Bahujan Kranti Morcha (BKM), led by Waman Meshram, has called for a complete shut down in the Indian sub-continent on January 29 to protest against CAA, NRC, NRP and EVM.
We are writing to you to express our outrage at India's descent into open fascism under your government. Since 2014 we have watched the growing epidemic of mob-lynching, rapes and attacks on Muslims, Dalits , Christians and Adivasis, along with attacks on dissenters, human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers and even judges who dare to speak out and uphold the truth about what is happening in India under your government.
The Supreme Court of India today (Jan 22) refused to stay the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The court said that it won't stay CAA without hearing the Government of India (GoI)'s response. The court also hinted that it would set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear the matter.
The bandh call stands in continuity of a number of moves showing that the Punjab stands against Modi-Shah's Hindutva moves.
Local leaders of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) today submitted a memorandum to local administration in Sangrur demanding ban on the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid to Malerkotla.
A large number of organisations pertaining to students, youth, workers, including intelligentsia and social activists held an emergency meeting in the wake of ongoing region-wide protests against the pending resolve of government of India to implement Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC), and National Population Register (NPR).
A vital meeting of 57-member Organisation for Islamic Corporation (OIC) on Kashmir and India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in April 2020. Information in this regard surfaced in a report on Radio Pakistan.
To pay glowing tributes to Mata Gujri and younger sons (Sahibzade's) of Tenth Sikh Guru- Guru Gobind Singh, the Shriomani Akali Dal (Amritsar) held a conference in which representatives of Dal Khalsa also participated. The speakers eulogized the supreme sacrifices of Sahibzade Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh to uphold the truth, righteousness and principles of religion.
Protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 continued unabated across Assam on Thursday, primarily under the aegis of student bodies AASU and AJYCP, with agitators vowing not to relent till the law is scrapped.
The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government “may affect the status” of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said.
The People's Union For Democratic Rights (PUDR) released a report titled "Bloody Sunday 2019: Police Brutalities At Jamia University 13-15 December 2019" on Thursday (Dec. 26).
The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing biggest police crackdown since Muzaffar Nagar violence of 2013. The UP police on Thursday (Dec. 26) said that it has arrested 1,113 people while placing another 5,558 in preventive detention. The police said that it has registered 327 cases so far.
The British Columbia Gurdwaras Council (BCGC) and Ontario Gurdwaras Committee (OGC) register have registered their protest at the recent enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Government of India.
India’s Union Minister Giriraj Singh Thursday (Dec. 26) said Rahul Gandhi, along with the tukde-tukde gang and AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi were trying to divide the country.
Internationally acclaimed author Arundhati Roy has said that she does not have much hope from Indian Supreme Court regarding controversial "Citizenship Amendment Act" (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Blaming the Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government under Narendra Modi for its aggressive march against minorities and nationalities, the Dal Khalsa has reached out to the United Nations about the volatile developments that spell an anarchic situation for religious minorities in India.
In response to the brutal crackdown on student protests across the country who are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Executive Director of Amnesty India, Avinash Kumar said: “Students have the right to protest. Violence against peacefully protesting students cannot under any circumstance be justified.
When Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, they made it illegal for non-Germans to be citizens. Germans to prove that they had Aryan ancestry. India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill mirrors those Nazi laws. Instead of segregating people by genetics, it segregates them by religion. It makes religion the basis for citizenship.
As the new citizenship law has triggered a subcontinent-wide agitation, the students of Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar came out to protest against the violence unleashed by police on their fellow students at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University campus.
Over 200 people gathered in Northern California on December 15 to protest a controversial new citizenship law in Indian subcontinent which is sending shockwaves across that region.
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