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Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by ranjitcool1 »

nabla9 wrote: post #22

Hindu nationalism is just like any nationalism. It harms liberties. India: Arrests of Activists Politically Motivated https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/16/india-arrests-activists-... Under Modi, India's Press Not Free Anymore https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-pre... Critics of India’s Modi Government Face Sedition Charges https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/critics-of-indias-modi-gover... Is free sp…

Lol you need to stop reading biased media outlets. It’s our bad luck that none of the outlets are fair sided these days.

Tune into an Indian news channel and validate your free press claims, you will see why nytimes is biased.

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by deskamess »

SimplyUseless wrote: post #73

What has this post got anything to do with Startups? HN has become irrelevant when the reason is to make impacts in the startup world and less on how the political landscape works. The only reason this post is important is because a lot of the techies are Indians and you can see from the comments on why these discussions are so important for them. We could go on and bring up political unrests in China, Afghanistan, I…

You have never seen a non-startup post here? Nothing about racism or job or caste discrimination?

You can completely avoid participating in this discussion. Worst case, the article takes up two lines on the main story page. Two lines that your eyes can scroll by. You do not have to click.

I see a lot of users are triggered by the reality of whats happening in India. In general, we see a lot of that when any anti-caste or stories not favorable to the current govt are posted.

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by murukesh_s »

sbmthakur wrote: post #34
apexkid wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is all motivated reporting. India has such a strong and independent judicial system which does its job. If any charges are put incorrectly then courts will grant relief. India is democratic country.

According to AlJazeera, Afzal Guru is just a "Kashmiri separatist". I guess they missed the part where he was convicted for attacking the Indian parliament [1]. Interesting that Amnesty International questioned the way he was tried and punished[2]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack 2. https://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/india-ne...

But Afzal was hanged when India was ruled by Congress. And all parties including Far left supported it. So that case cannot be used to measure judiciary sleeping with present government.

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Post by shadowprofile77 »

Is it just my skewed perception of more or less recent reporting about India's politics or is the supposed largest democracy on Earth slowly turning into an authoritarian nationalist state to a degree it hasn't seen in many years. Honestly curious, not a rhetorical question, in case anyone can clarify this with better information or first-hand understanding.

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Post by murukesh_s »

xrisk wrote: post #77
sshlocalhost wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> India will only be a true democracy when Hinduism, which manifests in the caste system and brahmanic supremacy, will be annihilated. Your hatred for Hinduism is shocking! I am utterly disappointing to read this in HN (a tech news discussion). Just for your info, all people regardless of religions have caste in India including Sikhs, Chritsians and muslims . Define "brahmanic supremacy". Brahmins are a group of peop…

Every dominant religion oppresses. In India, Hinduism takes that honor.

Shall we correct it to "Every dominant ideology oppresses"?. What religion is doing oppression in China?

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Post by malware7 »

ashleshbiradar wrote: post #51
sidmkp96 wrote: post #47

HN should take down this post. The country has been heavily polarized into two sections (pro-bjp and against-bjp) with both the sections heavily incentivised by the "IT" deptt of respective political parties. Very few will talk about the actual issue and most of the comments will be rhetorical, only focusing on what they believe is right.

this post is from a reputed source, I see no reason why it should be taken down. As far as I am concerned, this is not a subjective thing, the crack down on Amnesty International in the country is not subject to individual opinions.

It just happens that the "reputed source" itself is under question for source of their funding.

What you consider reputed is your opinion, not a fact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Amnesty_Internati...

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by kumarharsh »

xrisk wrote: post #77
sshlocalhost wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> India will only be a true democracy when Hinduism, which manifests in the caste system and brahmanic supremacy, will be annihilated. Your hatred for Hinduism is shocking! I am utterly disappointing to read this in HN (a tech news discussion). Just for your info, all people regardless of religions have caste in India including Sikhs, Chritsians and muslims . Define "brahmanic supremacy". Brahmins are a group of peop…

Every dominant religion oppresses. In India, Hinduism takes that honor.

Every dominant majority oppresses - doesn't have to be religion - see China.

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by djsumdog »

xrisk wrote: post #75
sbmthakur wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Supreme court had concluded that he arranged logistics and explosives for the attackers. I am not sure how they arrived at that conclusion without a "shred of evidence". https://scroll.in/article/805427/the-quick-guide-to-sar-gila...

I meant that all the evidence was circumstantial, which was admitted by even the court.

Isn't this the entire reason we need groups like Amnesty International present, or do you think they're bias/compromised as well?

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

apexkid wrote: post #26
nabla9 wrote: post #22

Hindu nationalism is just like any nationalism. It harms liberties. India: Arrests of Activists Politically Motivated https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/16/india-arrests-activists-... Under Modi, India's Press Not Free Anymore https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-pre... Critics of India’s Modi Government Face Sedition Charges https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/critics-of-indias-modi-gover... Is free sp…

This is all motivated reporting. India has such a strong and independent judicial system which does its job. If any charges are put incorrectly then courts will grant relief. India is democratic country.

You sound like a government-funded internet troll paid to spread a certain line of thought or to just oppose any criticism to the government. Whose payroll are you on?

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by kcsomisetty »

I read in another thread. reproducing the comments here for balanced point of view.

"If more than 20% of your funds goes to administrative expenses (office supplies, stationary, tea/coffee, misc), you know there is something shady. Satyam computers, did the same thing, created fake employees, posted huge expenses under admin category for almost 5 years. Later it was found that they were laundering money for YSR from overseas, and went bust and was later acquired by TechMahindra for paisa on the rupee.

Amnesty india is probably in knee deep shit and exiting before anything comes to light."

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