Amnesty to halt work in India due to government 'witch-hunt'

Authorities froze bank accounts after criticism of government's human rights record

Amnesty International has been forced to shut down operations in India and lay off all staff after the Indian government froze its bank accounts.

The Indian enforcement directorate, an agency that investigates economic crimes, froze the accounts of Amnesty's Indian arm this month after the group published two reports highly critical of the government's human rights record.