excluded 2000000 people in assam who now have to prove their citizenship or be rendered stateless. hindus left off the list now have protection but not muslims. who could face deportation the the the. reaction to the citizenship amendment bill has also hit social media on twitter this user captured some of the us on protests and asked assad is burning and the government is not paying any attention to it is this the democracy we are living in and prime minister narendra modi has tweeted this urging the people of assam who he calls brothers and sisters not to worry quote i want to assure them no one can take away your rights unique identity and beautiful culture it will continue to grow and flourish and quote but this user rejected modi statement as hollow words saying that's why people in assam are braving internet blocks lottie's curfew and tear gas in protest and this user pointed out the irony of modi's method of communication unfortunately people in assam cannot read your tweet because you have shut down the internet we have dr been i.x. and with us he is research director of th

many here in assam see the passage of the citizenship amendment bill as a clear message from the hindu nationalist government that they are 2nd class citizens . in the government but if the other didn't get trying to make us minority in our own very spit in our own little religion by giving to the one of the few. the new law would allow non muslim religious minorities from neighboring countries like bangladesh to claim indian nationality a campaign promise delivered by prime minister modi's b j p government which denies the measure discriminates against any group. but of this bill will not harm even a little bit any minority especially our muslim brothers and sisters who live in this country because this will only give citizenship it doesn't take it away from anyone. but critics say the law undermines india's secular constitution and is blatantly anti muslim in this bill they are targeting the community without believing it it lives the basic structure of the constitution it is divisive and exclusive it really destabilized up polity and 18 to 20000000 people would not trust us. and a t

where there are protests but the reasons driving people to protest are different let's begin with assam which shares a border with bangladesh and where residents have long complained of illegal migration from bangladesh. so we do not want the sun to lose its identity and overdo it and overwhelmed by the external powers they started force an extended people coming from bangladesh because we know that we will become the minority in our own hands now listen to what is motivating another protester to raise her voice against the bill i think people have come out in large numbers because they understand how this government is damaging the fabric of the country and all muslims everybody i think what we want that equality we want to in fact move towards good equality among species different sections of this so 2 different reasons for protest against the same act i missed out on are you not joining me from mumbai she was host of one of these protests were not welcome thank you for making the time now in most parts of india this act is being viewed as and the secular and anti muslim but that's no

assamese culture that by ensuring that no more migrants get indian citizenship and settle down in assam they don't want anybody else to protest their lost all young men to stop the protests this incident has impacted the nature of thought. they've shifted from tire burning and road blocking to more peaceful gatherings 7 didn't go to. the middle he was just 17 was he a criminal he was on his way back from the protest but then the shot him just like that why did they shoot him who gave them the right to shoot him these students are sitting on a day long hunger strike and such protests are going to become routine at least that seems to be the strategy of the biggest students union in assam that's behind the movement these students see that they've been betrayed by the way in the movie that in the nationalist party and the bid may have made a mistake by walking the party to power they feel that the policies of this party and this government is against their interests that government is not big and had to deafness people because they did not have their own what's going so both illegally migr

'd in the state of assam a popular resistance movement is growing. 2 people died in a violent protests on thursday and there's no sign of a let up people here say the law is against their interests. then baseboard heater says the assamese people fought to preserve their identity in 1971 when bangladesh was formed and a flood of refugees made assam home. the new law extends the cutoff for refugees to 2014. the central government in there he has been between us put to long here using assam as a dustbin by shoving whoever they want him. a movement against immigrants from bangladesh has raised in a sample decades with claims it further strains the state's resources they have been bribing the. they have been struggling yeah they're been robbing jobs and that surely the local people the indigenous people are been feeling a kind of insecurity some assamese fear they could become a minority in their own land these are some means have been singing songs expressing their love for their language and their culture this is old. there are cars on the roads and the shops may reopen things won't retur

stage of assam in india. and not giving up the reason are jaunting slogans on the day demanding that the government would draws the the citizenship amendment bill they say their struggle is to protect the indigenous culture and live you some of these was a beautiful good year saves all of our jobs if we knew why grants are given indian citizenship when they can get the jobs these people say they should be getting on the same street we've also seen several recalls back to the soldiers of the indian army now we will really be reporting that one column of the indian army that's about 70 soldiers wasn't standby in the state of assad but now it looks like the government is perhaps planning to send more boots on the ground this is the road which goes from the airport to the capital city of us though hearty tough news being imposed here mobile services have been shut down but despite that some of the had been planned in the capital city today the are less explore this further now with day chandra who is professor of

has been between a long using assam and the dustbin by shoving whoever they want have. a movement against immigrants from bangladesh has raised in a sample decades with claims it further strains the state's resources they have been robbing the. they have been struggling yeah they're been robbing jobs and that surely the local people the indigenous people are been feeling a kind of insecurity some assamese fear they could become a minority in their own land these are some ways of been singing songs expressing their love for their language and their culture this is a although there are cars on the roads and the shops may reopen things won't return to normal anytime soon not until the whole state of assam is exempted from the new law the protests here in go harty on friday were relatively calm compared with the previous 2 days but those taking part say the home stock market are humble not be up for years so. we don't have rice lentils anything but our movement is not over nothing is new. the japanese prime minister shinzo abi was supposed to be in go harty for a summit but

has been between us put to long using assam as a dustbin by shoving whoever they want have. a movement against immigrants from bangladesh has raised in a sample decades with claims it further strains the state's resources they have been bribing the. they have been struggling yeah they're been driving jobs and that surely the local people the indigenous people are been feeling a kind of insecurity some assamese fear they could become a minority in their own land these are some means have been singing songs expressing their love for their language and their culture this is a although there are cars on the roads and the shops may reopen things won't return to normal anytime soon not until the whole state of assam is exempted from the new law. the protests here in doha t. on friday were relatively calm compared with the previous 2 days but those taking part see the stock market but i'm going to be look where you are so. we don't have rice lead to anything but our movement is not right nothing is going on. the japanese prime minister shinzo abi was supposed to be hearty for a sum

of that state how this relates to the current bill is that this bill is being heavily criticized in assam because the assamese are seeing that those hindus you may have left off because they came in from bangladesh will now be included and will continue to affect the demography of a sahm and this is also why the n.r.c. exercise in conjunction with this bill is seen as once again targeting muslims. now to be sure to put this in more context how does this fit into your prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist agenda. well melissa just spoke about the national register for citizens which is seen as muslims but this as well as the citizenship are not the only things that support the b j p s hindu nationalist agenda just earlier this year and all good just the special status of the state of was shot down and that is the only muslim majority state in this country also the b.g.p. has strongly pushed the construction of a massive raman there in the city of you with this is actually something that's been a big election agenda for the b.g.p. and is and has actually been a big flashpoint bet

outrage spreads through the indian state of assam.urfew, tens of thousands of people have poured onto the streets against a controversial citizenship law passed earlier this week. there have been intense battles between protesters and security forces in this region, but the anger has also spread to neighbouring states. the new law aims to give citizenship to non—muslim refugees fleeing persecution from neighbouring bangladesh, pakistan and afghanistan. but many assamese argue that outsiders will take over their land and jobs, eventually dominating the culture and identity. translation: this is the identity of assam, that is why we are writing messages on it and using it to protest. this new citizenship law which has already been passed will strongly affect our culture, our language. we fear we will become a minority here because the government is now giving citizenship to immigrants. the hindu nationalist bjp government has promised to protect assa m's culture and identity, but critics say the citizenship law is discriminatory and wil

a state of assam that's essentially a list of who is and is not an indian in the state of assam now when that is done across india as is the government's plan then it will be easier for hindus to claim citizenship but not for the muslim this is the fear all for many. opposition leaders and there is a powerful sense of fear in the areas where muslim indian citizens live other than that we've also seen protests in the north these safin be a massive protest today they also turned violent we witnessed scenes of protest chanting slogans around a bonfire the police reacted to a shorter tear gas shells at them we've also learned that the indian army is on standby one column that 70 soldiers on standby in the state of assam and 2 columns of indian soldiers that's 140 soldiers on standby into where also we've seen protests these people however are protesting for different reasons they're saying they don't want any migrants to be given indian citizenship where they induce all muslims because they want to protect their indigenous culture and their livelihood ne of india has had a long history of op

now large protests have broken out in india's northeastern state of assam of a controversial citizenship bill currently being debated and parliament's upper house the bill would grant citizenship to those fleeing religious persecution but as it excludes muslims critics say it violates india's secular constitution by discriminating against muslims it was passed by the lower house on monday as anti-war explains from new delhi the bill is like he's a pos in the upper house too. well it's very likely to pass because it's believe the government along with its allies in the upper house will make sure that the bill is passed it's very likely that it is passed to date so the debate is going on the country's home minister spoke when he said it is india's responsibility to make sure that minorities who've been persecuted in neighboring countries are given protection in india are given shelter but the opposition politicians or members of opposition parties are saying that behind this is the ruling party which is a hindu nationalist party they're all arising politics they're essentially trying to di

least fire tear gas to contain the crowd while a column of assam rifles a paramilitary force that 70 soldiers was on standby in the state to such columns were on standby in tripoli up another state in the northeast where there's been protests against the bill for similar reasons india's lower house has already passed a bill. the indian government says this legislation is meant to protect religiously persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but many are asking why it's excluding muslims during a debate in parliament opposition parties spoke about the fear gripping india's muslim community which is also the country's largest minority. students and an indonesian protested against the legislation and described it as discriminatory. by whom the citizens would be guarded under the citizenship amendment law muslims would have no protection. many political analysts say the legislation could have a lasting impact on the social fabric of india art of war or al-jazeera. will find mustapha is vice chancellor at hyderabad null saw university of law he says people oppose the bill for diffe

another day of violent protests in assam. and multi-year gas fired to contain the crowd. but not enough to drown the voice of thousands of protesters determined to defy a curfew and make themselves heard. the crackdown adding impetus to the protesters slogans rejecting the newly passed citizenship amendment bill. i am sam has become the epicenter of the opposition to legislation that many here think does them an unfair hand. or job if outsiders get citizenship where will we live where is the space we will lose our farms our land then what will we eat. the sun's bones back decades the state shares india's border with bangladesh formerly called east pakistan until 1981 people here say between 19511971 a large number of bengali refugees took shelter in assam but the new legislation says anyone who came to india before 2014 as long as they are not muslim will be accepted as an indian citizen it was after kept becomes a law millions of bengali hindus work on jobs and don't have jobs and we're already a minority who can't let kept happen. 350 soldiers were sent to patrol and mo

the state of a. 17 year old musician was killed in police fighting in go hearty in the capital of assam where thousands have come out on the streets to protest against indian government citizenship amendment act his family is in tears they say while they have lost their son a nice become a martyr in the larger struggle to protect assamese culture that by ensuring that no more migrants get indian citizenship and settle down in our sam they don't want anybody else to protest the last all young men to stop the protests this incident has impacted the nature of protests in assam they have shifted from tire burning and rule blocking to more peaceful gatherings. so in the. middle he was just 17 was he a criminal he was on his way back from the protest but then the shot him just like that why did they shoot him who gave them the right to shoot him these students are sitting on a day long hunger strike and such protests are going to become routine at least that seems to be the strategy of the biggest students union in assam that's behind the movement these students say that they've been betrayed

al-jazeera who harty assam. leader unfancied the world's top cold to dismiss a genocide case against her country lawyers have outlined allegations of mass murder deportation and rape following a 27000 crackdown on running a muslim's wayne hay ripples there from the hague. the sun shining on the international court of justice on a cold winter's morning in the hague belied the dark nature of the allegations being made inside at the world's top caught me on my ass stands accused of genocide in the closing arguments the gambia his lawyers said the suggestion by me and ma that any wrongdoing by its military should be investigated internally was inconceivable when 6 of its top generals including the commander in chief senior general men are on the firing have all been accused of genocide by the u.n. fact finding mission and recommended for criminal prosecution this was just the opening phase of a case that's likely to last for years it's alleged that me and my soldiers raped murdered and tortured reading good muslims

so that does the national but but the but in terms of my sat you know it's a didn't i lieschen of assam a court of 985 it was a very violent kind of energy you know against. migrants who have crossed from bangladesh. without documents sol so this is some sort of a closure for the people and all the. clauses there never will fulfil the song but then when you try to team go with that you know you are actually setting up and this is what we saw in assam and the people feel that film i did $71.00 whether i had come up and been accepted human was of course have been accepted under this court so what the movie government is trying to do is actually give more and misty deal about the deal 28 and december 24 d. to their hindu punishes people who would cross or see it after 1700 doom december 24 d. but if you are a muslim then of course you are an illegal so this is what it is because it's just so thank you to do you believe i wonder if that's the right way but do you believe the indian home minister when they say that yes we are willing to actually have a look at this bill and tweak it or chang

is a ship amendment bill de brought in recently was shots of the soul of india what is happening in assam and the northeast states of the country. was in the days leading to the new law being approved protests erupted across the country the most violent in the state of a sob in the northeast several people killed a car set on fire and government buildings attacked. political leaders in the states of carola punjab and west bank said publicly they will not implement the law leading to a potential conflict with new delhi it is the beginning of something very potent you know your 1st star then you put people to a ghetto then you finally take them to the end point out this unfortunately could be the beginning of what could result in. disenfranchisement of a very significant population. the numbers here may present the indian prime minister narendra modi with his biggest challenge since august the 5th. but he's stripped indian administered kashmir the only state in india to have a majority population and it's all told to be that in his government one historic court battle between hindus and mus

the soul of india is happening in assam and the northeast east of the country. in the days leading to the new law being approved protests erupted across the country the most violent in the state of assad in the north east several people killed a car set on fire and government buildings attacked. political leaders in the states of carola punjab and west bengal of all said publicly they will not implement the law leading to a potential conflict with new delhi it is the beginning of something very potent you know you 1st put a star then you put people to a ghetto then you finally pick them to then point out this unfortunately could be the beginning of what could result in. disenfranchisement of a very significant population. the numbers here may present the indian prime minister to read remotely with his biggest challenge since august the 5th when he stripped indian administered kashmir the only state in india to have a majority population of its autonomy that in november his government won a historic court battle between hindus and muslims ownership of a disputed

pass the bill band they awaiting the president's approval to be humble al-jazeera sunchild or is in assam and says the protests have escalated there the protests have been quite large. really have now on the national television and there was a manager check with some of our local contacts a few people have been killed in a fire exchange of displaced with indian security officials details are still emerging we don't know what these deaths took place of we've also learned that several people were rushed to a hospital and there are several injured people hospital in garage right now i'd like to give you an idea what's really going on all through the day we saw shop shop fuel stations a shock school the shop every traffic light was a protest people defied girl few everybody. else and people were out on the streets and they were protesting they said they're protesting because they want to preserve their identity because they think that over the years over the decades they have. they've had to give shelter to many refugees from bangladesh and and muslims and they think that if that cutoff date

outside does their fear that these people who shouldn't be in india even on assam will suddenly get a legal pathway to becoming citizens of india and hence be able to live in assam but if you ask people in other parts of india as we saw in that report over there the fear is that this is an attack on the secular character of the indian constitution which. in a country which does not have a state religion in which all religions are equal it is an attack on that in the view of us and the muslim and exclusionist rights and they are obviously not a lot of criticism about this being anti muslim and being kind of undermining india's secular traditions and why. did the indian government decide to leave from this act well the official version that came from the home minister as it was as your table the bill in parliament when it was being discussed was that we are providing protection to religious minorities and the countries in question but just on bangladesh of gunnison majority muslim nations therefore muslims don't require protection from persecution because muslims convert persecuted in t

the minorities in assam how many people finally emerged even you know in the process was was. you know a small spending mistake was enough with the dictation and you haven't had a big meeting that is into the new lingo to me today needing to english and then this scenes in spinning into documents and it and you're treated as a foreigner in your sent to a detention center out of after after that in diop process you had just 9 what less than 2000000 people who are. unable to prove their documents and often loony 400000 or so muslim so. this will discourse abode you know hordes of muslim immigrants slugging into india and being recruited by did as donations is part of that he been injured as a dent to divide india only just goals india has seen but isn't it seems you're. seeing what it leads to a committee with this kind of politics and the politics of the ruling party is an extremely dangerous one because india's problems economies known a bad shape there is as there was unemployment ok farmers and this is just it is not that muslims are getting in trouble from different countri

pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, assam.today: the number of people using hong kong international airport has hit its lowest level in a decade. it handled just over 5 million passengers in november, down 16% from a year earlier. that is being put down to the often violent pro—democracy protests which have been taking place over the past six months. there was more unrest on sunday, although not on the scale seen in previous weeks. police used pepper spray and made several arrests as demonstrators targeted some of the city's shopping malls. meanwhile hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, is in beijing, where she is expected to meet the chinese president, xijinping, later on monday. both she and the government there have insisted they will not give in to any of the pro—democracy protestors‘ demands, although ms lam did earlier scrap the law which would have allowed suspects to be taken from hong kong to stand trial in mainland china, which was the trigger for the original protests. the us geological survey has recorded 18 si

so he'll rub it out is there a question i assam. now the u.n. secretary general is calling on the world to find new ways to improve the lives of refugees and tonio tara she was speaking in geneva at the global refugee farm the 1st meeting of its kind involving humanitarian organizations business executives and refugees themselves and high on the agenda how to share the burden of helping refugees 80 percent live in poor developing countries. the strain he has experienced is hottest day on record the average temperature across the country on tuesday was nearly $41.00 degrees celsius and that record could be broken on wednesday as it's only the start of the southern hemisphere summer when the searing temperature temperatures have made things worse for crews dealing with more than 100 bushfires in the eastern state of new south wales. bolivia's attorney general has ordered the arrest of former president evo morales is on charges of sedition and terrorism what outis resigned and left bolivia and november after protests and allegations of irregulariti

pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, assam. day's other news: us senate democratic leader chuck schumer wants at least four witnesses, including white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviserjohn bolton, to be subpoenaed to testify in the expected impeachment trial of president donald trump. mr trump is expected to become the third us president to be impeached when the full democratic—led house of representatives votes on the charges, likely this week. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, has confirmed that he would consider expelling american forces from turkey's incirlik air base if washington presses ahead with sanctions. he made the comments in a live broadcast on turkish radio. the editor of the online magazine rappler has appeared in court in the philippines to answer charges of cyber libel. maria ressa is a prominent critic of president duterte. she says the trial is politically motivated and aimed at shutting her website down. anti—government protesters in the lebanese capit

gain indian citizenship as long as they are not muslim opposition to the law is especially strong in assam a state in india's northeast that borders bangladesh and has a large muslim population people there fear that undocumented hindu migrants from bangladesh will now be granted citizenship and to the political balance in the region. a rupture of faith in the state. many here and a some see the passage of the citizenship amendment bill as a clear message from the hindu nationalist government that they are 2nd class citizens. the government but this the other day doing that trying to make us minority in our own very spit in our one little religion by giving to bangladesh is . the new law would allow non muslim religious minorities from neighboring countries like bangladesh to claim indian nationality. a campaign promise delivered by prime minister modi's b j p government which denies the measure discriminates against any group here really bothers me this bill will not harm even a little bit any minority especially our muslim brothers and sisters who live in this country because this will o

character of the indian constitution but if you take that argument to the northeast of the country in assam state none of this applies to people over there are simply saying that they are what it that they will be swamped by illegals by foreigners by outsiders so that is the what are you over there but the common thread to all of this is that everybody is against the citizenship amendment act ok listen talk about what is the issue there what is at stake what's at stake is as for the assamese their language that culture they headed to that demographics that has long been the feeling in the sand on this manifested itself in that before no movement of the early eighty's in which hundreds of people died the assamese believe that they are being swamped by migrants coming in from maybe from bung others who speak bengali and they're both hindu and muslim so they have already been arguing this means that their culture is at risk from these big old speaking eagle migrants and they want them out and they believe that the new citizenship amendment act will essentially make a lot of these people legal

pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, assam. power, first as prime minister and then as president of russia. in that time, he's built a system of power which revolves around him, resulting in all major decisions being taken by the kremlin. that's why many russians feel they have to go directly to him to solve their problems, sometimes with remarkable success, as steve rosenberg reports from eastern siberia. russian rulers are like siberian winters. they go on and on. josef stalin's icy grip spanned a quarter of a century. brezhnev ruled 18 years. for vladimir putin, it's already 20. and counting. nadiezhda is a putin fan. when eight houses in her village burned down, she went on tv and begged the president to help. the very next day, mr putin sent in the builders, and, abracadabra, new homes, courtesy of the kremlin. nadiezhda even got to meet russia's leader, and shake his hand. translation: people in the village told me, don't wash your hand for a year. some of them asked me to shake their hand with the hand the president shoo

state which borders back the dash assam's an ethnically diverse region with a large muslim population but the unrest has also spread to other parts of the country people say it goes against the constitution and india's secular traditions in the capital daddy demonstrate to set fire to buses police responded with tear gas. delhi riot police fire a volley of tear gas their target student protesters holed up inside the capital's prestigious islamic university this is the latest front in the battle for the soul of india i. students took shelter here after protests descended into chaos they're angry at what they call a muslim then. after training rocks with the police demonstrators finally surrender with their hands a loft ushered on to buses here to the destination for i want to know was it was good but it does damage it does cause damage about people property does go to some money to certain people leave the people motorcycles on fire towards border storms on us and we have worked in jordan and we had i would only investors . back in delhi and hundreds were again gathering at the univers

pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, assam.rs have clashed with police in lebanon's capital, beirut. dozens were injured in some of the worst violence since rallies began two months ago. the interior minister has warned protesters against provoking a confrontation with the police. demonstrators blame the country's leaders for lebanon's economic crisis, accusing them of mismanagement and corruption. a series of earthquakes have struck the philippines, killing a six—year—old girl, and injuring several other people the us geological survey has recorded 15 tremors near the southern city of davao in a 2k hour period — the largest of which had a magnitude of 6.8. buildings have collapsed and there are fears some people may have been trapped. a large—scale search and rescue operation is under way. around 2,000 properties are still without water in and around leighton linslade in bedfordshire, after supplies failed on friday night. an initial problem, caused by a broken valve, has been fixed. but anglian water says air, trapped in pipe

then when you try to go with that you know you are actually setting up and this is what we saw in assam and the people feel that you might instead into one whether to come have been accepted to. have been accepted. under this court so but the more the government is trying to do is actually give more and misty a deal about 28 and december 24 deep to their hidden among people who will cross flawlessly after 9 $170.00 do this on the difficulty but if it wasn't then of course you are an illegal so this is what is just. now talks between the taliban and the u.s. have been put on hold again that's after an attack on a u.s. military base north of kabul on wednesday the man who's been leading the talks for the americans is here in qatar attending the forum he's been speaking about his discussions with the taliban and mohamed val has more on that from the summit mohammed. yes. the u.s. only to these talks spoken. today in this forum no cameras were allowed so that speech was not a record and was not transmitted life by the media but he said basically that he basically any today or issued a warni

nearly 2000000 people in assam are missing from a recently released list of indian citizens their fate will be decided by the tribunals judgements which are often criticised nearly everyone in these villages now has a well kept by all of documents to prove that they in fact are indian citizens but many here accuse the foreigners tribunals the 1st authority to determine their status of ordering wrongful detentions india's government is preparing to pass a citizenship amendment bill which would grant citizenship to hindu migrants but not muslims activists say the government intends to target the minority community they want to go toward india no man's land everywhere we go. we are innocent and we are trying to become. transformed from these folk or for this to be a hard lesson well they haven't yet. one of the advantage john and i are terrified as are many other muslims they think that by playing all these who are hindu they be saved by the hindu majority indian government muslims want to be systematically made to state less or harsh mander is the director for the center for equity studi

pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, assam.ecial envoy for north korea, stephen biegun, has held a news conference after meetings with south korean officials. he arrived in seouljust hours after north korea announced it had conducted another successful rocket engine test. mr biegun said he's hopeful it's still possible to negotiate an end to pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. i believe we can do this, but the united states cannot do it alone. therefore, here today, let me speak directly to our counterparts in north korea. it is time for us to do ourjobs. let's get this done. we are here, and you know how to reach us. our seoul correspondent, laura bicker has the latest. i think there was much hope here in seoul that certainly stephen biegun would be allowed to meet his north korean counterparts. there were even reports in the newspapers here. with that direct plea, it seems as if stephen biegun is having to talk to north korea through a television camera rather than face—to—face, and the clock is ticking. north korea has