#NotInMyName protests spring up across the country

June 28, 2017 01:49 pm | Updated 02:05 pm IST

An image from the protest’s Facebook page

An image from the protest’s Facebook page

Concerned about the recent spate of violent attacks targeting Muslims, citizens have organised a protest march in various cities on Wednesday.

The protest originates in the #NotInMyName campaign that started off in Delhi. In the latest such tragic incident of religion-related violence, a Muslim teenager, Hafiz Junaid, was stabbed to death in a Delhi-Mathura train as he headed home to Ballabhgarh for Eid. Filmmaker Saba Dewan wrote a social media post raging against the mob attacks and lynchings, and calling for a protest at the capital’s Jantar Mantar.

Ms. Dewan’s post has since gone viral, and has spawned similar protests in seven other Indian cities — Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram and Patna — as well as two abroad, in London and Toronto. There are further protests planned in Chennai and Mumbai, reports our Mumbai bureau.

Here's a comprehensive list of all events under #NotInMyName planned so far.

Date: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Venues:

1. Allahabad: 5pm, Subhash Chauraha, Civil Lines, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211001, India

2. Bangalore: 6pm – 8pm; Bangalore Town Hall, 112 JC Road, Bangalore, India 560027. Click here to know more .

3. Chandigarh: 6pm; Sector 17, Chandigarh, India 160017. Click here to know more .

4. Delhi: 6pm – 8pm; Jantar Mantar, Rajiv Chowk, Delhi, India 110001. Click here to know more .

5. Jaipur: 5.30 pm – 7 pm; Gandhi Nagar, JLN Marg, Jaipur

6. Hyderabad: 4pm – 7pm; Tank Bund, Hyderabad. Click here to know more .

7. Kochi: 6 pm; High Court Junction, Kochi, Kerala

8. Kolkata: 5pm – 7pm; Dakhinapan premises, next to Madhusudhan Mancha, Dhakuria. Click here to know more .

9. Lucknow: 4:30pm – 6:30pm, Gandhi Park, GPO, Hazratganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001. Click here to know more .

10. Mumbai: 5pm – 7pm; Carter Road Promenade. Click here to know more .

11. Patna: 6pm; Kargil Chowk, Gandhi Maidan, Patna. Click here to know more .

12. Trivandrum: 5:30pm – 8pm; Secretariat, Trivendrum, Kerala, India. Click here to know more .

 

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