29-09-2020 08:51 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Rights group Amnesty halts India operations, says facing crackdown

Human rights group Amnesty International stopped its work in India on Tuesday saying the government had frozen its bank accounts in the latest action against it for speaking out about rights violations."This is latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organizations by the government of India over unfounded and motivated allegations," Amnesty said in a statement.Amnesty had highlighted rights violations in recent months in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region as well as what it said wa
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