down people in jammu and kashmir are free to move around they visit other parts of india people from other parts are not your thousands of arrested so let me tell you a country to do anything let me come to the detention part 99 percent of the area of jammu and kashmir does not have any restraints now regarding the human rights issues there are 42000 people that have been killed in jammu and kashmir because of terrorists operating with the support of a country to our west and this doesn't get adequate attention and the people who are shot by indian forces by the way indian forces have not killed any civilians in the recent past the people who are carrying a k 47 it's the people who are carrying grenades are terrorists mr pounder 3 years ago and 20165 investigations were launched by your government to exchange judicial executions but to this day no information has been received why would that be the indian government takes very seriously any such allegations and while there may have been mistakes decades ago about 2016 yes but i'm talking about not just 2016 but if you just deal with

has been divided to border under federal control the government says the new union territories of jammu and kashmir have a bright future but many civilians in the muslim majority region are still living under lockdown with their movements tightly policed and the internet and some cell phone service is cut off hundreds of kashmiri politicians and activists have been arrested with many still in detention over the last few weeks there's also been sporadic violence on tuesday one person was killed and dozens hurt in a grenade attack in the regional center of srinagar for more on this we're joined from london by natasha cole she is associate professor of politics and international relations at the university of westminster shazia ilmi is a spokesperson for india's ruling but are not a party b j p she is in new delhi. and i josh is a writer at business standards and indian english language daily 'd he joins us from can or in the southern indian state a town on hello everybody 'd good to have you here i want to start hello i want to start where prime minister narendra modi on the very day that

within the year of a kashmir and after this week's delhi decision to seize control of the disputed jammu and kashmir region i'm joined now from delhi by water pradesh m.p. from india's ruling b j p party dr subramanian swamy for money thanks for coming back on now some 40 up 240000 people died since 987 in conflict there india now as total control what exactly is going on there because landlines have been kind of mobile phones everything has been cut off journalists can't get there it's all over the border heard this from my party associates on the ground which includes muslims also and i think it's funny. this all quiet nothing happened. in this war the expectation was well of course on this that until the collapse of all this tuesday we will know for sure but i. guess that nothing. else because you probably know that pakistan's prime minister imran khan has compared your party to the not the party under hitler. it's sure it must have been told not to speak by the military that dummy i don't take anything so serious well will be speaking to the pakistani i commissioner did delhi consult

you could argue the rights and wrongs of article $370.00 which gave jammu and kashmir the special status under the indian constitution but what we're talking about is what the united nations own human rights experts have called collective punishment un human rights experts from the us from front from canada from togo they said in august and i quote the blackout is a form of collective punishment of the people of jammu and kashmir without even a pretext of a precipitating offense and multiple human rights groups agree with them i was there under the supreme. just a minute i think they're worse than anybody even i better understand why wouldn't. i be if you're not there and i let you know it this season but not that well at the on going supreme court i just wish that well is that you know getting. back to st remove the cast about being. human life is lost i've just a sponsor that no on that i can do you know that you said one thing on your program but not a single midi i just lost his life don't go to. the i mean i will release and get went because i'm such a beast that some of the mediums

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weapons too what exactly has india achieved so far by this unified actual decision for direct rule of jammu and kashmir and that region of we have to comply with the promise we've made to the public of india that really more this nonsensical. put on the cost of tuition of india oh yes. i'm going to turn up to get our situations and we conned out student for laws on the whole concept of the way and i don't want to lose. the quality of gender that is men and women that's also a fundamental right not to 14 with prostitution so we have just gone plied with the promises the made to the election yeah but it's been in the manifesto before in the media be never did it do you think i mean you you're old enough talk really to remember the war with china in 162 i don't know do you think you'll be j b colleagues remember that the oxygen is part of gin genco turn province according to beijing but that's what this is. we are always hopeful that the negotiations. their mind and the ad are some things which they're not able to explain in the eastern side with much of the battle took place in 62. they say t

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what's unfolding today on both sides of the border of the erstwhile state of jammu and kashmir is the unfinished business of assimilation." you wrote that in "the new york times" in august. can you talk about what you meant by that? >> well, what i meant was that, you know, we tend to forget that at the time of partition there were more than 500 independent sovereign territories, kingdoms, princely states, regions. and when the british left, sisince then, in fact, since 19, there hahas been a continuous process, a military process, to assimilate these areas. i mean, jammu and kashmir was one of them, but across the northeast -- you know, nagaland, mizoram, manipur, all these places. and all of them m have very specific and unique terms and conditions on which they acceded to the union. so that's what i meant, you know, by the violence of assimilation, in that, i mean, whether it was the princely state of junagadh or hyderabad or what happened in nagaland, hundreds, maybe tens of thousands -- they don't do body counts, but thousands of people have been n killed. mean, justst in hyderab

india's new map take a look shows the whole area as part of 2 new centrally administered territories jammu and kashmir and la duc of pakistan has condemned the move calling it legally untenable and chavo has more from indian administered kashmir. a few days after the indian government officially split indian administered kashmir into 2 union territories small of political units directly under new delhi's control the indian government has released a new map of india in this map these union territories of jammu and kashmir and respectively also include areas which are currently under the administration of pakistan like me and now some analysts say that not be made aware this because india's stated position has always been that the region is an integral part of india however others say that india is being assertive now a few days after indian government. special status and stripped off. on all this 5 they did defense minister i was the 1st person to say that the next conversation india will haue will be on pakistan as he put it occupied me and nothing else shortly after the indian foreign min

plastic as far as the eye can see the banks of the jammu no river in delhi look like a gigantic rubbish dump. almost all of the plastic waste that ends up in the world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers 3 of those flows through india the government has decided that things need to improve but they shelved the ban on certain single use plastics. volunteers of the environmental organization parvati meaning the cameras march through town and invite people to pledge to give up plastic everyone gets a photo of the event as a reminder. 17 year old rag vendor along hootie has been a sworn anti plastic campaigner for 4 years. when i was in my peers in the parson oil. so they basically words of. the back of the garden. it was. from then on the question do not use the do not use do not through the god was on the streets and. the power activist say environmental education in india can feel like a losing battle they try to teach this coconut vend about plastic waste several times they even sent him a t. shirt but he keeps using plastic straws even though he's promised to stop. they have had success

it is now 3 miles governments and thousands of extra troops to jammu and kashmir and its 7 decades a special status now the region has been divided under federal control the government says the new union territories are generally.

cold and i do mean cold compare with the average over places the north of new delhi up in srinagar jammu kashmir is more rain and snow showers are even possible down the middle of pakistan which is an unusual sight for this time of the year. there was rain on sunday in qatar significant rain and in the u.a.e. it's gone now so to signify as to change our season skies are clear now the breeze isn't particularly strong anywhere but by day the highest temperature doe has an example is 28 it's still about 30 in the western side he was 34 in mecca. dreams johnson and entertainments await the people to rise above the violence around them so it's my role to give these girls a different idea that they can leave the wards of this community 3 short films show how performance creates a home and family and gives hope and opportunity i agee selects on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching i j a reminder of our top stories this hour 5 people including a palestinian islamic jihad commander have been killed and at least 20 injured in israeli airstrikes on gaza the targeted killing about high in gaza tr

over its political affairs india also plans to split the area into 2 the new indian proclaim state of jammu and kashmir which will gain as a legislator and the remote region of le duc which will not. well india's action is angry many of the kashmir valley who have been living in a communication blockade since august reports from. under tight security indian administers 1st left and gov. was sworn in. as prime minister narendra modi delivered a speech about india's unity riaz as a sportsman and swimming coach felt disenfranchised he says a bound to be the losers in the new system. and we've got all the stupid jobs but now about 50 percent of those would be minorities like delegates tribals and the disabled and on top of that our land was ours but now anyone can buy it. this all began in august with new delhi's decision to revoke the autonomy of indian administered kashmir and split the region into 2 union territories now law enforcement will come directly under new delhi but it is the possibility of sharing land with. that has most people worried here many kashmiris also fear that by putting

control the indian government has released a new map of india in this map these union territories of jammu and kashmir and respectively also include areas which are currently under the administration of pakistan like me and now some analysts say that not a fostered be made aware this because india's stated position has always been that the dire region is an integral part of india however others see that india is being assertive now few days after indian government the region special status and stripped it. on all this 5 the indian defense minister was the 1st person to say that the next conversation india will howl will be on pakistan as he put it occupied kashmir and nothing else shortly after the indian foreign ministers are pretty much the same this gives some sort of credence to the fear of. wrong. that india seems to have or part of. the pakistan's administration or control now china of course has backed its ally pakistan but earlier when indian prime minister. met she being then he didn't even raise with the chinese president that when china also is administering a part of kashmir th

it is now 3 months since india's government sent thousands of extra troops to jammu and kashmir and ended 7 decades a special status now the region has been divided board under federal control the government says the new union.

control the indian government has released a new map of india in this map these union territories of jammuand kashmir and respectively also include areas which are currently under the administration of pakistan like me and was now some analysts say that fostered be made aware this because india stated position has always been that the region is an integral part of india however others say that india is being assertive now a few days after indian government. special status and strip did officer told me on all this 5 they didn't defense minister was the 1st person to say that the next conversation india will have will be on pakistan as he put it occupied kashmir and nothing else shortly after the indian foreign minister said pretty much the same this gives some sort of credence to the fear of the same wrong said that india seems to have. the part of. the pakistan's administration or control now china of course has backed its ally pakistan but earlier in october when indian prime minister narendra modi met she's being then he didn't even raise with the chinese president that when china also i