The religious freedom report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is biased against India.
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 established the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, which is a federal government commission in the United States. The President and the leadership of both political parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives appoint USCIRF Commissioners.
In the context of religious freedom, the report proposed that the Biden Administration identify India, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and 11 other countries as "countries of particular concern."
A group of prominent Indian-Americans has voiced unhappiness with the US Commission on International Religious Freedom's recent annual report, alleging that it is prejudiced against India. In the context of religious freedom, the report proposed that the Biden Administration identify India, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and 11 other countries as "countries of particular concern."
A total of 15 nations have been recommended for the CPC designation for 2022, based on religious freedom conditions in 2021. India, Pakistan, Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, and Vietnam are among the countries involved.
The US government is not bound by the recommendations." The USCIRF's assessment on India is skewed by anti-India campaigns in the United States," said Khanderao Kand of the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS), policy research and awareness organization located in the United States.
Instead of recognizing that India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is a law that grants citizenship to religiously persecuted refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, it is incorrectly portrayed as a law that takes away citizenship, he claims. Similarly, the report forgot to disclose that the National Register of Citizenship (NRC), which is used in most democratic countries, is being implemented in India in accordance with a court judgment, according to Kand.
"It's regrettable that the BBC exclusively quoted Muslims from Kashmir, ignoring Kashmiri Pandit Hindus who have been forced out and slain as a result of their terrorism." "It forgot to highlight that following the elimination of 370, the situation normalized," said Jeevan Zutshi, a founder member of the Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD).
"The research contradicts India's humanitarian credentials because 90% of my extended family and the majority of Bangladesh's indigenous people are fleeing to India to escape Jihadis," said Priya Saha, editor of Dalit Kantha and Bangladesh Journal of Minority in the United States.
"USCIRF in its annual ritual of the report displays its compulsive anti-India bias!" Dr. Adityan, President of the Council for Strategic Affairs, detected a pattern of prejudice. The USCIRF report has devolved into a partisan political instrument in the United States, devoid of any objectivity! The paper demonstrates blatant ignorance of Indian laws, constitution, and realities!"
"This report is based on ignorance of reality and vested interests." Professor Yash Pathak, a Fulbright scholar, remarked, "USCRIF should do an independent assessment and be above entrenched interests."
Sukhi Chahal, the principal editor of Khalsa Today in California, criticized the purported labeling of Sikh farmers.
"Some anti-India groups and Khalistani elements from outside India had openly declared US dollar bounties for causing disturbances in India through farmer protests." The narrative incorrectly projected that the government discredited all Sikh farmer protesters as terrorists, rather than conceding that Khalistani terrorists had infiltrated the farmers' demonstration," Chahal stated.
The report gives a one-sided and biased narrative about religious freedom in India, according to Chandru Acharya, president of South Asian American Voices For Impact, with exaggerated assertions aimed to create an eco-system of fear and hate.
"The study is untrustworthy, and it attempts to label the vast majority of peace-loving, pluralistic Hindus as extremists," he said.
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