Religious freedom and the human rights related to it are threatened in India for several reasons, including the government policies failure to protect minorities, a United States panel said on Tuesday. https://scroll.in/latest/1038100/us-panel-says-religious-freedom-is-threatened-in-india
The statement was made in a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent American government agency that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion and makes policy suggestions to the White House.
The panel reiterated its recommendation from April that the United States government should designate India as a “country of particular concern” for engaging in or tolerating systematic violations of religious freedom.
The commission, in its Tuesday’s report, said that in 2022, governments at the national, state and local levels promoted policies that targeted religious conversion, interfaith relationships, and cow slaughter. It also cited the usage of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act to suppress critical voices, especially religious minorities and those advocating on their behalf.
23/11/2022