Local residents offer prayers on a road during a protest against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India, December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - In a working-class corner of south Delhi, a nearly 1-kilometre (half mile) stretch of a wide, six-lane highway connecting India's capital city with a burgeoning suburb has been blockaded for 10 days.
Hundreds of men and women, some in Muslim burqa robes and many accompanied by children, have occupied the stretch of road at Shaheen Bagh to protest against a new citizenship law and a proposed citizens' register that has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets across India.
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