#FreeSanjivBhatt Press Conference, Jan 18th 12 pm ET/10:30 pm IST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
US NGOs Hindus for Human Rights and Indian American Muslim Council Call a Press Conference on MLK Jr. Day to #FreeSanjivBhatt
PRESS CONTACTS:
Sunita Viswanath, Hindus for Human Rights, 001-917-518-2441, sunita@hindusforhumanrights.org
Rasheed Ahmed, Indian American Muslim Council, 001-630-290-1024, Rasheed.ahmed@iamc.com
"Our lives begin to end the day we become
silent about things that matter."--Martin Luther King Jr.
On Monday January 18th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, members of the press are invited by Hindus for Human Rights and Indian American Muslim Council to a press conference on the unjust arrest of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, a man who was not silent about things that matter.
Wrongfully convicted at a sham trial for allegedly killing a man he never met, Sanjiv Bhatt is a Prisoner of Conscience who has been targeted because he alleged Narendra Modi’s complicity in anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat.
Monday January 18, 2020
9 am PST/12 pm EST/10:30 pm IST
Link to register: tinyurl.com/FreeSanjivBhattPresser
SPEAKER LIST (more may be added)
Saurin Shah, Gujarat-based lawyer
Shashi Tharoor, author, former international civil servant, and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Kerala
S.R. Darapuri, former IPS Officer in UP, social activist and politician.
Arundhati Dhuru, women's and human rights activist
Anand Patwardhan, Indian documentary member and human rights defender
Mallika Sarabhai, human rights activist, Indian classical dancer and actor
Sandeep Pandey, Gandhian peace activist and Magsaysay Award winner
Harsh Mander, Gandhian peace activist, teacher and author
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Video statement by Aakashi Bhatt in a Capitol Hill briefing in 2019 about her father Sanjiv Bhatt’s case.
Good overview of the whole story of Sanjiv Bhatt's case in Time Magazine
Sanjiv Bhatt sentenced to life in 2019, for the alleged murder of a man he never met
Sanjiv Bhatt's appeal for bail will be heard on January 22nd
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