Academic freedom is being eroded and we have to speak up before it is too late. The state has no business turning campuses into battlefields.
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Rajiv Cole
10 years ago
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Ridiculous to use sedition laws for this. It is basically bullying and intimidation of students at this point.
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Robert Barrett
10 years ago
Associate Professor of English, Medieval Studies, and Theatre
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Mara L Thacker
10 years ago
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Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies Librarian in the International and Area Studies Library
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Rini Bhattacharya Mehta
10 years ago
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and of Religion
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Eloy
10 years ago
Lets get this done
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Aarav Balsu
10 years ago
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Although I don't agree with what the students said in any way, I still respect their right to free speech in a democracy as vibrant as India's. We should always strive to promote free and independent thinking that goes against the consensus of the hive mind. This is an absolute essentiality in a healthy democratic process.
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Tanmay Ghonge
10 years ago
Graduate Student, Department of Bioengineering
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Dr Kamaljit Banger
10 years ago
I support this petition
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Ravi Ghadge
10 years ago
In solidarity with the students of JNU and all dissenting voices in India!
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Sibin Mohan
10 years ago
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I support this petition.
To add to the notes presented by the above petition, the Supreme Court of India itself has ruled that applying sedition laws to such sloganeering is illegal:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/supreme-court-in-1995-stray-slogans-do-not-attract-section-124a-pertaining-to-sedition/articleshow/51062254.cms
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Sibin Mohan
10 years ago
Maybe not on campus, but yes, Look at this: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-boston-bombing-trial-idUSKBN0LS21J20150224
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Roshni Bano
10 years ago
Graduate Student, Biophysics
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Kapil Nagpal
10 years ago
I respectfully disagree with the petition. The students at JNU were chanting slogans in support of a convicted terrorist. A terrorist that was involved in the attack on India's parliament (Kinda like the Senate/ Capitol Hill). They were also taking a vow to split and destroy India to pieces. Now only in India can you get away with these kind of activities that are not in national interest. Imagine if anyone in Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka would get away with such hateful anti-national comments.
Would students in an American public university chant anti-national slogans and get away with it?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=6FBb3Ac221E
Best,
Kapil Nagpal, Illinois MBA 2014
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Mark Pearce
10 years ago
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PhD Student, Dept of Anthropology
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Anonymous
10 years ago
UIUC Alumni
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Efad Huq
10 years ago
In solidarity.
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Stephen Sherman
10 years ago
PhD student, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Let us strive for justice!
Academic freedom is being eroded and we have to speak up before it is too late. The state has no business turning campuses into battlefields.
Ridiculous to use sedition laws for this. It is basically bullying and intimidation of students at this point.
Associate Professor of English, Medieval Studies, and Theatre
Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies Librarian in the International and Area Studies Library
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and of Religion
Lets get this done
Although I don't agree with what the students said in any way, I still respect their right to free speech in a democracy as vibrant as India's. We should always strive to promote free and independent thinking that goes against the consensus of the hive mind. This is an absolute essentiality in a healthy democratic process.
Graduate Student, Department of Bioengineering
I support this petition
In solidarity with the students of JNU and all dissenting voices in India!
I support this petition. To add to the notes presented by the above petition, the Supreme Court of India itself has ruled that applying sedition laws to such sloganeering is illegal: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/supreme-court-in-1995-stray-slogans-do-not-attract-section-124a-pertaining-to-sedition/articleshow/51062254.cms
Maybe not on campus, but yes, Look at this: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-boston-bombing-trial-idUSKBN0LS21J20150224
Graduate Student, Biophysics
I respectfully disagree with the petition. The students at JNU were chanting slogans in support of a convicted terrorist. A terrorist that was involved in the attack on India's parliament (Kinda like the Senate/ Capitol Hill). They were also taking a vow to split and destroy India to pieces. Now only in India can you get away with these kind of activities that are not in national interest. Imagine if anyone in Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka would get away with such hateful anti-national comments. Would students in an American public university chant anti-national slogans and get away with it? https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=6FBb3Ac221E Best, Kapil Nagpal, Illinois MBA 2014
PhD Student, Dept of Anthropology
UIUC Alumni
In solidarity.
PhD student, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies