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Is award waapsi back?
After the latest case of 16-year-old Junaid being lynched to death, social activist Shabnam Hashmi returned her award as she said, “The National Commission for Minorities and the government has failed to provide even a semblance of dignity and security to the minority communities.”
Hashmi returned her award to the National Minorities Commission on Tuesday, being the first to return a National Minority Rights Award.
She says the commission should have taken suo moto action against each and every incident.
Awarded in 2008, Hashmi says she is 100% sure that majority of Indians do not support the kind of lynchings that are taking place.
Hashmi said there is a large network of secular organisations across India, some are speaking out and some are not. There is an atmosphere of fear as more are remaining silent.
The Chairman of the National Minorities Commision wasn’t present at the time and hence the award was returned to the commission’s director.
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