'The growing crackdown clearly shows the authorities\' blatant disregard for human rights and rule of law.'
Police detain supporters of Aam Aadmi Party as they protest against the arrest of AAP leader and Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in New Delhi, on March 22, 2024.on Friday urged authorities to “stop weaponizing the criminal justice system to intimidate and harass” political candidates, activists, and others.
“They want to know we are corrupt like them, which is not the case.” – AAP chief spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on the BJP’s crackdown on opposition politicians.Gandhi, Kejriwal and others have repeatedly accused of Modi’s government of misusing federal agencies and resources to repress opposition figures as elections loom. The BJP denies the allegations.
The commission noted that in recent years, as Modi and the BJP have consolidated power, “concerns about human rights abuses in India have grown” over “a wide range of significant rights issues, including restrictions on religious and press freedoms, violence or threats of violence targeting members of national/racial/ethnic and religious minorities, harassment of and restrictions on civil society and human rights organizations, corruption, and lack of accountability.
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