UN chief chides India on rights record

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 20, 2022 12:43 am

MUMBAI, India: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chided India during a visit on Wednesday over its human rights record, which critics say has regressed under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Since Modi came to power in 2014 in the Hindu-majority nation of 1.4 billion, campaigners say persecution and hate speech have accelerated against religious minorities, especially for India's 200-million-strong Muslim minority.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (center) is greeted by Ruchira Kamboj (left), India’s permanent representative to the UN, upon his arrival at Mumbai’s airport in western India on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. INDIAN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS PHOTO VIA AFP

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