Vision
Our Vision is a world in which governments, politics, business, civil society, and the daily lives of people are free of hate speech and violence.
Mission
Our mission is to stop hate speech & associated violence, and promote accountability, integrity and pluralism at all levels and across all sectors of society.
Values
We are driven by the values of dignity, pluralism, accountability, solidarity, courage, justice and democracy.
What’s in the name:
We have been asked several times why are we called the London Story? So here is a simple explainer.
The foundation was conceptualised in the Cafe London outside of the EU-Parliament. This is the space where our story begins. As every young foundation-to-be we looked for few different names and their availability – none of them were available, the London story was. The name was capable of giving us a legal status (and perhaps a bit of nostalgia for the world before COVID). And we were ready to define the organisation and its name through our work ethic, passion and integrity. Moreover, we were ready to challenge majoritarian governmental narratives and speak for the human rights and human security. As Indian diaspora we have stakes in two of the most diverse and enigmatic democracies of the world. Both of which have a strong tradition of rule of law and constitutional plurality. We take these stakes very seriously, for the rest we would like our work to define our spirit and name.
Our Advisory Board consists of eminent and well-regarded persons in the field of human rights, humanitarian aid, diplomacy, politics and law.
Advisors
Professor Ruchira Gupta, Ms Simon Filipini, Dr. Shaista Safder, Mr. Rahseed Ahmed, Dr. Kheya Sengupta, Mr. Richard Wilson, Sunita, Aakar Patel, Biraj Patnaik, Ms. Iman Atta (OBE), Mr. Umair Ahmed, Osama Manzar, Amir Ullah Khan, Pratik Sinha
Management Board and Team
Danish Nadeem
Danish Nadeem is a data scientist, a strategist and campaigner. He uncovers the patterns of and insights into social media information, to fight against the pandemic of hate, misinformation and rampant Islamophobia
Dr Ritumbra Manuvie
Dr. Manuvie, is a lawyer by training and academic by choice. Her work lies at the intersectionality of politics and policy. Her current projects looks at the economy of political disinformation and hate speech
Shivam Maurya
Shivam Maurya is a data scientist, who uses his tools for analyzing big data in order to draw together political and social trends and look behind the veil of majoritarianism, absolutism, and fascism.
M van Dorssen
M. van Dorssen is a psychologist helping us understand the social and political behaviour of people in online spaces. She is fluent in English and Dutch
Snehal Dhote
Snehal is a lawyer to be specialising in international humanitarian law and human rights. At TLS, she examines the legal responsibilities of big tech companies in the context of widespread hate speech online.
Alena Kahle
Alena is an international law specialist and community development manager. At TLS her work looks towards building wider volunteer network and campaign teams for the London Story.
N Nagpal
A budding Lawyer, Ms. Nagpal joined us this year to channelize her interest in digital laws.
Shawintala Banwarie
Shawintala Banwarie is our go-to volunteer for leading on-ground mobilisation and diaspora discussions.
Foundation London Story regularly engages third party actors and volunteers, including student volunteers who regularly contribute towards our work.