Amnesty International has called on British Prime Minister David Cameron to not just "unfurl the red carpet" for his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi but "raise some red flags on human rights concerns too".


"NGOs and activists face multiple obstructions to carrying out their work, including being subjected to smear campaigns, having their funding cut off and being accused of being anti-national," said Allan Hogarth, head of policy at Amnesty UK.


"The UK needs to do more than unfurl the red carpet for yet another world leader, Mr Cameron must raise some red flags on human rights concerns too," he added.


The human rights organisation highlighted that over 10,000 organisations had been "de-registered" over the last year to prevent them from receiving foreign funding, and just last week Greenpeace had its license to operate cancelled.