No law for refugees in India – and the Citizenship Bill does not fill the gap

It does not address the humanitarian concerns of all refugees, but legalises arbitrary distinctions based on religion.

Ipsita Chakravarty

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Vijayta Lalwani

· An hour ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha today amid protests across cities

Opposition leaders are against the amendments, and said it could reduce India to a ‘Hindutva version of Pakistan’.

Scroll Staff

· 2 hours ago

Citizenship Bill: Eight articles on the contentious draft law set to be tabled in Lok Sabha today

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday warned that the Bill would reduce India to a ‘Hindutva version of Pakistan’.

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· 3 hours ago

Watch: Five reasons why the Citizenship Bill is dangerous – and must be opposed

The Modi government has introduced a legislation that could spell the end of India as a secular republic.

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· 3 hours ago

Citizenship Bill: Protests held in parts of India ahead of tomorrow’s discussion in Lok Sabha

The All Assam Students Union has warned that it will observe bandhs and hunger strikes in the coming days.

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· Yesterday · 09:23 pm

Citizenship Amendment Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha tomorrow by Home Minister Amit Shah

The proposed legislation is expected to clear the Lower House easily, but the government may find it difficult to push it through the Upper House.

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· Yesterday · 04:03 pm

Four myths about the Citizenship Bill – from fighting religious persecution to helping NRC-excluded

The Intelligence Bureau has itself claimed that the bill’s strict processes mean only a very small number of people will benefit.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Yesterday · 09:00 am

Will the North East ‘exemptions’ in the new Citizenship Bill meet their purpose?

The bill does not apply to Sixth Schedule areas and places under the Inner Line Permit regime.

Arunabh Saikia

· Yesterday · 06:30 am

Citizenship Bill and NRC are two sides of same coin, we will oppose it, says Mamata Banerjee

The West Bengal chief minister alleged that the NRC and Citizenship Bill were ways to divert attention from the economic slowdown.

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· Dec 06, 2019 · 03:44 pm

The Citizenship Bill rests on shaky legal grounds. Here’s why

Unreasonable classification and exclusion of a group of people cannot stand the test of equality clause.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Dec 06, 2019 · 07:30 am

Explainer: How exactly does India's Citizenship Amendment Bill discriminate against Muslims?

The proposed law would allow non-Muslim illegal migrants to become Indian citizens.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Dec 05, 2019 · 05:33 pm

Amit Shah offers North East tribal areas exemptions in the citizenship bill – but fails to convince

Still, he may have averted large-scale protests against the bill for now.

Arunabh Saikia

· Dec 05, 2019 · 09:00 am