CNN News18Published on 26 December 2019 The contentious legislation seeks to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who had come to India till December 31, 2014, from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan because of religious persecution. Share the story
NDTVPublished on 12 December 2019 People are defying curfew in Assam as the protests continue against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The PM has also appealed for them to be calm and promised to protect the interests of people. Also the Congress will challenge the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Supreme Court. Will Citizenship (Amendment) Bill pass […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Volker Turk today released the “UN Fact-Finding Report on Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh”, leading to the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. The UN inquiry report stated that as many as 1,400 people […]