because these are islamic states , and their constitutions and laws do not allow hindus to be citizens the way that secular indiaqual rights to all people, regardless of religion. a lot of hindus are being targeted particularly in pakistan, which is the main center of worry. if there are hindu migrants from pakistan who wish to return to india, which they consider their motherland, they should be given citizenship. why restricted to just these three countries and why identify religion as the basis. many people in india, particularly, the liberals, say if you are concerned about hindus, what about hindus from sri lanka? why don't you offer them a path to citizenship? two, this has been done through executive action, through administrative things. in passing a law through parliament really raises the temperature. there was a sense that it went against india's secular credo. no religionnt says is being denied citizenship, that it only applies to people outside india, but somehow that really doesn't wash. a lot of people are seeing this as an overall move to hindu-ize india, which has always been a secular republic.

in june 1907 the british had agreed to separate muslim pakistan from the predominantly hindu india and grant the 2 nations independence barely 3 months later. british wanted to rule here so it was their policy to do why do why does it have one of the you know blackest step in the colonial rule. you know you know we meet people with the white dead and you know. even expecting the apology from british parliament up until the very last minute the british left open exactly where the border with you. the radcliffe line named after the british chairman of the boundary committee was drawn in an arbitrary manner with dramatic consequences to be independent of death are involved like a disease in punjab it was like a like a plague immediately we started losing people. that the said government whenever independence day i pleased to being up and. you know i cannot relate myself to the fairly brief and because i cannot ignore this i can not ignore the suffering. the enforced population transfers in the provinces of punjab and then god's word unprecedented with up to 20000000 displaced persons and

what we have in india has been quite widely reported, the hindu nationalist government. remacy in india and marginalised the muslims. —— hindu supremacy. in india and marginalised the muslims. -- hindu supremacy. but they insist that is not true. they say any citizen who is not a muslim has full protection under the law. it's has full protection under the law. it‘s not what the legislation suggest, the legislation says persecuted people from neighbouring countries can come into india, but not muslims. so this, according to people i have spoken to, is a clear violation of the indian constitution. of course a judgement will take place from the supreme court ina will take place from the supreme court in a couple of months, and as to whether the thing whether the legislation is valid or not is something that we will come to know about. but at the moment, the matter is really the court of the people. and we‘ve seen massive, unprecedented demonstrations all over the country. not just unprecedented demonstrations all over the country. notjust street ministrations running into th

country on the basis of religion the tradition of our country has been unity in diversity india is not just a hindu nation india is made up of different communities. over the weekend hundreds of thousands marched in hyderabad and in other cities across india one protest was met with clashes that injured up to 30 students at a prominent university in new delhi so what kind of impact will massive public outcry have if any with us to talk about this in new delhi i should read out a protester a student at india's national islamic university in hyderabad a sad day in a way see a member of india's parliament and in miami florida kartikeya tanner a lawyer after it all commentators good to see you everybody i want to start with a little flavor of what it's like to be online there's so much support in terms of social media going against various different perspectives on the citizen amendment act and give you a little flavor here grandma protesting the hash tag c a a underscore n r c protests let me just give you a little bit of grandma in the streets here. just to be clear this protest is against this is an

is the hindu or hindu nationalist ideology of the r.s.s. effectively dictating india's relations with pakistan. no i i think there may be a small aspect of it but the primary. disagreement in india and by a. lot of longer standing obviously than the b.g.p. india and bugs i have had the insulation shipped for the last year was in the beginning dependent because within months of becoming independent and therefore 'd or kashmir and so that is that this is a longstanding dispute and a longstanding disagreements between the 2 countries this is not specifically about be your daughters as even though there are it illumines of elements within the bee debian audiences that have a harsh view of what a stand but this is not the order of leadership is not being determined but. what prime minister mark carney saying is some of the fear of hard from a number of politicians in pakistan of all of last year in which the art of science is always brought up and it's always mentioned why do you think that keeps happening. because i think it's not where it's a good excuse for august and to

why should the security not be able to visit it from india or anywhere else in the world and that would mean that the hindu community also would be easier for them to go to india as well and along you know in the bigger thinking in the bigger picture you're working on that. yes we would like that but at the moment we have the stench in going on you know there's a bombing on the line of control right now between kashmir so that we have this tense and as i said the indian army chief just gave a threatened by just on that they were next pakistan side of course we do so we have a temporary problem but in the long run and i hope the same government comes to india which is not driven by the racist ideology what would be the best for the subcontinent as we can live in harmony with each other and trade with each other and of course there's only one difference and that is kashmir and if that could be resolved according to what the united nations security resolution was 70 years ago talking about the subcontinent it's such a beautiful part of the world i mean especially pakistan as well wouldn't it be great if you c

and there are gender from the very beginning has been to impose hindu supremacy in india and marginaliseuslims. this is what the protests are all about. but they insist that any citizen who is a muslim has got full protection under the law. but that is not what the legislation suggests because the legislation suggests because the legislation says that persecuted people from neighbouring countries can come into india, but not muslims. so this, according to lawyers that i have spoken to, is a clear violation of the indian constitution. of course, a judgment will take place from the supreme court of india in a couple of months, and as to whether they think the legislation is valid or not, is something we will come to know about. about it at the moment, the matter is really in the corner of the people, and we have seen massive, unprecedented demonstrations all over the country. notjust a street demonstrations all over the country. not just a street demonstrations, running to hundreds of thousands, maybe half a million on a couple of locations. but also in university after university, student

in the news ahead india's new citizenship law it's creating panic among hindu isms lowest social group. and were in guatemala with families who say they have nothing left to lose on their journey to what they hope is a better future. but . you still got plenty of showers across southeast asia some lively ones there just around borneo as a bunch of malaysia pushing down into indonesia say some heavy showers in the heat of the day a little bit of wet weather too just pushing into central areas of the philippines for sunday push on into monday that will sink a little further south was scattering of showers there through malaysia some showers that just affecting a good part of indonesia want to see showers a possibility into the far northwest of australia over the next couple of days but over towards the east that's where the main focus has been for some really heavy rainfall you can still see this large area of cloud and rain which brought some flooding into parts of southeastern queensland this is around the gold coast school saying $214.00 millimeters of rain and flooding remains an iss

millions of hindus have gathered in northern india for a cleansing ritual in the ganges river as part of the mag mailer celebration the monthlong festival attracts millions of hindu believers and tourists each year. in chile protesters took to the streets to mark the 100th day of social unrest in the capital santiago police used water cannon to clear the demonstrators at least 27 people have died in protest driven by anger over inequality and high living costs. in turkey at least 22 people were killed and more than a 1000 injured by an earthquake in the east of the country the quake struck near the town of a sieve ridges about 550 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed by dozens of aftershocks some of them as strong as the initial quake rescue teams are now searching for survivors trapped inside collapsed buildings. the sun rose to reveal a picture of devastation exhausted rescue crews are still working their way through the rubble searching for survivors rescuers have been battling the unfolding disaster all night pulling people from collapsed buildings. this man was t

millions of hindus have gathered in northern india for a cleansing ritual in the ganges river as part of the mock male celebration of the month long festival of trucks millions of hindu believers and tourists each year. in turkey at least 22 people were killed and more than 1000 injured by an earthquake in the east of the country the quake struck near the town of separate about 550 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed. the sun rose to reveal a picture of devastation exhausted rescue crews are still working their way through the rubble searching for survivors. rescuers have been battling the unfolding disaster all night pulling people from collapsed buildings this man was trapped when the walls of his home caved in on him he was found among the debris and dug out. the tremors began at 9 in the evening terrified residents recorded the impact as the ground shook beneath their feet relief efforts have been hampered by aftershocks almost as powerful as the initial quake. in freezing temperatures families became homeless overnight show on download images our houses are eith

millions of hindus have gathered in northern india for the cleansing ritual in the ganges river as part of the monk mail a celebration a month long festival of trucks millions of believers and tourists each year. german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president russia time fair to one have agreed to work to uphold the 2016 refugee deal between turkey and the european union under the deal and for a pledge to stop refugees traveling to europe in return for about 6000000000 euros president erda one has accused the e.u. of not honoring his commitments. staying in turkey at least 22 people were killed and more than a 1000 injured by an earthquake in the east of the country the quake struck near the town of about 550 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed by dozens of aftershocks some of them almost as strong as the initial quake rescue teams are now searching for survivors trapped in the collapsed buildings. the sun rooms to reveal a picture of devastation. exhausted rescue crews are still working their way through the rubble searching for survivors. rescuers have been ba

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a warning from these protest is mostly students to india's hindu nationalists that violence will not keep them from the streets. but will only strengthen their resolve. on sunday masked men armed with roots and sticks stormed the jawaharlal nehru university campus in new delhi attacking students and staff. rival leftist and quite weak student groups have been sparring over a hike ill of us the accommodation fees for weeks but too many sundays brazen attack in one of india's leading universities is unprecedented when i read that i was huge. area or in a university. and there's a group of about $5060.00 young men aung. their faces covered and their economy getting her ready for and. i spent my entire life on the gamble i've never seen and so. the protesters are accusing a student union linked to prime minister during their more these ruling party a party it has denied the accusations police blamed for not doing enough to stop the assault say they are investigating what happened. back. then to vacation of people who were participating in the clashes all possible methods of identificatio

and bangladesh they warn muslims of pakistan afghanistan and bangladesh to come to india all the don't warn the hindu storm these countries to come to india because that's what the lawsuits. they were but critics in how the founding editor of all news a fact checking website says many news networks are shielding their pro-government bias. accuses the government of controlling the narrative whether it is controlling what i would eyes means to get by controlling that the diocese or there's also a pro government can in in the journalism. in terms of media organizations and that is also how they control the narrative as far as you know what information goes on . news laundry of website that publishes news and media critique says coverage of the protests has by far been in favor of the government there are several who are muted and will not hit the government like one expects news to and those who would really go at the government i would say they are from. none would have gone for them straight along even one during the protests journalists have been physically hit heckled and trolled but as the split in

india's new citizenship procreates panic among hindu isms the lowest social group. and in sport miami turn up the heat in the n.b.a. andy will be here with that story. now 3 u.s. airports have begun to screen passengers arriving from china for a new virus that is already so far killed 2 people new york's j.f.k. airport along with their is in los angeles and san francisco are now taking passengers temperatures and asking them about symptoms china says almost 50 people have been infected but research by london's imperial college suggests they could actually be more than 1700 cases while the u.s. based centers for disease control says it hasn't seen this kind of disease before. chinese officials have identified this al break as being caused by a novel coronavirus a corona virus is a class of viruses that can cause the common cold but it actually can also cause more serious diseases like mers and sars when our correspondent katrina you're in beijing explains how the government's responded to this outbreak. the chinese government very much trying to keep a lid on any sor

instead, the government has embarked upon the project of turning india into a hindu the adherence have established this with disastrous consequences for all in india and the world to see. on august 5, india tried to change the disputed status of kashmir and order its demographic structure. breaking all relevant international laws and violating civil u.n. security council resolutions in the process. india has been seeking to break the will of the kashmiri people by imprisoning them in their homes and imposing a communications blockade that continues to this day. thousands of kashmiris, particularly young boys, have been imprisoned, ing tortured, even children as young as 9 have not been spared. the indian narrative that kashmir's internal part is firmly refuted by being on the security council agenda. if this were not the case, why would the french president raise it with the indian prime minister? equally insulting, the intelligence of the world community is bizarre in the argument that it is for economic development of the kashmiris. yes, economic development being delivered at gunpoi

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