Indian democracy has worsened under Modi US report claims
In the new annual study on global human rights and liberty by Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO that monitors political freedom around the world, India’s standing as a democracy and free society has been demoted to “partly free.”
According to the Washington-based organization’s “Freedom in the World” survey, the world ‘s biggest democracy fell in standings this year due to continued persecution against Muslim citizens and heightened intimidation of government opponents and journalists.
“Since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014, the nation’s democratic freedom and civil liberties have worsened, with heightened assault on human rights organizations, increasing repression of intellectuals and media, and a series of bigoted assaults, including lynching, directed at Muslims,” according to the paper. “After the 2019 Modi reelection the downturn just intensified.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lockdown on 24 March 2020 left migrant lackeys trapped without work in big cities. Hundreds and thousands of them then started long journeys, often over more than 1,000 km, to their home on foot. Some were killed and others were killed in traffic crashes. After walking home in the sparkling sun some died of fatigue.
India was reduced by 73 countries, which affected three-fourths of the world’s population for decreases in human rights and civil liberties. The survey, which ranks 210 countries, found the “Not Free” States to be the highest since 2006. Not only authoritarian countries such as China, Belarus and Venezuela were affected, but also unstable democracies such as the United States and India.
Freedom House introduced in 1973 the Freedom in World Survey, which evaluated each country’s levels of freedom and classified them as ‘free,’ ‘partially free’ or ‘not free’ by means of a statistical ranking. The annual report is seen as one of democracy’s most ancient quantitative indicators.
