[Fdu] Statement in Solidarity with Protesters in India from University of Toronto Community

[Cynthia Wright]

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Dear Colleagues,

I am inviting you to sign a solidarity statement supporting the ongoing 
protests in India and especially on Indian university campuses against 
the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. As members of a university  it is 
especially crucial that we condemn the brutal suppression of dissent on 
University campuses in India and police violence against students. Could 
you also forward it to the List.

Please find the statement below. Scroll down for a solidarity protest on 
Friday and some useful links to context and ongoing struggles in India.

Thank you,
Bhavani

https://forms.gle/mU4BzRgdqc5bcdPZ8



Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2545423682393844

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Summary and info:

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by both houses of the Indian 
parliament has led to widespread protests across the country over the 
past week. The violent police response to these demonstrations has 
caused much harm to dissenters, with multiple injuries and deaths 
reported by a cross-section of citizens and journalists. Indian 
universities have been a site for agitation ever since the Narendra 
Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014. The latest 
attack on students is in line with the constant persecution of those who 
think differently from the Modi administration. Citizens across India 
are protesting the CAA as it is part of a legislative drive to target 
and isolate Muslims. CAA must be seen in conjunction with the National 
Register of Citizens (NRC), a proposed nationwide scheme (already 
ongoing in the state of Assam) that is set to render innumerable Muslims 
stateless.

To protest the inhumane decisions of the Modi-led administration, we 
urge you to join us outside the Consulate General of India this Friday 
(20 December 2019), at 365 Bloor Street East, from 12-2 PM. If you 
believe that students have a right to voice their opinions in the public 
sphere and that protests should not be met with state-sponsored 
violence, please add your voice to the struggle and honour those who are 
fighting the fascist regime everyday in India. We hope to see you there, 
in solidarity, with placards, revolutionary poetry, and song. If you 
would like to learn more about our concerns, we are sharing a couple of 
links below:

An explainer - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50670393

Historian Mukul Kesavan describing the CAA and the NRC as the biggest 
threats to Indian democracy - 
https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/nrc-and-the-citizenship-bill-are-the-greatest-threat-to-indian-democracy-today/cid/1695315








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