WASHINGTON: Rep Dan Burton (R-Ind) and 25 cosponsors introduced a bill HR 4641 which if successful, will cut off American development aid to India until the Indian government permits Amnesty International to conduct an independent human rights investigation there. Amnesty International, which is allowed at time to operate in Cuba, should not be shut out by the world’s largest democracy, Rep Burton said in a Dear Colleague letter about the bill.
Hon Max Madden a British Member of Parliament, who led a team of parliamentarians to Punjab and Kashmir in March, reported that the Indian regime is committing unprecedented and barbaric abuses in Punjab and Kashmir.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 5, 1995
