Biden administration honours Indian activist Anjali Bhardwaj with Anti-Corruption Champions Award
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Lalit K Jha
, PTI
Bhardwaj has served as an active member of the Right to Information Movement in India for over two decades
The 48-year-old activist is also the founder of the Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS), a citizens group with a mandate to promote transparency
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Anjali Bharadwaj, an Indian social activist working on issues of transparency and accountability, is one of the 12 anti-corruption champions announced by the Biden administration. The Biden administration recognises that we will only be successful in combating these issues by working in concert with committed partners, including courageous individuals who champion anti-corruption efforts and countries working to fulfil their commitments to international anti-corruption standards, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said on Tuesday.
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The editor in chief of a Kyrgyz investigative website and a former Ukrainian prosecutor-general are among 12 people who have been recognized by the U.S. State Department as anti-corruption champions.
The winners of the new International Anti-Corruption Champions Award were announced on February 23 by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said in a statement that the award recognizes people who have worked tirelessly, often in the face of adversity, to combat corruption in their own countries.
Bolot Temirov, editor in chief of the Kyrgyz investigative website FactCheck, and Ruslan Ryaboshapka, who was forced out of his job as Ukraine s prosecutor-general last year in a parliamentary no-confidence vote, were among the recipients.
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Updated February 24, 2021 12:45pm Pasig City Mayor Victor Vico Sotto has been named among 12 International Anticorruption Champions who defend transparency, combat corruption and ensure accountability, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced. Around the world, corruption threatens security and stability, hinders economic growth, undermines democracy and human rights, destroys trust in public institutions, facilitates transnational crime, and siphons away public and private resources, said Blinken in a statement. The Biden Administration recognizes that we will only be successful in combating these issues by working in concert with committed partners, including courageous individuals who champion anticorruption efforts and countries working to fulfill their commitments to international anticorruption standards, he added.
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