Intellectuals, writers call on Cameron to raise rights issue with Modi

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

A group of leading U.K. academics have published a letter in the “Guardian” calling for an acknowledgment of the “darker side of what’s happening in India today”.
The flipside of the enthusiastic official and diaspora support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on display during his visit to the United Kingdom is a deep undercurrent of opposition to recent developments that have occurred in India under the Prime Minister’s watch — from Mr. Modi’s tenure as Chief Minister of Gujarat when over 2000 Muslims were killed in a pogrom in 2002, to more recent instances of intolerance for free speech.

A group of leading U.K. academics have published a letter in theGuardiancalling for an acknowledgment of the “darker side of what’s happening in India today”.

Alleging that “inflammatory hate speech and violent acts against Christian and Muslim minorities” have “steadily increased”, the signatories say that Mr. Modi’s “silence and delayed response to all these crimes does nothing to stem the violence”. Supporting recent statements by scientists and academics in India they said, “In the past year, various freedoms have been attacked, including what people may think, eat, wear and whom they choose to love. Three secular critics have been brutally murdered and these crimes are linked to extreme rightwing groups.”

In addition to the letter by academics, 200 British writers from PEN International including Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Henry Marsh and Val McDermid have written an open letter calling on his government to “take legal action to safeguard freedom of expression in India”. Their letter highlights the “rising climate of fear, growing intolerance and violence towards critical voices who challenge orthodoxy or fundamentalism in India” and urges Mr. Cameron to “engage with Prime Minister Modi both publicly and privately on this crucial issue”.


Intellectuals, writers call on Cameron to raise rights issues with Modi - The Hindu

 

[khakhi_chaddi]

Cameron already replied to press question about rights issues. He said - Modi has an unprecedented majority in Indian elections not seen in India in years.

 

[General General]

Cameron already replied to press question about rights issues. He said - Modi has an unprecedented majority in Indian elections not seen in India in years.

That's a poor argument. With that logic, Kim Jong-un, with his 101% vote approval rate should be a beacon of a role model for the democratic world.
India has a unique opportunity that it has never had before; being welcomed into the West by open arms. We are offering joint-ventures, investment as well as exposure to cutting-edge technologies to India. However, there is still the shadow looming over the rising intolerance in the country. No country has ever succeed by providing preference to one sect while ignoring the other.
If this issue is not nipped in the bud, it could lead to a snowball effect of the West withdrawing its unprecedented support for India. Pakistan, China as well as some of the Indian diaspora in the West are laying a constant pressure on the international level. Eventually, something might give.
The government should take steps, very public steps, to rein in elements who like delivering their own personal justice.

 

[khakhi_chaddi]

That's a poor argument. With that logic, Kim Jong-un, with his 101% vote approval rate should be a beacon of a role model for the democratic world.
India has a unique opportunity that it has never had before; being welcomed into the West by open arms. We are offering joint-ventures, investment as well as exposure to cutting-edge technologies to India. However, there is still the shadow looming over the rising intolerance in the country. No country has ever succeed by providing preference to one sect while ignoring the other.
If this issue is not nipped in the bud, it could lead to a snowball effect of the West withdrawing its unprecedented support for India. Pakistan, China as well as some of the Indian diaspora in the West are laying a constant pressure on the international level. Eventually, something might give.
The government should take steps, very public steps, to rein in elements who like delivering their own personal justice.

Indian elections are free & fair. Not like Korea. No body has been able to get majority in Indian parliament in last 30 years. Modi did.

 

[ganesh623]

That's a poor argument. With that logic, Kim Jong-un, with his 101% vote approval rate should be a beacon of a role model for the democratic world.
India has a unique opportunity that it has never had before; being welcomed into the West by open arms. We are offering joint-ventures, investment as well as exposure to cutting-edge technologies to India. However, there is still the shadow looming over the rising intolerance in the country. No country has ever succeed by providing preference to one sect while ignoring the other.
If this issue is not nipped in the bud, it could lead to a snowball effect of the West withdrawing its unprecedented support for India. Pakistan, China as well as some of the Indian diaspora in the West are laying a constant pressure on the international level. Eventually, something might give.
The government should take steps, very public steps, to rein in elements who like delivering their own personal justice.

You exposed your naviety by comparing india and korea.
Now get down your high horses, UK should be the last nation to lecture india about human rights violations.