U.S. report says India acts minimally, Pakistan hardly ever acts in opposition to rights abuses

The U.S. authorities famous abuses in India and Pakistan in a shortened human rights report launched on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) that stated India “took minimal credible steps” to fight the abuses whereas Pakistan “hardly ever took credible steps.”

The Trump administration scaled again the annual U.S. authorities report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of some allies and nations which have been President Donald Trump’s companions.

The State Department human rights documentation for India and Pakistan was additionally a lot shorter and scaled again this 12 months. India has been an vital U.S. companion lately in Washington’s effort to counter China’s rise, though relations have been tense over Mr. Trump’s imposition of a 50% tariff on items from India. Pakistan is a non-NATO U.S. ally.

About India, the report stated, “The authorities took minimal credible steps or motion to determine and punish officers who dedicated human rights abuses.”

On Pakistan, it added, “The authorities hardly ever took credible steps to determine and punish officers who dedicated human rights abuses.”

Indian and Pakistani embassies in Washington had no rapid touch upon the report launched on Tuesday (August 12, 2025), which documented cases in 2024.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch fault the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities for its therapy of minorities. They level to rising hate speeches, a religion-based citizenship regulation the U.N. calls “basically discriminatory,” anti-conversion laws that challenges freedom of perception, the 2019 removing of Muslim-majority Kashmir’s particular standing, and the demolition of properties owned by Muslims.

Mr. Modi denies discrimination and says his insurance policies, comparable to meals subsidy applications and electrification drives, profit everybody. In Pakistan, Amnesty International says authorities authorities fail to guard minorities, together with Christians, and use “extreme and pointless pressure” in opposition to civil society voices and protesters. In specific, rights teams, the U.N., and Western governments raised considerations over the 2024 Pakistani elections. A U.N. working group stated final 12 months that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s detention violated worldwide regulation. Khan stays in jail.

Islamabad says its elections had been honest and dismisses allegations of rigging and foul play. Washington and New Delhi haven’t reached a commerce deal, whereas the United States has reached an settlement in current weeks with Pakistan. Mr. Trump angered India by taking credit score for an India-Pakistan ceasefire in May after hostilities between the neighbours following an April assault in India-administered Kashmir. India says New Delhi and Islamabad ought to resolve their ties straight with out exterior involvement.