Monthly Archives: December 2019
Blindspot to backlash: India’s Modi and party misread the mood
Mumbai (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government did not anticipate the protests against a new citizenship law that have raged across the...
‘Muslims have 150 countries to live, Hindus have one’ says Gujarat...
The BJP took out 62 rallies in different cities of Gujarat in support of the new citizenship law. While CM Rupani led a rally in Ahmedabad, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel led one in Mehsana, among many such pro-CAA marches.
UN High Commission for Human Rights holds press briefing on India...
Press briefing on India
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence
Location: Geneva
Date: 13 December 2019
Subject: India
We are concerned that India's new Citizenship (Amendment)...
CAA aims to make Muslims stateless: Owaisi
Of late Asaduddin Owaisi, 50, is India’s most recognized Muslim politician. President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and a four-time Member of Parliament,...
Can finish off anti-CAA protesters in an hour: BJP MLA
A video clip where MLA from Haryana’s Kaithal Leela Ram Gurjar has made the remarks, has gone viral on social media.
Police target anti-citizenship law demonstrators with deadly force: Human Rights Watch
New York – The Indian authorities should cease using unnecessary lethal force against demonstrators protesting a law that discriminates against Muslims, Human Rights Watch...
These Are the 25 People Killed During Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act Protests
New Delhi: Twenty-five people have reportedly lost their lives in the ongoing protests against the recently passed Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and the...
Arrested activist Sadaf Jafar was kicked in stomach by police
Prominent social activist in Lucknow, Sadaf Jafar, was kicked in the stomach and was bleeding after she was hit with a baton by police, her...
What I Saw Covering the 1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom: Nightmares Still Haunt...
It was a shivering December evening. The year was 1988. After submitting my resignation letter to the news agency I had served for 10...
Marking Territories: Illegal Immigrants, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the NRC
The Citizenship Amendment Act and the NRC is the culmination of a long project of the Hindu right.
As mass protests erupt all over the...
‘Has Narendra Modi Finally Gone Too Far?’ New Yorker Report on...
In response to legislation approved last week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indians are taking to the streets en masse, prompting crackdowns by the...
What you should know about India’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law
New Delhi, India – India has passed a law that grants citizenship to religious minorities – except Muslims – from neighbouring countries, with legal experts saying it...
