Submitted by DoremusJessup t3_zv7fsw in worldnews
Reply to comment by Jackolantern668 in Members of India’s main opposition Congress party and thousands of supporters walked into the capital on Saturday as part of a 5-month-long cross-country “unity march” seeking to challenge what they say is a “hate-filled” version of the country under the Hindu nationalist government by DoremusJessup
Do you live here, I don't see how India is below many other countries.
Edit: Women doesn't even have right to their own body but US is above India, how? Must have been supplemented because of freedom to buy a gun and shoot at schools and public. What about people of colour being unfairly treated or killed?
Hmm, is it that only country that are 1st world developed giving funds to this organization are regarded as free. Every community votes in India, even at the remotest of the place, every non Hindu community got benefits here, poor people get food almost at no cost regardless of their caste or religion.
If US can be there after not allowing women to have rights on their body, I don't see why India also shouldn't be there.
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> Every community votes in India, even at the remotest of the place
You're criticizing a report that you haven't read. The U.S. has a higher score overall, but India is rated slightly better when it comes to political rights.
>Women doesn't even have right to their own body
Attempts to restrict abortion are discussed in the U.S. report, but it didn't affect the score because being able to get the procedure was Constitutionally protected when the analysis was done.
They have released a report for 2022 but the link is for last year's scores going by the events covered in the breakdown. The US's ranking is based on the events of 2021, so the abortion decision hasn't been factored in yet.
I still don't see US being categorised as partly free like India shouldn't be.
And if they aren't categorised as partly free, neither should India.
> Every community votes in India, even at the remotest of the place
You're criticizing a report that you haven't read. The U.S. has a higher score overall, but India is rated slightly better when it comes to political rights.
>Women doesn't even have right to their own body
Attempts to restrict abortion are discussed in the U.S. report, but it didn't affect the score because being able to get the procedure was Constitutionally protected when the analysis was done.
(Edit) The score is based on 2021.
Women are dying and have to move to other states and even countries. This is being constitutionally protected? What??
Read the whole sentence.
>Attempts to restrict abortion are discussed in the U.S. report, but it didn't affect the score because being able to get the procedure was Constitutionally protected when the analysis was done.
Okay, then in next report I'm sure US will be regarded as partly free. Right...... Right?
They they won't be, if they will I'll happily take my L. But if they won't, why should India be called partly free?
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The score will most likely go down. The status doesn't necessarily have to change because abortion isn't the only aspect of freedom, and a majority of women still have access to it.
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Read the whole sentence.
>Attempts to restrict abortion are discussed in the U.S. report, but it didn't affect the score because being able to get the procedure was Constitutionally protected when the analysis was done.
The choice is determined by the state, don’t group all of the US together saying we all said “no rights”, just look at which states protected their rights and which didn’t
I guess US shouldn't be called a country but group of countries.
US IS like EU, just with more central control. A lot of laws differ highly by state.
That is what it is called, United States of America (Union of States, not country)
Why is it termed as a country then?
it is also a country. Iirc, right after the civil war, a group of smaller "countries" decided to become one big country, while holding some of its autonomy, they agreed to become a union of 'states', hence the name, United States of America.
My knowledge in American history is really poor though, there will be some nuances that I definitely am missing. But it is essentially a more tightly packed EU.
This topic is really interesting tbh.
Ah, didn't knew about that. I thought a country's constitution would be above a state's law. It's stupid af. Seems so backwards for a developed nation.
Why didn't they reform this? I'm sure most people will vote in favour of having one set of rules in a country.
No. I currently live in the US. India may be below many countries in the Freedom House ranking but it is at the higher end of being "partly free". Pakistan is also rated "partly free" but it has a much lower number.
https://freedomhouse.org/country/pakistan/freedom-world/2022
Pakistan shouldn't even be partly free, they have annihilated the people of other religion. Army and government controls itself without having anything to check each other. Army being able to trample the government. This is not what freedom is.
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Pakistan's military dictatorship only survives to be a vassal of other powers. These days the US.
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