India implements citizenship law opposed by Muslims before election
New Delhi, India Reuters India moved on Monday to implement a 2019 citizenship law that has been criticised as discriminating against Muslims, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) grants Indian nationality to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who […]
“They tried to erase us”: Myanmar’s Rohingya IDs deny citizenship
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on claims Myanmar’s identity card system has been used as a surveillance tool against the persecuted minority…
Amnesty says India police violated rights in religious riots
New Delhi, IndiaAP Indian police violated human rights during deadly religious riots in New Delhi earlier this year, Amnesty International said in a report released Friday. It said police beat protesters, tortured detainees and in some cases took part in riots with Hindu mobs. In this Tuesday, 25th February, file photo, a shop burns after […]
Use of facial recognition in Delhi rally sparks privacy fears
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Police in Delhi used facial recognition software to screen crowds at a recent political rally – a first for India – raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance amidst nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. The Automated Facial Recognition System software that the Delhi Police had installed to identify missing […]
Missing from India’s citizenship law: 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees living in India are not eligible for citizenship under a new law, sparking concerns they may be forced to return to the island nation they fled during a decades-long civil war, many with no homes to return to. India’s Citizenship Amendment Act aims to fast-track citizenship […]
Modi says citizenship law not anti-Muslim as protests continue across India
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a rally on Sunday for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital. New Delhi’s state election early next year will be the first major electoral test for Modi’s […]
Hundreds arrested in India during days of protests over citizenship law
New Delhi/Mumbai, IndiaReuters More than 1,500 protesters have been arrested across India in the past 10 days, officials said, as police try to quell sometimes violent demonstrations against a citizenship law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution. Additionally, some 4,000 people have been detained and then released, the officials said. Demonstrators shout slogans […]
Six dead in deadliest day of Indian citizenship law protests
New Delhi/Lucknow, IndiaReuters Six people died and dozens were injured on Friday as Indian 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. There were standoffs at police barricades in half a dozen towns in Uttar […]