Don't bully charities: Amnesty tells Modi govt; Cong retweets video

December 01, 2018 13:55

Protesters from Amnesty International staged a demonstration outside the Indian High Commission in the UK against the alleged "crackdown" on the human rights group in India.

Amnesty UK in a tweet wrote: "PM of India @narendramodi promised to protect human rights... but instead he targets activists & charities! Today, as PM Modi represents #India at #G20Summit, we remind him that strong leaders don't bully charities."

Taking the opportunity to mount an attack on the Centre, the Congress retweeted the post by Amnesty UK. Congress had earlier also attacked the BJP-led government for allegedly trying to silence the voice of the non-governmental institutions in the country.

"PM Modi is afraid of questions. He is trying to intimidate these institutions," Karnataka Congress leader Rizwan Arshad had said after the Enforcement Directorate raided the offices of Amnesty India in Bengaluru last month.

The raids had led to the freezing the bank accounts of the human rights group. While Amnesty has denied any wrongdoing, Indian authorities have said the raids were aimed at uncovering foreign funding violations by Amnesty in India.

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