Dr Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India
Re: Appeal for your personal intervention to save Bangalore-based Christian activist Sajan George from Rajasthan and Karnataka police harassment
Dear Prime Minister
Greetings
We have been periodically briefing you on the situation of Christians in India and their persecution particularly in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party where elements of fundamentalist organisations seem to be operating with the connivance of the state police and governments. This has led to much hardship and suffering in Gujarat, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Rajasthan, the worst of them all.
The government of Rajasthan has now exceeded even the terrible limits of its notorious recent past. Its police force, in active connivance with their colleagues in Karnataka, recently under BJP rule, intruded into the house of Bangalore-based Christian activist Sajan George when he was not there and harassed his wife and married daughter. The family, which includes a four month old infant, Sajan’s grandchild, remains traumatized.
The Rajasthan government and its police are targeting Sajan George because he, together with other activists such as Mr. Abraham Mathai of Mumbai and others, have been trying hard to ensure the safety and security of Bishop MA Thomas, who runs an orphanage in Kota, Rajasthan, and has been targetted by the Sangh parivar for many years now. This time, Bishop Thomas is being persecuted because the Sangh has found fault with some book discovered in a stall in his campus. The Bishop is not the author of the book. Irrespective of the legal status of the book – the Sangh’s official literature and newspapers are far more vituperative and offensive to Christian, Dalits and Muslims, than anyone can be -- the harassment of the Christians has gone unabated with the government of the state looking on passively.
I urge you to please instruct your Home minister to intervene urgently both for Bishop Thomas and for Mr. Sajan George.
The law must take its course if we have erred, but the partisanship the police is bringing a bad name to the entire country. The world does not know that the police who harass Christians and other minorities are in control of the BJP government of Rajasthan state. Needless to say, the Central government also gets blamed.
Sajan is well known and was in fact a candidate for the National Commission for Minorities. His harassment must stop.
I am sure your government will do the needful
With personal regards
John Dayal
Ps: I am attaching the email I received narrating the harassment of Sajan George, in his own words
Most urgent
The intimidation has started for me in India
Today at about 8.30pm more than 15 police men from Kota Rajasthan and Karnataka gate crashed into my home in Bangalore when I was away. My wife and daughter asked them to leave since we have a four month nursing baby in our home. The police wanted to know about my involvement regarding Emmanuel Mission and Arch bishop M A Thomas. The policemen were discourteous and they had no women constable either with them.They were even talking about my telephone conversation which would have been taped.
In spite of wife's and daughter's denial of any one at home the policemen were pushing into our private rooms many times during their dramatic appearance.
Their behaviour was as though they were treating most dreaded terrorists in the world
My only crime is I try to defend the cause of the voiceless and marginalised.n my telephone is tapped .my wife and daughter are humiliated. My four month old grand child is frightened and he is crying incessantly after the savages in the form of police entered my home. My telephones are tapped and they are joking about the pieces of conversation they overheard
Is India under the 'sadeshi terrorists' . The radical Hindus are calling shots. The sangh Parivar is able to strike at will.
I want justice and want protection for me and my family. Who will compensate for the trauma for my four month old grand son. We are worst than the most repressive government ,this is the midnight knock from the police and I fear that the kota police and their political masters will now stage manage attacks on me and my family. where de4mocracy and Christian minority is treated like door mats and any one can do any thing and get away.who can give us justice
How long the civil society can keep silent and blind. If the NHRC and the central; governmet is is alive they should take action about the infringement into my privacy and I want protection my life and propery
Prime Minister of India
Re: Appeal for your personal intervention to save Bangalore-based Christian activist Sajan George from Rajasthan and Karnataka police harassment
Dear Prime Minister
Greetings
We have been periodically briefing you on the situation of Christians in India and their persecution particularly in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party where elements of fundamentalist organisations seem to be operating with the connivance of the state police and governments. This has led to much hardship and suffering in Gujarat, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Rajasthan, the worst of them all.
The government of Rajasthan has now exceeded even the terrible limits of its notorious recent past. Its police force, in active connivance with their colleagues in Karnataka, recently under BJP rule, intruded into the house of Bangalore-based Christian activist Sajan George when he was not there and harassed his wife and married daughter. The family, which includes a four month old infant, Sajan’s grandchild, remains traumatized.
The Rajasthan government and its police are targeting Sajan George because he, together with other activists such as Mr. Abraham Mathai of Mumbai and others, have been trying hard to ensure the safety and security of Bishop MA Thomas, who runs an orphanage in Kota, Rajasthan, and has been targetted by the Sangh parivar for many years now. This time, Bishop Thomas is being persecuted because the Sangh has found fault with some book discovered in a stall in his campus. The Bishop is not the author of the book. Irrespective of the legal status of the book – the Sangh’s official literature and newspapers are far more vituperative and offensive to Christian, Dalits and Muslims, than anyone can be -- the harassment of the Christians has gone unabated with the government of the state looking on passively.
I urge you to please instruct your Home minister to intervene urgently both for Bishop Thomas and for Mr. Sajan George.
The law must take its course if we have erred, but the partisanship the police is bringing a bad name to the entire country. The world does not know that the police who harass Christians and other minorities are in control of the BJP government of Rajasthan state. Needless to say, the Central government also gets blamed.
Sajan is well known and was in fact a candidate for the National Commission for Minorities. His harassment must stop.
I am sure your government will do the needful
With personal regards
John Dayal
Ps: I am attaching the email I received narrating the harassment of Sajan George, in his own words
Most urgent
The intimidation has started for me in India
Today at about 8.30pm more than 15 police men from Kota Rajasthan and Karnataka gate crashed into my home in Bangalore when I was away. My wife and daughter asked them to leave since we have a four month nursing baby in our home. The police wanted to know about my involvement regarding Emmanuel Mission and Arch bishop M A Thomas. The policemen were discourteous and they had no women constable either with them.They were even talking about my telephone conversation which would have been taped.
In spite of wife's and daughter's denial of any one at home the policemen were pushing into our private rooms many times during their dramatic appearance.
Their behaviour was as though they were treating most dreaded terrorists in the world
My only crime is I try to defend the cause of the voiceless and marginalised.n my telephone is tapped .my wife and daughter are humiliated. My four month old grand child is frightened and he is crying incessantly after the savages in the form of police entered my home. My telephones are tapped and they are joking about the pieces of conversation they overheard
Is India under the 'sadeshi terrorists' . The radical Hindus are calling shots. The sangh Parivar is able to strike at will.
I want justice and want protection for me and my family. Who will compensate for the trauma for my four month old grand son. We are worst than the most repressive government ,this is the midnight knock from the police and I fear that the kota police and their political masters will now stage manage attacks on me and my family. where de4mocracy and Christian minority is treated like door mats and any one can do any thing and get away.who can give us justice
How long the civil society can keep silent and blind. If the NHRC and the central; governmet is is alive they should take action about the infringement into my privacy and I want protection my life and propery
Sajan K George, National President, Global council of Indian Christians
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APPEAL FOR ACTION AGAINST PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN INDIA
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As a Christian I am appalled to learn of what is happening to my fellow Christians in India in this, the 21st century. Where is our action headed?
Someone informed me today and suggested I take out some time to fast and pray over this issue. Without sounding insensitive I think its time us Christian put some further action with our prayers because our faith must also be accompanied by ACTION.
I can see that sites such as this one is provoking action, so you've got my attention. But this must be on a radical basis,
What about:
1. Holding prayer vigils outside Indian embassies world-wide as a protest to stop this persecution and bring this stronghold down.
2. Christians should storm these embassies with countless emails of their disgust and distain of such inhumane actions against Christians in India.
3. Alerting the entire Christian community and Christian media 'world-wide' to be actively involved in bringing these atrocities to a halt.
4. Alert the leaders of the Hindu and Muslim communities in other countries like Britain who without Christian liberty and democracy would not be able to exercise the freedom they enjoy in these countries.
5 The United Nations needs to be activated on a Human Rights basis to start dialogue with Christian groups and the Indian government.
6. Name and shame all world media corporations who choose to ignore this despicable state of affairs in India.
7. Consolidate all web activist to ensure that they are not simply relying on the Christian community only to take notice.
8. Get this wave of evil to be moved up the list of 'selected' media news. At the moment its the US Presidential Election, Joe the Plummer, The World Economic crisis and as always should there be any news of a stranded whale would be number 4 in the rating.
I'm getting my own web notices together and getting my UK brethren to start some ACTION
Pastor Linton Beckles UK
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