Saturday, April 27, 2024

Topic: Jamia Millia Islamia

Student leader arrested in Jamia violence case

Asif Iqbal Tanha, Jamia Millia Islamia student leader has been arrested by Delhi Police for leading the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest in South East Delhi's Jamia Nagar in December last year.

Owaisi against Jamia student’s arrest, says Muslims at receiving end of UAPA

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday blamed BJP Government for charging the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against student activists and anti-Citizenship Amendment (CAA) Protesters, saying that the government targets Muslims.

‘Too many days since we have spoken’, Safoora’s sister pens emotional letter

Sameeya Zargar wrote an emotional letter to her sister Safoora Zargar, a student leader and a research scholar from Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) who was arrested on 10 April and charged under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 2019 (UAPA), by the Delhi police in connection with North East Delhi violence.

Jamia, JNU teachers associations demand release of Jamia student leader Safoora Zargar

Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Associations (FEDCUTA), Jamia Teachers’ Association (JTA), Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) and more than thirty organizations wrote a joint statement on Tuesday demanding the constitutional rights of the two arrested Jamia Millia Islamia student leaders, Safoora Zargar, and Meeran Haider be respected and be released forthwith.

Notes from a winter of resistance

“In these times, even the existence of a Muslim minority central university is a resistance.” My friend used to say when I joined Jamia....

Modi govt takes lockdown as an opportunity to witch hunt us, say Jamia students who protest PM Modi’s 9pm appeal

The students of Jamia Millia Islamia today protested against the administration for forcing them to switch off the lights after Prime Minister Modi's appeal to the country to switch off lights and light up candles to defeat the pandemic.