Citizenship Amendment Bill

United Nations Under Secretary General Express Concerns on Increasing Hate Speech and Discrimination Against Minorities in India

Government Of India Must Stop Using Draconian Laws Against Dissenting Voices

Civil Society Condemns Delhi Police for Falsely Implicating Innocent Students & Activists in Delhi Violence Cases

Sikh Body Condemns Arrests of Jamia University Students & Activists; Says Govt. Abusing Lockdown

Shoot The Traitors: Human Rights Watch Report on Discrimination Against Muslims Under India’s New Citizenship Policy

On Janta Curfew Day Petrol Bomb Hurled At Shaheen Bagh Protest Site

Economists, Social Scientists and Academics Demand Delinking of Census from NPR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Moves Indian Supreme Court Against CAA

Violence Grips Delhi During Trump’s Visit As CAA Supporter Attack Those Opposing It

India Was Never A Country Or A Nation: Senior Journalist Jaspal Singh Sidhu on CAA & NRC

Sikh Body Writes to US President Donald Trump on Kashmir and CAA, Debunk India’s “Internal Matter” Argument

UN Chief Expresses Concerns About India’s CAA, NRC and Kashmir

Delhi Election Results Decoded: BJP Defeated But Hindutva Has Won

EXCLUSIVE: Speech of Dr. Pyare Lal Garg on CAA-NRC and Attack of Biparvadi Regime on People

Delhi Results: What Happened In Delhi Seats That Saw CAA-NRC Protests?

Seattle Resolution Denounces Indian PM Narendra Modi as the “Butcher of Gujarat”

Copy of Seattle City Council Legislature’s Resolution Against India’s CAA-NRC

Modi Govt. Crushing Non-Violent Protest Against CAA Through Violent Means: Dal Khalsa

Seattle City Council in US Adopts Resolution Against India’s CAA-NRC & Religious Prosecution Under Modi Regime

Now Shots Fired at Shaheen Bagh; Only Hindus Will Prevail in India, says Attacker

CAA-NRC: Bahujan Kranti Morcha Calls for Complete Shut Down in India on Jan. 29

UK Based Indian Groups Shot Open Letter to Narendra Modi Regarding CAA-NRC-NPR

Indian Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Controversial CAA; Gives 4 Weeks to GoI to Respond

Modi Government’s Decisions Find No Takers in Punjab

BJP Seeks Ban on JNU Student Leader Umar Khalid’s Malerkotla (Punjab) Visit

‘Kagaz Nahin Dikhayenge’: Citizens Against Divide to Hold Protest Meeting in Chandigarh on 1 Jan

OIC to Hold Meet on Situation in Kashmir and India’s CAA in Pakistan

Amit Shah threatening dissenting voices, Army Chief meddling in political matters: SAD (Amritsar) and Dal Khalsa

Anti-CAA Protests Continue Unabated in Assam

CAA, NRC May Affect Status of Indian Muslim Minority: Congressional Research Service

Bloody Sunday 2019: PUDR Releases Report on Police Brutality at Jamia Milia Islamia University

Detention Number in UP Exceeds GoI’s Official Figure for Detentions in Kashmir

Ontario and BC Gurdwaras Bodies Register Protest Against India’s ‘Discriminatory’ CAA

BJP Minister Says “Tukde Tukde Gang” Wants Civil War As Opposition to CAA Continues

I Do Not Have Much Hope From Indian Supreme Court: Arundhati Roy on CAA and NRC

Sikh Body Knocks At UN Doors Over Developing Crisis in Indian Subcontinent; Says Minorities Are in Danger

Brutal Crackdown On Student Protests Must End: Amnesty India

OP-ED: BJP’s Citizenship Bill Mirrors Nuremberg Laws

Sikh Youth of Punjab, GNDU Students Stand With Jamia and AMU Students; Oppose CAA & NRC

Strong Protest in California Against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act

Citizenship Amendment Bill

United Nations Under Secretary General Express Concerns on Increasing Hate Speech and Discrimination Against Minorities in India

May 19, 2020

United Nations Under Secretary General (USG) Adama Dieng who is also the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide has expressed his concerns over discrimination against minorities in India since the adoption of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Government Of India Must Stop Using Draconian Laws Against Dissenting Voices

April 23, 2020

The Government of India must stop the crackdown on dissenting voices. The use of India’s primary counter-terrorism law UAPA against two students involved in protests against the discriminatory Citizenship (Amendment) Act is an extension of the crackdown on anyone who is critical of the state.

Civil Society Condemns Delhi Police for Falsely Implicating Innocent Students & Activists in Delhi Violence Cases

April 23, 2020

A number of activists and academics have issued a joint statement condemning Delhi police’s move to arrest students and activists and implicating them in cases related to violence in Delhi.

Sikh Body Condemns Arrests of Jamia University Students & Activists; Says Govt. Abusing Lockdown

April 21, 2020

Dal Khalsa on Monday condemned Delhi Govt for arresting Jamia Millia Islamia University students and activists, who spearheaded protests against the amendments to the Citizenship Act, and demanded from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct the administration to not indulge in witch-hunting.

Shoot The Traitors: Human Rights Watch Report on Discrimination Against Muslims Under India’s New Citizenship Policy

April 12, 2020

New York: India’s discriminatory new citizenship law and policies have spurred violence against Muslims, Human Rights Watch said in a report released recently. “The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in December 2019 adopted the Citizenship Amendment Act, which for the first time makes religion a basis for citizenship. The act, together with a […]

On Janta Curfew Day Petrol Bomb Hurled At Shaheen Bagh Protest Site

March 22, 2020

As per media reports, a petrol bomb was thrown this morning near a police barricade at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, heart of protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

Economists, Social Scientists and Academics Demand Delinking of Census from NPR

March 6, 2020

We are economists and social scientists who are deeply concerned about the major implications for the Indian statistical system, of the attempt to combine data collection for the 2021 Census of India with that for the proposed National Population Register.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Moves Indian Supreme Court Against CAA

March 4, 2020

The office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Violence Grips Delhi During Trump’s Visit As CAA Supporter Attack Those Opposing It

February 25, 2020

As per media reports a head constable and a civilian were killed and several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, including a DCP, injured as violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law again in northeast Delhi, turning it into a battlefield on Monday (February 24) with frenzied protesters torching houses, shops, vehicles and a petrol pump, and hurling stones.

India Was Never A Country Or A Nation: Senior Journalist Jaspal Singh Sidhu on CAA & NRC

February 24, 2020

On 5th of February 2020, Pind Bachao Punjab Bachao Committee held a public meeting on 'CAA-NRC and Attack of Biparvadi Regime on People'.

Sikh Body Writes to US President Donald Trump on Kashmir and CAA, Debunk India’s “Internal Matter” Argument

February 22, 2020

Making a fervent appeal to US president Donald Trump prior to his scheduled visit to India, the Dal Khalsa urges the United States to debunk India’s hollow arguments that whatever it does to its minorities is its internal matter.

UN Chief Expresses Concerns About India’s CAA, NRC and Kashmir

February 20, 2020

Amid concerns over India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC), United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said it is necessary to do everything to prevent “statelessness” when a citizenship law is changed.

Delhi Election Results Decoded: BJP Defeated But Hindutva Has Won

February 12, 2020

A write-up penned by Vidhya Bhushan Rawat analysing Delhi state assembly election results has appeared on CounterCurrents.org. Sikh Siyasat News has taken out some excerpts from this write-up that are being published below along with some added headings.

EXCLUSIVE: Speech of Dr. Pyare Lal Garg on CAA-NRC and Attack of Biparvadi Regime on People

February 12, 2020

On 5th of February 2020, Pind Bachao Punjab Bachao Committee held a public meeting on 'CAA-NRC and Attack of Biparvadi Regime on People'.

Delhi Results: What Happened In Delhi Seats That Saw CAA-NRC Protests?

February 11, 2020

Areas falling under four constituencies of Delhi state assembly saw massive protests against contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and controversial proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Seattle Resolution Denounces Indian PM Narendra Modi as the “Butcher of Gujarat”

February 7, 2020

A City of Seattle resolution against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act denounces Indian PM Narendra Modi for “promoting violence against religious minorities” that allegedly earned him the nickname “Butcher of Gujarat.”.

Copy of Seattle City Council Legislature’s Resolution Against India’s CAA-NRC

February 6, 2020

On 3 February 2020, the City of Seattle became the first in the U.S. to adopt a resolution denouncing India’s contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and proposed National Register of Citizens. The resolution was moved by Councilmember Sawant.

Modi Govt. Crushing Non-Violent Protest Against CAA Through Violent Means: Dal Khalsa

February 5, 2020

In desperation, the BJP led Union Govt is hell bent to smash non-violent protest against CAA through violent means said Sikh political organization ‘Dal Khalsa’ in the wake of firing incidents at Jamia University and Shaheen Bagh in the last seven days.

Seattle City Council in US Adopts Resolution Against India’s CAA-NRC & Religious Prosecution Under Modi Regime

February 5, 2020

Now Shots Fired at Shaheen Bagh; Only Hindus Will Prevail in India, says Attacker

February 1, 2020

As per reports emanating from New Delhi, a man fired shots at Shaheen Bagh area where protest against contentious Citizenship Amendment Act is going on for several weeks now.

CAA-NRC: Bahujan Kranti Morcha Calls for Complete Shut Down in India on Jan. 29

January 27, 2020

Bahujan Kranti Morcha (BKM), led by Waman Meshram, has called for a complete shut down in the Indian sub-continent on January 29 to protest against CAA, NRC, NRP and EVM.

UK Based Indian Groups Shot Open Letter to Narendra Modi Regarding CAA-NRC-NPR

January 27, 2020

We are writing to you to express our outrage at India's descent into open fascism under your government. Since 2014 we have watched the growing epidemic of mob-lynching, rapes and attacks on Muslims, Dalits , Christians and Adivasis, along with attacks on dissenters, human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers and even judges who dare to speak out and uphold the truth about what is happening in India under your government.

Indian Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Controversial CAA; Gives 4 Weeks to GoI to Respond

January 22, 2020

The Supreme Court of India today (Jan 22) refused to stay the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The court said that it won't stay CAA without hearing the Government of India (GoI)'s response. The court also hinted that it would set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear the matter.

Modi Government’s Decisions Find No Takers in Punjab

January 20, 2020

The bandh call stands in continuity of a number of moves showing that the Punjab stands against Modi-Shah's Hindutva moves.

BJP Seeks Ban on JNU Student Leader Umar Khalid’s Malerkotla (Punjab) Visit

January 2, 2020

Local leaders of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) today submitted a memorandum to local administration in Sangrur demanding ban on the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid to Malerkotla.

‘Kagaz Nahin Dikhayenge’: Citizens Against Divide to Hold Protest Meeting in Chandigarh on 1 Jan

December 31, 2019

A large number of organisations pertaining to students, youth, workers, including intelligentsia and social activists held an emergency meeting in the wake of ongoing region-wide protests against the pending resolve of government of India to implement Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC), and National Population Register (NPR).

OIC to Hold Meet on Situation in Kashmir and India’s CAA in Pakistan

December 30, 2019

A vital meeting of 57-member Organisation for Islamic Corporation (OIC) on Kashmir and India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in April 2020. Information in this regard surfaced in a report on Radio Pakistan.

Amit Shah threatening dissenting voices, Army Chief meddling in political matters: SAD (Amritsar) and Dal Khalsa

December 28, 2019

To pay glowing tributes to Mata Gujri and younger sons (Sahibzade's) of Tenth Sikh Guru- Guru Gobind Singh, the Shriomani Akali Dal (Amritsar) held a conference in which representatives of Dal Khalsa also participated. The speakers eulogized the supreme sacrifices of Sahibzade Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh to uphold the truth, righteousness and principles of religion.

Anti-CAA Protests Continue Unabated in Assam

December 27, 2019

Protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 continued unabated across Assam on Thursday, primarily under the aegis of student bodies AASU and AJYCP, with agitators vowing not to relent till the law is scrapped.

CAA, NRC May Affect Status of Indian Muslim Minority: Congressional Research Service

December 27, 2019

The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government “may affect the status” of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said.

Bloody Sunday 2019: PUDR Releases Report on Police Brutality at Jamia Milia Islamia University

December 27, 2019

The People's Union For Democratic Rights (PUDR) released a report titled "Bloody Sunday 2019: Police Brutalities At Jamia University 13-15 December 2019" on Thursday (Dec. 26).

Detention Number in UP Exceeds GoI’s Official Figure for Detentions in Kashmir

December 27, 2019

The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing biggest police crackdown since Muzaffar Nagar violence of 2013. The UP police on Thursday (Dec. 26) said that it has arrested 1,113 people while placing another 5,558 in preventive detention. The police said that it has registered 327 cases so far.

Ontario and BC Gurdwaras Bodies Register Protest Against India’s ‘Discriminatory’ CAA

December 27, 2019

The British Columbia Gurdwaras Council (BCGC) and Ontario Gurdwaras Committee (OGC) register have registered their protest at the recent enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Government of India.

BJP Minister Says “Tukde Tukde Gang” Wants Civil War As Opposition to CAA Continues

December 26, 2019

India’s Union Minister Giriraj Singh Thursday (Dec. 26) said Rahul Gandhi, along with the tukde-tukde gang and AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi were trying to divide the country.

I Do Not Have Much Hope From Indian Supreme Court: Arundhati Roy on CAA and NRC

December 26, 2019

Internationally acclaimed author Arundhati Roy has said that she does not have much hope from Indian Supreme Court regarding controversial "Citizenship Amendment Act" (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Sikh Body Knocks At UN Doors Over Developing Crisis in Indian Subcontinent; Says Minorities Are in Danger

December 20, 2019

Blaming the Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government under Narendra Modi for its aggressive march against minorities and nationalities, the Dal Khalsa has reached out to the United Nations about the volatile developments that spell an anarchic situation for religious minorities in India.

Brutal Crackdown On Student Protests Must End: Amnesty India

December 18, 2019

In response to the brutal crackdown on student protests across the country who are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Executive Director of Amnesty India, Avinash Kumar said: “Students have the right to protest. Violence against peacefully protesting students cannot under any circumstance be justified.

OP-ED: BJP’s Citizenship Bill Mirrors Nuremberg Laws

December 18, 2019

When Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, they made it illegal for non-Germans to be citizens. Germans to prove that they had Aryan ancestry. India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill mirrors those Nazi laws. Instead of segregating people by genetics, it segregates them by religion. It makes religion the basis for citizenship.

Sikh Youth of Punjab, GNDU Students Stand With Jamia and AMU Students; Oppose CAA & NRC

December 17, 2019

As the new citizenship law has triggered a subcontinent-wide agitation, the students of Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar came out to protest against the violence unleashed by police on their fellow students at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University campus.

Strong Protest in California Against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act

December 17, 2019

Over 200 people gathered in Northern California on December 15 to protest a controversial new citizenship law in Indian subcontinent which is sending shockwaves across that region.

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