DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR CIPRIANO FERNANDES TORTURED TO DEATH BY GOA POLICE.

Recently in Kuwait there was an incident taken place at one of the prisons where one Kuwaiti was tortured to death by the Kuwait police security personnel while extorting confession from him. Immediately this news flared up like wild fire, influential Kuwaitis and MP’s raised this issue forcefully. Following the public outcry, the local Interior (Home) Minister was made to resign and infact he resigned gracefully since the crime issue comes under the department headed by him. Now further investigation is underway to find out the exact cause of his death and to punish the guilty as per the available information.

In Goa last month one Christian Goan Cipriano by name on suspicion of minor offence was tortured to death in Panjim Police Prison by the Non-Christian Goa based policemen. The offence on which Cipriano was arrested did not warrant such a torturing. Even during the Portuguese regime in Goa worst of offenders were not treated the way Cipriano was treated. This is the curse of forced Jai Hnd on Goans. Though it was proved beyond any doubt that Cipriano’s death was due to the torturing by the Policemen yet Goa Government, Goa Police Department and Home Minister Ravi Naik still trying to escape from owning responsibility. It is surprising that Ravi Naik as the Home Minster of Goa is still sticking to his portfolio and not submitting his resignation as it was done in Kuwait by the Kuwait’s Interior Minister exactly in the similar incident. Since its independence from British Protectorate 50 years back Kuwaiti rulers, administrators and Government made Kuwait as excellent place for the locals to live while during the last 49 years after Portuguese exit from Goa, our Government, Ghantti Administrators and Ghantti anti-Goan police peronnel made Goa the worst place for Goans to live. And shamelessly we still say we are the best and our State is the best in India.

Our Goa State is the worst administered State in India. Our Goa State is robbed and plundered by the Goan Ministers, MLA’s and their children and we as Goans shamelessly feel proud of our politicians. The ruling party politicians especially the Ministers are so backwards and idiots that we came to know during the last televised Assembly session that lasted for a week. Overwhelming Goans are ignorant of running a democratic set of Government. Indian democracy was imposed on Goans by the rascal Nehru and his Congress Party 49 years back. Still we are not ready to practice genuine democracy for this reason we elect rogues, plunderers, criminals, goons, rapists and law breakers as our representatives.

Coming back to our Christian Goan Cipriano who was tortured to death by the Non-Christian Policemen from Panjim Police Station, justice has not been done to him. This justice we will never get from the current corrupt Goa Government headed by the corrupt Chief Minister and double corrupt Home Minister Ravi Naik who still is acting as shameless. In order to get justice for Cipriano, all those Goans desiring to make Goa as corruption – free, must raise their voices in unison by coming out on to the streets of Goa making bigger noise on this topic. While doing this demonstrations justice seeker Goas must make their voice heard to Panjim Police Station by demonstrating in front of Panjim Police Station. More than that the justice seeker Goans must take a Morcha to the residential places of the Police Personnel responsible to torture Cipriano. The Goan youth seeking justice must join together and gherao the Policemen who killed Cipriano wherever these criminal policemen go. Even their family members should be gheraoed and their children should be put into shame. This will be one peaceful method to seek justice for Cipriano and prevent in future such crimes by our Policmen.

If we do not act now then in near future there will be innumerable Ciprianos dying in Goan Police Stations under the torture of criminal policemen. In Goa we don’t hace humane and decent policemen, many of them are barbarians treating under trial prisoners as cows and goats, these policemen are worst than the burchers. The one department in Goa that needs correction is the Police Department. Common people in Goa must act now on their own instead of relying on Goa Government and Goan politicians. Goa Government has failed us; our elected representatives have failed us. It is time for us the common men to do what our elected representatives cannot do. Otherwise it can be as it is said in one Konkani proverb "AIZ MAKAM - FALEAM TUKAM".

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.

GREETINGS TO KUWAIT FROM GOA-KUWAIT SOLIDARITY CENTER.

GOA - KUWAIT SOLIDARITY CENTER wishes to extend hearty congratulations to the Amir of Kuwait H. H. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Crown Prince of Kuwait H. H. Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait H. H. Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al Ahmad Al-Sabah and the Citizens and Residents of the State of Kuwait on the occasion of 50 years of Independence, 20 years of Liberation and 5 years of successful rule of H.H the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

May there be many more years of peace and prosperity.

Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Center.