Tag: reprisals

Twenty-two-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested and forced into a van by Iran’s so called “morality police” in the capital Tehran on 13 September last year. Authorities alleged she was not in conformity with the country’s strict laws on mandatory veiling.She died on 16 September reportedly after suffering a ...

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Tuesday that it was halting its operation in India, citing reprisals from the government and the freezing of its bank accounts by Indian authorities.Amnesty International India said in a statement that the organization had laid off its staff in India and paused its ...

(NEW DELHI) — Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Tuesday that it was halting its operation in India, citing reprisals from the government and the freezing of its bank accounts by Indian authorities. Amnesty International India said in a statement that the organization had laid off its staff in ...

Critics also say the government is pushing a Hindu-first agenda, undermining the secular foundations of India's democracy and raising fears among its 170 million Muslim minority. The government denies any bias against any community. Opposition politician Shashi Tharoor said Amnesty's exit was a blow. "India's stature as a liberal democracy ...

Author: APID: 1601361586796306100Tue, 2020-09-29 06:38 NEW DELHI: Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Tuesday that it was halting its operation in India, citing reprisals from the government and the freezing of its bank accounts by Indian authorities. Amnesty International India said in a statement that the organization had laid off its ...

The statement said that the authorities’ actions were “the latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organizations” by India’s government “over unfounded and motivated allegations,” and that the group’s “lawful fundraising model” was being portrayed as money laundering because it has challenged the “government’s grave inactions and excesses.”Indian ...

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Tuesday that it was halting its operation in India citing reprisals from the government and the freezing of its bank accounts by Indian authorities.Amnesty International India said in a statement that the organization had laid off its staff in India and paused its ...