UNHRC is concerned over the new amendment bill for citizenship
UNHRC (United Nation Human Right Council) has expressed its
concern over the citizenship amendment bill. It says that the bill is
discriminatory basically. The Human Rights Observing Organization of UNHRC has released an statement. It says, “We are
concerned about that the nature of new amendment citizenship bill in India has
had fundamentally discriminatory.” The statement adds that the intention to
protect the prosecuted communities is welcomed, but this should not be biased.
#India: We are concerned that the new #CitizenshipAmendmentAct is
fundamentally discriminatory in nature. Goal of protecting persecuted groups is
welcomed, but new law does not extend protection to Muslims, incl. minority
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— UN Human
Rights (@UNHumanRights) December 13, 2019
UNHRC
says that the respect, the security and the human rights are the rights of every
refugee. The spokesperson from the organization has expressed expect by his
statement that the Supreme Court shall review the new law and shall also review
carefully that it is according to the accountabilities of India for the
international human rights.
There
are provisions in this bill to provide citizenship to the refugees of
Christians, Parsis, Jain, Bodhist, Sikh and Hindus immigrant due to the
religious torture from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan up to 31 December
2014.
The
refugees of these 6 communities after residing five years in the country shall
be the holders of citizenship. It was 11 years time to be residents for holding
the citizenship of the country before this bill comes in existence.
