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Rohingya Muslims

Ruptured melting pot

This Citizenship Amendment Act is a signal of rejection of the idea of India as a melting pot. This pot is now ruptured. Disaster is lurking. We must now act together to hold up the pot. India became sovereign in 1950. Its first Citizenship Act was passed in 1955. Several amendments were incorporated in later years. But this year's amendment has almost unsettled the whole of India.

Suu Kyi rejects Rohingya genocide charge in UN court

Myanmar has always insisted it was tackling an extremist threat in Rakhine state, and Suu Kyi maintained that stance, calling the violence an "internal armed conflict triggered by attacks on police posts".