tv DW News - Asia Deutsche Welle January 29, 2019 3:30pm-3:45pm CET
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welcome. she's innocent in the eyes of the law but guilty in the eyes of many of. pakistan's highest courts. was falsely accused of insulting the prophet but many religious hardliners are sure the prophet was insulted. has been acquitted of the crime of blasphemy she's free but she will have to leave pakistan that freedom freedom that was denied so of being on death row mostly in solitary confinement knowing all the time that she was innocent but today she's free at least in the eyes of the law has
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a lawyer so. oh is she. better that's from the. very so. she's obviously not see if she has lived this country. a flight to safety despite the freedom at home. baby into the spotlight and into the crosshairs of religious hardliners. she's one of the most talked about women in pakistan. pictured hands shortly after her conviction in twenty ten the christian mother of five was sentenced to death for leisure marks but islam general with fellow farm workers that refused to share their glass of water with a known muslim now free she lives in hiding no longer on death row but still in constant fear for her life. and this is why hard line islamists calling for had to
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be hanged. her acquittal in october last year triggered days of nationwide demonstrations. i sure hope in every corner of the country the sons of islam have voiced opposition to the supreme court verdict by going on to the streets. what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby v. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province some and his ia seen here on the right has the sustenance of by his bodyguard in twenty eleven i'm just speaking in b.p.'s defense. later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her
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release. today's verdict is likely to do little to appease those who will settle for nothing less than having a death sentence reinstated. joining us now from the horror is you know on here human rights activist on the supreme court lawyer there's about a good to see you first up what is your reaction to the verdict is it a victory for the rule of law or has hardline islam one. not been obviously it isn't it people the local or and i think at this little three expect to. be you what exactly but a supreme court. this is really what i think was not more like flarm one phrase the will of any point that the prosecution wanted to bring out the appellate
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getting under the supreme court was fairly clear with regard to the lack of evidence and the flaws in the misreading of evidence but the court you know. i don't think that and it really is so tragic that even you have been it's not so if it is a deed a victory for the rule of law then why are the congress persons on b.b. have an artist on for her safety. well i don't actually you know this is nothing to do with the law not lawyers should refuse anything lot of them that's unfortunately proving going further south in several decades where it's an actress's and it's doing it that has been given a long sleeves and impunity it. direction glance but i think the mistake that religious groups in the new internet jencks and pretty high sometimes. is that
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event marginalized communities and people who are more vulnerable in this country so i think it's greatly. in the environment are starting that has become extremely dangerous war central kind of the call for the freedom of expression he asked for or so why didn't they not also in addition and. off of anything to do with it was really just the fact that you you talked about internet or you know do you think that this internet he has been helped along by successive governments that are perhaps not counted hardline islam the wing one would have expected them to perhaps. yes absolutely i think that you know very evident prong of the lack of serious attention that has been big by far and gates and the governor who have been under impunity deeply the border most you know
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kinds of crimes committed by religious groups act individuals in the needle clearly jim especially with illusion to. this law to new reach here it is very controversial in pakistan to do what it does not stand to any standards of justice and fairness so i do believe that yes. the government says the state machine has been responsible. has it on a human rights activist and a supreme court lawyer joining us from the hall thank you very much for speaking to us. and they've got the full coverage on the story from our correspondent in islamabad that's on our web page dot com forward slash. turning now to a job that requires veins of ice this tranquil landscape in tibet hides danger a chinese delivery man has been negotiating for more than thirty yards icy roads
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such as these whether slightest slip could mean death these roads are part of a high or to do delivery route connecting last time tibet and trying do in sichuan province the network of mountain roads arise as high as five thousand meters snow wind and ice may force the party driving and those on the only risks it's one of the most dangerous delivery routes in the world on the mountain heights between tibet and inland china and someone's got to do it that someone is dorothy jim and it's a job that scared off most other drivers especially in winter slip a few inches and it's over the cliff. from october to may the whole mountain is covered by arson. a little carelessness could cause great damage to the truck and for me even death. winter driving can also mean delays trapped in these
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mountains but georgie comes prepared. your car your wife my favorite pastry sambo's butter and beef we also. george i got the job because he can drive and repair vehicles but the most serious damage to his truck wasn't from an accident he was robbed and beat up by gangsters but once recovered he volunteered to get back on the road again there were no withdraws and it's only when i'm driving that i feel alive and happy and it was like a sing on a stage. so you didn't see a whole part of. his wife sarah and josie worries about the risks of the road she makes sure he takes her prayers with him. what it is he says my greatest fear is that he may be in an accident as the road to the question mountain is so dangerous that since it is every morning when he sets out i will pray before the
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death for his safety you. duty calls and dorothy is back on the road the thrills and dangers just part of a day's work. to indonesia now where conservation groups are fighting to save the orangutan from extinction rampant land. production has but this great ape on the critically endangered list in borneo rehabilitation centers have been set up to care for baby orangutans whose mothers have been killed by poachers almost as they are being schooled to do it to return to their dwindling natural habitat. it's time for class room and turned twenty years biggest often each flooring in tang's. these two to four year olds have all lost their mothers to hunting and land clearing with no one else to teach them the rehabilitation centers trying to equip the young apes to survive in the wild. each day is spent learning new skills.
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but the care is a big part of the job is simply providing love and affection. and . at this age happy to play and be close to us quite often they want to be hugged and held other times them all quiet. because that is what are you so we have to know their mood every day. you often start in baby school and then move through different levels of for school. there they learn how to build nests recognise predators and find food. the whole process can take up to seven years. hundreds of graduates have been returned to the forest for the surrogate parents though the parting comes with mixed emotions. that i was i was an
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extraordinary feeling we're sad that we won't see them again but it's ok because our goal here is to care for them and to teach them to live independently and finally returned to their natural habitat. and that's when the real life is here. but that habitat is currently being disseminated at an alarming rate back to the ground to make way for pommel plantations. if it continues unabated younger bring in things like these mice or not even have a whoring to go back to. that's a familiar confide born might have been. slashed and don't forget to check out the debbie news on facebook as. we live in over the top story supreme court upholding its acquittal of baby who spent hours on death row for blasphemy but you have to leave if you want to be safe it's you next time.
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longer than i. love mine. start the jury on t.w. . as the u.s. and china are sitting down for new trade talks the u.s. unsealed criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant huawei the company is accused of violating sanctions against iran an industrial. global corruption helping to fuel a crisis in democracy we'll look at a new ranking for global crookedness and find out why so little progress is being made in fighting words. this is business asia.
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as well. the us justice department has unsealed criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant wall wait they allege violation of sanctions against iran and industrial espionage the charges are connected to the arrest of wild ways chief financial officer and daughter of its founder one jew in this as the chinese delegation arrived in washington for talks to diffuse the simmering trade conflict between the two biggest economies in the world. the announcement was a long time coming if you believe the rumor mill the u.s. has officially cuse chinese telecom giant huawei of a bevy of crimes a grand jury in new york has returning indictment alleging thirteen additional crimes committed by walk away it's c.f.o. it's affiliate in iran.
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