One of the detained SFI comrade is unconscious after all the kicking and beating.
The police is not even ready to stop the vehicle or open the windows.
Please see this video and AMPLIFY. Arjun is my dear friend and he recounts his detention from yesterday (11th October). This is completely harrowing and infuriating!
Tomorrow, 12th October, India marches peacefully as one to the Supreme Court.
Students, civil society organisations, Opposition parties: Please join us to defend our democracy.
#ChaloDilli
We saw a new strategy this time: the use of right-wing goons.
I spoke to one of the most violent goons: Devendra Pal from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. He was frank about using violence.
“If these bloody cockroaches want to divide India then they will be beaten in this way."
My report on what happened in Delhi yesterday:
https://t.co/jpsTi1XyNL
हा ताडदेव पोलीस ठाण्यातील प्रकार आहे.आंदोलक नसणाऱ्या एका मुलाला पोलिसांनी डिटेन केलं.दुर्दैवाने हा मुलगा मायग्रेनने ग्रस्त होता.त्याला या घटनेमुळे पॅनिक अटॅक आला.सामान्य नागरिकांची अशी फरफट लावली आहे या सरकारने.हे सगळं आता सहनशीलतेच्या पलीकडे चाललं आहे.
A small independent newsroom. A massive police crackdown. An internet blackout. Thousands detained. And a team that refused to stop reporting.
Yesterday, @MaktoobMedia published nearly 250 news posters and videos in just 12 hours, documenting the protests, mass detentions, police violence and restrictions across Delhi. Our reporting reached millions.
I am deeply grateful to our small but extraordinary team, who worked tirelessly on the ground and behind the screens, often under extremely difficult circumstances.
Some of our journalists spoke about the additional fear they faced because of their visible Muslim identities. Reporting amid a police crackdown was already frightening; for some, their identities made them feel doubly vulnerable. Yet they continued doing their jobs.
Our editorial intern, Nada Saeeda, described how CRPF personnel followed journalists, pushed them with riot shields, obstructed their attempts to document detentions and threatened to detain them. She continued reporting despite the intimidation.
A special shout-out to our @maktoobhindi editor @Kassuism , @jibraan_uddin , cameraperson Usama Nidal, contributor Poorva Agarwal, @Fathima15Fida from our English team, our contributors @AktaristaAnsari and @aritry , and editorial intern Nada Saeeda. And to everyone on our editorial and production desks who worked relentlessly to ensure that these stories reached the public.
My gratitude also goes to every independent newsroom, journalist, photographer and cameraperson who reported through the crackdown, faced intimidation, and, in some cases, were themselves detained.
Independent journalism is not sustained by big resources alone. It survives because people continue to report, document and bear witness, even when doing so comes at a personal cost.
Thank you to everyone who stood their ground and kept reporting. ❤️
I was holding a Bhagat Singh's portrait and this man tore it.When I asked,why did he tear it,is he afraid of Bhagat Singh,he started slapping me and cornering me.Later he and a few other beat me up in police bus saying they are followers of Savarkar.Bhagat Singh makes them afraid
What's actually frightening is 12 years of modi has enabled terrorists like this to openly assault and terrorize and then publicly boast about it and know there will be zero consequences for it because the police, media and government will promote it
🚨 UPDATE
The detainees are being released after HOURS of extrajudicial torture & detention. This group of 50-60 detainees INCLUDES MINORS.
SPREAD THIS STORY EVERYWHERE. Let it bring us global shame.
Shame on you @DelhiPolice@AmitShah. Anyone with dignity would resign now.
This is the most horrific detention story you will hear today.
At 8 PM, this bus stopped at a community centre in Pandwalan Khurd (see photo).
Detainees fractured. Four minors present. Everyone barbarically beaten up. No lawyers allowed to enter.
This is how we got here. ⬇️
If vanity and personal ambition inform all your politics, I'm sorry you'll be irrelevant to all. Resistance is built on integrity. IIT me ye sab nahi sikhate. Slyly getting into rooms for connection and promotion zaroor sikha dete hain.