Speakers include: Indian human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar, who most recently has defended the accused in the Parliament Attack case; historian and writer on colonialism and patriarchy Kumkum Sangari; radical historian from Pakistan Mubarak Ali; Editor of Indian left monthly Liberation Kavita Krishnan; spokesperson of Cageprisoners Adnan Siddiqui; eminent civil-liberties lawyer Gareth Peirce; Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation spokesperson Hani Lazim, historian and writer on British imperialism John Newsinger; feminist educationalist Rubina Saigol from Pakistan

Organised by South Asia Solidarity Group, The 1857 Committee and the Centre for South Asian Studies, SOAS

South Asia Solidarity Group is a campaigning organisation committed to strengthening movements for secularism, justice and genuine democracy, both in South Asia and among South Asian communities in Britain. 

Our activities and analysis make the connections between the racism of the British state, America and Britain’s so-called ‘war on terror’, and the rise of fascist forces in South Asia. We are involved in struggles against patriarchal oppression within South Asian communities and in exposing the ways in which it is reinforced and reshaped by the British state. We aim to develop an understanding of the changes which are occurring in South Asia and globally from a revolutionary left perspective.

Currently we are organising under the slogan ‘Stand Together Against Communalism and War’ to

•  Resist the attempts of the religious right to divide South Asian communities in Britain
• Stem the flow of funds raised in Britain for fascist Hindutva organisations in India
• Build  a strong and united South Asian presence in the anti-war movement in Britain

We are founder members of Asian Women Unite! A network of Asian Women’s organisations in Britain.