India ethnic violence

Protests over a new citizenship law in India enacted on Dec. 12, 2019, which denies citizenship to immigrants from neighboring Muslim countries unless those immigrants are non-Muslim minorities, broke out in Delhi on Feb. 23, coinciding with the arrival of President Donald Trump. Clashes between groups for and against the law occurred, leading to religious and ethnic street violence that, at press time, had killed at least 37 people. A large number of injuries had also been reported. As of press time, the conflicts had occurred only in Muslim-majority neighborhoods in northeastern Delhi.