104 Organisations Resist Anti-Conversion Laws through a Poster Campaign

104 organisations have endorsed the poster campaign against the Anti-Conversion Laws in India. We request you to circulate, release and share the material.

Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed the Anti-Conversion Bill despite stiff opposition from the opposition parties. However, it is not yet tabled in the upper house to make it a law. The Anti-Conversion Law affects Christians, Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis and Women. In this context, the National Solidarity Concerns has initiated this campaign, not just against the Anti-Conversion Bill in Karnataka, but also against all Anti-Conversion Laws in India. The organisations argue that these Laws are not just a violation of Freedom of Religion, but also a violation of various clauses of the Indian Constitution. The National Solidarity Forum appeals to all those who believe in democracy, pluralism and secularism to use this material in your network, share and circulate widely.

The organisations which have stood up for this campaign are:

1. Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)
2. All India Secular Forum
3. Anti-Jindal and Anti-POSCO Movement, Odisha
4. AKHRA (Jharkhand)
5. All India Network of Individuals and NGOs working with National and State Human Rights Institutions (AINNI)
6. All India Catholic Union
7. Alternative Front for Dalit Christian Liberation’
8. Aadhi Tamilar Viduthalai Iyakkam. Tamil Nadu
9. All India Progressive Writers’ Association (PWA)
10. All India Progressive Women’s Association) AIPWA
11. Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR Goa)
12. Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan
13. Bahujan Students and Youth Front, Odisha.
14. Bebaak Collective
15. Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA)
16. Bangalore South Christian Welfare Association
17. Bembala, St Joseph’s Outreach Center
18. Bangla Sanskriti Manch
19. BADAYL
20. Counter Currents
21. Centre for Study of Society and Secularism
22. Coorg Organization for Rural Development (CORD)
23. Critics.in
24. Citizens for Justice and Peace
25. Citizens Forum for Mangalore Development
26. Citizens’ Initiatives for Communal Harmony, Goa
27. Civil Society Forum on Human Rights (CSFHR), Bhubaneswar,
28. Common Concern, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
29. Chhattisgarh Nagrik Sanyukta Sangarsh Samiti (CNSSS)
30. Center for Public Policy Alternatives. Bhubaneswar
31. Centre for study of Philosophy and Humanities
32. Christian Dalits liberation Movement
33. Council for Social Justice and Peace, Goa
34. Dalit Mukti Morcha, Chhattisgarh
35. Ecumenical Council for Drought Action and Water Management

36 .Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity (FDCA)

37. Fraternity Movement, Kerala
38. FORWARD TRUST
39. Forum against Oppression of Women

40 .Hindus for Human Rights

41. Human Rights Defenders’ Alert-India (HRDA)
42. Humanitarian Relief Society – Goa
43. Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF)
44. Indian American Muslim Council
45. INSAF, Odisha
46. Indian Writers’ Forum, Delhi
47. Indian Social Institute, Bangalore
48. Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy
49. Indian people’s theatre association.
50. Indo Palestine Solidarity Network (ISPN)
51. India Civil Watch International
52. Justice Coalition of Religious -West India
53. Justice and Peace Regional Commission, Bengaluru.
54. Karwan e Mohabbat
55. Khudai Khidmatgar
56. Karnataka Peace Organisation
57. Konkani Shanti Publications – Goa
58. Lok Shakti Abhiyan
59. Legal Forum Mysore
60. Madhu Bhaduri, Former Ambassador of India
61. Mulnivasi Samata Parishad, Odisha
62. Mulnivasi Students and Youth Front, Odisha
63. Mulnivasi Mahila Mahasangh, Odisha
64. Movement for Justice
65. Mahila sangharsh Sampark Samiti
66. National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
67. NAPM, Karnataka
68. National Solidarity Forum (NSF)
69. National Adivasi Alliance
70. New Socialist Alternative
71. Naveddu Nilladiddare Karnataka
72. National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations –GOA
73. Orissa Development Action Forum, Odisha
74. Oikotree India
75. Odisha Manav Adhikar Manch, Bhubaneswar
76. One Billion Rising Campaign
77. PRASHANT, Ahmedabad
78. People’s Watch
79. Patabhedam Magazine
80. Progressive Christian Alliance
81. PUNARCHITH, Chanarajanagar district, Karnataka
82. People’s Action in Development, Andhra Pradesh
83. Parisara Shanthi
84. Reach Lawyer
85. Socialist Party (India)
86. Sahayatrika for Human Rights, Kerala
87. Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES)
88. SC, ST, OBC and Minorities Join Action Committee, ODISHA.
89. Student Christian Movement of India (SCMI)
90. Sadhana Mahila Sangha
91. Social Justice Action Committee – Goa
92. Swasthya Shiksha Nirman
93. Saheli Women’s Resource Centre-New Delhi,
94. Social Harmony Federation-Tamil Nadu & Puduchery,
95. The Humanism Project- Australia
96. The Bombay Catholic Sabha
97. United Minority Forum, Odisha
98. United Christian Forum, India (UCF India)
99. Visual Search
100. Vidhrohi Mahila Manch
101. Veshya Anayay Mukti Paraishad
102. Women’s Voice
103. YWCA of Goa

104.Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, Kodagu

This article originally appeared in Counter Currents