this is. coming up on the program the official count is in for to do new shows election and companies joko widodo is declared the winner but his challenger is contesting the result jakarta is under tight security over the years of violent protests also on the show. pakistan's hands are a shiite minority living under armed security under constant fear of attack by

extremists can the government protect them as promised. and a show when on musicians from the north and south korea shared a stage despite north korea's weapons test this month. i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us it's official joko widodo has been reelected as president of indonesia he will lead the world's 3rd largest democracy for the 2nd time we doto who has been president since 2014 captured over 55 percent of last month's vote citizens really did have 2 distinct choices would doto the reformist or his own. ultra nationalist

conservative challenger beyond tow the former son in law of military dictator suharto subiaco also retired military general challenges rule results and says there has been widespread voter fraud the results arrived a day earlier than we expected people are worried about possible violence these are pictures from today you can see heavy security in front of big elections commission office in the capital of jakarta. for more we are joined by. from our indonesian service risky what are the chances of violence i mean people are talking about it they're preparing for it well tension remains high in jakarta following the client must must ration by progress or be under supporter there's an unbreakable belief among them that the election was 3 to do mr prabhu has urged his supporter 3 men peaceful

and call the police still has it's not just a couple of weeks ago they have arrested. the really instigator for religion treason and since the beginning of the week they have to deploy $32000.00 troops and police will be sure to secure the capital city to have even prevented the demonstrators traveling to jakarta to join the protests so the fear among security officials that the mass demonstration tomorrow could turn into a violent protests is still there is still strong well was this a free and fair election. well in professional observer and it is seem to think that the elections were specially free and fair that is true because we've received numerous complaints from human rights including the crazy organization which criticise mr redo this administration because of the huge pressure they put on government employees to continue fearful of the president although the course of the shouldn't serve them from doing so so in that sense the election was not completely free and fair. risky new ground thank you

they are marginalized discriminated against and persecuted because our people originally native to the mountains of central afghanistan had czars also make up a significant minority in pakistan some 900000 members of the ethnic group who live in the country is specially in and around and they fear for their lives every day because sunni extremists consider the mostly shiite group heretics and target them with precision and regularity 2013 was a particularly bloody year string of bombings claimed the lives of some 130 people in january in february another bomb attack attack killed 110 people and injured many more the violence continues just last month a suicide bomber targeted a market frequented by his artist chilling 21 the danger is so serious that quit as

has our community relies on armed protection 247. it should be every teen tops but it's a massive security operation. these house our men are heading to the city market to buy and sell food that traveling in a convoy and are protected by heavily armed men necessary measures to prevent attacks by violent militants. at the market security guards keep a watchful eye but they're not always able to guarantee safety just in april a militant blew himself up in a market just like this one killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more many of the victims were. supposed to be under military protection. the people here today know that a trip to the market carries a deadly risk every time but not going isn't an option the market is their bread

and butter. was. if we didn't come here to work the tax wouldn't happen but then we wouldn't be able to run our homes how would we feed the children. if we don't work who would give us money. for quitters has are as fear has become a part of life for years they've been living in heavily guarded enclaves surrounded by checkpoints and hundreds of gods. it's for their safety but as our us say they're high and has become a president. of the younger generation is facing a lot of difficulty. i swear to god there are so many difficulties for them. it's as if they are living in an enclosed cage of what's moving that. the government in

islamabad has been vocal about the need to protect the has our people and flush out the militants who target them. military operations are ongoing and local authorities say much progress has been made. we have on earth many networks here. we arrested them eliminated them. droid them. there were bomb making factories we destroyed the heads of their organizations and we rooted out of the members and their whole front line. we stayed within the law and we did what we could do. nevertheless as the april attack shows militants are still capable of inflicting carnage on quite as ethnic minorities. for now members of the hazaar a community will have to continue to go about their daily lives wondering if they

have returned high and at the end of the day. joining us now is omar waraich with amnesty international now omar after the april attack prime minister imran khan visited the has our community in quit and said the government was responsible for their safety but violence has been going on for years there and nothing seems to have changed why. well though this is exactly it we often get governments making these promises going to consult with victims and they actually only go because the victims purred sense that the treatment however we have seen of the government's kind of see them as a community they can be ignored. they aren't willing to confront their attackers. and so therefore they capitulate those business noise and in this little way what we read from the parson government easy comprehensive strategy on how to

protect our community courts and its name by heriot's so it's just a lip service and you talk about the need for a comprehensive plan what do you think are some of the things that the government can be doing well i mean 1st of all it can begin by only holds in the perpetrators accountable we have not seen that we know who the groups are big in responsibility for these attacks they've got an established house and they've got bases all areas of operation in or around the neutral stuff so the 1st step could be used to hold them accountable bring them to justice the zigs and actually get some sense of closure for their great loss the 2nd thing is that actually pretend that it would this is not a big area that we're talking about significant security presence would be enough to ensure that people can go about their lives for you can go to the mosques for

you can worship freely and not see each day with the islamic calendar and yet another day or 2 as another try to do where the how the incident known loved ones and certain grannies repeats. thank you. earlier this month north korea launched another round of missiles ratcheting up tensions once again in the north asia region so it was a bit of a surprise that a few days later the show went on between a south korean violinist and north korean soprano in some classical music diplomacy here's more. 6 they can't exchange phone calls letters or emails without special government approval. but 2 artists from north and south korea have found a way to communicate. suv

is all over the nonsuch. my heart is full because the south and north korean sides perform together in china while holding each other's hands at this moment i feel unification has come that. contact between citizens of the 2 koreas is heavily restricted and it's rare for musicians from either side of the border to perform together. but it is right now we're divided it's hard for us to meet and it's a very difficult political situation. but although today's performance was any short at least it's possible to come together to play music for a moment. i couldn't help but think just maybe it'll bring more opportunities like this in the future good on singles went up. as so often

china brought the 2 sides together by offering the venue and musical support. from the shanghai city symphony orchestra. it's been a long time coming for the acclaimed south korean violinist he's been pushing for an into korean performance for years. the post artists say they want to perform together again in the future and bring them to play missy to other cities across the world. much. that's it for today. there are more stories on our website e.w. dot com forward slash asia and be sure to check out our facebook page as well we'll leave you with pictures from across asia as ramadan continues and muslims on the

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