A powerful Congressional committee will next week hold a hearing on restrictions imposed by the Indian government on an American NGO. He was one of the founders of the House Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans and is its previous co-chairs. Titled ‘American Compassion in India: Government Obstacles’, the House Foreign Affairs Committee has invited three experts for the hearing. They are Stephen Oakley from Compassion International, John Sifton from Human Rights Watch and Irfan Nooruddin from Georgetown University. Compassion made the difficult decision to end its partnership with the 63 centers, impacting more than 14,500 Compassion children in India,” the media release said.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2016 07:08 UTC