Its report on religious freedom in India highlights cases of significant human rights abuses against minorities, including credible reports of “unlawful and arbitrary killings,” “arbitrary arrest and detention by government authorities,” and “harsh and life-threatening prison conditions.”

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, commenting after the release of the report, said, “In India, the world’s largest democracy and home to a great diversity of faiths, we have seen rising attacks on people and places of worship.”

Instead of acknowledging the escalating religious persecution, the Indian government has denied attacks on minorities and their places of worship. An official spokesman of India’s Ministry of External Affairs argued that statements made by US officials such as Blinken were motivated by bias and that India regularly highlighted issues of anti-minority violence in discussions with the United States.

Source: persecution.org