Sixteen people in India were killed in one day of protests last month against a new law that grants a path to citizenship for all immigrants except Muslims. Police have used baton charges, tear gas and sometimes live ammunition against the protesters.
In this Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, photo, sister of Mohsin Ahmad, a laborer who was shot and killed allegedly in police firing during protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, cries outside her residence in Meerut, India. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to oppose a new law that grants a path to citizenship for immigrants of every religion except Islam.
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to oppose a new law that grants a path to citizenship for immigrants of every religion except Islam. Many say the law, passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government, discriminates against Muslims and undermines the country’s secular foundations.
Five people died in Meerut, the highest toll anywhere that day. The city, about 80 kilometers northeast of New Delhi, was teeming with people marching toward a market intersection to protest after Friday prayers, residents said. Naseem said his friend was sitting next to a shop front, puffing on a cigarette, when he saw him fall sideways. “When the sound of bullets stopped, I went closer to check on him and he was dead,” he said.“We didn’t even order firing in many areas,” said the state’s top police official, Om Prakash Singh. “Protesters used illegal guns to fire at the police,” he said, and the victims were caught in the crossfire.
A day before the deaths, he told reporters that those vandalizing public property in protests would have to pay damages.
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