India's Protests Against Citizenship Law: All The most recent Updates

Protests against India's contentious citizenship law continue because the country's 200 million Muslims concern the legislation is a part of the Hindu nationalist government's agenda to marginalise them.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed final week grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Christians from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh however blocks naturalisation for Muslims.

Critics say the legislation - much like US President Donald Trump's Muslim ban - goes in opposition to the spirit of India's secular structure.

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Why are so many Indians protesting towards the citizenship legislation?

India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea in search of to stall the implementation of the law and has mounted January 22 as the subsequent date of hearing.

In northeastern India, protests in opposition to the new law are mainly towards permitting any "foreign migrant" from Bangladesh - irrespective of religion - to settle in the region.

On December 15, almost 200 college students have been injured and dozens arrested after police stormed New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), situated 130km (eighty one miles) from the capital, to disperse the protests.

Because the assault on the two campuses, solidarity protests are being held throughout the South Asian nation.

Listed here are the latest updates:
IndiGo cancels 19 flights from New Delhi

IndiGo, India's greatest airline by market share, has cancelled 19 flights from New Delhi as road visitors disruption brought on by protests in the capital impacts the availability of its crew, a Delhi airport official said.

A further 16 flights are delayed.
"As a consequence of traffic restrictions and to accommodate passengers reaching late to the airport, we now have rescheduled and curtailed our schedule in and out of Delhi by roughly 20 departures," IndiGo mentioned in a press release, including that this accounts for about 10 % of its complete flights out of the capital.

Mobile services lower in elements of Indian capital
Two major Indian telecom firms have mentioned they've lower mobile companies in elements of new Delhi on government orders.

Vodafone and Airtel announced they'd cut companies on mobiles whereas a 3rd operator Jio is reported to have followed suit.

India is already the world chief in slicing the web, activists say, and entry has been restricted in parts of the northeast and in Uttar Pradesh, dwelling to a large Muslim minority.

Dear #Kashmir, Today large elements of India can say that they'll Begin to really feel your pain, isolation in the face of brutal repression that does not permit fundamental protest. Who knows? Maybe in four months we'll be there fully....#CAAProtests#Section144 #IndiaAgainstCAA

Hyderabad police detain protesters
Within the southern metropolis of Hyderabad, folks have been seen being loaded into police buses.

It was not clear the place they had been taken as as police detain more than 100 protesters in key Indian cities as they defied a ban on protests.

Crackdown on peaceful protests must cease: Amnesty
Rights group Amnesty India has asked the federal and state governments throughout India to cease the crackdown on the peaceful protests in opposition to what it referred to as a "discriminatory" citizenship regulation.

"The CAA [Citizenship Amendment Act] is a bigoted legislation that legitimises discrimination on the premise of religion. The folks of the nation have the precise to protest towards this legislation peacefully and express their views," stated Avinash Kumar, the group's government director.

#WATCH Delhi: Students and other people of Muslim community supplied Namaz outside the gates of Jamia Millia Islamia college. Members of other faiths formed a human chain around them. pic.twitter.com/FEPZOqI1MX

Delhi metro stations shut, visitors chaos on streets
Fourteen Delhi metro stations had been shut including one close to police headquarters, besieged by protestors earlier this week.

Some roads into the megacity had been blocked, inflicting immense visitors jams.
Massive site visitors jam at Delhi-Gurugram border, earlier today pic.twitter.com/3nGWkvhFYW

Police ban protests in New Delhi
Police have banned protests in capital New Delhi and several other state capitals in an effort to include rising dissatisfaction over the new citizenship regulation.

Protesters defied the ban and are holding a demonstration at New Delhi's iconic Red Fort and surrounding historic district.

Delhi: Large variety of protesters in Red Fort space the place Section 144 has been imposed. #CitizenshipAct pic.twitter.com/ZCIR2zsBZ4

Big protests in India amid restrictions
Big rallies are being held throughout India as the tumultuous and offended response builds in opposition to a citizenship law seen as discriminatory in opposition to the nation's 200 million Muslims.

Police refused a march permit for one in every of two giant demonstrations deliberate in New Delhi, officials stated. Organisers mentioned they planned to march anyway.

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We, the People of India reject the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Protests throughout the nation tomorrow on the martyrdom day of Ashfaqullah Khan and Ram Prasad Bismil, 19th December.

Here is a list of some of the cities: pic.twitter.com/hBQ7pNuSYU
Leading historian detained in Bengaluru

India's main historian Ramchandra Guha is amongst dozens detained in the southern city of Bengaluru during a protest in opposition to the citizenship law.

Guha was collaborating in a protest at the city's Town Hall where a ban on large gatherings has been imposed. "I am protesting non-violently, but look they are stopping us," he mentioned as news channels confirmed footage of him being dragged by three policemen.