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Hindu: Jaipur: Saturday, 17 October 2015.
“The right to
freedom of expression is of utmost importance as it is the foundation of the
Right To Information [Act],” RTI pioneer and social activist Aruna Roy said
here, on Friday while expressing her support for the writers who are protesting
to protect the right to freedom of expression.
Several
writers across the country have returned their Sahitya Akademi Awards to
protest against the increasing instances of religious intolerance in the
country and the killings of writers to curb freedom of expression.
Condemning
the killing of social activist Govind Pansare, and rationalists Narendra
Dabholkar and M.M. Kalburgi, Ms. Roy said the Central government’s inaction
over the killings was shameful.
“With the
growing intolerance it seems that the future of this country will be bleak and
the rights that have been given to us by the constitution will cease to exist,”
Ms. Roy said while addressing the media here.
Extending her
support to the writers’ protests and condemning the Dadri lynching Social
activist and national convener of National Alliance for People's Movement
(NAPM) Medha Patkar, who also addressed the media, said: “We condemn the acts
by which the minorities are being victimised.”
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