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*india: anti-citizenship act stir*
Jamia, AMU protests: SC asks petitioners to go to High Courts, refuses
to send inquiry teams
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the pleas against police action
on students at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and AMU in Uttar
Pradesh should be referred to relevant High Courts, Bar and Bench reported.The
top court also refused to set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the
police action against students. “Having regard to the nature of the matter and
dispute and the vast area over which the matter is spread, we do not think it
is feasible to appoint one committee for this,” the court said.The bench led by
Chief Justice SA Bobde directed the petitioners to approach the High Courts
within whose jurisdiction the incidents took place. Bobde insisted that the
facts of the case need to be established before lower courts first, and the top
court should have the benefit of High Court orders.The bench said High Courts
may appoint former judges of the Supreme Court to conduct inquiries after
hearing the Centre and the concerned state government.“We are confident that
the chief justices of various High Courts will call upon for inquiry, if
needed, while appointing a committee including a former judge of the apex court
or High Court after hearing the Union of India and respective states,” the
bench said, according to PTI.The court added that the High Courts will be “at
liberty to pass appropriate order with regard to arrest and medical treatment
if brought to its notice after verification”.Opposing arguments by advocates
Indira Jaising and Colin Gonsalves, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench
that no student had been arrested and 67 persons, including students and other
miscreants, had sustained injuries. Several police personnel also sustained
injuries, he said.“Students were take to the hospital, given medical care and
no money was charged,” Mehta claimed. “In some time, Jamia University officer
came and he identified the students and took them.”Mehta said the police had to
use tear gas shells to disperse the crowd, but one of the protestors picked up
the shell and tried to throw it back when it exploded. This was the reason for
injuries, he claimed.Arguing for the petitioners, Gonsalves said Jamia was now
in a better state, but the situation at Aligarh Muslim University was
disturbing, with several students sustaining severe injuries.scroll
Supreme Court won’t set up panel to probe police action in varsities
Delhi : 21 Injured in Seelampur Violence; 2 FIRs Filed and 5 Detained
Twenty-one people, including 12 policemen, six civilians and three
personnel from the Rapid Action Force, were injured in the Seelampur violence
on Tuesday, 17 December, the Delhi Police said.Five people have also been
detained, with two FIRs registered at Seelampur and Jaffrabad police stations,
they further said.“2 police booths have been damaged. No lathi-charge was done
by police,” Alok Kumar, the Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police said regarding
the incident.Earlier on Tuesday, protesters demanding scrapping of the amended
Citizenship Act and the police clashed in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area. The
protesters reportedly torched several motor bikes, pelted stones at police
personnel and damaged buses and a police booth, according to PTI.Police
resorted to baton charge and fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters.
Plumes of smoke billowed from at least two localities as the standoff continued
for around one-and-a-half hours. Police later said the situation had been
brought under control.According to a senior police officer, the protest began
at around 12 pm, and the protesters were marching from Seelampur towards
Jaffrabad. The protesters raised slogans against the new law as well as the
NRC. They said two bikes of traffic cops were burnt by the demonstrators and
CCTV cameras installed were taken away by the mob.Meanwhile, Faisal Ahmed, a
protester, had been quoted by PTI as saying, "We have come here to raise
our voice against CAA and NRC. I got injuries on my right leg during police
attack." Police said there were initially small groups of people who
started the protest against the CAA and they went in lanes and bylanes of
Seelampur.Entry and exit gates at as many as seven metro stations in northeast
Delhi had been closed on Tuesday in view of the protest. Later, five of them
were opened.thequint
Violence In East Delhi Over Citizenship Act, Stones Thrown, Tear Gas
Former Congress MLA Asif Khan Named Accused In FIR In Jamia Violence:
Delhi Police
Delhi Police on Tuesday said that the former Congress MLA Asif Khan has
been named as an accused in the FIR, for involvement in Jamia Millia Islamia
incident that took place on 15 December. Kasim Usmani (CYSS Student Wing of
AAP), Asif Khan (Former MLA), Chandan Kr (AISA), Asif Tanha (SIO) have also
been named in the FIR.Earlier today, a Delhi court sent 10 people, arrested in
connection with the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) near Jamia
Millia Islamia University here, to judicial custody till December 31.
Metropolitan Magistrate Kamran Khan earlier sent six of the 10 arrested people
-- Mohammad Hanif, Danish alias Jafar, Sameer Ahmed, Dilshad, Shareef Ahmed,
Mohd Danish -- to judicial custody after police sought their custodial
interrogation for 14 days.The court after a while also sent the other four
--Yunus Khan, Jumman, Anal Hassan, Anwar Kala -- to judicial custody. Police
had on Monday arrested them for their alleged involvement in the violence near
Jamia Millia Islamia University here, it had said, adding that none of them
were students. Sources said that the accused were identified through videos
taken during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest at JMI on Sunday. Police
are interrogating them and also identifying other accused who were involved in
instigating the violence, they said. The university had virtually turned into a
battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus and also used force,
following protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, that led to violence
and arson in which four DTC buses, 100 private vehicles and 10 police bikes
were damaged.The situation remained tense in the university premises on Tuesday
as protesters, including students and local residents, converged outside the
varsity holding tricolour and placards to continue their demonstration against
CAA and NRC.newsnation
Vegetable price rise in Jamia Nagar amid atmosphere of fear
As the apprehensive population of Jamia Nagar are stocking up food items
and vegetables, the shop owners are looking to make a quick profit as vegetable
prices rise.The prices of potato and onion have been increased and so has
chicken.People are stocking essential items and so as the prices are increasing
said a shopkeeper. Some women while complaining against the police brutality
said that "We don't know about the future even many students are skipping
school because of the fear atmosphere."Many children are not attending
schools in south Delhi as buses did not ply on Monday and even on Tuesday.IANS
Sonia Gandhi-led Opposition delegation meets Prez over CAA, police
action on students
Amidst protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in parts of the
country, a delegation of Opposition leaders led by Congress president Sonia
Gandhi on Tuesday met President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking his intervention in
repealing the "unconstitutional and divisive" citizenship amendment
law and forming a commission of enquiry to probe violent protests and the
police action.The leaders submitted a memorandum to the President appealing to
him to "advise" the government to withdraw the legislation and
"safeguard our Constitution from being violated".Talking to reporters
later, Sonia Gandhi said the Modi government was "shutting down" people's
voices and bringing legislations which are not acceptable to them."...(we)
met the President to plead with him to intervene in the situation in the North
East, which is now spreading throughout the country...because of Act. It is a
very serious situation. We fear that it may spread even further. We are
anguished at the manner in which the police have dealt with peaceful
demonstrations across India," she said."I think you all have seen
that the BJP government...seems to have no compulsion when it comes to shutting
down people's voices and implement a legislation, which do not seem to be
acceptable to the people and to us in a democracy," she said. She said
police personnel entered women's hostels in Jamia Millia Islamia and
mercilessly beat up students who were demonstrating, which is their democratic
right.CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said the President was the custodian of the
Constitution.nationalheraldindia
No action against students at Jamia, but those engaged in vandalism:
Amit Shah
Amid row over police action at Jamia Milia Islamia, Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Tuesday said that no action is being taken against the students
but only those who engaged in vandalism and arson. Shah, while speaking at an
event in Mumbai said there is no action against students opposing the CAA. He
also directed Delhi Police to ensure peace in the national capital.
Citizenship Act: Amit Shah remains defiant, says Centre will ensure
amended law is implemented
Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah on Tuesday refused to back down
in the face of nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act,
telling the Opposition that despite its anger the Centre would do everything in
its power to ensure that six non-Muslim persecuted communities from Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan get Indian citizenship, NDTV reported.“Come what
may, the [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi government will ensure that these
refugees get Indian citizenship and live as Indians with honour,” Shah said at
a rally in Delhi’s Dwarka locality. His remark came even as protests in the
city’s Seelampur area turned violent.scroll
"If Anyone Destroys Public Property, Shoot Them At Sight":
Union Minister
New Delhi: 4 days after people protesting the amended Citizenship Act set
fire to a railway station in Bengal's Murshidabad, a Union Minister today
warned that anybody resorting to such acts would be shot at sight by the
authorities. "I have told the district administration and railway
authorities concerned that if anybody destroys public property, they can be
shot at sight. I am giving this directive as a Union Minister," Union
Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi said.The controversial statement
by the Union Minister comes amid nationwide protests against the amended
Citizenship Act.Angadi said that such violence actions cannot be condoned when
the Railways already faces a lot of losses in West Bengal and Northeastern
states. "As many as 13 lakh employees work there day and night to ensure
the development and cleanliness of railway infrastructure. But some anti-social
elements supported by the opposition are are creating problems in the
country," he alleged. ndtv
Citizenship Amendment Act not anti-Muslim, says Rajnath Singh
The amended Citizenship Act is not anti-Muslim, Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh assured the Indian community here and said “our culture does not teach us
to hate”.According to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), members of Hindu,
Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 and facing
religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given
Indian citizenship.PTI
Tehseen Poonawalla files complaint against PM Modi for his ‘clothes’
remark
Political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla has filed a complaint against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi for saying those protesting against Citizenship law “can
be identified from their clothes”.“I have filed a complaint against our
@PMOIndia shri @narendramodi ji for the words he used in a rally in DUMKA
Jharkhand: “Unke Kapdo se pata chal jata hain!” This is an attempt at
demonizing #Assam & Muslims citizens. @ECISVEEP must act against the hon
PM. @SpokespersonECI,” Poonawalla tweeted.He also tagged the Election
Commission of India and tweeted a copy of the complaint filed with the election
body. He said the language used by the PM is an “attempt at demonising Assam
and Muslim citizens”.Poonawalla’s remarks came amid the Opposition parties’
protest against the government over the newly amended Citizenship Act and the
violence at Jamia Milia Islamia university in New Delhi.indianexpress
Jamia crackdown looked like Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Uddhav Thackeray
New Delhi : 2 days after police barged into the Jamia Milia Islamia
campus and lathi-charged students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment
Act, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray likened the police crackdown
on the students to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. An “atmosphere of fear” was
being created with such actions, PTI reported.Condemning the violence,
Thackeray said, “There is a deliberate attempt to create an atmosphere of
unrest in society. The way police opened fire on students by forcefully
entering the compound, it appeared like the Jalianwala Bagh massacre.”He said
fear was being created in the minds of the youth of the country. “I feel no
country can remain stable where youth are disturbed. I ask the Centre not to
destabilise the youth of this country,” he said.Thackeray said the youth are
the country’s future and they have a lot of potential. “The youth are like a
bomb which should not be triggered. It is my humble request to the prime
minister,” the chief minister said.When asked whether there have been any
protests in Maharashtra against the Citizenship Act and the NRC, Thackeray
said, “The state is peaceful so far.”indianexpress
BJP ally Akali Dal makes a U-turn, says include Muslims in Citizenship
Amendment Act
Jumping on the bandwagon, BJP's ally in Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
has demanded inclusion of Muslims as beneficiaries of the Citizenship (Amendment)
Act. The party said that India is a secular country and exclusion of Muslims
"is not justified".Welcoming the passing of the Bill, Shiromani Akali
Dal General Secretary and spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema said the bill will
enable the persecuted minorities to get the benefits of citizenship but the
same should be extended to the Muslim community as well."Hindus, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians who were subject to persecution and
atrocities in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan and were forced to migrate
to India decades back were not able to get any facilities due to the lack of
the citizenship. The Union government by passing this bill has given a new
lease of life to these people but the second aspect is that Muslims have not been
included," Cheema said."The stand of our party is very clear --
Muslims should also be given the benefit as our country and its constitution
are secular. It clearly says that injustice should not be done on the basis of
religion. The Union government should also include Muslims," he
added.Akali Dal has, however, condemned the violence and damage caused to
public property by agitators.Reacting to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amrinder
Singh's remark that he will not allow the passing of the bill in the state
assembly, Union Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said
that rather than opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Captain Amrinder
Singh should tell the people why the coffers of his government were
empty."The law and order situation in Punjab has gone from bad to worse.
Punjab's finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal is being called a 'Kangal
Mantri' (bankrupt minister). Captain Amrinder Singh has failed to fulfill the
promises made to the people of Punjab. They are trying to divert the public's
attention by citing a financial emergency," Harsimrat Kaur Badal
said.indiatoday
"Come What May...": Amit Shah Refuses To Back Down On
Citizenship Act
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today refused to back down in
the face of nationwide protests against the amended Citizenship Act, saying
that the centre will do everything in its power to provide citizenship to
migrants from persecuted communities in neighbouring countries."Come what
may, the Modi government will ensure that these refugees get Indian citizenship
and live as Indians with honour," Amit Shah said at a rally in Delhi's
Dwarka, even as fresh protests against the law broke out against the
controversial law in Seelampur.Amit Shah tried to assuage the apprehensions of
protesters, claiming that nobody's nationality would be lost because of the
amended Citizenship Act. "I want to tell our students as well as Muslim
brothers and sisters that there's nothing to fear. Nobody is going to lose
Indian citizenship. The legislation is on the website for everybody to read. We
believe in sabka saath, sabka vikas and injustice will not be done to
anybody," he said, accusing the opposition Congress of trying to mislead
the people.ndtv
Citizenship Act protests: ‘Urban Naxals’ instigating students for their
politics, claims PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged students to debate and
protest against government policies they disagree with, but asked them to be
wary of “urban Naxals” who he claimed were using them for their politics.
Speaking at an election rally in Jharkhand, Modi blamed the Congress and other
Opposition parties for creating fear among Muslims about the amendments to the
Citizenship Act.Modi reiterated that no Indian’s citizenship will be affected
by the Act, no matter what religion they belong to. “The divide and rule policy
of the Congress has already led to the Partition of the country once,” the
prime minister alleged.scroll
"Will Take Back Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants If...": Sheikh
Hasina's Advisor
Kolkata: An advisor to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on
Tuesday said the country will take back any citizen of the neighbouring nation
staying in India illegally, if evidence is provided.The issue of amended
Citizenship Act is an internal matter of India, Advisor to Ms Hasina on
international affairs, Gowher Rizvi, said."We will take back any
Bangladeshi citizen staying in India illegally. But India has to prove
that," Mr Rizvi told reporters.He said Muslims, Hindus, Christians and
Buddhists co-exist peacefully in Bangladesh.PTI
Imran Khan on Citizenship Act: ‘Modi government’s policies can cause a
big refugee crisis’
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday warned the international
community that the Modi government’s policies might trigger a “big refugee
crisis” in South Asia, Dawn reported.Khan, who made the remarks at the first
meeting of the Global Refugee Forum in the city of Geneva in Switzerland,
mentioned three actions of the Indian government – the scrapping of Jammu and
Kashmir’s special status, the National Register of Citizens exercise in Assam,
and the Citizenship Amendment Act. “We are worried there not only could be a
refugee crisis, we are worried it could lead to a conflict between two
nuclear-armed countries,” The Express Tribune quoted Khan as saying. “Our
country will not be able to accommodate more refugees.” He urged the world to
“step in now”.
Arundhati Roy: Please stand up against Citizenship Act, we’re faced with
biggest challenge since independence
Famous writer-activist Arundhati Roy appealed Indian citizens to stand
up and protest the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Modi
government last week.Issuing a statement, the author of “The God of Small
Things” and many other acclaimed books said, “We are faced with the biggest
challenge since independence”. “It will break the back of our Constitution and
cut the ground from under our feet,” said Roy.Drawing parallels between
demonetisation and CAA, Roy blamed the Modi government for “breaking the back
of the country’s economy”. “3 years ago, we stood in line obediently outside
banks as demonetisation was imposed on us, a policy that broke the back of our
country’s economy,” her statement reads that was issued on Monday.“Are we going
to stand in line once again, obediently, and comply with the policy that eerily
resembles 1935 Nuremberg Laws of the Third Reich,” Roy asked. She said India
will cease to exist if we accept this, adding that “we are faced with the
biggest challenge since Independence.” “Please. Stand up,” she appealed.IANS
Every hit on students is a slap on democracy: Kamal Hassan on Jamia
violence
Chennai:Actor-turned-politician Kamal Hassan on Tuesday broke his
silence on Jamia University violence of December 15 over the Citizenship
Amendment Act and termed it as "unfortunate".Targeting the Centre
over the newly amended Citizenship Act, Makkal Needhi Maiam chief said that
this is the beginning of the fall of anti-national forces in the
country.Terming the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act as a government trick
to divert attention from real issues, Kamal Hassan said, "When the future
pillars of India, the students, raise questions, they are oppressed by the
government"."Every hit on a student is a slap on democracy. There is
no justification to students, no safety for women, and no answer to employment.
It is a democracy only when the power is with the people," the
actor-turned-politician said.Hitting out at rival party AIADMK for supporting
the Citizenship Amendment Act, Kamal Hassan said that the party is obedient to
their masters (read: BJP). "You know who their masters are and that is
what it is," he added.indiatoday
Anti-CAA stir in Delhi: Muslim bodies criticise police action on Jamia
University campus
NEW DELHI: Muslim organisations issued statements on Monday condemning
the police action on students at Jamia Millia Islamia during protests over the
Citizenship Amendment Act on Sunday. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Arshad Madani
sought an investigation into those behind the violence and said that every
person in a democracy has a right to peaceful protest. Jamaat-e-Islami, too,
came forward in support of the students and demanded an independent judicial
probe in the matter.Meanwhile, a faction of Jamiat, led by Maulana Qari Syed
Mohammad Usman Mansoorpuri through its general secretary Maulana Mahmood
Madani, filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court on Monday challenging
the promulgation of CAA. Arshad Madani-led faction, too, will be filing a writ
petition in the matter on Tuesday.In a press statement issued by the Arshad
Madani faction of JUH pertaining to protests over CAA they said, “We are
against any form of violence” and went on to assert that to protest is the
democratic right of every citizen. “But question is that why did violence occur
during the protests and who is behind it? It should be investigated freely and
fairly,” the statement read.Maulana Madani said the students of Jamia had been
protesting peacefully for last several days against the Act. “Why didn’t the
students take the law into their own hands at that time? Then there was no
violence? This is a question Delhi Police have no answer to,”Madani said.TOI
Jamia protest: Girl’s raised finger turns emblem of protest
New Delhi:The image of a woman in a maroon hijab, right index finger
raised to warn a policeman not to hit a man crouching behind her, has taken
social media by storm.Posters printed in solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia
students, who faced a police rampage on Sunday, feature a sketch of the
bespectacled Farzana facing the baton-wielding, helmeted officer.Farzana,
member of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s Girls Islamic Organisation, is a 22-year-old
BA Arabic student at Jamia.Woman from Kannur in Kerala has degrees in economics
and sociology.Farzana rose to prominence after taking part in a successful
agitation against Israeli participation in an event on the campus.On Sunday,
Farzana had been part of a protest march against the amended citizenship law
from Batla House to Parliament, which was stopped near Mathura Road. Chanda
Yadav, one of the women students in the image that has gone viral, said Farzana
and the others had tried to make their way through New Friends Colony only to
face a lathi-charge. They then hid in the garage of a bungalow. When the police
discovered them, cops pulled out journalism student Shaheen Abdulla and
thrashed him till he bled from his face. Farzana, Chanda, Ayesha Renna and
Akhtarista formed a ring around him to shield him.“I shouted at a plainclothes
man who was hitting us: ‘Stop! If you want then call women police’. He backed
off.Other policemen too backed off after beating us for 5 minutes….We saved him
because what is wrong is wrong and this country is for everyone,” Chanda
said.telegraphindia
New citizenship law: Student outfits plan protests across Maharashtra
against police action in Jamia
Mumbai :Students organisations are set to stage a series of
demonstrations across the state to protest the police action inside Jamia
Millia Islamia (JMI) in Delhi on Sunday evening. While protests are scheduled
in Nanded, Latur and other cities on Thursday, the first of the student
protests took place in Aurangabad and Mumbai on Monday. Various student
organisations, including DYFI, Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO),
SFI, Chhatra Bharati and other college groups will take part in these protests.On
Monday evening, SFI led 400 students belonging to various communities for a
protest inside Dr Babsaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Aurangabad. Lokesh
Kamble, Aurangabad president of SFI, said the students gathered near Dr
Ambedkar’s statue and marched peacefully into the university campus. Various
departments were forced shut by sloganeering protesters.Kamble said though they
had police permission for a protest, a few students were detained when
protesters began to get restive, and were taken to Begumpura police station for
a couple of hours.“This was a student protest, in support of the protesting
students in JMI, against police atrocities, and also against NRC and the new
citizenship law,” Kamble said.Large groups of mostly Muslim protesters also staged
demonstrations and rallies against the citizenship law across various towns,
starting Friday. Most of these were organised by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, in
Aurangabad, Latur and Nanded.In Aurangabad’s Kannad town, Jamiat Ulema Maulana
Maimud Madani addressed a peaceful gathering of over 1,000 Muslim protesters on
Saturday.In Osmanabad, nearly 2,000 protesters gathered outside the office of
the district collector on Saturday. Sloganeering protesters held up placards
against the new citizenship law. Another group of protesters also gathered at
the same location on Friday. In Latur, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s protest was a
silent march that ended with a speech on the new law.indianexpress
Viral Video: Jamia Millia Islamia students, alumni clean roads outside
campus after protest
New Delhi :A day after the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia
(JMI) campus in New Delhi, a video of students and alumni cleaning the roads
leading to the university has gone viral. The group of volunteers came together
to clean up the roads in New Friends Colony area of Delhi after Monday’s
protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and against the Delhi
Police’s actions on the campus.As the protest ended late evening on Monday, a
group of protesters noticed the trash that had accumulated outside the gate of
the campus and decided to clean it themselves.In the video, the group of men
are seen picking papers, sweeping the litter and putting them in big plastic
bags for disposal in spite of the chilly weather. Shiraz Sheikh Babu was one of
the volunteers and is an alumnus of JMI, presently working as a research
associate. Babu told indianexpress.com that after the protests came to an end
they noticed the litter and decided to clean it.“It was around 10 pm when the
protest ended, and we thought we should clean it ourselves. With the ongoing
protests, there was a lot of trash lying outside the campus’s main gate. So,
around 10 or 12 of us, present students—both undergraduates and M.A level—and
members of the alumni picked up everything to clean the area,” he said in a
telephonic interview.On Tuesday, Delhi Police said it had arrested 10 people in
connection with the violence on Sunday evening. A police spokesperson said most
of the accused have a criminal background and none of them are
students.indianexpress
Jamia Incident: Kashmiri Students Clash With Police In Srinagar
SRINAGAR;Violent protests rocked elite Islamia College of Science and
Commerce on Tuesday when students clashed with police after they were stopped
from leading a march to express their solidarity with their counterparts at
Jamia Millia Islamia.Scores of students assembled in Islamia College of Science
and Commerce and tried to hit the roads against the violence in Delhi, on
Tuesday afternoon. Chanting slogans,
“Stop brutalizing students, We stand with the students of Jamia Millia
University”, students tried to lead a protest march.However, a posse of police
immediately swung into action and fired teargas shells inside the campus. Police locked the main gate and did not allow
the students to come out. Angry over the police action, students pelted stones
on the cops which fired tear-smoke shells to disperse the mob.Three prominent journalist
including Azan Javaid, Anees Zargar and Hakim Irfan were also thrashed by the
police when they were discharging their professional duties. A police official
said they exercised maximum restraint despite students resorting to massive
stone-pelting. “Situation was brought under control”, he said.College
administration blamed outsiders for the ruckus on the campus. “We have NEET
facilitation centre in our college and some outsiders might have sneaked into
the college campus. Otherwise, everything was going on in a hassle-free manner.
No student was involved in any untoward activity,” said a college
teacher.indiatomorrow
J&K: Police Beat Up Journalists Covering Anti-Citizenship Act
Protests in Srinagar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police officials beat up three journalists
near Islamia College here, where the students were protesting against the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) inside their campus.Prominent journalists,
Azaan Javaid, who works with ThePrint and Anees Zargar of NewsClick were beaten
up by officials in Srinagar. Journalist Hakeem Irfan was also heckled by police
officials while he was working.At around 2 pm on Tuesday, reporters and photo
journalists ran towards the spot when they heard that student protests were
happening against the CAA, which like the reading down of Article 370 has got
worldwide criticism.thewire
Jamia ground report: Police entered mosque, beat up imam and me, claims
former armyman
New Delhi:As India continues to seethe over the violence in Delhi's
Jamia Milia Islamia University on Sunday evening, eyewitnesses have now
attested to the brutal crackdown of the Delhi Police on Jamia students.India
Today Group Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai visited the Jamia campus and
surrounding areas and spoke to those who witnessed the troubling incidents of
Sunday.Many Jamia students who gathered on Monday in the university to protest
the actions of the Delhi Police, held that policemen entered the campus
forcibly and fired at innocent bystanders -- students who were studying in the
university library and were not part of the protest or agitation outside as
previously claimed.The testimonies from those present in Jamia on Sunday,
suggest that the police targetted individuals indiscriminately, even entering
the mosque on campus and hurting a local cleric.Recounting the police attack in
the university library, videos of which have now gone viral on social media,
one Jamia student said, "There were 50-60 students in the library. When
the police started lobbing teargas towards the library, the students came
upstairs and roughly 15 mins later, the police entered the campus by force.
They broke the doors of the library and started shelling tear gas."India
Today
Students From 19 US Universities, Including Harvard, Extend Solidarity
To Jamia, AMU After 'Police Violence'
Over 400 students and alumni of 19 universities across the United
States, including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford and Tufts on Tuesday
extended support to students of Jamia Millia Islamia University and at AMU
condemning the "brutal police violence" against them.In a statement,
the students, majority of them Indians, said, "We demand the cessation of
violence by the police and their complete withdrawal from university premises
followed by a thorough and independent investigation into the blatant abuse of
power by the police at the university premises."They also demanded student
protestors be allowed to continue their peaceful demonstrations, "as guaranteed
under the Constitution of India"."Reports and accounts by
journalists, students, lawyers, and activists (including credible information
shared online) reveal horrific and excessive use of force by police and
paramilitary against students," the statement said.The students and alumni
also condemned the use of violence against protestors in Assam resulting in the
death of five people.They also expressed concern about the statement of the
Chief Justice of India "terming these protests as ‘riots’" and characterising
the situation as a law and order problem for the police to handle while not
recognising the "violation of the rights of protestors".The statement
was signed by close to 700 people, most of them Indian overseas
students.outlookindia
Indian Students, Scholars In Many Foreign Universities Condemn Police
Crackdown On Jamia, AMU Students
At DU, Delhi Police watched as ABVP members attacked protesters
In one of several country-wide protests that erupted on 16 December,
students of Delhi University organised a protest against the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act, as well as the police
crackdowns on students of Jamia Millia Islamia and AMU that had occurred the
day before. According to protesting students at Delhi University, members of
ABVP attacked them, while Delhi Police either looked on, or joined in. The students
later decided to shift their protest to Jantar Mantar. “As two ABVP women were
dragging me by hair,” Mudita a student of Indraprastha college, told me, “women
constables of Delhi police stood motionless right there, not doing anything.”
(Some students interviewed for the piece requested that their last names not be
published.) These women members of the ABVP proceeded to assault and drag
Mudita out of the campus premises, breaking her spectacles in the process, she
said. In the meantime, she added, the women constables looked on silently and
appeared amused.Mudita’s description of the Delhi Police giving ABVP members a
free hand to attack students during a largely peaceful protest resonates with
the accounts of twelve other protesters and student leaders I spoke to at Delhi
University on 16 December. A running thread in all these accounts was the
skewed power equation between ABVP members and other student organisations,
with the partisan behaviour of the Delhi Police tilting the balance in favour
of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s student wing.caravanmagazine
Police Enter Madras University As Students Protest Over Citizenship Act
Chennai: A protest against the new citizenship law at Madras University
was interrupted as the police entered the campus this evening. The students,
who have been holding agitation for the last two days over the law and the
police crackdown in Delhi on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia, were
deciding on their next course of action, when the police came. The university
has announced holidays till December 23.The students had launched their protest
yesterday, with a token march through the campus. ndtv
Citizenship Act: Akhil Gogoi charged with criminal conspiracy, unlawful
association under UAPA
Assam-based anti-corruption and Right to Information activist Akhil
Gogoi has been charged with sedition, intention to cause riot against national
integration, punishment for criminal conspiracy and unlawful association under
the amended Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, junior lawyer Kishore Kalita
told Scroll.in on Tuesday. Scroll.in has seen a copy of the first information
report against Gogoi.scroll
"Can't Stay Silent": Bollywood vs Bollywood Over Campus
Protest Crackdown
New Delhi: Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, sweeping
through college campuses across the country after the violence at Jamia
University, is the latest controversy to divide the film fraternity, where some
voices are louder than most and at the top, there is mostly silence.Actors
Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Parineeti Chopra, Taapsee Pannu, Manoj
Bajpayee Konkona Sensharma and Alia Bhatt, besides filmmakers Anurag Kashyap,
Maheh Bhatt and Sudhir Mishra were among those who took to social media to
condemn the police crackdown on students.Ayushmann Khurrana tweeted saying he
was "deeply disturbed" over "what the students went
through", adding that "protests also cannot turn violent and lead to
the destruction of public property".Actor Rajkummar Rao, in a tweet,
condemned the "violence that the police have shown in dealing with the
students", adding that he also condemned "any kind of act of
destruction of the public properties".ndtv
Citizenship Act: Curfew Lifted But Assam Remains Off Work as Internet
Ban Render Thousands 'Jobless'
Guwahati: Jolted by anti-Citizenship Act protests, Assam limped back to
normalcy after a week with curfew being completely lifted from Guwahati and a
few other places on Tuesday. However, internet suspension affected commercial
activities that dependent on online services.Frustrated over the situation,
nearly 12,000 drivers of cab aggregators Uber and Ola took to Guwahati
streets."Our business runs on mobile internet and for last seven days, we
are facing a very difficult situation. We are unable to feed our families. Many
of us have to pay EMI of Rs 10,000 on regular basis. We fear we may become bank
defaulters, Ismail Ali, President of All Assam Cab Operators Union, told
News18. He claimed that many disgruntled drivers were "thinking of
committing suicide".news18
Violence mars 12-hour bandh in Kerala against citizenship law, 233
people arrested
Kochi :Kerala Police took over 230 people into preventive custody across
the state as several incidents of violence marked the 12-hour bandh invoked on
Tuesday by a cluster of Islamic and political outfits against the controversial
citizenship law enacted by Parliament last week.The bandh, called by a Joint
Action Committee (JAC) comprising of parties like the Welfare Party, SDPI and
BSP, was deemed ‘partial’ in major cities like Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram as
leading political parties belonging to the dominant LDF and UDF coalitions
stayed away.Though private buses stayed off the roads in most districts fearing
violence, services of the Kochi Metro, state transport buses, online cabs and
auto-rickshaw were active. Private vehicles also were in large number in most
areas. However, shops and commercial establishments downed shutters fearing
violence.Despite instructions by the police to pro-hartal activists not to
block vehicles or forcibly close shutters of shops, there were several such
incidents. A number of state transport buses were pelted with stones in
districts of Ernakulam, Palakkad, Kollam, Kozhikode and Kannur. A public bus
belonging to the Tamil Nadu government which was travelling from Velankanni was
attacked near Walayar on the Kerala-TN border. Near Thalassery in Kannur,
protesters blocked a truck near the national highway and escaped with the
key.indianexpress
Bengaluru: 9 students detained for organising protest against CAA,
released after 3.5 hours
As many as nine
students were detained Tuesday by the Bengaluru Police as they assembled to
protest against the new citizenship law near Sir Puttana Chetty Town Hall in
the city. The plan was to march from Town Hall to Freedom Park when they were
stopped by the police.The students stated they were dragged into a van by women
constables while resisting police intervention and were escorted to the SJ Park
police station, where they were detained in two batches – the first three at
around 11.15 am and the remaining by 12.30 pm.“Our phones were confiscated soon
after we were detained without any reason. The police had my picture with them
as they identified me by name as soon as we got out of an autorickshaw next to
Town Hall,” a media and communications student who was one among the detained
told the indianexpress.indianexpress
Muslim lawyers' body urges SC to declare citizenship law as
'unconstitutional'
NEW DELHI: An association of Muslim advocates on Monday approached the
Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and seeking to
declare the new law as "unconstitutional.""The Act violates
Articles 14, 21 and 25 of the Constitution, as well as the Constitution's basic
structure," said the Muslim Advocates Association (MAA) in its plea.ANI
Scroll Investigation: Amit Shah’s all-India NRC has already begun – with
NPR
As protests sweep through India over the Citizenship Amendment Act as
well as National Register of Citizens, an inconspicuous bureaucratic process to
create a National Population Register has come under fire.In West Bengal, the
Mamata Banerjee government stayed work on NPR on Monday citing the “interest of
public order”.While the National Population Register has not made waves
elsewhere, in West Bengal, activists and protesters have attacked the exercise,
alleging that it is actually the first step to creating an all-India NRC. NRC
is controversial: while its purported aim is to identify illegal immigrants,
there are fears it could arbitrarily exclude genuine Indian citizens. Ignoring
these concerns, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said BJP government will
implement NRC nationwide before 2024.BJP has argued that NPR has nothing to do
with NRC and is part of the Census.Scroll.in spoke to experts as well as
accessed the legal orders around NRC and found this is not true. NPR has no
relation to the Census and is, in fact, connected to the proposed all-India
NRC. According to online literature published by Union government, the
objective of NPR “is to create a comprehensive identity database of every usual
resident in the country”. This database “would contain demographic as well as
biometric particulars”. What sort of information would NPR collect? Scroll.in
has viewed the 14 questions that form part of the exercise, for which a pilot
project began in August. The questions include demographic details such as
name, age, sex, relationship in household, nationality, educational
qualifications, occupation, date of birth, marital status, residential address,
birthplace and mother tongue. Till now, nothing here is very different from the
usual data Union government collects via the Census. But then, NPR also asks a
respondent where his or her parents were born.Moreover, the NPR also asks for
Aadhaar details, driver’s licence, voter identity card and mobile number “if
available”. An official told Scroll.in it is not mandatory for respondents to
share this information.scroll
Amid Protests Over Citizenship Law, West Bengal Stays Work on NPR
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday stayed all activities
relating to the preparation and update of the National Population Register
(NPR) in the state, amid furore over a contentious amendment made to the
citizenship law.An order issued by the Home and Hill Affair Department Census
Cell to commissioners of Kolkata and Howrah municipal corporations and
all-district magistrates said that all activities regarding the preparation and
update of NPR have stayed.PTI
*OTHERS*
No UNSC meet on Kashmir
NEW DELHI :A special meeting of the permanent members of the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) on Kashmir was not convened on Tuesday, diplomatic
sources have confirmed. The meeting was sought by China to discuss India's
decision to end the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. “Kashmir will not be
discussed in the Security Council today. Our position has been very clear.
Kashmir issue has to be treated bilaterally [between India and Pakistan]. We
have highlighted this several times recently,” a French diplomatic source told
The Hindu. China's move comes ahead of the expected meeting between the Special
Representatives of India and China to discuss the border issue. It also cast a
shadow on the coming ‘2+2’ meeting between India and the U.S., where Secretary
of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defence Mark T. Esper will host their
Indian counterparts S. Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh.The UNSC met on August 16,
after China insisted on reviving the “India-Pakistan Question” in the world
body's highest decision making unit where the issue had been dormant since it
was discussed way back in December 1971.thehindu
Kashmir likely to be key issue of Malaysia summit:Economic Times report
New Delhi :The situation in Kashmir could figure among the key issues on
the agenda of Malaysia-led Kuala Lumpur Summit of Muslim majority nations
beginning Wednesday.The gathering could be seen as a mini-Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meet sans key Islamic states — Saudi Arabia, Egypt,
Morocco and UAE.Host Malaysia has invited Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar and Indonesia
for the summit as part of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad’s efforts to emerge
as a leader of the Islamic world. Some reports said that Iran has also been
invited to the summit, but there has been no confirmation regarding this.Both
Malaysia and Turkey have backed Pakistan on Kashmir issue since the Centre,
withdrew the special status given to the erstwhile state of Jammu and
Kashmir.The plan for the summit was finalised during a trilateral meeting
involving Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia in September in New York City on the
sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, ET has learnt.Pakistan will
attempt to bring Kashmir issue at the forefront of the summit, according to
people aware of the matter. However, Indonesia, which has the world’s largest Muslim
population and is a country that prides on its syncretic culture, may not back
any move that focuses on Kashmir. While this summit may not split the OIC in
near future, it is a clear attempt by Malaysia backed by Turkey to challenge
Saudi Arabia’s leadership role in the Islamic world, according to experts who
follow developments in the OIC. The Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 will be an
important platform to bring the true message of Islam to the world, more so to
resolve issues on radicalism and Islamophobia, minister in the Malaysian Prime
Minister's Department Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa said recently.economictimes
Kashmir economy suffered loss of Rs 17,878 cr in 4 months after Article
370 abrogation
The Kashmir economy suffered loss to the tune of Rs 17,878 crore in four
months of restrictions and shutdown in the valley following abrogation of
Article 370 and creation of two union territories out of Jammu and Kashmir, a
trade body said on Tuesday.Releasing a comprehensive sector-wise report on
losses due to disturbance after the August 5 announcement by Home Minister Amit
Shah, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) said the losses have
been assessed based on Jammu and Kashmir’s gross domestic product of 2017-18.
“The study has focused on the 10 districts of Kashmir Valley comprising 55 per
cent of the total population of Jammu and Kashmir. A time span of 120 days has
been assumed for the calculations. As per this method, Kashmir’s economy has
suffered a loss of Rs 17,878.18 crores,” the report said.PTI
Money laundering case: Zakir Naik opposes ED plea to declare him
economic offender
Mumbai: ZAKIR Naik has opposed the Enforcement Directorate’s plea
seeking to declare him a fugitive economic offender, stating that the amount
alleged to have been laundered by him was received through regular banking
channels.The ED had, in Sep, moved a plea seeking to declare him a fugitive
economic offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018.“The said
amounts that originate abroad and are brought into India through regular
banking channels, the source thereof cannot be questioned,” Naik had said in a
reply to ED’s plea filed on Monday. The reply states that the alleged laundered
amount is broken up in 3 part — the funds received in the bank account of his
organisation, IRF, from 2003-04 and 2016-17 to the tune of 64.86 crore; the
nearly Rs 50 crore transferred from his account in UAE to his personal account
in India between 2012-16; and Rs 79 crore received by Harmony Media Pvt Ltd,
controlled by Naik through another company for setting up a studio in Mumbai
and for supply of content.Naik has said that in all 3 of these transactions, no
person has been defrauded and hence no action can be initiated under FEO
Act.“It is admitted in the notice issued by the department itself that some of
that money was received by the accused through the Royal Families of Dubai and
Gulf. Surely, the department does not want to further a submission that the
royal families… were funding the accused in promoting terrorism in India,” the
plea read.It further stated that there is no evidence submitted by ED to show
that there is any nexus between Zaik and the IRF after it was banned under UAPA
on Nov.17, 2016. It also stated that there is no proof to show that Zaik
continues to be a member of the IRF.“…The amount of money received by the
applicant (Naik) in the form of donations under no stretch of imagination can
be termed as proceeds of crime under law,” the plea reads, referring to the Rs
114.06 crore that the ED called has specified as the amount under contention.
The court will hear arguments from both ED and Naik’s counsel on the
plea.indianexpress
Supreme Court dismisses plea asking for Hindus to be declared minority
group in 8 states
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by advocate and
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking declaration of
Hindus as a minority group in eight states and Union Territories, Bar and Bench
reported. The public interest litigation had sought that minorities be
identified based on their population in a state.The bench, comprising Chief
Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant, said that the
court has never held that religious minority status must be decided in accordance
with state boundaries. “Religion must be construed as pan-India, not on
political boundaries of states,” Bobde said.The court also dismissed the
petitioner’s request to ask the Centre to issue guidelines for identification
of minorities in states. “Who doesn’t know who is Hindu, who is Muslim?” the
bench asked. “You need guidelines to tell you who is Hindu, who is Muslim
etc?”scroll
Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Sengar’s sentencing deferred as court seeks
his nomination papers
A court in Delhi on Tuesday deferred the sentencing of rape convict MLA
Kuldeep Singh Sengar till December 20, Live Law reported. The court asked
Sengar’s lawyers to submit his nomination papers to ascertain his financial
status for determining compensation to the victim.The court had convicted
Sengar on Monday for raping a minor in 2017.Central Bureau of Investigation
argued before the court on Tuesday that Sengar must be given the maximum
possible sentence. “Based on Supreme Court guidelines, court must not show leniency
in sentencing,” Public Prosecutor Ashok Bhartendu argued, citing a prior
case.scroll
Delhi gangrape case: CJI Bobde recuses himself from hearing convict’s
review plea
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Tuesday recused himself from hearing
the review petition of one of the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, Bar
and Bench reported. He will set up a new bench to hear the plea on Wednesday.A
three-judge bench, comprising Bobde and Justices Ashok Bhushan and Justice R
Banumathi, was scheduled to hear the plea on Tuesday. Bobde recused himself
because his nephew Arjun Bobde had appeared for the family of the victim in the
earlier proceedings, according to Live Law.scroll
UP: Rape complainant sets herself on fire outside Unnao police station
after accused gets bail
A 23-year-old woman on Monday set herself on fire outside the office of
the Unnao superintendent of police in Uttar Pradesh after a man she had accused
of rape got anticipatory bail from the court, The Indian Express reported.
Witnesses told the police that she poured kerosene on her body and set herself
ablaze before she trying to enter the premises. The fire was doused by women
police constables. Superintendent of Police Vikrant Veer said the woman was in
critical condition. She suffered 70% burns and was admitted to Hallet Hospital
in Kanpur after being transferred from a district hospital.scroll
RSS leader, 4 others booked for enactment of Babri mosque demolition at
Karnataka school
Bengaluru:Five members of a school management near Bantwal in Dakshina
Kannada district have been booked for the alleged enactment of the Babri mosque
demolition by the students at its annual sports day.Puducherry Lt. Governor
Kiran Bedi and Union minister for chemical and fertilisers D. V. Sadananda
Gowda were among the dignitaries who attended the event on Sunday.The case has
been registered against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and four others who
run the Sri Rama Vidya Kendra in Kalladka, some 30 kms from the coastal city of
Mangaluru, under sections 295(A) and 298 (hurting religious sentiments) of the
IPC.The police action came on a complaint by a Popular Front of India leader
Aboobacker Siddique, who lives in the same area.PTI
Lt. Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane to Be Next Army Chief
New Delhi: Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane will be the next Chief of Army
Staff helming the 1.3 million-strong force, official sources said.Lt Gen
Naravane is currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army.Sources said Naravane’s
appointment has been cleared at the highest level, adding the government has
followed the principle of seniority in the appointment.PTI
*WORLD*
Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death by Pakistan court for high treason
A three-judge Bench of a special court in Pakistan on December 17 handed
down a death sentence to former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf for high
treason, reported Dawn.The Lahore High Court on Monday issued a notice to the
federal government on former Pakistan’s military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s plea
urging it to stay the treason case trial before a special court in Islamabad,
according to a media report on Monday.Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai
since March 2016, in his application has asked the High Court to declare the
proceedings pending before the Special Court and all actions against him — from
initiation of the high treason complaint to the appointment of the prosecutor
and constitution of the trial court — as unconstitutional, the Dawn newspaper
reported.The three-member Special Court is expected to announce its verdict in
the long-drawn high treason case on December 17, despite an earlier Islamabad
High Court (IHC) order stopping the special court from issuing the verdict it
had reserved in the case last month.thehindu
'Deeply damaging': Anger as Boris Johnson plans 'anti-BDS' law
London; UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to ban public bodies
from boycotting foreign products from countries including Israel, a move seen
as targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.Lord Eric
Pickles, Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues and a former Conservative MP,
confirmed the move, saying: "BDS is an organisation devoted to boycotting
and removing investment from Israel, one of our key allies. We're going to
ensure that public sector, places like councils and health authorities, can't
work against Israel, can't prejudice Israel."BDS is just a thin disguise
for ant-Semitism and we as Conservatives should always tackle racial
discrimination. BDS is one of the worst, wink wink, nudge nudge, piece of
racialism that we know."aljazeera
HRW highlights more than 50 years of oppression by Israel
Human Rights Watch has released a report highlighting what it says is
more than half a century of Israel depriving Palestinians of their human
rights.With no end to the occupation or a peace process in sight, the group
says it is time for Israel to give Palestinians equality.aljazeera
Trump impeachment vote: US House panel to set debate rules
Democrats and Republicans will grapple on Tuesday over the rules of
engagement for a historic vote this week in the United States House of
Representatives, where President Donald Trump is likely to become the third US
president to be impeached.In what is widely expected to be a marathon meeting,
the House Rules Committee will decide how much time to set aside for debate on
Wednesday before politicians vote on two articles of impeachment charging Trump
with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his dealings with Ukraine.
'Vicious crackdown': Iran protest death toll at 304:Amnesty
At least 304 people have been killed in the recent protests in Iran,
Amnesty International reported on Monday, accusing security forces of
"massacring" unarmed demonstrators.Video footage obtained showed
Iranian security forces opening fire on protesters "who did not pose any
imminent risk", according to a report by the London-based rights group. It
called the actions of the Iranian government a "vicious
crackdown".Philip Luther, the Middle East and North Africa director at
Amnesty, said its information was based on "harrowing testimony from
eyewitnesses".Thousands of protesters, as well as journalists, human
rights defenders and students, were arrested, the group said.
Erdogan urges resettling of 1 million refugees in northern Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for the resettlement
of one million Syrian refugees in a "peace zone" in the northern part
of their homeland - on a voluntary basis but in "a very short period of
time"."We need to find a formula to allow refugees ... who travelled
to Turkey to be resettled in their motherland," Erdogan, whose country
hosts 3.7 million Syrian refugees, told the Global Forum on Refugees in Geneva
on Tuesday.Housing and schools could be set up in the zone, where some 371,000
Syrian refugees have already returned since Turkish military operations to
clear the area of "terrorist organisations", he said, naming the armed
group ISIL and the Syrian-Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and
Turkey-based PKK.
*views, Articles, FEATURES*
Jamia and AMU protests a defining moment: India rediscovering its
undivided soul:Salman Khurshid
At AIIMS, doctors and police treated detained Jamia protestors with
hostility, ridicule:AHAN PENKAR
What Happened in AMU During the Night of Dec.15:Same modus operandi as
Jamia
Why CAB should be opposed? Source : SIFY By : Syed Ubaidur Rahman
Citizenship Amendment: Executing the Unfinished Colonial Agenda:Arun
Kumar
RTI Activists Disagree With CJI's View That Queries Have Created
‘Paralysis and Fear’:Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
Tears Rolled Down the Face of Mustafa Narrating Police Brutality at
Jamia Millia:Syed Ali Ahmed
Five questions to Delhi and Aligarh Police remain unanswered
Protesters’ fears about new citizenship law are founded on history,
accumulated experience;Sanjib Baruah
Those who care for democracy, freedom, secularism and equality must
resist CAA:D. Raja
How and why Indian economy is losing its growth momentum: The Four
Balance Sheet challenge
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