Thanks, but no thanks

IN Media Watch Briefs | 12/12/2011

What’s the best way to make a mockery of human rights? Well, according to the APDP in Kashmir, it’s by slapping them with the ‘Indian of the Year 2011’ award. The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons has rejected CNN-IBN’s nomination for the award. In a strongly-worded press release, senior member of APDP, Parveena Ahangar, stated there is “something obscene and perverse” in the manner that CNN-IBN had nominated them. The media organization’s award recognizes the Indian(s) whose contribution in a calendar year has strengthened the foundation of the society, including in human rights. APDP gives its own criterion for an award. “A proper award would be an independent commission of enquiry into forced disappearances and unmarked graves,” Ahangar said.

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