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CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh
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Anti-[[Citizenship Amendment Act protests]] in Uttar Pradesh were held in [[Aligarh]], [[Kanpur]], [[Bareilly]], [[Varanasi]] and [[Lucknow]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Banaras Hindu University]] students also protested in support of AMU and Jamia students.<ref name="news18 vented">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> On 19 December, the administration banned public assembly all over the state to prevent further protests in the state. Access to the internet was restricted in [[Azamgarh district]] for 2 days, after protest continued for 2 days in the area.<ref name="Hindu Live 19" /> In Lucknow, several buses, cars, media vans and motorbikes were torched. A protester named Mohammad Vakil died due to gunshot injuries in the stomach.<ref name="IT 3 lives" /> [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] [[Yogi Adityanath]] stated that the authorities would seize the properties of those who indulge in violence in the state.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 20 December 2019, six protesters are killed in police firing in UP.<ref name="news18 6 deaths in up" /> Arif (25), Zaheer (40), and Moshin (25) from Meerut, while Anas (22) and Sulaiman (26) from Nehtaur area, [[Bijnor]], Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Hindu 6 killed" /> [[Rights activist]]s in Uttar Pradesh, said local policemen were conducting raids on their houses and offices to prevent them from planning fresh demonstrations. According to the [[Press Trust of India]], the death toll from Friday's protests in Uttar Pradesh's 13 districts has risen to 11.<ref name="al jazeera"></ref> Amid police crackdown across Uttar Pradesh over the protests, families in Bijnor's Nehtaur alleged that vandalism by the state police has forced them to flee their homes.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 21 December 2019, violent protests along with alleged police brutality were reported from several districts across the state. Access to the internet was restricted. The number of fatalities in the state increased to 16.<ref name="News18Cops263" /> In Rampur, the protesters held a [[general strike]] ([[bandh]]) while a ban on public assembly was in force in the state. Multiple clashes causing injuries to several people were reported. According to the Police, 263 policemen were injured, of which 57 were firearm injuries. ''NDTV'' later reported that they could only find one policeman with bullet wound and the Police did not share the list of 57 policemen with bullet injuries.<ref name="NDTV 4 Jan bullet" /> Private property such as two-wheelers and a car were set ablaze. In Kanpur, a police post was burned during the clashes. Police arrested 705 people in the state, with 102 arrested for making allegedly objectionable remarks or social media posts.<ref> Lucknow News |date=21 December 2019|first=Pathikrit|last=Chakraborty|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="News18Cops263" /> According to the UP Police, as of 21 December, a total of 218 people had been arrested in Lucknow.<ref name="Hindu 16 Killed" />
On 22 December 2019, large number of police personnel were deployed in several districts in Uttar Pradesh, including [[Lucknow]], Meerut, Aligarh, [[Saharanpur]] and [[Muzaffarnagar]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Police cases were registered against 31 leaders of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and 150 party workers in [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh]] for violating the ban on public assembly.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The [[United States]] warned its citizens to be cautious if they were travelling in the state.<ref></ref> Disciplinary actions were reported from educational institutions, the actions included suspension and expulsion of teachers and students participating in protests.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 24 December, [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] stated that 21,500 people were charged in 15 FIRs for violent incidents in Kanpur.<ref></ref> In [[Muzaffarnagar]] the government, sealed 67 shops. Chief Minister, Adityanath had threatened the protesters that his government would auction the properties of the rioters to recover the losses due to the damage made to the property.<ref name="News18Muzaffarnagar" /> Several CCTV videos were released from the public in Muzaffarnagar that showed Police personnel vandalizing property, damaging cars and shops, even though the government blamed the protesters for the damage.<ref name="SiasatRakshak" /><ref></ref><ref name="NDTVVandalising" />
On 26 December, In Sambhal, UP, the government sent notices to 26 people for their alleged involvement in damaging properties during protests and asked them to explain their position or pay for the loss due to damage of property. The losses to the property were assessed to be .<ref name="Sambhal Damage" /> Earlier, on 22 December, the UP government had created a panel to assess the damage to the property and to recover the losses by seizing the property of the alleged protesters.<ref name="Lucknow 22 Dec IT" /> The social activists accused the government of intimidating the protesters.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 28 December, ''Indian Express'' reported that with 19 killed and 1,246 people arrested based on 372 FIRs lodged in the state, UP was the worst affected state with the biggest police crackdown in India.<ref name="CAA Express live 28 Dec" /> UP Police and paramilitary forces also used [[security drones]] to monitor people and to prevent people from gathering to protest.<ref name="IE Drones 28 Dec">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In [[Meerut]], a police officer was seen on video telling Muslim protesters to "Go to Pakistan".<ref></ref> Even though the official figure of number of deaths so far in UP was 19, opposition parties claimed that the actual figure was higher. The UP police had maintained that the deaths of protesters were not the result of police firing, but later on they admitted that some deaths were indeed caused by the police but attributed those incidents to shots fired in self defence.<ref name="Hindu Deaths 5 Jan">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The UP government asked the Union Home Minister, to ban the radical Islamic organisation [[Popular Front of India]] (PFI) alleging that it was involved in violence during the protests in the state.<ref name="Hindu PFI 3 Jan" />
On 17 January in Lucknow, around 500 women along with their children started a sit in protest at 2 pm near the Clock Tower.<ref name="TH 19 Jan blanket">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="19 Jan CAA blanket" /> The police tried to convince them to end the protest but the protesters refused to move. In the evening, the riot police did a flag march in the grounds. The police restricted the entry of male protesters. The police claimed that the women protesters had requested this to prevent others from sabotaging the demonstration.<ref name="TH 19 Jan blanket" /> On the night of 18 January, Uttar Pradesh police cracked down on the CAA protesters and snatched their blankets, utensils and food items.<ref name="UP blanket 19 Jan">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The video of policemen carrying away the blankets was recorded and shared on social media. The conduct of UP police was criticized why the users and the phrase "KAMBALCHOR_UPPOLICE" (blanket thief UP Police) became the top trend on Twitter in India.<ref name="UP blanket 19 Jan" /> The police responded saying that they had confiscated the blankets following due procedure. The protesters alleged that police also cut the electricity connection to the ground, locked the public toilet nearby and poured water on the bonfire in the winter night.<ref name="19 Jan CAA blanket">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The Police had issued a prohibition on assembly in Lucknow,<ref name="19 Jan CAA blanket" /> and stated that they will prosecute the protesters for violating it.<ref name="TH 19 Jan blanket" /> On 21 January, police registered cases against 160 women for violation of the ban on assembly and protesting against CAA in Lucknow.<ref name="160 booked 21 Jan"/>
Despite ban on assembly in Lucknow on 21 January, Home Minister Amit Shah was allowed by the administration to address a pro CAA public rally.<ref name="160 booked 21 Jan" /> Amit Shah said that the protesters can continue protesting but the government would not revoke the CAA.<ref name="Amit Shah Lucknow 21 Jan" />
On 21 January, in a unique way of protesting, more than a hundred women protesters at Khureji Khas in Delhi released 10,000 gas filled black coloured balloons with the message "No CAA NPR NRC".<ref name="10K quint" />
====Mau====
On 16 December, in response to the police crackdown at Jamia Millia University in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University over the Citizenship Amendment Act, clashes between the police and protesters occurred in Dakshintola area of [[Mau]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in which stone pelting happened and at least fifteen vehicles (including police vehicles) were torched.<ref name="TNIE Mau" /> Police resorted to firing in the air and using tear gas to disperse the protesters.<ref name="TNIE Mau"></ref> A portion of the police station at Mirza Hadipura area of [[Mau district]] was set on fire. According to the [[District magistrate]], the protesters were upset with the police action in Jamia University.<ref name="NDTV Police station">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
====IIT Kanpur====
On 17 December, students of [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] assembled in a peaceful protest against the CAA and to express solidarity with the students of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> During the protest, the students sung [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]]'s popular [[Nazm|Urdu nazm]], "[[Hum Dekhenge]]",<ref name="meaning of Hum Dekhenge">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> a song of resistance and defiance and against state oppression.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A temporary faculty submitted a complaint against the song to the Deputy Director of IIT Kanpur, alleging that the poem provokes anti-Hindu sentiments.<ref name="meaning of Hum Dekhenge"/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A commission was subsequently set up;<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> however, the student media body rejected the charges as misinformed and communal, which divorced the poem out of its societal context.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Later the administration clarified that it was not going to probe whether the recital of Hum Dekhenge is anti-Hindu or not.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==See also==
*[[National Register of Citizens]]
*[[Shaheen Bagh protests]]
*[[2020 JNU Attack]]
==References==
==External links==
* ''[https://ift.tt/3cbDr5W The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]''. [[The Gazette of India]]. (2019)
[[Category:Citizenship Amendment Act]]
[[Category:2019 protests]]
[[Category:2020 protests]]
[[Category:December 2019 events in India]]
[[Category:Immigration-related protests]]
[[Category:Immigration to India]]
[[Category:January 2020 events in India]]
[[Category:Ongoing protests]]
[[Category:Protests in India]]
[[Category:Secularism in India]]
[[Category:Xenophobia in Asia]]
[[Category:Politics of India]]
[[Category:2019 riots]]
[[Category:2020 riots]]
On 20 December 2019, six protesters are killed in police firing in UP.<ref name="news18 6 deaths in up" /> Arif (25), Zaheer (40), and Moshin (25) from Meerut, while Anas (22) and Sulaiman (26) from Nehtaur area, [[Bijnor]], Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Hindu 6 killed" /> [[Rights activist]]s in Uttar Pradesh, said local policemen were conducting raids on their houses and offices to prevent them from planning fresh demonstrations. According to the [[Press Trust of India]], the death toll from Friday's protests in Uttar Pradesh's 13 districts has risen to 11.<ref name="al jazeera"></ref> Amid police crackdown across Uttar Pradesh over the protests, families in Bijnor's Nehtaur alleged that vandalism by the state police has forced them to flee their homes.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 21 December 2019, violent protests along with alleged police brutality were reported from several districts across the state. Access to the internet was restricted. The number of fatalities in the state increased to 16.<ref name="News18Cops263" /> In Rampur, the protesters held a [[general strike]] ([[bandh]]) while a ban on public assembly was in force in the state. Multiple clashes causing injuries to several people were reported. According to the Police, 263 policemen were injured, of which 57 were firearm injuries. ''NDTV'' later reported that they could only find one policeman with bullet wound and the Police did not share the list of 57 policemen with bullet injuries.<ref name="NDTV 4 Jan bullet" /> Private property such as two-wheelers and a car were set ablaze. In Kanpur, a police post was burned during the clashes. Police arrested 705 people in the state, with 102 arrested for making allegedly objectionable remarks or social media posts.<ref> Lucknow News |date=21 December 2019|first=Pathikrit|last=Chakraborty|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="News18Cops263" /> According to the UP Police, as of 21 December, a total of 218 people had been arrested in Lucknow.<ref name="Hindu 16 Killed" />
On 22 December 2019, large number of police personnel were deployed in several districts in Uttar Pradesh, including [[Lucknow]], Meerut, Aligarh, [[Saharanpur]] and [[Muzaffarnagar]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Police cases were registered against 31 leaders of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and 150 party workers in [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh]] for violating the ban on public assembly.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The [[United States]] warned its citizens to be cautious if they were travelling in the state.<ref></ref> Disciplinary actions were reported from educational institutions, the actions included suspension and expulsion of teachers and students participating in protests.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 24 December, [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] stated that 21,500 people were charged in 15 FIRs for violent incidents in Kanpur.<ref></ref> In [[Muzaffarnagar]] the government, sealed 67 shops. Chief Minister, Adityanath had threatened the protesters that his government would auction the properties of the rioters to recover the losses due to the damage made to the property.<ref name="News18Muzaffarnagar" /> Several CCTV videos were released from the public in Muzaffarnagar that showed Police personnel vandalizing property, damaging cars and shops, even though the government blamed the protesters for the damage.<ref name="SiasatRakshak" /><ref></ref><ref name="NDTVVandalising" />
On 26 December, In Sambhal, UP, the government sent notices to 26 people for their alleged involvement in damaging properties during protests and asked them to explain their position or pay for the loss due to damage of property. The losses to the property were assessed to be .<ref name="Sambhal Damage" /> Earlier, on 22 December, the UP government had created a panel to assess the damage to the property and to recover the losses by seizing the property of the alleged protesters.<ref name="Lucknow 22 Dec IT" /> The social activists accused the government of intimidating the protesters.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 28 December, ''Indian Express'' reported that with 19 killed and 1,246 people arrested based on 372 FIRs lodged in the state, UP was the worst affected state with the biggest police crackdown in India.<ref name="CAA Express live 28 Dec" /> UP Police and paramilitary forces also used [[security drones]] to monitor people and to prevent people from gathering to protest.<ref name="IE Drones 28 Dec">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In [[Meerut]], a police officer was seen on video telling Muslim protesters to "Go to Pakistan".<ref></ref> Even though the official figure of number of deaths so far in UP was 19, opposition parties claimed that the actual figure was higher. The UP police had maintained that the deaths of protesters were not the result of police firing, but later on they admitted that some deaths were indeed caused by the police but attributed those incidents to shots fired in self defence.<ref name="Hindu Deaths 5 Jan">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The UP government asked the Union Home Minister, to ban the radical Islamic organisation [[Popular Front of India]] (PFI) alleging that it was involved in violence during the protests in the state.<ref name="Hindu PFI 3 Jan" />
On 17 January in Lucknow, around 500 women along with their children started a sit in protest at 2 pm near the Clock Tower.<ref name="TH 19 Jan blanket">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="19 Jan CAA blanket" /> The police tried to convince them to end the protest but the protesters refused to move. In the evening, the riot police did a flag march in the grounds. The police restricted the entry of male protesters. The police claimed that the women protesters had requested this to prevent others from sabotaging the demonstration.<ref name="TH 19 Jan blanket" /> On the night of 18 January, Uttar Pradesh police cracked down on the CAA protesters and snatched their blankets, utensils and food items.<ref name="UP blanket 19 Jan">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The video of policemen carrying away the blankets was recorded and shared on social media. The conduct of UP police was criticized why the users and the phrase "KAMBALCHOR_UPPOLICE" (blanket thief UP Police) became the top trend on Twitter in India.<ref name="UP blanket 19 Jan" /> The police responded saying that they had confiscated the blankets following due procedure. The protesters alleged that police also cut the electricity connection to the ground, locked the public toilet nearby and poured water on the bonfire in the winter night.<ref name="19 Jan CAA blanket">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The Police had issued a prohibition on assembly in Lucknow,<ref name="19 Jan CAA blanket" /> and stated that they will prosecute the protesters for violating it.<ref name="TH 19 Jan blanket" /> On 21 January, police registered cases against 160 women for violation of the ban on assembly and protesting against CAA in Lucknow.<ref name="160 booked 21 Jan"/>
Despite ban on assembly in Lucknow on 21 January, Home Minister Amit Shah was allowed by the administration to address a pro CAA public rally.<ref name="160 booked 21 Jan" /> Amit Shah said that the protesters can continue protesting but the government would not revoke the CAA.<ref name="Amit Shah Lucknow 21 Jan" />
On 21 January, in a unique way of protesting, more than a hundred women protesters at Khureji Khas in Delhi released 10,000 gas filled black coloured balloons with the message "No CAA NPR NRC".<ref name="10K quint" />
====Mau====
On 16 December, in response to the police crackdown at Jamia Millia University in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University over the Citizenship Amendment Act, clashes between the police and protesters occurred in Dakshintola area of [[Mau]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in which stone pelting happened and at least fifteen vehicles (including police vehicles) were torched.<ref name="TNIE Mau" /> Police resorted to firing in the air and using tear gas to disperse the protesters.<ref name="TNIE Mau"></ref> A portion of the police station at Mirza Hadipura area of [[Mau district]] was set on fire. According to the [[District magistrate]], the protesters were upset with the police action in Jamia University.<ref name="NDTV Police station">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
====IIT Kanpur====
On 17 December, students of [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] assembled in a peaceful protest against the CAA and to express solidarity with the students of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> During the protest, the students sung [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]]'s popular [[Nazm|Urdu nazm]], "[[Hum Dekhenge]]",<ref name="meaning of Hum Dekhenge">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> a song of resistance and defiance and against state oppression.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A temporary faculty submitted a complaint against the song to the Deputy Director of IIT Kanpur, alleging that the poem provokes anti-Hindu sentiments.<ref name="meaning of Hum Dekhenge"/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A commission was subsequently set up;<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> however, the student media body rejected the charges as misinformed and communal, which divorced the poem out of its societal context.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Later the administration clarified that it was not going to probe whether the recital of Hum Dekhenge is anti-Hindu or not.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==See also==
*[[National Register of Citizens]]
*[[Shaheen Bagh protests]]
*[[2020 JNU Attack]]
==References==
==External links==
* ''[https://ift.tt/3cbDr5W The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]''. [[The Gazette of India]]. (2019)
[[Category:Citizenship Amendment Act]]
[[Category:2019 protests]]
[[Category:2020 protests]]
[[Category:December 2019 events in India]]
[[Category:Immigration-related protests]]
[[Category:Immigration to India]]
[[Category:January 2020 events in India]]
[[Category:Ongoing protests]]
[[Category:Protests in India]]
[[Category:Secularism in India]]
[[Category:Xenophobia in Asia]]
[[Category:Politics of India]]
[[Category:2019 riots]]
[[Category:2020 riots]]
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