Hindus for Human Rights

The organization was founded in the summer of 2019 in the wake of Narendra Modi's re-election as Prime Minister of India. It was co-founded by Sunita Viswanath, Raju Rajagopal, Deepak Gupta, Sapthagiri Iyengar, Sunil Sakhalkar, and Punya Upadhyaya. Advisory board members of Hindus for Human Rights include Rajmohan Gandhi, T.M. Krishna, Martin Macwan, Faisal Khan, Linda Hess, Swara Bhaskar, and Khalid Anis Ansari. The UK chapter was founded in the summer of 2023. == Advocacy ==

Hindus for Human Rights has protested against the Howdy Modi rally in 2019 and the Citizenship Amendment Act. HfHR has also organized press conferences and webinars in support of former and current activists and political prisoners in India including Sanjiv Bhatt, Umar Khalid, Anand Teltumbde, Sudha Bharadwaj, and the late Father Stan Swamy. In April 2022, Hindus for Human Rights compiled a statement asking Hindus around the world to break the "collective silence and speak out" against Hindutva-fuelled hate and violence against Muslims in India. In 2024 Hindus for Human Rights UK led campaigns against the organising of Hindu nationalist groups around the UK general election and against the fact that the “Mayor of London’s annual Diwali” event was organised by the VHP (UK) and other groups that promote or support Hindutva. HfHR UK wrote an open letter to the Mayor of London that was signed by a number of prominent South Asian diasporic organisations, party political groups, and prominent individuals. == References ==