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Agnivesh Swami


Hindu, India

Agnivesh (or Swami Agnivesh; born 21 September 1939) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Legislative Assembly from the Indian state of Haryana, an Arya Samaj scholar, and a social activist. He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981. Agnivesh became president (2004-2014) of the World Council of Arya Samaj, which is the highest international body of the Arya Samaj movement originally established by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875, and served as the chairperson of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery from 1994 to 2004.

(September 2016)
Source: Wikipedia

Assisi 2016 - Thirst for Peace

 

World meeting for peace The Courage to Hope

 

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October 5 2016
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Marco Impagliazzo: Nel tempo del noi
October 2 2016
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September 30 2016
Vida Nueva
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