“Poor understanding”: India trashes US report on alleged rights abuse
India on Thursday termed a US State Department report citing alleged incidents of human rights violations including in Manipur as “deeply biased” and said it reflects a poor understanding of India and it attaches no value to it. The annual report of the State Department highlighted instances of human rights abuses in Manipur following the outbreak of ethnic conflict.
“This report is deeply biased and reflects a poor understanding of India,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. “We attach no value to it and urge you to do the same,” he said at his weekly media briefing.
The US report also mentioned the raids by Indian tax authorities on the office of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The India section of the report said local human rights organizations, minority political parties, and affected communities criticized the country’s government for the delayed action to stop violence and provide humanitarian assistance in Manipur.
According to the report, there were a number of press and civil society reports of representatives of political parties using disinformation tactics against civil society organizations, religious minorities, such as Sikhs and Muslims, and the political opposition, sometimes depicting them as security threats.
Referring to the tax raids on BBC offices, the report said although tax authorities described the searches as motivated by irregularities in the BBC’s tax payments and ownership structure, officials also searched and seized equipment from journalists who were not involved in the organization’s financial processes.
“The government invoked emergency powers to ban the screening of the documentary, forced media companies to remove links to the video, and detained student protesters who organized viewing parties,” the State Department alleged, referring to a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots, the screening of which was banned in India.
To a question on protests at Columbia University and other Universities in the US, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “We have seen reports on the matter and have been following related events. In every democracy, there has to be the right balance between freedom of expression, a sense of responsibility, and public safety and order. Democracies in particular should display this understanding in regard to other fellow democracies. After all, we are all judged by what we do at home and not what we say abroad…”
#WATCH | On protests at Columbia University and other Universities in the US, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, “We have seen reports on the matter and have been following related events. In every democracy, there has to be the right balance between freedom of expression,… pic.twitter.com/15ycFpQ6vl
— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2024
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USA is known for generating garbage & sewer reports regularly. It should be shamed of itself for the shit it is originating & accumulating in its backyard. At this rate, it would soon lose credibility