{"id":179594,"date":"2025-07-22T10:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=179594"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:37:08","slug":"calls-grow-for-global-action-on-rights-abuses-in-india-iiojk-under-modi-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/07\/22\/calls-grow-for-global-action-on-rights-abuses-in-india-iiojk-under-modi-regime.html","title":{"rendered":"Calls grow for global action on rights abuses in India, IIOJK under Modi regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179595 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/07\/hr-abuses-in-jk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"157\" \/>#IndiaHumanRightsCrisis #ModiCrushesDemocracy<\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, July 22: A group of Srinagar-based human rights activists has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and across India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the activists, in a joint statement with last names marked on the letter due to fear of reprisal, warned that India under the Narendra Modi government is increasingly becoming a hostile ground for minorities, dissenters, and rights defenders.<\/p>\n<p>The group welcomed the growing global condemnation of India\u2019s rights record, with the United Nations, Freedom House, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), and other watchdogs calling for accountability.<\/p>\n<p>They cited UN experts\u2019 criticism of India\u2019s treatment of detained Kashmiri activists Khurram Parvez and Irfan Meraj under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), describing it as an &#8220;assault on civil society&#8221; and an act of \u201cwanton cruelty.\u201d The activists said the Modi regime is systematically using UAPA and other black laws to crush peaceful dissent and pro-freedom expression in Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia has ignored over 40 communications from UN special rapporteurs and continues to operate with impunity. Over 80 percent of these letters remain unanswered,\u201d the group said, adding that Modi\u2019s India is the only so-called democracy engaged in transnational repression, as documented by Freedom House.<\/p>\n<p>The activists urged the international community, particularly the United States, to hold New Delhi accountable by designating India a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d and tying all arms deals and strategic ties to measurable human rights reforms.<\/p>\n<p>They emphasized that the time for statements has passed. \u201cIndia\u2019s civil society is under siege. It\u2019s no longer a domestic issue\u2014it\u2019s a global rights crisis demanding urgent action,\u201d they concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#IndiaHumanRightsCrisis #ModiCrushesDemocracy Srinagar, July 22: A group of Srinagar-based human rights activists has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and across India. According to Kashmir Media Service, the activists, in a joint statement with last names marked on the letter due to fear of reprisal, warned that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":179595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}