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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Arpan Rai

Modi US visit: Amnesty calls for human rights to be central in talks with Joe Biden

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Narendra Modi and Joe Biden must address grave human rights issues in both their nations, Amnesty International has said as India’s prime minister heads to the United States.

Under Modi, India has borne witness to “increasing violence against religious minorities, shrinking civil society space and criminalisation of dissent” as he presided over a “period of rapid deterioration of human rights protections,” the organisation said.

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