Antony Blinken’s comments came days after US ambassador Ilhan Omar questioned allegations that the US government was criticizing Narendra Modi’s government for human rights.
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the United States is monitoring what he describes as an escalation of “human rights abuses” in India by some officials, in a rare way to be reprimanded by Washington in New Delhi.
“We are constantly negotiating with our Indian partners on these shared (human rights) values and in order to do so, we are keeping abreast of recent developments in India, including the escalating human rights abuses perpetrated by some government, police and prison officials,” Mr Blinken said. said Monday at a joint press conference with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.
Mr Blinken did not steal. Mr Singh and Mr Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the forum, did not comment on human rights issues.
Mr Blinken’s remarks came days after US ambassador Ilhan Omar questioned allegations that the US government was reluctant to criticize Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for human rights.
What does Modi need to do to the Muslim people of India before we can stop treating them as peaceful partners? ” Ms Omar, of President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party, said last week.
A few Indian states have passed or considered anti-reform laws that challenge the constitutional right to freedom of religion.
In 2019, the government passed a citizenship law that critics say undermines India’s constitution by excluding Muslim immigrants from neighboring countries. The law was intended to grant Indian citizenship to Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains, Parsis and Sikhs fleeing Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before 2015.
That same year, it withdrew the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in an effort to fully integrate the predominantly Muslim region with the rest of the country.
That same year, shortly after he won the 2019 re-election, Modi’s government revoked Kashmir’s special position in an effort to fully integrate the predominantly Muslim region into the country. To end the protests, officials arrested several Kashmir political leaders and deployed more police and soldiers in the Himalayan region, who were also wanted by Pakistan.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently banned the wearing of hijab in classrooms in Karnataka state. Strong Hindu groups later demanded such restrictions in many Indian lands.
The Government of India has asserted that India has well-established democratic processes and strong institutions to protect the rights of all.
The government has emphasized that the Constitution of India provides adequate protection under various laws to ensure the protection of human rights.
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