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Speaker warns of rising majoritarian pressure in India and urges U.S. candor
Summary
Knox Thames told a Helsinki Commission briefing that growing Hindu majoritarianism in India presents risks to religious minorities and said the U.S. should apply consistent pressure, including special watch-list tools.
Knox Thames, a former State Department special adviser for religious minorities, told a Helsinki Commission briefing that India's growing Hindu majoritarian narrative has produced "devastating impacts" on Muslims, Christians and other minorities and that Washington should use existing tools to signal concern. "India is the country I'm most concerned about," Thames said, adding that the U.S. tendency to treat India only as a strategic…
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