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Press advisory from The Campaign to Stop Funding Hate
As the death toll climbs past 120,000 and the world comes to grips with the devastation caused by the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis, numerous organizations across Asia are stepping up to organize relief and rehabilitation. The Campaign to Stop Funding Hate (CSFH) is humbled by the sheer dedication and determination of these initiatives and urges all individuals in the U.S. and elsewhere to support them by donating generously.CSFH also appeals to donors to ensure that their well-intended donations do not end up in sectarian hands. It is our combined responsibility to ensure that this tragedy does not provide another opportunity for communal/hate groups to gain a foothold in a plural society.
Press
Release from The Campaign to Stop Funding Hate
The
Campaign to Stop Funding Hate (CSFH) thanks the Rashtriya Swayamsewak
Sangh
(RSS) for its statement of February 27th, 2004 clarifying that
the India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF) is indeed a “Hindu
organization”, closely related to the Sangh Parivar. That has
been our claim all along. In contrast to the current RSS statement,
the IDRF continues to mislead the public by claiming to be a secular,
broad based organization funding “development” and “relief” programs
in India. It is nothing more than a US fundraising front for RSS
groups in India. March 1, 2004
Press
Release from The Campaign to Stop Funding Hate
British
Charity Funding Religious Extremism: New Report backs “Stop
Funding Hate” Findings: "An
investigative report says that a charity in the United Kingdom
has channeled millions of pounds raised from the British Public
to organizations affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) in India – the same organizations that are deeply implicated
in the 2002 genocide of Muslims in Gujarat. Prepared by Awaaz – South
Asia Watch Ltd., a London-based secular network, the
report is titled “In
Bad Faith? British Charity and Hindu Extremism.” The
report points out that organizations such as Sewa International,
the fund raising arm of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) in the
U.K, have been raising funds in the name of charity but siphoning
the money to RSS front organizations in India." February
26, 2004
Press
Release from The Campaign to Stop Funding Hate
IDRF Admits to Being
an RSS Operation: Issues New Report Defending
the RSS
"After spending the last
three months claiming that the report, 'A Foreign
Exchange of Hate,'--which exposed the links that
the IDRF has to the Sangh Parivar--is wrong, IDRF
now not only acknowledges the links in a newly
released report (and goes on to defend the RSS
for 'doing good work'), but attempts to conceal
this by aggressive posturing of independence
and factuality." March
3, 2003
Press Release from The Campaign
to Stop Funding Hate for immediate release
"Morale Booster for SFH: UK Charities
Commissioner looking into fresh evidence against
right wing Hindu fundraising activities; Oracle
suspends ties with IDRF, 280 professors petition
US corporations against IDRF." December 13,
2002
Press Advisory from The Campaign to Stop
Funding Hate
"The Channel 4 report is a direct confirmation of
the evidence and conclusions arrived at by the Campaign
to Stop Funding Hate (CSFH)." December 12, 2002
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