“Hate speech, demolitions of homes…” US ‘concerned’ on alleged discrimination of minorities in India

Jun 27, 2024

Washington DC (US), June 27 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an organisation India has strongly criticised in the past, has again raised 'concerns' over religious freedoms, citing the alleged rise in 'hate speech', demolitions and anti-conversion laws. The report annually surveys religious freedoms around the world and aims to provide a "fact-based, comprehensive view of the state of religious freedom" in nearly 200 countries and territories. The findings come a few weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his third term in office and India and the United States agreed to strengthen cooperation in high technology areas during a visit by White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan to New Delhi. "In India, we see a concerning increase in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities," US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told reporters at an event in Washington.