Nadeem Khan

Nadeem Khan (born Mohammad Wasiq Nadeem Khan; December 15, 1977) is a human rights activist in India serving as the National Secretary of Association for Protection of Civil Rights and Founder of UAH (United Against Hate), actively contributing to its cause. His activism extends various communal violence incidents across India including the Bihar Communal Violence, Ram Navami Violence, and Kasganj violence of 2018. He also aligned the victims with others for sponsorship.

Khan was born in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. He received his primary education in his hometown. Khan's Father Mohammad Wasim Khan was a farmer.

Khan along with other activists launched United Against Hate (UAH) -an anti-hate crime campaign initiative- in 2017. UAH is a team of professionals, students, social activists, bureaucrats, journalists, and advocates who are endeavoring to help, address the issues, bring in mainstream discussions the cause of victims of hate crime by organizing conferences, protests, workshops across the country.

After the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed, a Muslim student from JNU, Khan with other activists demonstrated several times at the CBI Headquarters and Jantar Mantar led by Najeeb's mother Fatima Nafees to take the matter of Najeeb's disappearance seriously in view of the police inaction. Apart from this, Khan had also launched a signature campaign in Najeeb's case.

Khan played an important role in documenting the consequences of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Assam by releasing the first comprehensive report in 2018. The report focused on 14 districts of Assam affected by NRC and was released in various Indian states including Telangana. He released a second report recognizing the flaws in Foreign Tribunals in the context of Assam’s NRC in 2019- highlighting loopholes.

Khan emerged as a community leader during anti-CAA protests, offering guidance and support for the peaceful movement. His activism extends to all prominent cases of the Delhi riots where he actively engaged with victims and advocated for at least 350 cases. Nadeem Khan has continuously raised his voice to uphold human rights through his activism such as in Jahangirpuri, Himmat Nagar, Khargone, Ranchi, and recently in Haldwani and others.

After the Delhi riots in February 2020, Delhi Police found in its investigation that along with Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Khalid Saifi, and other accused, Khan was also involved in the conspiracy of the riots. Police alleged that the creation of Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) was the brainchild of Umar Khalid and Khan to rope in different student organisations of Jamia Millia Islamia.

• Janmitr Samman by People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR).
• National Muslim Social Leadership Award for Civil Liberties by Movement for Empowerment of Muslim Indians (2019).
• Voice of People Award by Pal Pal News.