- Title: Thousands march on roads condemning India’s citizenship law
- Date: 23rd December 2019
- Summary: HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA (DECEMBER 23, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) PROTESTERS, SOME WITH INDIAN NATIONAL FLAGS, WALKING AS THEY SHOUT SLOGANS/ PROTESTERS ON MOTORBIKES PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS, WAVING FLAGS, AND SHOUTING PROTESTERS STANDING AS VEHICLES PASSING BY POLICE AND BYSTANDERS STANDING AS VEHICLES PASS BY PROTESTERS HOLDING A BANNER READING (English): "SAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, PROTEST MARCH AGAINST NRC (National Register of Citizens), CAA (CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT)" PROTESTERS MARCHING, HOLDING BANNER (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) PROTESTER, NAME UNKNOWN, SAYING: "All of us, Hindu and Muslims, are brothers and sisters. One religion should not be (targeted). The saffron and green colour in the Indian flag depicts two religions, so by opposing one religion this (act) should not be implemented." BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA (DECEMBER 23, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) PROTESTERS GATHERING OUTSIDE OF MOSQUE ENTRANCE PROTESTERS HOLDING INDIAN NATIONAL FLAGS, PLACARDS, POSTERS STANDING / PROTESTERS WALKING VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (DECEMBER 23, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS PEOPLE MARCHING IN PROTEST VARIOUS PRESIDENT OF REGIONAL DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM PARTY, M. K. STALIN (SECOND FROM LEFT) HOLDING PLACARD AND MARCHING ALONG WITH OTHERS NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 23, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VEHICLES DRIVING OUTSIDE JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY BANNER READING (English): "EX. STUDENTS FORUM, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, AGAINST CAA & NRC, SAVE CONSTITUTION-SAVE INDIA" POSTERS AND BANNER ON ENTRY GATE BANNER READING (English): "#CAA AGAINST CONSTITUTION" MAN WAVING INDIAN NATIONAL FLAG OUTSIDE ENTRY GATE BANNER READING (English and Hindi): 'JMI AGAINST CAA AND NRC' BANNER WITH MAP OF INDIA VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL STANDING AND TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi and English) STUDENT, TARIQ ANWAR, SAYING: "We demand the government that the discriminatory law that you have passed in which you have included all community members except Muslims is totally against the preamble of the constitution…so we demand the government to repeal this bill because this bill will bring losses to hundreds of thousands of people." NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 23, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VEHICLES PASSING AND PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE JAMA MASJID MOSQUE ARMOURED SECURITY PERSONNEL WALKING PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH ALLEYWAY EXTERIOR OF JAMA MASJID MOSQUE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH CORRIDOR IN FRONT OF MOSQUE PEOPLE AT JAMA MASJID MOSQUE
- Embargoed: 6th January 2020 10:58
- Keywords: Citizenship Amendment Act India Jama Masjid Narendra Modi New Delhi protests
- Location: HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001BB72YX3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of demonstrators marched across southern India on Monday (December 23) as street protests against a controversial citizenship law continued.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) aims to fast-track citizenship for persecuted Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who arrived in India before December 31, 2014, from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Protesters in southern Hyderabad and Bengaluru cities carried Indian flags, posters and placards while chanting slogans as they demanded the government to repeal the CAA.
The passing of the bill on December 11 triggered widespread demonstrations in the eastern state of Assam, as protesters feared it would convert thousands of illegal migrants from neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh into legal residents.
The government has refuted those allegations and vowed to protect all citizens equally.
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