Minority rights are being violated in India, Human Rights Watch

In India, the government has adopted laws and policies that are tantamount to discriminating against religious minorities, especially Muslims.

In India, the government has adopted laws and policies that are tantamount to discriminating against religious minorities, especially Muslims.

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Authorities in Pakistan have expanded strict laws to stifle dissent, and the government in India is encouraging discrimination against religious minorities, especially Muslims, an international human rights report said. According to the newspaper, a global report compiled by the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) group in 2022 lamented the rise of sovereignty in recent years and pointed out that pro-democracy forces around the world Challenging the trend. The report covers the events of 2021. In a separate chapter on Pakistan, the report states that Pakistani authorities increased their use of strict treason and anti-terrorism laws to suppress dissent, and that civil society groups criticizing government measures or policies strictly controlled. The report also states that in 2021, Pakistani authorities cracked down on members of the media and supporters of opposition political parties.

Another chapter of the report further states that the government in India has adopted laws and policies which are tantamount to discriminating against religious minorities, especially Muslims. This led to the failure of the police to take action against BJP supporters who insulted and tortured Muslims by BJP leaders, daring Hindu nationalist groups to brutally attack Muslims and government critics. In his introductory note, HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth noted that in 2021, “dictatorship has raised and democracy has fallen,” but it has also mobilized democratic forces around the world. The report points out that with the idea that sovereignty is on the rise, crack down on opposition voices in China, Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Turkey, Thailand, Egypt, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Currency gains faster in the race. The military occupation of Myanmar, Sudan, Mali and Guinea and the undemocratic transfer of power in Tunisia and Chad also support this view.

According to the report, in 2021, the government of Pakistan intensified its efforts to control the media and reduce dissent. Authorities opposed the protest with all available police forces, special services and the army. “Allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings continue in India, with the National Human Rights Commission registering 143 deaths and 104 alleged extrajudicial killings in police custody in the first nine months of 2021. In occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian authorities once again imposed restrictions on movement after the death of a Kashmiri leader and almost complete communication blackout has taken place here. In September, Syed Ali Shah Gilani’s family was denied the right to perform his last rites. In July, four UN human rights experts wrote a letter to the Indian government, stating that “measures and systematic violations of fundamental rights used against the local (Kashmiri) population, as well as national security agents Concerns were raised about intimidation, searches and detentions.

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