India: 14 AMU students booked for sedition after protests on campus
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Feb 13, 2019
- Final Date
- Feb 22, 2019
- Event Description
Fourteen Aligarh Muslim University students, including their union chief, were booked under sedition charges after protests on the campus following reports of a planned visit by AIMIM lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi - who has previously been accused offor promoting enmity among religious groups among other sections in connection with an alleged hate speech which he delivered in 2014. On Tuesday, some AMU students allegedly had an altercation with a TV channel crew which had come to film Mr. Owaisi's visit that ultimately did not take place, they said. BJYM activist complains Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members held a separate demonstration against the visit, demanding that the MP should be banned from the campus. The students were booked under sedition charges after a complaint was filed by BJYM activist Mukesh Lodhi, alleging that he was assaulted amid chants of pro-Pakistan slogans by some students, the police said. Protesting against the police action, a "class boycott" call has been given by the students' union. The Aligarh Muslim University Teachers' Association on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the booking of the students under sedition charges. Teachers urged President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the university's Visitor, to take suo motu cognisance of this action of the State government. Update: On 22 February 2019 The sedition charge against 14 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students has been dropped, the police said today, adding there was no evidence to support the allegation that anti-India or pro-Pakistan slogans were raised in the campus last week.
- Impact of Event
- 14
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 20.59369999999999
Longitude: 78.9629
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 13 February 2019, 14 students, were charged under fabricated charges of sedition for holidng a protest