Nadeem Khan (born Mohammad Wasiq Nadeem Khan; December 15, 1977) is an Indian human rights activist. Khan is the National Secretary of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR). He is a co-founder of United Against Hate.

Early life and education

Khan was born in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. He received his primary education in his hometown. Khan's Father Mohammad Wasim Khan was a businessman who owned a transportation agency.

United Against Hate

Khan along with other activists launched United Against Hate (UAH) -an anti-hate crime campaign initiative- in 2017. UAH is a team of professionals, students, social activists, bureaucrats, journalists, and advocates who are endeavoring to help, address the issues, bring in mainstream discussions the cause of victims of hate crime by organizing conferences, protests, workshops across the country.

Justice for Najeeb movement

After the disappearance of

Najeeb Ahmed Syed Najeeb Ahmed (17 November 1963 – 11 April 1990) also known as ''Quaid e Talba'' (Leader of Students) was a leftist Pakistani student activist who was murdered in 1990. Born to a Muhajir family in Karachi, Ahmed was a PSF (student wing ...

, a Muslim student from JNU, Khan with other activists demonstrated several times at the CBI Headquarters and

Jantar Mantar A Jantar Mantar ( Hindustani pronunciation: ͡ʒən̪t̪ər mən̪t̪ər is an assembly of stone-built astronomical instruments, designed to be used with the naked eye. There were five Jantar Mantars in India, all of them built at the com ...

led by Najeeb's mother Fatima Nafees to take the matter of Najeeb's disappearance seriously in view of the police inaction. Apart from this, Khan had also launched a signature campaign in Najeeb's case.

Delhi riots conspiracy allegations

After the Delhi riots in February 2020, Delhi Police found in its investigation that along with

Umar Khalid Umar Khalid (born Syed Umar Khalid) is an Indian student activist, former research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, former leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU) in JNU. He was allegedly involved in the Jawaharlal Nehru University ...

, Sharjeel Imam, Khalid Saifi, and other accused, Khan was also involved in the conspiracy of the riots. Police alleged that the creation of Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) was the brainchild of Umar Khalid and Khan to rope in different student organisations of Jamia Millia Islamia.

Awards

* Janmitr Samman by

People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights The People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (in Hindi:मानवाधिकार जननिगरानी समिति ) is an Indian non-governmental organisation and membership-based movement which work to ensure basic rights for ...

(PVCHR). * National Muslim Social Leadership Award for Civil Liberties by Movement for Empowerment of Muslim Indians (2019). * Voice of People Award by Pal Pal News.

References

Indian human rights activists Living people 1977 births

External links

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