Justice For Rohith Vemula Protesters Brutally Beaten Up By Police

And Hindutva Goons Near RSS Office In New Delhi

By Countercurrents.org

31 January, 2016

Countercurrents.org

Hundreds of Students who were protesting against the institutional murder of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula were brutally lathicharged by the police and hindutva goons near the RSS office in New Delhi yesterday. Students from several colleges and universtities in Delhi marched to the RSS office demanding justice for Rohith, on his 27th birth day. Students were stopped near the RSS office and police and hinudtva goons brutally assaulted them, injuring several students. Even the media persons covering the event were not spared. They too were attacked and cameras damaged. Moreover, there is a near total media black out of the incident!

The students demanded punishment to those who led the harassment and victimisation at the behest of the RSS-BJP which led to the death of Rohith. The students were demanding action against HCU VC Appa Rao and Union ministers Bandaru Dattatreya and Smriti Irani.

The protest against the suicide of University of Hyderabad (HoU) scholar Rohith Vemula has already turned into a national students movement. Students across the nation are joining the protesting students in HoU. The HoU students are on an indefinite hunger strike.

Candle light march at University of Hyderabad, students came in thousands to show their solidarity on Rohith's Birth Anniversary#JusticeForRohith#DalitLivesMatter Posted by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice -UoH on Friday, January 29, 2016

"Speaking justice through art"Artistically In solidarity with the fight for equality and justice - by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice - TISS Hyderabad#JusticeforRohith#DalitLivesMatter Posted by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice -UoH on Saturday, January 30, 2016

Bheem Ratha Yathra carrying the photo of Rohith Vemula in Aruvikara ( KERALA ).... The speakers of Yathra have been condemning his death and demanding action culprits since his news of death Posted by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice -UoH on Friday, January 29, 2016

Students from across the world are protesting and demanding justice for Rohith.

PROTEST AT TORONTO CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIABY AMBEDKAR MISSION TORONTO AND AIM CANADA#JusticeforRohith Posted by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice -UoH on Saturday, January 30, 2016



