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Abbreviation | HfHR |
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Formation | 2019 |
Founder | Sunita Viswanath, Raju Rajagopal, Deepak Gupta, Sapthagiri Iyengar, Sunil Sakhalkar, Punya Upadhyaya |
36-4952444 | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) non-profit |
Purpose | Pluralism, civil rights, and human rights in South Asia and North America |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Location |
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Region served | United States |
Official language | English |
Website |
www |
Hindus for Human Rights (abbr. HfHR) is a U.S.-based non-profit advocacy group founded in 2019.
The organization was founded in the summer of 2019 in the wake of Narendra Modi's re-election as Prime Minister of India. [1] It was co-founded by Sunita Viswanath, Raju Rajagopal, Deepak Gupta, Sapthagiri Iyengar, Sunil Sakhalkar, and Punya Upadhyaya. [2] [3] Advisory board members of Hindus for Human Rights include Rajmohan Gandhi, T.M. Krishna, Martin Macwan, Faisal Khan, Linda Hess, Swara Bhaskar, and Khalid Anis Ansari. [4]
Hindus for Human Rights has protested against the Howdy Modi rally in 2019 [5] and the Citizenship Amendment Act. [6] HfHR has also organized press conferences and webinars in support of former and current activists and political prisoners in India including Sanjiv Bhatt, [7] Umar Khalid, [8] Anand Teltumbde, [9] Sudha Bharadwaj, [10] and the late Father Stan Swamy. [11]
In April 2022, Hindus for Human Rights compiled a statement asking Hindus around the world to break the "collective silence and speak out" against Hindutva-fuelled hate and violence against Muslims in India. [12]
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Abbreviation | HfHR |
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Formation | 2019 |
Founder | Sunita Viswanath, Raju Rajagopal, Deepak Gupta, Sapthagiri Iyengar, Sunil Sakhalkar, Punya Upadhyaya |
36-4952444 | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) non-profit |
Purpose | Pluralism, civil rights, and human rights in South Asia and North America |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Location |
|
Region served | United States |
Official language | English |
Website |
www |
Hindus for Human Rights (abbr. HfHR) is a U.S.-based non-profit advocacy group founded in 2019.
The organization was founded in the summer of 2019 in the wake of Narendra Modi's re-election as Prime Minister of India. [1] It was co-founded by Sunita Viswanath, Raju Rajagopal, Deepak Gupta, Sapthagiri Iyengar, Sunil Sakhalkar, and Punya Upadhyaya. [2] [3] Advisory board members of Hindus for Human Rights include Rajmohan Gandhi, T.M. Krishna, Martin Macwan, Faisal Khan, Linda Hess, Swara Bhaskar, and Khalid Anis Ansari. [4]
Hindus for Human Rights has protested against the Howdy Modi rally in 2019 [5] and the Citizenship Amendment Act. [6] HfHR has also organized press conferences and webinars in support of former and current activists and political prisoners in India including Sanjiv Bhatt, [7] Umar Khalid, [8] Anand Teltumbde, [9] Sudha Bharadwaj, [10] and the late Father Stan Swamy. [11]
In April 2022, Hindus for Human Rights compiled a statement asking Hindus around the world to break the "collective silence and speak out" against Hindutva-fuelled hate and violence against Muslims in India. [12]
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)