Tag Archives: CAA

By: Asad Mirza The condemnation of the controversial CAA and the violence perpetrated against Muslims protesting against the Act, by the international community continues unabated. Iran has become the latest country to join the ranks of the European parliament, the British parliament, UNHCR, Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia to criticise the …

By: Asad Mirza Three events of the last week, related to jurists and the courts have restored one’s belief in the institutions and actors, who are supposed to be the guardian angels of the Indian Democracy, besides the supremacy of the rule of law and the constitution. In a notable …

Washington, D.C., January 29, 2020: India’s government has become “the enemy of the people” who are protesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Magsaysay Award winning civil rights activist from India, Sandeep Pandey, said at a briefing at the United States Congress this week. The police have especially been targeting the …

Washington, D.C., January 29, 2020: The U.S. must oppose a new Indian law that aims to deny citizenship to Muslims and render them stateless, subject to detention and deportation, an official with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has said. The U.S. Government must also consider the “use …

In a crackdown by the government on anti-CAA activities and protests, even primary and high school educational institutions are not being spared. One such example is one of Karnataka’s most prominent educational group. The Shaheen Group of Institutions headquartered in Bidar, Karnataka is easily one of the biggest educational centers …

by Asad Mirza The only face off seems to change the retrospective date for the NRC and instead set a current date for new citizens being born in India e.g. after 1 Jan 2020. The on-going protests against the CAA-NRC-NPR trio have entered 36th day now. The government is adamant …

Shaheen Bagh women have presented a model of Gandhian Satyagraha in practice. Shaheen is a Persian origin word in Urdu, referring specifically to the Barbary falcon In Persian, Shaheen literally means ‘majestic’ or ‘like a king’. It also symbolises speed, superiority, determination, loyalty, strength, wisdom, freedom, focus, ambition and aspiration. …

By Asad Mirza It seems the ruling class in India is trying to teach the public, the rudimentary alphabets. For it first comes the CAA then NRC then NPR. But unlike the traditional alphabets the new alphabets means the same. So whether it is CAA or NRC or the NPR, …

by: Asad Mirza The protests against the CAA started as soon as the news that the Bill has been given Presidential Assent became public. The first protestors were students, and within five days of the start of protests from Jamia, it spread to 22 campuses across India, medical and legal …