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.
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