In early August, it came to our attention that three delegates from the US Commission of International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) were refused visas by the High commission of India without explanation.
The USCIRF delegates were to come to India to investigate the truth behind suppression of religious freedom & atrocities on minorities in India and to relay their findings of this investigation to the government with recommendations.
Since the USCIRF investigation was of paramount importance, in the eyes of the suppressed and oppressed communities but their visas refused, Rajratna Ambedkar, chairman of the Buddhist Society of India (BSI), decided to take his evidence of heavy suppression of religious freedom and other misdeeds of the current government, including election fraud, to the USCIRF himself.
Mr Ambedkar presented his case with overwhelming proofs of rise in daily atrocities on religious minorities.
A memorandum (for contents see below), drafted by Satpal Muman, secretary of Ambedkar International Mission (London) and endorsed by various international bodies was submitted by Rajratna Ambedkar to the USCIRF on 1st October 2019.
Memo presented by Rajratna Ambedkar UN USCIRF – 1st October 2019
An acknowledge of receipt of the memorandum by the USCIRF was send by Mr Ambedkar.
A similarly memorandum, also drafted in London was presented to the UN by Mr Ambedkar on 28th September, the day Mr Narendra Modi spoke at the UNGA meeting in New York.
- Shekhar Bodhakar
(London)
