India slams USCIRF report on religious freedom violations

The authorities rejected on Tuesday a suggestion by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that the Trump administration add India to an inventory of nations seen as systematic and egregious violators and sanction Indian authorities businesses and officers accountable for it.

The USCIRF cited the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which fast-tracks Indian citizenship for non-Muslim refugees fleeing persecution, and “nationwide campaigns of violence against religious minorities” as its causes.

“We reject the observations on India in the USCIRF annual report. Its biased and tendentious comments against India are not new,” stated exterior affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava. “But on this occasion, its misrepresentation has reached new levels… We regard it as an organisation of particular concern and will treat it accordingly.” The fee has really helpful that the US designate India a “Country of Particular Concern” for “engaging in…religious freedom violations”.