Concerned health activists and health professionals and women’s rights activists have issued the following statement against the brutal use of force by the police against students, especially in Jamia Millia Islamia and AMU.

We, the health networks, health activists, health professionals, Women’s Rights Activists and concerned activists strongly condemn this abhorrent act by the police force on the students of Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi and  Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh on 15^th – 16th December 2019.

Following the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), violence was unleashed and Jamia and AMU were particularly targeted. According to the reports from JamiaMiliaIslamia on Sunday, the police force entered the premises, targeted individuals indiscriminately, used tear-gas shells and lathi charge against the students, along with the forceful entry in their university premises. 

Students were dragged out of the reading rooms and library and there were reports that the girl students faced verbal  and physical violence and communal taunts.

More than 52 students (boys) were detained from Jamia at two police stations during the night of 15th December till about 3.30 AM. Even some of the critically injured, who were sent for treatment to the nearby hospital were brought back to be detained, completely ignoring their serious injuries and deteriorating condition. Students admitted to the Holy Family Hospital ICU were also brought to the police station.

Violence by police forces against the students of AMU  has resulted in serious injuries for many students, including serious head injuries, amputations, fractures being reported.

The police violence and intimidation have created immense fear  and mental trauma amongst students, who concerned about any further repercussions, have been unable to ensure that the documentation and medical records of their injuries caused by the police, are available to them. These are in complete violation of the constitutional and democratic principles that are core to India.

We unequivocally condemn the violence as well as the impunity being granted to the police aggression and atrocities.  We condemn these violations of the right to immediate medical treatment/ health care that was critical for all those who sustained injuries.

We stand wholeheartedly in solidarity with all the students and people across the country who are resisting the unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

We, health care organisations, networks, doctors, nurses and other health care providers raise our voices against the excesses of the State and commit/ extend all support for the health care of all those who have suffered consequences to their physical and psychological health in our collective resistance against such tyranny.

Endorsed by:

1. All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN)
2. Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA)
3. Medico Friend Circle (MFC)
4. Aashiya Bindra
5. Abhay Regi
6. Abhay Shukla
7. Abhiti Gupta
8. Adarsh Varghese Kurian
9. Adithya Christopher
10. Adithya P, Public Health Researcher
11. Adithyan, Tamil Nadu
12. Adsa Fatima, Health Activist, Delhi
13. AkashSethy
14. Alia Sinha
15. Alok Kumar
16. Dr Amar Jesani, Independent Researcher & Teacher, Bioethics and Public Health
17. Ameerkhan, JSA Tamilnadu
18. AmitaPitre
19. AmitranjanBasu
20. Amrita Shodhan
21.    Dr Amrutha Nair
22. AmulyaNidhi, SwasthyaAdhikarManch
23. Anand Zachariah, Christian Medical College, Vellore
24. AnantPhadke
25. Anika Juneja, Research Assistant, Ranchi
26. Anjali Bhardwaj
27. AnjlaiShenoi
28. Anna Eldho
29. Anna Karmel Abraham
30. Anna Mathew
31. Anuradha Kapoor
32. Anushka Kataria
33. Aquinas Edassery, Odisha
34. Areeba Ahmed
35. Arun Gupta
36. Arundhati Sridhar
37. Asha Mishra
38. AsimSircar, GyanVigyan Samity, Jharkhand
39. AswathyRaveendran, Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
40. Bharti Sharma
41. Brinelle D’Souza, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
42. C. S. Verma
43. Sathyamala, Independent Researcher
44. Chayanika Shah, Queer Feminist Researcher & Teacher, Mumbai
45. Chinu Srinivasan
46. Chitra Maria Alexander
47. Chitra Sinha, Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University, Sweden
48. Christina Maria Samson
49. Common Health
50. Cynthia Susan John
51. Daniel Paul Mowli
52. Deepa V, Health Researcher and Women’s Rights Activist
53. Deepak Kumar, Public Health Practitioner
54. DeepthaAchar
55. Denny John
56. Deval, JSS Chhattisgarh
57. Devika Biswas
58. Devaki Nambiar, Public Health Professional
59. Dimple OberoiVahali
60. DishaMullick
61. DiptaBhog, Women’s Rights Activist, Delhi
62. Dyuti, PhD Researcher, University of Sussex
63. Deepika Joshi, Researcher, Chhattisgarh
64. Premdas Pinto
65. Ebethsha
66. Ekbal B., KSSP
67. Farah Naqvi, Delhi
68. Food Sovereignty Alliance, India
69. GabrinJowil W. L.
70. Gargi Mishra
71. Gaurav Rout
72. Gauri Chaudhari, Pune
73. Gouranga Mohapatra
74. Harsh Regi
75. Hasina
76. Hephzibah
77. InayatKakkar
78. Dr IndranilMukhopadhyay, JSA Delhi
79. Iwin Joseph Benny
80. Jacob Cherian
81. Jason Jacob George
82. Jaya Sharma, Delhi
83. Jennifer K.
84. Joel K Johny
85. Joe Varghese
86. Joel Nanda
87. Julia George, Lawyer, Pune
88. Jyothi Fernandes. Karnataka
89. K. Mathias, Burans, Dehradun
90. KalpanaKannabiran, Council for Social Development
91. Kamatham Shiny Simon
92. Kamlesh, BGVS Uttarakhand
    1. Dave, Feminist Activist, Member, LABIA Collective
93. Karthick Sriram M.
94. Keerthi Mercy
95. LalremruatiChawnghtu
96. LABIA, A Queer LBT Collective, Mumbai
97. LingalaSumit
98. Madhu, Theatre Activist
99. MadhurimaNundy
100. MaliniGhose, Women’s Rights Activist, Delhi
101. Mandisa M Christian
102. Manna M Xavier
103. Manna Mary Thomas
104. Mehul Shankar
105. Mehul Shankar
106. Dr Mira Sadgopal
107. Mira Shiva, Public Health Physician
108. Mohamed KhaderMeeran
109. Mohit P Gandhi, CSMSCH, Delhi
110. Dr Mohan Rao
111. Mukti Bosco
112. NachiketUdupa, Concerned Individual
113. Nandini Manjrekar
114. Dr Narendra Gupta
115. Nidhin Joseph
116. Nikhil Raju
117. Nilanjana Das
118. Niraj Vilas Shende
119. Nishant J. Vedana
120. NitiSaxena
121. Padma Deosthali, Mumbai
122. Padma Prakash, Editor, eSocialSciences
123. Padma Velaskar
124. Padmini Swaminathan, Independent Researcher, Chennai
125. Pallavi Gupta, Public Health Consultant, New Delhi
126. Pamella Philipose, Journalist, Delhi
127. Dr Pankaj Kumar Tiwari, Community Doctor, JSS Anuppur
128. Philo Thomas
129. Pothuraju Susmitha Carol
130. PrabirChatterjee
131. Pradeep Ninan, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Goa
132. Pranali, Sewagram
133. Praveer Peter, Convenor, Sajha Kadam / Solidarity Centre, Ranchi
134. Preetha Elizabeth Joseph
135. PriyadarshTure
136. PyaraLalGarg, JSA Punjab and Chandigarh
137. Radha Holla
138. Radhika
139. Ragini
140. Dr Rahul Shastri, Patna
141. Raina Rebecca Reginold
142. Rajalakshmi
143. Dr Rajeev BR
144. Dr Ramakrishna Prasad, Family Medicine Physician, Bangalore
145. Dr RamaniAtkuri, Public health physician, Bhopal
146. Ramengmawii
147. Ranjan De, New Delhi
148. Ravi Duggal
149. Dr Ravi Narayan
150. Dr Ravindra Kurbude
151. Renu Khanna
152. Richa Chintan, JSA, Delhi
153. Ritu Dewan
154. Ritwik De
155. RohiniHensman, Writer and Activist, Bombay
156. Rohini Kandhari
157. Rohit Shah
158. Rohit Shah
159. Dr Sagari R. Ramdas, Veterinary Scientist
160. Saheli Women’s Resource Centre, New Delhi
161. SakinaBahora
162. Samir Dass, Jharkhand Science Forum, Ranchi
163. Samuel N.
164. SandhyaPhadke
165. Sandhya Srinivasan, Mumbai
166. Sandhya Y. K.
167. Sangeeta Chatterjee, Washington DC
168. SangeetaRege, Mumbai
169. Sanjay Dabhade
170. Sanjeev Sinha, JSA, Uttar Pradesh
171. Sara Jacob
172. Sarojini N, Co-convenor, Jan SwasthyaAbhiyan
173. Satnam Singh
174. Sebin George Abraham
175. Shakeel, Bihar
176. ShakunDoundiyakhed
177. Sherin Beulah J.
178. Shewli Kumar, TISS
179. Sharmila Sreekumar, IIT Bombay
180. Shilpa Krishna, Hyderabad
181. ShrinidhiDatar
182. Shweta Narayan, Environment and Public Health Researcher, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
183. Siddarth David, Public Health Researcher, Doctors For You, India
184. Sindhu Nila, Public Health Research Associate, Pune
185. Smita Todkar
186. Sneha Gole, KSPWSC, SPPU
187. Sneha Makkad
188. Sona Mitra
189. Soumya Sheona Loyal
190. Sreyarth Krishna
191. Steven Lionel
192. Subhadra Kamath
193. Subodh S Gupta, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram
194. Suhas Kolhekar, NAPM and ALFRTE
195. Sulakshana Nandi, Public Health Researcher, JamiaAlumini
196. Sundararaman T
197. SunitaBandewar
198. Sunita Dhar, Activist
199. Sunitha Varghese, Public Heath Physician, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu
200. Surbhi Shrivastava, Senior Research Associate, CEHAT, Mumbai
201. Suresh S.
202. Swati Mishra, Chevening Scholar, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
203. SwatijaManorama
204. Sylvia Karpagam, Public Health Doctor and Researcher, Karnataka
205. Thelma Narayan, Public Health Physician, SOCHARA, Bengaluru
206. Timothy L. J.
207. Uma Chaitanya
208. Uma Chakravarthy, Delhi
209. Uma V. Chandru
210. Vandana Kulkarni, Pune
211. Vani Subramanian, Filmmaker, New Delhi
212. Dr Vandana Prasad
213. Vanita Mukherjee
214. Vasanth Kannabiran, Asmita
215. Vasundhara Rangaswamy, Health Professional, Independent
216. Veena Johri, Lawyer
217. Vidit Panchal, Indore
218. Vikash Prakash, AzimPremji University, Bangalore
219. Virginia Saldanha, Mumbai
220. Vishakha Issac
221. Vitthal Salve, Medical officer, Shaheed Hospital, DalliRajhara
222. Vrinda Marwah
223. Yash Chandra
224. Yogesh Jain, Public Health Physician, Chhattisgarh
225. Zachariah Thomas