A week after a controversial new citizenship law was passed by parliament, which has been accused of openly discriminating against Muslims, protests across the country showed no sign of abating. The Guardian view on Modi’s citizenship law: dangerous for all | Editorial Read moreSome of the most violent altercations between protesters and police over the past week have occurred on Muslim-majority university campuses, where students who were marching against the citizenship law were met with police brutality. Police violently stormed the campus, firing teargas and detaining dozens of Muslim students. What this citizenship act and the police response to the protests makes clear is this government has declared war on its Muslim citizens.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Women protest outside Jamia Millia Islamia University over India’s new citizenship law. Among the demonstrators was eminent Assamese literary critic and social scientist Hiren Gohain, who described the new citizenship law as “ghastly and malicious”.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2019 13:42 UTC