Found: local civil society organizations, including those advocating for the rights of women, minorities, Dalits

Found: of the Death Penalty; Bangladesh; Bahai; Beer Group; Bullying; Choice at the End of Life; Cricket; Dalits

Found: continue to be practised despite laws prohibiting them [...] 2.4.9 Women from minority groups, including Dalits

Found: the sector, with information on treatment of women and workers from the oppressed-caste (largely Dalits

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of India about recent attacks on (a) Christians in Manipur and (b) Muslims and Dalits elsewhere in India.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The British High Commission in New Delhi consistently monitors human rights across India including attacks on religious minorities and others. The UK Government has a broad and deep partnership with the Government of India, and we discuss all elements of our relationship, including human rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), and raise issues where we have them. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, raised human rights and the situation in Manipur, with the Indian Government during his visit to India in May. He also met representatives of diverse faith groups.

Found: made to the Government of India about recent attacks on (a) Christians in Manipur and (b) Muslims and Dalits

Found: establishing a definition of disadvantaged groups as including: women and girls, low cas tes (particularly Dalits

Found: ........... ................................ ..... 12 3.9 Societal treatment of Schedul ed Castes (Dalits

Found: .............. ................................ ......................... 40 5.7 Violence against Dalits

Found: Dalits with disabilities: The neglected dimension of social exclusion.