Concluded: Conference on Defending the Defenders

Concluded: Conference on Defending the Defenders


Mr. Venkatesh Nayak , Programme Coordinator, Access to Information, CHRI moderated the inaugural session on "Attacks on RTI activists" at the day-long conference on Defending the Defenders organised by Human Rights Law Network in Delhi today. Panelists who spoke at this session included Anjali Bhardwaj, SNS & NCPRI; A K Parasher, former Focal Point for Human Rights Defenders, NHRC; Abhishek Singh, s/o slain RTI activist Late Ram Vilas Singh, Lakhisarai, Bihar and Sanjay Sahni, MGNREGA Watch, Muzaffarpur. Sanjoy Hazarika, International Director of CHRI made an intervention during the panel on "Attacks on Journalists."