Thread by @AfreenFatima136

On 15 Dec last year, I was there at Jamia, near the central canteen. We could hear loud sound of something being fired again and again.
Then police entered the campus. And what followed was a series of anxiousness and fear mixed with a helpless rage.

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But I want to talk about Aligarh Muslim University. The same night AMU was violated by UP Police. And internet was cut off so photos and videos cannot get out. No one knew what was happening there.

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I called a friend at AMU to tell many of us are hiding in Jamia Library, the police seems like it has come to kill. And my friend responded with even more fear. I could hear shots being fired over the phone, I could hear students screaming in fear.

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The students were immediately forced to leave campus and go back home. If you were to walk in the campus the next morning, you wouldn't help but cry. Police all over. Not a single student at sight. Blood stains on the road. Making a campus we call home into a ghost town.

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AMU is often forgotten. The burned down hostel room is forgotten. Those brutul injuries are forgotten. The custodial torture of those who were detained is forgotten. The broken ribs and arms, the amputated hand is forgotten. The threat that AMU braved is forgotten.

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Remember 15th December. Remember both our campuses that were violated. Remember that both are associated with Muslims and hence the violence. Remember our safe spaces, our homes, were walked over and shot at by uniformed goons. Never Forget.

#OneYearOfAttackOnAMUandJamia

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