Radical Islamist & leftist extremist groups unite to plan protests in US targeting PM Modi’s Visit
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On June 22, when Modi is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden, radical Islamist & leftist extremist groups like the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), Veterans for Peace, Peace Action, and Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition intend to hold protests in multiple locations targeting PM MODI due to what they claim is a worsening human rights situation in India.
while Washington seeks to have closer ties with INDIA, the world’s largest democracy which it sees as a counterbalance force to counter china, there are certain radical islamist & leftist extremist groups who worry that geopolitics will overshadow human rights concerns.
Flyers that said “Modi Not Welcome” and “Save India from Hindu Supremacy.” are now being Prepared by these extremist groups to Sabotage PM Modi’s Visit
Another event is planned in New York featuring a show titled “Howdy Democracy,” a play on the name of the 2019 “Howdy Modi!” rally in Texas featuring the Indian prime minister and then-US President Donald Trump.
Next week, a BBC documentary on Modi that questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots will be screened in Washington at a screening hosted by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch which was banned in INDIA for Fake Propaganda & malicious activity.
All of this is unlikely to change the Biden-Modi discussions, said analysts.
“My guess is that human rights will not be much of a focus of the conversation,” said Donald Camp, a former State Department official and part of Washington think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Camp said that for the Modi trip to be seen as successful on both sides, there would be a reluctance from Washington to raise human rights issues.
The US State Department has said it regularly raises human rights concerns with Indian officials and respects the free speech rights of US residents to demonstrate against Modi.
17 Radical Islamist & leftist extremist groups call on US Prez Biden to rescind State Dinner Invitation to PM MODI
A coalition of 17 civil rights organizations, including the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), has released an open letter urging President Joe Biden to reconsider his decision to extend a state dinner invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, due to the steep decline of democratic values and the continuous violation of human rights against ‘so called’ minority communities under his rule.
The letter is signed by Indian American Muslim Council(IAMC), Hindus for Human Rights, Dalit Solidarity Inc., World Without Genocide, International Defenders Council, International Society for Peace and Justice, Genocide Watch, Jubilee Campaign, Asian Children’s Education Fellowship, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Misión Vida para las Naciones, Church in the Republic of Uruguay, Global Christian Relief, American Sikh Council, Human Rights and Grassroots Development Society, International Commission for Dalit Rights.
Pro Radical Islamist & Anti India groups Unite against PM Modi
As the day of PM MODI’s US visit nears, Anti India & Anti Hindu groups operating in USA are now standing up in arms to disrupt what they call a “great honour” to PM Modi pointing to US visit.
In a Press release of Indian American Muslim council (IAMC) dated 15th June 2023, Nadine Maenza, Former Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), stated that Modi should work to address rising anti-minority violence by, “condemning calls for genocide, arresting and charging those who are committing violence against religious communities, ending impunity for that violence… and working with the U.S. government on a roadmap to eliminate religiously discriminatory laws and policies.”
Daniel Bastard, Asia-Pacific Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), stated that President Biden should call upon Modi to address the dissemination of hate speech through social media, as well as his regime’s unlawful arrests of Indian journalists.
“There are eleven journalists who are currently in jail in India for no credible reason,” he said. “So I would ask President Biden to ask Prime Minister Modi, what about these journalists? Why are they in jail? When are you planning to release them?”
“It is for our friends all over the world to make sure that the government of India knows that what it is doing, what it has gone about doing in the last few years, is wrong,” said Aakar Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International in India.
“The United States must ask itself, can it trust India as a regional and global security partner when India is committed to becoming a racist, casteist, and majoritarian nationalist state?” said Dr. Angana Chatterji, Founding Co-chair of the Political Conflict, Gender, and People’s Rights Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley.
“The United States is actively, knowingly, deliberately empowering Modi to become a dictator and authoritarian, totalitarian figure,” said Ajit Sahi, Advocacy Director at Indian American Muslim Council. “Now, only US civil society can start putting pressure… [on] the Biden administration for its absolutely egregious and unacceptable involvement in abetting Modi’s dictatorial tendencies.”
while Washington seeks to have closer ties with INDIA, the world’s largest democracy which it sees as a counterbalance force to counter china, there are certain radical islamist & leftist extremist groups who worry that geopolitics will overshadow human rights concerns.
Flyers that said “Modi Not Welcome” and “Save India from Hindu Supremacy.” are now being Prepared by these extremist groups to Sabotage PM Modi’s Visit
Another event is planned in New York featuring a show titled “Howdy Democracy,” a play on the name of the 2019 “Howdy Modi!” rally in Texas featuring the Indian prime minister and then-US President Donald Trump.
Next week, a BBC documentary on Modi that questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots will be screened in Washington at a screening hosted by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch which was banned in INDIA for Fake Propaganda & malicious activity.
All of this is unlikely to change the Biden-Modi discussions, said analysts.
“My guess is that human rights will not be much of a focus of the conversation,” said Donald Camp, a former State Department official and part of Washington think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Camp said that for the Modi trip to be seen as successful on both sides, there would be a reluctance from Washington to raise human rights issues.
The US State Department has said it regularly raises human rights concerns with Indian officials and respects the free speech rights of US residents to demonstrate against Modi.
17 Radical Islamist & leftist extremist groups call on US Prez Biden to rescind State Dinner Invitation to PM MODI
A coalition of 17 civil rights organizations, including the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), has released an open letter urging President Joe Biden to reconsider his decision to extend a state dinner invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, due to the steep decline of democratic values and the continuous violation of human rights against ‘so called’ minority communities under his rule.
The letter is signed by Indian American Muslim Council(IAMC), Hindus for Human Rights, Dalit Solidarity Inc., World Without Genocide, International Defenders Council, International Society for Peace and Justice, Genocide Watch, Jubilee Campaign, Asian Children’s Education Fellowship, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Misión Vida para las Naciones, Church in the Republic of Uruguay, Global Christian Relief, American Sikh Council, Human Rights and Grassroots Development Society, International Commission for Dalit Rights.
Pro Radical Islamist & Anti India groups Unite against PM Modi
As the day of PM MODI’s US visit nears, Anti India & Anti Hindu groups operating in USA are now standing up in arms to disrupt what they call a “great honour” to PM Modi pointing to US visit.
In a Press release of Indian American Muslim council (IAMC) dated 15th June 2023, Nadine Maenza, Former Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), stated that Modi should work to address rising anti-minority violence by, “condemning calls for genocide, arresting and charging those who are committing violence against religious communities, ending impunity for that violence… and working with the U.S. government on a roadmap to eliminate religiously discriminatory laws and policies.”
“There are eleven journalists who are currently in jail in India for no credible reason,” he said. “So I would ask President Biden to ask Prime Minister Modi, what about these journalists? Why are they in jail? When are you planning to release them?”
“It is for our friends all over the world to make sure that the government of India knows that what it is doing, what it has gone about doing in the last few years, is wrong,” said Aakar Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International in India.
“The United States must ask itself, can it trust India as a regional and global security partner when India is committed to becoming a racist, casteist, and majoritarian nationalist state?” said Dr. Angana Chatterji, Founding Co-chair of the Political Conflict, Gender, and People’s Rights Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley.
“The United States is actively, knowingly, deliberately empowering Modi to become a dictator and authoritarian, totalitarian figure,” said Ajit Sahi, Advocacy Director at Indian American Muslim Council. “Now, only US civil society can start putting pressure… [on] the Biden administration for its absolutely egregious and unacceptable involvement in abetting Modi’s dictatorial tendencies.”
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