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The UK Diaspora Groups – South Asia Solidarity
Group, SOAS India Society, South Asian Students Against Fascism, Federation of
Redbridge Muslim Organisations (FORMO) and Co-ordinating Committee of Malayali
Muslims – have issued a statement condemning the recent state-sponsored pogrom
against Muslims in India ’s
capital New Delhi
We demand:
- The resignation of the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, for his gross failure to maintain peace.
- The immediate arrest of the BJP politicians and leaders who instigated the pogrom – Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Singh Varma and others and that all the perpetrators of the pogrom are brought to justice.
- That the injured are given appropriate medical care and the victim families are rehabilitated and compensated for the loss of lives and livelihood.
- That the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP government play their constitutional role by taking effective measures to ensure peace and justice for the victims and survivors.
- That
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The attacks
have been overwhelmingly targeted against the poorer sections of the Muslim
community in Delhi
Why did it
happen?
The
underlying causes for the unleashing of genocidal violence at this point appear
to be:
(a) the entirely legitimate dissent of ordinary
people against a fascistic citizenship law- the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
(CAA) and its accompanying registers of citizenship, the National Register of
Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) - which acting together will leave Indian
Muslims disenfranchised - and constitute a first step to ethnic cleansing. The
powerful countrywide wave of protests against the CAA-NRC-NPR found a strong
and resilient citadel in Delhi Delhi
However,
there have been many heartening instances of Hindus, Dalits and Sikhs
protecting their Muslim neighbours, and Sikh gurdwaras opening their doors for
victims fleeing violence.
We stand in
solidarity with the survivors of the Delhi Pogrom and with the courageous
citizens of Delhi
“As members
of the Indian and South Asian diaspora in the UK ,
we stand with the survivors of the Delhi
“The Delhi
Pogrom has already killed 38 Indian Muslims, with many injured. This is no
accident, Modi has led India
here and the horrific scenes in Delhi
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violence in Delhi
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“We are
shocked by the horrific anti-Muslim pogrom spearheaded by the Hindutva right
this week. But we are truly inspired to see that the women of many areas of Delhi UK
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details: 07846873341 / southasiasolidaritygroup@gmail.com.