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World Service,20 Dec 2019,53 mins

Three dead as thousands defy India protest ban

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Three people die amid protests against a new law which offers Indian citizenship to non-Muslims. We hear historian Ramchandra Guha's account of being arrested by police whilst protesting, and Anbarasan Ethirajan reports live from the capital New Delhi. Also on the programme, Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from Taiwan where the people are preparing to elect a new President and Shaimaa Khalil is in Macau where President Xi Jinping is visiting to mark 20 years since the former colony was returned to China. For comment throughout the programme, Business Matters is joined for comment by Mike Bird from the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong and head of TechGirls Canada, Saadia Muzafar

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