Bangladesh's stateless people demand citizenship

Dhaka, Sep 11 (AP) Residents of Indian enclaves within
Bangladesh have kept their homes unlit at night in a protest
to demand Bangladeshi citizenship within a specific period.
The protest follows an agreement signed by the two
countries on Tuesday. The pact gives Bangladeshi citizenship
to thousands of residents of the 111 Indian enclaves in
Bangladesh but does not give a timeframe for the process.
Protest organizer Mofizar Rahman says thousands of
residents marched through the streets in Panchagarh town on
Saturday night and refused to light lamps in their homes to
demand a specific deadline for giving them citizenship.
The enclaves are the result of absurd map drawing during
the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent.
Rahman says similar protests will take place on Sunday
night. (AP)