Rubio Says Delhi Protests Are India's Internal Matter, Declines Comment

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the protests in Delhi are an internal matter for India and that he would not comment on them. His remarks came after more than 20 UN human rights experts in Geneva voiced alarm on Tuesday over what they called a repeatedly heavy-handed police response to peaceful, youth-led demonstrations in the capital. Rubio dismissed the criticism from the UN experts, calling them an oxymoron. The experts' statement focused on the treatment of largely young demonstrators by Indian police in New Delhi.

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