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CAB will be written in 'golden letters', permanent relief for those living
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will be written in "golden" letters as it will give permanent relief to people coming to India due religious persecution in their countries.
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Adnan Sami welcomes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Artist Adnan Sami on Tuesday welcomed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said that it is for protection of the people from persecution in theocratic states.
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Include persecuted Muslim sects in Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: SAD
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): YSR Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) suggested the government to include some Muslim sects, which they claim are facing persecution, in the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
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Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh won't get benefits of Citiz
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 9 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, said that Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh won't get the benefit of this amendment as they have not faced religious persecution.
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PNB scam: Nirav Modi declared fugitive economic offender
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Wanted diamantaire Nirav Modi was declared a fugitive economic offender on Thursday by a special court for evading persecution in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.
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Cabinet approves Citizenship Amendment Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh if they face persecution in their countries.
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Cabinet approves Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh if they faced persecution in their countries.
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Pakistani Christian journalist harassed at work, resigns
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Nov 18 (ANI): In another example of religious intolerance in Pakistan, a Christian journalist was harassed by colleagues for her faith and insulted for not having converted to Islam after marrying a Muslim man.
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China warns US over raising Uighurs issue in UN
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], Oct 30 (ANI): As the United States and 22 other countries at the United Nations called out China for the persecution of Uighurs Muslims, Beijing on Tuesday said Washington raising the issue is not "helpful" to resolve the matter pertaining to the trade.
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Religious persecution, violence against women salient features of Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Religious persecution and violence against women are some of the most salient features of Pakistan, said Sindhi-American Human Rights activist Fatima Gul at the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 'Human Rights in South Asia' here
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World will suffer badly if nothing is done to stop persecution of religiou
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday reminded leaders from across the globe that the world will 'suffer badly' if nothing is done to stop the persecution of the religious minorities.
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US: Voice of Karachi writes to UN, seeks justice for Mohajirs against Pak'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 28 (ANI): Highlighting the "gross human rights violations" of Mohajirs in Pakistan, Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group, has urged the United Nations to intervene and save the community from the "systematic persecution" by the establishment.
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