Indian officials have raided the offices of renowned human
rights group Amnesty International (AI) on trumped up charges of foreign
funding from the United Kingdom that violate local law, Geo News reported.
According to the details, it is widely believed that the
investigation into the funding sources of the respected human rights group is a
pressure tactic being employed by the government of Indian Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi to stop the group from highlighting grave human rights violations
in Indian held Kashmir (IoK).
Reports revals that officials from the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) raided the offices of AI India in Bengaluru and New Delhi
after direct complaints from the home affairs ministry. Amnesty was accused of
the same offence last year.
The Amnesty group in a statement said, “Over the past
year, a pattern of harassment has emerged every time Amnesty International
India stands up and speaks out against human rights violations in India”, referring
to their campaigns for IoK.
Back in September, Amnesty International had launched the “LetKashmirSpeak”
campaign and called on Indian PM Modi to lift the inhumane military curfew in held
Kashmir that has crippled the lives of millions of Muslims since August.
New Delhi had earlier revoked the constitutional autonomy of
IoK on August 5 this year and imposed a military curfew in the area,
imprisoning millions of people. Thousands of ordinary citizens were detained
after the move.
The detained included former chief ministers and the mayor
of Srinagar. Widespread allegations of torture and abuse of these detainees by
the Indian security forces were published by the international media in the
following weeks, as India showed no signs of easing restrictions.
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