08-31-2008, 10:10 PM
<b>HHR Press Release: HHR condemns the killing of Swami Laxmananada Saraswati of Orissa</b>
http://www.hinduhumanrights.org/pressrelea...ssa08-08-30.htm
HHR condemns the brutal pre-planned murder of Swami Laxmananada Saraswati and four other innocents in the eastern Indian state of Orissa on the 23rd August 2008. The Swami, a well known social activist working for the upliftment of the deprived and dispossessed for the past 40 years was cut down in a maelstrom of AK-47 bullets whilst celebrating the Hindu festival of Janamastmi at an orphanage for girls.
For many decades this deprived region has been at the centre of attempts to destroy the indigenous Hindu-tribal culture and way of life of the region into the quagmire of globalisation and uniformity led by aggressive evangelical missionary activities, multinational companies and Communist terrorists. The decades of selfless work by the Swami had made him a target for many years with this being the ninth reported attempt on his life. The octogenarian activist was eventually killed on the very land on which he had toiled on for so many decades.
HHR condemns the murder of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and four other innocents and also the communal violence which has since gripped the once peaceful state of Orissa. HHR calls on the state government and the Government of India to take immediate remedial action to restore peace to the region and bring to justice the killers of the Swami.
http://www.hinduhumanrights.org/pressrelea...ssa08-08-30.htm
HHR condemns the brutal pre-planned murder of Swami Laxmananada Saraswati and four other innocents in the eastern Indian state of Orissa on the 23rd August 2008. The Swami, a well known social activist working for the upliftment of the deprived and dispossessed for the past 40 years was cut down in a maelstrom of AK-47 bullets whilst celebrating the Hindu festival of Janamastmi at an orphanage for girls.
For many decades this deprived region has been at the centre of attempts to destroy the indigenous Hindu-tribal culture and way of life of the region into the quagmire of globalisation and uniformity led by aggressive evangelical missionary activities, multinational companies and Communist terrorists. The decades of selfless work by the Swami had made him a target for many years with this being the ninth reported attempt on his life. The octogenarian activist was eventually killed on the very land on which he had toiled on for so many decades.
HHR condemns the murder of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and four other innocents and also the communal violence which has since gripped the once peaceful state of Orissa. HHR calls on the state government and the Government of India to take immediate remedial action to restore peace to the region and bring to justice the killers of the Swami.