Hindus for Human Rights points out in a recent email:

As Prime Minister Modi's state visit to the United States approaches, the need to act grows stronger. We cannot passively engage in celebrations that implicitly support the Indian government's alarming actions:

• Retaliatory raids on the BBC's Delhi and Mumbai offices for releasing a documentary about Prime Minister Modi.

•  Expulsion of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament by the BJP, just a week before the Summit for Democracy.

• Internet shutdown in Punjab by the Indian government.

• Indian Supreme Court ruling that allows guilt by association for terrorism.

•  Ignoring Heavy communal violence in Manipur after it was triggered by Modi's ruling party's initiative to undermine Indigenous rights in the state.

•  Overturning of justice for the horrific gang rape of pregnant Muslim woman Bilkis Bano and the brutal murder of seven members of her family, including her 3-year-old daughter.

• Disregard for the brave protests and pleas for justice from female wrestlers in India, who risk their careers to expose the pervasive sexual abuse within the Wrestling Federation of India, headed by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a member of the BJP and Parliament.

• Fierce opposition to marriage equality, denying basic human rights to millions of people.