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UN committee urges India to address hate speech, human rights violations
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has expressed grave concern over reported human rights violations in India, including against Dalits, Scheduled Tribes and Rohingya refugees, and urged accountability. India's delegation rejected the findings.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has expressed 'grave concern' over reports of human rights violations in India, calling on the government to address hate speech and hate crimes and to ensure accountability. The committee's findings were released after India's 11th periodic review.
In its report, the committee said there had been an increase in incidents against Bengali-speaking Muslims and urged India to promptly conduct thorough and impartial investigations into all allegations. It also raised concerns about violations by law enforcement officials against ethnic and ethno-religious groups, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, including Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes—particularly Dalits—and non-citizens such as Rohingya refugees.
According to the report, incidents of hate crimes and extrajudicial overreach by authorities escalated following a Union Home Ministry order in 2017 and the Pahalgam terror attack. The committee alleged the involvement of law enforcement authorities in racially motivated violence.
Official sources said the Indian delegation rejected the committee's findings during the review. The committee's report also expressed concerns about human rights situations in Kuwait, Finland and Honduras.
IndiaLaw and crime
UN committee urges India to address hate speech, human rights violations
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has expressed grave concern over reported human rights violations in India, including against Dalits, Scheduled Tribes and Rohingya refugees, and urged accountability. India's delegation rejected the findings.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has expressed 'grave concern' over reports of human rights violations in India, calling on the government to address hate speech and hate crimes and to ensure accountability. The committee's findings were released after India's 11th periodic review.
In its report, the committee said there had been an increase in incidents against Bengali-speaking Muslims and urged India to promptly conduct thorough and impartial investigations into all allegations. It also raised concerns about violations by law enforcement officials against ethnic and ethno-religious groups, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, including Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes—particularly Dalits—and non-citizens such as Rohingya refugees.
According to the report, incidents of hate crimes and extrajudicial overreach by authorities escalated following a Union Home Ministry order in 2017 and the Pahalgam terror attack. The committee alleged the involvement of law enforcement authorities in racially motivated violence.
Official sources said the Indian delegation rejected the committee's findings during the review. The committee's report also expressed concerns about human rights situations in Kuwait, Finland and Honduras.