Topic: Gujarat genocide

At a virtual press conference on Thursday, an international panel of human rights activists, parliamentarians, and scholars forcefully condemned the Indian government’s recent arrest and detention of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad.

The special investigation team (SIT) probing charges against whistleblowers activist Teesta Setalvad, retired DGP R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt told a city sessions court on Friday that the trio were allegedly part of a “larger conspiracy” for “dismissal or destabilisation” by “hook or by crook” of the then state government.

Jailed whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt who, as a whistleblower, exposed Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide, was on Tuesday arrested by a Special Investigation Team for allegedly committing forgery and fabricating evidence in a case related to the 2002 genocide.

The Supreme Court’s judgement in the Zakia Jafri’ plea in connection with the Gujarat Muslim genocide overturns the principle of the Right to life and liberty against questionable actions by the state, a group of 92 former civil servants said on Wednesday.

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kamini Jaiswal called the Supreme Court's ruling on Zakia Jafri's appeal as a "wonderful piece of literature" and added that the ruling is "completely illegal, unconstitutional, and violates every tenet of law and fundamental rights.”

The Indian authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, drop all charges against her, and stop their relentless attacks against her, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.