Articles by Rahul Bedi

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India Strips Four Million People of Citizenship in Assam as Modi’s BJP ‘Targets’ Muslim Minority
Rahul Bedi – The Telegraph, 6 Aug 2018

30 Jul 2018 – India was braced for unrest in its north eastern Assam state today after the authorities declared some four million residents to be foreigners, stripping them of their citizenship. The residents, mostly Muslims of Bangladeshi origin, were deemed ‘stateless’ as deemed to have entered the country before 1971, when millions fled Bangladesh’s war of independence into the state.

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Hunger Striking Activist Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Suicide
Rahul Bedi – The Telegraph, 11 Mar 2013

A 40-year old Indian female activist, who has been on a protest hunger strike for more than 12 years, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted suicide. Attempted suicide is a criminal offence in India punishable with imprisonment. “This is my way of protest. I love life but at the same time I want the government to stop the killings in my state” she told the packed courtroom in New Delhi.

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