Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Of Being With and Against the Law – Stories from Shaheen Bagh, 2019-2020

Hooda, Sanjana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7182-6793 (2025) Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Of Being With and Against the Law – Stories from Shaheen Bagh, 2019-2020. Opinio Juris. International Commission of Jurists, USA. Available at: https://opiniojuris.org/2025/09/23/symposium-on-pr...

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Abstract

It was indeed the love of life and the desire for a more beautiful existence that led several elderly Muslim women and some men to gather together on a late winter evening in December 2019 to protest The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (‘CAA’). CAA expedites the process of applying for Indian citizenship for certain religious minorities (Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians) fleeing religious persecution from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan who entered India on or before the specified cut-off date...

Item Type: Other Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CAA | Shaheen Bagh | The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Human Rights
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies
Divisions: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Mr. Syed Anas Ali
Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2026 06:33
Last Modified: 07 Sep 2026 06:33
Official URL: https://opiniojuris.org/2025/09/23/symposium-on-pr...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/12464

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