[VIDEO] India's political prisoners: UN calls for release of activists

[MenInG]

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The United Nations has joined the calls for the release of human rights activists in India who are in prison awaiting trial under anti-terrorism laws.

The conservative BJP government denies accusations by rights groups the charges against the left-wing activists are politically motivated.

Many rights groups are asking the government why it has not investigated the alleged role of Hindu nationalists in the violence that Rao and Bharadwaj are in jail for, even though a fact-finding mission found Hindu nationalist leaders were responsible.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...-calls-release-activists-200802083104229.html

 

[MenInG]

Bit shameful - didnt think largest democracy in the world needed to do this?

 

[Napa]

Sloppy reporting. Couple of obvious questions:

1) who is in this “fact finding” mission? Can’t be credible without that information.

2) UN has many different bodies. Which particular body is being referred to? Is it the famous UN Human Rights body which has Saudi Arabia that executes teenage protesters?

 

[PakLFC]

UN only speaks up when it has it's own agenda. No one respects or listens to this American mouthpiece anymore.

 

[MenInG]

Sloppy reporting. Couple of obvious questions:

1) who is in this “fact finding” mission? Can’t be credible without that information.

2) UN has many different bodies. Which particular body is being referred to? Is it the famous UN Human Rights body which has Saudi Arabia that executes teenage protesters?

Usual ostrich type reaction to such news.