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Amnesty says India should stop ‘vicious’ Muslim protest crackdown

Muslims listen to a speaker during a protest demanding the arrest of BJP's Nupur Sharma for her comments on the Prophet Muhammad, in Kolkata, India [Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters]

A top human rights group says India must immediately end a “vicious” crackdown on Muslims who took to the streets to protest against the ruling party official’s remarks about Prophet Muhammad and his wife Aisha.

Authorities were “selectively and viciously cracking down on Muslims who dare to speak up … against the discrimination faced by them,” Amnesty International’s Aakar Patel said in a statement on Tuesday.

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