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US commission says religious freedom in India deteriorating further
Apr 22, 2021
WASHINGTON: A US commission on Wednesday recommended for the second year in a row that India be placed on a blacklist for religious freedom, pointing out that treatment of minorities had deteriorated further.
The Indian government last year responded angrily to the call by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and there remains little chance that the State Department will take its advice and condemn India, an increasingly close US ally.—AFP