Ria Chakrabarty
Ria Chakrabarty is Policy Director at Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR).
About
From the Hindus for Human Rights website as of March 14, 2024:[1]
- Through her work, Ria has focused on understanding the effects of US foreign policy on communities worldwide. She recently worked for the Armed Conflict Location and Events Data Project, where she researched political violence in the United States. She conducted her own research on the 2019 wave of democratic protests published by the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Journal of Global Affairs.
- Ria is also passionate about creating political momentum for human rights and social justice policies. This passion led her to work in various positions in the United States Senate and the World Health Organization. She graduated from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas with a Masters of Global Policy Studies and a concentration in International Development. She earned her B.A. in Government and International Relations.
Just Security
Ria Chakrabarty wrote an article published at Just Security titled "Beyond Alleged Assassination Plots, India’s Modi is Silencing US Critics Digitally Too" dated January 16, 2024.[2]
Initial Endorser of the Ceasefire Now Resolution
Ria Chakrabarty, Policy Director, Hindus for Human Rights was listed as an endorser of the Ceasefire Now Resolution, which called for Joe Biden to pressure Israel to stop their efforts to destroy Hamas and to send "humanitarian aid" to Palestine after the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023. The Ceasefire Now Resolution was initiated by Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, and Delia Ramirez.[3],[4]
From an October 16, 2023 Cori Bush Press Release:[5],[6]
- Washington, D.C. (October 16, 2023) — Today, Representatives Cori Bush (MO-01), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Andre Carson (IN-07), Summer Lee (PA-12), and Delia Ramirez (IL-03), alongside Representatives Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Chuy Garcia (IL-04), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) announced a resolution urging the Biden Administration to call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Israel and occupied Palestine, to send humanitarian aid and assistance to Gaza, and to save as many lives as possible.
- “I am grieving for every Palestinian, Israeli, and American life lost to this violence, and my heart breaks for all those who will be forever traumatized because of it. War and retaliatory violence doesn’t achieve accountability or justice; it only leads to more death and human suffering,” said Congresswoman Bush. “Today I am introducing the Ceasefire Now Resolution, vital legislation that calls for de-escalation and an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Occupied Palestine, and for humanitarian assistance to urgently be delivered to the 2.2 million people under siege and trapped in Gaza. The United States bears a unique responsibility to exhaust every diplomatic tool at our disposal to prevent mass atrocities and save lives. We can’t bomb our way to peace, equality, and freedom. With thousands of lives lost and millions more at stake, we need a ceasefire now...”
References
- ↑ Hindus for Human Rights Staff (accessed March 14, 2024)
- ↑ Hindus for Human Rights Staff (accessed March 14, 2024)
- ↑ X Post from Cori Bush dated Oct 16, 2023 (accessed October 23, 2023)
- ↑ Archive Link: X Post from Cori Bush dated Oct 16, 2023 (accessed October 23, 2023)
- ↑ Cori Bush Press Release dated Oct 16, 2023 (accessed October 23, 2023)
- ↑ Archive Link: Cori Bush Press Release dated Oct 16, 2023 (accessed October 23, 2023)