UN chief chides India on rights record

20 October 2022
UN chief chides India on rights record

UN chief Antonio Guterres chides India during a visit 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.