US Judge Dismisses Suit Against India PM Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not have to face a U.S. lawsuit claiming he failed to stop anti-Muslim rioting in 2002, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in New York said the U.S. Department of State had determined that Modi is entitled to immunity as a sitting head of government from civil lawsuits filed in U.S. courts. The lawsuit, filed in September on the eve of Modi's maiden visit to the United States by a little-known human rights...

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