Two human rights groups have invited policy makers, journalists and analysts to a screening of a BBC documentary on Narendra Modi that questioned the Indian prime minister's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, ahead of his state visit in the US
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have scheduled the private screening for June 20, two days ahead of Modi's official state visit, hosted by President Joe Biden. In announcing the screening on Monday, Human Rights Watch said it wanted it to serve as a reminder that the documentary had been banned in India.
The two-part documentary, "India: the Modi question," focused on Modi's leadership as chief minister of the western state of Gujarat during riots in 2002 in which at least 1,000 people were killed, most of them Muslims. Activists put the toll at more than twice that. Modi has denied accusations that he did not do enough to stop the riots, and a Supreme Court-ordered investigation found no evidence to prosecute him.
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