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Developments in Gujarat Cases
February 24, 2004 | Comments Off on Developments in Gujarat Cases
A few udpates on the cases and aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat pogroms against Muslims:
Zahira Sheik’s case, popularly known as the Best Bakery case, was adjourned by the Supreme Court. Citizens for Justice and Peace had filed a special leave petition to have the case heard outside Gujarat. Zahira, a teenager, made international headlines when she discussed how intimidation by the police and accused had made her turn “hostile” in court in the case regarding the burning murders of 14 people, including her family. Our earlier posts discuss the High Court’s dismissal of Zahira’s appeal.
The Guardian has an article on the lives of Muslims in relief camps, two years after the pogroms, and the distrust that prevails between the Muslim and Hindu communities in Gujarat:
Human rights groups say the failure of the Gujarat state authorities to hold those responsible for the deaths to account has made it difficult to reconcile the communities. More than 4,250 cases relating to the riots have been registered with the police. Yet in the 24 months since the riots, only 15 Hindus have been convicted.
In the Bilkis Bano case, for which recent developments can be viewed in the Gujarat section of the blog, the Gujarat High Court rejected the CBI’s request for conducting scientific tests on the 13 accused of raping Bilkis Bano and killing 14 members of her family.
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