Welcome to news asia its good to have you with us the chorus of protests against a new citizenship law in india is growing stronger protesters have clashed with police in cities across the country despite authorities banning protests in many areas at least 3 people have been killed protesters say the law which grants of indian citizenship for religious minorities except muslims from neighboring countries is non secular and goes against the Indian Constitution there are also fears the law in combination with a possible nationwide citizenship produced will strip Indian Muslims of citizenship heres more on what people are saying. And the other museum will be able to get into the citizenship of india over duties nor the muslim word is this is there is this is something this is a discrimination over act on the basis of the leader of hamas or your demo the goals of our democracy is to include everyone in a democracy nobody is right should be harmed when our rights are threatened of course we will turn out onto the streets everyone who cares about their independence let that be our year at home you know if you are united we can bring change we have to look to the scotland we can make it food to the government is in power because of us we have given them their power without us theyre nothing they dont look at us one of the was a protest issues at dennys john mosque. Massive protests have broken out once again in the National Capital where i had the john mommas one of the biggest mosques in the country and protesters have turned out in force to speak out against the controversial citizenship Amendment Act but this is not the 1st time that a process happening in dandy the act was passed over a week ago in parliament and there have been 4 tests almost every day and theyre also not just shifted to new delhi yesterday a protest broke out across 10 states commissions were not granted for many of these straw tests but people have still turned out the missions were not granted for the spot test either which is why and theres also a heavy security deployment on the ground the police has been criticized over the last week for using Excessive Force the example of the john ham radio Astronomy University in new delhi stands out when last weekend students a lash of the Police DeployedExcessive Force beat up students and also used tear gas against students who were protesting peacefully the police have the night these allegations and they say that only the. Minimal amount of force was used theres also been widespread criticism of the fact that internet shutdowns have been carried out across the country in different parts of the country where protests have broken out there have also been t. V. Deaths reported yesterday jordan in the process in 2 different parts of the country that questions being raised if this government is using undemocratic means to clamp down on dissent these top test just civil protests have largely been peaceful there have been some reports so while but most of these protesters turning out only coming out with both does and slogans the critics of this act and the protestors are saying that this act is unconstitutional because it violates the secular fabric of this countrys constitution theyre saying that granting citizenship on the basis of religion is not something that india should be doing as a secular country this act basically makes it easy for non muslims from afghanistan mung edition pakistan to gain indian citizenship and protesters and critics are concerned that this combined with other policies of the Indian Government could home Indian Muslims the government has denied that this act will impact Indian Muslims in any way but protests to us here are telling us that they will continue with this civil unrest until the government does something that is also high hopes being staked in the Indian Supreme Court the hope is that the Indian Supreme Court will strike down this act as unconstitutional and you can go across to you tube website for more videos of these protests in india. Chinese president xi jinping has praised mco as a shining chapter of the one country 2 systems model of governance. As it celebrates 20 years since the former colony return to chinese. Commons. Being viewed as a rebuke to prodemocracy activists in hong kong who have been staging protests in the city for more than 6 months now on kong like marco also comes another one country 2 systems form of government but thats where the similarities end with just one hour ferry ride separating aboard these places marco has proved to be more receptive to chinese than hong kong. For china its time to embrace macau more than ever and like its rebellious brother hong kong the city has displayed much more obedience to beijing 20 years after being handed over from particle for the anniversary is more than just a celebration its also a chance for beijing to emphasize sovereignty over both former colonies or. Sense hong kong and macau retired to the motherland dealing with these 2 special Administrative Region is entirely chinas enteral affairs are none of the business of foreign forces. But she has little to worry about in macau beijing has already firmly established as power there while protests continue in hong kong just across the bay in macau piece compared to a sibling macau as much smaller and much more dependent on beijing and theres an historical aspect to it after leftist riots inspired by the cultural revolution in 1966 probating forces successfully penetrated all walks of life in macau the administration the to the pressure of probating activists and struggles to keep control of its Government Social disorder and financial instability joined colonial rule also to residents to be more proof. Is to try to years you have a. Big change. Because it is more this. More and more although when i play in macau dont say anything were ok with an ordinary life but when kong people want to fight for a lot of things. Macau has prices from president xi for its political calm but to make sure that stays education from early on its needed. Its commas beijing beliefs patriotism is even. Correspondent phebe kong joins us from across the bay in the hong kong good to see you how are president xi jinping. Go viewed in hong kong. While from hong kong perspective the people in macau are always perceived as more obedience to beijing partly because half of his population migrated from china and it has a we can. T. End choosing penis remarks is widely seen as a rebuke and are even a lecture to hong kong current political turmoil that he mentioned are praise the hong kong people over there a strong sense of National Identity specially these so called Patriotic Education that they have implemented over the last 2 decades and on the same day right after she remarks the Hong Kong Government has announced some kind of a new measures that theyre going to suspend the duties of the t. Shirt if they got arrested or are they called off file complaints so this is perceived as something that the Education Bureau is going to tighten measures to be the Education Sector and this is exactly what beijing things hong kong and tribute to the current political crisis so called peephole they think in maybe a handful of beijing the way they are so complex hong kong in a way they want in the future. Bride phoebe kong speaking to us from hong kong thank you very much for that. For south koreas conservatives the countrys politics is the 2 president s those behind me former president. And incumbent. For the thought of they want who was in prison for abuse of power back in office and moon j in out and theyre using the fallout of you tube to galvanize their movement. So the cream conservatives and their army of you tubers have been hitting the streets in force to reverse the impeachment of former president bachmann heading into current progressive president mungy in from office many opposition politicians blame what they see as a critical and corrupted media environment for pox downfall and see youtube as the key to correcting that injustice monday was to undermine building a liberal democracy means believing that media egypt has the potential to break a monopoly on truth by the mass Media Outlets is the Major Broadcasting Network send me your dailies in 2016 massive demonstrations driven by Progressive Social media forced pock from power conservatives have since reacted founding an estimated 223000 right wing you tube channels to present their point of view these demonstrations together with their intense Media Coverage from independent journalists or users from kind of the feedback loop generated to support for their conservative because these saturday rallies have taken place for 150 weeks since the Corruption Scandal in the gulf the former president. Actively participates in the rallies he founded his channel more than a year ago Live Streaming from atop his perch in through 8 hour rallies to look at the last fall see them in the moon jay in government is not a legal regime and president cant goodhead a was impeached because of political retaliation as moon came to power south korea became a communist dictatorship so i made a you tube channel to prove constant facts. In facts are precisely what are at stake. Critics allege that conservatives are using the platform to peddle their own versions of the truth emotions are running high on both sides of the countrys political spectrum the youtube phenomenon together with a distrust of Mainstream Media are contributing to a growing gave being political divide president moves approval and disapproval ratings each now however near 50 percent. The facts of the day you can always catch our show online on our web site www dot com forward slash. 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