Amnesty halts operations in India; accuses government of ‘witch-hunt`
(WorldNews India)

New Delhi: Eight years after establishing a national office in India and addressing critical human rights violations, Amnesty International India on Tuesday said that it has been forced to halt its operations in the country. The decision, which will see close to 150 employees lose their jobs, came after the recent move by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to freeze the organization`s accounts. The human-rights organization cited ‘reprisal` by the government as the reason for its exit and accused the Government of ‘incessant witch-hunt of...