Last week Kohima witnessed a ‘Freedom Rally’ towards obligatory vaccination. Organized by civil society teams and church buildings, it ended with a memorandum to the Nagaland CM that vaccination is an choice. Reverend Azhato Kiba, 41, pastor of New Life Church, Kohima, was an organiser:
1. Everyone participated?
We had been like-minded folks – representatives of assorted church buildings, civil society teams in addition to the general public – who’re towards the federal government’s marketing campaign to compulsorily vaccinate the general public.
2. What is your demand?
Despite the Supreme Court saying that vaccination just isn’t necessary, governments have made guidelines to compel folks. We are usually not towards folks getting vaccinated, we simply don’t desire pressured vaccinations, as a result of we consider the choice is a really private selection. It needs to be voluntary and the federal government ought to finish discrimination towards those that refuse it.
3. How are non-vaccinated folks discriminated towards?
Unvaccinated college students are usually not allowed to attend offline courses, malls bar admission in the event you do not flash your vaccine certificates. It is similar with banks and lots of different public locations. In every household, there are vaccinated and unvaccinated people, however there isn’t any discrimination amongst them. Then why is the federal government discriminating?
4. But is there no must vaccinate towards COVID?
We are usually not stopping folks from getting vaccinated, we’re solely asking the federal government to offer us freedom to take selections.
5. Why did you name your rally ‘Freedom Rally’?
The identify was ‘Freedom Rally – Restutio de Libertas’, or Restoration of Liberty. Our freedom has been taken away. We can’t go to highschool, faculty, mall, from one district to a different with out vaccination.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
