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CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh was a protest that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019. and the police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing law which gives priority to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians resident in India before 2014, but excludes Muslims, including minority sects. The student activists were also demanding complete roll back of CAA.

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  • CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh was a protest that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019. and the police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing law which gives priority to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians resident in India before 2014, but excludes Muslims, including minority sects. The student activists were also demanding complete roll back of CAA. The protest were supported by world wide Indian community generally against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government's citizenship act. The protesters were also supported by Major trade unions opposing the government's anti-labour policies and have protested against recent happenings such as the 2020 JNU Attack. The Shaheen Bagh protests has inspired similar Shaheen Bagh-style protests across the country, such as in Gaya, Park Circus, Prayagraj, Mumbai and Bengaluru. However, The UP Police claimed that firing by protesters, not cops were behind many deaths in the CAA protests in the state. A fact-finding team comprising students from several prominent universities such as JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia and Banaras Hindu University on Wednesday accused the Uttar Pradesh police of "brutality" in dealing with anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests and targeting Muslims. (en)
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  • Passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the following police intervention at Jamia Milia Islamia (en)
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  • 0001-12-15 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Pressurize Government to roll back CAA and not to implement NRC-NPR in the country. (en)
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  • Non-centralized leadership (en)
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  • Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, India (en)
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  • Ended (en)
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  • CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh was a protest that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019. and the police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing law which gives priority to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians resident in India before 2014, but excludes Muslims, including minority sects. The student activists were also demanding complete roll back of CAA. (en)
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  • Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Uttar Pradesh (en)
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