Amnesty India closes offices |
Amnesty International India has temporarily closed its offices and postponed events aimed at raising awareness of rights abuses over safety concerns for its staff after the charity was accused of sedition by protesters, a spokeswoman said. Political activists held demonstrations against the rights group earlier and , accusing it of inciting hatred against the state during an event it hosted on abuses by Indian security forces in the troubled Kashmir region.Police said they were investigating if "anti-India" slogans were raised at the event after receiving a complaint from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, which has ties to the ruling Bharitya Janata Party.Amnesty said the allegations against the organisation were unsubstantiated, but admitted that slogans calling for Kashmir`s independence were chanted by some people attending the recent seminar in the southern city of Bengaluru.
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