Tag Archives: Citizenship

• India protests rage over ‘anti-Muslim’ law 16 December 2019 | Aishwarya Kumar with Jalees Andrabi in Guwahati and Sailendra Sil in Kolkata This post has 10 comments

  Fresh protests rocked India on Monday as anger grew over new citizenship legislation slammed as anti-Muslim, after six people died in the northeast and as many as 200 were injured in New Delhi. ...

• India protests spread over ‘anti-Muslim’ law 13 December 2019 | Anup Sharma and Jalees Andrabi This post has 10 comments

  Protests in India against a new citizenship law that opponents say is anti-Muslim spread to other regions on Friday, a day after two people were shot dead by police in the northeast of the country, the epicentre of demonstrations. ...

• Indian Parliament passes contentious citizenship law, protests flare 11 December 2019 | Devjyot Ghoshal This post has one comment

  India’s ruling Hindu nationalist government on Wednesday won parliamentary approval for a far-reaching citizenship law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution, as protests against the legislation intensified ...

• Tibetans applying for passport can surrender RC/IC at RPOs 21 September 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  The Ministry of External Affairs of the Govt of India has directed all the passport issuing authorities to accept surrender of both the RC and IC from Tibetans applying for Indian passport. ...

• India government to streamline RC and IC surrender procedures 14 September 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 11 comments

  The Delhi High Court has ordered the Government of India to take immediate action to streamline procedures for processing passport applications of Tibetans entitled to Indian citizenship. ...

• Delhi HC says Centre cannot deny passport to Indian citizens in Tibetan refugee settlements 13 November 2017 This post has no comments yet

  Justice Vibhu Bakhru observed that the petitioner could not have been denied a passport and directed the authorities to process his application within four weeks. ...

• Scrapping of the Exit Permit: Wolf in sheep’s clothing 1 November 2017 | Anshdeep Kaur This post has 4 comments

  Passport does not change your Tibetan ethnicity, but it does give you rights to keep Tibet alive here, in India, where you are. ...

• India may scrap ‘Exit Permit’, bringing some relief for Tibetans 23 October 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

  Tibetans in India may finally get some relief in their travels abroad, as the Government of India may scrap the troublesome "Exit Permit". ...

• Harassment continues for Tibetans seeking Indian passport 3 October 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

  Tibetans applying for Indian passport continue to face various forms of discrimination and harassment, and are left with no choice other than appealing in the courts for relief. ...

• Kashag not against Tibetans taking Indian citizenship: CTA President 23 September 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 8 comments

  Sangay said so much "publicity was unwarranted. If there were small problems, those could have been resolved without using so much publicity." ...