India hits back at US agency over religious freedom accusations
New Delhi said Washington’s report on religious freedom concerns in the country was “biased” and “politically motivated” Read Full Article at RT.com
A US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s report expressed concerns over what it called worsening treatment of minorities in India
New Delhi on Wednesday rebuked a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which had chided India over alleged “worsening treatment of minorities in the country.” The report claimed that conditions for religious freedom in India have “kept getting worse, with increasing attacks and discrimination against minority religious group.”
The commission also recommended the US government designate India as a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom violations and “impose targeted sanctions” against a former Indian intelligence officer and India’s external intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
In a strong statement, Indian Foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that USCIRF is carrying on “its pattern of issuing biased and politically motivated assessments,” citing the US organization’s “persistent attempts” to misrepresent isolated incidents that “reflect a deliberate agenda rather than a genuine concern for religious freedom.”
USCIRF’s 2025 Annual Report assessed religious freedom violations and progress in 28 countries during the 2024 calendar year and defined recommendations for American policy makers.
The commission also recommended imposing targeted sanctions on RAW over alleged links to plots targeting Sikh separatists in North America. Last year, the US government charged a former Indian intelligence officer, Vikash Yadav, in connection with a thwarted plot to kill a separatist Sikh leader.Delete
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