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US body on religious freedom puts India on watch list
Published on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:03, Updated on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 15:13 in 
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Washington: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has placed India on its "Watch List" for New Delhi's largely inadequate response in protecting its religious minorities.
In a statement, USCIRF said India earned the Watch List designation due to the "disturbing increase" in communal violence against religious minorities – specifically Christians in Orissa in 2008 and Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 - and the largely inadequate response from the Indian government to protect the rights of religious minorities.
"It is extremely disappointing that India, which has a multitude of religious communities, has done so little to protect and bring justice to its religious minorities under siege," said Leonard Leo, USCIRF chair.
USCIRF's India chapter was released this week to mark the first anniversary of the start of the anti-Christian violence in Orissa.
Any country that is designated on the USCIRF "Watch List" requires "close monitoring due to the nature and extent of violations of religious freedom engaged in or tolerated by the government."Other countries currently on the Commission's Watch List are Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Laos, the Russian Federation, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Venezuela.
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klu klux kan of america killed a few thousands in america itself.hitler killed millions of jews.americans bombed japan with lethal
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just boot them.
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India should have condemned this report instead of just regretting.US body should keep USA on watch list for playing with
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US do not have any right to talk about the religious freedom of muslims instead what had happened in afganistan
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I agree with this. Probably should have been on this list a decade ago itself.
A few bad
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