India’s Crusader Against Impunity
From the Blog beenasarwar[image: Manoj Mitta speaking at MIT. Credit: Beena Sarwar] Manoj Mitta speaking at MIT. Credit: Beena Sarwar *My recent article for IPS* BOSTON, Oct 25 2014 (IPS) - As senior Indian journalist Manoj Mitta was testifying before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress last month about mass violence and impunity in India, President Barack Obama escorted India’s newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Martin Luther King Memorial. “They were just three miles away,” Mitta told IPS, commenting on the irony of this coincidence, remembering that the United States had banned Modi’s entry on the mass violence on his watch in 2002 leading to the killing of about 1,000 Muslims in Gujarat state. “Why should the U.S. Congress hold a hearing on human rights violpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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