Tag Archives: Protest

  • 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. ...

  • Protesters rally near Hong Kong harbour, more demos planned over Christmas | Mari Saito This post has no comments yet

    More than 1,000 protesters, many in surgical masks and balaclavas, filled a harbourside plaza near Hong Kong’s financial district late on Monday to demand full democracy and an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality. ...

  • 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. ...

  • France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower 17 December 2019 | Angela Charlton and Elaine Ganley This post has no comments yet

    French union activists cut electricity, Eiffel Tower staff walked off the job and even Paris opera workers joined in Tuesday's nationwide protests across France to rally against government's plan to raise retirement age to 64. ...

  • 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. ...