#Thread: December 15 marks a brutal, bloody and dark day in India’s already blood-stained history. On this day, 2 years ago, Muslim students in Aligarh and Jamia were targeted and attacked by police and RAF. The students were protesting against a law that made way to revoke 1/n
their membership in Indian society. Several students were severely injured, some students lost their eyes, got their hands amputated - and all - suffered trauma. Police, RAF used assault guns, tear gas cannons, stun grenades - weapons that are banned in actual wars - against 2/n
protesting students in their own campuses. The police action however also sparked a series of protests in all parts of the country. 15 December in that sense is also a day of awakening for a community witnessing a targeted, well organised attack on its identity every single 3/n
day since more than 6 years. The community - at large - gave up on waiting and took to streets to safeguard and reclaim their dignity, self-respect and power that it rightfully deserves in this land. In doing so, it also taught this nation that no amount of pain and trauma 4/n
can make people submissive if they decide they would not. The nation can either fully become a nation by standing up to the oppression or forcefully witness oppressed communities taking the charge of leading the nation. We are glad to have taught them some important lessons 5/n
of solidarity, brotherhood and justice. This country - now more than ever - needs to revisit the lessons young students gave them. Lastly, it is a painful exercise to have our calendars being transformed into days marking deaths, massacres, pogroms, violence and unending 6/n
wait for our people to return from prison cells where they are unjustly kept. We remember December 15 to remind and reclaim the magic of collective anger of the oppressed. We promise to #NeverForget and #NeverForgive! May Allah hasten the release of our political prisoners. 7/7
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