India: Revolutionary Students’ Front condemn repression on students
We hereby share a statement published by the Revolutionary Students’ Front (RSF).
We, the Revolutionary Students’ Front, strongly condemn the autocratic actions of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) administration. The students’ protest, which began on September 19, 2024, was a legitimate response to the administration’s failure to address their grievances regarding unhygienic conditions in the campus mess. The situation escalated with the brutal deployment of CRPF [Editor’s note: Indian paramilitary unit] and police against protesting students, highlighting the brahminical fascist rule of BJP-RSS’s increasing tendency to militarize educational campuses.
Furthermore the university authority’s decision to shift to online classes and forcefully vacate the hostels in a deliberate attempt to suppress the students’ voice will have devastating consequences on their academic performance. As most of the students at MANUU come from marginalized backgrounds, this decision will disproportionately affect them, denying them access to education. The student union elections, which were scheduled to take place on 24th September, have been cancelled by the authorities as well, suppressing the democratic rights of students. On 10th December, amid the ongoing protest, instead of addressing the issues faced by the students, the university administration in an autocratic manner, issued an order expelling several students from hostels, barring them from future admissions, and requiring them to sign undertakings under the draconian MANUU Students Conduct & Discipline Rules, 2014. Additionally, 13 students were served notices under BNSS (Section 35(6)) [Editor’s note: Indian Penal Code] with police involvement.
We call forward all the democratic people and organisations to stand in solidarity with the students of MANUU, who are fighting for their democratic rights, dignity, and education. We demand that the university administration take immediate action to address the students’ grievances, reinstate the expelled students, withdraw the police notices and allow student union elections to take place in a free and fair manner.
India: Press Conference by CASR
We hereby share a press invitation that we have received from Campaign Against State Repression (CASR).
Press Conference against NIA witch-hunt of Labour and Student Rights Activists in North Indian State under bogus Lucknow Conspiracy Case (Maoist’s NRB [Editor’s note: Northern Regional Bureau] revival Case).
3PM | January 3, 2025
Press Club of India, New Delhi
SPEAKERS
1. Mrigank, Spokesperson, Delhi Committee, CPI-ML (New Democracy)
2. Prof. Nandita Narain, Former President, DUTA [Editor’s note: Delhi University’s Teachers Association]
3. Hem Mishra, Political Activist
4. Safoora Zargar, Activist
5. Dhananjay, President, JNUSU [Editor’s note: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union]
6. Asif Iqbal, Activist
Since the filing of this bogus Lucknow Conspiracy Case (Maoist’s NRB Revival case RC01/2023) on June 19, 2023, NIA has unleashed 3 rounds of undemocratic and arbitrary raids on almost two dozen activists and organisations working in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh. On December 20, 2024, latest spate of raids were conducted predominantly in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. All the activists targetted in these three raids have been working among Farmers, Labourers, Students, Women and other oppressed sections to organise them and address their demands. They have been active in famous Anti-CAA movement and Kisaan Andolan (2020) and we believe that it is because of their important roles in such movements and rising democratic assertion of the people, that the Brahmanical Hindutva Fascist BJP-RSS government is unleashing NIA witch-hunt so as to suppress democratic dissent and get away with its criminal deeds, unaccounted.
We believe that the media, as one of the pillars in a democracy has an important role to amplify the people’s call for equality and justice, especially in the times of fascist upsurge where media itself is being gagged and isolated. We, therefore, urge you to join the press conference and amplify the demands put forward by the conference.
Regards,
CAMPAIGN AGAINST STATE REPRESSION
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