Permanent Mission of India on the United Nations strongly rejected feedback by UN consultants on Manipur

On 4th September (native time), the Permanent Mission of India on the United Nations strongly rejected feedback by UN consultants on Manipur. India has termed them “unwarranted, presumptive and misleading” whereas including that the scenario within the state is peaceable.

The assertion by India got here as a verbal word to the Special Procedures Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Indian mission famous in its response that the scenario in Manipur was peaceable and secure. Furthermore, the mission added that the Government of India was dedicated to taking the required steps to take care of peace and stability within the state.

The Permanent Mission of India to the UN workplace and different International Organizations in Geneva mentioned, “The Permanent Mission of India completely rejects the news release as it is not only unwarranted, presumptive and misleading but also betrays a complete lack of understanding on the situation in Manipur and the steps taken by Government of India to address it.”

“The Government is also committed to protecting the human rights of the people of India, including the people of Manipur,” it added.

The remarks got here in response to the press launch by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 4th September, stating that UN Experts had been “alarmed” by “persevering with abuses in Manipur.

The UN consultants raised the alarm over “alleged acts of sexual violence, extrajudicial killings, home destruction, forced displacement, torture and ill-treatment”. They claimed that a lot of the individuals killed within the battle had been Kukis and identified that Meiteis are predominantly Hindus and Kukis are predominantly Christians, forming a divide between the communities primarily based on faith. Furthermore, the consultants claimed that a lot of the gender-based violence focusing on ladies and women of all ages was towards the Kuki neighborhood.

“It is particularly concerning that the violence seems to have been preceded and incited by hateful and inflammatory speech that spread online and offline to justify the atrocities committed against the Kuki ethnic minority, particularly women, on account of their ethnicity and religious belief,” they mentioned.

They accused the Government of India of a “slow and inadequate” response to the violence. Furthermore, the consultants “praised” the attorneys and human rights defenders in Manipur for responding to the studies of violence. “We are also concerned about reported criminalization and harassment of human rights defenders documenting the cases,” they mentioned.

Questionable previous of the “experts”

Irene Khan

Irene Khan hails from Bangladesh. She has been an everyday critic of India and has usually tried to intervene in India’s inner issues utilizing her place on International platforms. According to the official profile of Irene Khan on UNCHR, she was Secretary-General of Amnesty International from 2001 to 2009. Interestingly, Khan needed to go away the group in 2009 after she was accused of receiving over USD 700,000 from the group. Under her management, Amnesty confronted criticism for supporting Moazzam Begg, the previous Guantanamo detainee and its hyperlinks to Islamist teams. In 2022, she got here out in help of a doubtful journalist who’s below ED’s scanner for alleged fraud performed whereas elevating funds for Covid reduction work, Rana Ayyub.

Amnesty International is a doubtful group that has indulged in anti-India actions for a very long time. Despite the non-issuance of FCRA licenses for its Indian chapter, the group saved receiving overseas funds in India. After strict motion from the Indian authorities in 2020, when ED froze its accounts, the group closed its Indian chapter.

She was additionally director-general of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), as talked about by one other Twitter consumer, Sagorika. Her profile on UN suggests she was a part of IDLO from 2012 to 2019. China is a significant contributor to IDLO and has been a part of the collective since 1989. 2017 IDLO and China signed a memorandum on the “One Belt One Road” initiative.

Another facet of Irene’s connection to China is that the Chinese govt was behind her appointment on the UN. In 2020, a China-led panel appointed her because the world monitor of free speech. UN Watch categorically talked about in a report that Khan enjoys shut ties with the Communist regime.

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

According to her resume which might be seen right here, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was a member of the Women’s Program Board, Open Society Foundation owned by George Soros in 2018. Earlier, she was Chair, the Women’s Program Board, Open Society Foundation, with an Annual Budget of round $7,000,000 between 2011 and 2018. She acquired the Open Society Foundations Grant on Emergency Powers (Co-I) in 2020-21. George Soros is understood for his anti-India and anti-Hindu views. Our detailed protection of Soros might be seen right here.

Balakrishnan Rajagopal

Rajagopal was an Open Society Foundation fellow. The yr of his fellowship on the basis was not talked about.

Source: Open Society Foundation
Nazila Ghanea

According to her profile at Kellog University, her analysis on completely different matters was funded by the likes of Qatar Foundation and Open Society Institute. For those that are unaware, George Soros’s Open Society Foundation was beforehand referred to as the Open Society Institute.

Source: Kellog University
Morris Tidball-Binz

He was director of regional and international human rights program for Amnesty International (UK) between 1990 and 2003. Notably, Amnesty International has a historical past of bias towards India. Our detailed studies on Amnesty might be seen right here. Furthermore, he is among the UN consultants who referred to as for speedy launch of Khurram Pervez who NIA arrested in a terror funding case.

Mary Lawlor

Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the scenario of human rights defenders on the United Nations, is the co-author of the anti-India rant on the investigation towards Rana Ayyub. Lawlor can also be linked to Amnesty International. She was director of the Irish chapter of the organisation from 1988 to 2000. Alongside, Irene, she additionally got here out in help of Ayyub.

Lawlor had repeatedly focused India for arresting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused Stan Swamy, who died of previous age-related sickness in 2021. She had mentioned his demise would “forever remain a stain on India’s human rights record.”

She had been meddling in India’s inner issues and tried her greatest to color a detrimental image of India on the worldwide platform in Swamy’s case. However, she conveniently ignored that the Indian safety businesses had discovered proof towards Swamy and the courtroom had discovered these allegations respectable a number of instances to refuse bail. There had been allegations that Indian authorities didn’t present medical help to Swamy, however opposite to the allegations, he was supplied with the very best medical care.

She additionally raised objections over the arrest of Kashmiri separatist activist Khurram Parvez, whom the investigating businesses arrested in a terror funding case. NIA had arrested Parvez in November 2021 on the fees of terror funding. He was booked below Sections 17 (elevating funds for the terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy), 18B (recruiting of any individual or individuals for the terrorist act), 38 (offence regarding membership of a terrorist organisation), and 40 (elevating funds for a terrorist organisation) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

On February 22, a Delhi courtroom despatched him and two others to NIA custody on February 25 for interrogation linked to the arrest of former IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi in connection to sending delicate paperwork to the terrorist organisation LeT.

Fernand de Varennes

Fernand de Varennes has an extended historical past of meddling in India’s inner affairs. In May 2023, he mentioned in a tweet that holding a G20 assembly in Kashmir can be an enormous human rights violation.

Holding a #g20 assembly in #jammuandkashmir whereas huge #humanrights violations are ongoing is lending help to attemps by #India to normalize the brutal & repressive denial of democratic & different rights of #kashmiri #Muslims and #minorities. pic.twitter.com/fjLSjovfKX

— UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues (@fernanddev) May 15, 2023

Most of the so-called consultants within the checklist have come out in help of terror suspects, Naxalites, farmer protests and different anti-India actions on occasion.