India acts minimally, Pakistan rarely acts against rights abuses: US
" The Trump administration scaled back the annual US govt report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of some allies and countries that have been President Donald Trump's partners.
The State Department human rights documentation for India and Pakistan was also much shorter and scaled back this year. India has been an important US partner in recent years in Washington's effort to counter China's rise, although relations have been tense over Trump's imposition of a 50% tariff on goods from India.
Pakistan is a non-NATO US ally.
About India, the report said: "The govt took minimal credible steps or action to identify and punish officials who committed human rights abuses." On Pakistan, it added: "The govt rarely took credible steps to identify and punish officials who committed human rights abuses."
Indian and Pakistani embassies in Washington had no immediate comment on the report released on Tuesday, which documented instances in 2024. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch fault PM Narendra Modi's govt for its treatment of minorities. They point to rising hate speeches, a religion-based citizenship law the UN calls "fundamentally discriminatory," anti-conversion legislation that challenges freedom of belief, the 2019 removal of Muslim-majority Kashmir's special status, and the demolition of properties owned by Muslims.
India denied discrimination and says its policies, such as food subsidy programs and electrification drives, benefit everyone.
(This is a Reuters story)
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