Amnesty International India employees work at their headquarters in Bangalore, India. The Human rights watchdog said on Tuesday (Sept 29, 2020), that it was halting its operation in India, citing reprisals from the government and the freezing of its bank accounts. - AP
NEW DELHI, Sept 29 (Reuters): Human rights group Amnesty International stopped its work in India on Tuesday saying the government had frozen its bank accounts in the latest action against it for speaking out about rights violations.
The group said it had laid off staff after facing a crackdown over the past two years over allegations of financial wrongdoing that it said were baseless.
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