The vulnerable protestor A year after alleged police excesses against protesting students at Jamia and AMU, jurisprudence to protect them, provide redress remains inadequate criminalisation. New Delhi | December 17, 2020 4:47:32 pm The use of force against protesting and non-protesting students of JMI and AMU continued in the hostels, library, mosque, etc. long after they had retreated inside the campus. (PTI/File) Written by Ishita Chakrabarty and Madhur Bharatiya On December 15, 2019, when students on the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus organised a protest over police violence against anti-CAA protestors two days before, the police and paramilitary personnel attempted to stop them using methods that went beyond simple crowd-control means (batons, teargas, rubber bullets and live ammunition). Similar treatment was meted out to anti-CAA student protestors at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) who voiced their concerns against the excessive force meted out earlier to JMI students. The use of force against protesting and non-protesting students of JMI and AMU continued in the hostels, library, mosque, etc. long after they had retreated inside the campus.