Demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act..
New Delhi, Dec 14 (HS): Violent clashes have taken place at several places amid protests in the northeastern states against the Citizenship Amendment Act. There are reports of violent protests in Northeast India, especially in Assam and Tripura.
In view of violent protests against the citizenship law in India, America, and France have issued an advisory for their citizens. In which the citizens of our country have been advised not to go to Assam. However, there is currently peace in Assam and curfew imposed in Guwahati has also been removed.
Earlier, the United Nations said that it is closely reviewing the impact of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of India. Farhan Haque, the Deputy General Secretary of the General Secretary Antonio Guterres gave this information.
He said, “We are aware that the Upper and Lower Houses of the Indian Parliament has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and we are also aware of the concerns being expressed publicly in this regard. Haque also said that human rights systems, including some of our defendants, had already expressed their concerns about the nature of the law.
The protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act have had an impact on the India-Japan Summit. The summit was to be held in Guwahati, Assam from Sunday, but Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has postponed his India tour.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ravish Kumar has confirmed this by tweeting. In his tweet, the spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs has said that soon the new date will be set for this summit by mutual agreement between the two countries.