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ThemarginalisationofMalaysiasminorityIndian
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Time:19:00-21:30
Date:Tuesday7thFebruary2012
Location:KhaliliLectureTheatre(KLT),SOASLocation: KhaliliLectureTheatre(KLT-mainbuilding)
SchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies(SOAS),UniversityofLondon
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Waytha Moorthy Waytha Moorthy is
the Chair of Hindraf, a grass root movementfor the marginalised Malaysian Indian
community. He began his career as a Litigation
lawyer. Much of Moorthys work involved
public interest litigations such as arbitrary
arrests of individuals, unlawful deaths of
detainees in police custody, extra judicial
killings; individuals denied of citizenship
status in Malaysia, individuals forced to accept
the Islam religion, represent Hindu temple and
devotees faced with demolition of their places
of worships, displaced plantation workers
denied of government compensation.
His experience on the above matters prompted
him to form a non-governmental organisation
in 2005 and thus Hindu Rights Action Force
commonly known as HINDRAF was formed.
He was the first to highlight the rights of non-
Muslims and Indians in the international arena.
He has presented at various conferences and at
the US Congress, UK Parliament, EU and UN.
In 2007, over 100,000 people joined
HINDRAF in a peaceful public march to
highlight the plight of the marginalised Indian
community. His International passport was
revoked by the Malaysian authorities whilst hewas attending a meeting at the UN office in
Geneva. He currently lives in exile after the
UK Government granted him political asylum
in 2008. He is the only Malaysian leader who
is forced to live in exile.
Suresh Grover has been active in the
Civil Rights field for over 30 years, and is theChairperson of the National Civil Rights
Movement. The Guardian Newspaper
described him as one of the hundred most
influential people in Social Policy in the UK.
He is the leading exponent of family and
community led campaigns having coordinated
the campaigns on Stephen Lawrence, Zahid
Mubarek and Victoria Climbie all these
cases led to Public Judicial Inquiries and
consequent positive changes in legislation,
social policy and practices in the United
Kingdom (UK).
He is currently the Director of The Monitoring
Group. (UK). Established in the early 1980s,
the organization is acknowledged as a leading
civil rights organistion that provides advocacy,
campaigning, casework, trauma and strategy
led services. The Group works towards the
eradication of racism, bigotry and religious
hatred and their adverse impact on victims and
their communities. It is committed to a
pluralistic society where human rights are
paramount and where cultural, social and
political diversity is promoted and valued.