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India tosses UN report in bin after it links Pahalgam terror attack with harassment on Myanmar refugees

India has strongly refuted a UN report linking the Pahalgam terror attack's impact to Myanmar refugees, calling its claims "biased and prejudiced." India's representative at the UN dismissed allegations of harassment and deportation threats against refugees as having "no factual bearing".

The UN report claims that Myanmar refugees living in India were harassed after the Pahalgam attack. (Photo credit: Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images)
The UN report claims that Myanmar refugees living in India were harassed after the Pahalgam attack. (Photo credit: Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images)
| Updated on: Oct 30, 2025 | 08:29 AM

New Delhi: India has slammed the report of the United Nations on the human rights situation in Myanmar. The report claimed that the Pahalgam terror attack, which took place in April and killed 26 people, had an impact on displaced persons from Myanmar living in India.

What has India said about the report?

Lok Sabha MP Dilip Saikia, while giving India’s statement at the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, said the claims in the report prepared by UN Special Rapporteur Thomas H Andrews have no “factual basis whatsoever", and called the remarks “biased and prejudiced" against India.

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He said, “My country rejects such prejudice and blinkered analysis by the Special Rapporteur." Saikia added that the claim that the Pahalgam terror attack affected displaced persons from Myanmar has “no factual bearing".

What did the UN report claim?

The UN report claims that Myanmar refugees living in India were harassed after the Pahalgam attack, despite the fact that no Myanmar nationals were involved in the attack. As per Andrews, some refugees were detained and threatened with deportation.

Saikia refuted the allegations and told the UN not to rely on “unverified and skewed media reports" that tarnish the image of India. He noted that more than 200 million Muslims live in India, around 10 per cent of the global Muslim population, in peace and harmony. He also expressed India's concerns on the worsening situation in Myanmar and its cross-border impact, and the deteriorating law and order situation due to rising radicalisation among some displaced groups.

He added that Myanmar can get sustainable peace only through the early restoration of democracy and an inclusive political dialogue. He said India backs a peace process that is “Myanmar-owned and Myanmar-led". The Assam MP also spoke about the humanitarian efforts in Myanmar, including Operation Brahma.

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