MLK Center Gandhi Statue Protested During Indian Consulate Celebration

Gandhi’s racism and sexual abuse raised at 150th birthday festivities in Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA: May 5, 2019 — Several activists gathered to protest Mohandas Gandhi as the Indian Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia organized a 150th birth anniversary celebration of the … Read More

Gandhi Falls in Ghana as University Topples Statue Donated by India

Ghanaian professor: “This is part of a greater movement for black dignity and self-respect”

ACCRA, Ghana: Dec. 13, 2018 — Ghanaians made history this week when they tore down a statue of Indian icon Mohandas Gandhi.

Installed on the University … Read More

Malawian Government Ignores Charges of Racism, Supports Gandhi Statue Construction

Gandhi statue required to maintain “lines of credit and concessionary loans” from India

BLANTYRE, Malawi: Oct. 11, 2018 — In a formal response to growing outrage among citizens of Malawi about a proposed statue of Mohandas Gandhi (nicknamed “Mahatma” by … Read More

Malawians Seeking to Stop Proposed Statue: “Gandhi Was An Ardent Racist”

Human rights group “horrified by the arrogance of the Statues for Development agenda”

BLANTYRE, Malawi: Oct. 7, 2018 — Malawi is now the second nation in Africa to bear witness to a sustained effort by the local population to block … Read More

Students Demand Removal of “Racist” Gandhi Statue at Carleton University

Carleton students, inspired by University of Ghana campaign for removal of Gandhi statue, earn praise from Ghanaian faculty

Ottawa: April 9, 2018 — The statue of Mohandas Gandhi at Carleton University in Ottawa has been controversial since its installation in … Read More

Gandhi’s Views on Race and Caste Inspire Hindu Nationalists

“Particularly on the issue of caste, Gandhi was the Hindu right,” claims author Arundhati Roy

On the occasion of Gandhi’s 148th Jayanti (birthday), one of only three national holidays in India, questions and protests continue to mount around the glorification of a … Read More

New Gandhi Statue Protested by 75 at California Unveiling Ceremony

Demonstrators Call Gandhi a Pedophile, Racist, and Peace Prize Reject

Davis, CA: Oct. 13, 2016 — As he took the podium at Central Park in California’s City of Davis to unveil a statue of Hindu preacher Mohandas Gandhi, Mayor Robb … Read More

Ghana Plans World’s First Removal of Gandhi Statue

Removal Follows Protests Against Gandhi Statues in USA

Accra, Ghana: Oct. 8, 2016 — After over a decade of resistance to placement of Gandhi statues around the world began brewing in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2003, the University of Ghana … Read More

Gandhi Statues Inspire International Public Protests On His Birthday

From Ghana to California, protesters plan Oct. 2 demonstrations against the Indian icon

Davis, CA, USA: Sept. 26, 2016 — Communities in California and Ghana are organizing demonstrations against statues of Indian political icon Mohandas Gandhi which they perceive as … Read More