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Abe postpones talks with India's Modi due to unrest in Assam over citizenship law

National / Politics Dec 13, 2019

Abe postpones talks with India's Modi due to unrest in Assam over citizenship law

by Reiji Yoshida

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has postponed a three-day visit to India, the government said Friday, as violent protests continue over a controversial citizenship law in Gauhati, a northeastern Indian city in Assam state where Abe had planned to meet his counterpart, Narendra Modi. In the ...

Is the specter of ethnic cleansing coming to India?

Commentary / World Aug 20, 2018

Is the specter of ethnic cleansing coming to India?

by Shashi Tharoor

Some 4 million people, mainly Muslims, are at risk of disenfranchisement in India.

India vows justice as Muslims fear being left off border state Assam's citizen list

World / Social Issues Jul 23, 2018

India vows justice as Muslims fear being left off border state Assam's citizen list

India said on Sunday people whose names are missing from a list of citizens to be issued by a border state this month will not be detained, amid concerns that Muslims will be targeted under the guise of detecting illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. "We will ...

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