An important member of the Bill Gates Foundation has
resigned against the award of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Earlier, two Hollywood actors, Riz Ahmed and Jamila Jamil,
also refused to attend the awards ceremony against awarding the Indian Prime
Minister.
Sabah Hamid, a communications specialist from the Gates
Foundation of Kashmir, resigned from the job.
Saba Hamid says lockdowns and sanctions in occupied Kashmir
are causing serious human rights violations. Despite the worst treatment of
minorities in the Modi government, Modi is very sorry to be given the award.
I worked at the @gatesfoundation@BMGFIndia until September 20. I no longer do. Here's why.— Sabah Hamid (@akh_koor) September 24, 2019
Foundation staffer quits, protesting Modi award amid Kashmir lockdown@TRTWorld https://t.co/3Hp9dv075D
The Prime Minister of India has been given the Gates
Foundation's annual 'Goalkeeper' Award yesterday.
Bill Gates Awarded to Modi after UAE and Bahrain
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to award
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the award for taking steps to improve
sanitation in India.
It should be noted that in the past days, the United Arab
Emirates and Bahrain have also received Modi with civil awards, which has been
widely criticized.
