(ANSA) - NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 27 - To contain protests across India against the citizenship law approved on December 12, Yogi Adityanath, governor of Uttar Pradesh, today suspended Internet service in 21 state districts: on Friday it is the day considered "most risky" of clashes for the recurrence of the weekly prayers in the mosques. Uttar Pradesh is the Indian state that, with 20 ascertained deaths, has seen the most violent demonstrations against the rule which excludes refugees from Muslim citizens from Indian citizenship. The student association of the Jamia MilliaIslamia University of Delhi has today organized a demonstration in front of the state headquarters in the capital with the aim of preventing employees from entering and asking for the resignation of the governor, believed to be the instigator of the use of weapons by the Police responsible for the death of the twenty protesters.
India: protests, internet suspended
2019-12-27T10:41:17.319Z
To curb protests underway across India against the citizenship law passed on 12 December, Yogi Adityanath, governor of Uttar Pradesh, today suspended Internet service in the 21 districts of the state: Friday is the rite day. . (ANSA)
