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From Our Own Correspondent

Exodus From Nagorno-Karabakh

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie presents stories from Nagorno-Karabakh, Canada, South Africa, Peru and Germany. Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians have fled the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the last week. Rayhan Demytrie spoke to some on the Armenian border about the devastating impact of the recent Azeri blockade. And now they face the loss of their homeland, with distrust between both communities running deep. Canada's assertion that India appears to have been involved in the murder of a Canadian Sikh has sparked outrage in New Delhi and beyond. The Indian government has strongly denied the allegation. In Vancouver, Neal Razzell visits the Sikh temple where the dead man, Hardeep Singh Nijjar was leader, and found out more about what happened on the fateful day. A fire in Johannesburg at the end of August threw into sharp relief the terrible conditions in some affordable housing, which is often taken over by gangs who illegally rent out the buildings. Samantha Granville spoke to residents of the site that burned down, along with others in similarly precarious accommodation. In Peru's capital Lima, around 2 million residents living in the poorer suburbs have no access to running water and have to pay high prices for it to be delivered to them. Peter Yeung met someone who has come up with an innovative solution: an improvised canal system which collects water from the clouds - known as 'fog-catchers'. And finally, in Germany, a campaign is being launched to change a law that sees thousands of people sent to prison every year for travelling on public transport without a ticket. Tim Mansel meets one man helping to get people released because they haven't paid their fine.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts

0:06.0

Today we're off to British Columbia after Canada sensationally linked the murder of a

0:11.6

local Sikh leader to the Government of India.

0:15.3

What did eyewitnesses see?

0:17.9

In South Africa we'll hear why some people live crammed into buildings that are so unsafe

0:23.8

that dozens lost their lives in a fire.

0:27.3

Meanwhile in Peru's capital Lima, residents without running water in the poorest suburbs

0:33.1

now have a new solution, fog catching.

0:36.5

How does it work?

0:38.6

And going to prison for fair dodging on public transport, that's the law in Germany.

0:45.6

We have a close encounter with a ticket inspector.

0:50.0

First to the Caucasus region, where tens of thousands of people from the ethnic Armenian

0:55.2

enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh inside Azerbaijan have been fleeing to neighbouring Armenia.

1:02.7

That's over half the population and counting.

1:06.6

This is in the wake of last week's brief military offensive and swift Azari victory.

1:12.6

The attack came after a nine months long Azari blockade that led to severe food and medicine

1:18.2

shortages inside Nagorno-Karabakh.

1:21.8

There have been several full-blown wars over the enclave since the break up of the Soviet

1:27.0

Union which has led to the independence of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

1:32.5

In the meantime, ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh has been landlocked but autonomous inside

1:39.2

Azerbaijan.

1:41.0

But now that it is under Azari control, many residents feel unsafe.

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