Fraternity Movement

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Fraternity Movement
FormationApril 30, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-04-30)
HeadquartersNew Delhi
FieldsStudent and Youth
National Secretary
Afreen Fatima
President
Mohammed Asim Khan
Websitefraternityindia.org

Fraternity Movement is an indian student-youth party in India working for strengthening democracy, social justice and fraternity.[1][2] It is a growing student organization in many regions of India especially in West Bengal, Kerala and Delhi.[3]

The slogan of the movement is 'Democracy, Social Justice and Fraternity'.[4]

In 2017, Fraternity made its foray into politics by winning a seat in the college students council of the Maharaja's College in Ernakulam.[5] Fraternity Movement candidate Afreen Fatima won the student union elections of Jawaharlal Nehru University as a councillor in 2019.[6][7]

During the Anti-Citizenship protests that sparked India in December 2019, Fraternity Movement blocked the Calicut international airport.[8] Several members of Fraternity Movement, were jailed for their involvement in the protests.[9]

History[edit]

Fraternity Movement was launched on 30 April 2017 at a student-youth convention held at Ambedkar Bhawan, New Delhi. Aligarh Muslim University Student Leader Ansar Aboobaker was elected as the first president.[10] Since its formation, the organisation has grown in many states including Kerala,[11] West Bengal,[12] Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Following the court verdict of Babri Masjid - Ram Janmbhoomi dispute, Fraternity Movement criticised the judgement stating Supreme Court has failed to uphold justice.[13]

Prominent leaders[edit]

Afreen Fatima[edit]

Main article: Afreen Fatima

Afreen Fatima is a student leader and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. She is a prominent Muslim voice against the anti-Muslim policies of the Indian government. She studied MA in linguistics at JNU, where she also served as the elected councillor in JNU students' union 2019-20 from the school of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies. As a candidate from Fraternity Movement - BAPSA alliance,[14] she strengthened the call of "unity of the oppressed" and raised the issues of representation, discrimination and identity assertion.[15] Formerly, she has been the elected president of Women's College Students' Union at the Aligarh Muslim University for the session 2018-19.[16] She is known to have actively participated in the anti-CAA protests that started in 2019.[17] She faced several days long media trial after a small part of her speech was tweeted by BJP's national spokesman Sambit Patra.[18]

Aysha Renna[edit]

Aysha Renna is a Muslim Student Activist and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. A Post Graduate in History from Jamia Millia Islamia, she is one of the leading voices of the Citizenship Amendment Act Protests.[19] She along with Ladeeda Farzana were called 'Sheroes of Jamia' by Barkha Dutt in an interview.[20] Her video of confronting baton wielding police officers to save her friend during a protest went viral.[21] She has travelled to all major Indian cities to address the Shaheen Bagh protest sites against Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Indian government in 2019.[22] In January 2021, she was invited to speak at the Elgar Parishad along with Arundhati Roy, Kannan Gopinathan and Sharjeel Usmani.[23]

Campus units[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. Aug 26, 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. ^ Journo, Campus (2017-05-02). "Fraternity Movement : The New Designation For Students And Youth". The Companion. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  3. ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. Aug 26, 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  4. ^ Journo, Campus (May 2, 2017). "Fraternity Movement : The New Designation For Students And Youth".
  5. ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. Aug 26, 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  6. ^ "Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right". OnManorama.
  7. ^ "Our Alliance In JNUSU Polls Is 'Conscious Unity Of The Oppressed': BAPSA-Fraternity". NDTV.com.
  8. ^ "Calicut Airport Blocked by Fraternity Movement". The Times Of India.
  9. ^ Usmani, Sharjeel. "Sharjeel Usmani arrested by UP ATS". countercurrents.org.
  10. ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  11. ^ "Kerala: Blocked Train In Protest Against Delhi Violence, 39 Fraternity Activists Sent to Jail". IndiaTomorrow.net.
  12. ^ "Fraternity Movement West Bengal condemns police-brutality on the protesting students in JMI and AMU | TDN World". December 17, 2019.
  13. ^ ansar. "Babri: Supreme Court fails to Uphold Justice: Fraternity Movement | Fraternity Movement". Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  14. ^ Ghosh, Shaunak. "Tectonic Shift: BAPSA-Fraternity Alliance in the JNU elections". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  15. ^ "Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right". OnManorama. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  16. ^ "AMUSU Election 2018: Women's College Students' Union results declared, Afreen Fatima elected president". Newsd.in. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  17. ^ "CAA stir: Student leaders from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh to be part of 'Inquilab Morcha'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  18. ^ "कौन हैं आफ़रीन फातिमा, जिनके वायरल वीडियो को संबित पात्रा ने 'ज़हर की खेती' कहा है?". LallanTop - News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  19. ^ Bhatia, Akanksha (2019-12-16). "Meet Ayesha Renna & Ladeeda Farzana, The Women Who Became The Brave Faces Of The Jamia Protests". www.scoopwhoop.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  20. ^ Barkha Dutt meets Jamia's 'Viral' Women who've become the face of protests against Citizenship Law, retrieved 2021-06-07
  21. ^ Kuchay, Bilal. "Meet India's Jamia women who took on Delhi police in viral video". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  22. ^ Lalwani, Vijayta. "A year later, where are the Jamia women in the viral video protecting their friend from police?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  23. ^ "Elgaar Parishad's January 30 event: Arundhati Roy, ex-IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan among main speakers". The Indian Express. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  24. ^ Padmavathi, Balakrishnan (September 2, 2019). "Opinion | If JNU Believes In Representation & Social Justice, JNU Should Vote For Waseem Rs".
  25. ^ Nagpal, Priya. "DU ADMISSION 2020: FRATERNITY MOVEMENT DEMANDS TO LAYOFF THE UNJUST FEE FOR OBC".
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