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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 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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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