The Coalition Against Genocide is a coalition of about 40 organisations mostly based in the

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and

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, as well as individuals, who aim to respond to the

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, which they refer to as the "Gujarat

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", in order to "demand accountability and justice." The coalition of organisations protested against the visit of

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, the Chief Minister of

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, to the United States in March 2005. Modi was denied a visa and did not visit the U.S. at that time.

History

Angana Chatterji Angana P. Chatterji (born November 1966) is an Indian anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian, whose research is closely related to her advocacy work and focuses mainly on India. She co-founded the International People's Tribunal on H ...

helped form and worked with the Coalition Against Genocide. The Coalition was subject to much public targeting after some incriminating documents and an anti-Chatterji online petition to the President and Board of Trustees of CIIS appeared. In July 2008, the coalition again protested against another visit by Modi to the United States, claiming that "the conditions under which he was denied a visa in 2005 remain largely unchanged and the minority community in

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continues to face

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. Modi was again denied a visa by the

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. Shaikh Ubaid was another founding member of Coalition Against Genocide.Amid the euphoria, protests too await Modi in US
The Hindu, September 23, 2014 Ubaid has formed a new activist group named Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), which he says comprises "most organizations and individuals who were part of Coalition Against Genocide (CAG)".

Coalition members

The coalition claims the following members:

References

External links

Coalition Against Genocide
(official website) {{2002 Gujarat Violence International human rights organizations 2002 Gujarat riots