Europe’s top human rights official says he raised a number of concerns during official meetings in New Delhi with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, including funding restrictions on NGOs, recent communal violence, the situation in Jammu & Kashmir, and the condition of religious minorities.
However, the official accounts of the meetings released by the NHRC and the Minority Affairs Ministry did not refer to the contentious issues being raised.
The concerns were reportedly raised when European Union Special Representative of Human Rights Eamon Gilmore, who was a guest speaker at the MEA’s Raisina Dialogue this week, met with the Indian officials along with his delegation. The discussions came just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Europe tour beginning Monday, where he will visit Germany, Denmark and France.
