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Kolkata (India), Feb 11 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary)Muslim women took part on Tuesday in Kolkata, east of India, in a protest against the Citizenship Law and the National Registry of Citizens and demanded that the Government of Narendra Modi withdraw the measures.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Thousands rally in Georgia for a third consecutive day as lawmakers advanced a controversial "foreign influence" law that opponents say will undermine Tbilisi's longstanding European aspirations. The protesters, including a motorcycle procession, block traffic on the main thoroughfare of the Georgian capital, in front of the parliament building. IMAGES
Thousands rally in Jerusalem in support of Israel's ruling right-wing coalition's controversial judicial reforms that critics condemn as un-democratic. The government's proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over the selection of judges.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration, a coalition between his Likud party and extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies, argues that the changes are needed to rebalance powers between lawmakers and the judiciary. IMAGES
Santa Cruz, Oct 14 (EFE).- The Bolivian government of Luis Arce determined Thursday to withdraw the controversial bill against the legitimization of illicit profits so it would not lead to "destabilization", following protests and statements by various sectors demanding the annulment of the bills.(Camera: JUAN PABLO ROCA).SHOT LIST: FAMERS GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL BILLS IN SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA.
Paris, March 6 (EFE), (Camera: Antonio Torres del Cerro/Martí Rodríguez).- A new law in defence of secularism that is being presented in the French Parliament has exposed the wounds of a society traumatized by the Islamist terror attacks. FOOTAGE OF THE Great Mosque of Montreuil AND OF THE TOWN OF MONTREUIL. INCLUDES SOUNDBITES OF: -FARID SLIM, IMAM:"Acts of terrorism are an act of disorder that has nothing to do with religion. Today we are going to find a series of unbalanced people who are going to seek legitimacy for their actions under the pretext of religion. This is how we have seen it with the massacre in Norway, with more than 70 deaths at the hands of a Christian fanatic."-SABINE THILLAYE, MEMBER OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY:"We could not focus on a single cult, but we had to pay attention to financing, to see where the financing of some comes from, the associations, forcing them precisely to have a letter of principles (republicans), to have a sort control over what it is happening, especially when we talk about sports clubs with young people. An important issue is also home instruction."