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Dear Readers,
In
this segment of BangladesherDak we will be featuring on-line petitions that
we receive from various individuals, organization and group for you to
consider.
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support of our readers; whose signatures we believe can go a long way to
elicit public awareness for any noble cause.
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Maqsoodul Haque
Editor
BangladesherDak
PETITIONS AVAILABLE NOW
1.
Mukto-Mona
Save the Minorities from peril and let live with equal
rights.
2. Make Trade Fair:Join The Big Noise
A
petition from
Mukto-mona:
Save the Minorities from peril and let live with equal rights.
To: The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Your
Excellencies,
With due respect
We, the people of south Asian origin, beg to state that how much we
appreciate your Excellencies for taking appropriate political as well
diplomatic measures to reduce tension in South Asia. We also like to see
that your governments take initiative to resume bilateral or multilateral if
needed be talks on all disputed matters. We also feel encouraged to see that
India and Pakistan are showing some signs of taking some positive steps, a
significant step being taken to establish full diplomatic relation at the
High Commissioner level. We want to see similar positive initiatives taken
between Bangladesh & India on all issues including migration of minorities
to India and their safe return to their home country, and between Bangladesh
& Pakistan on all pending issues including expatriation of Pakistani
nationals, sharing of assets of united Pakistan, trial of war criminals of
’71 and related issues.
We hereby request
you all to take action in your respective countries against the groups
professing hatred towards minorities. Such actions given the fragile nature
of inter communal relations can very easily inflame the region. In India,
distribution of trishuls (tridents) etc. by some socio-politico-religious
organizations and indulging in verbal terrorism and communalism, are
terrifying all non-Hindu religious communities including Christians and
Muslims.
In Pakistan,
Muslim fundamentalist groups have been responsible for attacks on
Christians, Shias, Hindus and Ahmedias living in Pakistan, and creating
atmosphere of terrorism and tension in Kashmir on both sides of
international line of control. Blasphemy law now operating in this country
has always been an instrument of persecution against non-Sunni religious
sects within the fold of Islam, followers of other religions, and secular
liberals and atheists.
In Bangladesh
minorities continue to face persecution, harassment and terror by Islamic
fundamentalist groups and politically motivated criminal elements. Existence
of armed Islamic organizations under different names and fundamental Islamic
Political Parties has always been a threat to minorities living here.
Continued migration of minority population to neighbouring country and
alarming decline of Hindu minority population since 1947, forcible eviction
of Adibasis and Tribal people from their abodes, thereby destabilizing the
population ratio in those localities, and significant increase of religion
based educational institutions constitute threat to minorities and a menace
to much wanted communal harmony.
We sincerely hope
that future will hold bright prospects for our people in this region and
they will prosper in an atmosphere of peace and communal harmony provided
governments of your Excellencies take the following basic steps immediately
to safeguard the rights of minorities:
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Take
appropriate measures to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony so that
minorities feel safe and reassured.
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Make
appropriate constitutional amendments on the basis of liberal secular
democracy and philosophy of pluralism to accommodate fundamental human
rights as envisaged in human rights declaration and to abolish any
discrimination against religious, ethnic, linguistic or cultural
minorities in your population.
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Take
administrative, judicial and political measures against violation of human
rights and rights of minorities, and to ensure safety of the weaker
sections of your population including minorities.
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Take
initiative to form a truly independent and effective Human Rights
Commission (if not already formed), and a truly independent
judiciary system that will protect the rights and privilege of each
and every citizen from the tyrannical weapons of state machinery.
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Repeal
all discriminatory laws and acts including Blasphemy law (operating in
Pakistan. & Fundamentalists demanding in Bangladesh).
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Take
appropriate measures to ensure that Parliament, Judiciary and Executives
can work in unison to protect human rights and rights of the minorities.
Urgent action on
the part of your Excellencies’ governments will lead to mutual
reconciliation in keeping with our countries old pluralistic tradition and
culture- ‘Unity in Diversity’.
Sincerely,
Click Here To Sign
[The
Save the Minorities from peril and let live with equal rights. Petition
to The Prime Ministers of
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh was created by and written by
The members of Advisory board of Mukto-mona . This petition is
hosted at
www.mukto-mona.com
]
Dear Readers of
BangladesherDak
This petition represents the voices of
1219412 people around the world who are calling for
decision-makers to make trade fair. With your help, we want to make it the
biggest petition ever
Since
its launch in April 2002 the Big Noise has been presented to key decision
makers at events throughout the world.
At
the Earth summit in September 2002 Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa,
and Anders Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark and former President of the
European Union, received a CD of messages from people who signed up to the
Big Noise.
The
Big Noise petition will be presented at the WTO summit in Cancun, Mexico, in
September this year. The summit will see trade ministers from all over the
world coming together, and will be crucial for the future of world trade,
and the futures of millions across the developing world.
The
Big Noise has also been mobilised to great effect through its online e-mail
campaigns - most famously in December 2002 when
Nestle were forced to climb down from their decision to claim $6m from
the government of Ethiopia. Nearly 50,000 e-mails were sent by Big Noise
members and after just a week Nestlé retreated.
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