U.S. panel on religious freedom criticizes India for failing to protect religious minorities and urges targeted sanctions by sanjeevmiglani
The Indian government rejected the annual report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom saying it had distorted reality to new levels.
“The national and various state governments also allowed nationwide campaigns of harassment and violence against religious minorities to continue with impunity, and engaged in and tolerated hate speech and incitement to violence against them,” the commission said. Myanmar, China, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Russia and Vietnam are among the 14 countries in that category.
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