150 watkins hall > > Riverside, CA 92521 > > > > Rakhee Goyal > > 1401 Blair Mill Road, #411 > > Silver Spring, MD 20910 > > USA > > > > Atefeh Oliai > > From: atefeho-AT-vms2.macc.wisc.edu > > > > Shashwati Talukdar > > Calender Editor, Temple Times, > > 302 U.S.B. > > 1601 N. Broad st. > > Philadelphia, PA-19122. > > > > Mimi Nguyen > > American Studies > > New York University > > > > diditi mitra > > temple university > > sociology department > > > > Sushma Joshi > > P.O Box 1331, Brown University > > Providence, RI 02912 > > > > Ahilan Anantha > > Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering Computer Science > > University of California, Berkeley > > > > Prema Oza > > 5-280 O'Connor St. > > Ottawa,ON,Canada > > K2P 1V4 > > > > Zeba Naseem Noorani <azucar-AT-uclink2.berkeley.edu> > > > > Dipendra S. Malhotra > > Consultant, Client Server Development (UNIFORM-ACCESS) > > Bell Sygma Inc. (iis:malhotra, email:malhotra-AT-post.sygma.net) > > tel: (416) 215-5157, fax: 979-7726 > > > > Eva Hellman > > University of Dalarna, S-781 00 Falun, Sweden (evah-AT-bahnhof.se) > > > > Fiona Scorgie > > Centre for Gender Studies > > University of Natal (Durban) > > KwaZulu/Natal > > South Africa > > scorgie-AT-superbowl.und.ac.za > > > > Ali Mir (ali-AT-mgmt.umass.edu) > > Raza Mir (raza-AT-som.umass.edu) > > Raju Sivasankaran (sivasank-AT-cs.umass.edu) > > Maya yajnik (yajnik-AT-cs.umass.edu) > > (all four from University of Massachussettes) > > > > Mirangela Buggs > > P. O. Box 20551 > > Tompkins Square Station > > New York, NY 10009 > > > > Atiqur Rahman > > Home : 625 Milton, #1105 > > Faculty of Management > > McGill University > > 1001 Sherbrooke Street west > > Montreal, PQ > > Canada H3A 1G5 > > > > Sayan Bhattacharyya > > 1518 Gilbert Court > > Ann Arbor > > MI 48105 > > > > Sudipto Chatterjee > > Dept. of Performance Studies > > New York University > > > > Sujata Moorti > > Assistant Professor > > Women's Studies > > Old Dominion University > > > > Rahul De' > > Bowie State University > > Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:49:43 -0400 > > From: Rahul De <Rahul.De-AT-bowiestate.edu> > > > > Sutapa Chattopadhyay <sutapa-AT-instinet.com> > > > > Abu Saleque Khan > > Graduate Student > > Department of Performance Studies > > New York University > > > > Reema Singla > > 555 E.William Apt.9k > > Ann Arbor, MI 48104 > > > > Maneesha Deckha > > Faculty of Law > > University of Toronto > > 84 Queen's Park Crescent > > Toronto, ON > > M2H 1A5 > > CANADA > > > > Tara Hawes > > The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand > > Private Bag 31914 > > Lower Hutt > > New Zealand > > > > Rajagopal Vakulabharanam > > Dept.of South Asian studies (grad.student) > > University of Wisconsin-Madison, > > Madison, WI 53706 > > > > Kosala Abeywickrema > > 3444, Cortese Circle > > Building #21 > > San Jose, CA 95127 > > USA > > > > David F. Woodbury > > 31 W 11th ST # 6A > > New York, NY 10011 USA > > dfw6401-AT-is.nyu.edu > > > > Kavita Philip > > School of Literature, Communication & Culture > > Skiles Hall > > Georgia Institute of Technology > > Atlanta, Ga 30332-0165. > > > > Lorinda M. Leonardi > > New York State Museum > > Albany, NY 12230, USA > > > > Rajive Tiwari > > Physics Department > > Belmont Abbey College > > Belmont, NC 28012 > > > > Veena Gondhalekar > > Saheli, Austin, TX > > > > N. I. Markar > > Wolfson College > > University of Cambridge > > Cambridge > > UK > > > > hari srinivasan > > 450 n mathilda avenue, #q202 > > sunnyvale, ca 94086 > > > > Corinne Dempsey > > 501 Hall of Languages > > Syracuse University > > Syracuse, NY 13244 > > > > Lisette Boily, M.A. > > Dept. of English > > York University, Toronto, Canada > > > > Nancy Rhodes > > Maxwell School, Syracuse University > > Syracuse, New York, U.S. > > > > Vijay Iyer > > Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT) > > 1750 Arch Street > > Berkeley, CA 94709 > > > > John Bell > > Department of Undergraduate Drama > > New York University > > > > Debjani Das > > Project Decentralised Cooperation > > NGDO-EU Liaison Committee > > 10 Square Ambiorix > > B-1000 Brussels > > Belgium > > > > Kaushik Ghosh > > Princeton University > > <kghosh-AT-phoenix.Princeton.EDU> > > > > barbara browning <browning-AT-is.nyu.edu> > > > Saeed Ur Rehman > University of Wollongong > Australia > su03-AT-uow.edu.au > saeed_saeed-AT-hotmail.com > Kristin Eva Thorhallsdottir Giljasel 2 -Reykjavik ICELAND keth-AT-rhi.hi.is > > __________________________________________ > > > > Note: The above comments are my own and not necessarily my employer's. > > > > Partha Banerjee, Ph.D. > > > > Mycology Department > > Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research > > David Axelrod Institute > > New Scotland Avenue > > Albany, NY 12208, USA. > > > > Phone: (518)-474-2168 > > > > Email: pbanerj-AT-wadsworth.org > > > > > > > > > > -- *----------------------------------------------------------------------------* * Kristín Eva Ţórhallsdóttir * * keth-AT-rhi.hi.is * * http://www.rhi.hi.is/~keth * *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
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