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Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against what they say is hate speech against Muslims by Hindu leaders, in New Delhi, India, December 27, 2021. There were 255 documented incidents of hate speech gatherings targeting Muslims in the first half of 2023, the report found. About 70% of the incidents took place in states scheduled to hold elections in 2023 and 2024, according to the report. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat witnessed the highest number of hate speech gatherings, with Maharashtra accounting for 29% of such incidents, the report found. The majority of the hate speech events mentioned conspiracy theories and calls for violence and socio-economic boycotts against Muslims.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Narendra Modi's, Modi, Kanishka Singh, Paul Thomasch, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hindutva Watch, United Nations, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Washington, United, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat

☆ Modi's denial of discrimination against minorities in India is a lie, activists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Kanishka Singh | Thomson Reuters | Kanishka Singh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Reuters In Washington Dc | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File PhotoWASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Narendra Modi's denial that discrimination against minorities exists in India contradicts thorough documentation by rights advocates, according to activists disappointed by President Joe Biden's embrace of the Indian prime minister. "When I say deliver - caste, creed, religion, gender - there is no space for any discrimination." Rights advocates said that by not publicly calling out the human rights situation in India, Biden had lost their trust. He failed on his campaign promises of promoting human rights," said Raqib Hameed Naik, the founder of Hindutva Watch, a group that monitors reports of attacks on Indian minorities. The U.N. human rights office described a 2019 citizenship law as "fundamentally discriminatory" for excluding Muslim migrants.

Persons: Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Evelyn Hockstein, Narendra, Joe Biden's, Biden, Modi, Sunita Viswanath, Raqib Hameed Naik, Modi's, Angana Chatterji, Kanishka Singh, Trevor Hunnicutt, Grant McCool Organizations: India's, White, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Human Rights, U.S . State Department, Modi's U.S, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Rights, Hindutva, University of California, World Press, 161st, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, India, State, Washington, China, Berkeley, United States, Karnataka

Biden said he discussed human rights and other democratic values with Modi during their talks in the White House. In reports on human rights and religious freedom, the State Department raised concerns over treatment of Muslims, Hindu Dalits, Christians and other religious minorities in India while also listing a crackdown on journalists. India has become a black-hole for religious minorities," said protester Raqib Hameed Naik, the founder of Hindutva Watch, a group that monitors reports of attacks on Indian minorities. Senator Bernie Sanders said Modi's "aggressive Hindu nationalism" has "left little space for India's religious minorities." The U.N. human rights office described a 2019 citizenship law as "fundamentally discriminatory" for excluding Muslim migrants.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON, Biden, Modi, MODI'S, Raqib Hameed Naik, Ilhan Omar, Rashida, Alexandria Ocasio, Bernie Sanders, Modi's, Barack Obama, Obama, Kanishka Singh, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: India’s, U.S, White, REUTERS, Indian, State Department, Rights, Biden's Democratic Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Hindutva, U.S . Congress, World Press, 161st, CNN, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, India, China, Washington, Cortez, Karnataka

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