thailand's cosmopolitan capital bangkok doesn't appear repressive new galleries and trendy culture districts have created a contemporary arts but some curation say under the current military government they operate in a climate of fear. in downtown bangkok some runs a local gallery and bar known for its political exhibitions do you think since the coup happened in two thousand and fourteen the censorship has become worse oh yeah definitely definitely. a lot of events are and you get the soldier coming was you know they make sure that you do not express any opinion against them it's worse than ever i think yeah.

for her life to stick submission some rock is working with a visiting portuguese artist she says almost all the outspoken local artists went underground or fled overseas after the coup the funny side of things at the time it was not serving as a tool for critics to criticize society. the general elections jus in late march have created a new urgency for political arse but some rock is cautious the army will remain a powerful institution here because new constitutional changes have stuck the voters in their favor i want to talk but i'm also scared to do that you have to be obviously careful and smile you cannot do anything that straightforward all the masses that you want to deliver it has to be more layers. one piece in today's show questions where the tile elections will be democratic it's

a hollow ballot box when a version is cast it ends up on the floor are you concerned on days when you hang things up do you sometimes think to yourself am i doing the right thing. because of the lord constantly before we we've been working together that's all we talk about and we keep changing the idea that it's really when you know it's i couldn't sleep because we keep changing and then fred the will was the message that we intend to deliver. i was before the show some wreck decides to make changes to some of the paces where you think about these changes last minute that you have to do she says self-censorship you is wrong because of oppressive laws you have to self censor. because you know they can get into trouble that's that's that's all i can tell yeah. so this is the exhibition that got you into trouble

artist tara cool knows what happens when you don't self censor and in twenty seven tane the military's response to disarm work sparked fear across thailand's creative same. hour if you hold them like a friend your warmth will reveal the portrait of a person underneath so we learn what happened to them. and i kind of laugh about it at the point each piece is painted with chromatic dark when touched it reveals the image of a tie political prisoner. these are people who either died from political unrest in recent years or are still imprisoned or live in exile or were kidnapped why do you think the army was interested in your exhibition. and there when i mean each of the artwork shows

a victim the government wants forgotten because of that the government wanted to take down my work. alerted to his exhibition by media coverage the army turned up to his show but tara was not there . i was shot when the army asked to see me i started to feel scared i was thinking what would happen if they show up at my house what will happen to my parents and. the soldiers also into the gallery next door and remove seven works by another politico asas whose exhibition looked at a military crackdown in twenty ten. with the situation escalating todd told gallery staff to tear down his exhibition before the army returned. but i don't want to become one of those victims just like those shown in my artwork saki after the

first visit they continued to show up at the gallery for three months to check sometimes on motorbike sometimes they came under cover i've not held any exhibitions in thailand since then. despite growing censorship bangkok recently held its first be a nalini. one of four big fish was sanctioned by the military government in the past year temples shopping and old heritage buildings all became exhibition spices. but for a film director not is. the beer gnarly exhibitions lacks political punch i don't

see any issue that clear the real dialogue and up them merely critical to the current situation and then the end of the day is the first or we become like a decoration. and. that's something the curator of the bin ali dr appy man posse are known rejects he says he could address sensitive issues like ranger refugees migrant sex workers and southern thailand's insurgency because the expo is largely privately funded first war i must say that if this bill is fully. one said by the government. we would not have many continents like i mention for the insurgents or six my sensitive issues we would have to go through a lot of self-censorship some critics. big. payoff

for the military government what do you think about. critics i respect them as they drop that they have to criticize otherwise they are out of work we feel that this is the event that we plan and it's been going lucky for thailand you know we have many adventures ongoing and people should be appreciating p.r. stunt or not. dr. after a year is working in the ministry of culture it's exciting to get away with censorship it's like it's a cat and mouse game does toyland really need a board of censorship. sentinels you know the people who protect the morals. they also have to. you know what how the world is moving you know you can have you know we had the two of you i'm not saying that

they should do away with but the. and that they must sorry to say grow up. on the streets of bangkok graffiti artists are finding ways to the censorship foundry. he's trying to stay true to his name. all over the world i know the things that i'm doing and i'm going to do because so many people headaches. the mask of fish the artist satirizes the one across the country he also post pictures of it online spreading the message even further. from. could take some bloated military budgets at the expense of education to a swipe at a famous general over he's cleared luxury watch collection. not even the prime minister escapes he's wrong.

there thanks for making the time to chat with. thank you. i've been taught that dictatorship is evil they told us that they staged a coup because of this and that but i just know that dictatorship will never be good for any of us that is why i stand up for myself and to do something about it or you know what i want to. call the current government has stayed longer than normal i've seen many military supporters and unwilling to support them i think this is a turning point. to the extent so it's hard at work creating his life his pace check things he has to be careful despite his efforts to remain anonymous. and he was charged with petty vandalism to navigate the challenges of working here in thailand that extends so widely parents on private buildings with the permission

of the owner. it's helped him avoid being i'm to the censorship laws so. if one day they want to throw me in jail there's nothing i can do the only want to can blame is myself for letting these people take over the country one thing we should all learn is that military coups never the answer. once again he has the soldiers in his songs what is the meaning behind this. i did this stencil of a soldier standing guard to show how they stop people standing up is that their role to prevent people from speaking up. elections there's a record number of candidates but the generals who staged the coup who most likely

hold the op i have. regulations to during their rule ensure no single party. and the new prime minister almost certainly need the votes of a military appointed senate. this means freedom of speech may still proved elusive . yeah it could go back to. the whole. you know. it's not scary and it's exciting at the same time. society. the present the better. creating it but probably will not show it. today with so much gallery she's launching a new exhibition of the election with. opposite is

and he's taking a racing against the clock to get ready i don't know about these. we've just let him use the space because he's being protected by a couple gallery. because of the content obviously. and she he's really. following the new thing so i think he knows what's he doing. she said. the resistance sweeping thailand he has. so far. has really stretched and he's not scared at all. hours later violence thailand. election extravaganza crawling with corruption cronies and cockroaches.

true titans of thailand to try to go political divide. the down across the poker table. buying gauging young people with this is trying to shake up the system. and i think this election could impact the next twenty years but it's like gambling an important bet which is why i chose the casino theme was. not the such a big youth vote they can vote in twenty percent of m.p.'s who could potentially make a lot of changes and at that point it's going to be fun. while a lot of the stencils look towards the election i see a throwback to the past looks very familiar. to thomas sought massacre. i think a good god exists and should sit to become pricing of the history up until today it should give you the background of why we are today how they were kept here and i

think it's a right right move for him to do it. she hopes it's not only the youth who are inspired by headaches. can we do this yet i think for. a lot of people who work in this field will feel loss have to do it it's kind of a good example that if you were feel courageous you should do it. nothing so in a nation that had a military coup on average every seven news simply an absolute monarchy. but thailand's rebel us. it's a bet she carefully calculated acts of resistance might slowly help steer the country towards democracy.

they were searching for a sanctuary in australia but instead would have tied for years on a pacific island now one o one aced follows the journey of two refugees as they forge a new life in north america on al-jazeera. the ultranationalist monks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we doe as sat in eagerly maigret joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have two photos of our nation what has happened to

their attention that's one of the biggest stains on the country as a whole. as another religion this is the politics me and mine an unholy alliance coming soon on al jazeera. as women's rights and again in acceptance across the world we are asking what's the status of global gender equality and how can progress be made executive director of un women. and ethiopian airlines plane crashes just minutes after takeoff killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board that boeing seven thirty seven.

and joe oliver on come on santa maria with the well. news from al-jazeera. because of the algerian ruling party calls on political sides to work together the protesters though showing no sign of backing down at home and abroad. after a weekend of power outages in venezuela the opposition leader one by the address to supporters in the capital caracas and how a briggs a deal could impact the world of fine art specially if taxes go up on imports and exports. so an airliner crash in ethiopia has killed all one hundred fifty seven passengers and crew the ethiopian airlines jet came down shortly after takeoff from. it was bound for nairobi in kenya the second disaster within five months involving the

brand new boeing max aircraft. and has. friends and families of those on board the crash ethiopian airlines flight three zero two among those waiting for news at the main airports in nairobi and. just six minutes after takeoff from bali international airport in the ethiopian capital contact was lost with the boeing seven three seven if the o.p.'s state media says none of the one hundred fifty seven passengers and crew survived so we were comfortable just meeting we see people and they know it was. a lot of it was going to come up. a few meaning to mean we saw some nice unfaceable detail just flying the filthy russians ethiopia's prime minister ahmed tweeted today office of the pm on behalf of the government and people of ethiopia would like to express its deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on ethiopian

airlines boeing seven three seven on regular shuttle flight to nairobi kenya this morning. the jet had been delivered just four months ago it's the fourth version of the world's best selling airliner the boeing seven three seven has flown billions of passengers worldwide since the one nine hundred sixty s. the latest seven three seven dash eight hundred max type has been redesigned to make it more fuel efficient thousands have been ordered by airlines worldwide and you. should and i guarantee you probably. it's a popular choice of the airlines it's a very safe but of course there are now questions and the schools and churches across the industry. it's the second disaster within five months involving the boeing seven three seven max an identical lion air jet plunged into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after takeoff from jakarta killing all one

hundred eighty nine people on board. boeing is being sued by some of the relatives of passengers who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stall prevention system. safety questions again are being asked about why two planes from the seven three seven family which have had a good safety record for decades should crash within just a few months of each other and why so many lives have been lost again rob matheson al-jazeera. well if european airlines says the plane's pilot had reported difficulties asked to return taps and so is monitoring things from nairobi that's a worrying sign if that is the case and very similar to what we heard in that previous crash in indonesia. yes absolutely and he spoke about this pilot and he did. seem to have noticed that

there was some problems with the flight asked to turn back was given that go ahead to turn back and go back to paul international airport in. and then the flight lost lost in the radar the last radar so there is a lot of questions that are being asked by a lot of people a here in kenya for example kenyans died the most of the people who died on that flight are kenyans thirty two of them we've been at the airport all day we've seen relatives being taken to this information and counseling center that has been set up a very distraught grieving just trying to in tantalized what exactly has happened we also have a breakdown of other nationalities that was on that flight other people that were in that flight eight hundred canadians ninety philippians and several other

countries. there as well including the u.s. the u.k. germany and france some of them were delegates who were coming for this conference this big u.n. conference that is starting tomorrow at the united nations and vironment assembly president emmanuel mccraw all france is going to be attending that conference seven of his citizens who are in that flight path and i'm sure you were speaking to people at the airport today that awful situation of people waiting for loved ones who were never going to make it what was it like. well it was a very emotional time like i mentioned people were being taken to this rescue center this information and counseling center people were in tears just wondering what could have gone wrong we did speak to some relatives who were telling journalists about their loved ones one particular and said that he was waiting for his brother

who was coming from canada to kenya on holiday another family said that their relative is a missionary who had finished her tour of duty in congress just coming back home should spoken to them was very excited to be coming home and spoken to very excited to be with her young daughter who was there at the airport waiting as well so a lot of these families like i mentioned just trying to in tunnel eyes what's going on waiting for any information investigations have been launched it's going to be interesting come out going forward to see what it's going to be many people asking what could have gone wrong just in all four. nairobi and i'm at a thank you for that report catherine sawyer. other news in the president of algeria looks like he may be heading home after receiving medical treatment in switzerland this plane is believed to be carrying out the disease beautifully.

fault that his plane took off from geneva in switzerland switzerland on sunday afternoon and if you stay on board that plane is likely to face a hostile reception from protesters back in algeria students have been out protesting against president bush a figure in the capital and they're vowing to continue the romneys despite university and college campuses being closed early to try to stop them from voicing their anger at this report from sun your guy. mobilized on the streets and then not backing down if algeria's authorities still closed the university's early would stop the protests that appear to have been a miscalculation we are protesting against the president a president who to speak out enough is enough in a country desperate for jobs anger at the unemployment rates and corruption has been growing especially since protests began three weeks ago paul is the dominant feeling that everybody's feeling. it however the students are to an extent confused

and because as i said the number is why not all this plot twist also confusing very well. but it's not just the students who are voicing their anger a partial strike across the country is also under way at expected to last for five days at the center of it all this man president abdelaziz bouteflika who has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in two thousand and thirteen but his decision to stand for a fifth term an upcoming elections has galvanized opposition in the country and while he's offered to limit his term in office after the election promised to change how algeria is run it's not beyond rest. it was so prompted questions of whether bouteflika is being used as a puppet candidate by a faction of civilian and military figures in

a country that largely managed to sidestep the arab spring protests the rallies are a reminder that it's not immune to the discontent that sparked the. al-jazeera. power has returned to many parts of venezuela there after days of blackouts though some areas are still without ever tricity the power outages which began on thursday of effect schools businesses and hospitals sixteen patients have died from complications relating to the blackouts at the hospitals public transport spin under immense pressure as well with the metro still not running and they have been reports of some stores being looted we're going to check in with. caracas is that a fuel station there outside. almost every day have been without power the government has been trying to restore their thing that they're doing everything possible in order to get the power back

but until now for example where we are there is no power in this. line of people you're waiting to get this is operated by a power station and that's why people are coming to the place because one of the many things we have been able to do with the enormous power outage that is affecting most hungrier today we're able to talk to people who are waiting for hours trying to get water. but there were also people hired on. the government saying that there are already hard enough with shortages of food medicines among other things and now they have. the power outages and new thing for example that they have in their refrigerator promote that very. we know that the power has been restored to. me however in areas where we have been the power went for it and then it went out once again but definitely

a very very difficult situation i'm continuing after. that happened here all over the country against the government or the government a polarized country queen those who support them. and those who say that who leave. the contras amazing you were there outside a petrol station with one kilometer queues you were with people just trying to get a bit of fresh water and yet you have all this anger and people energized as well at the same time not protesting on the streets. most definitely people are struggling to cope with their daily struggle. that they have to line up to get bread they have to line up to get it right because they're difficult to get it under the. enormous nation the country around a million percent this year they make right now from one minute to the other

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