Assam NRC: What next for 1.9 million ‘stateless’ Indians?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Four million people were stripped of their citizenship in the draft list last July India has published the final version of a list which effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of […]

Assam NRC: What next for 1.9 million ‘stateless’ Indians?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Four million people were stripped of their citizenship in the draft list last July India has published the final version of a list which effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of […]

Assam NRC: What next for 1.9 million ‘stateless’ Indians?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Four million people were stripped of their citizenship in the draft list last July India has published the final version of a list which effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of […]

Assam NRC: What next for 1.9 million ‘stateless’ Indians?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Four million people were stripped of their citizenship in the draft list last July India has published the final version of a list which effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of […]

‘Don’t beat us, just shoot us’: Kashmiris allege violent army crackdown

Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]

‘Don’t beat us, just shoot us’: Kashmiris allege violent army crackdown

Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]

‘Don’t beat us, just shoot us’: Kashmiris allege violent army crackdown

Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]

‘Don’t beat us, just shoot us’: Kashmiris allege violent army crackdown

Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]

Assam NRC: What next for 1.9 million ‘stateless’ Indians?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Four million people were stripped off their citizenship in the draft list last July India has published the final version of a list which effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of […]

Hong Kong activists arrested: Joshua Wong and others charged

Image copyright EPA Image caption Agnes Chow (L) and Joshua Wong (R) were arrested and then released on bail Three prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have been charged over a protest at police headquarters. Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, from the Demosisto party, were arrested and charged on Friday, while party chairman Ivan Lam, who […]

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