this is you got your news live from berlin facing prison for daring to speak out we'll hear from a rainy and academic sabbatical he took along the winner of this year's d.w. freedom of speech award he's been ordered to jail for criticizing a runs government during protests in two thousand and seventeen also coming up a standoff at the mexican border as a caravan of asylum seekers looks to enter the u.s. didn't you visit their camp we learn why transgender people in particular fear for their lives in central america. chelsea manning appears in berlin for her first

foreign trip since her release from prison the convicted leaker of secret documents says she's worried that government and big corporations are abusing people's data. also coming up we look at tonight's europa league clash between i'm going to go madrid an arsenal this is arsène wenger's last chance to win european silverware before he leaves the club at the end of the season but diego simeone a stands in his way. i'm sorry so misconduct to have you with us today is recognizing a man who has chosen to speak out rather than stay silent risking his freedom to do so zadok zeba column is the winner of this year's do you have you freedom of speech award criticize the iranian government over protests there in two thousand and seventy we'll hear from him in just a moment but first a look at his challenge to those in power. at the end of december

twenty seventeen iran's though its biggest anti-government demonstrations in almost a decade the protests quickly spread to dozens of cities and towns across the country. just days after the unrest to rep did so dexie back alam gave an interview to d.w. far as the he characterized the demonstrators as young people disappointed with the entire political system. and said more than two thirds of people are dissatisfied with the islamic republic those views didn't go down well with the a rainy and or thorazine they accuse the back of spreading false information and propaganda against the islamic republic. he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison and barred from social media for two years. is appealing the decision. why should they be punished someone has expressed an opinion would she's not

compact the girl which is stuck in line which is not in all of the answers because it got well meant open ian chillag quanties should i go eighteen months into prison . it's not the first time the academic has received a jail sentence for speaking his mind. he's become a well known figure in iran for challenging the government narrative on many sensitive issues from the country's nuclear program to foreign policy. and he has a large audience online on telegram which was banned by the iranian authorities this week he has almost one hundred pals and followers. on instagram almost seven hundred pages and. has vowed to keep on expressing his opinions despite the official threats against him. i hope for for iran is genuine i

really i sincerely hope i'm not a daydream just thinking because i believe that the more prosy will eventually prevail in iran. yes if a car bombs hope seems out of reach for now reporters without borders has ranked iran one hundred sixty fourth on the press freedom last he spoke to us earlier about the harsh reprisal he and other journalists face for speaking out against the government there is a lot i am and they are where. he is. right and. i think believe that they believe that there are many men and women in our school with he said much more than i think you receive. us about freedom of speech there. as i said they

they said my form was good because they have suffered far more than i suffered because of the lack of freedom of speech but anyway as you mentioned. at the moment i have to see eighteen months or a sentence in my serious trial which has evolved two months ago and also to hear the band so i conduct the imperial such as the one that i bet on that the now right the market those t.v. interview was and be in the social media yes this is the first guy that's on bomb has been a sentence but that by the revolutionary war. began not getting a social media up for two years i kept hearing against the sentence and. the baking for there for the second war it becomes me and eighty eight n.e.t.'s and

i am hoping that that that that the court crushed that sense of things and i would walk free. that was a rainy and academic and winner of this year's d.w. freedom of speech award that is speaking to us earlier from iraq. let's catch up on some other stories making news around the world a powerful dust storm has left more than seventy people dead in northern india extreme winds and rains brought down trees and destroyed temporary structures throughout the region causing many of the deaths officials say the toll could rise the international red cross has called for the immediate release of a german nurse abducted by armed men from its compound in somalia the group said it was in contact with various agencies in the somali capital mogadishu to try to secure the woman's freedom. in armenia opposition leader nicole passion john has

called for a halt to mass protests that have rocked the country for days the move comes after the country's ruling party indicated they're willing to back for prime minister if the country's parliament supports his bid. and he says donald trump repaid one hundred thirty thousand dollars spent by from floyd to buy a one star silence on over an alleged affair with the us president giuliani recently joined a trump's legal team his statement apparently contradicts trump's osip insistence he was unaware of the payment to storm the down. hundreds of central american migrants are camped at the u.s. border with mexico waiting to be allowed into the country to claim asylum few will be successful as the criteria for receiving permission to stay in the u.s. are strict but people from the transgender community may be in with a greater chance to clear richardson reports from the border. for the hunger and

squat of moland and salvadorans waiting at the u.s. border the odds don't look good the vast majority of us asylum claims from central americans are denied for the transgender people taking part in the caravan the future could be somewhat brighter but after a grueling journey this twenty seven year old is still not sure what it holds in store. i'm a little bit tired from the trip. it was very long and we've been here waiting to see what happens to us. she's one of several transgendered individuals spending time at this makeshift camp of mostly women and children. some twenty transgender people traveled with the caravan coming by foot by bus and by train all the way from near mexico's southern border they say they face violence and discrimination in their home countries and now they're waiting to ask for asylum in the united states they come from countries with some of the

highest murder rates in the world where people are often killed or threatened by powerful gangs but it still wasn't an easy choice to leave home. what we need is to forget what they've done to us in one place and go somewhere else when i left my country it was very painful. by law the migrants are allowed to request asylum but to stay in the us they must show that they have suffered persecution because of characteristics like race religion or sexual orientation or that they have a credible fear. if they are not granting asylum for fleeing violence that's not enough of a reason but a well founded fear based on belonging to a particular group and in this case the community offers more possibilities of receiving asylum. that could give transgender people a leg up. but even the migrants who pass initial screenings face more hardship. their futures will unfold largely behind closed doors and often in long term

detention centers as their cases are decided. chelsea manning the former u.s. soldier convicted of leaking classified documents is on a first foreign trip since being released from prison manning is in germany a transgender activist was on stage wednesday at the republican conference in berlin warning the tech crowd that the government and business big business should not be trusted with data privacy. for a new celebrity chelsea manning was on her first trip abroad. to speak at the republican conference in berlin which deals with the impact of the digital world on the real world. she had a lot to say on this topic many best known for leaking classified documents asserted that software developers have to have a code of ethics and that she is concerned about the way people's private data is used. don't just churn out so we don't just

you know create a path you know create a product and that's the end of it we as developers are complicit in the software that we write and i would argue how we gets used and how it gets misuse so we have to change the culture we have to change our developer culture technologist no longer can just say we bring you tools here they are here are here and here they are now society figure out how to use them many was sentenced to thirty five years in prison for leaking classified documents she served seven before then u.s. president barack obama commuted her sentence in her talk she also touched on her new life in coping with her celebrity status. i just worry. that. i'm an imperfect person and there's been a kind of cult of personality that is really intimidating and there is overwhelming for me. and i'm and i'm still trying to adjust

to life after prison and while also being a public figure at the same time i have i've been struggling to balance that. she may still be adjusting. but manning isn't stepping out of the spotlight any time soon she's filed to run for u.s. senate in the twenty eighteen maryland democratic primary. sports now and in soccer this season's champions league final will see brown madrid to take on liverpool the red secured their spot after beating roma seven six on aggregate in the semifinal the game in rome saw they take an early lead to the for a james milner own goal level to score of both teams added more than seven. of the champions league semifinals are done and dusted and later today it's their europa league turn to have you weights of european football will be going head to head in

madrid as atlético host arsenal the first leg ended in a one all draw also the route to the final is wide open. it's old nothing for all snow for coach also invent a last chance at a title before he leaves the club and with all small stock in six in the league europa league win is that only short of champions league qualification. after twenty two years with a gun as he certainly has more experience than his counterpart diego simeone the problem is you know six years six years or more years only sixteen to go. things are somewhat sunny. they hold the trump card of an away goal and on the much less pressure currently second in the spanish league with champions league qualification already in the bag but simeoni knows that progressing to the final is not a given when i tell you we need the stadium to explode with the fans full of positive energy and passion because that's how we are someone else will do so everyone who

is hopeful for a positive outcome will be welcome given that we want passionate people with us we want people full of excitement we need to play a great game so we need to have a great connection between us and the fans. and that is it iggy bully. was the two all draw would see all small go through for at lessee any win will do the fans certainly seem up for it was the europa league second finalists will also be determined later today the other semifinal sees the host marsay with the french side taking a two no lead into that match and we will of course bring you the results from both games as they come in. you're watching d.w. news still to come new boats wagon c.e.o. have a decent face is shareholders for the first time the company's annual meeting in berlin he's promising more openness. plus wine from china's gobi

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