The faculty members of the South Asian
University have expressed their solidarity with the peacefully protesting JMI
and AMU against CAA and NRC.

New Delhi. 20th December 2019. SAU faculty members issued a statement in solidarity with the peacefully protesting students and other citizens against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and National Register of Citizens.

Full text of Statement is as follows-

We, the
undersigned teachers of the South Asian University, New Delhi are deeply disturbed
by the developments at the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim
University in the last few days.

As it is
well documented now through the media reports and eye witness accounts of
students, on 15 December 2019 police entered the Jamia Milia Islamia and
Aligarh Muslim University and assaulted and detained the students who were
peacefully protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and National
Register of Citizens (NRC).

We
underline that universities are places for critical thinking and for expression
of ideas. Use of force against the students protesting peacefully against
the CAA and NRC violates the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of speech and
expression guaranteed under the Constitution of India.

We
strongly condemn the highhanded action of the police on students peacefully
protesting against the CAA and NRC. We urge the Government of India and other
state governments to refrain from using force against the peacefully protesting
students and other citizens across India. We also request the Government of
India to investigate the assault on the peacefully protesting students,
identify the perpetrators, take appriopriate action and reestablish the trust
in the rule of law.

We stand
in solidarity with the peacefully protesting students and citizens against CAA
and NRC.

1. Amit Banerjee, Department of Computer
   Science
2. Anirban Dasgupta, Faculty of Economics
3. Ankur Datta,  Department of Sociology
4. Bijoy Chand Chatterjee, Department of
   Computer Science
5. Binoy Goswami, Faculty of Economics
6. Danish Lohani, Department of Mathematics
7. Dhananjay Tripathi, Department of
   International Relations
8. Diya Mehra, Department of Sociology
9. Irfanullah Farooqi, Department of
   Sociology
10. Ishita Dey, Department of Sociology
11. Jayashree Vivekanandan, Department of International Relations
12. Mallika Shakya, Department of Sociology
13. Medha Bisht, Department of International Relations
14. Muhammad Abulaish, Department of
    Computer Science 
15. Nabarun Roy, Department of International
    Relations
16. Namrata Gulati, Faculty of Economics
17. Prabhash Ranjan, Faculty of Legal Studies
18. Pranab K Muhuri, Department of
    Computer Science
19. Ravi Kumar, Department of Sociology
20. Sai Ramani Garimella, Faculty of Legal
    Studies
21. Sasanka Perera,
    Department of Sociology
22. Shweta Singh, Department
    of International Relations
23. Soumita Basu, Department of International Relations
24. Soumya Datta, Faculty of Economics
25. Srinivas Burra, Faculty of Legal Studies
26. Stellina jolly, Faculty of Legal Studies
27. Sunil Kumar, Faculty of Economics
28. Yuba Raj Pokharel, Faculty
    of Life Science and Biotechnology

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