India Denies Visas To US Delegation That Assesses Religious Freedom

[SRP]

New Delhi: India has defended its decision to deny visas for a US government delegation charged with monitoring international religious freedom.

The delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom was scheduled to leave for India on Friday for a long-planned visit with the support of the US State Department and the US embassy in New Delhi.

"As a pluralistic, non-sectarian, and democratic state, and a close partner of the United States, India should have the confidence to allow our visit," USCIRF chairman Robert George said in a statement.

The Indian Embassy in Washington retaliated by stating, "We do not see the locus standi of a foreign entity like USCIRF to pass its judgment and comment on the state of Indian citizens' constitutionally protected rights."

In its 2015 report, the bipartisan USCIRF said incidents of religiously motivated and communal violence had reportedly increased for three consecutive years.

It said that despite its status as a pluralistic, secular democracy, India had long struggled to protect minority religious communities or provide justice when crimes occur, creating a climate of impunity.

US law allows for imposition of sanctions on countries flagged by the commission as "of particular concern," but the USCIRF's recommendations are not binding and these are not automatically imposed.

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[Paranoid Android]

Damm well done..

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

Nothing new here... they do this drama every year... They want o come.. India refuses visa... they cry.. and the story repeats every year.
India does not need certificates on religious freedom from countries where religious places are constantly vandalized and people are attacked for wearing their religious dress/symbols.

 

[IndoCarib]

First they should see it to that Trump doesnt become their president

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I guess , they won't be writing then

 

[topgun047]

China releases a list of human rights infringments occuring in US every year.
GoI should support that.

 

[CHD]

But i though india was secular and their was nothing to hide

 

[Scavenger]

But i though india was secular and their was nothing to hide

Does being a Pakistani make you inherently low witted?

It has nothing to do with India being secular or religious. As a sovereign country we do not accept or invite any other country to pass judgements on our country. Who gives US the authority to do this? And what locus standi do they have. And why should we endorse it by giving visas explicitly for this purpose.

These questions of national honour and pride are ones that can not be comprehended by Pakistanis. They lack any concept of national pride. Which is why Pakistanis let everything pass - like US massacring their soldiers(Salala), their unarmed citizens(drone attacks) or targeted killings(Raymond Davis).

 

[CHD]

Does being a Pakistani make you inherently low witted?

It has nothing to do with India being secular or religious. As a sovereign country we do not accept or invite any other country to pass judgements on our country. Who gives US the authority to do this? And what locus standi do they have. And why should we endorse it by giving visas explicitly for this purpose.

These questions of national honour and pride are ones that can not be comprehended by Pakistanis. They lack any concept of national pride. Which is why Pakistanis let everything pass - like US massacring their soldiers(Salala), their unarmed citizens(drone attacks) or targeted killings(Raymond Davis).

So what happened to indian pride when they came to border in 2002 and 2008 and then chickened out, you indian pride is limited to your street level ministers claims

And what happened to indian pride w.r.t Italian marines?

 

[Sky lord]

China releases a list of human rights infringments occuring in US every year.
GoI should support that.

We should provide our own list.

Personally I am very concerned about the treatment of blacks in the US. They get shot down by policemen in cold blood, confined to ghettos, living on welfare, over represented in prison and under represented in board rooms or even at the Oscars

The GOI should send a yearly delegation to the US to study the treatment of African Americans and widely disseminate their report in support of fellow people of color.

 

[Razia Sultana]

But i though india was secular and their was nothing to hide

You are right. India is secular and there is nothing to hide. But our experience with some international NGOs has been very negative. They pick up one off incident to colour the whole nation negatively. If any nation is interested in knowing about the religious freedom in India it should ask its diplomatic mission to send a report on the topic.

 

[CHD]

You are right. India is secular and there is nothing to hide. But our experience with some international NGOs has been very negative. They pick up one off incident to colour the whole nation negatively. If any nation is interested in knowing about the religious freedom in India it should ask its diplomatic mission to send a report on the topic.

Do you what a secular society means? is india still a secular when it applies hindus customs against other factions of the society.By banning muslims from eating beef and stopping from slaughtering cows during Eid.

 

[Ankit Kumar]

We should be more polite and simply say " Gaa*d Mara**".

 

[SrNair]

They dont know how to protect Sikhs ,their followers and Hindus in their own nations .Now they are trying to teach us about our constitutional rights .

 

[ranjeet]

But i though india was secular and their was nothing to hide

There is no Hindu, Sikh, Jain on this commission. How come a commission which doesn't have representation of 1+ billion people claim to be the flag bearer of religious freedom in other countries.