Click to expand Image Indian Dalit rights activists protest against the police raid and illegal arrest of human right activists under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) during a protest in New Delhi, August 29, 2018. 2018 Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images (London) - The global terrorism financing and money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), should call on the Indian government to stop prosecuting, intimidating, and harassing human rights defenders, activists, and nonprofit organizations in the country on the pretext of countering terrorist financing, Amnesty International, Charity & Security Network, and Human Rights Watch said today. FATF members are to start their fourth periodic review of India's record on tackling illicit funding on November 6, 2023. Indian authorities have exploited FATF's recommendations which aim to prevent terrorist financing as part of a coordinated campaign to restrict civic space and stifle the rights to fre