08-04-2006, 07:13 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hindu Website Ban Backfires. More People Log in
By Ratna Singh
On July 18th, the Indian Government banned www.hinduhumanrights.org along with a few other websites. Ostensibly, the reason to block access to Hinduhumanrights.org was that it could cause religious disharmony and civil disturbances in India. The real reason may be the websites differences of opinion with some Indian academics in UK with close links to the current Indian Government.
The ban has actually backfired. The Indian State does not have the resources to implement such a ban which is practically impossible on the internet. Thousand of more people logged in to the website to see what the fuss was all about, giving Hinduhumanrights a big boost. Natural justice processes were not followed â one morning the people running the website woke up to hear it had been banned. Techgoss checked out the website for the first time yesterday and found that except for a few graphic photos , there was nothing which could justify a blanket ban by a liberal democracy like India which takes great pride in respecting all opinions. Like it or not, some of the causes taken up by this organization have been quite popular with the general Hindu population in Europe and USA.
Hinduhumanrights.org spokesperson Hema Shah, 23, is a Physics graduate from London who joined the organization 3 years ago. She is a fan of Bruce Lee and had trained in martial arts. Her other sporting pastimes are swimming and tennis. An avid reader, Hema lists her work with the Hindu Human Rights group in raising human rights abuses of Hindus or the way Hinduism is wrongly perceived in the world as the most satisfying achievement in her young life.
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Q. How did you hear the news that the Indian Government had banned you ? Did the Government contact you ? Or did one of your readers tell you ?
A (Hema Shah). We read it from news articles on that day and also many people emailed us about it. The Government never informed us.
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Q. How effective is the ban ? Are Indians in India still reading your website ? Is yes, how ?
A. It is not effective at all as itâs increased our readership from around the world even more and the traffic from India has increased.
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Q. Has the Indian government tried other ways to harass your website ?
A. Not far as we know ..
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Q. Have the hits on your website increased since the government banned you ? Is it counter productive to ban websites ?
A. The web hits increased at least 140 thousand in one week. Yep, it is counter productive especially if you're banned over something the government has accused of which is not true. We've had many emails asking us to tell us exactly what's on our site that the Indian Government banned us for because they can't find anything that's a threat to India's security. And we'll be offering a cash prize soon to anyone who can show us anything that is so provocative that it can cause a civil war in India
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Q. Do you feel that you may be arrested if you travel to India ?
A. Well it could happen but I think they would be better off spending their time arresting terrorists instead of innocent people.
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Q. How big is your organization ? How much donation do you receive?
A. Our organisation is very big and well known and we've had publicity many times around the world for other campaigns in the past which you can check in google. We're mainly self funded.
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Q. Who are your high profile supporters ?
A. Well most of our supporters are ordinary people and after the ban we're getting even more support.
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Q. Do you think one particular Indian politician/bureaucrat is behind this banning of website ?
A. Well it could be because recently we did have campaign which ended up with some Indian academics from the UK coming out against us and making false allegations. When we then challenged them over to an open public debate which they haven't had the decency to come to as yet. And suddenly we end up with this ban. And these academics do have strong links with the present Indian government. These academics are from universities like Oxford and Goldsmiths. They are mostly Indian from Marxist backgrounds. So that could be the link especially when they haven't banned the hundreds of anti Indian/Hindu websites including Hezbollah sites.
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Q. Finally, do you think you get your message across by such graphic pictures/articles on your website ? Many people find them quite extreme. Many people have voted for the Indian Government in a show of faith for secular India.
A. Well we are a human rights group and like other human rights groups we have to provide the evidence to the world of the atrocities on Hindus and graphic pictures being one of them. And the message is definitely getting through to the public as by the reaction we get. And we can't see what's that go to do with being extreme in which way because we've never had any complaints apart from people being shocked that no one is taking these issue serious even though now that's changing. And if people have voted for secular government then the people should ask what type of secular government have they voted in because even the Nazi Government in Germany was secular just like the communist regime in Russia in the past and present one in China. Even Saddam Hussains regime was secular but one thing that all had in common apart from having no opposition( and we know what happened to them) was to suppress and gag any voice which could be a threat to their regimes even though I can't see how our website falls in that category. But still with the present Indian government you can never know as it does have many communists in their establishment.
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By Ratna Singh
On July 18th, the Indian Government banned www.hinduhumanrights.org along with a few other websites. Ostensibly, the reason to block access to Hinduhumanrights.org was that it could cause religious disharmony and civil disturbances in India. The real reason may be the websites differences of opinion with some Indian academics in UK with close links to the current Indian Government.
The ban has actually backfired. The Indian State does not have the resources to implement such a ban which is practically impossible on the internet. Thousand of more people logged in to the website to see what the fuss was all about, giving Hinduhumanrights a big boost. Natural justice processes were not followed â one morning the people running the website woke up to hear it had been banned. Techgoss checked out the website for the first time yesterday and found that except for a few graphic photos , there was nothing which could justify a blanket ban by a liberal democracy like India which takes great pride in respecting all opinions. Like it or not, some of the causes taken up by this organization have been quite popular with the general Hindu population in Europe and USA.
Hinduhumanrights.org spokesperson Hema Shah, 23, is a Physics graduate from London who joined the organization 3 years ago. She is a fan of Bruce Lee and had trained in martial arts. Her other sporting pastimes are swimming and tennis. An avid reader, Hema lists her work with the Hindu Human Rights group in raising human rights abuses of Hindus or the way Hinduism is wrongly perceived in the world as the most satisfying achievement in her young life.
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Q. How did you hear the news that the Indian Government had banned you ? Did the Government contact you ? Or did one of your readers tell you ?
A (Hema Shah). We read it from news articles on that day and also many people emailed us about it. The Government never informed us.
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Q. How effective is the ban ? Are Indians in India still reading your website ? Is yes, how ?
A. It is not effective at all as itâs increased our readership from around the world even more and the traffic from India has increased.
-----------------------
Q. Has the Indian government tried other ways to harass your website ?
A. Not far as we know ..
-----------------------
Q. Have the hits on your website increased since the government banned you ? Is it counter productive to ban websites ?
A. The web hits increased at least 140 thousand in one week. Yep, it is counter productive especially if you're banned over something the government has accused of which is not true. We've had many emails asking us to tell us exactly what's on our site that the Indian Government banned us for because they can't find anything that's a threat to India's security. And we'll be offering a cash prize soon to anyone who can show us anything that is so provocative that it can cause a civil war in India
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Q. Do you feel that you may be arrested if you travel to India ?
A. Well it could happen but I think they would be better off spending their time arresting terrorists instead of innocent people.
-----------------------
Q. How big is your organization ? How much donation do you receive?
A. Our organisation is very big and well known and we've had publicity many times around the world for other campaigns in the past which you can check in google. We're mainly self funded.
-----------------------
Q. Who are your high profile supporters ?
A. Well most of our supporters are ordinary people and after the ban we're getting even more support.
-----------------------
Q. Do you think one particular Indian politician/bureaucrat is behind this banning of website ?
A. Well it could be because recently we did have campaign which ended up with some Indian academics from the UK coming out against us and making false allegations. When we then challenged them over to an open public debate which they haven't had the decency to come to as yet. And suddenly we end up with this ban. And these academics do have strong links with the present Indian government. These academics are from universities like Oxford and Goldsmiths. They are mostly Indian from Marxist backgrounds. So that could be the link especially when they haven't banned the hundreds of anti Indian/Hindu websites including Hezbollah sites.
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Q. Finally, do you think you get your message across by such graphic pictures/articles on your website ? Many people find them quite extreme. Many people have voted for the Indian Government in a show of faith for secular India.
A. Well we are a human rights group and like other human rights groups we have to provide the evidence to the world of the atrocities on Hindus and graphic pictures being one of them. And the message is definitely getting through to the public as by the reaction we get. And we can't see what's that go to do with being extreme in which way because we've never had any complaints apart from people being shocked that no one is taking these issue serious even though now that's changing. And if people have voted for secular government then the people should ask what type of secular government have they voted in because even the Nazi Government in Germany was secular just like the communist regime in Russia in the past and present one in China. Even Saddam Hussains regime was secular but one thing that all had in common apart from having no opposition( and we know what happened to them) was to suppress and gag any voice which could be a threat to their regimes even though I can't see how our website falls in that category. But still with the present Indian government you can never know as it does have many communists in their establishment.
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