Thread by @KesariDhwaj

- This is what this white-man does not get. But I'm sure local Amnesty chaps do.
- Amnesty has been questioned basis law of the land. Not someone's whims & fancies.
- It can go to court. But they've done financial hanky-panky and best of luck explaining away that in the court.

https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1310831681914302465

Read the press release by MHA on the case. Imp points-
- Amnesty UK sent money to India disguised as FDI!
- They also violated FCRA regulations
- This whole exercise was malafide
- They've tried to indulge in domestic political debates.
Enough said!
pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf…

- Many shady org like Amnesty have been operating in India w/o proper approvals for decades.
- Because they weren't questioned before, many in civil society believe that everything was over the board.
- And now that they're being questioned, it is being portrayed as a witch-hunt

What is very good to see is that GOI has come out with facts to counter the diatribe and propaganda by usual suspects. If anyone talks about witch-hunt, ask them to explain the shady nature in which Amnesty has been transferring money and operating in India.

And please don't forget - organizations like Amnesty are part of a large ecosystem. Look at the people they employ. Journalist, left-liberal jholawala types who decry capitalism in conferences in five star hotels, 'liberal arts' education types etc....Amnesty and org like it +

+ are imp for these people to further their careers, their profile, fly around the globe in business class to discuss poverty issues in India, Harvard/Oxford scholarships, teaching assignments etc. So, interest in their survival is more personal than HR of adivasis in Jharkhand.

'Human rights NGO' has been money laundering!
- ED investigating two entities — Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd and Indians for Amnesty International Trust.
- being probed under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act+
theprint.in/india/ed-probe…

- Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd has allegedly received export proceed of Rs 51.72 crore during financial year 2013-14 to 2018-19 from Amnesty International, UK.”
- Investigation proved that no services were exported and the amounts so received were in contravention to the +

+ provisions of the FEMA and PMLA.
- freezing order (of bank accounts) was challenged by the two entities before the Karnataka High Court and the ED order was upheld by the court.
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Let's see how the HR crusaders get out of this web of illegal money transfers now.

From CBI FIR of 2019 -
1) Summary of shady transaction done between Amnesty International UK, Amnesty International India Private Limited, and Indians for Amnesty International Trust.
2) Excerpt of report by Enforcement Directorate to MHA
3) CBI letter to RBI
#AmnestyIndia

1) Amnesty International UK has 4 entities in India (all NON-FCRA):
a) AI Foundation
b) AI India Pvt Ltd
c) Indians for AI Trust
d) AI South Asia Foundation
* AI->Amnesty International
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2) Amnesty Indian International Pvt Limited (referred henceforth as AIIPL) is registered as for-profit company under Companies Act since 2013.
3) Original name 'Social Sector Research Consultancy & Support Services (India) Pvt Limited.
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4) Amnesty UK 'invested' Rs 10 Crore in AIIPL in 2015 and shown as Compulsory Convertible Debentures (CCD)
5) AIIPL placed Rs 10 Crore in FD.
6) Using this FD as collateral, Indians for Amnesty International Trust availed an Overdraft Facility (ODF) of Rs 14.25 Crore.

7) Money came from Amnesty UK to AIIPL for various 'consultancy work' done by done
8) However, on inquiry, AIIPL was not able to show proper documents with details of such contracts or even pay-orders.
9) Basically, all transactions were dubious and meant to circumvent FCRA rules

- CBI report lists a certain Amitabh Behar as the biggest shareholder in Amnesty International India Private Limited.
- Is this Amitabh Behar same as CEO of OXFAM India?
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