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Revised Copy of Condemning Delhi Repression Excel QP CONDEMNING CRACKDOWN ON WOMEN ACTIVISTS IN DELHI, 1,100 + FEMINISTS ACROSS RELIGION, CLASS, CASTE, ETHNICITY, ABILITY, SEXUALITY AND GENDERS ISSUE SOLIDARITY STATEMENT LIST OF SIGNATORIES Sr. No. Name Place - City/ State Organizational/ professional affiliation 1 Ranjana Padhi Bhubaneswar Activist and Writer 2 Manjula Pradeep Ahmedabad WAYVE Foundation 3 Rachana Hyderabad Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti 4 Hasina Khan Mumbai Gender rights activist 5 V. Nagaraja Bengaluru Dalit sangharsha samiti 6 Svati Joshi Ahmedabad Academic 7 seema Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Mahila Manch 8 Nivedita Menon Delhi JNU, Delhi 9 Kavita Krishnan New Delhi All India Progressive Women's Association - AIPWA 10 Kanupriya Chandigarh Student 11 Ajita Delhi Dalit Feminist ,women against sexual violence and state repression-ws 12 Jagmati Sangwan Rohtak Former Director Women Studies,MDU Rohtak 13 Nirjhari Sinha Ahmedabad Jan Sangharsh Manch 14 Uma Chakravarti Delhi feminist historian 15 Farah Naqvi Delhi Writer and Activist 16 A. Mangai Chennai Theatre person 17 Mary John Delhi wss 18 Deepika Joshi Chhattisgarh Jan Swasthya Abhiyan 19 Kalpana Kannabiran Secunderabad Telangana Council for Social Development Hyderabad 20 Poonam Kaushik Delhi Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan Delhi 21 Meena Kandasamy Chennai/London Writer 22 Jayati Ghosh New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University 23 noor zaheer Ghaziabad NFIW 24 Tanmay Araria, bihar Jan jagaran shakti sangathan, bihar 25 shabnam hashmi new delhi Anhad 26 Vaishali Delhi PDSC 27 Kalyani Araria, Bihar Jan jagaran shakti sangathan 28 V. Geetha Chennai Independent scholar 29 Sabika Abbas Delhi None. 30 Sujatha Surepally Hyderabad Dalit Women Collective 31 Lembi Rose Manipur North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) 32 Dr Kant Clement Gaikwad Bokaro, Jharkhand Social activities and raising Voice against injustice 33 Geeta Seshu Mumbai Journalist and co-founder Free Speech Collective 34 Anita Ghai Delhi AUD 35 Chayanika Shah Mumbai Maharashtra LABIA - A Queer Feminist LBT Collective 36 Anita Pagare Nashik Sangini Mahila Jagruti Mandal, Nashik, Maharashtra, India 37 Mariam Dhawale New Delhi AIDWA 38 Teesta Setslvad Mumbai, Maharashtra Citizens for Justice and Peace 39 Sadaf Jafar Lucknow INC 40 Esthappen S Bengaluru Something's Simple, Queer playwright 41 Maya Rao Delhi Theatre artist 42 Pamela Philipose Nrw Delhi Dekhi Journalist 43 Geeta Menon Bangalore Karnataka Secretary Stree Jagruti Samiti 44 Jaya Sharma Delhi Activist and Writer 45 Deepti Bharti New Delhi Gen. Secy, National Federation of Indian Women, Delhi Unit 46 Manju Ranchi FORUM 47 Smita Gupta New Delhi Economist 48 Pratiksha Baxi Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University 49 Shahrukh Alam Delhi Lawyer 50 Nitin Madhya Pradesh Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan 51 ZAUFISHAN Mumbai /Maharashtra House wife 52 Anitha Hanamkomda Warangal urban tel Chaithanya mahila sangham 53 Ritika Bhatia New Delhi Khabar Lahariya 54 Clara Meghalaya Bethany Sisters 55 Anjali sinha Delhi Stree Mukti Sangathan 56 Anu Chennai/Tamil Nadu SIAAP 57 Shekhar pathak Nainital, uttarakhand Pahar organization 58 Aparna on behalf of National Co Delhi Indian Federation of Trade Unions 59 Adv. Nisha Shiurkar Sangamner, Dist Ahamadnager, M Samajwadi Jan Parishad 60 Dr. Janaki Abraham Delhi Delhi University 61 Meera Sanghamitra Hyderabad National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM)) 62 Aarti K Delhi Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) 63 Prajwala Tatte Nagpur, maharashtra Shetkari Sanghatana 64 Deepthi.s Hyderabad Dalit women collective 65 Zoya Hasan New Delhi Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University 66 K. Lalita Hyderabad, Telangana Independent Scholar 67 Jennifer Mirza Mumbai Retired gilm/TV production executive 68 Zainab Lucknow uttar pardesh Humsafar Women support centre lucknow 69 Ruth Manorama Bangalore/ Karnataka National Alliance of Women (NAWO)/ Women's Voice 70 Ritu Menon New Delhi Women Unlimited 71 Tejaswini Madabhushi Hyderabad Hyderabad for Feminism 72 Vani Subramanian New Delhi Saheli Women's Resource Centre 73 Ashima Roy Chowdhury Delhi Feminist Activist and Saheli member 74 Sumita Beethi Kolkata Queer Feminist Activist 75 Jyotsna N Bengaluru Publishing 76 Kamayani Bali Mahabal MumbaI Jan Swasthya Abhiyan 77 Prof Jalees Tareen Mysore Retired Vice Chancellor 78 dr animesh das new delhi President, indian federation of trade unions, delhi committee 79 Sandhya Mumbai Forum Against Oppression of Women 80 Jyoti New Delhi Coordinator of Shakti shalni 81 Anish Gawande Mumbai Pink List India 82 Sucharita New Delhi Purogami Mahila Sangathan 83 Roopa Mysore, karnataka Samara, PUCL, AIPWA 84 Priyanka Samy New Delhi National Federation of Dalit Women (NFDW) 85 Archana Kaul Delhi Srijanatmak Manushi Sanstha 86 Chander Nigam Delhi Center for Women's D-learning CWD 87 Charanya R Hyderabad FSA, India 88 dharma teja Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh None 89 Shefali Saini Mumbai Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy 90 Anna Oommen Gudalur Gudalur Adivasi Hospital 91 Githa Hariharan New Delhi Indian Cultural Forum 92 Shals Mahajan Bombay Writer 93 Raynah Marise Pune Maharashtra Indian Christian women's movement 94 Sananda Dasgupta Davis Feminists In Resistance 95 Christy Nag Mumbai, Maharashtra Queer Collective, TISS - Mumbai 96 Rekha Awasthi Delhi Secretary , Janwadi Lekhak Sangh 97 Chittaroopa Palit Bhopal Narmada Bachao Aondolan 98 Feroz Khan Ghazi, Advocate New Delhi South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association 99 Leeny Anna Abraham Chennai Stella Maris College 100 Sunny Tayeng Delhi Human Rights Law Network 101 Geeta gairola Dehradun Uttarakhand Mahila manch 102 Sujata bhattacharya Varanasi UP AIPWA 103 Qamar Muzaffarnagar Khudai khidamtgar 104 Aysha New Delhi Right to Food Campaign 105 Shalini Mulackal Delhi Indian Christian Women’s Movement 106 Radhika Menon Delhi All India People's Forum 107 Anant Phadke Pune Maharashtra State Shramik Mukti Dal (democratic) 108 Madhurima KOLKATA Feminist In Resistance 109 Rita Manchanda New Delhi South Asia Forum for Human Rights 110 Elizabeth Gurgaon-Haryana Nari Shakti Manch 111 Sucheta De Delhi CPI-ML 112 Arundhati Dhuru Lucknow NAPM 113 Swatija paranjape Thane FAOW 114 Nainika Singh New Delhi Women's Development Cell of SRI Venkateswara College 115 Anila George Kerala Sahaja Autonomous Feminist Organization , Kottayam 116 D. Nagasaila Chennai Advocate 117 Sarah Mathews Hyderabad/ Telangana Sankalp Women's Support Alliance 118 Varsha Bhargavi Hyderabad I Will Go Out 119 Chayanika Chaudhuri Pune Film and Television Institute of India 120 Arundhati Guwahati IIT Guwahati 121 Anjali Bharadwaj New Delhi Social Activist 122 A.Suneetha Hyderabad Women and Transgender Organisations Joint Action Committee 123 Syeda Bangalore Fashion Designer 124 Ashok bhatt Vadodara gujarat Aam aadmi party 125 Farida Khan Delhi Retired professor Jamia Millia Islamia 126 Malti Haldar Dehradun UN women civil society advisory committee member 127 Urna Baltimore Graduation student, Johns Hopkins University 128 Khalid Ansari Delhi IMEDA 129 Arya New Delhi Activist, KNS 130 Kaneez Fathima Hyderabad, Telangana Hyderabad Muslim Women Forum 131 Vaishali Zararia Vadodara SAHAJ 132 Urvashi Delhi Nirantar 133 Peyali Bose West bengal Dancer 134 Arpita Jaya Hyderabad Quill Foundation 135 Ditilekha Delhi Queer Feminist Researcher 136 Wajiha Haider New Delhi/Delhi Sr. Editor at The Violet Journal 137 Meenakshi Kapoor Dharamsala Independent 138 Richa Nagar Saint Paul University of Minnesota 139 Maduli Thaosen New Delhi Feminism In India 140 Rajesh Upadhyay Delhi National Alliance for Labour Rights 141 Latha Ramji BENGALURU We the people of india 142 Priya Goswami Delhi Independent Filmmaker, co-founder Sahiyo 143 Siddhant Talwar Punjab Mardaangi 144 Sanjeev kr Danda Delhi Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch ( DASAM) 145 Noor Zahara Bangalore United religions initiative 146 Vihaan Delhi Queer Feminist Transman 147 Masooma Ranalvi Delhi WeSpeakOut 148 Bharti Ali Delhi HAQ: Centre for Child Rights 149 Sajaya K Hyderabad/Telangana Women &Transgender Organisatie JAC/Independent Journalist 150 Pushpa ACHANTA BANGALORE WSS 151 Dr. Saba hussain Delhi Sahegaami 152 Nimisha Srivastava Delhi Child rights and women's rights advocate 153 Afaque Azad Mumbai Bharat Bachao andolan 154 Sneha Mukherjee Delhi SLIC 155 Navaneetha Mokkil Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University 156 Malika Virdi Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Mahila Manch 157 Meghna Delhi Founder, All India Queer Association 158 Dharmesh Chaubey Gujarat RAQS 159 Titas Ghosh Delhi Feminist activist 160 Paroma Kolkata DU 161 Gluten free poly am lesbian Utopian manglomaniac misandry Queer women of colour 162 Poushali Basak Bombay and Kolkata Forum against Oppression of Women, Feminists in Resistance 163 Dipa Sinha Delhi Right to Food campaign 164 Tasneem Farzana Bangalore Forward trust 165 dwiji guru bengaluru NAPM Karntaka, Naavu Bharatiyaru, and others 166 Shankar lal chaudhari Udaipur, Rajasthan AIPF 167 Amrita Shodhan Hong Kong SOAS, University of London 168 Varghese Manimala Eluru, A. P Rector and professor 169 Bijal Vachharajani Bangalore Author 170 KALYANI MENON SEN Gurgaon Feminist Learning Partnerships 171 Lata Singh Delhi JNU 172 Shaunak Mahbubani Delhi Curator 173 Samina Mishra Delhi Filmmaker, writer and teacher 174 Dr. SHAKEEL Patna, Bihar Indian Doctors for Peace and Development 175 Devalina Kohli Delhi DelhiTreesSOS 176 Poonam k Gujarat SWATI 177 Ridhima Delhi Concerned Citizen 178 Rukhsaar Khan Delhi Shakti shalini 179 Deepa Delhi Feminist Health Activist 180 Sumana Nandi Delhi Global Justice Forum (GJF) 181 C G Manjula Bengaluru Journalist 182
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