US Lawyers Write to President Biden on Farmers Protests, Modi Govt s Repressive Tactics Your administration comes to office at a time when minority communities across India are in peril, notes the letter, urging the US President to act.
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff during a visit to NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., February 11, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria
World15/Feb/2021
New Delhi: More than 40 lawyers of south Asian descent have written an open letter to US President Joseph Biden, asking him to take note of the farmers’ protests and the methods of repressing it taken up by the Centre.
In the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matters protests in the United States, the 2021 Fordham International Law Journal Symposium topic will focus on the manifestation of the Black Lives Matter movement and the issue of racial and ethnic discrimination around the globe. Panelists will include judges, scholars, and activists within and outside of the Fordham community well versed in civil and human rights issues in an international context. Conversation will surround an identification of the particular issues in jurisdictions outside of the United States as well as ongoing proposed solutions.