NEW DELHI - An international rights group says India's government targets civilian activists in its fight against Maoist rebels.
The report Human Rights Watch released Monday documents random arrests, torture and mistreatment of such activists in the states of Orissa, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh.
The group's South Asia director Meenakshi Ganguly said that "aid workers and rights defenders need to be allowed to do their work safely and not be accused of having a political agenda simply because they bring attention to abuses."
The Indian Home Ministry did not respond to requests for comment.
The report comes a month after security forces in Chattisgarh killed 19 villagers on suspicion of being Maoists or sympathizers.
Maoists are operating in a majority of Indian states, and the government calls them the country's greatest internal security threat.
Source: http://www.startribune.com/world/164239796.html
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