वरिष्ठ वकील प्रशांत भूषण के पक्ष में दुनिया भर की 185 हस्तियां आगे आईं

फिनलैंड के पूर्व विदेश मंत्री, यूरोपीय संसद European Parliament के सदस्य समेत नेपाल से लेकर अमेरिका तक की हस्तियों ने प्रशांत भूषण Prashant Bhushan के पक्ष में बयान जारी किया है

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देश के जाने-माने वकील एवं सामाजिक कार्यकत्र्ता प्रशांत भूषण  Prashant Bhushan के समर्थन् में देश और दुनिया भर से आवाज उठ रही है। दुनिया भर के 185 हस्तियों ने प्रशांत भूषण के पक्ष में आवाज उठाया है। प्रशांत भूषण के पक्ष में फिनलैंड के पूर्व विदेश मंत्री और यूरोपीय संसद European Parliament के सदस्य समेत नेपाल से लेकर अमेरिका तक के 54 अंतरराष्ट्रीय हस्तियों ने सार्वजनिक तौर पर बयान जारी किया है।

गांधी शांति प्रतिष्ठानGandhi Peace Foundation के अध्यक्ष कुमार प्रशांत, पर्यावरणवीद रवि चोपड़ा, मैग्सेसे अवार्ड Magsaysay Award से सम्मानित संदीप पांडेय, स्वामी अग्निवेश, डॉ.सुनीलम और प्रोफेसर आनंद कुमार समेत भारत के 131 हस्तियों ने समर्थन किया है। इन सभी हस्तियों ने उम्मीद जतायी है कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट में चल रहे अवमानना के मामले में भारतीय संविधान की भावना के अनुरूप अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता और लोकतांत्रिक अधिकारों की जीत होगी। सुप्रीम कोर्ट एवं हाई कोर्ट के कई सेवानिवृत न्यायाधीशों ने भी प्रशांत भूषण के समर्थन में बयान जारी किया है।

-प्रशांत भूषण द्वारा जून के महीने में किये गए दो ट्वीट पर उच्चतम न्यायालय ने स्वतः संज्ञान लिया है। साथ ही अवमानना से ही संबंधित 2009 के एक पुराने मामले पर भी आठ साल बाद सुनवाई शुरू कर दी गयी है।

-अब तक सुप्रीम कोर्ट और हाई कोर्ट के कई सेवानिवृत न्यायाधीशों ने भी प्रशांत भूषण के समर्थन में बयान जारी किया है -सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता अरुणा रॉय समेत 16 सिविल सोसायटी सदस्यों ने माननीय उच्चतम न्यायलय में इस अवमानना के मामले में हस्तक्षेप करने का आवेदन भी दिया था, जिसको अदालत के रजिस्ट्री ने ठुकरा दिया

-इसके अलावा एक अन्य याचिका में अरुण शौरी, एन राम और प्रशांत भूषण ने “अदालत की अवमानना” से सम्बंधित प्रावधान को चुनौती दिया है जिसकी सुनवाई 10 अगस्त को मुक़र्रर की गई है।

 International Signatories: [54]

1. Heidi Hautala, Vice President of the European Parliament
2. Erkki Tuomioja, MP & Ex. Foreign Minister, Finland
3. Satu Hassi, M.P., Finland
4. Paul Joseph, Sociologist, Tufts University, USA
5. Joseph Weidenholzer, Ex. Member, European Parliament, Austria
6. Jan Art Scholte, Political scientist, Leiden Univ., Netherlands
7. Folke Sundman, Global Affairs Committee & Social Democratic Party, Finland.
8. Uday Dandvate, Architect and Human Rights Activist, USA
9. Marko Ulvilla, Political Scientist, Finland
10. Thomas Wallgreen, Co-Founder, Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam, Finland
11. Kai Varra, Social Eco community Activist, Finland
12. Lal Singh, Scientist, Australia
13. Daphne Wysham, Sustainable Energy & Economy Network
14. Satyanarayan Mohapatra, MIT
15. Suhail Purkar
16. Rajeev Soneja, Arlington, MA
17. Manisha Sharma, Arlington, MA
18. Abha Sur, Lecturer, MIT
19. Uma Murugan, Sommerville, MA
20. Payal Kumar, Brookline, MA
21. Nila Vora, past President of India Development Service, Chicago, IL. USA
22. Jai Sen, independent Researcher, Editor, Ottawa, Canada
23. Monisha Rao, IFA (India Friends Association), Camarillo, CA, USA
24. Jan Peterse, Global Studies expert, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA
25. Satyajit Singh, Political scientist, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA
26. Prithvi Sharma MD, Gen. Secy., India Friends Association, CA, USA.
27. Abhay Bhushan, Distinguished Alumnus, IIT-Kanpur (Class of 1965), Palo Alto, USA.
28. Deepak Agrawal, Former Director – Process Technologies, Jacobs Engineering, PA, USA.
29. C. Agrawal, Distinguished Alumnus, IIT-Bombay (Class of 1969), Princeton, USA.
30. Yogesh C. Agrawal, President, Sequoia Scientific, Seattle, USA.
31. Kailash Narayan, Lifeline International, Agoura Hills, CA, USA.
32. Sivaram Chelluri, W. Windsor, NJ, USA.
33. Kumar Shah, New York, NY, USA.
34. Biren Shah, Princeton, USA.
35. Chelluri Sastri, Halifax, NS, Canada.
36. Tord Bjork, Coordinator, EU Committee, Friends of the Earth, Sweden.
37. Reshma Nigam, President, Indians for Collective Action (ICA), Saratoga, CA, USA
38. Prithviraj Sharma, Gen. Secretary, India Friends Association(IFA) Camarillo, CA, USA
39. Jaspal Singh, South Asia Centre (SAC), Cambridge, MA, USA
40. Shri Bhupen Mehta, Chairman, ICA partnership, Cupatino, CA, USA
41. Shri Somnath, Boston, MA, USA
42. Hardeep Kaur Singh, South Asia Centre (SAC), Cambridge, MA, USA
43. Hari Rokka, Member of Constituent Assembly(2008-11), Nepal
44. Krishna Khanal, Political Scientist and Former Advisor to Prime Minister of Nepal
45. Lok Raj Baral, Political Scientist&Former Ambassador of Nepal to India
46. Prof Kapil Shrestha, Former Member of Nepal Human Rights Commission
47. Sushil Pyakurel Former Political Advisor to President/member of Nepal Human Rights
48. Vijay Kant Karna, Former Nepali Ambassador to Denmark
49. Kanak Dixit, Editor of Himal South Asia
50. Dinesh Tripathi, Senior Advocate of Nepal
51. Charan Prasain, Senior Human Rights Activist (Nepal)
52. Indra Kumari Adhikari, Former Deputy Executive Director of Institute of Foreign Affairs
53. Uddhab Pyakurel, Faculty of Political Sociology & Founder of South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy
54. Frank Welz, Former President, European Sociological Society.

Indian Signatories: [131]

1. Ravi Nair, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi.
2. Swami Agnivesh, Bandhua Mukti Morcha
3. Padmabhushan T. K. Oommen, Emeritus Professor, JNU, New Delhi
4. Sandeep Pandey, Magsaysay award, V.P., Socialist Party of India, Lucknow
5. Arundhati, AASHA, Lucknow
6. Kumar Prashant, President, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi
7. Jagmohan Singh, Gen. Secretary, Association for Democratic Rights
8. Ramashankar Singh, Chancellor, I.M.T. University, Gwalior
9. Pramod Yadav, Ex. Dean, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi
10. George Mathew, Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi
11. Vijay Rao, Gandhi Memorial Trust, Warangal
12. Anuradha Chenoy, Former Dean, School of International Relations, JNU.
13. Ramesh Dixit, Professor of Political science (Retd.), Lucknow Unviersity.
14. Vandna Mishra, Author, Lucknow
15. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Former President, JNU Teachers Association, N. Delhi
16. Arvinder Ansari, Sociologist, Jamia Milia University, N. Delhi
17. Sunilam, National coordination of Kisan organisations, Gwalior
18. Arun Kumar, Economist, New Delhi
19. Anil Thakur, Nagarik Manch, New Delhi
20. Vijay Pratap, Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam, New Delhi
21. Madhuresh, National Alliance of Peoples Movements, N. Delhi
22. Anand Kumar, Former President, Federation of CU Teachers Association.
23. R. Patil (Former Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly)
24. Adv Irfan Khan (Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur)
25. Kalpana Shivanna (President, Kannada Sahitya Parishattu)
26. N Manu Chakravarthy (The National College, Bangalore)
27. Ramanna Kodihosahalli (Former President, Kannada Conflict Committee)
28. Appasaheb Yaranal (President, Karnataka Social Science Forum)
29. GKC Reddy (Social Activist, Bangalore)
30. Alibaba (Rashtra Seva Dal, Karnataka)
31. Laxman Sariyala (Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, Jaipur)
32. Rajiv Gupta (Retd. Professor, Jaipur)
33. Gajendra Kumar Verma (Loktantrashala, Rajsamand)
34. Pushpa Saini (Mahila Punarvas Samuh Samiti, Jaipur)
35. Nand Kishor Shukla (Jt Secretary, Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha)
36. L. Netam (Convener, Adinivasi Gan Parishad)
37. Santosh Soni (District president, Sonia Brigade, Baitul, MP)
38. Somnath Tripathi (Vice President, Swaraj India, Varanasi)
39. Rajendra Sharma (Azadi Bachao Andolan)
40. Girija Pathak (AIPF)
41. Manish Kumar (Samajvadi Lok Manch)
42. Nita Mahadev (Gujarat Lok Samiti, Ahmedabad)
43. Ramswarup (Socialist party, India)
44. Adv Gangaram Patidar (Mandsaur, MP)
45. Cavery Bopaiah (Bangalore, Swaraj Abhiyan)
46. Srikanta Murthy (Karnataka State Congress Committee)
47. Rajesh Tameshwari (Rashtra Seva Dal, MP)
48. Virendra Vidrohi  (INSAF)
49. Moulana Hanif (Mewat)
50. Ananth (Lokmuti, Jharsugoda, Odisha)
51. Raj Kumar Sinha ( Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)
52. Om Jangu (Hanumangardh, Rajasthan)
53. Samir Putatunda (AIKSCC West Bengal)
54. Madhusudhan (Convener, Jan Jagran Abhiyan)
55. Deepak (We Embrace)
56. Amreen Khan (Manj Subha Foundation)
57. Himmat Seth (Samta Sanvaad)
58. Vijay Swamy (Janwadi Lekhak Sangh, Jaipur)
59. Tulsi Sharma
60. Atul Kumar
61. Shashi Shekhar Singh (Samajwadi Shikshak Sangh, Delhi University)
62. Neeraj Kumar ( National President, Socialist Yuvjan Sabha)
63. Mahesh Saini Bharala (Sikar, Rajasthan)
64. Shankarlal Chaudhary (AIPF, Udaipur)
65. N G Ramachandra ( Samata Sagathane, Tumakuru)
66. Ravi Chopra ( Veteran Environmentalist)
67. Rajiv Lochan Shah ( President, Uttrakhand Lok Vahini)
68. Uma Bhatt ( Chief Editor, Uttra Mahila Patrika)
69. Bharat Jhunjhunwala (Environmentalist)-Uttrakhand Civil Society-
70. Virendra Painuli
71. Raja Bahuguna
72. Gita Gairola
73. Trilochan Bhatt
74. Indresh Maikhuri
75. Rajesh Saklani
76. Pradeep Sati
77. Rajesh Bahuguna
78. Chandan Ghugtiyal
79. Gaurav Mishra
80. Basanti Pathak
81. Gitika
82. Rizwan Ali
83. Sushil Saini
84. Nirmala Bisht
85. Bhargav Chandola
86. Chandra Bhandari
87. Sarojini Raturi
88. Padma Gupta
89. Shankar Singh Bhatia
90. Kamla Pant
91. Shakuntla Gusain
92. NN Pandey
93. Rakesh Agrawal
94. Shankar Gopalan
95. PC Tiwari
96. Adv Syed Gulfam
97. JS Bisht
98. Nirupama Seth
99. Arun Srivastava
100. V. KumarImran Rana
101. K Joshi
102. Malika Virdi
103. R. Kanswal
104. N.S. Bhatnagar
105. Bhopal Choudhary
106. Kailash
107. Ila Pant
108. Naveen Pant
109. Pushkar Raj
110. Dunu Roy, Director, Hazard Centre, New Delhi.
111. Bindu T. Desai, Neurologist, Mumbai.
112. Dipak Dholakia, Convenor, Indian Community Activists Network (ICAN).
113. Subhash Mohapatra, Convenor, National Campaign for Ending Corporate Abuse, Odisha.
114. Pradip Chatterjee, President Dakshinabanga Matsyajibi Forum (DMF), Kolkata.
115. Prafulla Samantara, Environmental Activist, 2017 Goldman Prize, Odisha.
116. Sagar Rabari, President, Khedut Ekta Manch, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
117. Soumen Ray, ICAN-India, Kolkata.
118. Faisal Khan, Khudai Khidmatgar, New Delhi.
119. Nootan Malvi, Social Activist, Wardha.
120. Sanjoy Hazarika, Senior Journalist, New Delhi.
121. James Herenj, Convenor, Jharkhand NREGA Watch.
122. Rajesh Thadani, Managing Director, Azura Enterprises Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.
123. Rabin Chakraborty, Retd. Teacher, Calcutta University, Kolkata.
124. Malavika Chauhan, Ecologist, Dehradun.
125. Pramod Yadava, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, IISER, Odisha.
126. V. Rao
127. Rajesh Ramakrishnan, ICAN, New Delhi.
128. A.K. Arun, Editor, Yuva Sandesh
129. D. K. Giri, Centre For Democratic Socialism
130. Rakesh Sinha, IIT BHU, Swaraj India.
131. Santprakash Singh, Delhi University.