IN-DEPTH: Indian Lawmakers Raise Concerns About Human Rights Crisis in China

NEW DELHI—In a first-of-its-kind move, Indian lawmakers have officially raised concerns about the persisting human rights crisis in China. While one legislator raised his concern in the Indian Parliament on Dec. 5, others voiced their worry in a gathering of lawmakers, human rights activists, concerned citizens, and media in the capital on the same day. Aneel Prasad Hegde, a member of the Indian Parliament’s upper house—the Rajya Sabha—raised the issue of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and Uyghur Muslims before the house on Tuesday. He urged the Indian government to start a campaign to oppose such violations....