Protest Against Continued State Repression
onAnti-POSCO People’s Movement
11 am, 24th May (Friday), 2013
In the continuum of brutal attacks on the struggle against forcible land acquisition for a POSCO steel plant in Odisha, the most recent case of repression has been the unlawful arrest of POSCO Pratirodh Samgram Samiti (PPSS) leader Abhay Sahoo from Bhubaneshwar airport by Odisha Police. This arbitrary arrest is clearly a part of the ploy to destabilize the People’s Movement that has been fighting against the forcible land grab by Odisha/Central Government for the POSCO project.
After the unlawful arrest of Abhay Sahoo on 11th May, from 16th May 2013 onwards, a Odisha wide platform POSCO Pratirodh Jan Sangharsh Manch (PPJSM) have started a demonstration for indefinite period at Lower PMG, Bhubaneswar demanding immediate scrapping of the project and release of PPSS leaders Abhay Sahoo, Laxman Paramanik ( victim of the bomb attack in early March), Promod Das and two others from jail.
On behest of CAPITAL, the Odisha Government and the Indian (Union) Government lends its unabated support for the project leading to utmost repressive measures on peaceful protesters.
We strongly condemn the complete disregard for any kind of democratic processes, and the blatant use of brute force through police as well as goons to brutally crush the movement that is going on in the region. We call on all democratic and progressive organizations and individuals to condemn the arrest of anti-POSCO activists and protest against the Odisha Government’s naked support towards POSCO, where it is ready to murder its own citizens so that POSCO may set up its steel plant.
People’s Struggle Against ‘Corporate – State Nexus’ Long Live!
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New Socialist Initiative (NSI), Sanhati – Delhi, JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU), POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity Delhi, All India Students’ Association (AISA), Democratic Students Federation (DSF), Left Collective, KNS (Krantikari Naujawan Sabha), CPI-ML (Red Flag), People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), New Materialist – JNU, Students for Resistance (SRF), Women Against Sexual Violence & State Repression (WSS)
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