US religious freedom panel urges sanctions against India’s RSS during chief’s US visit
USCIRF urged targeted sanctions on RSS members and a visa revocation for Mohan Bhagwat, citing rising abuses against Indian minorities.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged the U.S. government to impose targeted sanctions against RSS members and revoke the visa issued to Mohan Bhagwat, the organization's chief currently visiting New York City.
- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the ideological parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party , while rights groups assert the organization promotes majoritarian ideology fueling intolerance toward minorities.
- Critics point to rising hate speech, a religion-based citizenship law, the demolition of Muslim-owned properties, the removal of Muslim-majority Kashmir's autonomy, and anti-conversion legislation as evidence of religious freedom concerns.
- The RSS disputes being intolerant, describing itself as a "Hindu-centric civilisational, cultural movement" that wants to take India "to the pinnacle of glory," including by uniting Hindus.
- India's government denies being discriminatory, citing policies like food subsidies and electrification drives, while the U.S. has not imposed sanctions following previous USCIRF recommendations.
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U.S. religious freedom panel urges sanctions on RSS members over Mohan Bhagwat visit
We urge the U.S. government to consider targeted sanctions against RSS members and Indian officials complicit in religious freedom violations, including revoking the visa issued to Mohan Bhagwat, says Asif Mahmood, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
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