Questions of Human Rights
Some of the organisation’s recent research has certainly raised questions that the government is reluctant to answer, with allegations of human rights abuse by official police forces during the Delhi riots earlier this year and criticism of the government’s use of arbitrary detention and torture in Kashmir.
The latest amendments to law that regulate foreign grants to Indian non-profits make compliance virtually impossible. Thousands of NGOs are no longer able to receive money from overseas, putting a stop to a wide range of advocacy work. This change in the law enables the authorities to shut down any civil society organisation that speaks out against government policy.