Defiant indian Prime Minister defends his controversial citizenship the deaths of angry protesters sweeping the country the book id like modi change his mind how far is the undermine secularism in india this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im stan grant a secular state where all religions are welcome and equal before the law now that idea is at the core of indias constitution but many believe its under threat hindu nationalism has been emboldened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he was elected in 2014 his government has taken measures that have raised fears among muslims in particular a new citizenship law officers Illegal Migrants of religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries the right to become citizens of india but it excludes muslims and that sparked anger and protest nationwide laura burton managed reports. 7 its the greatest challenge indias Prime Minister. Has faced since he came to power 5 years ago. Dozens of people have been killed in violence fueled
It means i might be able to watch television. And with homelessness on the lifeline fornd, a christmas. We begin in syria where at least eight people including five children have been killed in targeting of a school. It happened in idlib province. Hundreds of display syrians have been sheltering in a school when it was hit. Syrian Government Forces backed by russian allies have made steady gains since launching a ground offensive to retake idlib last week. More than 40 villages are now under their control. With the sergeant fighting prompting a delegation to travel to scout to push for a ceasefire as a wave of Syrian Refugees are fleeing the fighting, moving toward the turkish border. The uns has 80,000 people have been displaced as events intensified earlier this month. A former advisor to the state Department Says without outside intervention, idlib will fall to Government Forces and civilians will pay the price. Reporter humanitarian crisis is huge and it keeps on going because more
Country is trying to move away from its hydrocarbon economy and finding investment in renewable sources. Indias cabinet has announced new guidelines and approved funding for an updated National Population register the critics fear it could be used to further discriminate against muslims the survey was introduced in 2010 but for the 1st time people will be asked to share information about the date and place of birth of their parents this will also theyll also be asked to give details of identity documents like voter cards driving licenses and passports the governments approved more than 500000000. 00 in funding for the exercise. Meanwhile protests continue across the country against the new citizenship legislation is widely seen as being anti muslim since it was passed 2 weeks ago at least 25 people have been killed in the violence elizabeth iran has more on the latest on rust. Marching to the beat of their own drum thousands of people that defied a bat on public gatherings in the india
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Quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using Excessive Force. Was what started as a student demonstration has grown into a Larger Movement to denounce what governments often and say is divisive and discriminatory legislation. The law excludes muslims from neighboring countries from receiving indian citizenship which goes against indias secular constitution the unrest in india has been discussed at a conference of Muslim Leaders in malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the indian law is unfair to exclude. From becoming citizens even by due process i think is unfair so every. Disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesnt impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian Prime Ministers remark is factually inaccurate we call upon malaysia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right understa