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Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) organised Training Programmes of Paralegal Social Workers at Lucknow and Mumbai. The main purpose of the programmes was to train activists to effectively play their role in the protection of civil rights and it was the first event of its kind in the proposed series of similar programmes in different parts of the country. Apart from orientation lectures, a group discussion was held and assignments were given to impart practical training in the field of human rights and civil liberties. Delegates will receive certificates for their active participation in the programme. Lucknow Programme was participated by around 40 human rights activists from different parts of Uttar Pradesh. The Western UP Zone of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind hosted the programme in the Conference Hall of its office at Darul Islam in the Molvi Ganj area of the city.
The programme was addressed by Dr Shakeel Ahmad, the Secretary of Islamic Relief Committee, Ahmadabad; Mr Mohammad Sulaiman, President of Indian National League, Kanpur; Dr M. Rafat, Shura Member of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, New Delhi; Mr Abdul Rashid Agwan, President of Universal Knowledge Trust, New Delhi, Mr Mohammad Ahmad, Ameer, Western UP Zone of the Jamaat, Lucknow; Mr Mohammad Khalid, and others.
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The Mumbai Programme was a grand success on the count of whole-hearted participation and enthusiasm of concerned individuals on whose insistence the number of registered delegates has gone from the planned 75 to the actual 187. The State Unit of Social Service Department of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind sponsored the programme. The main purpose of the programme was to train Muslim activists to effectively play their role in the protection of civil rights and it was the second event of its kind in the envisaged series of similar programmes in different parts of the country.
The renowned legal expert and the President of the host organisation Advocate Yousuf Hatim Muchhala emphasised in his address that the country is passing through a phase when there is an exponential rise of violation of civil liberties on the one hand and, on the other, genuine voices for preservation of civil society are dwindling day by day. He went on to stress that the time has come when such voices should come up and take the lead from amongst those who are bearing the brunt of the situation.
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