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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

US panel calls on Biden to sanction India over sliding religious freedom under Modi

AP

A US panel has urged the Joe Biden administration to impose targeted sanctions on India over what it called the erosion of religious freedom under the leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi.

For the third year in a row, the United States Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF) recommended the US state department designate India as a “country of particular concern” for “engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”.

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