Amnesty International India

December 20, 2021

Amnesty International India has documented a clear pattern of authorities using arbitrary detention on activists politicians and anyone likely to hold a dissenting opinion after 5 August 2019 in Jammu Kashmir. This occurred shortly after Amnesty International India had.

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Amnesty International and the Citizen Lab have uncovered a coordinated spyware campaign targeting at least nine human rights defenders HRDs in India.

Amnesty international india. India was then ruled by a. Watch these powerful videos and support Amnesty in our work of defending human rights across the globe. Eight of the nine HRDs have been calling for the release of other prominent activists popularly known as the Bhima Koregaon 11 most of whom have been imprisoned in Maharashtra India since 2018.

New York Amnesty International India announced that it is halting its work in the country after the Indian government froze its bank accounts in an act of reprisal for the organizations. Government must stop crushing farmers protests and demonizing dissenters. The law is specifically exclusionary towards Muslims.

The organization says it has more than seven million members and supporters around the world. New Delhi CNNAmnesty International has halted its operations in India after the complete freezing of its bank accounts by the Indian government the not-for-profit human rights organization. Every year Amnesty International evaluates the human rights situation in countries around the world.

Stay up to date and learn about key human rights issues in India. The Indian government must immediately stop its escalating crackdown on protesters farming leaders and journalists amid ongoing nationwide demonstrations against three recently introduced farm laws Amnesty International said today. Amnesty had previously suspended its India operations in 2009 because of what the group said was repeated rejection of their licence to receive funds from overseas.

Executive Director of Amnesty International India Avinash Kumar said over email that they would. In the build-up to the Legislative Assembly elections in Delhi which were held on 8 February 2020 several political. A s of today Amnesty International will no longer be able to work inside India.

Amnesty International has been forced to shut down operations in India and lay off all staff after the Indian government froze its bank accounts. Following years of official threats intimidation and harassment Amnesty India. Amnesty International India was forced to close its operations in September 2020 after Indian authorities froze its bank accounts.

Amnesty International India has called for the repeal of CAA which is a bigoted law that discriminates on the basis of religion. At least a dozen journalists have been either harassed or physically attacked for their professional work. Amnesty called the freezing of accounts akin to freezing dissent and said the action was the latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organizations leaving them unable to carry on with campaign and research work in India.

Follow us on telegram here - httpstmeamnestyindia. Amnesty International also referred to as Amnesty or AI is a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights. AI India says On 15 November 2019 two weeks after the testimony and amid rumours of impending arrests of the organizations top officials the offices of Amnesty International India and the.

Human rights group Amnesty International stopped its work in India on Tuesday saying the government had frozen its bank accounts in the latest action against it for speaking out about rights.

Govt Freezes All Bank Accounts Amnesty International Halts India Operations