Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

And even in a basically democratic country such as India the ‘sophisticated’ attack on HRDs is possible.  In what is perhaps the first international reaction to the Indian government’s heightened scrutiny of NGOs receiving foreign funds, the United Nations Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya has in a report presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva expressed concern about the new regime (introduced by Foreign Contribution Regulation Act). In her report presented on 5 March she observed that some of the provisions of the new Act “may lead to abuse by the authorities when reviewing applications of organisations which were critical of authorities”. Indian law on foreign funds to NGOs worries UN body | Firstpost.

This entry was posted on March 13, 2012 at 20:49 and is filed under human rights, Human Rights Defenders.

Tags: freedom of association, Human Rights Defenders, India, Margaret Sekaggya