Indian primary school faces sedition charge after play about citizenship law

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Children aged nine and 10 were interrogated by police after allegedly anti-government performance
The Indian police are investigating a primary school for sedition over a student play which voiced opposition to the prime minister and his controversial new citizenship law.
Students aged nine and 10 at Shaheen school in Bidar, in the state of Karnataka, were interrogated by police over several days for putting on a play that had a theme allegedly opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and included “slurs” against prime minister Narendra Modi. Continue reading...

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