Human rights activists were working in post-independent India towards achieving Mahatma Gandhi’s objective of freedom from economic and social slavery, said P.V. Rajagopal, founder, EktaParishad, here on Tuesday.Addressing a meeting organised to felicitate Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director, People’s Watch, who has been chosen for the eighth Human Rights Award by Amnesty International, Germany, Mr. Rajagopal recalled that Gandhi was not content with getting political freedom and was keen that the people should have economic and social freedom.People like Mr. Henri, he said, were advancing the struggle towards achieving that freedom. In a modern society, conflicts could be resolved only by engaging people in a dialogue. Ruth Manorama, president, National Alliance of Women, hailed Mr. Henri for always taking an uncompromising stand in the protection of human rights. She insisted that people affected by human rights violations should also understand why such violations happened.

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