DISCOURAGING DISSENT: Intimidation and Harassment of Witnesses, Human Rights Activists, and Lawyers Pursuing Accountability for the 2002 Communal Violence in Gujarat

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Cases of Threats, Intimidation and Harassment of Victims, Witnesses, and Activists

Official Harassment

1. Threats and harassment of Bilkis Yakub Rasool Patel

2.  Police Inquiries and Interrogation of Mukhtar Muhammed, Kasimabad Education and Development Society 

3. Police Enquiries and Interrogation of Father Cedric Prakash, Director, Prashant, A Center for Human Rights, Justice and Peace

4. Inquiries by the Charity Commissioner of Ahmedabad against human rights activists

5. Harrassment of Mallika Sarabhai, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts

Anonymous and Individual Threats and Intimidation

1. Threats against activists and lawyers working on riot-related cases.

2. Threats against Trupti Shah and Rohit Prajapati, activists with People’s Union for Civil Liberties-Shanti Abhiyan 

3. Threats against Teesta Setalvad, Citizens for Justice and Peace, and Father Cedric Prakash, Director, Prashant, A Center for Human Rights, Justice and Peace

4. Attack on volunteers of Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD)

5. Intimidation of Bilkis Yakub Rasool Patel and other witnesses

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