India Protest

• B.C. residents fear further violence in India as farmers protests trigger trauma from 1984

  Growing tensions around protesting farmers in India have some observers fearful of a repeat of one of the country's darkest chapters.

  Politics

  Feb 10, 2021
  
• Demonstrators scramble after RCMP shuts down drive-in event backing Indian farmers

  The event, dubbed Surrey Challo, describes itself as "COVID-friendly form of activism," centred around music and performance.

  Politics

  Jan 16, 2021
  
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• Farmers’ unions call for nationwide shutdown in India over new agriculture laws

  Bharat stands for India and Bandh means closed. Bandhs have long been used as tools to protest against government policies.

  World

  Dec 7, 2020
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• Halifax community rallies in support of Indian farmers amid new agriculture laws

  India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed new legislation earlier this year that farmers say could lead to the end of small farms.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
• From Hong Kong to Chile — was 2019 the year of protests?

  It might strike some as a banner year, but there are critical parts of history in which protests and large social movements made waves. So what stood out in 2019?

  World

  Dec 26, 2019
• Toronto protest against Indian citizenship law as divisive politics play out in Canada

  Multiple people have been killed in the South Asian nation over the past week as public anger swells over a citizenship law that critics say excludes Muslims and threatens the country's secular democracy.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2019
• Outrage, nudity and skulls: Thousands of farmers demand help in march on India’s capital

  Tens of thousands of Indian farmers marched to parliament on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices.

  World

  Nov 30, 2018