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Tens of thousands march in southern India to protest citizenship law

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Tens of thousands march in southern India to protest citizenship lawHYDERABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Over one hundred thousand protesters, many carrying the Indian tricolour flag, took part in a peaceful march in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday, chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. The protest, dubbed the ‘Million March’, was organized by an umbrella group of Muslim and civil society organizations. More than 40 percent of Hyderabad’s estimated population of nearly 7 million are Muslims.

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