The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) mentioned there had been a rise in incidents focusing on Bengali-speaking Muslims.
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The official Indian delegation on the eleventh periodic overview of the State of India by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) had “rejected” the findings of the Committee, mentioned official sources on Tuesday (August 26, 2026).
The remarks shared with The Hindu got here hours after the UNCERD mentioned that it was “gravely involved” in regards to the studies of violations of human rights of an unlimited section of the individuals of India, together with the scheduled tribes, scheduled castes, Dalits and Rohingya refugees.
In a press be aware that referred to as for addressing “hate speech” and “hate crimes” in India, the Committee mentioned that there was a rise in incidents in opposition to the Bengali-speaking Muslims and referred to as on the Authorities of India to “guarantee accountability” for these violations.
“Through the overview, India highlighted constitutional safeguards, a strong authorized framework, pluralism and sustained efforts to guard deprived communities. The inter-Ministerial delegation, led by the Solicitor Normal of India, had already rejected the sweeping generalisations, unsubstantiated allegations, or tendency to exceed the Conference’s mandate in the course of the overview assembly,” mentioned an official supply in response to a query from The Hindu.
Earlier, the UNCERD had issued a press be aware and mentioned, “The Committee was gravely involved about studies of large-scale violations perpetrated by legislation enforcement officers in opposition to ethnic and ethno-religious teams, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, together with Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, notably Dalits, and non-citizens.”
The Committee, in its remarks, additionally talked about that these communities have been subjected to “racially motivated violence, extreme use of power, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary and extended detention with out due course of, torture, ill-treatment and sexual violence”. The Authorities of India had despatched Solicitor Normal Tushar Mehta because the Head of the Indian Delegation for the overview.
“The Committee referred to as on India to conduct immediate, thorough and neutral investigations into all such allegations and guarantee accountability for these accountable,” mentioned a press be aware issued by the Committee that coincided with the ninth anniversary of the Rohingya refugee disaster.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination additional famous that there was a rise in legislation enforcement operations focusing on “Rohingya, Bengali-speaking Muslims, migrants and asylum-seekers, notably following the 2017 House Affairs order and the April 2025 Pahalgam assault in Kashmir”. It discovered that police test posts resorted to racial profiling that led to “arbitrary arrest and detention with out due course of”.
“The Committee referred to as on India to urgently handle discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes in opposition to Rohingya, Bengali-speaking Muslims, migrants and asylum-seekers, defend their rights, chorus from collective expulsions and guarantee entry to worldwide safety consistent with the precept of non-refoulement,” the information launch from the Committee mentioned.
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