India: Show Restraint at Demonstrations

Expand A man is arrested during a protest against the new citizenship law in Gauhati, India, December 16, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo (New York) – The Indian authorities should immediately order all police to abide by international standards on policing assemblies, Human Rights Watch said today. The police may have used excessive force against demonstrators across the country who have been protesting against the enactment of the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act on December 12, 2019.  The government should establish a credible independent investigation into allegations of excessive force,…

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