seminar on Special Economic Zones
Seminar
on
Special Economic Zones
at Hyderabad
Organizers: The Human Rights Forum (HRF), Andhra
Pradesh
Date: 9th March, 2008
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: Sundarayya Vignana Kendram, Bagh
Lingampally, Hyderabad
Like
in many other ways, Andhra Pradesh has the distinction of being a host
to the largest number of notified SEZs in the country (53 out of the
195 SEZs notified nationwide). It is second only to Maharashtra in the
total number of SEZs that have received formal approvals.
HRF
invites you to a seminar which is being organized in the context of
huge tracts of lands and resources being inhumanly and forcefully
acquired for the SEZs at various places both in the State and
nationally and police firings, massive arrests, detentions, lathi
charge, assaults, rapes etc. being employed to curb resistance to State
and corporate plunder of natural resources. Central to the seminar are
the twin demands to repeal the Special Economic Zones Act and to
forthwith stop the exploitation of natural resources in the name of
development.
Speakers
include prominent activists and researchers working on the issue,
besides, activists from various districts of Andhra Pradesh, resisting
the SEZ violations in their district.
For
further details contact: Human Rights Forum,
3-12-117A/2/1.P.S.Colony, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad-500 013, Phone:
040-27039519 E-mail:
