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Ex-Congress leader forms ‘Volunteers Against Hate’ to fight hate crimes in India

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Volunteers Against Hate (VAH) is a team of like-minded people that aims to combat hate, prejudice, and discrimination in all its forms. On March 6, 2023, the team was formed by Dr. Meraj Husain (Senior Congress Leader and Ex Member CBFC-GOI) to help victims of hate crime from all oppressed sections of society. He resigned from the congress party on February 21, 2023, on the Junaid-Nasir issue after visiting their home in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, and citing lack of action by the Gehlot’s Govt. and cold behavior of the congress high command on Muslim issues and lack of willingness on taking a stand on their behalf. He saw a need for a more proactive approach to addressing hate crimes and discrimination in their communities.
The National Convenor of VAH aims to build a pan-India team that provides legal support to the victims of hate crime all across the country along with raising voices for the rehabilitation of victims and to educate the public about the effects of hate and prejudice on individuals and society as a whole. And to advocate for policies and laws that promote equality and tolerance.
The network offers resources such as legal support, counseling services, and community outreach programs. Volunteers Against Hate aims to work closely with law enforcement agencies and community organizations to ensure that hate crimes are reported, investigated, and prosecuted.
Overall, Volunteers Against Hate is a vital organization that plays a crucial role in fighting hate and discrimination in our communities. Through their education, advocacy, and community outreach programs, they are helping to create a more inclusive and tolerant society for all.
Post announcement of its formation in a very short span of 15 days organization has made more than ten thousand volunteers across the country. In this very short time team has able to form a legal cell including 15 lawyers on board which is headed by Supreme Court Advocate Niteen Kumar Sinha along with Senior Advocate Rais Farooqi of Delhi High Court.
Volunteers Against Hate has also formed a social media Team of 90 members which is highly active on Twitter against hate crime and trying to bring hate crimes from all over country in the public domain and seeking the administration for their help.
Volunteers Against Hate has got more than ten thousand retweets praising our efforts and people across the country are seeking help through our medium. In this short span of time, Dr. Meraj Husain has taken the first Volunteers Against Hate meeting in Mumbai on March 20, 2023, in his recent Maharashtra tour.
His vision is to bring six state teams of lawyers and volunteers along with one national team within the next six months. VAH is focusing on Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Bihar in the first leg of their operation.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 28, 2023
Revitalization of Youth Clubs: DC Kulgam inaugurates 4 days Training programme for Volunteers

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KULGAM, MARCH 15: The District Administration Kulgam in collaboration with RDD has started a four days training cum awareness programme for volunteers of youth clubs at Mini-Secretariat, here.
The training programme was inaugurated by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr.Bilal-Mohi-Ud Din Bhat.
Addressing the occasion, the DC said that these youth clubs and volunteers will work as leaders and change-makers and will be a source of generating awareness about various schemes among youth and masses.
The DC stated that these volunteers are a resource and urged them to take advantage of the training session. He also impressed upon them to work proactively for elimination of drug menace which has victimized the young generation badly.
During the training cum awareness programme, Resource persons from various departments briefed the participants about various self employment schemes and beneficiary oriented schemes.
ADDC, Showkat Ahmad Rather; ADC, Viqar Ahmed Giri; ACR, Mir Imtiyaz Ul Aziz; ACD, Mohammad Imran Khan and other officers were present on the occasion.
NO: PR/DDI/SGR/23/258/

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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 15, 2023
Bengaluru volunteers send relief supplies to victims in Turkey, Syria

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New Delhi: A group of volunteers from Bengaluru has sent relief material for the earthquake victims of Turkiye and Syria via the Turkish embassy in New Delhi.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on February 6 and the large aftershocks that followed destroyed thousands of buildings and claimed more than 39,000 lives.
More than 1,000 blankets to the Embassy of Turkey and a monetary donation to the Embassy of Syria were sent on Wednesday by the volunteers, in association with Aarogya Seva, an international humanitarian aid agency, and Vananam Ventures.
“We are happy to be able to contribute to the relief efforts for those affected by the earthquake in Turkiye and Syria. We hope our donation of 1,000 blankets to the Embassy of Turkey and the monetary donation to the Embassy of Syria will help in some small way to ease the suffering of those impacted by this tragedy,” Puneeth T, a volunteer from Bengaluru, said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 16, 2023
Peace Corps evacuates volunteers from Peru amid worsening political crisis

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A person familiar with the move, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive withdrawal, said the volunteers are headed to the Peace Corps’ post in Ecuador.
The decision comes after weeks of popular unrest against a government that has taken over following a failed December coup attempt by a Peruvian president facing impeachment. The South American country has had a politically tumultuous few years, cycling through several presidents amid various corruption and other scandals.
Peace Corps volunteers often work in areas far from national capitals and with less immediate protections than U.S. diplomats — meaning they are sometimes the first group of U.S. workers to be evacuated when unrest hits.
Though the U.S. has issued some travel alerts for Peru, there’s no current indication that the U.S. Embassy in Peru, U.S. Agency for International Development officials or other government agents are leaving the country.
The Peace Corps has a long, though somewhat intermittent history in Peru. Hundreds of volunteers cycled through the country between 1962 and 1975, when the program closed due to political and economic instability. It returned to the country in 2002.
Analysts are fearful that the situation in Peru — and the conditions that allowed Peace Corps volunteers to work there — aren’t set to improve.
“The government has doubled down on the crackdowns,” said Jo-Marie Burt, a professor of Latin America studies at George Mason University. “Things are going to get worse before they get better.”
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

January 31, 2023