Extracts: USCIRF STATUS: Tier 2
TIER 2 : Afghanistan Azerbaijan Cuba India Indonesia Laos Russia BOTTOM LINE: Justice for past incidents of sectarian violence targeting Muslim, Christians and Sikhs has not been achieved fully. Anti-conversion laws adopted in some states have led to higher incidents of intimidation, harassment and violence against religious minority communities, particularly Christians and Muslims. In addition, rape has become a common feature of communal violence. There has been no large-scale communal violence against religious minorities in India since 2008, and in recent years the Indian government has created special investigative and judicial structures in an effort to address previous such attacks. Nevertheless, in the past year, progress in achieving justice through these structures for the victims of past incidents continued to be slow and ineffective. In addition, members of religious minority communities, including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and Jehovah's Witnesses, reported an increase during the reporting period of intimidation, harassment, and violence, particularly in states with anti-conversion laws. Based on these concerns, USCIRF places India on Tier 2 in 2013. India had been on USCIRF's Watch List since 2009. Unquote: http://www.uscirf.gov/images/2013%20USCIRF%20Annual%20Report%20(2).pdf For report on India, please refer to Pgs 229-234. Regards, Marshall ps: Be prepared for hindutva trolls to rubbish the report
