India's human rights issues make the country a complicated ally for President Joe Biden as the United States looks to counter China
a movement with paramilitary elements that intimidate Muslims and other non-Hindus. Keshap said the pair spoke of how “India’s tradition of diversity, democracy, inclusivity and pluralism can ensure the vitality and strength of a truly great nation.”
“Why is the Biden administration so mute on India’s human rights situation? Why are U.S. officials pulling their punches? What is the strategy?” asked John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “The U.S. is a vital partner to India, in trade, diplomacy and military relations — this is leverage that the Biden administration does not seem to know how to measure properly.”, one U.S. lawmaker also voiced concern about India’s trajectory under Modi.
Elevating the Quad, including India, will continue to be a priority, a senior Biden administration official said Thursday in a written statement. “Public admonishment is the appropriate tack under certain circumstances, but in other circumstances the private approach is what’s really going to do the most good,” one senior official recently told POLITICO in describing the administration’sThat worries other U.S. officials who argue that there’s little evidence that the overall human rights and democracy atmosphere in India is improving.
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