Author: A G Noorani
Praful Bidwai/Several Contributors
Foreword/Introductio: Arundhati Roy
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 262
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143103237
Description
On 13 December 2001, the Indian Parliament was attacked by five—some say six—heavily armed men. Five years later, we still do not know who was behind the attack, nor the identity of the attackers.
Both the Delhi High court and the Supreme Court have noted that the police violated legal safeguards, fabricated evidence and extracted false confessions. Yet, one man, Mohammad Afzal, has been
sentenced to death by hanging to ‘satisfy’ the ‘collective conscience
of society’.
This reader brings together Sixteen essays by lawyers, academics, journalists and writers who have looked closely at the available facts and raise serious questions about the investigations and the trial. They show how there is hardly a single piece of evidence that stands up to scrutiny, and emphasize the urgent need for an impartial, transparent inquiry into the parliament attack and its aftermath.
Contents
Introduction: Breaking the News
ARUNDHATI ROY
The Many Faces of Nationalism
NANDITA HAKSAR
Media Trial and Courtroom Tribulations
SHUDDHABRATA SENGUPTA
The Media Constructs a Kashmiri Terrorist
Syed Bismillah Geelani
The Strange Case of Qay's Al Kareem
TRIPTA WAHI
'And His Life should become Extinct'
ARUNDHATI ROY
Should Mohammad Afzal Die ?
NIRMALANGSHU MUKERJI
Afzal must not Hang
PRAFUL BIDWAI
A Death Sentence and a Birthday Party
JAWED NAQVI
Hour of the Hangman
ASHOK MITRA
Hang the Truth
SONIA JABBAR
Guilty of an Unsolved Crime
NIHIR SRIVASTAVA
Popular Feeling in Kashmir is Valid Ground to Grant Afzal Pardon
A G NOORANI
Satyamev Jayete
SHUDDHABRATA MUKHERJI
Meeting Afzal
INDIRA JAISINGH
Last Chance to Know
NIRMALANGSHU MUKHERJI
Mulaqat Afzal
VINOD K JOSE
Notes
Appendix 1
appendix 2
Notes on Contributors