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Protesters shout slogans as they gather for protest against the CAC after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid, New Delhi, 12/ 20/19. Police banned gatherings in the capital and cut the Net (AP).
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Amid new citizenship law outcry, Indian authorities ban protests
NEW DELHI, India - Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut Internet services to try to stop growing protests against a new citizenship law that have left at least 11 people dead and more than 4,000 others detained.
A security officer tries to put off a fire after violence erupted Friday during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019.
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| We won't stand for Modi being a Trump! |
Police shut off the Internet and banned public gatherings in parts of New Delhi and other Indian cities for a third day. They cut Internet services to try to stop growing protests against a new citizenship act that have left more than 11 people dead and more than 4,000 detained.
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| Cops cut the Internet for everyone here. |
Thousands of protesters stood inside and on the steps of New Delhi's Jama Masjid, one of India's largest mosques, after Friday afternoon Muslim prayers, waving Indian flags and shouting slogans against the [
Modi-Trump pro-Hindu] government and the new citizenship law, which critics say threatens India's secular democracy in favor of a Hindu nationalist state.
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