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Modi government’s duty to act on calls for violence against minorities: Ex-UN adviser on genocide

Scroll | 23/01/2022 01:10 PM | Click to read full article

It is the duty of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to respond against calls for violence against minorities in India and provide protection to those at risk, former United Nations Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide, Juan E Mendez told Al Jazeera on Saturday.

“One of them [duties of the government] obviously is to investigate, persecute and punish those who have committed crimes under Indian law,” Mendez told the news website.

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