German exchange student who took part in anti-CAA protests told to leave India

[Haris Ali2140]

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[fitpOsitive]

Ok I am on mobile and unable to see country flag.

US students in India. They say that it was a life changing experience.

I belonged to a rural area of Pakistan. When I reached university, it was indeed a life changing experience. And I was in my own country.

 

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[YeBeWarned]

Last time Germans got pissed we had a world war 2, I would stay away from pissing off Germans haha

 

[Surya 1]

I belonged to a rural area of Pakistan. When I reached university, it was indeed a life changing experience. And I was in my own country.

You belong to a rural area and went to University and that experience changed your life but when the student come from world's richest country where are the world's top Institution and Universities are there. when they say that the life changed ,it is different from your experience.

The most important thing is that they are not saying that it the experience differently what they explain whole lots of thing what they show and how it was a different experience which changed their life.

 

[fitpOsitive]

You belong to a rural area and went to University and that experience change your life but when the student come from world's richest country where are the world's top Institution and Universities are there. when they say that the life changed ,it is different from your experience.

The most important thing is that they are not saying that it the experience differently what they explain whole lots of thing what they show and how how it was a different experience it changed their life.

See, how west sees east, if east has any confusion in it, or if east thinks that east can change that thinking of west, then be ready to learn that in hard way. That's all I wanted to say on this topic. I know India, Indian institutions and environment in India. I exactly know what is India. I may be prejudiced, but India is far from shining at the movement. I wonder why the environment is so suffocated for a commoner in India, even though you guys have pretty open 2 way paths towards the outer world.

 

[Surya 1]

See, how west sees east, if east has any confusion in it, or if east thinks that east can change that thinking of west, then be ready to learn that in hard way. That's all I wanted to say on this topic. I know India, Indian institutions and environment in India. I exactly know what is India. I may be prejudiced, but India is far from shining at the movement. I wonder why the environment is so suffocated for a commoner in India, even though you guys have pretty open 2 way paths towards the outer world.

I don't see Indian environment is suffocating.

 

[zeeshe100]

hindu terrorist attack muslims in UP with the help of police they attacked muslims last night in their houses and damaged their property in muzafarnager UP. what a shame no one is stopping these terrorists from attacking innocent muslims

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

Jakob Lindenthal, a German student on an exchange programme at IIT-Madras who took part in a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act here, was asked to leave India on Monday by Bureau of Immigration officials.

Sources in IIT confirmed that no written communication was given by BoI officials. He was orally informed that he had violated his visa regulations.

Though he was scheduled to board a flight in the early hours of Tuesday, he couldn't board as his Air India flight from Chennai to Delhi got delayed by nearly four hours. The Hindu confirmed that the student is waiting at Delhi airport for an alternate flight.

He was summoned to the BoI office here on Monday morning through the office of the Dean of International and Alumni Relations (IAR) in the IIT. He was questioned till afternoon on a range of topics, including his views on Indian politics and what he thought of the anti-CAA protests, the sources confirmed.

After the enquiry, he was informed that he had to leave the country immediately, and he would have to reapply if he wanted to visit again.

Though the German Consulate offered him contacts of lawyers whom he could reach out for help, he felt unsafe and decided to leave, sources in the IIT said.

Mr. Lindenthal, a student of the Technical University of Dresden, was in India since July and was part of the Department of Physics in the IIT. His exchange programme was to end by May 2020.

Students from the IIT said he took part in the anti-CAA protest on the campus and at Valluvar Kottam, during which he spoke to The Hindu.

Carrying a placard that said “1933-1945. We have been there,” denoting the beginning and end of Hitler’s regime in Germany, he said that though there was discrimination against Jews in 1933, it was not clearly visible then that it would eventually lead to mass deportations and genocide. “In the beginning, we never know where it will all end,” he had said.

Chinta Bar, a student collective in the IIT, expressed solidarity with Mr. Lindenthal. In a statement, it extended gratitude to him for being part of the struggle to protect the rights of Indians and for his concerns towards humanity.

Meanwhile, Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT - Madras, who was out of station, and Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean - IAR, said that they were unaware of this development.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...tests-told-to-leave-india/article30384816.ece

He was doing it just for time-pass.

- PRTP GWD

 

[manlion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1209521134267437057

He was doing it just for time-pass.

and his deportation has drawn the world's attention (media coverage)

his message had irked sanghi Nazis

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1209521134267437057

and his deportation has drawn the world's attention (media coverage)

his message had irked sanghi Nazis

Just for little publicity. He wanted to get out of the shithole called India. He would be glad that he was deported.

- PRTP GWD

 

[jericho]

in India, the education is world class and relatively cheaper.

it would be more accurate to say that many world universities water down their entry standards to accommodate students from India

 

[undercover JIX]

Told to exit India for protesting against CAA: German student at IIT Madras
During a protest in Chennai against the CAA and NRC, he had carried a poster that said: “1933 to 1945; We Have Been There” (a reference to the Nazi regime in Germany).
Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai | Updated: December 24, 2019 12:07:59 pm

Lindenthal was scheduled to fly out late Monday night.
A German student in the Master’s course in the Department of Physics at IIT Madras, part of a one-year exchange programme, has said that he was asked to leave the country “immediately” days after he attended protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the campus.

Speaking to The Indian Express from the Chennai airport shortly before his scheduled flight home Monday night, Jakob Lindenthal said he received “oral directions” to leave India from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office in (FRRO) in Chennai around noon.










Lindenthal was in Bangalore for the past few days participating in a “sports tournament” when, he says, he received the first email from FRRO.

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During a protest in Chennai against the CAA and NRC, he had carried a poster that said: “1933 to 1945; We Have Been There” (a reference to the Nazi regime in Germany).

“After I reached Chennai this morning, my course coordinator advised me to meet immigration officials immediately. When I reached there, they cited some administrative issues related to my residential permit in India. After I resolved their queries and it was clear that there were no issues regarding my residential permit, they started asking me about my politics and hobbies. It was an extensive casual conversation. They asked about CAA and my participation in anti-CAA protests. We discussed the demonstration culture. There were three officers including one who asked me all questions. All of them were unnamed. Towards the end of the conversation, they said I may have to leave the country immediately for violating my student visa rules. When I asked for a written letter, they returned my passport and said that I may leave. They said I will get the written letter but I did not receive one. Soon, I rushed back to IIT campus, booked my ticket, packed everything and left for the airport,” he said.


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https://twitter.com/jinoyjosep/status/1209091442104098816

It is learnt that Jakob Lindenthal, an exchange student at @iitmadras, from Dresden Germany, is asked to leave India asap. Recently he joined #CAA_NRCProtests in Chennai.




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“I received a call from an official in the Dean’s office. She suggested that I may leave tomorrow. Since it is going to be Christmas eve tomorrow, I chose to leave immediately,” said Lindenthal, adding that he was yet to inform his parents.

Hailing from southern Germany, Lindenthal, halfway in the IIT programme, said that questions about his participation in protests also included his proximity to a Marxist group, Chinta Bar, which organised the protest in IIT-M.

“I distanced myself from all such groups, I explained. At one point, the officer, referring to my decision to take part in protests, said I was uninformed, that I should not have attended protests when I didn’t know what I was protesting about. I disagreed. I replied that it was all about basic human rights of people…The conversation was not aggressive, I was moderate in my answers and explained my views,” he said.
In a statement tonight, Chinta Bar said it “extends solidarity and gratitude to Jakob for being part of struggle to protect the rights of people in this country and his concern for humanity.”

“I do love the IIT-M campus, I love India but I am concerned about illiberal extremes in the country…In Germany, nobody is ever evicted for participating in a legal demonstration,” Lindenthal said.

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When contacted, IIT Director Bhaskar Ramamurthy said he was out of station and did not know about the incident. When contacted by The Indian Express, both K Sethupathi, head of the Department of Physics, and S Sivakumar, Dean of Students, said they were unaware of the “incident” involving Lindenthal. Sources said an IIT official had sent a report about Lindenthal’s participation in the protests to “higher-ups.” Asked about this, Sivakumar said he wasn’t aware of such a report.


A senior FRRO official, saying he was unaware of Lindenthal’s case, told The Indian Express that if the German student had attended a protest, it was a “clear case” of violating visa rules for foreigners staying in India. “If there is a violation, the institution is bound to report the matter to authorities…FRRO comes much later in issuing a letter to leave the country with immediate effect…This isn’t the same as deportation. His visa may be cancelled soon,” the official said.

“A security official accompanied me to the security gate at the airport as they knew about my trip,” Lindenthal said. “I will be in Europe Tuesday morning,” he said.

https://indianexpress.com/article/i...82uN_bHNaf3-_3txnJkQF4XzXUyS69LCUGIf9Ozndaweo

Chidambaram terms expulsion of German student as a reminder of dark chapter in world history
Congress leader P. Chidambaram has taken to his twitter handle to criticise expulsion of a German student from IIT Madras.He also questioned the silence of IIT Madras Director and Chairman.
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December 24, 2019
UPDATED: December 24, 2019 21:50 IST

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HIGHLIGHTS

• German student Jakob Lindentha was expelled from IIT Madras.
• The student was sent back to Germany by immigration department .
• The Immigration department insisted on him violating his visa regulations.

Aday after German student Jakob Lindenthal from IIT Madras was sent back to his country by immigration department on charges of him joining a protest against CAA and NRC, Congress leader P. Chidambaram has taken to his twitter handle to criticise his expulsion.He also questioned the silence of IIT Madras Director and Chairman.

Hinting towards the events that unfolded in Nazi-Germany under Adolf Hitler, the Congress leader wrote, "The German is reminding us of a dark chapter in the world's history so that we may not repeat that in India. The student deserves our gratitude. Where is the Director of IIT? Where is the Chairman? Let us hear from both of them."


24-year-old Jakob Lindenthal was told to leave by the Immigration department that insisted on him violating his visa rules by indulging in political activities in India. Jakob Linthedal was a student in the Physics Department of IIT Madras.

On Monday, December 23, Jakob was asked to leave by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office.

"What we heard is that officials from the immigration department got in touch with him and asked him to leave because as per his visa he wasn't allowed to take part in political protests," said a student who was protesting with Jakob on the 16th. "He decided to leave as soon as the instructions came through," said the student on the condition of anonymity.

Holding a placard that had an indirect reference to the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Germany between 1933-45 during the Hitler regime, he had told co-participants at a protest last week that small measures against Jews had not attracted much attention initially.

Such measures eventually led to their mass killings, the German student had said.

The placard read "1933-1945 We have been there." He had also held another one which read, "No democracy without dissent." Jakob, who had also taken part in a protest at the institute's Gajendra Circle against the amendment to the Citizenship Act, was a student of the Technical University of Dresden in Germany.


A student Facebook page Chinta Bar has also come out in solidarity with Jakob thanking him for being part of the protests.


Earlier in the day, BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde had said how can "any Tom, Dick and Harry" be allowed to join protests against internal issues of India.

In a tweet, Anantkumar Hegde said, "Any Tom, Dick & Harry from any part of this globe can poke themselves and involve in their s**t protest in our internal issues!! Does any other country provide such liberty? Precisely #IndiaSupportsCAA!"

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...HJ5hWXJzdDUkXGncdTfSLPl-2-gbtH12YSzOTN6NvzitQ

 

[ASKardar]

NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – A German student namely Jakob Lindenthal, who participated in protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Chennai, was asked by the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) officials to leave India.

According to the local media reports in India, Lindenthal, a student from the Technical University of Dresden on an exchange programme at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, was informed that he had been in violation of visa regulations.

During the protests, Lindenthal had said, “The Indian constitution is a secular one and what the ruling government is doing is a clear form of discrimination. I am from Germany and I am aware of what happens when this form of discrimination is taken too far.”

Lindenthal was summoned to the BOI office on Monday and was asked about his views on Indian politics and the anti-CAA protests. After the inquiry, he was told that he would have to leave the country immediately and reapply for a visa if he wanted to visit again.

Though the German Consulate offered to give him contacts of lawyers for help, feeling unsafe, he decided to leave, sources at IIT told the local media.

Lindenthal said he had received “oral directions” from immigration authorities to leave India from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office in (FRRO) in Chennai.

“After the Nazi era, many people claimed not to have known anything about genocides or atrocities or stated that they were only passive," said Lindenthal as reported by Deutsche Welle, a German state-owned public international broadcaster.

"Therefore, I see it as a duty to learn from these lessons and not only watch when things happen that one believes to be the stepping stones to a possibly very dangerous development,” he said.

‘We have been there’

During the protests, Lindenthal had held a placard inscribed with “1933-1945. We have been there” while making reference to the Nazi regime in Germany. Another placard read: “No Democracy without dissent”.

"I felt the gratefulness of many people in the protest for the solidarity from a foreigner, so I wanted to give them at least my moral support again after having attended the protest march on the campus of IIT Madras," Lindenthal told DW.

When asked what he would do next, he said he would like "to return safely and without disturbance and celebrate Christmas with my family," then "consider possible options to return to India to continue my studies." He is still waiting to leave India for Germany.

"As a backup plan, which I deem the most likely to happen, I will return to TU Dresden and try to catch up with the courses of the winter semester, take the experience as a lesson and implement my understanding of it in my political activities for the Green Party of Germany."

‘Lindenthal gets support’

ChintaBAR, a left-leaning student body at the IIT Madras in Chennai, voiced solidarity with Lindenthal in a post on Twitter.

"ChintaBAR extend solidarity and gratitude to Jakob Lindenthal, for being part of struggles to protect the rights of people in this country and his concern for humanity," it stated.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1209154692464300032

The German Foreign Office told DW that the German Consulate General in Chennai was "in contact with the person concerned before his departure."

Over the past week, hundreds of thousands of students across India have protested against a proposed law that would provide citizenship opportunities for non-Muslim migrants, Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians – but not Muslims – from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Activists have called the bill discriminatory, saying it forms part of a government campaign aimed at disenfranchising Indian Muslims.

SOURCE: http://dunyanews.tv/en/World/524826-German-students-expelled-after-reminding-India-of-Germany-past/

 

[Rollno21]

We are sorry what happened in Germany but comparing it to what's happening in India is totally out in place .or is Germany accepting all the refugees who are trying to enter or have entered Germany and giving them citizenship,if that's true we could understand what's he saying