NHRC notices to Karnataka government on controversy over 'violation of human rights', hijab

INDIA : This notice has been sent to the Principal Secretary of Higher Education Department and District Magistrate of Udupi and a report has been sought in 4 weeks.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Karnataka government on Thursday, January 27 with regard to banning the entry of eight girl students from wearing hijab in a government college in Udupi.

It was written in the notice that the facts of the case are disturbing. The allegations made in the complaint are serious related to the 'right to education'. Therefore, in this case there is a serious violation of the human rights of the aggrieved students.

This notice has been sent to the Principal Secretary of the Higher Education Department and the District Magistrate of Udupi and a report has been sought in four weeks.

In fact, the Government Women's PU College in Udupi, Karnataka has barred the entry of eight hijab-wearing students and almost a month later, the girls are still fighting to enter their classes.

All the girls are between 16 to 19 years of age and their attendance is not being marked from 31st December. The college has said, "No religious activity will be allowed on the campus".

Speaking to The Quint, two girl students- AH Almas, 18, and Aaliya Asadi, 17, told that their studies are being affected due to the ban imposed on them.

Aaliya says, “We are Muslims and hijab is part of our faith. At the same time we are students aspiring for career and good life. Why are we suddenly expected to choose between our identity and our education? ? It's not fair at all."

At the same time, Almas said that the examinations are going to come in a few months, so the suspension of classes may have an effect. Almas said, "Our attendance is going down... We are skipping important lessons. We have exams in a few months. We are very nervous about what will happen next."

It was said by the college administration that "no religious activity will be allowed in the campus".

Three weeks after the Government Women's PU College in Udupi, Karnataka barred the entry of six hijab-wearing students, they are still fighting with the college administration to go to their classes.

The college administration has given the reason for barring the entry of all the six girls saying that "no religious activity will be allowed on the campus".

Aaliya Asadi, one of the six students, told The Quint that a professor had threatened to throw her out if she entered wearing a hijab.

We are still sitting outside the classroom. We are not allowed inside the class. One day we went inside the class but the professor said, 'If you don't leave the class, I will push you out' These are the words of the professor.

The 'absence' of all these six girl students is being recorded in the class from December 31.

Aaliya Asadi further says that, "Although it is our fundamental right, it is our constitutional right, yet they are not allowing us to attend class because we are wearing hijab. There is a lot of discrimination in that college and We can't talk in Urdu. We can't salute each other. This kind of discrimination is being done in that college. This matter is becoming communal."

The activist raised the question- 'Will the college stop girls from wearing bindi'

Jam Jam Kapathy, an activist from Campus Front Udupi, told The Quint whether the college would refrain from performing the puja or ask the students not to wear bindi.

He asks, "If you say that no religious work should be done, then no religious work should be done. But here they worship. We don't say anything about it. People put a bindi. This is also a It is a religious activity. This is our dress code, so we asked them to let us wear the hijab."

Because of this their attendance in class has decreased. When we came to talk to the principal about this, he is saying that the parents who came during the admission for the children should be here. How many parents are they expecting here? We only told them that let the students come inside the class, we will leave from here.

Terrorist attack on security check post in Ketch district of Balochistan, 10 youths martyred

The attack took place on the night between January 25 and 26. One terrorist was killed and several others were injured in the retaliation: ISPR

Terrorist attack on security check post in Ketch district of Balochistan, 10 youths

Ketch (Urdupoint News Latest. 27 January 2022) Terrorist attack on security check post in Ketch district of Balochistan , 10 youths martyred. Tragic news has been given by ISPR , Public Relations Department of Pakistan Army . According to ISPR , a security check post was attacked by terrorists in Ketch area on the night between January 25 and 26 , during which a fierce exchange of fire took place.

As a result of the terrorist attack, 10 youths were martyred, while in retaliation, one terrorist was killed and several others were injured . According to ISPR , three terrorists were also arrested during a search operation in the area after the check post attack . While the clearance operation is still going on in the area. The Armed Forces is committed to the elimination of terrorists. Terrorism will be eradicated at all costs.

Tata made 'first change' after takeover of Air India, passengers will get this service from today

The central government can hand over the airline Air India to the Tata group on Thursday. After taking the airline from the group about 69 years ago, it is now being handed over to the Tata group again.

New Delhi: Preparations are underway to hand over the command of the airline company Air India completely to the Tata Group. Meanwhile, Tata Group has started its first step in Air India for the convenience of passengers. Tata Group will take its first foray into Air India by introducing "advanced meal service" on four flights operating from Mumbai on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday. However, officials said that from Thursday, Air India flights will not fly under the Tata group banner.

  

Earlier on Wednesday, officials told news agency PTI that the central government may hand over the airline Air India to the Tata group on Thursday. After taking the airline from the group about 69 years ago, it is now being handed over to the Tata group again.

Officials have clarified that "advanced meal service" will be provided in four flights - AI864 (Mumbai-Delhi), AI687 (Mumbai-Delhi), AI945 (Mumbai-Abu Dhabi) and AI639 (Mumbai-Bengaluru) from Thursday. However, the entire process of acquisition will be completed after Thursday.

The government sold Air India to Talace Pvt Ltd on October 8 for Rs 18,000 crore after a competitive bidding process. It is a subsidiary of the holding company of the Tata Group.

Officials said that from which day all Air India flights will fly "under the banner of the Tata group or under its aegis", it will be informed to the employees later.

He said that under the "advanced meal service", food will be served on the Mumbai-Newark flight and five Mumbai-Delhi flights from Friday.

Officials said the 'advanced meal service' prepared by Tata Group executives will be rolled out in more flights in a phased manner.

Uyghurs forced to celebrate the Spring Festival and their extinct Uyghur identity

This year, February 1 is the Chinese New Year. With China approaching this year's Spring Festival, there have been a lot of videos on social media platforms in China, such as Audidar and Tik-Tok, that Uyghurs have also been mobilized to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Recently, a number of such videos have been posted on social media such as Facebook by Zumrat Dawood, a witness from the camp, an Uyghur activist in the United States. The video shows Uighurs patrolling the Chinese New Year on both sides of the courtyard gates and the doors of buildings. The video also shows Uyghurs wearing Chinese traditional national costumes on the streets, matching Chinese music with trumpets and drums, and practicing Chinese yangger dance, dragon dance, wooden shoe game, and fan dance.

Ms. Zumrat Davut told us in an interview on January 26 that the scenes reminded her of the circumstances in which she was forced to spend the Spring Festival by community committee staff during her 2017-2018 residency in Urumqi.

Ms. Zumrat Davut stressed that Chen Chuanguo, who ruled the Uyghur region in 2016-2021, was forced to celebrate the traditional festivals of Uyghurs, Chinese and other Chinese, who were banned from holding their traditional festivals, but the same scenes continue to be made in recent videos about the Spring Festival. He noted that there had been no change in the Uyghur diaspora since Ma Xingrui became secretary of the party, and that the strategy of Chineseization of Uyghurs by ethnicity and religious identity was still being pursued.

During his tenure as party secretary for the Uyghur Autonomous Region in 2016, Chen Quanguo forbade indigenous peoples who practice Islam, mainly Uyghurs, to celebrate the holy religious holidays of Muslims such as Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. He emphasized the "common sense of the Chinese nation" and tried his best to accept the "Chinese identity" of the Uyghurs, to be a "twin brother" with the Chinese, to hold a "Spring Festival", and to Chineseize Islam. Those who refused to do so were imprisoned in camps or imprisoned with hats such as "religious extremists" or "separatists."

However, even today, in Western democracies, China's crackdown on Uyghurs is being accused of "genocide," and Chinese officials in the Uyghur diaspora are trying to cover up their oppressive policies in the region. It has attracted a lot of attention.

Zubair Shamsiddin, a researcher on the Uyghur Human Rights Project in the United States and vice president of the World Uyghur Congress, believes that these signs are one of the real proofs that the "genocide" and "cultural genocide" against the Uyghurs has not stopped even after Chen Chuanguo left.

Ms. Zubairah also said that the Uyghur Human Rights Project has been continuously researching and publishing special reports on this kind of Chineseization and ethnic assimilation policy faced by Uyghurs.

According to him, the Uyghur Human Rights Project released a report on January 27 entitled "China's Compulsory Fraternity Policy for Uyghurs and the assimilation of Uyghur children." The report notes that China has pursued a policy of "genocide" against the Uyghurs, as well as a "policy of assimilation" such as the elimination of Uyghur identity and the forced adoption of Chinese cultural identity.

Ms. Zubair emphasized that while the Chinese central government was trying to change its policy of "genocide" and "extermination of Uyghur identity" by exchanging officials in the Uyghur diaspora, the fact that it was being exposed showed that China's policy had not changed.

Why do American experts think that Xi Jinping is very likely to be re-elected?

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which is planned to be held in the second half of the year, can be described as the finale on the Chinese political stage this year. It is widely believed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely to seek re-election by then to further cement his historic position. Some American scholars said on Thursday that the individualism of the CCP's governance is still quite obvious, and it is still far from political institutionalization.

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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, emphasized at a Politburo meeting last month that convening the 20th Party Congress is the top political task this year, and that leaders must strictly abide by "political discipline, organizational discipline, and transition discipline." The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Politburo members agreed at the meeting that the CCP's establishment of Xi Jinping's core position in the Party Central Committee and the entire Party is of "decisive significance" for the development of the Party and the country.

The return of strongman politics?

As Xi Jinping enters his tenth year in power, it is widely believed that he has clearly become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

In November last year, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China passed the third historical resolution within the party. More than half of the 30,000-word document describes Xi Jinping's "new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics". Not only that, Xi Jinping's name appears 22 times in the text, even higher than Mao Zedong's 18 times.

Joseph Fewsmith , a professor of international relations and political science at Boston University, told a U.S. Congressional hearing before the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Committee (USCC) on Thursday that Xi's governing style underscores the power cycle of strongman politics.

“As we can see from Xi Jinping’s attempts to weed out political enemies and promote political allies, the operation of power in China is still highly personal, and each leader must shape his own influence, but not pass it on.”

The authorities also appear to be making no secret of this issue. Jiang Jinquan, director of the Policy Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said recently when introducing the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session that establishing Xi Jinping's core position in the Party Central Committee and the entire Party is a "historical choice".

In his written testimony, Foster said that Xi Jinping has been very successful in weeding out dissidents, promoting allies, and reshaping ideology and the relationship between the state and society. Despite rumors that Xi may face opposition at the 20th Congress, the latest historical resolution recently passed by the party shows that he remains firmly in control.

However, several experts who attended the hearing generally believed that Xi Jinping's high degree of centralization has exacerbated the problem of local officials' laziness and neglect. The "Summary of Xi Jinping's Discussion on Comprehensively Strictly Governing the Party ( 2021 Edition)" published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China last year included a speech he made a year ago, in which he criticized officials for waiting for his written orders rather than actively administering. However, as early as 2019 , the "Regulations on Requesting and Reporting Major Issues of the Communist Party of China" issued by the authorities pointed out that lower-level party organizations should report major matters to higher-level party organizations, as well as party members and leading cadres.

Foster said that Xi Jinping's emphasis on "defining one statue" often overwhelmed lower levels and weakened the enforcement power of local governments.

"If you're a local Chinese official, unless your immediate boss gives you an order, you might just stay in your office and do nothing because you're worried about making a mistake or having an opinion on the policy."

Aesthetician: Xi Jinping is very likely to be re-elected

In early 2018 , nearly 3,000 deputies to China's National People's Congress almost unanimously passed a constitutional amendment that removed term limits for the country's chairman and vice-chairmen, paving the way for his future re-election.

Foster pointed out that Xi Jinping's primary goal at the 20th National Congress is to ensure re-election. In addition, he apparently wants to create a Politburo and Politburo Standing Committee that are "friendly" to him. Over the past decade, Xi Jinping has used an anti-corruption campaign and other tactics to consolidate his power. Therefore, he has a high probability of being re-elected.

Neil Thomas, China analyst at Eurasia Group, a U.S. political risk consulting firm , also believes that Xi Jinping hopes to further consolidate power through the 20th Congress and may promote his allies to the next Central Committee, the highest power in the CCP. Organs directly affect the appointment of high-level party officials.

Niu Ben believes that Xi Jinping has established his core political goals over the past decade, and these goals will obviously be further implemented.

“We may see more support for initiatives established by Xi, including the goal of 'prosperity for all' to try to reduce income inequality, livelihood issues, etc., but also regulation to help the business community and financial markets better serve political priorities Actions such as innovation and 'deleveraging'."

The Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee recently issued a notice to major official media, asking editors and reporters to go to the grassroots level during the Spring Festival to fully report the development achievements of various places and the scene of people living and working in peace and contentment, so as to create a public opinion atmosphere for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It must be obvious how much the authorities took the meeting.

Radio Free Asia reporter Jiaao Washington reports