'Misplaced, unwarranted': India slams OHCHR for raising concern over SIR protest
The Indian government has rejected concerns raised by the UN Human Rights Commission regarding the detention of protesters in Delhi. India maintains that its actions are legal and that the UN's interference is unwarranted and selective.
Why it matters
This reflects the ongoing tension between national sovereignty and international human rights oversight in the world's largest democracy.
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday termed the United Nations Human Rights Commission's concern over the mass detention of protesters in Delhi as "misplaced" and said the right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed by the country's Constitution.In a social media post on X, India at UN said the remarks by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) amounted to "unwarranted interference in the internal affairs of India"."We have seen the OHCHR’s remarks about today’s events in New Delhi.
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