Tag: CAA
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Shashi Tharoor on USCIRF report, “To see India’s image under assault is shaming”
On 29 April, in an interview with NDTV on US’ Religious Freedom Watchdog Criticizes India over Violence against Minorities, Dr. Shashi Tharoor expressed severe concerns over the picture that has been projected in the 2020 report. Dr. Tharoor stated that to see India’s image under assault in the USCIRF report is somewhat disgracing; the religious ... -
UN human rights body moves Supreme Court over CAA, India hits back saying citizenship law internal matter
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has filed an intervention in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and informed India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva about it, the Ministry of External Affairs said. As India continues to boil over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, the United Nations Commissioner ... -
Satya Nadella shreds India’s citizenship act with a single comment
Satya Nadella, the India-born CEO of Microsoft and one of the highest profile Indians in the world, doesn’t support the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government. The CAA is a controversial piece of legislation that fast-tracks the citizenship applications of undocumented immigrants from neighboring countries—provided they are not Muslims. ...
