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    India tightens security for protests after Friday prayers

    27 Dec 2019

    At least 25 people have been killed in protests across the country since the law, seen as discriminatory towards Muslims, was adopted on Dec. 11.

    VIDEO: India deploys troops to curb violent protests over citizenship law

    12 Dec 2019

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government has said the so-called Citizenship Amendment Bill that was approved by parliament on Wednesday was meant to protect besieged minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

    India’s main opposition party stages protest against new Citizenship Law

    23 Dec 2019

    The protest was led by Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi along with other senior party leaders. Around 2,000 people joined the protest at the Raj Ghat, a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, where the party demanded "protection for the constitution and the rights of people enshrined in it.”

    VIDEO: Dozens injured, 50 held as students' march against citizenship bill turns violent in Delhi

    13 Dec 2019

    A march by Left-wing students belonging to Jamia Millia Islamia university to Parliament turned violent on Friday after Delhi police in a bid to stop the protest lathi-charged the protesters.

    Japanese PM's India trip postponed amid violent protests

    13 Dec 2019


    "Both sides have decided to defer the visit to a mutually convenient date in the near future," Indian foreign ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said in a statement.

    #IndiaDoesNotSupportCAA takes Twitter by storm

    31 Dec 2019

    #IndiaDoesNotSupportCAA has been the top Twitter trend since Monday night and was among the top four worldwide trends. It has been trending for most of Tuesday morning as the number one trend In India.

    India beefs up security amid outrage against new law

    24 Dec 2019

    An interior ministry official said the government expected all state security officials to be on duty on Christmas Eve and through the holiday week.

    Indian protesters stage shutdown against citizenship bill

    10 Dec 2019

    Hundreds of demonstrators closed down streets in northeastern India on Tuesday as part of an 11-hour shutdown in protest of legislation that would grant citizenship to persecuted Hindus and other religious minorities

    Thousands take part in Hyderabad anti-CAA rally

    10 Jan 2020

    Thousands of people gathered for the Tiranga rally here on Friday to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Led by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi,

    Imran Khan shares video of renowned musician Roger Waters assailing Indian law

    28 Feb 2020

    Introducing Aamir Aazim, a 30-year-old poet from Jamia Millia Islamia, Waters said: "This is a young man none of us know. His name is Aamir Aziz. And he is a young poet and activist in Delhi. He is involved in the fight against Modi and his fascist, racist citizenship law.”

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