At least 24 people have died across India in protests that broke out when Parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on December 11.
Protesters in Delhi plan to march against the new citizenship law on Tuesday a day after the BJP government in Jharkhand lost power in state elections and deepened Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political troubles.
Yogendra Yadav, president of Swaraj India political party, said on Twitter he and his supporters will march in central Delhi to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act that bars undocumented Muslims from the neighboring countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh from seeking citizenship Bill while allowing people of other faiths to do so.
At least 24 people have died across India in protests that broke out when Parliament passed the law on December 11. The protests first erupted in Assam where there are fears of an influx of migrants from neighboring Bangladesh. Since then the protests have swept across the country with thousands decrying the new law as discriminatory. There are also fears that when joined with a National Citizens Registry the government had promised, the citizenship law will be used against India’s Muslim minority, reported Bloomberg`.
TV journalist, lawyer arrested in UP
A journalist and a lawyer were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district on Monday after police accused them of using social media to “incite” people against the citizenship law, news agency PTI reported. Kamran Alvi, a journalist with a local TV news channel, and Dilkash Rizvi, were sent to jail, Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar said. Police said Rizvi, on December 21, tried to incite communal passion through Facebook Live and Alvi tried to trigger riots through social media. The two men allegedly again tried to incite riots on Monday…
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