Overview

• MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said allegations against India stem from unverified, hostile entities with documented anti-India bias.
• The Joint Committee on Human Rights report published July 30 named India among 12 countries accused of intimidating or silencing critics on UK soil.
• Evidence cited against India primarily came from submissions by Sikhs for Justice and other UK-based Sikh organisations banned in India.
• The report highlighted a 48% rise in MI5 state-threat investigations since 2022 and underscored growing concern over state-directed coercion.
• New Delhi denied any misuse of Interpol’s Red Notice system to pursue political targets, calling that claim entirely false.