The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament

The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9789386057549
ISBN-13 : 9386057549
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Download or read book The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament written by Arundhati Roy and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 13 December 2001, the Indian Parliament was attacked by a few heavily armed men. Eleven years later, we still do not know who was behind the attack, nor the identity of the attackers. Both the Delhi high court and the Supreme Court of India have noted that the police violated legal safeguards, fabricated evidence and extracted false confessions. Yet, on 9 February 2013, one man, Mohammad Afzal Guru, was hanged to ‘satisfy’ the ‘collective conscience’ of society. This updated reader brings together essays by lawyers, academics, journalists and writers who have looked closely at the available facts and who have raised serious questions about the investigations and the trial. This new version examines the implications of Mohammad Afzal Guru’s hanging and what it says about the Indian government’s relationship with Kashmir.


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