The Hindu : 'Aid needed for displaced in Gujarat'

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Friday, Sep 06, 2002

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'Aid needed for displaced in Gujarat'

GENEVA Sept. 5. Mary Robinson, the top U.N. human rights official, called on India today to provide humanitarian assistance to thousands of people displaced by communal violence in Gujarat, and to enable them to exercise their right to vote.

In a statement, Robinson warned of the risk that those, who had fled the mainly anti-Muslim violence which began in February, could be ``cut off'' from aid following the closure of virtually all 121 relief camps, causing many to flee to improvised and inadequate shelters elsewhere.She said the ``slow progress in relief and rehabilitation work'' and the ``non-arrest and non-punishment'' of those responsible for the violence had ``hampered the restoration of normality to the State''.

In her statement, Ms. Robinson reminded the State authorities of their responsibility to address the ``need for the safe and voluntary return of people to their homes to achieve a larger electoral roll, enabling more Gujaratis to exercise their right to vote''

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