Gujarat massacre 2002: After 19 years, victims still waiting for justice
By Sameer| Updated: 4th March 2021 11:30 am IST
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By Muslim Mirror Network
The Alliance to Save and Protect America from Infiltration by Religious Extremists (ASPAIRE) held its third part of a series of discussions on “Resisting the Assault on Democracies in India and the US” on February 28, 2021. The focus was on revisiting the 2002 Gujarat massacre, which had seized the attention of the national and international media, with prominent activists, who had been closely associated with the riots, participating in this webinar.
The speakers included, Dr Shak Ubaid, co-chair ASPAIRE, Vijaylakshmi Nadar, investigative journalist and Bureau chief of The India Observer, New Jersey, Nishrin Jafri, daughter of congress minister Ahsan Jafri, who was brutally killed in the Gujarat riots, Father Cedric Prakash, jesuit priest, activist who headed the Concerned Citizens Tribunal (CCT) which documented and presented a citizens report on the Gujarat riots and Shabnam Hashmi, an activist who also helped document the detailed accounts of the 38 gangrape victims of the Gujarat riots.