In India, the death toll amid the government’s crackdown on widespread protests has risen to at least 27 people, with over 1,000 more arrested. Demonstrators are protesting against the controversial new citizenship law, which provides a path to Indian citizenship for undocumented immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan — unless they are Muslim. The law’s critics say it’s a step toward the official marginalization of India’s 200 million Muslims. This is the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata Banerjee: “We won’t let them kick anyone out. This is our promise. Center can make laws, but who implements it? States do. Center has no authority here. How will they implement the law here, if you see in India 90% of states are in the hands of their opposition parties, not in the hands of the BJP?”