Rohith Chakravarti Vemula

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Indian PhD student @ U. of Hyderabad
Member of the ASA (Ambedkar Students Association)

History:

2015
- He and other ASA activists:
  - demonstrated against the death penalty of someone convicted for 1993 Mumbai attacks
  - condemned the ABVP (Hindutva student organization) attack on the screening of a documentary in Delhi University
- Kumar, local leader of ABVP, called them "goons" and was then beaten by ASA students
2016
- U. suspended his fellowship and barred him from his hostel
- Took suicide => protests across India

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