India blocks the accounts of Amnesty International

Following a search at Amnesty International headquarters, the organization's bank accounts in the country were frozen. Violations of the rules of accepting foreign donations are the subject of an investigation, announced today a spokesman for the Indian Ministry of the Interior on request.

A few weeks ago, the accounts of the Greenpeace India environmental protection organization were again blocked for the same reasons. "Authorities increasingly view human rights organizations as criminal enterprises," said Amnesty International leader Aakar Patel.

Office locked for ten hours

According to Amnesty, a white-collar investigation agency of the Ministry of Finance has closed the organization's office in the Bangalore metropolis (formerly Bangalore) in southern India. The officials requested documents available from the competent authorities and partially accessible to the public. Amnesty has always respected all laws and regulations.

Since the inauguration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, his Hindu nationalist government has deprived many non-governmental organizations of their permission to accept donations from abroad. Concerned organizations such as Amnesty and Greenpeace accuse him of wanting to suppress critical voices.