Protest against the rape of the minor girl by 5 cops of Chandigarh Police

Press note

Students of Panjab University are not in any mood to tolerate the heinous act of the cops of Chandigarh police . Friday in late evening about 250 students held a protest at students centre against the sexual violence inflicted of a minor girl. The students and the members of Civil society raised slogan against the patriarchal attitude of the UT police. The protest was organized by Students for Society (SFS) and the students marched from students centre to PU market via girls hostel.

           SFS President Arishdeep said, "The real face of Chandigarh police has been exposed by this incident. It is the same police that registered FIR on students protesting on the issue of delhi gang rape last year." He also added that it is the same police that makes hue and cry about the security and reduces the whole issue of gender equality to mere security. However, security is not the issue at all but the patriarchal setup so deep rooted in our society. 

Protest in Solidarity with the ongoing protest for the release of Sikh political prisoners

RELEASE ALL THE POLITICAL PRISONERS !!!

  REPEAL ALL THE DRACONIAN LAWS !!!

Bhai Gurbaksh Singh has been sitting on indefinite hunger strike since 14th November, for the release of Sikh political prisoners languishing in jails. However no authority (both the state govt. and centre) has positively responded on the matter. More disturbing is the fact that he was arrested at midnight by a squad of the Punjab Police dressed in plain clothes, posing as supporters of the protest. This incident brings forward the shameful fascist character of the state to suppress any dissent voice. There are more than 100 persons imprisoned in the cases regarding the militant movement in Punjab.

         However, it must be understood that these are not ordinary criminal cases but have deep political content instead of any personal reasons. The root cause of that movement lies in the unjust center - state relations and demand for greater autonomy for the states. However, instead of addressing  the political questions beneath the problem, the governments ruthlessly suppress dissidents  by prosecuting them under various draconian laws, torture them in cells or even the kill them in Fake encounters.