South Asia Citizens Web

• India: Protect university campuses from violence - Editorial in Nature, 16 Jan 2020

  16 January

  Academics in India and around the world are right to be alarmed and to speak up, because force has been used on university campuses, causing fear. India’s authorities must take the necessary steps to protect their nation’s universities and their people’s freedom of speech.

• Solidarity with fellow secularists in neighbouring India - Statement by The Society for Secular Pakistan (11 Jan 2020)

  14 January

  The Society for Secular Pakistan, which upholds religion as a personal matter and stands for equal rights for all citizens regardless of religion or sect, expresses solidarity with fellow secularists in neighbouring India who are fighting for similar rights.

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  India: Move to Shift Capital in Andhra . . . State government must have democratic dialogue with those agitating in the Amaravati region - Press statement by Human Rights Forum | 13 Jan 2020

  13 January

  Development has to be inclusive and people-centric, not merely tailored to the enrichment of a privileged few in select territories. There must be distributive justice in the matter of sharing of resources. Real development must not devastate lives of the marginalised, recklessly poach upon scarce resources like land and water and lay waste to the environment.

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  Campus Violence in India and Expressions of Solidarity from Concerned Citizens in Pakistan | Demo Photos Lahore and Karachi, Statements - Jan 2020

  by sacw.net, 8 January

  Photos of solidarity demonstrations held in Lahore and in Karachi by Concerned students and citizens from Pakistan standing up for students and teachers facing fascist violence on Campuses in India. There is also a statement of solidarity with students in India and Pakistan

• India: Brutal Attack on JNU Students and Faculty by Fascist ABVP/RSS Thugs - Statement by All India Forum For Right To Education | 8 Jan 2020

  8 January

  AIFRTE condemns the shocking assault on the students and teachers of JNU by an armed mob of about eighty to one hundred persons . . .

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