FAWAZ SHAHEEN SCRIPTS HISTORY !!

It is a matter of great pride and ecstasy for the entire Alig Community, that one of our brothers shall be representing our alma mater in National Television. Fawaz Shaheen, a student of B. A. LL. B (Fourth Year) has been selected to speak in a National Youth Parliament event, organized by Times Now and Times of India. The event known as “I Lead India” is an initiative which intends to engage the youth of the nation in the democratic process and seeks to provide them a platform to ask questions to the political class and demand their accountability in their process of Policy framing. 

The event had a tough selection process wherein 45 students from all across India were short listed on the basis of a 3 minute video presentation concerning India’s Political Class, Indian Economy and Foreign Policies. From these top 45 participants, 12 were finalized based upon a mock Parliament which was held in New Delhi. Fawaz Shaheen will be speaking against the motion "The Political Class of India has failed to meet the aspirations of India's youth".

The mega event will be recorded on the 3rd of October and shall be broadcast by Times Now and covered by The Times of India on 12th & 13rd October. It will feature these 12 participants facing off with prominent politicians and social activists which include Manish Tiwari (Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting), Sachin Pilot (Minister of State for Corporate Affairs), Mr. Yogendra Yadav (Social Scientist), Kiran Bedi (Social Activist & Retired IPS officer), Mrs. Kiran Majumdar Shaw (Corporate Honcho) and Mr. Brahma Chellaney (Public Intellectual & Strategic Thinker).

We implore upon all the Aligs to support our brother by generating more information regarding the event, and be a part of this hour of glory by watching the programme at Times Now.

The 2-hour recorded debate will be telecasted on TIMES NOW on three occasions.
1. On 12th of October (Saturday) from 2pm to 4pm
2. On 13th of October (Sunday) from 11am to 1pm

3. On 13th of October (Sunday) from 7pm to 9pm.


For further details contact us at:-

9045497625, 9045205890

You can also mail us at:- aasaligarh@gmail.com

Or you can also visit the website of the event:- 

http://youthparliament.ileadindia.com/index.php

Commitment of AAS on CASHFGS

In its commitment to strive for gender justice, the Aligarh Activists’ Society (AAS) would actively engage itself for the cause of gender sensitization, especially among the female students of the campus, through a number of ways mainly, distribution of pamphlets, organizing discussions, enacting street plays and a number of other means as may be necessary in the University campus. We are dedicated in ensuring a harassment free and gender sensitive AMU. It has also been decided that the AAS would extend all possible co- operation and support to the newly formed Committee Against Sexual Harassment and Gender Sensitization (CASHFGS). In this regard our main objectives are:-

• Spreading awareness about the bylaws of the CASHFGS among the students of the University. 
• Sensitizing the students about the legal procedures that are to be followed in case of occurrence of an incident of sexual harassment. 
• Making the female students aware of their rights as enshrined by the statutes of the CASHFGS.
• Ensuring that both emotional as well as legal support is provided to a victim of sexual harassment. 

In this regard, we would like to appeal to the AMU fraternity at large to join hands in eradicating the menace of eve- teasing and crimes against women in our beloved University and make efforts to ensure that the campus is conducive to the idea of mutual respect and sensitiveness towards gender-related issues.

Provisions & Rights of Women under CASHFGS of AMU

• The provisions of the rules and procedures of CASHFGS shall apply to all students,academic staff, and non teaching staff on active rolls/service of the Aligarh Muslim University as also to residents, service providers and outsiders who may be within the campus of AMU at the time of commission of the act attracting CASHFGS Rules.
• Sexual harassment includes any unwelcome physical, verbal or non verbal conduct of sexual nature.
• The CASHFGS shall take suo moto notice of grave violations of the basic principles of gender sensitivity and justice on this campus.
• Complaint shall be lodged directly to the Chairman of the Committee.
• The complaint shall only be in writing and authenticated by the complainant under her dated signature or thumb impression as the case may be.
• Third party complaints and witness complaints shall also be entertained.
• At no time shall the defendant and the complainant be placed face to face, keeping strictly in view the need to protect the complainant from facing any serious health and/or safety problems.
• At no time in the complaints shall the past sexual history of the complainant be probed into, as such information shall be deemed irrelevant to a complaint of sexual harassment.
• The identities of all witnesses shall throughout be protected by the enquiry committee by the use of a coding system.
• If the complainant or witness is a student and defendant(s) is a teacher, the defendant shall not supervise any academic activity of the student, including but not limited to, evaluation and examination, re-examination, and supervision of research.
• If both the complainant or witness and the defendant(s) are members of the academic and/or non teaching staff of the university, the defendant shall not write the Confidential Reports of the complainant, if he is otherwise so authorized and shall not participate in the deliberation of selection committees.
• The Enquiry Committee shall strive to complete the enquiry in the shortest possible time not exceeding three months from the date that a complaint is made.
• In case of any false complaint a show cause notice shall be sent to the complainant.
• In the event of the CASHFGS not taking action on a complaint, or if the complainant or defendant is dissatisfied with the disciplinary action taken by the University authorities/officers, she/he shall have the right to appeal to the Executive Council of the University.
• The complainant may withdraw her complaint in writing at any time during the complaint receiving or enquiry procedure. Complaint Screening/Enquiry committee will enquire whether if the reason for such withdrawal are the consequences or effect of coercion and intimidation.
• Counseling services shall also be made available if so desired.
• Penalties may be in the form of warning, reprimand or censure, a letter communicating his misconduct to his place of education, employment or residence, declaration of the campus as out of bounds for him, cancellation license to run and manage any commercial activity and/or a bar on appearing for the entrance examination/interview to any programme of study offered by AMU, or any other action as may be necessary.

AAS programme on "The World Post-9/11"

University Literary Club in collaboration with Aligarh Activists’ Society organized a symposium with the title “End of Fiction? – The world Post 9/11” in Kennedy Auditorium on Wednesday. 

Fawaz Shaheen, a student of law, introduced the topic and welcomed the panel of students of various faculties on the stage. Anwarul Haque Shafey, Secretary ULC, opened the discussion by providing insightful commentary on the role of media in propagating wars. Ameen Ahmad, a student of Engineering, shared his perspective by stating that the ulterior motive of wars is the US-corporate dominance over the vast mineral resources in the conflict zones. Abdullah Azzam, Secretary SIO, argued that post 9/11 wars are actually a reflection of the fact that the USA needs an enemy for its own existence & Islamic civilizations have been created as the arch-enemy & the hated “other”. Riad Azam, M.A. English student, talked about human rights violations in the aftermath of 9/11 & the popular literary narratives on the 9/11 attacks. Lubna Irfan, student of Geography, discussed the geo-political details of the Afghanistan & Iraq wars. Humah Khan, student of economics talked about the economic costs of the war & anti-people effects on war-torn economies.

   

After the completion of Students panel discussion, Prof. Asmer Beg of Political Science department delivered his expert views on the topic. He provided in-depth analysis of the whole international conflicts. He stated that USA has become a totalitarian regime & that in the present times democracy has turned to a mere illusion in the USA itself.

Dr. Arshi Khan of the Political Science department discussed the conflicts in the Middle East created by USA for the purpose of creating its monopoly across the globe. He provided the fact-sheets regarding the creation of Al-Qaeda by the CIA for its own vested interests & the hidden supports of many Muslim countries this sinister plan.

The main organizers of the event were Ahmed Noman, Kashif Ilyas & Sarah Hashim Khan.