Tuesday, September 9, 2025
  • Who’sWho Africa AWARDS
  • About Time Africa Magazine
  • Contact Us
Time Africa Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • World News
    • US
    • UAE
    • Europe
    • UK
    • Israel-Hamas
    • Russia-Ukraine
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Column
  • Interviews
  • Special Report
No Result
View All Result
Time Africa Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • World News
    • US
    • UAE
    • Europe
    • UK
    • Israel-Hamas
    • Russia-Ukraine
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Column
  • Interviews
  • Special Report
No Result
View All Result
Time Africa Magazine
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • Magazine
  • World News

Home » World News » India using anti-money laundering rules to ‘silence critics’: Amnesty

India using anti-money laundering rules to ‘silence critics’: Amnesty

Critics say Modi’s government has sought to pressure rights groups by heavily scrutinizing their finances

September 27, 2023
in World News
0
Demonstrators wave Amnesty International flag during a protest in solidarity with migrants at Place de la Republique in Paris on September 5, 2015, after the 'Pas en notre nom' (Not in our name) collective organised the event on social networks. AFP PHOTO / GUILLEMTTE VILLEMIN (Photo by GUILLEMETTE VILLEMIN / AFP)

Demonstrators wave Amnesty International flag during a protest in solidarity with migrants at Place de la Republique in Paris on September 5, 2015, after the 'Pas en notre nom' (Not in our name) collective organised the event on social networks. AFP PHOTO / GUILLEMTTE VILLEMIN (Photo by GUILLEMETTE VILLEMIN / AFP)

540
SHARES
4.5k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

NEW DELHI: India is exploiting recommendations by a global money-laundering watchdog as a “draconian” tool to shutter civil society groups and suppress activists and critics, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Government critics within civil society organizations and the media have long complained of harassment in the world’s biggest democracy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist administration, a charge it strenuously denies.

Amnesty said the recommendations of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) were being abused to bring in “draconian laws to stifle the non-profit sector” and block organizations from funding.

The 39-nation FATF, of which India has been a member since 2010, is mandated to tackle global money laundering and terrorist financing.

Critics say Modi’s government has sought to pressure rights groups by heavily scrutinizing their finances and clamping down on foreign funding.

ReadAlso

Rape, Murder, Secret Burials: Indian Temple Worker’s Chilling Confession

Air India Plane Crash Sole Survivor Recounts Moments Before The Crash

“Under the guise of combatting terrorism, the Indian government has leveraged the Financial Action Task Force’s recommendations to tighten its arsenal of financial and counter-terrorism laws which are routinely misused to target and silence critics,” Amnesty International India chair Aakar Patel said in a statement.

In the last 10 years, India has canceled the licenses of more than 20,600 non-governmental organizations, with nearly 6,000 of these taking place since 2022, the report said.

ADVERTISEMENT

In 2020, Amnesty International had to suspend its Indian operations after its bank accounts were frozen.

The Indian government defended its move, accusing Amnesty of “illegal practices” involving the transfer of “large amounts of money” from Amnesty UK to India.

Journalists critical of the government also complain of increased harassment, both on social media — where Modi’s ruling party has a powerful presence — and in the real world.

AFP

Source: AFP
Tags: AmnestyAmnesty InternationalANTI-MONEY LAUNDERINGIndia
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

More troubles for travellers as Nigerian passport face ‘devaluation’

Next Post

President of 78th UN General Assembly: ‘We need to maintain this momentum and to build on it with concrete, tangible actions’

You MayAlso Like

Russia-Ukraine

Russia Launches Largest Aerial Attack on Ukraine, Strikes Government Headquarters in Kyiv

September 8, 2025
US

How Trump-Era Rhetoric Sparks Building of Whites-Only Communities in US

September 8, 2025
The tallest bridge in the world begins pre-opening load tests in Guizhou province on Aug 21, 2025. (LIU QING / FOR CHINA DAILY)
World News

China finishes world’s highest bridge

August 31, 2025
UK

Prince Harry ‘to meet with King Charles’ when he returns to UK for anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death

August 29, 2025
UK

Get your children the chickenpox jab to stop the anti-vaxxers, minister tells parents

August 29, 2025
Middle-East

How former Israeli PM Olmert views the war

August 28, 2025
Next Post
UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis delivers his closing remarks to the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

President of 78th UN General Assembly: ‘We need to maintain this momentum and to build on it with concrete, tangible actions’

FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. In a report issued on Monday, July 17, 2023, the U.N. says Taliban authorities have further increased restrictions on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan in recent months. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

UN Security Council urged to classify Taliban oppression of women as ‘gender apartheid’

Discussion about this post

How the Church’s Inaction Emboldened a Priest-Lawyer to Take Over Tansian University

“Hands Off My Brother’s Legacy!” — Prof. Akam Slams Fr. Obiorah Over Alleged Meddling at Late Msgr. Akam’s Tansian University

“Go to Hell With the Bishop”: Catholic Priest Sparks Outrage After Disrupting Mass in Aba

How Unknown Hands Stole Tansian University

Inside the Battle for Ownership of Madonna University

“Commercializing the Eucharist Must Never Be Tolerated”: Vatican Envoy Warns Nigerian Priests

  • British government apologizes to Peter Obi, as hired impostors, master manipulators on rampage abroad

    1240 shares
    Share 496 Tweet 310
  • Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market

    1066 shares
    Share 426 Tweet 267
  • Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

    972 shares
    Share 389 Tweet 243
  • ‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

    904 shares
    Share 361 Tweet 226
  • Crisis echoes, fears grow in Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu State

    735 shares
    Share 294 Tweet 184
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest

British government apologizes to Peter Obi, as hired impostors, master manipulators on rampage abroad

April 13, 2023

Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market

December 27, 2022
Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

September 22, 2023
‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

March 21, 2023
Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu, wife of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra state

NIGERIA: No, wife of Biafran warlord, Bianca Ojukwu lied – Ebele Obiano:

0

SOUTH AFRICA: TO LEAVE OR NOT TO LEAVE?

0
kelechi iheanacho

TOP SCORER: IHEANACHA

0
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

WHAT CAN’TBE TAKEN AWAY FROM JONATHAN

0

How Nigerian Police Spent ₦13.3m on Toilet Paper, ₦149m on Aircraft Charters

September 9, 2025

Suspended But Not Returned: Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Fight For Reinstatement Stalls Amid Legal Uncertainty

September 9, 2025

Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Slams Supreme Court Ruling as Unconstitutional

September 9, 2025

Russia Launches Largest Aerial Attack on Ukraine, Strikes Government Headquarters in Kyiv

September 8, 2025

ABOUT US

Time Africa Magazine

TIME AFRICA MAGAZINE is an African Magazine with a culture of excellence; a magazine without peer. Nearly a third of its readers hold advanced degrees and include novelists, … READ MORE >>

SECTIONS

  • Aviation
  • Column
  • Crime
  • Europe
  • Featured
  • Gallery
  • Health
  • Interviews
  • Israel-Hamas
  • Lifestyle
  • Magazine
  • Middle-East
  • News
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • Russia-Ukraine
  • Science
  • Special Report
  • Sports
  • TV/Radio
  • UAE
  • UK
  • US
  • World News

Useful Links

  • AllAfrica
  • Channel Africa
  • El Khabar
  • The Guardian
  • Cairo Live
  • Le Republicain
  • Magazine: 9771144975608
  • Subscribe to TIME AFRICA biweekly news magazine

    Enjoy handpicked stories from around African continent,
    delivered anywhere in the world

    Subscribe

    • About Time Africa Magazine
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • WHO’SWHO AWARDS

    © 2025 Time Africa Magazine - All Right Reserved. Time Africa is a trademark of Times Associates, registered in the U.S, & Nigeria. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
    • Politics
    • Column
    • Interviews
    • Gallery
    • Lifestyle
    • Special Report
    • Sports
    • TV/Radio
    • Aviation
    • Health
    • Science
    • World News

    © 2025 Time Africa Magazine - All Right Reserved. Time Africa is a trademark of Times Associates, registered in the U.S, & Nigeria. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service.

    This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.