Protests against a new citizenship law in India have spread across the country, death toll hits 14
Protests against a new citizenship legislation in India have spread across the country. Observers are condemning what they call Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempts to knock of India’s secular political structure.
Thousands of protesters stood outside New Delhi's Jama Masijd, one of India's largest mosques, after Friday afternoon prayers. They waved Indian flags and shouted slogans against the government and the citizenship act, which opposers contend too critical to India's secular democracy in favor of a Hindu nation.
The new law which was signed last week, eases citizenship for individuals from persecuted religious groups from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but only if they aren’t Muslim.
The death toll rose to 14 after Avanish Awasthi, a spokesman for Uttar Pradesh, said late Friday that six people had died during clashes between demonstrators and police, more than 100 have been arrested and 3,305 detained since Thursday, said state police chief O.P. Singh in Uttar Pradesh.
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