By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production make known to you the halting made known by Amnesty International on its work in India due to a “continuing crackdown” and “harassment” by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The human rights watchdog said the bank account of its India branch has been frozen by the right-wing government, forcing it to lay off staff and stop campaign and research work in the South Asian nation.

Rights body says it shut its operations due to a continuing gov’t crackdown over the last two years.

Amnesty accused the government of running an “incessant witch hunt” against human rights organisations.

Source___Aljazeera