figured in india's no house of parliament on tuesday as well thought a day after india's 4 minister ahmed shah announced the move his statement has generated a storm of responses. on article 17. government is basically a constitutional cool this is an attack on the constitution and the general decide anything but out pakistan being one vote along with the kashmiris. so he said i'm going to do everything. to ensure that this wrong is going to be intense you can go to ash me it is under curfew 3 former chief ministers and other party leaders all under house arrest. and across the state the atmosphere resembles a war like situation just a mosque to mention the fact that it was deprived of. india dance to try any mischief an outside kashmir every man woman and child will stand up with pakistan's armed forces so god willing will make a cemetery for the indian soldiers inside kashmir. in india over there have been set abrasions in many parts of the country supporters of the hindu nationalist beauty of the government of prime minister narendra modi rejoiced after the move was announced many have call

except foreign affairs defense and communication this has now been ended india's home minister ahmed shah had this to say in bottom and stop at the sunset these 2 parties but on the recommendation of parliament of the month the president announces that starting from the day that the president of india signs this declaration and it is published and the government does it all the provisions under article $370.00 will cease to be a political. number. and the president has signed this that their mission manoj joshi is a leading security analyst from the observer research foundation in denver manoj good to have you with us how do you see things developing on the ground in kashmir after this announcement well i think certainly very there would be a sense that we would have been going to shock the article $378.00 so it's not really much. to go. criticize the region you know the divine but equally important symbol of the. symbol that they were unique. so this has been and i think that is something which is going to be a bit of a psychological shock to them and you and despondent of the psychologi

experimental summer when a push goes your own way any mistake was marginally good it is shaky shall that ahmed shah was in manchester had jetted to get in or that you're not. performing the pilgrimage seems an impossible dream for some euro. although she earns a living as a housekeeping manager at a hotel it would take her years to save up for the has. that fate was to intervene in the form of a friend of her mother's who offered her the chance of a lifetime. to have only been in the same would demand their animal gave juba simon any again and said if they go and maybe 2. and a man say would it to give them the gig. i was allowed them and i'm not allowed to mend their load so they get damn a fantasy at it and they order the stairs or 2 if she decides that are going to get an incentive going at it. and susan is in our mother gene the research is it even better the other man study and listen to senate that he has learned the same would they be said to take him as a rash in the last moment she let it is easy to see that it may get to 10 has a better bid him a look with. me i would only get him mission

another reason that they're there aside from the current situation is that india's home minister ahmed shah is expected to be there on thursday which is india's independence day and shah who's been spearheading in the public face of the removal of the autonomy from the region is expected to host the indian flag at one of the main stadiums which could be a very serious incident could lead to a very serious incident there but will be celebrated in many parts of india. hong kong police a fired tear gas at anti-government protesters outside a police station lines of police officers in riot gear moved on people who had been shining lasers at the building the protests over the past few hours broke out as the airport began to return to normal after 2 days of disruption hundreds of flights were canceled after thousands of protesters occupied the terminal without the families has more from hong kong they look defiant i think with each day that passes and each event that happens it's kind of confrontation that happens in the positions harden certainly of the protesters but there you go mad don't know

valley we're still waiting but one big thing which will happen later today is india's home minister ahmed shah is expected to host the indian flag at one of the stadiums which has been long been a dream from the hindu right but may also turn into could trigger more protests in the region as well thank you very much for that for now that's fancy made up of the one test live and new delhi thank you. prepared to fight to the end if necessary the words of. a speech from the pakistani administered part of the disputed region. made on wednesday to mark independence day. it was a holiday to celebrate the end of british rule and the creation of pakistan in 1947 but 72 years on the freedom remain just that in the capital of the administered by pakistan. is mounting anger against the effective and its ation of indian administered kashmir and frustration on the pakistani side of the divided territory. this situation will be resolved with the words the solution is an action we stand behind pakistani army. the pakistani government has suspended create and transport links as well as downgrading diplomatic t

another reason that they're there aside from the current situation is that india's home minister ahmed shahis expected to be there on thursday which is india's independence day and shah who's been spearheading in the public face of the removal of the autonomy from the region is expected to host the indian flag at one of the main stadiums which could be a very serious incident could lead to a very serious incident there but will be celebrated in many parts of india. iran's president has criticized the united states for its military buildup in the gulf has some rouhani says foreign forces are needed because gulf states can protect the region themselves american and british warships joint naval patrols to protect shipping raney a fool says seize the british flag. all talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf and sea of oman won't be practical no doubt that it won't help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of foreign forces to provide security. correspondent in tehran a said bank. well it's the 1st time president rouhani has addressed reports that isr

it's probably even more so than before because of the day as well as the country's home minister ahmed shah is there currently and he's expected to raise the indian flag at one of the major stadiums in srinagar later today says thank you very much for that finale that says demand for hours and new delhi thank you. now pakistan is prepared to fight to the end of the necessary those are the words of promise to. a part of the disputed region. and pakistan. it was a holiday to celebrate the end of british rule and the creation of pakistan in 19472 years on the freedom remain just that. the capital of fish administered by pakistan. is mounting anger against the effective and excision of indian administered kashmir and frustration on the pakistani side of the divided territory. the situation will be resolved with the words the solution is an action we stand behind. the pakistani government has suspended creed and transport links as well as downgrading diplomatic ties with. more. these measures don't satisfy us indian forces have besieged kashmiris for the last 10 days their lives are in danger we

certain the uproar in the new delhi parliament when the decision was announced by home minister ahmed shah. the opposition leader angrily accused the governing b j p of murdering democracy by revoking article 370. this isn't many ways a black defendant democracy we have seen if not the letter of the constitution certainly the spirit of the constitution and the soul of indian democracy being shamelessly violated but those have been elected to protect it article 370 allows the regional government to make its own laws except in finance defense foreign affairs and communications residents of kashmir live under different laws from the rest of india in matters such as property ownership and citizenship now the central government plans to split up the region into 2 parts kashmir and jammu and led back which will both be directly governed by new delhi. reaction has spread along religious and political lives despite the security clampdown in jammu and small groups of hindus celebrate at the end of what they. as 30 years of banishment. the kashmiri muslims complain bitterly about their rights and id

or muslim ministers have since been forced out from sri lanka's government un special rapporteur ahmed shah heed says the government failed to protect against hate crimes and allowed mistreatment by board forces we spoke to the special ruppert's earlier he says that sri lanka has made moves in the right direction but the discrimination is still common. i think it's too much and requires a long term strategy and some immediate steps as well the immediate steps required include again enforcing the law on everybody equally ensuring that perpetrate doesn't buy that as a whole to hold to account but the long term will develop a discourse a narrative of inclusion rather than focusing on and at the not national identity they were the inclusive identities and then sure in and ensure that all communities feel the equally part of part of sri lanka the same time as addressing intra community tensions which seem to also play a part in some of these issues including where there is extremism in some communities and the failure for the state again to protect everybody in this country does as well so all o

because as you mentioned thursday august 15th is india's independence day and india's home minister ahmed shah who's been the really of the public face spearheading the removal of the region's autonomy will be in srinagar on thursday to raise the indian flag in one of the main stadiums and something that hasn't happened before and will be very symbolic but one of the other main incidents actually happened here in new delhi where shop bessel who's a prominent critic and civil servant turned politician was detained at new delhi airport and then sent back to srinagar now indian media are reporting he's since been placed under house arrest although we haven't been able to independently confirm that given the communications blackout that is in place now shah festal has been a strong critic of india's policies towards me or he's been here on al-jazeera earlier this month and i myself interviewed him just a few months ago and both times he reiterated his belief that india strong armed policies are alienating kashmiris and their faith in the indian government and one thing to keep in mind that he's no

and others are living like caged animals in the region and his appeal to india's home minister ahmed shaho lift the restrictions as soon as possible i'm give us some background about the core of this mission. well the court decision was launched by the editor of the kashmir times against the restrictions imposed on journalists in the region now the court says that they are going to adjourn without giving a new date to give government some time to assess the situation and the restrictions but the media has been saying for a long time specially the local media there that they're not able to find out all of what's going on on the ground they have to rely some of them on foreign media. channels such as us who have people there to find to tell them what's going on or rely on people to travel long distances getting news out and one of their big concerns also is the rural area most of the news coming out is from srinagar the largest city and the summer capital of india mr mir but they worry that people who are living in the rural areas might be in a more dire situation and more isolated than the

constitutional provision that gives special status to indian administered kashmir the home minister ahmed shah's announcement came as a region is on the look down with all communication lines suspended and this is the most significant change yet for the people of the region in more than 70 years priyanka gupta explains it was a sudden and momentous decision. india's government says it's revoking special privileges granted to indian administered kashmir the opposition is furious. it's a change in the constitution with far reaching consequences are not just inserted using the powers vested under the 3rd section of article 370 following the recommendation of parliament the president announces that starting the day the president of india will sign the declaration and the day when it will be published in the government is that all the sections of article 370 will cease to hold good except for section one of the article article 370 the section of the constitution that gives significant autonomy to kashmir is at the heart of why the region joined india in 1947 it allows the regional government to make

another reason that they're there aside from the current situation is that india's home minister ahmed shah is expected to be there on thursday which is india's independence day and shah who's been spearheading in the public face of the removal of the autonomy from the region is expected to host the indian flag at one of the main stadiums which could be a very serious incident could lead to a very serious incident there but will be celebrated in many parts of india. confrontations have returned to the streets of hong kong tonight police fired tear gas to clear crowds gathered near a police station lines of police officers in riot gear moved on people who had been shining lasers at the building the protests over the past few hours broke out or began to return to normal after 2 days of disruption hundreds of flights were canceled after thousands of protesters occupied the terminal. joining us from hong kong to talk us through what you've been seeing for the. we're actually at the bellman situation has returned to normal the traffic is back on the streets and some of the shops have been open a

another reason that they're there aside from the current situation is that india's home minister ahmed shahis expected to be there on thursday which is india's independence day and shah who's been spearheading in the public face of the removal of the autonomy from the region is expected to host the indian flag at one of the main stadiums which could be a very serious incident could lead to a very serious incident there but will be celebrated in many parts of india. hong kong police a fired tear gas at antigovernment protesters outside a police station lines of police officers in riot gear moved on people who had been shining lasers at the building protests over the past few hours broke out as the airport began to return to normal after a true days of destruction hundreds of flights were canceled after thousands of protesters occupied the terminal put out the honeys has more from hong kong they look defiant i think with each day that passes and each event that happens it's kind of confrontation that happens in the positions harden certainly of the protesters but there you go mad don't know i

with their families they want don't they don't even know where they are but india's home minister ahmed shah says this will all be for the better and will actually bridge the divide between kashmiris and indians making them one and will better be better for them and the country all together all right so if i is to me with an update from new delhi thank you let's bring in come on haidar he is and was a far about in pakistan administered kashmir and when pakistan says it will exert maximum pressure on india over that crisis in kashmir what are we to read into those comments what are pakistan's options. pakistan's options of course are limited cade but at the same time the language coming out of the military high command that august on will go to any level when it comes to their support of the media freedom struggle so progress on making that great a clear interesting lead up against any prime minister who was speaking on the floor all thought parliament where there were joint emergencies station he said he expected he said i'm going to predict that once dissipation is unleashed on the populati

martine right now we're just being bogged down in the usual parliamentary procedure but home minister ahmed shah which is really been spearheading the government's push on this in the lower house of parliament has said some interesting things in the past hour he claims that this is the government's move in revoking the autonomy for indian music a shmear will actually help build a bridge between indians and kashmiris he says the wall is now been taken down and he says this split taking the area and making to 2 territories will one day be undone and the region can become a state again while also again reiterating india's position that the pakistan and mr kashmir is also an integra part of india now as you mentioned this is expected to pass because of the government's majority in the lower house but what's interesting is on monday this also easily passed the upper house of parliament where the government is in a minority and that's because there's actually been a large opposition support this idea of taking away autonomy or special status regions and uniting india has a broad appeal even in the opp

was certainly a role in the new delhi parliament when the decision was announced by who minister ahmed shah the physician leader angrily accused the government b j p. of murdering democracy by revoking article 370. this isn't many ways a black defendant democracy we have seen if not the letter of the constitution certainly the spirit of the constitution and the soul of indian democracy being shamelessly violations but those have been elected to protect it article 370 allows the regional government to make its own laws except in finance defense foreign affairs and communications residents of kashmir live under different laws from the rest of india in matters such as property ownership and citizenship now the central government plans to split up the region into 2 parts kashmir and jammu and lead back which will both be directly governed by new delhi. the action has spread along religious and political matters in spite of security clampdown in jammu and small groups of hindu celebration at the end of what they described as 30 years of banishment. kashmiri muslims complain bitterly about their