US Religious Freedom Panel Recommends Sanctions Against India’s RSS
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged the imposition of sanctions against India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh following reports of religious persecution. The recommendation coincides with the organization’s leader visiting Washington.
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Religious freedom panel urges sanctions against India's RSS during chief's US visit
A United States panel on religious freedom has expressed concern about a visit to the country by the chief of the Hindu nationalist group that is the ideological parent of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and urged sanctions on the group’s members. Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is on a US visit and is scheduled to speak at a Saturday event in New York City. The RSS, a powerful Hindu group from which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP emerged, said ...
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