Fraternity Movement

Fraternity Movement was launched on 30 April 2017 at a student-youth convention held at Ambedkar Bhawan, New Delhi. Aligarh Muslim University Student Leader Ansar Aboobaker was elected as the first president.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/a-campus-politics-dark-horse-creates-buzz/articleshow/60238595.cms|title=A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=26 August 2017 }} Since its formation, the organisation has grown in many states including Kerala,{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/kerala-blocked-train-in-protest-against-delhi-violence-39-fraternity-activists-sent-to-jail|title=Kerala: Blocked Train In Protest Against Delhi Violence, 39 Fraternity Activists Sent to Jail|website=IndiaTomorrow.net|date=27 February 2020 }} West Bengal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tdnworld.com/news/india/fraternity-movement-west-bengal-condemns-police-brutality-on-the-protesting-students-in-jmi-and-amu/|title=Fraternity Movement West Bengal condemns police-brutality on the protesting students in JMI and AMU | TDN World|date=December 17, 2019}} Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Following the court verdict of Babri Masjid - Ram Janmbhoomi dispute, Fraternity Movement criticised the judgement stating Supreme Court has failed to uphold justice.{{Cite web|last=ansar|title=Babri: Supreme Court fails to Uphold Justice: Fraternity Movement {{!}} Fraternity Movement|url=http://fraternityindia.org/babri-supreme-court-fails-to-uphold-justice-fraternity-movement/|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-US}}

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Afreen Fatima is a student leader and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. She is a prominent Muslim voice against the anti-Muslim policies of the Indian government. She studied MA in linguistics at JNU, where she also served as the elected councillor in JNU students' union 2019-20 from the school of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies. As a candidate from Fraternity Movement - BAPSA alliance,{{Cite web|last=Ghosh|first=Shaunak|title=Tectonic Shift: BAPSA-Fraternity Alliance in the JNU elections|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/09/13/tectonic-shift-bapsa-fraternity-alliance-in-the-jnu-elections|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Newslaundry|date=13 September 2019 }} she strengthened the call of "unity of the oppressed" and raised the issues of representation, discrimination and identity assertion.{{Cite web|title=Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/career-and-campus/top-news/2019/09/14/jnu-campus-council-election-afreen-fathima-delhi.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=OnManorama}} Formerly, she has been the elected president of Women's College Students' Union at the Aligarh Muslim University for the session 2018-19.{{Cite web|title=AMUSU Election 2018: Women's College Students' Union results declared, Afreen Fatima elected president|url=https://newsd.in/amusu-election-2018-womens-college-students-union-results-declared/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Newsd.in|date=4 November 2018 |language=en}} She is known to have actively participated in the anti-CAA protests that started in 2019.{{Cite web|title=CAA stir: Student leaders from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh to be part of 'Inquilab Morcha'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/dec/27/caa-stir-student-leaders-from-delhi-uttar-pradesh-to-be-part-of-inquilab-morcha-2081604.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=The New Indian Express|date=27 December 2019 }} She faced several days long media trial after a small part of her speech was tweeted by BJP's national spokesman Sambit Patra.{{Cite web|title=कौन हैं आफ़रीन फातिमा, जिनके वायरल वीडियो को संबित पात्रा ने 'ज़हर की खेती' कहा है?|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/oddnaari/afreen-fatima-who-is-this-jnu-student-who-went-viral-after-sambit-patras-tweet/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=LallanTop - News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi|language=hi}}

Aysha Renna is a Muslim Student Activist and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. A Post Graduate in History from Jamia Millia Islamia, she is one of the leading voices of the Citizenship Amendment Act Protests.{{Cite web|last=Bhatia|first=Akanksha|date=2019-12-16|title=Meet Ayesha Renna & Ladeeda Farzana, The Women Who Became The Brave Faces Of The Jamia Protests|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/meet-ayesha-renna-ladeeda-farzana-the-women-who-became-the-brave-faces-of-the-jamia-protests/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.scoopwhoop.com|language=English}} She along with Ladeeda Farzana were called 'Sheroes of Jamia' by Barkha Dutt in an interview.{{Citation|title=Barkha Dutt meets Jamia's 'Viral' Women who've become the face of protests against Citizenship Law| date=16 December 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=julJIXbRmFA|language=en|access-date=2021-06-07}} Her video of confronting baton wielding police officers to save her friend during a protest went viral.{{Cite web|last=Kuchay|first=Bilal|title=Meet India's Jamia women who took on Delhi police in viral video|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/17/meet-indias-jamia-women-who-took-on-delhi-police-in-viral-video|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}} She has travelled to all major Indian cities to address the Shaheen Bagh protest sites against Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Indian government in 2019.{{Cite web|last=Lalwani|first=Vijayta|title=A year later, where are the Jamia women in the viral video protecting their friend from police?|url=https://scroll.in/article/980425/a-year-later-where-are-the-jamia-women-in-the-viral-photo-protecting-their-friend-from-police|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Scroll.in|date=10 December 2020 |language=en-US}} In January 2021, she was invited to speak at the Elgar Parishad along with Arundhati Roy, Kannan Gopinathan and Sharjeel Usmani.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-19|title=Elgaar Parishad's January 30 event: Arundhati Roy, ex-IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan among main speakers|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/elgaar-parishad-arundhati-roy-ex-ias-officer-kannan-gopinathan-among-main-speakers-for-jan-30-event-7151825/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

• Jawaharlal Nehru University{{Cite web|url=https://thecompanion.in/opinion-if-jnu-believes-in-representation-social-justice-jnu-should-vote-for-waseem-rs/|title=Opinion | If JNU Believes In Representation & Social Justice, JNU Should Vote For Waseem Rs|first=Balakrishnan|last=Padmavathi|date=September 2, 2019}}
• English and Foreign Languages University
• University of Hyderabad
• University of Calicut
• University of Delhi
• Pondicherry University{{Cite web|url=https://www.duupdates.in/du-admission-2020-fraternity-movement-demands-to-layoff-the-unjust-fee-for-obc/|title=DU ADMISSION 2020: FRATERNITY MOVEMENT DEMANDS TO LAYOFF THE UNJUST FEE FOR OBC|first=Priya|last=Nagpal|date=24 June 2020 }}

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