US monitoring rise of 'Human Rights Abuses' in India: US Secretary of State

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US is monitoring the increase in human rights abuses in India. He said that we regularly share the values ​​of human rights with our ally India. We are monitoring some recent incidents in India, including an increase in human rights abuses by some government, police, and prison officials.

According to the news agency Reuters, Blinken said in a joint press conference with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh of India. However, Blinken did not comment on the issue in detail. At the same time, after blinking in the briefing, Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar did not comment on this issue.

The remark of the US Secretary of State came after US Representative Ilhan Omar's statement in which he questioned why the Biden administration has been so reluctant to criticize the Modi government on the issue of human rights. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week, denied the allegations and said the Biden administration has been raising human rights issues with all countries, including India. "I think it's important that we engage with countries with whom we have many interests related to human rights concerns," he said. "Let us meet a civilized society. Let us deal with those issues. Let us support the NGOs working on these issues. Let us support the freedom of journalists and journalists.