Bengaluru/New Delhi, Nov 15 : The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday raided human rights non-governmental organisation Amnesty India offices in the city and Delhi.
"The CBI on Friday conducted searches at the offices of Amnesty International India Private Limited and Indians for Amnesty International Trust in Bengaluru and New Delhi," said Amnesty India in a statement to IANS.
A senior CBI source told IANS that the searches were in connection with violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
The international human rights campaigner said over the past year, it had been witnessing a pattern of harassment every time the NGO stands up and speaks out against human rights violations in India.
"Amnesty India stands in full compliance with Indian and international law.
Our work in India, as elsewhere, is to uphold and fight for universal human rights," Amnesty India said.
The organisation said it works to uphold values such as pluralism, tolerance and dissent, enshrined and guaranteed by the Constitution of India.
According to Amnesty, as many as four million Indians supported the NGO's work in India in the past six years and one lakh people contributed financially.
"Our work in India, as elsewhere, is to uphold universal human rights and build a global movement of people who take injustice personally," the NGO added.
--IANS
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Source: IANS
