Five years since Delhi was set on fire by the right and the victims were blamed
53 people were killed in the riots that took place on February 23, 2020 that were largely seen as an attempt to suppress the popular uprising against unpopular BJP policies.
Indian students face police crackdown for demanding an end to violence against religious minorities
Over a dozen students were detained by police last week and several others face disciplinary actions for demanding their basic rights to dissent and open spaces in the university premises.
Amid lockdown, dissenting voices choked in Indian universities
Two student-activists of the Aligarh Muslim University were apprehended by the police in the State of Uttar Pradesh on May 28. With a growing number of such arrests, human rights defenders in India are raising concern about the ongoing COVID-19 crisis being used to target critics of the government and control dissent
Night of Terror: CCTV video exposes police brutality in Delhi’s Jamia university
On December 15, 2019, students of Jamia university and residents from nearby localities had organized a march against the divisive citizenship amendment law passed by the far-right Indian government.
Students protesting against divisive Indian citizenship law manhandled by Delhi Police
More than 10 women students were admitted to the hospital with injuries to their private parts after the police baton-charged protesting students who were marching towards the parliament on Monday
Report exposes police brutality against students of India’s Jamia Millia Islamia university
According to a report on the violence of December 15, the police action was intentionally “aimed at causing maximum damage to the protesters,” most of whom were protesting peacefully
Despite bloodshed, Indians continue to resist discriminatory citizenship law
Today was the bloodiest day in the course of the protests so far with 15 killed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh by police firing
India’s government is going to war against its own people
The brutal assault on those protesting the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Law takes place even as India is going through an unprecedented economic crisis
Indian students unite in solidarity against police brutality
After the police crackdown wherein over 100 students were injured, students from across the country are rising up in protest against the police brutality
EXPLAINED: What Really Happened in Jamia?
In the afternoon of December 15, news broke about violent clashes between youths and students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the police in Delhi’s Jamia area.
‘Your batons can only break our bones, not our spirit of resistance’
Delhi police brutally attacked the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University who were protesting against the discriminatory Citizenship (Amendment) Act
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