Tag Archives: Citizenship

  • Supreme Court gives government more time to explain divisive citizenship law 22 January 2020 | Sankalp Phartiyal and Suchitra Mohanty This post has no comments yet

    The Supreme Court declined calls to suspend the implementation of a new citizenship law on Wednesday, deciding that a constitutional bench of five judges was needed to hear all the challenges to legislation. ...

  • Indian Christians protest against ‘anti-Muslim’ law 20 January 2020 This post has one comment

    More than 8,000 people from the Christian community took to the streets in eastern India Monday to protest against a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims. ...

  • India celebrates New Year’s Eve with protests against citizenship law 1 January 2020 | Devjyot Ghoshal and Zeba Siddiqui This post has no comments yet

    Thousands of Indians ushered in the New Year by demonstrating against a citizenship law despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempts to dampen protests that have run for nearly three weeks. ...

  • NS Venkataraman Majority rule or mob rule — India has to decide 25 December 2019 | NS Venkataraman This post has 5 comments

    Government has responsibility to put down the negative elements with all force at its command. This would not be against the spirit of democracy but in favour of protecting the image and tradition of democracy. ...

  • German exchange student says he’s told to leave India after joining protests | Sachin Ravikumar and Chandini Monnappa This post has one comment

    A German exchange student said on Tuesday that Indian authorities had ordered him to leave the country after he took part in protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. ...

  • India bids to bust citizenship law ‘myths’ with cartoon Muslims 23 December 2019 | Abhaya Srivastava This post has no comments yet

    India's ruling party launched a video with animated Muslim characters on social media Monday as part of a publicity blitz to try to bust "myths" around a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests. ...

  • Modi says citizenship law not anti-Muslim as protests continue across India 22 December 2019 This post has one comment

    Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, PM Narendra Modi led a rally on Sunday for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal CAA is unconstitutional and unsecular; divides India 21 December 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

    There's every reason that the Supreme Court could strike down the CAA, or ask for review, without hesitation, as its terms are capricious and violate the Constitution. ...

  • Six dead in deadliest day of Indian citizenship law protests 20 December 2019 | Aftab Ahmed, Devjyot Ghoshal and Saurabh Sharma This post has no comments yet

    Six people died and dozens were injured on Friday as police clashed with thousands of protesters who again took to the streets in several parts of the country to oppose a new law they say discriminates against Muslims. ...

  • Three die in protests against new citizenship law in India 19 December 2019 | Devjyot Ghoshal and Sachin Ravikumar This post has no comments yet

    Three people died of injuries sustained in intensifying protests against a new citizenship law in India on Thursday with thousands taking to the streets nationwide in defiance of temporary bans on public gatherings. ...