Press Release on WSS Fact Finding Visit To Western UP In The Aftermath Of The Anti-CAA Protests

Press Release February 6^th 2020

40 Days On: Aftermath and the On-going Struggles in Uttar Pradesh

A five member team from Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) conducted a fact finding visit in four districts of Western Uttar Pradesh – Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and Bijnor, on 1^st and 2^nd of February 2020 to document the situation 40 days after the incidents of alleged police brutalities, which occurred on December 18^th, 19^th and 20^th 2019 in light of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The team met the people who have lost their family members to police firing and also those who were arrested and/or detained in the days following the incidents.