October 13th - Day of Resistance - Nation Wide Protest against #Injustice and #Discrimination
Aamir Edresy
"October 13th - Day of Resistance"
Nation Wide Protest against #Injustice and #Discrimination
In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi administration's trigger happy 'encounter' policy has been exposed. We witnessed how Yogi Adityanath personally met the family of Mr Tiwari and announced compensation and job. We also saw how opposition leaders like Akhilesh Yadav were courting the family.
And then we thought about the family of Mustaqeem who was killed on camera by UP police and there was absolutely no outrage, not even from the opposition. Was it because they were too poor, or is the killing of Muslims in India going to be accepted as a new normal?
Will Indian Muslims just watch the situation and accept their status as second class citizens, or will we use this opportunity to come together and join hands?
Let's join hands and create our own agenda, ahead of the 2019 elections.
A group of ordinary professionals, activists, journalist and academics from all sections of the Muslim community have decided to mark the upcoming October 13th as a "Day of Resistance" and this is an important opportunity to speak up.
You can participate in the day by taking any of the following actions.
1: Organise or Join a street protest. Carry placards. Ensure everyone participates - Men, Women, Young, Old, everyone. Post pictures on social media using the hashtag #EqualCitizens
2: Create a Facebook event for a protest in your neighbourhood and share the link with the Central coordination team @VoteHamaraBaatHamari
3: Wear Black Armband to office or workplace.
4: Change your Facebook profile picture to black with #EqualCitizens
5: Change your Whatsapp status to
#EqualCitizens
You can even change the profile picture now and keep it like that till October
13.
Remember, we are not asking for anything that is not our right. Our demand is straight forward: We refuse to be treated as secondary citizens.
Every Indian Citizen deserves equal compensation and dignity.
Every Indian Citizen deserves equal access to legal justice.
Respect our right to Economic
Activity.
Respect our right to Education.
Respect our right to Life.