Citizenship Row: India’s Controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016

Posted: 7 February 2019 | Category: Analysis

Authors: Daniela Pollmann; Kunal Purohit

ACLED Asia Research Manager Daniela Pollmann and Researcher Kunal Purohit examine the civil unrest around Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, which would grant citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim immigrants in India.
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Daniela Pollmann

Daniela Pollmann is ACLED's Program Coordinator. Ms Pollmann holds a MA in Conflict, Security and Development from the University of Sussex with focus on peace processes. She has previous work experience in the social sector in Uganda and India where her work focused on women empowerment, child protection and anti-human trafficking. She is currently stationed in New Delhi, India.

Kunal Purohit

Kunal Purohit is an ACLED Researcher coding political violence and protest in India and an independent journalist based out of Mumbai. As a journalist, he writes about issues of development, at the intersection of politics, gender, migration and technology. He is an alumnus of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London.

Categories: Analysis, Asia, Infographics archive7 February 2019

Tags: India

Citizenship Row: India’s Controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016

Daniela Pollmann

Kunal Purohit

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