PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 2014 ID-6640
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18.1.14 .
Against Racist Violence On African Nationals .
in Khidki Village Led by-·Delhi Law. Minister .
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assemble at Ganga Bus Stop.
J~ at 10.30am ~Tantar Mantar, 12 Noon '.
19 January, Sttnday .
AISA expresses grave concern and condemns the incident involving the Delhi Law Minister's attempted raid on .
The Minister, Somnath Bharti, insisted that the police conduct a raid even without any search-warrant. Two African women African nationals in Khidki village on the prejudiced plea that they are running drug and sex racket. .
have said, on record, that they were subjected to racist abuse ('black people break laws') and beaten by a mob of people There are also reports that one of the women was forced to give a urine sample in public. The women were also subjected (the Minister's supporters), and that it was the Delhi police who protected them from the mob violence. ( indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/they-held-us-in-taxi-for-3-hrs-took-urine-samples-said-black-people-break-lawsl). to cavity searches and tests -none of which yielded any sign of drugs. The violence against the women was defended in .
According to news reports, the Minister, Somnath Bharti, asked locals to draw up a list of African nationals' .
the name of anger against ·prostitution' and 'drug peddling', while no proof of the same has been presented as yet. In any .
case, the treatment meted out to the women cannot be justified even if they were indeed prostitutes! .
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If indeed the Minister ~as a~y i~telli9f_~ce input, .or p~oof, ~f illegal activ~ty, he must pu:su.e action in a way that responsibly .
residences -'jahan aise Jog rehte hain/where such people live', vowing to raid and search each of these .
homes. He also told media, "I have received a Jot of complaints from women in this locality against foreign .
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nationals, yeh hum aur aap jaise nahin hain (They are not like you or me)." .
will be glad to have t11e Delhi Govt and its Ministers also join us. But for a Minister to instigate Police to violate the law and .
avoids fanmng up rac1st preJudices. r.hen Delhi pollee fa1ls to uphold 1ts legal, const1tut1onal duty, we all protest, and we .
The Delhi CM should have met the African women who complained of racism, violence and humiliation. He should have .
people's ltberties and rights; to ask the ponce to approve of and bless mob violence against African people, is totally .
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unacceptable. .
the African nationals from mob violence. He should have initiated a proper impartial probe and awaited its results before Instead, the Delhi CM defended the actions with the bizarre claim that 'Rape tendencies start with drug and sex accepted that in this particular instance, the Delhi Police were perfectly right not to raid without a warrant, and to protect .
rushtng to defend his Minister's actions. .
www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/amid-anger-over-aang-rape-... es-deIhi-police/ .
raekets' .
country. But the violence and appalling violation of rights to which African woman were subjected isn't recognised by the305557?curt=1389989510. And he and his Cabinet have announced that they will hold a sit-in demanding suspension of It is ironic that the rape of a Danish woman in Delhi is recognised as violence against a woman -a foreign guest in our .
the Delhi Police officers who refused to do the Minister's bidding. . .
We cannot forget that an African student, Yannick Nihangaza from Burundi, was brutally attacked in 2012 in .
Jallandhar, Punjab, going into a coma from which he emerged after nine months. There have been growing Delhi Government as the same-and is even defended in the name of fighting 'rape tendencies'! .
Instances of xenophobia, racism and violence against Africans in Goa and other parts of the country too. People from the .
North East states also experience racist prejudice and violence r.egularly in Delhi and elsewhere. We urgently feel the .
To ask that the judicial probe ordered by the Lieutenant Governor identify those responsible for instigating .
need to counter the spread of the racist virus in the capital city. .
AISA appeals to the student community to join a SIT-IN at Jantar Mantar, on Sunday 19 January from 12 noon: .
and perpetrating mob violence against African nationals, including African women in Khidki village.' To .
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d_emand that those guilty of such violence be punished. .
To strongly counter racist hate-speech of the Law Minister .
> To strongly resist the racist propaganda that 'all Africans are drug peddlers' .
raid without search warrant, must not be suspended. Delhi Police should be held accountable to the law To tell the Delhi Govt that the Delhi Police cops who protected Africans from mob violence and refused to .
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mra make Indian womef1 any safer from rape; to tell" the Delhi CM to stop using rape as a pretext to defend .
To strongly say 'Not in,our name': to assert that profiling of and violence against African women will not .
an and to the Constitution, not to the bidding of political leaders .
On .
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To create a space for African nationals in Delhi to share their experiences. To tell the people of Delhi that .
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racism .
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Amiot, Vice President, AlSA, JNU .
Africans 'bilkul hum aur aap jaise hi hain' (are just like you and me) .
Shweta Raj, Pres,ident, AISA, JNU .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 2014 ID-6640
.
,. .
., .
18.1.14 .
Against Racist Violence On African Nationals .
in Khidki Village Led by-·Delhi Law. Minister .
.
assemble at Ganga Bus Stop.
J~ at 10.30am ~Tantar Mantar, 12 Noon '.
19 January, Sttnday .
AISA expresses grave concern and condemns the incident involving the Delhi Law Minister's attempted raid on .
The Minister, Somnath Bharti, insisted that the police conduct a raid even without any search-warrant. Two African women African nationals in Khidki village on the prejudiced plea that they are running drug and sex racket. .
have said, on record, that they were subjected to racist abuse ('black people break laws') and beaten by a mob of people There are also reports that one of the women was forced to give a urine sample in public. The women were also subjected (the Minister's supporters), and that it was the Delhi police who protected them from the mob violence. ( indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/they-held-us-in-taxi-for-3-hrs-took-urine-samples-said-black-people-break-lawsl). to cavity searches and tests -none of which yielded any sign of drugs. The violence against the women was defended in .
According to news reports, the Minister, Somnath Bharti, asked locals to draw up a list of African nationals' .
the name of anger against ·prostitution' and 'drug peddling', while no proof of the same has been presented as yet. In any .
case, the treatment meted out to the women cannot be justified even if they were indeed prostitutes! .
.
If indeed the Minister ~as a~y i~telli9f_~ce input, .or p~oof, ~f illegal activ~ty, he must pu:su.e action in a way that responsibly .
residences -'jahan aise Jog rehte hain/where such people live', vowing to raid and search each of these .
homes. He also told media, "I have received a Jot of complaints from women in this locality against foreign .
.
nationals, yeh hum aur aap jaise nahin hain (They are not like you or me)." .
will be glad to have t11e Delhi Govt and its Ministers also join us. But for a Minister to instigate Police to violate the law and .
avoids fanmng up rac1st preJudices. r.hen Delhi pollee fa1ls to uphold 1ts legal, const1tut1onal duty, we all protest, and we .
The Delhi CM should have met the African women who complained of racism, violence and humiliation. He should have .
people's ltberties and rights; to ask the ponce to approve of and bless mob violence against African people, is totally .
.
unacceptable. .
the African nationals from mob violence. He should have initiated a proper impartial probe and awaited its results before Instead, the Delhi CM defended the actions with the bizarre claim that 'Rape tendencies start with drug and sex accepted that in this particular instance, the Delhi Police were perfectly right not to raid without a warrant, and to protect .
rushtng to defend his Minister's actions. .
www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/amid-anger-over-aang-rape-... es-deIhi-police/ .
raekets' .
country. But the violence and appalling violation of rights to which African woman were subjected isn't recognised by the305557?curt=1389989510. And he and his Cabinet have announced that they will hold a sit-in demanding suspension of It is ironic that the rape of a Danish woman in Delhi is recognised as violence against a woman -a foreign guest in our .
the Delhi Police officers who refused to do the Minister's bidding. . .
We cannot forget that an African student, Yannick Nihangaza from Burundi, was brutally attacked in 2012 in .
Jallandhar, Punjab, going into a coma from which he emerged after nine months. There have been growing Delhi Government as the same-and is even defended in the name of fighting 'rape tendencies'! .
Instances of xenophobia, racism and violence against Africans in Goa and other parts of the country too. People from the .
North East states also experience racist prejudice and violence r.egularly in Delhi and elsewhere. We urgently feel the .
To ask that the judicial probe ordered by the Lieutenant Governor identify those responsible for instigating .
need to counter the spread of the racist virus in the capital city. .
AISA appeals to the student community to join a SIT-IN at Jantar Mantar, on Sunday 19 January from 12 noon: .
and perpetrating mob violence against African nationals, including African women in Khidki village.' To .
,t > .
d_emand that those guilty of such violence be punished. .
To strongly counter racist hate-speech of the Law Minister .
> To strongly resist the racist propaganda that 'all Africans are drug peddlers' .
raid without search warrant, must not be suspended. Delhi Police should be held accountable to the law To tell the Delhi Govt that the Delhi Police cops who protected Africans from mob violence and refused to .
u >.
mra make Indian womef1 any safer from rape; to tell" the Delhi CM to stop using rape as a pretext to defend .
To strongly say 'Not in,our name': to assert that profiling of and violence against African women will not .
an and to the Constitution, not to the bidding of political leaders .
On .
> .
To create a space for African nationals in Delhi to share their experiences. To tell the people of Delhi that .
,.
racism .
~ .
Amiot, Vice President, AlSA, JNU .
Africans 'bilkul hum aur aap jaise hi hain' (are just like you and me) .
Shweta Raj, Pres,ident, AISA, JNU .
.