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Dear Sir/ Madam,

Orissa witnessed unprecedented violence against the Christian minority in August 2008. On

August 25, 2008, anti-Christian violence began on a big scale. It was systematic and widespread. It sounded as if preparation was already there just the pretext was being awaited.

On the 6^th anniversary of the Kandhamal carnage over 40 Delhi groups are coming together to organise a solidarity programme with the victims of the Kandhamal violence called- Kandhamal: Never Again.

The programme will mark solidarity with the victims of kandhamal as well as all other victims of communal violence and make an appeal to stop communal violence across India.

There are senior speakers and perfromers who would join hands together to mark the 6^th anniversary of the Kandhamal communal carnage. Speakers include: Alwan Masih, Archbishop Anil Couto, Colin Gonsalves,Enakshi Ganguly, Franklin Caesar Thomas, John Dayal, Miloon Kothari, Navaid Hamid, Paul Divakar, Razia Izmail, Ruth Manorama, Sehba Farooqui, Samuel Jaykumar, Sharada manohar Rao, Helen Saldana, Syeda Hameed, Vani  Subramaniam, Vrinda Grover

MUSIC AND POETRY: Dhruv Sangari, Gauhar Raza , Shephali Frost

The programme will be organised on August 25, 2014 from 3-7pm at Jantar Mantar

We request you to kindly send a reporter and a photographer/ camera crew to cover the programme.

Yours sincerely

Bhavna Sharma                  

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ADS, AISA, ALL INDIA CHRISTIAN FEDERATION (AICF) , ALL INDIA DALIT MAHILA ADHIKAR MANCH (AIDMAM), ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION( AIDWA), ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, INDIA, AMAN BIRADARI, ANHAD, BDM- CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA , BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INDIA, CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF INDIA (CBCI) , CBCI WOMEN, CENTRE FOR POLICY ANALYSIS, CENTRE FOR SOCIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION (CSEI), DALIT SANGHARSH SAMITI, KARNATAKA, DALIT WOMEN';S NETWORK FOR SOLIDARITY (DAWNS), BANGALORE, DELHI FORUM, DHAANI, HOUSING AND LAND RIGHTS NETWORK, INDIA PEACE CENTRE, INDIAN SOCIAL INSTITUTE, INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INDIGENOUS TRIBAL PEOPLE, DELHI, JNUCF, JAMIA TEACHERS SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION, JOINT WOMEN’S PROGRAMME, KHUDAI KHIDMATGAR, MKSS, MOEMIN, NAPM , NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN INDIA (NCCI), NATIONAL FEDERATION OF DALIT WOMEN (NFDW), NATIONAL FORUM FOR HOUSING RIGHTS (NFHR),NAVSARJAN TRUST, NATIONAL COUCIL OF DALIT CHRISTIANS, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDIA WOMEN, PEOPLE';S ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND SECULARISM, PMARC, NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR LAND, LABOR & JUSTICE-NMLLJ, SAHELI, SHAHRI ADHIKAR MANCH: BEGHARON KE SAATH (SAM:BKS), UESI, VIDYAJYOTI, WING WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE – INDIA, YMCA NEW DELHI, YMCA INDIA, YWCA NEW DELHI, YWCA INDIA