*U.S. Government to add 7 countries to worst-offenders list*
http://www.crossmap.com/news/us-religious-freedom-report-urges-government-to-add-7-countries-to-worst-offenders-list-27633
*India*
*"Since the [Bharatiya Janata Party] assumed power, religious minority communities have been subject to derogatory comments by BJP politicians and numerous violent attacks and forced conversions by affiliated Hindu nationalist groups."*
* "India is on a negative trajectory in terms of religious freedom. USCIRF will continue to monitor the situation closely during the year ahead to determine if India should be recommended to the U.S. State Department for
designation as a 'country of particular concern.' "*
*What are 'Countries of Particular Concern'?*
*US law defines them as those whose violations of religious freedom are "particularly severe," which means:*
*"Systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom, including violations such as*
*(A)  **Torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment*
*(B)   **Prolonged detention without charges*
*(C)   **Causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons*
*(D)  **Other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons."*
http://www.crossmap.com/news/us-religious-freedom-report-urges-government-to-add-7-countries-to-worst-offenders-list-27633

*Forwarded By:*
*Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch*
http://www.sikhvicharmanch.com/
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