Tag: #Citizenship
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Kuwait Revokes Citizenship of 17 for Obtaining Foreign Nationality
This analysis is by Farid Khan. According to the local media reports from Dubai, seventeen Kuwaitis will have their nationality withdrawn for obtaining citizenship from other countries. This withdrawal of nationality of 17 more people will raise the total number of Kuwaitis who lost their nationality to 71 in less than two months. The Minister…
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Germany to Ease Citizenship for Nazi Victims’ Kin
Germany will ease citizenship for Nazi victims’ kin.
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Americans giving up US citizenship in record numbers: Study
NEW YORK, August 11 (APP): Americans are renouncing their citizenship at record levels, with twice as many people giving it up in the first six months of 2020 than the entire previous year, a research conducted by Bambridge Accountants of New York revealed. A total of 5,816 Americans voluntarily relinquished their citizenship in the first…
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Tom Hanks and wife are officially Greek citizens now
27th July 2020: Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have officially become Greek citizens. According to international media reports, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis posed with the Hollywood stars and his own wife Mareva Grabowski on Instagram, with Hanks and Wilson showing off their new passports. He wrote, “@ritawilson @tomhanks are now proud Greek…
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Occupied Kashmir: Permanent Citizenship Granted to the first non-state Indian Officer
According to Baaghi TV, Naveen Kumar Chaudhry, a senior IAS officer of the Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian state of Bihar, became the first permanent resident of Jammu and Kashmir from an administrative services officer. Naveen Kumar Chaudhary has been issued a domicile certificate by the Tehsildar of Gandhinagar in Jammu region. According to…
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Analysts critically accuse Modi’s fascist designs against marginalized Muslims
New Delhi, Dec 28 (AFP/APP): Mumbai-based copywriter Sarah Syed said on Saturday she was long alarmed by the Hindu nationalist direction of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi but felt powerless to stop it — until now. Like many others taking part in the current wave of protests, the final straw was Modi’s new citizenship…
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Whole India has rejected controversial Citizenship Act: Buzdar
LAHORE, Dec 23 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Monday that whole India had vehemently rejected most controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and all Indian nationals had been agitating against the worst law. He said in a media statement issued here that the controversial law once again exposed the tainted face of…
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Fresh clashes in India as death toll hits nine
New Delhi, Dec 20 (AFP/APP): Fresh clashes between Indian police and demonstrators erupted on Friday after more than a week of deadly unrest triggered by a citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim. Three protesters were shot dead on Thursday, taking the death toll to nine in the wave of anger that is emerging as a major…
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Gatherings banned in parts of India capital after citizenship law demos
New Delhi, Dec 18 (AFP/APP): Authorities have imposed an emergency law banning large gatherings in parts of India’s capital New Delhi after 12 policemen were injured in protests against a contentious new citizenship law. Clashes across India following the passage of legislation that fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslims from three neighboring countries have claimed six lives.…
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Finger-wagging Muslim women become Indian protest symbols
New Delhi, Dec 17 (AFP/APP): A group of Muslim women who formed a barricade around a male student being attacked by baton-swinging police have become symbols of the protests currently gripping India. In a video that has gone viral, the four young women rush to surround the young man as police in riot gear thrash…