Modi’s rights abuses in spotlight ahead of UNGA address

NEW DELHI, 24 September 2021, (TON): As India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) forum in New York this week, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the international community to “spotlight the human rights abuses” of his government.

The address of the Indian premier is expected to outline “global issues” and list his government’s “achievements on the domestic front”.

But back home, the authorities are criticising his government for politically motivated prosecutions, human rights abuse particularly against minorities and not allowing the watchdogs to monitor the grim situation.

The US congressional briefing on ‘religious freedom in India’ by the HRW revealed an appalling record of the human rights violations by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The testimony of John Sifton, the Asia Advocacy Director, put forward “scathing criticism” of the Indian government’s assault on religious minorities in India.

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