The citizenship bill is “the first legal articulation that India is, you might say, a homeland for Hindus,” said Pratap Bhanu Mehta, one of India’s most prominent political scientists. Mehta believes the measure violates the Indian constitution, which guarantees equal rights before the law to all people within the country.
South Asia Citizens Web
-
’Good Termites’ vs ’Bad Termites’ Gameplay by the Modi Govt: Religious Criteria Introduced Into India’s Citizenship Law - Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 - Select Commentary & Fragments from Citizens Protest
14 December 2019 -
India: Statement by People’s Union for Civil Liberties on Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
13 December 2019PUCL deplores the promulgation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 on 12th December, as a law which renders asunder the basic structure of India’s constitutional scheme founded on the stated goals of secularism, respect for diversity and peaceful coexistence of all communities, without distinction of community, caste, creed or other differences. The PUCL declares that, collectively with others, it will work towards restoration of universal principles of citizenship in India.
-
Video: Rudrangshu Mukherjee & Hari Vasudevan at Kolkata Literary Meet 2019
10 December 2019A discussion on a book on Nehru by Rudrangshu Mukherjee
-
India: Letter to Chief Justice, High Court of Telangana from Women’s and People’s Organizations on 4 Police Encounter Deaths in Hyderabad | 6 Dec 2019
7 December 2019We look up to this Hon’ble Court’s immediate intervention in safeguarding women’s rights and civil liberties as ensured by the Constitution
-
India: Statement by Anhad on a lawmaker inside the Parliament advocating public lynching of the culprits in the Hyderabad rape case
3 December 2019We express our shock and outrage at the statement of Samajwadi Party MP, Jaya Bachchan, in the Rajya Sabha yesterday calling for public lynching of the culprits in the Hyderabad rape case.
