PM Imran tweets video of Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters criticising Indian citizenship law

On Feb 28, 2020 Last updated Oct 4, 2021

Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters speaks to supporters in Parliament Square after a march in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in London on February 22, 2020, as he fights extradition to the United States. - The main hearing in extradition proceedings against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange begins at the end of February. The United States has been demanding extradition of the 48-year-old Australian for years because of the publication of secret documents and violations of the anti-espionage law. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday tweeted a video of Pink Floyd co-founder and singer Roger Waters criticising Indian Prime Minister Modi and his “fascist, racist” law.

The video clip features Waters at an event in London where he criticises the Indian government for the recent CAA protests. Calling the law ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’, Waters read a poem from Delhi activist Aamir Aziz which read:-

“Everything will be remembered.

Killers, we will become ghosts

and write of your killings,

with all the evidence.

You write jokes in courts,

we will write justice on the walls.

We will speak so loudly that

even the deaf will hear.

We will write so clearly that

even the blind will read.

You write injustice on the earth,

We will write revolution in the sky.”

Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted the video, urging the world to “stand up on the right side of history”.

When musicians who have all their lives rallied for peace, start taking notice of the massacres in India, it is time the world must stand up and take notice. Stand up on the right side of history. pic.twitter.com/WdYv4YBSmT

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 27, 2020

The contentious Indian citizenship law has triggered protests in New Delhi. On Sunday, while President Trump was in India, protests broke out resulting in clashes with police which caused the deaths of more than 20 people.