India Protests

• One year of Indian farmers’ protests prompts B.C. activists to renew call for solidarity

  Supporter Mandip Kharod says attention on the plight of Indian farmers remains, but it can become out of sight, out of mind for some.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2021
  
• Yukon’s Gurdeep Pandher says India farmers’ protest is about a culture under threat

  Yukon Bhangra instructor Gurdeep Pandher explains why the farmers' protest in India isn't really about politics, or agriculture laws, it's about a culture under threat.

  World

  Feb 12, 2021
  
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• Deadlock between Indian farmers, government continues as talks fail again

  The farmers say the laws will lead to the cartelization and commercialization of agriculture and make farmers vulnerable to corporate greed.

  World

  Jan 4, 2021
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• Online censorship claims shadow Indian farmer solidarity protests

  As more Indian farmers join what may be the largest protest in human history, organizers of social media solidarity movements claim they're being censored. 

  Dec 19, 2020
• India’s top court suggests government delay farm laws at heart of protests

  In addition to blocking the movement of people, the massive protest has dealt a blow to manufacturing and business in northern India.

  World

  Dec 17, 2020
• ‘We feel hopeless’: Indo-Canadian Punjabis fear for families in Indian farmers’ protests

  "I'm from a family of farmers, so this entire situation is hitting very close to home," said Toronto's Parminder Singh.

  World

  Dec 3, 2020
• Indian protesters beaten by police as nationwide marches continue over citizenship law

  About two dozen people gathered near an Uttar Pradesh state government building in the capital to protest deaths and allegations of police brutality during protests in the north Indian state.

  World

  Dec 27, 2019
• India’s ruling party loses key election as anti-government protests continue

  It's a setback for the party as it faces massive anti-government protests against a contentious new citizenship law.

  World

  Dec 24, 2019
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• India’s main opposition party to stage protest against new citizenship law

  The protest, led by Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, comes at a time when tens and thousands of demonstrators have taken to India's streets to call for the revocation of the law, which critics say is the latest effort by Modi's government to marginalize the country's 200 million Muslims.

  World

  Dec 23, 2019
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• India’s PM addresses rally as violent protests over citizenship bill continue

  Twenty-three people have been killed nationwide since the law was passed in Parliament earlier this month in protests that represent the first major roadblock for Modi’s Hindu nationalist agenda since his party’s landslide re-election last spring.

  World

  Dec 22, 2019