U.S. Denies Going Soft On Narendra Modi

"Some limits on the freedom of movement continued. Corruption was widespread," it said. "Rape, domestic violence, dowry-related deaths, honour killings, sexual harassment, and discrimination against women remained serious problems."
On Gujarat, the report said: "The government made some progress in cases that seek to hold police and security officials accountable for killings committed during the Gujarat riots in 2002."

But "Civil society activists continued to express concern about the Gujarat government's failure to protect the population or arrest many of those responsible for communal violence in 2002 that resulted in the killings of more than 1,200 persons, the majority of whom were Muslim, although there was progress in several court cases." It said.

The Gujarat government appointed the Nanavati-Mehta Commission to investigate the 2002 violence, the report noted. In December the Gujarat government granted an extension for the 21st time, extending the commission to June 30, 2014.
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