NEW DELHI: India is exploiting recommendations by a global money-laundering watchdog as a “draconian” tool to shutter civil society groups and suppres...
Civil society and the media have long complained of harassment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. AFPPIX: India is exploiting recommendations by a global money-laundering watchdog as a “draconian” tool to shutter civil society groups and suppress activists and critics, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Amnesty said the recommendations of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force were being abused to bring in “draconian laws to stifle the non-profit sector” and block organisations from funding. Critics say Modi’s government has sought to pressure rights groups by heavily scrutinising their finances and clamping down on foreign funding.
In the last 10 years, India has cancelled the licenses of more than 20,600 non-governmental organisations, with nearly 6,000 of these taking place since 2022, the report said.
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