Former Amnesty India chief Aakar Patel says he was stopped at the Bengaluru airport from boarding a flight to the United States. Patel: “stopped from leaving India at Bangalore airport,” am on the exit control list. Got passport back through court order specifically for this trip to the US.
The CBI has raided Amnesty India’s office in Bengaluru over accusations of irregularities in foreign funding. It then filed a case against the human rights group and three associate organisations.
In September 2020, Amnesty International announced it is closing its India operations due to a ‘witch-hunt’ against its Indian arm by the government. The latest development comes two days after the Delhi high court granted conditional nod to journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad.
