UN rights chief slams India, foreign ministry hits back
A riot-hit area in Delhi (AFP photo) GENEVA: The UN human rights chief on Thursday voiced “great concern” over India’s amended citizenship law and reports of “police inaction” in the face of communal attacks in Delhi. Updating the ongoing 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on human rights developments around the world, UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet also spoke about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. “Indians in huge numbers, and from all communities, have expressed — in a mostly peaceful manner — their opposition to the Act, and support for the country’s long tradition of secularism,” she said. “I am concerned by reports of police inaction in the face of attacks against Muslims by other groups...,” said the former Chilean president
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