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India speaks to U.S. lawmakers prior to human rights hearing
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- With less than a week to go before a Congressional hearing on Human Rights in South Asia, India is exerting its diplomatic muscle on Capitol Hill to explain the government’s point of view on Kashmir to U.S. lawmakers.
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- Human Rights Hearing: Head of the Asia Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) is going to hold human rights hearing, which will include a discussion of the Kashmir valley, Tamils in Sri Lanka, the human rights situation in Pakistan, including Sindh Province, and the situation with Muslims in Assam (India’s finalisation of the National Register of Citizens)
Sources
The Hindu