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#FreeSanjivBhatt Press Conference, Jan 18th 12 pm ET/10:30 pm IST

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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

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