- Title: Indian dailies run banner headlines on citizenship violence
- Date: 20th December 2019
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUMBAI RESIDENT, CORNELIUS RODRIGUES, SAYING: "Yeah, I think protests are an integral part of any democracy. If you don't have people expressing their views on certain matters, something is wrong with the democracy. It's not a democracy. So, people expressing that they are not happy with something, I think that's good. As far as the situation of things going violent, that's something that's not supposed to happen." AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA (DECEMBER 20, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF POLICE WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE DETAINED OVER VIOLENCE DURING CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT (CAA) PROTESTS
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- Keywords: Citizenship Citizenship (Amendment) Act India New Delhi newspaper protests violence
- Location: NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA/AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA/AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA005BAS4CI7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING
While Indian citizens lend their support to the ongoing protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the country, they disregard some protesters over incidents of violence during the protests.
Leading Indian dailies ran banner headlines on Friday (December 20) over clashes between police and protesters in some cities of northern India over Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Thursday (December 19).
Meanwhile, police in India's western Ahmedabad city detained 49 people in connection with violence during protests against the new law on Thursday (December 19).
Three people died of injuries sustained during protests against a new citizenship law in India on Thursday with thousands taking to the streets nationwide in defiance of temporary bans on public gatherings.
Angry mobs in Lucknow set fire to dozens of motorcycles and cars, four media broadcast vans and three buses, police said. Dozens of airline flights out of Delhi were canceled due to a lack of staff that was held up by traffic disruptions, and a number of Delhi metro stations closed. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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