Disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed: Difference between revisions

'''Najeeb Ahmed''' was a first-year M.Sc. [[Biotechnology|biotech]] student at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) in [[New Delhi]], [[India]], who went missing from his hostel on the university campus under suspicious circumstances on 15 October 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://muslimmirror.com/eng/najeeb-ahmed-kidnapped-from-jnu-campus-admin-and-police-keep-mum/|title=Najeeb Ahmed Kidnapped from JNU Campus: Admin and Police keep mum|last=Wahab|first=Hisham ul|date=2016-10-19|work=Muslim Mirror|access-date=2018-08-15|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Probe-finds-ABVP-member-guilty-of-assaulting-Najeeb/article16661795.ece|title=Probe finds ABVP member guilty of assaulting Najeeb|date=2016-11-21|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-15|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/will-send-missing-jnu-student-najeeb-ahmed-to-72-virgins-jnu-student-recalls-mobs-threat|title=‘Will Send Najeeb to 72 Virgins’: JNU Student Recalls Mob’s Threat|work=The Quint|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en}}</ref>

Fatima Nafees has frequently joined activists in protests against the central government and the JNU administration. She joined the JNU Students Union in the ''Light a Ray of Hope'' protest in 2016.<ref>[https://twocircles.net/2016oct30/1477840297.html JNU to have sombre Diwali with sit-in, prayers for Najeeb, 30 October 2016]</ref> She addressed a campaign by [[Jamaat-e-Islami]]'s student organization, SIO, on 22 March 2017 and also inaugurated an exhibition by the SIO in [[Malappuram]] in 2018.<ref>[https://twocircles.net/2018dec28/428035.html  SIO and GIO hold state conference in Kerala; Fatima Nafees attends,  Najiya O, TwoCircles.net, 28 December 2018]</ref> Fatima Nafees joined Kavitha Lankesh, Professor Apoorva and Shaista Parveen, in a public meeting in Delhi’s [[Jantar Mantar]] for the third anniversary of Ahmed's disappearance, joining BSP minister [[Danish Ali]], author [[Arundhati Roy]], Supreme Court advocate [[Prashant Bhushan]], and St. Stephen’s College professor Nandita Narain in 2019.<ref>[https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/najeeb-ahmed-mother-fatima-nafis  Proud of Being Known As Najeeb Ahmed’s Mother, Says Fatima Nafis, Poorvi Gupta, 16 October 2019]</ref> She also joined N Sai Balaji, the National President of [[All India Students Association|All India Students' Association]], at JNU on 23 November 2019,<ref>[https://www.edexlive.com/news/2019/nov/21/najeebs-mother-ammi-visits-protesting-students-at-jnu-lends-her-support-9194.html Najeeb's mother 'Ammi' visits protesting students at JNU, lends her support,  Prajanma Das, EDEX Live, 21 November 2019]</ref> then campaigned for [[Kanhaiya Kumar]] in [[Begusarai]] during the 2019 parliamentary elections.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/najeebs-mother-to-campaign-for-kanhaiya-in-begusarai/articleshow/68785508.cms Najeeb’s mother to campaign for Kanhaiya in Begusarai, Times of india, 9 April 2019]</ref> Fatima Nafees joined Nadeem Khan of "United Against Hate", who is also an Assistant Secretary of [[Jamaat-e-Islami]], at a press conference on 4 October 2019.<ref>[https://www.siasat.com/campaign-begin-demanding-justice-najeeb-subodh-sahil-1648900/ Campaign to begin demanding justice for Najeeb, Subodh, Sahil, Asia Hashmi, Siasat Daily, 4 October 2019]</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/sep/30/delhi-waqf-board-gives-rs-5-lakh-job-to-family-of-missing-jnu-student-najeeb-ahmed-2041358.html | title=Delhi Waqf Board gives Rs 5 lakh to family of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed | newspaper=The New Indian Express | date=30 September 2019 | agency=PTI | accessdate=11 October 2020 }}</ref>