Dayal, Cedric among Hundreds detained for protesting CAA

Nicaraguan Dictatorship Kidnaps And Expels Another Priest
Christmas Celebratory Again In Holy Land Amid Ongoing War; Patriarch Urges Pilgrims To Return
Vatican: Former Choir Director, Manager Convicted Of Embezzlement, Abuse Of Office
Christians in Aleppo feel an uneasy calm amid rebel takeover of Syrian city
Kathmandu synodality forum: Indigenous people, ‘not the periphery but at the heart of the Church’
Indian bishops seek action against judge for ‘hate speech’
Restive Indian state lifts internet blackout
Korean, Japanese Catholics honour 17th-century martyrs
Indian Cardinal opposes anti-conversion law in poll-bound state
12,000 gather as Goa starts exposition of St. Francis Xavier relics

Dayal, Cedric among Hundreds detained for protesting CAA

Light of Truth

January 8th, 2020

John Dayal and Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash were among hundreds of human rights activists on December 19 detained in various parts of India for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which they say is divisive.

The Delhi Police detained Dayal, a senior journalist and human rights activist, along with others for protesting in front of police headquarters Others detained included socialist leader R K Jain, former Karnataka legislator B R Patil, NisarAlam of Madhya Pradesh, Manoj Sehrawat and M A Johar of Mushawarat. They were later released.