http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Statelessness) en-us Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:42:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/bloody-ethnic-violence-erupts-in-myanmar?start=0 Myanmar's government has imposed a state of emergency in the western state of Rakhine after three days of riots left seven dead. Troops have been deployed to quell violence between majority Buddhists and Muslims, including Rohingya migrants. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:42:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/bloody-ethnic-violence-erupts-in-myanmar Rohingya, Rakhine State, Myanmar, State of emergency, Thein Sein, Arson, Ethnic violence, Statelessness, Rape, Politics of Myanmar Myanmar government has imposed a state of emergency in the western state of Rakhine after three days of riots left seven people dead. Army troops have been deployed to quell violence between majority Buddhists and Muslims, including Rohingya migrants. As the situation flared up, the UN said it was relocating its staff from the region. Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Bangkok in neighboring Thailand. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-011712?start=34 In Kuwait, the agency in charge of illegal residents, who are locally known as bidoons or stateless, issued a decision to take "deterrent measures" against stateless protestors who participated in demonstrations in the past several weeks, Al Jazeera reports. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-011712 Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, 2011 Kuwait protests, Yemen Uprising, Syrian Civil War, Middle East Peace Process, Hosni Mubarak, Cyber warfare, 2011-2012 Saudi Arabia protests, House of Saud Presenter, Male #1 In Kuwait, the agency in charge of illegal residents, who are locally known as bidoons or stateless, issued a decision to take "deterrent measures" against those it described as law-violators, in reference to stateless protestors who participated in demonstrations in the past several weeks. The number of the so-called bidoons in Kuwait is estimated at 100,000. Reporter, Male #2 "The deportation of stateless protestors" is one of the headlines in Kuwaiti newspapers today: the outcome of a meeting convened by the Central Agency for Illegal Residents in Kuwait. Illegal residents in Kuwait are known as bidoons, and their number is estimated at over 100,000. The meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Sheikh Ahmad al-Humud al-Sabah, concluded with a decision to take "deterrent" measures. These measures will be enforced against stateless law-violators who took part in protests in the past several weeks, and against those who plan on participating in future protests. These measures include: first, laying off military members of the defense and interior ministries if they were involved in the protests; second, evicting them from government housing; third, canceling their security IDs; fourth, canceling their naturalization cases; fifth, deporting all those involved in the protests, who are known to hold citizenship, back to their own countries; sixth, deporting those unregistered at the Central Agency who previously signed their notifications to leave the country but did not do so. This decision comes after days of protests by the bidoons, the latest of which were held on Friday and Saturday. Security forces detained dozens of protestors on charges of taking part in an unlawful assembly, assaulting security forces, wounding military members, damaging vehicles, and violating the Interior Ministry's orders that banned organizing protests. In light of this decision, many questions have been raised about the future of this thorny issue in Kuwait, which the bidoons say has been unresolved for nearly four decades. Perhaps the answer to this question can be answered by the authorities' statements. The most recent was issued by Prime Minister Jaber al-Mubarak during his meeting with Yemeni Nobel Peace Price laureate Tawakkul Karman, indicating that a roadmap was drawn to solve the issue of the bidoons and that eligible applicants who were included in the 1965 government census will be naturalized. Or, perhaps the answer will come on Friday, as the secretary-general of the Kuwaiti Bidoons Congregation, Musaed al-Shammari, announced that the bidoons will take to the streets every Friday until their demands are met. Presenter, Male #1 The European Court for Human Rights said extraditing Jordanian Omar Othman, also known as Abu Qatada, from Britain to Jordan would violate his rights to receive a fair trial. According to the court's ruling, there is real danger that evidence extracted from him under torture could be used against him. Abu Qatada is accused of being the right-hand man of al-Qaeda's late leader Osama bin Laden in Europe. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-011312?start=859 <p>Yemen's military committee sets demilitarization deadline, Tunisia marks first revolt anniversary, Saudi security forces kill one protestor in Qatif province, and more.</p> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-011312 Protest, Iran, Israel, Citizenship, Nuclear program of Iran, Civilian casualties, Amman, Political reform, Jordan, Tunisia In Kuwait, government forces have attacked stateless protesters demanding citizenship in the city of Jahra, northwest of the capital. Several people were injured after hundreds of riot police attacked demonstrators. Many others, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested. Rights groups have slammed the government for clamping down on demonstrators since they began taking to the streets early last year. More than 105,000 stateless people in Kuwait known as bidoon have been denied citizenship for decades. The central government has refused to give them essential documents such as birth, marriage, and death certificates. It says that only 34,000 of them qualify for citizenship. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-121911?start=854 <p>Egypt's military continues crackdown on protesters, blames them for violence, Syria signs Arab League protocol allowing observers into the country, a look at the ongoing peaceful Yemeni revolution, and more.</p> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-121911 Protest, Israel, West Bank, Israeli settlement, Cairo, Palestinians, Police, Tear gas, Yemen Uprising, Ali Abdullah Saleh In Kuwait, police have attacked stateless protestors in the city of Jahara, northwest of the capital Kuwait City. Several were arrested in the protest. That is the second in just four days. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protestors demanding citizenship and other basic rights. Some reports say police have also used rubber bullets to break up the protests. A number of activists have now joined the protests who joined the protests back in February. The fresh demonstrations come after Kuwaiti courts began the trial of around 50 stateless people known as Bedouins on charges or attending the rallies.