India on Thursday defended its actions after human rights group Amnesty International India halted work in the country, accusing the Naren...
India on Thursday defended its actions after human rights group Amnesty International India halted work in the country, accusing the Narendra Modi government of having frozen its bank accounts as punishment for speaking out about alleged rights abuses, PTI reported.
The United States, the United Kingdom as well as the European Union have raised concerns about the government’s investigation into Amnesty International India.
“The NGOs [non-governmental organisations] are expected to adhere to all our laws including in respect of foreign funding just as they presumably would in other countries including the US and in the European Union,” Anurag Srivastava, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, said during a virtual press briefing. “We also expect that other governments would not condone contravention of Indian laws by any entity.”
A senior US State Department official told The Hindu that the administration and the Congress have been “very, very closely” tracking the closure of Amnesty International in India. “On the situation involving Amnesty International in India…we’ve been very, very closely following this issue, not just in the administration, but I know that our members of Congress have as well,” the official said. “It has received attention at the highest levels of our government.”
The official also said the administration was concerned about obstacles to the work of...
