African envoys: India attacks on Nigerians 'racial'

[SabzShaheen]

Last month's violence happened in Greater Noida, close to the Indian capital

Envoys from African nations in the Indian capital, Delhi, have condemned the handling of recent attacks on Nigerian students in the city.

In a statement, the African Heads of Mission said the attacks were "xenophobic and racial".

Indian authorities had failed to "sufficiently condemn" the attacks or take "visible deterring measures", the envoys added.

The students were attacked last month in Greater Noida, close to Delhi.

Five Nigerian students were attacked by crowds, while another was beaten by a mob inside a shopping mall.

The violence was prompted by the death of a local teenager due to a drug overdose. His parents blame Nigerian students for giving him the drugs.

Police say five people have been arrested over the violence and India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an "impartial" inquiry.

But the African Heads of Mission said that the response was inadequate, and called for an investigation by the UN Human Rights Council.

They also called for "strong condemnation from the highest political level (both nationally and locally) of the government of India, as well as expediting legal actions against the perpetrators".

The attack on one student inside the shopping mall was recorded on mobile phone cameras by other shoppers and widely circulated on social media.

The victim told Indian reporters he had been beaten with rods, bricks and knives. He said that no one had helped or even called the police.

Many Indians have reacted with shame online. But there have been a number of incidents in recent years in which people from African nations living in India have faced apparent discrimination or violence.

In May 2016 a Congolese man was beaten to death in Delhi after an argument over an auto-rickshaw. Three months before that, a Tanzanian student was assaulted and partially stripped by a mob in the southern city of Bangalore. A Nigerian man living in Goa was stabbed to death in 2013.

Meanwhile, police say a Kenyan woman accused of faking a race attack in Greater Noida will be deported. The woman said she had been dragged out of a taxi by five men two days after the mob violence, but police said their investigation and the taxi's GPS tracker proved her story wrong. Her visa had expired, they added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39482239

 

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

In Big Embarrassment For India, African Envoys Slam Racist Attacks

NEW DELHI:
HIGHLIGHTS

1. Videos showed Nigerians being thrashed in Greater Noida near Delhi
2. 6 arrested for attacking Nigerians in car and at mall
3. No visible or sufficient measures by India, say African envoys

India has failed to take "sufficient and visible deterring measures" to protect Africans from attacks, a group of ambassadors from 44 African countries said today, asking for an international inquiry. In a major diplomatic embarrassment for Delhi, they said the attacks are "xenophobic and racial" and last week's cases were "not sufficiently condemned" by Indian officials.

Later in the evening, India said it was "unfortunate" that the attacks were called racial by the African envoys.

"It is unfortunate that a criminal act triggered following the untimely death of a young Indian student under suspicious circumstances has been termed as xenophobic and racial," the foreign ministry said in a statement. The government, the statement read, is committed to ensuring safety and security of all foreign nationals in India, including African nationals, "who remain our valued partners".

"Strong Indian institutions are adequate to deal with aberrations that represent act of a few criminals," the ministry added.

Last week, Nigerians were thrashed in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, just across the border from Delhi, after a schoolboy's death was linked to drugs; residents of the sprawling suburb alleged that Africans living there had sold him the drugs. Five Nigerian students who were arrested in connection with the case were released after the police found no evidence to link them to the crime. But a crowd that had assembled for a candlelit vigil to demand justice for the teenager turned violent after spotting a group of Nigerians in a car and hit it with sticks.



External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted that she had spoken to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and sought a report on the horrific assault, part of which was filmed and circulated on social media. Last week, the Foreign Ministry said it would not call the attacks racial till the investigation progressed and offered more information.

Video footage showed a mob attacking a car, while in another clip dozens of men assaulted Nigerian shoppers in a mall.

The incident made headlines in Nigeria, with India's ambassador summoned for questioning in Abuja as Delhi labelled the incident "deplorable".

Nigerian students were attacked by several people during a candle-light march

Hundreds of African students live in Greater Noida, where there are several popular universities, engineering colleges and other educational institutions. Security has been increased, with police assisting African students with their shopping runs and escorting them to class.

Police have identified roughly 60 people from footage of the attack who they plan to charge with rioting and unlawful assembly. Six people have been arrested so far.

A Kenyan woman that reported a separate assault later retracted her story after it was proven false.

Last year, a Congolese teacher was bludgeoned to death men after an argument over hiring an auto-rickshaw in Delhi.

In 2013, a Nigerian national was killed by a mob in Goa, with a minister later calling Nigerians a "cancer".

Delhi's former Law Minister Somnath Bharti was also accused in 2014 of harassing African women after he led a vigilante mob through an area of the capital, claiming they were prostitutes.

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atta...-xenophobic-and-racial-african-envoys-1676665

 

[simple Brain]

Last year, a Congolese teacher was bludgeoned to death men after an argument over hiring an auto-rickshaw in Delhi.

Whats going on with India, you guys are heading towards the demise of your moral values. You claim to be the world largest democracy and yet here you are; you can't even tolerate People who are their to help your Country economically. I agree that Mr. Modi has everything that Indians really needed, but does he really has a tolerance that your Country claims to be based on?

 

[navtrek]

Whats going on with India, you guys are heading towards the demise of your moral values. You claim to be the world largest democracy and yet here you are; you can't even tolerate People who are their to help your Country economically. I agree that Mr. Modi has everything that Indians really needed, but does he really has a tolerance that your Country claims to be based on?

India was always racist moral values died long back. We are the most racist people in the world. As an Indian i have seen it in my own eyes.

 

[ashok321]

Beware India!

Year 2050, it would be India, China and Nigeria at 3rd place (population)

 

[Gibbs]

South Asians are inherently racist(All of South Asia), Take this very forum as an example.. Do not kid yourself if you think otherwise, In India the discrimination even transcends caste and creed, Their own ethnics

Whats ironic is South Asians are also the first to go in to hysterics accusing others of racism

 

[simple Brain]

India was always racist moral values died long back. We are the most racist people in the world. As an Indian i have seen it in my own eyes.

Now that's the kinda courage we always look for, hard to find nowadays. You can be a good example for those in here who despite knowing the facts about your Country being so racist always ignore them.

 

[xairhossi]

South Asians are inherently racist(All of South Asia), Take this very forum as an example.. Do not kid yourself if you think otherwise, In India the discrimination even transcends caste and creed, Their own ethnics

Whats ironic is South Asians are also the first to go in to hysterics accusing others of racism

Racism isn't specific or inherent to South Asians, technically all people are 'racist' to some degree.

 

[Gibbs]

Racism isn't specific or inherent to South Asians, technically all people are 'racist' to some degree.

Well i didnt say others arnt, There is prejudice in all humans, But South Asians are inherently racist, those who say otherwise are lying, And they are hypocrites

It's a proper laugh when i see threads here about Indians and Pakistani's arguing about who's the fairest, When for the rest of the world they're just different shades of brown either a P@ki, Curry muncher or an Appoo

 

[VFY]

Where did you find this awesome comic?

 

[NakedLunch]

Well i didnt say others arnt, There is prejudice is all humans, But South Asians are inherently racist, those who say otherwise are lying, And they are hypocrites

It's a proper laugh when i see threads here about Indians and Pakistani's arguing about who's the fairest, When for the rest of the world they're just different shades of brown either a P@ki, Curry muncher or an Appoo

A lot of truth to that.

 

[xairhossi]

Well i didnt say others arnt, There is prejudice is all humans, But South Asians are inherently racist, those who say otherwise are lying, And they are hypocrites

If all humans are prejudiced, whats the need to specifically call out South Asians on it? Again, "inherent racism" is not specific to South Asians

It's a proper laugh when i see threads here about Indians and Pakistani's arguing about who's the fairest, When for the rest of the world you're just the same either a P@ki, Curry muncher or an Appoo

People can have a legit argument/discussion about physical anthropology, nothing wrong with that. Europeans argue about it too, (Slavs vs Greeks, Germans vs Italians etc.) but for the rest of the world they are just "whitey". Why do you have to bring in what others think, as if their opinion validates yours or something ?

 

[VFY]

When for the rest of the world they're just different shades of brown either a P@ki, Curry muncher or an Appoo

Nothing wrong with Apu

 

[Gibbs]

If all humans are prejudiced, whats the need to specifically call out South Asians on it? Again, "inherent racism" is not specific to South Asians

People can have a legit argument/discussion about physical anthropology, nothing wrong with that. Europeans argue about it too, (Slavs vs Greeks, Germans vs Italians etc.) but for the rest of the world they are just "whitey". Why do you have to bring in what others think, as if their opinion validates yours or something ?

No just the hypocrisy of it all and here we're discussing discrimination of African people in India, Indians being south Asians, Hence the in the context South Asians are inherently racist, The argument is not about others

The crux of the matter is most are bloody hypocrites

Lol.. There are hardly any Caucasians arguing about who is whiter than the other, It's a trend largely seen in South Asians communities, Based on inferiority complex that may have derived from colonization by Europeans over the centuries

 

[VFY]

Lol.. There are hardly any Caucasians arguing about who is whiter than the other, It's a trend largely seen in South Asians communities, Based on inferiority complex that may have derived from colonization by Europeans over the centuries

I tend to agree with this, although the whites on Stormfront seem to get into these discussions