Indian Student shares video anti-India posters in front of UN building in Geneva; Swiss envoy summoned

A video went viral on social media where several posters alleging harassment of minorities and women were put up outside the United Nations building in Switzerland's Geneva.

India on Sunday summoned the Swiss ambassador and lodged a protest over the issue of putting up ''unfounded and malicious anti-India'' posters in front of the UN building in Geneva.

Swiss ambassador to New Delhi Ralf Heckner conveyed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) that he would convey India's concerns to Berne with all the seriousness it deserves, they said.

Several posters alleging harassment of minorities and women were put up at a square outside the UN building in Geneva coinciding with a session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

''The embassy has conveyed India's concerns to Berne with all the seriousness it deserves,'' Heckner said in a brief statement. ''The secretary (West), MEA, today called in the Swiss ambassador and raised the issue of unfounded and malicious anti-India posters in front of the UN building in Geneva,''news agency PTI quoted source as saying.

''The Swiss Ambassador said that he would convey India's concerns to Berne with all the seriousness it deserves,'' it said.

The envoy said the posters in Geneva are part of the space provided to all, but in no way endorse the claims, nor reflect the position of the Swiss government, the sources added. It is learnt that similar posters were put up in the past as well during sessions of the UNHRC.