Bahujan Students Front Our Bahujan brother, Kathi Anil Kumar, a senior member of the Bahujan Students’ Front, HCU, currently a project fellow in HCU was severely beaten up on 22.03.2016. {youtube}HZWwT7Wmej0{/youtube} In this video, Anl talks of the March 22nd protest and his experience of police violence “They dragged me and pushed me out …
Over 300 academicians, activists, artists and writers condemn the state violence and unlawful detention of faculty and student protesters of the University of Hyderabad
Justice for HCU We, academicians, activists, artists and writers, condemn the ongoing brutal attacks on and unlawful detention of peacefully protesting faculty and students at the University of Hyderabad by the University administration and the police. We also condemn the restriction of access to basic necessities such as water and food on campus. The students …
Interim Report of the Independent National Fact Finding Team on UoH
Title of the Case: Interim Report of the Independent National Fact Finding (FF) team into the Campus Violence on 22nd March, 2016 at the Hyderabad Central University Date of the Fact Finding: March 24th – 25th 2016 Members of the Fact Finding Team: Henri Tiphagne, Human Rights Defenders Alert, India, Tara Rao, Amnesty Intl, …
‘What kind of a country treats its students in this manner?’
Press Statement by Independent Fact Finding Team which visited University of Hyderabad Hyderabad March 26, 2016. Brute force by police and state apparatus was the only way by which the administration sought to restore in office, the Vice Chancellor, Appa Rao, the prime accused of being responsible for the suicide of Rohith Vemula. Violent …
DUTA (Delhi University Teachers Association) Press Statement on Hyderabad Central University Crisis 24.3.2016
Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) The DUTA strongly condemns the the police crackdown on students and teachers of Hyderabad Central University and demands the immediate removal of Vice-Chancellor Prof. Appa Rao Podile. The VC and his team of administrators are yet again responsible for unleashing a series of extremely unfortunate events that have led to …
Statement by Concerned Faculty from The English and Foreign Languages University on the police crackdown at HCU
Concerned Faculty From EFLU We, the concerned faculty from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, strongly condemn the police brutality at the University of Hyderabad on 22nd March 2016, after the return of Prof. Appa Rao Podile, the Vice-Chancellor accused of abetting the suicide of the Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula. As an academic …
Condemning the Brahmanical Brutality in UoH!
Ambedkarite Students’ Association, TISS, Mumbai Condemning the Brahmanical Brutality in UoH! #Justice_For_Rohith_Vemula We the Ambedkarite Students’ Association, TISS, Mumbai strongly condemn the brutal police action towards Students, Teachers and Journalist at Hyderabad Central University, who were protesting against the resumption of work of VC Apparao on 22nd March 2016. The VC of University of …
UoH Alumni Open Letter against the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, the return of Dr. Appa Rao as UoH’s VC, and the brutal display of state violence in campus
UoH Alumni As alumni of the University of Hyderabad, we observed with dismay the return of Dr. Appa Rao Podile as the Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad (UoH) on March 22. We strongly condemn this provocation that led to the police brutality on campus. The shutdown of the university which has followed is unacceptable and …
Police Broke All Laws to Arrest Students, Teachers in University of Hyderabad
Justice For Rohith {youtube}-jqk8E7pz7c{/youtube} This is a transcript of lawyer Gunratan’s brief talk as he updates UoH students after returning from the court on March 24th. He is part of the team working on the fictitious cases made on students and faculty of UoH. This video is part of the narratives recorded by Justice For …