The City Council
decided at its yesterday ( 23.6. ) session, 16
to give human rights prize of the city of Weimar in 2010 , Dr. Lenin
Raghuvanshi of the Indians.
(Source: Weimar, 24 June 2010)
The City Council
decided at its yesterday ( 23.6. ) session, 16
to give human rights prize of the city of Weimar in 2010 , Dr. Lenin
Raghuvanshi of the Indians.

Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi has been
working 15 years for the rights and interests of the Dalits (members of
the lower caste), primarily in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. As the
founder of the "Vigilance Committee on Human People's Rights (PVCHR),
he strove to maintain and enforce the fundamental rights of vulnerable
groups such as children, women, Dalits and indigenous minorities. Dr.
Raghuvanshi, by its Committee created structures that enable it to
enforce such rights. He also documented any kind of human rights such as
starvation, police torture, child labor, etc., and tried through
cooperation with local human rights groups to care for the victims
individually . Because of its commitment to human rights are he, his
family and associates permanent hostility (including death threats )
exposed by political opponents.
Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi was proposed by
the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom".

The award will be
on Dec 10, the proclaimed by the United Nations International Day of
Human Rights, made.