Media Release

Mangaluru, Oct 5: Justice & Peace Commission, diocese of Mangalore and Bandhavya Society Mangalore jointly organizes a half day seminar on ‘Combating Hate Speech to Promote Peaceful Living’ at ISO Mother Theresa Hall on October 5.

The programme commenced with a prayer and lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries.

Fr Vincent D’Souza, director of Institute for Social Development (ISD) welcomed the dignitaries on the dais and the participants.

President of the programme was Dr Peter Paul Saldanha the bishop of Mangalore diocese shared the glimpse about truth, justice and equality in the society. He encouraged the participants to walk in the path of truth.

Resource person Anto Akkara, journalist, he began with quote ‘Sathyameva Jayathe’ with the example of Mahatma Gandhiji. He explained about the campaign for truth and justice for the voiceless especially Kandamahal and Manipur victims. He said that truth is powerful, everyone finds the truth, so you can succeed in life.

Shilpa Prasad and Manavi Atri, high court lawyers spoke about the campaign against hate speech. They motivated the participants to raise their voice and take action against hate speech and assault on equality and dignity.

Fr Sibi, chairperson Bandhavya and Fr Anil Ivan Fernandes, director of Canara Communication Center of Mangalore diocese were present in the programme.

The programme was compeered by Fr Vinod Mascarenhas, director of Vimukthi.