[act-ma] 12/12: Rally against NRC/CAA

[Charlie Welch]

Rally against NRC/CAA

*Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 4:00 PM EST*

Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/opinion/india-citizenship-law-protests.html>of 
India requires people to produce documents of ancestry to be enlisted as 
Indian citizens.If they are not able to do so, they are to be considered 
illegal.

Given that such documents are rare for most people, many can lose 
citizenship.

The bill is coupled with the Citizenship Amendment Act 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/world/asia/india-muslims-citizenship-narendra-modi.html>(CAA).Those 
who cannot prove their citizenship can yet obtain citizenship through 
this bill – /except if they are Muslims/.

On the one-year anniversary of this bill, we will gather in Harvard 
Square to protest and to demand:

  * Repeal Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019.
  * Withdraw National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population
    Register (NPR).
  * Release all anti-CAA activists and Political Prisoners, including
    Bhima Koregaon 16, who are falsely charged.
  * Arrest all the perpetrators of the Delhi Pogrom.

Please join us. Do bring along your poetry, speeches, slogans, and 
placards of resistance!

Addendum:

Brief documentary edited by renowned film maker Anand Patwardhan: 
https://youtu.be/TwLZcuq9b7k

Facebook Event <https://www.facebook.com/events/373838750543682/>

Sponsors:

Boston South Asia Coalition
Coalition Against Fascism in India
Hindus for Human Rights.