Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Topic: Anti CAA protest

One year of CAA: Remembering two Muslims killed by Mangaluru police

On this day last year (2019 December 19), two Muslim youths Naushin, 23 and Abdul Jaleel, 42 were killed in police firing in Mangaluru during the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

CPI(M) chastises Muslim protesters in its ‘fact-finding report’ on Delhi pogrom

A few weeks ago, CPI(M) released a fact-finding report of the February 2020, Delhi Pogrom (euphemised as Delhi “Violence”). The survey reads less like a fact-finding mission and more of a bragging report card of the party accompanied by subtle chastising of the Muslim protestors.

“They drove us to the outskirts of Delhi,” say detainees from Batla House march

"They forced us to switched off our phone and kept driving for three hours, We were terrified," a Jamia student* told Maktoob. He was among the 14 people detained by Delhi police for participating in a candlelight march in Batla House on Tuesday evening, commemorating Jamia violence.

Delhi police detains Jamia Nagar residents, students commemorating Dec 15 Jamia violence

Students of Jamia Millia Islamia and residents of Jamia Nagar who were commemorating one year of police crackdown on Jamia students, in Batla House, were detained by the Delhi Police on Tuesday evening.

Do you remember?

Its one year today. One year to the state sponsored attack on two Central Universities that are widely associated to Indian Muslims, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI). One whole year of forcing myself into remembering that fateful day and night. The violence and the struggle.

One year of anti-CAA movement; State targeting of Aligarh Muslim University was conspicuous

15 December 2019 was an important date in the history of Aligarh Muslim University. Exactly one year ago from today, the campus witnessed violence of unforeseen proportions.