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In Pictures: Pan-India citizenship law protests

Hundreds detained across India as people defy bans on any assembly to protest against new citizenship law.

Demonstrators attend a protest against the new citizenship law in the northern city of Chandigarh. [Ajay Verma/Reuters]
Demonstrators attend a protest against the new citizenship law in the northern city of Chandigarh. [Ajay Verma/Reuters]
19 Dec 2019
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Police in India have detained hundreds of people across several cities for defying a ban on protests against a new citizenship law that opponents say threatens the country’s secular democracy.

Authorities on Thursday disrupted internet and phone services, including in parts of New Delhi, and tightened restrictions on protests in the northeastern border state of Assam, which is where the demonstrations first began last week.

The legislation has provoked anger because it offers a path to citizenship for persecuted minorities from three neighbouring countries – but excludes Muslims.

Critics say it is the latest effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government to marginalise India’s 200 million Muslims, and a violation of the country’s secular constitution.

Modi has defended it as a humanitarian gesture.

Indian police officers charge a man during a protest in Ahmadabad. [Ajit Solanki/AP Photo]
Indian police officers charge a man during a protest in Ahmadabad. [Ajit Solanki/AP Photo]
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Muslim protesters pray on the street near Bengaluru's Town Hall.[Manjunath Kiran/AFP]
Muslim protesters pray on the street near Bengaluru's Town Hall.[Manjunath Kiran/AFP]
Police detain a woman at a demonstration in national capital New Delhi. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Police detain a woman at a demonstration in national capital New Delhi. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Prayagraj, earlier known as Allahabad. [Sanjay Kanojia/AFP]
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Prayagraj, earlier known as Allahabad. [Sanjay Kanojia/AFP]
A protester being detained by police in the southern city of Hyderabad. [Mahesh Kumar/AP Photo]
A protester being detained by police in the southern city of Hyderabad. [Mahesh Kumar/AP Photo]
People attend a protest march against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the eastern city of Kolkata. [Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters]
People attend a protest march against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the eastern city of Kolkata. [Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters]
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People gathered in Dharamshala in northern Himachal Pradesh state to protest against the CAA and the NRC. [Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo]
People gathered in Dharamshala in northern Himachal Pradesh state to protest against the CAA and the NRC. [Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo]
People hold hands at a protest in the northeastern city of Guwahati. [Anupam Nath/AP Photo]
People hold hands at a protest in the northeastern city of Guwahati. [Anupam Nath/AP Photo]

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