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India: Nationality

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 282, tabled on 20 December 2019

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the human rights of Muslims in India of that Government's recent decision to pass the Citizenship Amendment Bill; and if he will make a statement.

Answered on

7 January 2020

The British Government and the British High Commission in New Delhi are following the human rights situation across India and raise issues with Indian officials where appropriate.

Answered by

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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