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December 16, 2019

At Least 6 Dead in India as Protests Rage Against Anti-Muslim Citizenship Law
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In India, the death toll from a crackdown on demonstrations has risen to
six as massive protests rage against the Citizenship Amendment Bill,
which many have denounced as a major step toward the official
marginalization of India's 200 million Muslims. Among the dead were four
people shot by police in Assam state's biggest city, Guwahati, where
government-imposed curfews closed schools and brought commerce to a
halt. The citizenship bill passed by the upper house of the Indian
Parliament provides a path to citizenship for immigrants from
Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan - unless they are Muslim.


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