‘CAA-NRC
will create the world’s biggest crisis of statelessness’
IMO News
Service
The world’s
premier civil rights watchdog has also said that the CAA and the National
Register for Citizens (NRC) would create the world’s biggest crisis of
statelessness.
“The CAA,
both in structure and in intent, is exclusionary and inconsistent with India India
“We ask
here today for the Modi government to repeal the CAA and stop cracking down on
protesters and ensure that its citizens have the right to peaceful assembly.”
Bencosme
was speaking at a Briefing on “Implications of India’s Citizenship Law (CAA)”
attended by dozens of Congressional staffs of Senators, Congresspersons and
House committees. Also in the audience were officials of Department of State.
The
briefing, held on Monday, January 27 was organized by Indian American Muslim
Council, the largest Indian American group advocating for Constitutional
secularism in India
Bencosme
said the prime minister’s “silence” on the police brutalities and crackdown
“has spoken louder than his words”. “When he [Modi] has spoken about the protest
he has been divisive, instead of healing the wounds of the country.”
Bencosme
also said Amnesty International had documented “a clear pattern of the use of
excessive force during protests and arrests of peaceful protesters”. There were
also instances of “delayed access to legal counsel, differential treatment of
assemblies, and bias in police and administrative response.”
Across India
Most deaths
have occurred in Uttar Pradesh ,
India
Speaking of
Prime Minister Modi’s parliamentary constituency, Varanasi
Houses have
been vandalized across Varanasi India
Bencosme
quoted a Varanasi