“In the west, we have labels,” commented journalist François Gautier on WION TV, during a panel about the results of India’s 2019 general election. “Right, left. Far-right, far-left. We keep applying them to India, where they’re not applicable. We cannot apply to India labels we use in the West. To say that the BJP is …
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Contrary to reputation, India’s current government has made it worse off. While campaigning for the U.S. presidency, Joe Biden sharply criticized the Modi government’s human rights record, writing how two of its landmark laws are “inconsistent with the country’s long tradition of secularism and with sustaining a multi-ethnic and multi-religious democracy.” Today, Indian Prime Minister …
India’s prime minister will attend a state dinner at the White House this week as the two countries seek greater ties. The administration of President Joe Biden is preparing to host a state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week, paying little mind to critics who say the United States is turning a blind eye …
Progressives said Modi’s human rights record was reason for boycott Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is joining her fellow progressives in the “Squad” and planning to boycott Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday. “I encourage my colleagues who stand for pluralism, tolerance, and freedom of the press to join me in doing …
India’s prime minister ‘has a notorious and extensive record of human rights abuses’, said a statement from lawmakers Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US has prompted condemnation and protest from Muslim leaders, lawmakers and other allies. US house representatives Rashida Tlaib, Representative Ilhan Omar, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush and Kweisi Mfume are among …
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WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) – Narendra Modi’s denial that discrimination against minorities exists in India contradicts thorough documentation by rights advocates, according to activists disappointed by President Joe Biden’s embrace of the Indian prime minister. Asked at a press conference with Biden on Thursday what steps he was willing to take to “improve the rights of Muslims …
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“We must never sacrifice human rights at the altar of political expediency,” four of the protesting House members said, objecting to the Indian leader’s human rights record. A half-dozen liberal House Democrats are boycotting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to Congress on Thursday afternoon, in protest of what they criticize as his abysmal human rights …
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Key organisers of various protests against PM Modi’s US visit spoke to The Quint and revealed their motivations. “The issue here is Narendra Modi, not India. We all want India to be a partner, but the problem is Modi’s history and his actions,” one of the key organisers of the protests being held against the Indian Prime Minister’s …
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the United States on 21 June, which is World Yoga Day. Asserting India’s soft power, he will participate in a yoga demonstration at the United Nations headquarters in New York, while the Biden administration will be laying out the red carpet in Washington. On the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Japan …
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To support the defenders of India’s embattled democracy, just tell the truth. For weeks now, criticism has been building around Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington. The prime minister and his Bharatiya Janata Party have been rightly accused of stoking sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims. Missing in this discussion have been the …
