ENDORSE Open Letter condemning Ranchi Airport CCTV Leak
Vaishnavi Jayakumar
2 May 2022
OPEN LETTER
WE, The Disabled People of India (and allies) …
on the Ranchi Airport CCTV Leaks
(as pertaining to the IndiGo boarding refusal
incident of a child with disability)
Firstly, the child is seen to be completely calm at the time of boarding, as seen in other videos and co-passenger accounts at boarding time.
Secondly, the boy, who is a wheelchair user, is clearly very much physically incapable of creating any major, unmanageable disruption on flight, again, as vouched for by co-passenger accounts, some of whom are doctors.
Thirdly, how is CCTV footage of high security areas like the airport being made available for circulation in this highly irresponsible manner?
Above all, it is a violation of the privacy of the child with a disability.
The aim appears to be very clear, namely :
to point a finger of blame at a distraught and stressed family in order to divert attention from the real issue, which is a clear violation of the human rights of the child with disability.
How outrageously shameful that CCTV footage from much earlier, of a distraught mother, anxiously trying to get her son to comply with the "normal" behaviour expected, is being selectively circulated to malign the child and the family, while the Airline CEO and the Indigo Manager/staff who denied boarding to the family are being excused.
India’s disabled citizens and allies demand removal of this video footage from the public domain ( eg https://youtu.be/Z6OeYZqFeJk ) and an FIR filed requiring an investigation on how Airport Authority of India has permitted confidential CCTV footage to be leaked, fixing the responsibility of the culprit and also against the Badalav TV channel for illegally acquiring the cctv footage to mislead the investigation.
ENDORSED BY 300+ (& counting) ADD YOUR VOICE!
(Form to endorse this open letter is at http://bit.ly/condemn-ranchi-leaks )