India’s status has been downgraded to “Partly Free” from its previous Ranking of “Free”; by a US 🇺🇸 Govt Funded think tank Freedom House in its Latest report; Freedom in the World 2021, Aljazeera Reported.
Under Modi, India appears to have abandoned its potential to serve as a Global Democratic Leader, elevating Marrow Hindu nationalist interests at the expense of its founding values of inclusion and Equal rights for all, Freedom House said in its annual report on Wednesday.
The Annual report states that India’s 🇮🇳 status declined from “Free to Partly Free” due to a multi-year pattern in which the Hindu nationalist BJP led Govt and its allies presided over rising violence and Discriminatory Policies affecting the Muslim Population and Pursued a crackdown on expressions of Dissent by the media, academics, civil society groups, and Protesters.
Political Rights and civil liberties in the country have Deteriorated since Narendra Modi became Prime minister in 2014, with increased pressure on human rights organizations; Rising intimidation of academics and journalists, and a spate of bigoted Attacks, including Lynchings, aimed at Muslims,” the report said stressing that the decline only accelerated after Modi’s Re-election in 2019.
Last year, the Govt intensified its crackdown on Protesters opposed to a citizenship Law and Arrested Dozens of journalists who aired criticism of the official pandemic Response. Judicial independence has also come under Strain; in one case, a judge transferred immediately; after Reprimanding the Police for taking no Action during riots in New Delhi that leftover 50 people; mostly Muslims, Dead,” the report added.
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