News from the Dawood Campaign

Imran Khan and Partners have been instructed by the Dawood family to implement a legal strategy to bring culpable and guilty parties to justice.

Since the incident took place, the authorities in Gujarat have blocked every attempt to properly investigate the incident.

The campaign is now entering a phase of seeking legal and financial assistance in holding the Gujarati authorities accountable under international law for their crimes.

Latest developments

Dawood Family calls on Indians to 'Do the Right Thing' 18th May 2007
The Dawood Family Justice Campaign today voiced their support for an Early Day Motion condemning the murder of their family members. The Parliamentary motion comes after the fifth anniversary of their murders and requests that the British government pursues justice on behalf of the Dawood family through their contacts with the Indian government.
Read the full press release [pdf]
Full text of the Early Day Motion [parliament website]

Modi forced to cancel his trip to the UK
Rally at Conway Hall, London, Sat 26th March

Dawood Family Delegation Meets Police Minister 25th February 2005
On February 24th representatives of the Dawood family met with the Home Office Minister responsible for Policing, the Right Honourable Hazel Blears MP to continue their fight for justice.

Press Release: Gujarat Chief Minister to face Genocide, Torture and Crimes against Humanity charges from Dawood family
Mr Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister for the Indian State of Gujarat and thirteen other individuals including senior high ranking government officials and police officers are now facing serious charges of Genocide, Torture and Crimes against Humanity.

Supreme Court notice to Gujarat on death of British nationals
December 19, 2003 17:08 IST

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Gujarat government and the Centre on a petition alleging shoddy investigation into killings of three British nationals by a mob during the post-Godhra riots and seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into it. A bench comprising Chief Justice V N Khare, Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia asked the state government and the Centre to file their responses within two weeks.

The petitioner Imran Mohammed Salim Dawood, a resident of West Yorkshire in United Kingdom, alleged that he and his relatives were cornered by a mob on February 28, a day after the train carnage incident, and four of them, including three British nationals, were killed. Counsel for the petitioner said the British high commission repeatedly wrote to the police saying the accused mentioned in the complaint were not arrested and the response of the police was that investigation was on to trace the culprits. Meanwhile, the court, after hearing amicus curae Harish Salve, asked the Gujarat government to provide a status report on the number of accused in all the riot cases, those on bail and in custody.

Bilal Dawood on Crossing Continents
Saeed's brother, Bilal Dawood, has just returned from a visit to India - his first since the death of the 3 British tourists and their driver, Yusuf Peragar. BBC Radio 4's international news and current affairs programme, Crossing Continents, accompanied Bilal on his journey. On behalf of the family, he wanted to meet lawyers and British High Commission officials, as well as learn more about the situation presently in Gujarat. You can hear more on his journey by tuning into Crossing Continents on the BBC World Service on Monday 19th January
More on the BBC website...

Indian Muslim Federation raises awareness of Gujarat Genocide
The Indian Muslim Federation (UK) is organising a meeting to raise awareness about Justice to British Indian Muslim Families whose dear ones were murdered in Gujarat Genocide 2002.

Chief Minister linked to Gujarat massacres to visit UK
The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, is visiting the UK. Modi is a Hindu nationalist leader and member of the Hindu right wing network implicated in the pogrom of February-March 2002

The Dawood Family Justice Campaign's Inaugural Lecture took place on Saturday 31st May. More than 300 gathered in a packed Dewsbury Town Hall to take part and to give their support to the Dawood family in their fight for justice. Principal speakers were Lord Bhikhu Parekh & Imran Khan. See also the Yorkshire Evening Post coverage

26th March 2003 Adjournment debate held in the House of Commons on the Dawood case.
Hansard transcript of debate

February 2003 Gujarat authorities block UK forensic teams from identifying remains.

November 2002 British PM Tony Blair writes to Indian PM Vajpayee expressing his concern that the British family had been denied justice.