Sunday, April 29, 2007
Afzal And The European Union
I don't think the European House President has any right to raise the issue of terrorist Afzal's conviction and hanging and put pressure on Mr.Kalam to revoke his death sentence and have a re-look at the case.Afzal's conviction is an internal matter of India.Just as India doesn't interfere in internal affairs of Europe when it comes to sensitive security matters,Europe should also do the same.European Union having an 'impeccable human rights' record is fine,but do they know that they are talking about a man who was found guilty by three departments of the Indian court system .The SC has repeatedly disposed off mercy petitions filed by Afzal.Unless we believe that our judiciary is so foolish that three departments of it could do nothing but find Afzal guilty,we should go ahead with the hanging.As far as the barbarism of death penalty is concerned,no one gave Afzal the right to become a Satan and kill innocents,so no mercy should be shown to him.This shameless dilly-dallying by the govt on the issue of his hanging is only giving the rest of the world an oppurtunity to take potshots at India.
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