justice from the grave relatives and friends of. the prison.

well. it's good to have you with us we begin with a story we have reported on before all the story of the student. teacher for sexual harassment. because if it. was bound to live on the roof. to drop a complaint. the case has sent shock waves and triggered nationwide protests. that took the setting up of schools to prevent sexual harassment but this stuff and those she left behind. in the district of fannie and those. those lives have changed forever by not.

sharing or has been bedridden since the murder of her daughter her relatives watch over her also still in shock over what happened to their beloved nusrat. she wanted to become independent by joining a madressa. principal took her life. now all that's left are memories and pictures on their phones. i want justice for my daughter. we don't need anything else. justice for nusrat and punishment for those who killed her it's what many here are praying for in fanny and at the madrassa where it all took place. it was here that

knows rudd says she was sexually harassed by her school principal it was this rooftop she told her parents she was lord and pressured to drop her allegations her refusal what silence her forever it's alleged the principal gave the order to set her up blaze and make it look like suicide i want to get. we're ashamed of him he ruined our reputation. for hiding our faces in shame. we are so sorry for them and look at this in. for new threats friends the remote's comes to light they say that action should have been taken. against the principled and. killer of the good the boys used to threaten and insult to the time when. it's

a common story not just for the girls at nose or at school many girls and women say they live in a society that transit blind eye to sexual violence and an increasing number of women are no longer willing to accept the consequences. yet now do we are here not just going to get released we have to look beyond the if we want to be angry want to say we're standing here holding hands on the other let me that is going to take . to change who. she paid for it with her life. for more i'm joined now by their will to go ahead. they were good to have you with us we just chatted a bit but for the benefit of our viewers i'd like to first play what father had to say about his daughter's murder. my daughter died as a martyr for standing up for the truth until her last breath. mr wright said i

would rather die than tell a lie or withdraw my accusations i will fight against this sexual harassment. they want to grow the head of is with us they were. not there before she died said she wanted to fight this case till her last breath is this case going to be a watershed moment for bangladeshi women and their fight against sexual violence. actually but it is hard to save their this one case woods emancipates women in bangladesh personally i think it won't actually a lot more needs to be done to bring down the level of violence against women it is however true that the new such case has created a lot of a war and this among people we are seeing that many people not just a lot but also common people from various backgrounds i protesting and taking part in demonstrations and demanding justice for new threat people have also taken to

the streets and are also making their voice heard in social media but what really amazes me is that the coverage of it which spoke against sexual assault we must not forget that she was a girl from a conservative background and was studying in a my dress up but still she did not compromise and went to police to file a complaint it is rare you know because many of the men in bangladesh actually choose to stay silent on sexual harassment issues as they fear a backlash from the male dominated society and even from their own families. yet she went to the police and the police apparently tried to dismiss a complaint she was even filmed while she was making this complaint the police has come in for criticism is it just a matter of the police that need sensitizing or does it need to expand beyond the police. well there is a huge need to sensitize the bangladeshi police but i would say why only police why shouldn't the government be sensitized i believe that the mindset and said to needs

to be also change also you know fifteen men have been arrested since the incident and prime minister sheikh hasina has promised to provide justice but will this change the society in south asia that may try it is given preference over the female he's treated better by the family he gets the media first and gets a large a ship this is old rooted in patrick and we need to work to change the dynamics into those in one for example the supremes court of bangladesh bost an order to establish sexual harassment says in all educational institutions where students can take their complaints i hope that this is this no such case will bring about more such says across the country but as a whole of that everybody across. the width of the world will certainly have their one of the group had of. thank you very much for joining us on this very important story. our determination to fight for democracy will not change those were the words of one of the protest leaders as he was led away to

serve a jail sentence again today for protest leaders were given time behind bars for their role in the twenty fourteen umbrella movement back then demonstrators calling for more democracy brought parts of hong kong central business district to a standstill for almost three months they were calling for a greater say in how the territory is run using civil disobedience to get beijing to take notice beijing heard those demands it responded with tear gas and red used public nuisance laws to try and put an end to the dissent the jail sentences are the latest blow to hong kong pro-democracy movement which has seen key figures being jailed all barred from politics in recent years. for more we have phoebe calling from east asia bureau joining us from taipei t.v. good to see you now the judge while passing sentence in this case that the protesters in hong kong had

a right to civil disobedience but that in this case they had called softening to the public what does this mean. well many of things that appears to be kind of contradictory but way when we look at the judgment we can see that the church and the sites that although the court in hong kong they do recognize the notion of peaceful and civil disobedience but the judge also draws a lie stating that it is not it is not a step to ball when it infringe the rights of others in this case that is blocking the road for a long period of time and secondly the church also. he's not asking the defendant to abandon their political beliefs but none of them express any regrets in the court. guarding the cost to the public so that is another reason

behind this sentencing and obviously this is a strongly disagreed by the protest leaders so that's why they're going to appeal both the convictions and the centers of what does this sentence mean for the pro-democracy movement in hong kong. wallah brother movement is the largest democratic movement in hong kong's history but just five years after the movement we can see the social movement. has a big shift on that and the pro-democracy supporters they feel more power this prophetic or even a prophetic before then we can see that the hong kong authorities they cracked down more fiercely on this it is for example independence lawmakers got kicked out of the parliament and also probably independence party was banned by the government which is unprecedented and even in this case we can we can see that the prosecution is now adopting a very rarely used charge which is inciting and committing public nuisance instead

of unlawful assembly and the are using now right now carry a heavy a sentence and stance why many criticisms and observers saying that this this would be a kind of chilling effect to the civil society that the government is trying to deter people from engaging in social movement how this is sent is being viewed in taiwan where you are. well today several civil organizations here in taipei they protest to the hong kong government office in taiwan and also that's how we got to many issue a statement this wiping the sentence as a kind of fadia of one country two systems and we are now in the home to china china's government is now promoting one country to a system framework to achieve the so-called unification with taiwan and that's why

many taiwanese thought that the situation in hong kong is closely watched by them because they treat it like a kind of caution taiwan. somewhat used to show good or tell you who thank you very much. and that is more such stories on our website that's due to. asia and of course your contract is out on the facebook as well. but even though with these pictures off the north korean leader kim jong un i've been in a flood of also talk. with russian president vladimir putin to speak about the nuclear program and potential economic cooperation going to have coverage of that summit in tomorrow's program that's of today were to make some but. cut.

the phone. sex making. raring to meet. if there is any other friday friendship between them you'd have to find it between the alliance. literature first hundred german streets. and through her first day of school in the jungle. first listen to the.

band doris green the moment arrives. join the ranks on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. bringing tame returns. on d.w. dot com. three days after the east. and hospitality sector named one of the world's top tourist destinations effect on visitor numbers. five years of the day since the rama plaza factory collapse which killed eleven hundred textile workers and. now safety advisers told time could soon be forced out. of the show german fin tech company why a card gets ready for strategic alliance with japan's softbank. this is

business. impeccable beaches the rolling hills of tea plantations and vast jungles with wild elephants this is what attracts thousands of tourists every year but the devastating terrorist attack on easter sunday left the island associated with violence and death at the end of last year's will be named one of the top tourist destinations for twenty nineteen and tourism made up around five percent of the country's g.d.p. last year already it was its fastest growing source of foreign currency the attacks will likely said sri lanka's economy back at least in the short term. the beaches are empty a result.