[cr-india] We need your voice... send out this petition on CR to all concerned about it

[cubby sherman singh]

hi,
is it really indian citizens only?
cubby

wrote:

> [This is K Stalin's message, which was posted
> yesterday, but somehow
> didn't go through to the list. Kindly support the
> petition! FN]
> 
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 stalin b k wrote :
> 
> Dear friends,
> 
> The current "Community Radio Policy" of India is
> discriminatory towards
> communities as it bars community members, community
> based-organizations,
> non-government organizations and other civil society
> groups from
> applying for licenses to operate low power community
> radio stations. The
> policy holds that only "well established educational
> institutions /
> organizations" can apply for a community radio
> license. So, what we have
> in the name of Community Radio is in reality Campus
> Radio.
> 
> Several organizations, academicians and individuals
> have been actively
> campaigning for communities’ right to access
> the airwaves for the last
> seven years. They have made innumerable
> representations to the Ministry
> of Information & Broadcasting and to the Broadcast
> Regulator (Telecom
> Regulatory Authority of India - TRAI). They have
> also written and
> submitted several drafts to reform the existing
> Community Radio Policy
> so as to include community rights in it. In spite of
> these efforts the
> government continues to be non-committal and
> discriminatory.
> 
> We urge you join hands with us to mount adequate
> pressure on the
> government to end this discrimination against the
> largely rural and poor
> communities. Please express your solidarity by
> signing the “Urging The
> Inclusion Of The Right Of The Communities Within The
> Community Radio
> Policy petition at
> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/comradio/petition.html
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Stalin K.                    DRISHTI MEDIA
> COLLECTIVE, Ahmedabad
> Preeti Soni                  KUTCH MAHILA VIKAS
> SANGATHAN, Kutch
> Ashish Sen                   VOICES, Bangalore
> Arun Mehta                   RADIOPHONY, New Delhi
> Vinod Pavarala               UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
> Vickram Crishna              RADIOPHONY, Mumbai
> B P Sanjay                   UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
> Frederick Noronha            INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST,
> Goa
> Basheerhamad Shadrach        ONE WORLD SOUTH ASIA,
> New Delhi
> 
>
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> 1995-2005: Ten years of waiting for community radio
> in India!
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