The US State Department’s report, ‘2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: India” alleged that the ethnic battle between the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur resulted in “significant human rights abuses’
India on Thursday firmly rejected the US State Department report on Human Rights in India, which mentioned “significant human rights abuses” during the violence that broke out in Manipur last year and said that the report is “deeply biased” and “reflects a poor understanding of India.”
“This report is deeply biased and displays a poor understanding of India. We connect no worth to it and urge you to do the identical,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal responded to the query requested in the course of the MEA’s press briefing on Thursday.
The US State Department’s report, “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: India” alleged that the ethnic battle between the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur resulted in “significant human rights abuses.”
It additionally mentioned that a minimum of 175 folks have been killed and greater than 60,000 have been displaced amid violence.
“The outbreak of ethnic conflict between the Kuki and Meitei ethnic groups during the year in India’s northeastern state of Manipur resulted in significant human rights abuses. Media reported at least 175 persons were killed and more than 60,000 displaced between May 3 and November 15. Activists and journalists reported armed conflict, rapes, and assaults in addition to the destruction of homes, businesses, and places of worship,” the Executive Summary of the US report learn.
“The government deployed security forces, implemented daily curfews, and internet shutdowns in response to the violence. The Supreme Court criticized the failure of the central government and the Manipur state government to halt the violence and appointed officials to investigate incidents of violence and to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance and the rebuilding of homes and places of worship,” it added.
Additionally, on being requested concerning the progress within the ongoing investigation into the foiled assassination plot towards India designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Spox Jaiswal echoes the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and mentioned that the difficulty equally influence each nations nationwide safety and the high-level committee is trying into the matter.
“We have set up a high-level committee. The high-level committee is looking into several information that was shared by the American side with us because they also equally impact our national security. The high-level committee is looking into those aspects, and that is where it is right now,” he mentioned.
Earlier, within the every day press briefing of the US State Department, when being requested if the US obtained a report of India’s inner investigation within the case, US Department of State official spokesperson, Mathew Miller, denied sharing any particulars and asserted that they’re trying ahead to the outcomes of the investigation on the Indian aspect.
“So I’m not going to speak to media reports. I will just say that we have made clear to the Government of India that we want to see them conduct a full investigation, and we continue to look forward to the results of that investigation, but I don’t have any updates to offer,” Miller mentioned.
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is an India-designated terrorist who holds American and Canadian citizenship. He has repeatedly issued threats towards India.
As per the US Justice Department indictment, an Indian nationwide, Nikhil Gupta, who’s at the moment in custody, has been charged with the murder-for-hire of Pannun. The US Justice Department had claimed that an Indian authorities worker, who was not recognized within the indictment filed, had recruited Gupta to rent a hitman to allegedly assassinate Pannun, which was foiled by US authorities.
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