The Enforcement Directorate raided the Bengaluru office of Amnesty International for bypassing rules on foreign donations. The London-based human rights group is accused of
floating a commercial entity to illegally accept funds but activists see the raid as an effort to curb dissent. The ED has been probing Amnesty — critical of India’s human rights record — after a unit in the finance ministry
flagged transfers worth ₹36 crore from the UK as suspicious. Earlier this month, the
Bengaluru office of Greenpeace was raided and a dozen of its accounts were frozen.
