New Delhi: The human rights NGO Amnesty International on Tuesday threw in the towel on Tuesday and said it was halting all its activities in India due to the freezing of its accounts.
The NGO claimed that it is being subjected to an “incessant witch-hunt” over unfounded and motivated allegations.
Amnesty India, in a statement, said the organisation has been compelled to let go of staff in India and pause all its ongoing campaign and research work.
“The complete freezing of Amnesty International India’s bank accounts by the Government of India which it came to know on 10 September 2020, brings all the work being done by the organization to a grinding halt,” it said.
The government has said that Amnesty has been receiving foreign funds illegally. In 2018, the Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at the headquarters of Amnesty International in Bangalore.
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