And Freedom House downgraded India from free to partly free.” Since 2014, India has fallen from 27 to 53 on the Democracy Index. Congressman Andy Levin said he had loved India since he first traveled there at 17 years old, but also warned that he was closely monitoring the recent threats to Indian pluralism: “India, as the world’s largest secular democracy, was such a source of pride to me as a ‘Bharat wala,’ a friend of India… Regrettably, today, the world’s largest democracy is seeing backsliding, human rights under attack, and religious nationalism. We cannot be silent when measures are taken that discriminate against whole populations or when inflammatory language is used that could incite violence against those populations.”
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He quoted USCIRF to say the Modi government “promoted Hindu nationalist policies, resulting in systemic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom.”Ĭondemning the abuse of harsh anti-terror laws to crack down on journalists, activists, lawyers, and other civilians, Congressman McGovern said, “This kind of misguided anti-terrorism legislation is not the sign of a healthy democracy. The “concern about discrimination based on religious identity so great that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended that India be designated a Country of Particular Concern,” McGovern added, referring to the premier federal commission that tracks global religious persecution. There is every reason to fear that this change combined with the proposal for a National Register of Citizens institutionalizes discrimination against Muslims,” Congressman McGovern said. “For the first time in 2019, a law was passed that links citizenship to religious identity. House of Representatives, listed several warning signs that showed India’s alarming backsliding on human rights. Congressman Jim McGovern, who is the Co-Chair of the powerful Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. In recent years, we have seen an uptick in online hate speech and acts of hate, including vandalized mosques, torched churches, and communal violence,” Senator Markey said.
“As the Indian government continues to target the practices of minority faiths, it creates an atmosphere where discrimination and violence can take root. Senator Ed Markey said that the “laws on religious conversion, citizenship and other restrictive measures fly in the face of India’s inclusive secular Constitution and core tenets of any democracy.” Saying he was “concerned” about the Modi government’s “efforts to peel back the rights of religious minorities in India,” U.S. The widespread persecution of India’s religious minorities and human rights defenders and the rash of anti-democratic legislation in India threatens and undermines India’s pluralist Constitution, these officials said at a Special Congressional Briefing called to commemorate India’s 73rd Republic Day on January 26. Washington, DC (January 26, 2022) – A United States Senator and three Members of the United States Congress have condemned the escalating violations of human rights, civil and political liberties, and religious freedom under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule. Senator, Congressmen Say India’s Constitution Under Threat From Hindu Nationalist Ideology, Persecution Under Modi Government
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