Human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday it is stopping its operations in India. Amnesty International claimed that it was halting its work because the government has frozen its bank accounts in the latest action against it for speaking out about rights violations.
“The organisation has been compelled to let go of staff in India and pause all its ongoing campaign and research work. This is latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organisations by the Government of India over unfounded and motivated allegations, Amnesty International India said in a press statement on Tuesday.
Amnesty International India said its bank accounts were frozen on September 10. Amnesty said it had highlighted rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and riots in Delhi in recent days and the government had sought to punish it for that.
Human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday it is stopping its operations in India Amnesty International claimed that it was halting its work because the government has frozen its bank accounts in the latest action against it for speaking out about rights violations.
“The organisation has been compelled to let go of staff in India and pause all its ongoing campaign and research work. This is latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organisations by the Government of India over unfounded and motivated allegations, Amnesty International India said in a press statement on Tuesday.
