Rohith Vemula gets mention in Amnesty’s annual report

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Hyderabad, Feb 22: Rohith Vemula, the Dalit PhD student of Hyderabad University who committed suicide at the varsity hostel in January last year, has got mention in the Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2016-17 released today in Paris.

“Dalits and Adivasis continued to face widespread abuses. According to official statistics released in August, more than 45,000 crimes against members of Scheduled Castes and almost 11,000 crimes against Scheduled Tribes were reported in 2015. Dalits in several states were denied entry into public and social spaces, and faced discrimination in accessing public services,” said Amnesty.

“In January, the suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula led to nationwide protests and debates on the discrimination and violence faced by Dalits in universities. In March, the police arrested students and faculty peacefully protesting at the University of Hyderabad, where Rohith Vemula had studied,” said Amnesty in the report wherein it mentioned some other incidents related to Dalits.

“In July, widespread protests broke out in Una, Gujarat state, following the public flogging of four Dalit men by a vigilante cow protection group for skinning a dead cow – a traditional occupation for certain Dalits.”

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