India slams PAK over issue of terrorism at UNHRC
US watchdog Freedom House has dropped India from a list of free countries and placed it in the partly free category. The report, released by a Washington-based non-profit that has been conducting research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom and human rights, said that the country was being driven towards authoritarianism.
Freedom House further explained that the reason for India s status decline as a result of a multiyear pattern in which the government and its allies have allegedly presided over rising violence and discriminatory policies affecting the Muslim population and pursued a crackdown on expressions of dissent by the media, academics, civil society groups, and protesters.