A documentary banned by the Indian government was aired in the Australian parliament during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day trip Down Under.
. The documentary explored his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, which killed more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims. The Indian government banned the BBC program over what they claimed was a lack of objectivity.The gathering, partly organised by Amnesty International, heard demands for Mr Albanese to raise allegations of allegedand crackdowns on the free press with Mr Modi directly during his two-day tour of Australia.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese are photographed in front of the sails of the Sydney Opera House illuminated in the colours of the Indian flag in Sydney."[We] deeply value [our] relationship with the nation of India ... Part of that relationship is willing to be critical ... as to the state of the human rights situation in India, and to do so while inviting the same criticism in return," he told the event.
Official figures state more than 1,000 people - overwhelmingly Muslims - were murdered during a three-month outbreak of violence in Gujarat, sparked by the burning of a train which killed 59 Hindu pilgrims.Mr Modi was Gujarat's chief minister at the time, and has long denied claims he ordered police not to intervene. A special investigation concluded in 2012 that there was no sufficient evidence against him.
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