Muslim India Protes Tentang Undang Undang Baru Kewarganegaraan
BINTANGNEWS.com –
Media Presstv.com berbahasa Inggris
melaporkan,” Muslim India di seluruh negeri itu turun ke jalan dalam
kegelisahan terhadap undang-undang kewarganegaraan baru, menyebutnya
"anti-sekuler." pada
hari Jumat (13 Desember)
Protes kekerasan telah meletus sejak
undang-undang kewarganegaraan (Amandemen) yang kontroversial disahkan oleh
parlemen awal pekan ini. Pada hari Jumat, kerumunan besar pengunjuk rasa Muslim
berdemonstrasi di jalan-jalan di beberapa kota seperti Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
dan Kolkata, membawa plakat, dan spanduk.
Undang-undang kewarganegaraan yang
baru menjabarkan jalur kewarganegaraan India untuk enam kelompok agama
minoritas dari Bangladesh, Pakistan, dan Afghanistan, yang menurut para
pengunjuk rasa akan mengubah ribuan imigran ilegal menjadi penduduk legal.
Pemerintah nasionalis Hindu Perdana
Menteri Narendra Modi mengatakan RUU itu dimaksudkan untuk melindungi minoritas
dari negara-negara itu.
Muslims
in India protest against citizenship law
Indian
Muslims on Friday (December 13) across the country took to the streets in
agitation against the new citizenship legislation, calling it 'anti-secular.'
Violent
protests have erupted since the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) law was
passed by the parliament earlier this week. On Friday, huge crowds of Muslim
protesters rallied on the roads in several cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
and Kolkata, carrying placards, and banners.
The
new citizenship law lays out a path of Indian citizenship for six minority
religious groups from neighboring Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, which
protesters say would convert thousands of illegal immigrants into legal
residents.
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government has said the bill was
meant to protect minorities from those countries.***
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