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GENEVA, Switzerland -- The following information was released by Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA): Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi, who developed testimonial models for torture survivors in India, was in Bangalore, talks to newzfirst. Lenin, Executive Director/Secretary General and founder-member of Peoples Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) is a Ashoka fellow,2007 Gwangju Human Rights awardee ,2008 , ACHA peace star awardee and Weimar Human Rights Award, Germany, 2010. Being an Ayurvedic physician by profession, has been working for the rights of child and bonded labors and other marginalized section of people in Uttar Pradesh. In 1996, he and his wife, Shruti Nagvanshi founded PVCHR to break the closed, feudal hierarchies of conservative villages by building up local institutions and supporting them with a strong human rights network. Purpose of visit to Bangalore? Testimonial therapy plays crucial role in fight for justice and helps the victims of casteist aggression, police torture, communal violence or any other kind of injustice, to come out of the trauma. After successful results in states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand, PVCHR is planning to initiate the testimonial therapy in Karnataka with the help of like-minded organizations highbeam/doc/1G1-286383164.html
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:35:35 +0000

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