US govt report slams India over 'human rights violations'
A US State Department report has criticised the Indian government over alleged human rights violations, corruption, and lack of transparency. The report 'Human Rights Practices in India for 2016' referred to restrictions on NGOs' foreign funding, female genital mutilation and dowry-related deaths as human rights problems. It also cited an encounter of 8 suspected SIMI activists in Madhya Pradesh.