After Oxford allegedly deferred film producer Vivek Agnihotri’s address on a weekday at the last moment, he took to Twitter to mention that “another Hindu voice” had been restrained.
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri took to Twitter on Monday to appeal for support once he was allegedly ‘canceled’ by Oxford.
The film producer, best noted for his film The Kashmir Files that was discharged earlier this year, said in {an exceedingly|in a very} video that he was invited by Oxford within Britain to form an address on might thirty-one. However, a couple of hours before the event, he was told there was a slip-up and that they wouldn’t be able to host him, he said.
“It was all confirmed on email however some hours back, the same that they’d created a blunder, there was a double booking that they wouldn’t be to host ME these days. whereas not even asking ME, they changed the date to legal holiday as a result of on that day no student would be there and there’s no purpose doing an incident,” he said
IMPORTANT: yet one more Hindu voice is restrained at HINDUPHOBIC @OxfordUnion. they need off ME. In reality, they off Hindu kill & Hindu students international organization agency ar a minority at Oxford Univ. The president-elect could also be a Pakistani. Pl share & support ME throughout this toughest fight
In his tweet, the director wrote, “Yet another Hindu voice is restrained at Hinduphobic Oxford. they need me. In reality, they are off Hindu killing and Hindu students WHO are a minority at Oxford. The president-elect [of the union] may be a Pakistani. Please share and support ME during this toughest fight.” He added that he would file a lawsuit against the university.
“They decided me Islamophobic. As if killing thousands of Kashmiri Hindus wasn’t Hinduphobic however creating a movie on the reality is Islamophobic Hindus are in minority at Oxford. this is often oppression of the minority,” Vivek Agnihotri aforementioned.
In his video, Vivek Agnihotri additionally narrated an associate degree report at the university. He aforementioned he was told his address there couldn’t be recorded at the eleventh hour. “This is the edge of freedom of expression. This happened as a result of a couple of Pakistani and Kashmiri Muslim students protesting. On social media, they write that it’s as a result of I support PM Modi,” he said.
Vivek Agnihotri’s film The geographic area Files, discharged in March 2022, was centered on the targeted killings and exodus of geographic areas Hindus within the Kashmir natural depression in the Nineties. The film became the center of a raging discussion – whereas several together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the pic, it additionally received a good little bit of criticism. Earlier this month, the film was illegal in Singapore “over its potential to cause enmity between completely different communities”.