<div><font color="Navy">India against new rights group at Commonwealth
New Delhi says the 54-member group should focus more on development challenges instead of human rights
Iftikhar Gilani
New Delhi - October 27, 2011
India has said that the proposal to inspect
human rights violations in Sri Lanka or elsewhere
is ill-timed given the Commonwealth funding problems
As India seems set to block an attempt by some countries to constitute a human rights monitoring group at the 54th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), international human rights groups have taken a strong exception to New Delhi
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New Delhi says the 54-member group should focus more on development challenges instead of human rights
Iftikhar Gilani
New Delhi - October 27, 2011
India has said that the proposal to inspect
human rights violations in Sri Lanka or elsewhere
is ill-timed given the Commonwealth funding problems
As India seems set to block an attempt by some countries to constitute a human rights monitoring group at the 54th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), international human rights groups have taken a strong exception to New Delhi
More...