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FIIDS: Panel Factual Analysis of USCIRF 2023 Report vs facts: India and South Asia
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FIIDS: Panel Factual Analysis of USCIRF 2023 Report vs facts: India and South Asia

Panelists: Arif Aajakia (Pakistan-origin Human Rights Activist), Mohan Sonti (FIIDS Analyst), Devashri Khadke (FIIDS Analyst and Liaison Manager), Khanderao Chief of Policy and Strategy FIIDS recommends that the US Department of State should carefully evaluate and reject USCIRF biased analysis and flawed recommendations. The Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies has characterized the USCIRF report as biased, presenting partial data and flawed conclusions. Khanderao Kand, Chief of Policy and Strategy at FIIDS, stated that the USCIRF report is based on omission and commission of facts, utilizing partial data, hiding the full context, generalizing isolated incidents, and questioning the implementation of the law of the land. This report used partial and isolated incidents to wrongly brand the largest democracy in the world with a population of 1.4 billion, missing the opportunity to indicate positive recent trends against the background of a complex and violent past history. Khanderao further mentioned that the USCIRF is wrong to recommend the largest democracy and largely peaceful civilization as a country of particular concern. Moreover, its is highly questionable recommendation asking to evaluate India under FATF especially when India itself has been a target of terrorism.

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May 11, 2024