Bondita Acharya
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Bondita Acharya( Assamese বন্দিতা আচাৰ্য) is a human rights defender from Jorhat, Assam, in Northeastern India.[1][2][3]
Personal life
Bondita Acharya was born in Jorhat district of Assam on 12 December 1972.[4] Her father's name was Jogananda Goswami who was a Chemistry Professor at Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat, Assam. Her mother, Marinalini Goswami, was the Principal of ME Girls School, Jorhat, Assam. Her parents died within the span of two years.[4] She was married to Keyur Achraya, who passed away after six and half years of marriage due to myocardial infarction. She has a son named Palash Acharya.[4]
Education
Acharya did her schooling from Balya Bhavan, Jorhat. She did her 11th & 12th from JB College, where his father was professor. She pursued her Graduation from College of Home Science, Assam Agricultural University and Post Graduation from Department of Extension and Communication, Faculty of Home Science, MS University, Baroda, Gujarat.
Career
Acharya founded the Women in Governance (India) in Assam in 2009.[4][5] She has been involved in documenting customary laws of north-eastern India and attempting to amend them, in order to improve women's rights,[6] and in publicising and taking legal action over "forced disappearances" of women, including teacher and rights activist Majoni Das.[7] She is the northeast coordinator of the NGO Human Rights Defenders Alert.[8] She has been part of several fact-finding missions to document cases of sexual violence, human rights violations,[9] witch hunting,[10] and conflict situation in the Assam region of India. Acharya has been engaging with UN organisations since 2010 in Geneva, New York and Bangkok.
Fellowship
Acharya was a Human life defender at Risk under the Protective Fellowship Scheme of the Center for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) in 2015 under York University, UK.[4]
Beef controversy
On April 4, 2017, following a complaint from Bharatiya Janata Party member Mridupawan Bora, three people were arrested in Jorhat, Assam for possessing 500 grams of beef meant for consumption. The consumption of beef is taboo in Hinduism. The law under which the three were arrested, the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, does not criminalize the possession or consumption of beef, but rather sets forth the conditions under which cattle can be slaughtered, causing a question of whether the three could be arrested under the auspices of the act.[11] Acharya condemned the arrests on social media.[12] Bajrang Dal, a Hindu nationalist organization, issued a press statement demanding that Acharya issue a public apology for condemning the arrests.[1]
On 10 April 2017, Acharya filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department in Guwahati, Assam state in Northeast India, after she was the target of violent threats on social media for condemning the arrest of three people for the possession of beef on 4 April 2017.[13] Acharya was threatened with death, rape and acid attacks by members of Bajrang Dal.[11][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bondita Acharya Receives Death Threats". Front Line Defenders. 2017-04-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Singh, Bikash (10 April 2017). "Women rights activist claim to have received life threat for her comments on beef consumption". The Economic Times. India. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ EMN (31 August 2018). "A call to be human rights defenders". Eastern Mirror. Nagaland, India. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Bondita Acharya - Centre for Applied Human Rights, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ↑ Karmakar, Sumir (12 April 2017). "RSS touts beef ban in NE". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ Bhat, Afsana (10 September 2012). "Advocates Press to Modernize Customary Laws, Tribal Leadership in Northeastern India". Global Press Journal. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Assam court moved over woman activist's disappearance". Deccan Herald. IANS. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ Mitra, Naresh (2 August 2018). "Experts slam plan to collect biometrics". The Times of India (Mumbai edition). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ Assam Tribune (30 October 2016). "HR body flays Nagaon admin over KNP eviction". NELive. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ Begum, Anjuman Ara (14 July 2015). "Witch-hunts in Assam: Criminalising the practice won't magically end it". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Assam: Activist Threatened With Rape, Acid Attacks For Condemning Beef Arrests". The Wire. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ↑ "INDIA: Assamese Human Rights Defender Bondita Acharya violently threatened on social media. | Lanka Socialists Forum". www.lankasocialistsforum.org. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ↑ "WHRDs condemn online threats against Bondita Acharya". AWID. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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