In solidarity with students arrested on terrorism charges in Delhi, India
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Prof Mushirul Hasan, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Milia Islamia
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26 September 2008
Dear Prof Mushirul Hasan,
The Delhi Police recently conducted, what is widely believed as a staged encounter, of the men allegedly involved in the 19 September Delhi blasts. Two young men, one of them just 17-year-old, were gunned down in cold blood. Two others were arrested, and two allegedly escaped.
The real drama started a day after as three others Mohammad Shakeel, Zia-ur-Rehman and Saquib Nissar were taken into custody. Incidentally, both Shakeel and Zia are students of the Jamia Milia Islamia university. All three were paraded in front of the media wearing the white and red checked scarf, usually worn by Arabs, also known as the Paletinian rumaal. This was the worst form of racial and communal profiling. The police was quick to brand the three youth as terrorists without actually ascertaining the extent of or the existence of any role in the Delhi blasts.
Soon thereafter, the Jamia Milia Islamia university, with you as the vice chancellor came down heavily on the media for abusing their power and status for launching a witch hunt against a community. You, with the consent of the academic council decided to provide legal help and support to the two students of the university on the premise of innocent until proven guilty by the law.
As fellow students who deplore the recent acts of the Delhi police and the media, especially the television media, we express solidarity with both Shakeel and Zia and stand by your decision to provide them with legal aid. We will do all we can to prevent India from becoming a lawless, fascist state.
In solidarity,
Roshni Sengupta
Dear Prof Mushirul Hasan,
The Delhi Police recently conducted, what is widely believed as a staged encounter, of the men allegedly involved in the 19 September Delhi blasts. Two young men, one of them just 17-year-old, were gunned down in cold blood. Two others were arrested, and two allegedly escaped.
The real drama started a day after as three others Mohammad Shakeel, Zia-ur-Rehman and Saquib Nissar were taken into custody. Incidentally, both Shakeel and Zia are students of the Jamia Milia Islamia university. All three were paraded in front of the media wearing the white and red checked scarf, usually worn by Arabs, also known as the Paletinian rumaal. This was the worst form of racial and communal profiling. The police was quick to brand the three youth as terrorists without actually ascertaining the extent of or the existence of any role in the Delhi blasts.
Soon thereafter, the Jamia Milia Islamia university, with you as the vice chancellor came down heavily on the media for abusing their power and status for launching a witch hunt against a community. You, with the consent of the academic council decided to provide legal help and support to the two students of the university on the premise of innocent until proven guilty by the law.
As fellow students who deplore the recent acts of the Delhi police and the media, especially the television media, we express solidarity with both Shakeel and Zia and stand by your decision to provide them with legal aid. We will do all we can to prevent India from becoming a lawless, fascist state.
In solidarity,
Roshni Sengupta
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Roshni Sengupta
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Chandni Sengupta
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- Stop religious profiling. Stop harassing innocent students.
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S.Sengupta
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- I agree that without substantiating the crime , no one should be dubbed as a criminal or conspirator. unfortunately in this country we get biased very easily first and then start realising the truth.
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shubhradeep chakravorty
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Manzoor
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- To Justice
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Vidya Subramanian
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Ambika
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- The way the students arrested were paraded on the television screens for lakhs of people to watch was pathetic. Every news channel aired the same footage time and again as if to ignite the ire of people against those young boys. For all anyone knows, they might not have a hand in it at all. How is it that the police came up with evidence suddenly, when 24 hours earlier they did not have any clue at hand at all? Does someone ever realize how these arrests would affect the student community and the trust that students themselves have on one another?
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Faisul Yaseen
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Sakira
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- its about time we raise consciousness regarding this menace
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Khondakar Golam Mowla
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- Why Gujarat Chief Minister Modi and his police forces were not punished yet for killing Ehsa Jafri and thousands of Muslims?
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Yousuf Saeed
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- Full solidarity
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Sukla Sen, EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai
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- While it'd be too premature to comment on the innocence or otherwise of those implicated by the state; its own record is no doubt pretty murky, to put it rather mildly. Very serious and credible doubts have been raised about the shooting campaign. No one has bothered to respond. The faces of three boys arrested were covered by the Delhi police with Arafat towels for the benefit of the media camera, grossly deviating from the usual practice in this regard. This clearly shows up just not the bias of those who are mandated to be unbiased but also a premeditated nefarious move to sensationalise the arrest and further reinforce the obtaining prejudices against "Muslims" as terrorists. Under the circumstances, the bold and conscientious action of the Jamia teachers - cutting across religious lines, under the leadership of the incumbent VC, who himself had once been the victim of virulent Islamic wrath not too long ago, to help the defendants to defend themselves as guaranteed by the Constitution is truly laudable.
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nazim khan
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AarizMohammed
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- in solidarity
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Gauhar Raza
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Shefali
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- I hope more people can see through this farce and come forward in support; this was a really brave thing for an instituion to do- congratulations to the Jamia authorities for their decision
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Bazlur R Khan
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- We r against all kinds of terrorist acts. At the same time we believe one should be given legal aid still he is not proved before our honourable judicial system. So the decession of our Vice Chancellor Sir is highly supported by the students community of this great instititution, Jamia Millia Islamia
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Ramesh Menon
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- May Justice Prevail!
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K.Sajaya
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- In solidarity
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Aftab Alam
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- We congratulate you for your initiative to fight for Justice & Bring truth in public
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Aftab Alam
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- We shall fight We shall win
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Syed Wasil Rahman
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Mohammad Abdul Nadeem
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Azgar Hussain
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- The justice should reach to every humanbeing.
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Majid Khan
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- If and Only if prooven by the law of land, should Police take action against the suspected. Polices duty is to enforce the law and Ensure adherence and not to execute under pressure
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Nav
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syed
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syed zaheer
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- they cannot be accused unless and until it is proved..they are innocent
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Khalid Roshan
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rabbani mohammed
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siraj shaik
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Ashraf
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- STOP Arresting/Punishing Innocent People
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Omer Hassan
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- It appears a clear violation of basic human rights
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Naveed Khan
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Mirza Shadab Beg
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Imtiaz ALAM
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- Full Inquiry should be done and they should be considered innocent unless proven in the court of law.
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Haneef Kazi
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Zubair
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- I don't know if they are guilty or not. But they deserve a free trial and if they are found guilty then they should be subjected to the harshest sentence.
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Ayaz Ali
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Mudassir
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Alaan M Badr
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Ziaur Mohammad
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Arshia Afroze
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- Muslims are treated as brand of terrorism. This should be avoided because muslims are also children of the same country INDIA.
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Ibrahim
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- In the name of terror, Inocent are victamised. when the police is killing innocent people then whom should we trust.
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Abdul Hafeez
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- Request a proper Judical Probe should happen in this incident
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ANANTA ACHARYA
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- BE SECULAR,if possible be atheist
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ANANTA ACHARYA
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- I think that india is a defacto upper caste hindu state...dalits and minotrities must fight against communalised state repression... democratic left forces should be with this action...
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Gautam Sareen
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- I support this petition
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Suhel Ali Mohammed
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Uzma Mollah
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