{"id":8404,"date":"2026-05-19T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:43:34","slug":"norway-briefing-turns-tense-mea-official-defends-indias-democratic-rights-slams-ignorant-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=8404","title":{"rendered":"Norway Briefing Turns Tense | MEA Official Defends India&#039;s Democratic Rights, Slams \u201cIgnorant NGOs\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Extraordinary scenes unfolded during a media briefing in Oslo as Sibi George, Secretary (West) in India\u2019s MEA, sharply responded to repeated questions from a Norwegian journalist on press freedom, minority rights, and human rights in India. Defending India\u2019s democratic system, George said critics often rely on selective reports from \u201cignorant NGOs\u201d without understanding the scale and complexity of the country. He highlighted India\u2019s Constitution, voting rights for women since Independence, and the strength of its electoral democracy as proof of its commitment to equality and human rights. The exchange took place during Narendra Modi\u2019s ongoing Europe visit and has sparked widespread debate online.<\/p> <\/div> <p>Sibi George, India-Norway, Human Rights, Indian Democracy, India Foreign Policy#Norway #Briefing #Turns #Tense #MEA #Official #Defends #India039s #Democratic #Rights #Slams #Ignorant #NGOs1779173014<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extraordinary scenes unfolded during a media briefing in Oslo as Sibi George, Secretary (West) in India\u2019s MEA, sharply responded to repeated questions from a Norwegian journalist on press freedom, minority rights, and human rights in India. Defending India\u2019s democratic system, George said critics often rely on selective reports from \u201cignorant NGOs\u201d without understanding the scale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[32129,32131,32132,32125,32134,32127,32124,1398,32126,19411,32135,32128,2231,32133,32123,7682,32130,4551],"class_list":["post-8404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-briefing","tag-defends","tag-democratic","tag-human-rights","tag-ignorant","tag-india-foreign-policy","tag-india-norway","tag-india039s","tag-indian-democracy","tag-mea","tag-ngos","tag-norway","tag-official","tag-rights","tag-sibi-george","tag-slams","tag-tense","tag-turns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}