India women facing sedition charges over school play get bail

India women facing sedition charges over school play get bail https://ift.tt/31YhaDP February 16, 2020 at 04:22PM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/27ryfmF

Two women held for two weeks by Indian police on sedition charges over a school play which allegedly criticised a contentious citizenship law have been granted bail, officials said Sunday. Teacher Fareeda Begum, 50, and parent Nazbunnisa, 36, were arrested on January 30 for helping the children stage the play at Shaheen Public School in Karnataka state. The play depicted a worried family talking about how they feared the government would ask millions of Muslims to prove their nationality or be expelled from India.

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