[As student dies, five Nigerians are accused of cannibalism by locals, charged with murder (see news report). The incident happened in Greater Noida. The police arrest the African students and finaly releases them for lack of evidence. But these students face widespread racism in everyday lives in India. Here is a statement released on facebook on 27 March 2017]
Statement by The Association of African Students in India
The Association of African students in India is calling on the
government of India to taking concrete steps to protect the lives and
properties of all African students in India, and especially in Uttar
Pradesh following the recent false allegations laid on five Nigerian
students.
- We are tired of the appeasement and promises made by the Indian government and therefore we will be taking stringent actions.
- Failure to secure the lives of African students and to ensure maximum security in areas where African students live, we will write to the African Union to cut all bilateral trade with India.
- We will ensure that all the local media houses in our respective countries get details of the growing racism which African students are facing in India.
- We will ensure that a detailed report on the barbaric racism African students are facing in India is sent to the high levels of all African governments and heads of state.
- We will ask African students in our respective countries to stop making India their study destination with immediate effect.
- We will call for a nationwide protest inviting all international media houses.
Samuel T. Jack
President (AASI)
