StatementonHomeMinistrysautocraticactionsagainstINSAF

We the undersigned are shocked and dismayed at the Government of India's action against INSAF, a national coalition of 700 people's movements, social action groups and progressive intellectualswith anactivepresence in15States of India.According to acommunicationfrom the Home Ministry dated 30th April 2013, the INSAF bank account has been frozen becauseitsactivitiesareprejudicialtothepublicinterest. Over the last few years, INSAF has established its identityasaplatform where independent and autonomous secularand democraticgroups can cometogetherinpursuitoftheircommonaimsof protecting democracy, resisting iniquitous forms ofglobalisationand combating communalism. INSAF members have been in the forefront of democratic protests against religious fundamentalism and communal violence. INSAF has consistently highlighted and opposed violations of human rights irrespective of whether they are perpetrated by state agencies, corporations or political parties. INSAF is noteworthy for its rapid response to human rights violationsinremoteandisolatedareasofthecountry,bringingthemtotheattentionofothergroups and networks as well as making visible their connectionsto andimpactonwidersocial, political andeconomicprocesses. INSAF hasmade importantinterventions inpublicdebatesonissuesofnationalconcernincluding land grabs by Indiancompanies inAfrica, violationsof technical andstatutory normsin respectof mining, deforestation and nuclear energy generation projects, in the deployment of black laws suchasAFSPA againsthumanrightsdefenders andwithrespecttoStateviolenceagainstDalits, Adivasisandminorityreligiousgroups. Far from being prejudicial to the national interest, INSAF's work has expanded the space for those affected bystatepoliciestherebyhelpingthemtobringtheirissuestonationalattention,and forthoseaffectedto claimtheirdemocraticrighttointerveneinandinfluencethecourseofnational development. INSAF has been among the most vocal critics of the recent changes in the legal and regulatory framework aimed at criminalising those who question the authority of the state or challenge its policies. INSAF has petitioned the Supreme Court toknockdownthe new FCRA Rulesthatgive the governmentunchecked andunbridledpowers tothrottle theactivities oforganisationsworking forpubliccausesbybrandingthem"political"andblockingtheiraccesstoforeignfunds. TheINSAFpetition highlightsthedraconiannatureofRule3(vi)whichdebarsNGOsfrompolitical actions. Under these Rules, the government arrogates to itself the power to take action against any group that habitually indulges inbandhs, hartals,rasta roko, railroko, or jailbharo all nonviolent and democratic forms ofprotestandassertionthatemergedfromourfreedomstruggle andarenowrecognisedaroundthe worldaslegitimateformsofprotest.Thisridiculousrulecanbe used against almost any of theorganisations thatsupport rightsbased mobilisationofpractically any group women, landless farmers, Adivasis and Dalits, students,minorities irrespectiveof whethertheyare,orarenot,alignedtoanypoliticalparty. Ironically, action has been taken using powers under Section 13 of the new FCRA Act against theonlyorganisationchallengingtheHomeMinistry!

The actionagainstINSAFisyetanotherattempt bythestatetounderminethedemocratic process and dismantle Constitutional guarantees of rights and freedoms under the pretenceofnational security and national interest.Westand with INSAF inasserting the Constitutional right of every citizen of India to participation in governance, which includes the right to question, challenge and oppose the policies of the state through peaceful,nonviolentanddemocraticmeans.
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