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Demonstrators hold the national flag of India as they attend a protest against a new citizenship law, after Friday prayers at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Dalit leader and Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad, center in white, join others for a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, December 20, 2019. PAP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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Indians gather for a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, December 20, 2019.AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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Indian Muslim activists along with others shout slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) outside Jama Mosque, in New Delhi, India, 20 December 2019. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA
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Indian protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia University students and against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), in Bangalore, India, 20 December 2019. EPA/JAGADEESH NV
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Muslim protesters pray on a road near the historic Red Fort in New Delhi, India, Friday, December 20, 2019. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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A man tries to extinguish a burning car after demonstrators set it on fire during a protest against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
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Protesters stand with a large Indian flag by the Jama Masjid mosque at a demonstration against India’s new citizenship law in New Delhi on December 20, 2019. AFP / Money SHARMA
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Demonstrators hold the national flag of India as they attend a protest against a new citizenship law, after Friday prayers at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Dalit leader and Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad, center in white, join others for a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, December 20, 2019. PAP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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Indians gather for a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, December 20, 2019.AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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Indian Muslim activists along with others shout slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) outside Jama Mosque, in New Delhi, India, 20 December 2019. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA
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Indian protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia University students and against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), in Bangalore, India, 20 December 2019. EPA/JAGADEESH NV
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Muslim protesters pray on a road near the historic Red Fort in New Delhi, India, Friday, December 20, 2019. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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A man tries to extinguish a burning car after demonstrators set it on fire during a protest against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
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Protesters stand with a large Indian flag by the Jama Masjid mosque at a demonstration against India’s new citizenship law in New Delhi on December 20, 2019. AFP / Money SHARMA
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Demonstrators hold the national flag of India as they attend a protest against a new citizenship law, after Friday prayers at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
At least 14 killed in India as protests over citizenship law rage
The amendment of the Citizenship Act grants Indian nationality to immigrants from six non-Muslim religious groups from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Taniya Dutta
21 December, 2019
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