Amnesty International on Tuesday said it is halting all its activities in India due to freezing of its accounts and claimed that it is being

New Delhi: Amnesty International on Tuesday said it is halting all its activities in India due to freezing of its accounts and claimed that it is being subjected to an 'incessant witch-hunt' over unfounded and motivated allegations.

Amnesty India, in a statement, said the organisation has been compelled to let go of staff in India and pause all its ongoing campaign and research work.

Amnesty International'The complete freezing of Amnesty International India's bank accounts by the Government of India which it came to know on 10 September 2020, brings all the work being done by the organization to a grinding halt,' it said.

However, the government has said that Amnesty has been receiving foreign funds illegally.

In 2018, the Enforcement Directorate had carried out searches at the headquarters of Amnesty International in Bangalore.

The raids were conducted for an alleged violation of the foreign exchange act.

Amnesty InternationalThe organisation claimed that the attacks on Amnesty International India and other outspoken human rights organisations, activists and human rights defenders are only an extension of the various 'repressive policies and sustained assault by the government on those who speak truth to power'.

'This is latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organizations by the Government of India over unfounded and motivated allegations,' Amnesty International India said.

Amnesty International India said it stands in full compliance with all applicable Indian and international laws.