Nadeem Khan
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| Nadeem Khan | |
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| Born | Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🏫 Education | MBA |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Founder of United Against Hate (UAH) |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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Nadeem Khan (Mohammad Wasiq Nadim Khan) is an Indian human rights activist. He is engaged in civil rights activism and a critic of Hindutva Politics and state atrocities against minorities. Khan is the National Convener of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights. He is a co-founder of United Against Hate (UAH), a campaign that was started in July 2017 in response to the series of lynchings and hate crimes in India.[1][2] Nadeem Khan is also associated with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind as its Assistant Public Relations Secretary.
Early life and education[edit]
Nadeem Khan was born in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. He received his primary education in his hometown. Khan's Father Mohammad Wasim Khan was a farmer.
Activism[edit]
Nadeem Khan is an MBA professional and a former sales professional who has experience working with Airtel, Vodafone, Nokia, Unicorn, SICT Hongkong in China for over years. Later on, he quit his job to become a minority rights activist in the aftermath of increasing atrocities against minorities in India.
United Against Hate[edit]
Nadeem Khan along with other activists launched United Against Hate (UAH) -an anti-hate crime campaign initiative- in 2017.[3] UAH is a team of professionals, students, social activists, bureaucrats, journalists, and advocates who are endeavoring to help, address the issues, bring in mainstream discussions the cause of victims of hate crime by organizing conferences, protests, workshops across the country.[4][5]
Justice For Najeeb Movement[edit]
After the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed, a Muslim student from JNU, Nadeem Khan with other activists demonstrated several times at the CBI Headquarters and Jantar Mantar led by Najeeb's mother Fatima Nafees to take the matter of Najeeb's disappearance seriously in view of the police inaction.[6][7] Apart from this, Nadeem Khan had also launched a signature campaign in Najeeb's case.[8]
Delhi Riots Conspiracy Allegations[edit]
After the Delhi riots in February 2020, Delhi Police found in its investigation that along with Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Khalid Saifi, and other accused, Nadeem Khan was also involved in the conspiracy of the riots.[9] Police alleged that the creation of Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) was the brainchild of Umar Khalid and Nadeem Khan to rope in different student organisations of Jamia Millia Islamia.[10]
Awards[edit]
- Janmitr Samman by People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR).
- National Muslim Social Leadership Award for Civil Liberties by Movement for Empowerment of Muslim Indians (2019).
- Voice of People Award by Pal Pal News.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Menon, Aditya (2020-03-12). "Who 'United Against Hate' Are And Why Amit Shah is Targeting Them". TheQuint. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ "'Darrang Injured Left Without Proper Treatment, Moinul Haque's Son Made to Report to Police'". The Wire. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ "United Against Hate, the 'fact-finding' group accused of conspiracy in Delhi riots". ThePrint. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ groundxero (2018-06-15). "United Against Hate : a citizens' initiative takes up the fight for justice". groundxero. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ "Former Student Leader and Activist Umar Khalid Arrested For Alleged Role in Delhi Riots 2020". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ Nechiyil, Sahla. "Where is Najeeb: The question that lingers even after a year". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ Shaheen (24 June 2021). "Asif Tanha: A Muslim activist hoping to restore India's democracy". TRT World. p. TRT World.
- ↑ "Campaign to begin demanding justice for Najeeb, Subodh, Sahil". The Siasat Daily. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ Sep 22, PTI / Updated; 2020; Ist, 19:04. "Delhi riots: Accused used social media for indoctrination of youths for Chakka Jaam, say police | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ "India ex-student leader arrested for alleged role in Delhi riots". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
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