Human Rights Watch: India - Activists Detained for Peaceful Dissent
April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020
NEW YORK, April 15 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Indian authorities on April 14, 2020 detained two rights activists who have been critics of government policies, Human Rights Watch said. The government should immediately drop all charges under a counterterrorism law against Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha for allegedly inciting caste-based violence along with other activists during a demonstration in Maharashtra state in 2017.
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Indian authorities on April 14, 2020 detained two rights activists who have been critics of government policies, Human Rights Watch said. The government should immediately drop all charges under a counterterrorism law against Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha for allegedly inciting caste-based violence along with other activists during a demonstration in Maharashtra state in 2017.
"Indian . . .