china, australia, saudi arabia, russia, india, and the united states. cnn s arwa damon spoke with young activists from some of the world s less powerful countries which are bearing the brunt of climate change because the local and national economies simply cannot cope. you ve been negotiating for the last 25 years, even before i was born. reporter: hilda s generation does not deserve a crisis they did not create. i am the voice of the deng children, displaced women and people suffering at the hands of climate crisis created by rich countries. reporter: she s at the forefront of the climate protests in her native uganda. cleaning plastic filth out of lake victoria. when hilda was just 10 years old, the changing climate dried her family s crops. there was no water for the livestock. we didn t have enough food, and then we started to sell off
reporter: a garland of marigolds drape the body of one of the latest victims of rape in india. the 23-year-old was set on fire by a gang of men, including two of her alleged rapists, on her way to court to testify against them. suffering burns to 90% of her body, she pleaded with doctors to save her so her attackers would face justice. she died a day later. sexual violence against women and girls is so prevalent in india, it s been described as a disease. a disease many thought the government and judicial system would have eradicated following the horrific case in 2012 involving a woman who had become known as that shocked and outraged the world. i cannot express how painful it is these seven years, how much we have struggled on a mental level, the amount of torture i have dealt with.
batons to disperse demonstrators at a major university. the protesters are rallying against a new indian citizenship law as fears grow among india s 200 million muslims that they soon could be classified as illegal immigrants. let s talk about it with a journalist who janes me with the latest from new delhi. first up, what is behind this bill? why was it enacted? well, according to the government, it s pretty clear what they wanted was that those communities, the non-muslim minorities who have been persecuted in afghanistan, pakistan and bangladesh, be brought to india and the ones that have been residing in india between 2015 get fast track citizenship in the country. now, this in itself is where the controversy lies, natalie, because you have the muslims of the country and they constitute
taking up as a cause on the streets of india, especially in the northeast as well as in delhi. they claim there s discrimination against the muslims as far as the citizenship amendment act is concerned. you ve had the prime minister speak out. he s attempted to allay the fears of the northeast. he s attempted to allay the fears of the muslims. about three years ago he did speak in a rally where he said, whoever is a citizen of india remains a citizen of india. you don t have to worry about your citizenship. but there are muslims who have come from across these three countries and resided here before 2015. so the question as far as they re concerned to the government is where do we go? we ll continue to follow it of course. thanks so much for your reporting. the climate crisis sparks a battle of wits as the u.s. president, donald trump, takes aim at a teenage activist who has been emboldening the world. who s winning in this? we ll have a report next. prepare for the unexpectedy, wu
14% of india s population, protesting against this act, way was given the nod by the president last week and it became an act from a bill. what they claim is why would we not get citizenship? the government claims that only attempt is to help those people who have been trying to get citizenship in india. of course non-muslims here because they gather from what they ve been claiming and here s what we also gather from what they ve been saying is that as far as the muslims are concerned, they have these three islamic nations to go back to and they can be safe and sound there. as far as the non-muslim communities are concerned who have been persecuted over the years, they need refuge in a stable india, and that s why they ve been fast tracking the citizenship of these people. this of course has not only led to protests in northeast india, it s coming down to north india as well, as well as other parts of the country. i ve just heard from the police as well bang lewdle where they claim the