Indian students decry police as citizenship protests grow

Policemen in plain clothes detain a youth during a protest against a new citizenship law in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. The new law gives citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India illegally to flee religious persecution in several neighboring countries.

NEW DELHI — Students involved in a massive weekend protest at a predominantly Muslim university in India’s capital described a clash with baton-wielding police at a news conference Tuesday, as opposition grew nationwide against a new law that provides a path to citizenship for non-Muslim migrants. A peaceful march by students from New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University descended into chaos Sunday when demonstrators set three buses on fire. Police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. Video footage showed officers running after fleeing protesters and beating them with wooden sticks.

“The 15th of December is a black day in the history of this country,” human rights activist Farah Naqvi said at the news conference. The police response to Sunday’s protest has drawn widespread condemnation, and seems to have sparked an even broader movement against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The new law applies to Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities who are in India illegally but can demonstrate religious persecution in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Trump should be impeached for this

Muslims will always create trouble.

The prime minister is destroying a beautiful and peaceful country. Absolutely shame on him. Many of my friends from India are so against this idiotic discrimination. United they are stronger, divided they will be conquered like in the past

Amassing that 200 million Indian Muslims are threatened by a law providing citizenship for non Muslim migrants, wonder if we can coin up a new phobia label! We all know the west's label given by Muslims for this type of migrant right!

.......and heeeeeeerrrreee we gooo!!

This is not good the new govt policy Modi should resign and a moderate person be in his place ? Since his rise to power things are turning,?

elenochle Who proofread that before submission? It’s one babbling continuation of words

Islamist and anti refugee xenophobes can protest all they want. India will welcome the persecuted refugees with open arms. No power on earth can stop it.

Just dont hurt tha curry! 💯

Tell me one Islamic country which gives non-Muslims the same privileges, rights to worship etc. Give me one.

Hi it’s an anti-Muslim law. The first step to declaring Indian Muslims non-citizens. There’s no both sides here.

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