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December 13, 2019

India: Police Kill 2 People in Assam Amid Protests over Citizenship Bill
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In India, police killed at least two protesters in the state of Assam
amid massive demonstrations against the Citizenship Amendment Bill -
which many have denounced as a major step toward the official
marginalization of India's 200 million Muslims. The upper house of
Parliament has passed the highly controversial legislation, which
provides a path to citizenship for immigrants from Afghanistan,
Bangladesh and Pakistan - unless they are Muslim. The government has
also arrested hundreds of protesters, cut off internet access, imposed
curfews in parts of northeast India, amid ongoing protests against the
citizenship bill.


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