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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. There seems to be very little appetite in the EU institutions to take a firm public stance on India's human rights situation (Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

India's human rights defenders deserve EU support

On Tuesday (12th January), the EU-India Human Rights dialogue will take place. Will EU leaders take a leap and stop keeping quiet about the deteriorating human rights situation in India?

The civic space in India has been squeezed tighter from all directions over the past couple of years.

Human rights defenders, religious minorities, and government critics have all been under pressure from several vaguely defined laws – including counter terrorism legislations – that are used to s...

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Hannah Neumann and Alviina Alametsä are Green MEPs, from Germany and Finland respectively.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. There seems to be very little appetite in the EU institutions to take a firm public stance on India's human rights situation (Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

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Hannah Neumann and Alviina Alametsä are Green MEPs, from Germany and Finland respectively.

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