India rejects UN panel’s observations on its ‘rights violations’

India rejects UN panel's observations on its 'rights violations' The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) flagged reservations on Tuesday over human rights violations against residents belonging to scheduled tribes, scheduled castes and Rohingya refugees.

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• 2 min read New Delhi Updated: Aug 27, 2026 04: 54 AM IST.
• While expressing worries regarding Bengali-speaking Muslims being categorised as "non-original inhabitants", the NRC implementation was leading to mass arbitrary deprivation of citizenship, it remarked.
• India on Wednesday rejected a report by a UN panel that alleged discrimination against various ethnic and religious groups in the country.
• It additionally called on action against those involved in "hate crime" in India.
• It had pressed India to suspend the NRC and review its legislative framework.

2 min read New Delhi Updated: Aug 27, 2026 04: 54 AM IST. Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. (File Photo).

Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal remarked India rejects "any politically motivated highly malicious references in the report with all the contempt that it deserves". He remarked India's commitment to combating racial discrimination "remains unwavering".

Meanwhile, the United Nations (UN) human rights panel had triggered concern regarding violations against marginalised communities in India, and called on New Delhi to protect them from alleged abuse, torture, extrajudicial killings, and stripping of citizenship.

It additionally sharply criticised the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and triggered concern concerning the subjecting of Bengali-speaking Muslims to "systematic and structural racial discrimination".

In practice, the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process was additionally called out in the report, with the committee raising concern that Bengali-speaking Muslim voters were reportedly disproportionately impacted in West Bengal and Assam. © The Indian Express Pvt Ltd.

Taken together, the developments around india rejects UN panel's observations on its 'rights violations' point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.