INDIA LONG LIVE SHAHEEN BAGH
Apr 16, 2020
2 minutes
HUSNA RIZVI
One southern district of Delhi has been at the epicentre of India’s recent popular uprisings, which erupted with the passing of the anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Its name – Shaheen Bagh – has become synonymous with a 100-day-long, round-the-clock road blockade, made up mostly of MuslimMuslims who have arrived in India before December 2014 after fleeing Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh on the grounds of religious persecution.
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