Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Uttar Pradesh information
Ongoing protests in Uttar Pradesh in India
Main article: Citizenship Amendment Act protests
CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh
Part of Citizenship Amendment Act protests
Date
15 December 2019 – 15 March 2020
Location
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, India
Caused by
Passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the following police intervention at Jamia Milia Islamia
Goals
Pressurize Government to roll back CAA and not to implement NRC-NPR in the country.
Methods
Protest, sit-in, demonstrations, civil disobedience, hunger strike, slogan, public lecture, public debate, protest art
Status
Ended
Lead figures
Non-centralized leadership
Casualties
Death(s)
23
Arrested
1246
Detained
5558
CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh was a protest that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019. and the police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing law which gives priority to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians resident in India before 2014, but excludes Muslims, including minority sects.[1] The student activists were also demanding complete roll back of CAA.[2]
The protest were supported by world wide Indian community generally against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government's citizenship act.[3] The protesters were also supported by Major trade unions opposing the government's anti-labour policies and have protested against recent happenings such as the 2020 JNU Attack.[4] The Shaheen Bagh protests has inspired similar Shaheen Bagh-style protests across the country, such as in Gaya, Park Circus, Prayagraj, Mumbai and Bengaluru. However, The UP Police claimed that firing by protesters, not cops were behind many deaths in the CAA protests in the state.[5] A fact-finding team comprising students from several prominent universities such as JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia and Banaras Hindu University on Wednesday accused the Uttar Pradesh police of "brutality" in dealing with anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests and targeting Muslims.[6]
^"New citizenship law in India 'fundamentally discriminatory': UN human rights office". UN News. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^"Jamia protestors demand complete roll back of CAA". Outlook. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Indian diaspora in Germany deplores 'fascist' citizenship act | DW | 25.01.2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^"CAA protest enters 27th day at Jamia, Shaheen Bagh". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^"UP Police claims firing by protestors, not cops behind 18 deaths in CAA protests in state". India Today. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Students' Fact-Finding Team Accuses UP Police Of Brutality At CAA Protests". NDTV. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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