Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked by Beijing
World | December 06, 2022 8:59 ISTAmnesty is among organizations that support human rights activists and journalists targeted by state actors for surveillance.
Amnesty is among organizations that support human rights activists and journalists targeted by state actors for surveillance.
Enforcement Directorate, whose case stems from a CBI FIR against Amnesty India, issued a statement saying the Amnesty International India Foundation Trust (AIIFT) was granted permission under the FCRA, 2010 during 2011-12 for receiving foreign contributions from the Amnesty International UK.
Amnesty international-ED news: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that Amnesty International sent huge amount of foreign contributions to its Indian entities (AIIPL), during November 2013-June to 2018, "in the guise of business activities".
The ED had initiated investigation under FEMA on the basis of information that Amnesty International, UK, had been remitting huge amount of foreign contributions through its Indian entities.
The Central government has given CBI the permission to prosecute Amnesty International India and its former chief Aakar Patel for alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
A Delhi court had on Thursday directed the CBI to immediately withdraw a lookout circular issued against Aakar Patel.
CBI opposed the application of Patel saying there was a likelihood of him fleeing from justice if he was allowed to leave the country. The CBI said that Patel was highly influential.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has demanded from the Central government to ban the activities of Amnesty International in India.
I request Govt of India to ban the functioning of Amnesty International in the country. I feel the Congress party should join hands with the government in criticising Amnesty International. They can't defame our country like this all the time, said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma while speaking on Pegasus report.
Amnesty International on Tuesday said it is halting all its activities in India due to freezing of its accounts and claimed that it is being subjected to an 'incessant witch-hunt' over unfounded and motivated allegations.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided Amnesty International India's office in Bengaluru. The raid was carried out in connection with violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
The raid was conducted in connection with a foreign exchange contravention case against human rights watchdog.
Mercury MENA, an engineering and plumbing firm, owes thousands of dollars of wages to workers from countries where many live on less than $2 a day.
The Supreme Court had ordered that police could register First Information Reports under the Act only after completing a 'preliminary inquiry', and that a government official could be arrested under the Act only with the permission of their superiors.
The apex court had made it clear that it will hear the arguments only on the points of law and asked the parties to desist from advancing emotional arguments.
There are as many as 325 death row convicts lodged in different jails across the country till 2016, the government said today.
Awarding of death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan shows how the country's military court system rides roughshod over international standards, Amnesty International today said.
Amid the rising number of sedition cases in India, including one on Amnesty International India for hosting a Kashmir event where alleged anti-India slogans were raised, the United States has backed the human rights group
Amnesty International's India chapter today rejected sedition charges slapped against it by Karnataka Police and insisted that none of its employees had shouted any anti-India slogan at an event on Kashmir held in Bengaluru yesterday.
Bengaluru Police on Monday filed a sedition case against Amnesty International's India chapter in connection with alleged raising of anti-India slogans during a debate it organised in the city. The debate on Saturday
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