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Sen. Richard Lugar, Indiana Republican, writes that "India's growing global role as a multiethnic, multireligious democracy with a rapidly expanding economy makes partnering with that country a natural step in fortifying democratic values ... " ("Critical mission to South Asia," Commentary, Monday). Yet India is neither democratic nor pro-American nor a rapidly expanding economy.
India holds tens of thousands of political prisoners, according to Amnesty International. Among them are more than 52,000 Sikhs, as the Movement Against State Repression (MASR) reported. In January, 35 Sikhs were arrested for raising the Sikh flag in Amritsar on India's Republic Day. They continue to be held and recently were denied bail. The Indian government has murdered more than 250,000 Sikhs since its brutal attack on the Sikh religion's most sacred shrine, the Golden Temple, in June 1984. India has killed more than 300,000 Christians in Nagaland and more than 90,000 Kashmiri Muslims. In addition, tens of thousands of Assamese, Bodos, Dalits, Manipuris, Tamils and other minorities have died at the hands of the Indian government, as well as Christians and Muslims throughout the country.See the full content of this document
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India's Appalling Record
Christian missionary Joseph Cooper was beaten so badly that he had to spend a week in the hospital; then he was expelled from India. G...
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