Amnesty halts India operations, citing government ‘witch-hunt’
Amnesty has highlighted human rights violations, unrest in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region and a lack of police accountability
29 September 2020 - 20:49
New Delhi — Human rights group Amnesty International halted work in India on Tuesday, accusing the government of having frozen its bank accounts as punishment for speaking out about alleged rights abuses.
Amnesty said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government had blocked its accounts on September 10, forcing it to lay off its India staff after two years of fending off allegations of financial wrongdoing, which it said were baseless...
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