INVITATION

What: Press Conference on Karwan-e-Mohabbat (a peace walk)

When: September 25, 2017 at 3 p.m

Where: Lawn (ground floor), Press Club of India,  Raisina Road

The Karwan-e-Mohabbat set out on September 4 from Assam as a collective response of love, atonement, conscience and justice, to the climate of hate, violence and fear that has enveloped many parts of the country. It traversed eight states, where the members of the Karwan met over fifty families that were targets of hate violence, whether in the form of lynching and mob attacks, Dalit atrocities or violent communal targeting by the police. The states where the Karwan travelled are Assam, Jharkhand, coastal Karnataka, Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

The Karwan found a situation of enormous, settled, everyday fear among Muslims, Christians and Dalits in many parts of the country. It found that they had very little expectation of justice from the state. In many states, it found that the police itself is assuming the tasks of the lynch mob against minorities. It also found very little remorse in the majority community in many places where the violence actually occurred, although at the same time the Karwan was met not just with stones and footwear but with rose petals and tremendous goodwill for its message of peace and love.

In order to share what they observed and felt through this unique journey, members of the Karwan-e-Mohabbat will address both the press and other citizens who are interested, from 3 pm onwards at Press Club of India (Lawn), Raisina Road.

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For more information please call Farah 9560511667 or Padmini Krishnan 9810482967