Peaceful Anti-CAA Protests Being Suppressed In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Constituency
There is an ongoing crackdown on peaceful protests in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. The Uttar Pradesh State Government continues to use excessive force to intimidate and harass those critical of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.…
Speaking to Amnesty International India, Abid Sharif, an activist who participated in the solidarity march said, “When we were about to start the solidarity march, the SHO Shashi Bhushan Rai met us and asked the reason for holding the protest march. When we told him that we are protesting against CAA and NRC, he started threatening us. He said, “If you have to protest, do it at home. Does the road belong to your father? I will destroy your family. The new law will be implemented”.…
Speaking to Amnesty International India, Iqbal, a shopkeeper in Varanasi and an arrested protestor said, “The jail authorities kept abusing us. We were imprisoned for more than two weeks. The jail officials would keep asking the Hindu protestors as to why they were supporting the Muslims. One day, they made us clean the jail for more than two hours. The blankets they provided us were very thin and they were not enough to protect us from the biting winter cold.”…
SEE ALSO:
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