Jasmine Anderson
10/7/09
8:29pm
In India there has been an ongoing fight for communism; communism in some parts of India. These rebels for communism operate in about 600 districts all over large parts of India. For about 20 years, a group of rebels by the name of Maoists have killed more than 6,000 people in this fight for communism. Last week a policeman by the name of Francis Indvaar was kidnapped; he was kidnapped while shopping a local market. The rebels agreed to release him if three of their senior members were released from police custody. Obviously the authorities rejected this offer. With the offer rejected the Maoists killed Francis Indvaar. His body was found on Tuesday in a forest along a highway; police say he was killed on Monday. The Maoists claimed that they did not kidnap Indvaar…but that they arrested him. Senior Maoists, Samarji warned of more “arrests” if the three rebels in police custody are not released.
Stories like this are coming up more often. All over the world people are trying to fight for a different type of government. So it does not surprise me that people are rebelling in India, it’s been happening in Africa for years now. What happened to this man was unfortunate; these rebels didn’t have to kill him. India’s Prime Minister described the Maoists as the “single biggest threat.” If they are such a threat, why have they been able to kill people for more than 20 years? Obviously something needs to be done about it, because they will not stop. I think if more of them are taken into custody and actually persecuted that maybe it will have some type of affect on the other rebels. Or if the government just listened to their ideas (not assuming the government will change their mind). It seems to me that they want their voice to be heard…as it should be, since they are citizens. Although just because you’re upset that the government is not going along with your beliefs…that you can just go out and kill innocent people. It also seems like they are trying to put the government into their own hands, since they claimed they didn’t kidnap him…just “arrested” him. All in all, this story is sad. But I think if the voice of the people aren’t heard, people will continue to rebel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8291985.stm
1 comment:
I agree that these cases are showing up more and more and probably because they're government is not listening to them or taking any ideas. What happened to the police officer is just horrible to think about, but like you said, they have been doing this for a long time and yet nothing has been done about it.
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