The global human rights organization Amnesty International may have been accused in recent years of interfering in internal affairs by the ruling central-government-led Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), but there was a time when letters from its supporters across the world gave “strength, confidence and hope” to political leaders like LK …
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NEW DELHI: NHRC has sent a notice to the Union Secretary of the Interior about organizing rights International Amnesty shutting down its operations in the country after denouncing a “witch hunt” by the government, officials said Wednesday. According to media reports, after the total freezing of their bank accounts in …
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The Bharatiya Janata party on Tuesday refuted Amnesty International’s allegations that it had to shut down its operations in India due to a government witch hunt and said the organization was receiving funds from abroad in contravention of Indian law. Amnesty International, in a statement, said that the freezing of …
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Amnesty is under investigation for alleged irregularities in the receipt of foreign funds. New Delhi: Amnesty International has halted its operations in India, claiming that its accounts were frozen earlier this month as part of a government “witch hunt” for its adverse reporting and that it had to lay off …
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