- Title: Indians call for peaceful protests, condemn violence over citizenship law
- Date: 22nd December 2019
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 22, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) EXTERIOR OF JAMA MASJID MOSQUE PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE JAMA MASJID MOSQUE/PEOPLE WALKING AWAY VEHICLES PLYING AS PEOPLE WALK BARRICADE/PEOPLE STANDING AS SOME WALK IN A STREET POLICEMEN ON GUARD NEAR BARRICADES AS VEHICLES PASS BY POLICEMEN ON GUARD POLICEMEN LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) NEW DELHI RESIDENT, AZHAR KHAN, SAYING: "Staging protests is our right. There should not be violence so I oppose that. Whatever the police is doing… I request them to not do it and not violate (and indulge in violence). They should also listen. We are also Indians like you, we are also humans, we also have wife, children, mother and sisters. Also the other people (protesters) who are doing violence, I request them to not do it." JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY BANNERS ON GATE OF UNIVERSITY POSTERS ON GRILLS OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY LETTER SIGN BOARD ON ENTRY GATE READING (English and Urdu): 'BAB-E MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD' POSTERS SIGNATURES ON BANNERS (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) STUDENT, MUBARAK HUSSAIN NAQVI, SAYING: "We are taking out rallies and participating in marches in a peaceful manner and we intent to maintain peace. And whoever is trying to do violence in protest we don't approve of that we condemn it fully." VEHICLES PLYING SECURITY CHECK PEOPLE GATHERED AT AN OFFICIAL'S DESK VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL WALKING POLICEMEN STANDING AS SOME WALK SECURITY PERSONNEL CONDUCTING SECURITY CHECK SECURITY PERSONNEL WALKING PATNA, BIHAR, INDIA (DECEMBER 22, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF VEHICLES PLYING CLOSED SHUTTERS OF SHOPS/PEOPLE WALKING AS VEHICLES PLY
- Embargoed: 5th January 2020 05:49
- Keywords: Citizenship Amendment Act India Muslims Narendra Modi New Delhi protests security violence
- Location: NEW DELHI/PATNA, BIHAR, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI/PATNA, BIHAR, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001BB23PZJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Indians on Sunday (December 22) called for peaceful protests as they condemned violence during demonstrations over a new citizenship law.
At least 19 people have been killed in clashes between police and protesters since parliament passed the law on December 11. Critics of the law say it discriminates against Muslims and threatens India's secular ethos because it makes religion a criteria for citizenship.
Normalcy prevailed in New Delhi and eastern Patna city early in the day where security was also stepped up with police officials being deployed at various places to keep a check and prevent any untoward incident.
"We are taking out rallies and participating in marches in a peaceful manner and we intent to maintain peace. And whoever is trying to do violence in protest we don't approve of that we condemn it fully," said a student of Jamia Millia Islamia University.
The law aims to grant citizenship to minorities of the Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Sikh, Jain and Parsi faiths from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, deemed as suffering persecution there. The applicant should have entered India on or before December 31, 2014. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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