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but you gotta start somewhere. above the best . news coming to you live from living in fear family members might kill them always have naked merits like my father you know where i am if you. catch me of course you will kill me. we have the story of 2 song arabian sisters who say they were forced to flee their country after being beaten by family members and being threatened with forced
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marriage or. a blistering heatwave in europe and record high temperatures from the experiences of the war time highs for the 2nd straight day and germany belgium the netherlands spread to elsewhere. and a rise in far right violence in germany attacks some politicians and immigrants have spiked up canters admit they need to act to stop the violence. thank you very much. now the names and the law and the 2 sisters say that they were forced to flee their home country saudi arabia after suffering beatings by family members they are part of a growing number of saadi women trying to escape the ultraconservative kingdom's
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repressive male guardianship system our reporter with the 2 women in istanbul turkey and heard how the system allows men to control virtually every aspect of a woman's life. all that. i have seen so far as like this and changing hotels. that you are hiding from their families we can't say where they are because they are afraid of being found. 22 persisted 21 her father took them to istanbul for a holiday they decided to run away to escape years of filings and repression they say glories and. if they are so. pleased when they forced me to wear. when i was like 10 years.
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so i can say no of course if i say more they will beat me so hot they took the decision to escape to us says when her father wanted to marry her off it was their last chance. and my father told me i have friends of my. he have 2 wife and he want me to be the 3rd one. asking about his age he told me that he's one of the 50 they don't care. and when i told him as. he told me you can't say not. at all if. the marriage. to be kept man is the only person who always knows when. you stumbled the u.k. lawyer 1st became aware of the case on twitter he's now supporting the sisters in
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their efforts to get asylum. with the girls it's consistent. consistent with. so you get the impression that this is not to young teenagers running away from home. during this winter early i mean this is something that they're being forced into. and as escape is not an isolated case again and again saudi women try to flee from their families when traveling abroad. just earlier this year there have mohammad made headlines for days the 19 year old saudi woman barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok the united nations finally recognized her status as a refugee and she was granted asylum in canada where she now lives.
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and hope for a similar outcome the sisters need asylum in a 3rd country as soon as possible says their lawyer we believe that not only the father but. this are authorities. by these girls that will. inevitably follow them in. their own works for freedom. so for that reason we think that there is a very real risk of them being talked to here. and are not facing deportation to saudi arabia at the moment turkish authorities have granted them temporary protection they are managing to make ends meet with donations stay receive but as long as there is no long term solution they feel very much under threat. of course i always look at the window when they go. for a year out or are they like try to hide and.
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change our place every couple of days which. i'm afraid someone older place almost. i'm a father so share for us i hate sleeping i only just me for 3 hours or a 2 hour it's enough for me because i always have nate maris like my father you know where i am if you. catch me of course he will kill me. soon. it will change their location again. where they will wait and hope they can reach safety before their family finds them. that report by a techie car is fun and you really are high on the job the highs are saudi authorities for a response but so far they have not got one now saudi arabia's crown prince mama
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been sort of man says he has a big reformist agenda but has anything really changed for the women of his country about that question to political scientists and how money or with specializes in the middle east and syria can ever city well as long as the male guardianship that system is intact we will continue to hear about cases of young fleeing the country because they are basically leaving a system treating them because you all minors sophisticated sophisticated it's all an ability to decide for themselves can have a concrete presence the haven't been so man has declared several measures for the forms we have yet to see them really implemented in a manner that brings real change in the lives of women in reality and you want to
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extend is this male. link to the fundamentalist form of the hobby islam that is practiced in saudi arabia. well i'm glad you are asking this question because it's very important to emphasize that the male guardianship and the system is also imposed and other arab countries specifically in the arabian peninsula yemen is one country where this system is also a privilege and but that said what has to admit that the fundamentalist interpretation of what happy islam implemented in saudi arabia seems to be going to the extreme. of imposing restrictions on women's life considering when then a source of evil that should be not only covered and hidden but also
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could trolled from birth to death by their male guardian so to what extent are activists able to work for women's rights within the country. alice lee one can detect a men's movement that has been working for these rights since more than several d. kids they have become more well cooled thanks to the social media and. the fact that they are very effective can't be detected from their phone the fate of famous women's rights activists such as liz you know had lou we're still in prison so i am my own guardian and i was the only is a hash tag of a campaign that is pushing since several years for an end of the mail guardianship
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system in addition to an end they also succeeded 1 may add in ending. they observed a restriction on the woman's ability to drive cars so in a way they are able to make their voice heard that authorities are able to stop these voices from coming forward but one cannot deny that there are all of the state implementing change is very important important to make it effective. right money after missouri can invest to thank you very much for those insights. that now bring you up to date but some other stories making news around the world palestinian president mahmoud abbas has said he would stop implementing agreements with israel is the 1st time abbas has announced such a clear break in cooperation
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a sign of worsening relations between the 2 sides earlier this week israel demolished palestinian apartment buildings for security reasons abbas called it a crime against humanity. russia's emergency ministry says more than $100.00 wildfires are raging across the siberian regions of it quits and krasnoyarsk more than 23000 square kilometers are reported to be affected towns and villages in the region are under threat of heavy small pollution while druids have been closed and flights cancelled. the german chemicals company a buyer has been to a 2000000000 tons of compensation payout awarded over its read killer roundup will be slashed by a subsidiary of monsanto will now have to feed just under 87000000 dollars to a california couple who claim the product gave them can sell by a still plans to appeal against the original decision. so in many parts of
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asia and africa summer temperatures over 40 degrees celsius are common but here in europe it's highly unusual so millions of people here are sweltering in the 2nd heat wave of the summer in the french capital of paris. 42.6 degrees celsius shattering the all record by 2 degrees here's a look at how people are trying to beat the heat. paris's top landmark doesn't offer much shade but at least there's a chance to cool off in the truck with 0 fountain a welcome relief on paris's hottest day ever i mean i'm from indonesia so i know. the sun is hot this is like too much. especially. since we're patient. rory i have a corn nor air conditioner and also it's very hard it's not just the lack of acol
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and that's a problem on public transport across europe the heat has sent rail services into meltdown in the u.k. passengers in some areas have been advised not to travel at all as tracks and overhead wires struggle to cope with record temperatures. in belgium 2 the heat has sparked safety concerns for trucks there are even hotter than the outside temperature when it's like 40 degrees outside the temperature on the rail. mounts to 10 maybe 15 degrees hotter so we have measured $55.00 degrees celsius so that makes it more or less given or taking a few the hottest spot in belgium right now the hottest spot in germany on wednesday was the western town of garland cation where the macular hit 40.5 degrees celsius. or out of luck this might go on for another day it's supposed to stay hot here temperatures of about 40 degrees are being reported maybe we'll even break our
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own record. most of the locals though aren't fans of the hate and were relieved that by thursday the record breaking temperatures had moved on supposing 42 degrees further north. the united states federal government is to executions later this year the last time a prisoner was put to death in a federal u.s. prison was 2003 since then an unofficial moratorium has been observed one of the view was carried on the u.s. justice department says a review has not been completed and has cleared the way for executions to begin again critics of the death penalty say the decision is politically motivated with the aim of both setting support for president donald trump in the next election. the execution chamber still frequently used in the united states but in recent years the death penalty has only been applied by state governments only 3 people
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have been executed at a national level in the past 3 decades. now the attorney general william barr has authorized the resumption of capital punishment by the federal government so this is kind of a new. surprising announcement there's no particular call for the death penalty at any federal level but there are people on the federal death row who have committed serious homicides and juries have found that they're subject to the death penalty so. there's nothing that really prevents it from living this 61 people are on federal death row including the boston marathon bomber for now 5 men have been shot jewel to die by lethal injection all convicted of murdering children some see it as an emotive decision. these cases were not chosen because they justify the federal death penalty. they were chosen because they were designed to inflame the public and there's concern that nonwhite
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defendants will be disproportionately affected you're more likely to be sentenced to death and you're more likely be executed if you're a different color. president donald trump has long been an outspoken supporter of the death penalty executions will restart in december as the u.s. prepares to enter an election year several of trump's democratic opponents are against it the issue could become part of the presidential race. here recent series of violent attacks is focusing attention on far right extremism last month the fetus shooting of a pro refugee politician sensual waves to the country and this week they've been to more incidents with suspected extreme right wing motives on monday and a tree a man was shot and seriously wounded near frankfurt and then a leftist politician in eastern germany was the target of a bomb attack the violence has left authorities searching for. these politicians
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from across germany were invited to berlin by presidents. united by a particular cause they've all experienced severe hostility some have even received death threats because i'm on the new me but i received anonymous letters saying i should die a miserable death sooner rather than later because after all no one would miss me there was a nail in one of my car's tires and i was driving down the autobahn it was clear the nail had been put there intentionally my car was also smeared with excrement. politician vonta look had also received explicit death threats before a right wing extremist allegedly shot him dead at close range in front of his home look i had become a hate figure on the far right because he stood up for refugees hatred of refugees and of those who support them the rallying cry at so-called white power music are i saw concerts like this one in the town of. white power music is the gateway for
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many into the neo nazi scene. the concerts also earn money to help pay the legal costs of neo nazis facing criminal charges. experts are convinced that right wing networks are formed here. with you for the networks are dangerous because they attack injure and kill people as with wall to loop they're also dangerous because they create a sense of being threatened in which people no longer feel safe doing their jobs or voicing their opinions of the. lawyer mehmet dima gorilla represented victims in the trial of members of the right wing terror network the national socialist underground or n.s.u. for years be out to cheaper and 2 accomplices played active roles in that and a few killing 10 people almost all of the migrants but to this day it's not clear how big the n.s.u. actually was although cheap it was convicted much of what went on in the shadows still hasn't come to light. the n.s.c. was not and is not just a trio it's part of
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a network most members of his network are at large and they're a threat to many people the militant right wing extremist network combat 18 the number 18 stands for the 1st and 8th letters of the alphabet and the initials of hitler combat 18 has carried out attacks in greece and the u.k. . germany's interior minister says more needs to be done to tackle the problem and he's looking into banning the group. we believe there are as many as 12700 violent right wing extremists these figures are especially alarming considering the great affinity for weapons that the rightwing extremist scene has. the far right north clients are northern cross network compiled a list of political opponents and even planned to kill them. while most of those targeted are unaware those politicians invited by president or at least had an
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inkling for a long time many didn't talk about the hostility they faced and they often weren't taken seriously when they did. above all else we need an awareness throughout society the ves are not just attacks on individuals but that the roots of democracy are under attack. and germany's head of state may be focused on the issue but his position is largely symbolic ultimately only the government can take action. it's the gay pride season and this saturday thousands of people will watch and join in the parade through the streets of berlin as gay people celebrate the growing equality of rights courts are growing here in germany for the ban on so-called conversion therapy now this controversial practice risk aims to cure homosexuality is carried out around the world currently
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only 3 countries have nationwide bans that's brazil ecuador and malta a handful of other countries seen here have also set the board joining with local regulations and recommendations but they don't have explicit nationwide bans jimmy wants to become the 2nd e.u. country to ban this practice did you went and spoke to a man who underwent conversion therapy and he has a story. i think i 1st became aware that something was different during kindergarten but of course i didn't know what it meant mike is just one of thousands of people in germany who have undergone a controversial therapy in an attempt to repress a homosexuality christianity shaped mike's life from an early age but as puberty hit he began to have sexual experiences with men. it was a nice time in life but then the conflict started to grow because at the same time
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i felt at home in christian circles where it was made very clear god doesn't want that you should lead another life. how can you stand before god this is a mortal sin. and other similar comments came from all sides. after voluntarily seeking out so-called conversion therapy might committed himself to ending all contact with homosexual friends and partners for decades he was abstinent the loneliness brought him to the brink of suicide unemployment i reached the point where i couldn't go on anymore. but it was also because of my faith that i was too much of a coward to do it. because then i would have been granted eternal life today i can laugh about it how stupid that it was but i was actually the reason that kept me from ending my life. not practitioners in germany of the so-called homosexual conversion therapy currently face no consequences but german health minister is preparing to take drastic action. should conversion therapy in germany
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sexuality is not a disease and does not require treatment. the german health minister hopes to present a draft by the end of the year but like many other critics mike worries that the so-called therapy will be able to continue under a different guise but for him it's still a step in the right direction. she finished and i think it's important for example to put a ban in place especially for young people which makes it clear that doctors and therapists are not allowed to carry out this so-called conversion therapy and then the be a lot less of this nonsense. then proceed to monogramming of. 20 years on since his so-called therapy mike can now look forward to his wedding putting the past behind him. nieman i'm not bitter towards anyone neither the christian circles where i learned and heard everything nor the therapist. someone
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from my former parish actually reached out to me and said hats off to him and he was sorry for what happened so i can see something is happening changes on the way . this is going on with me i have visibility issues and medical director of the department of psychiatry and bulletins shouted to a hospital welcome professor who is there now what of the system one of the methods used in the so called conversion therapy and tell us a little more about the negative impact it's having on people who go through it well the so-called conversion therapy is not grounded in any scientific. evidence so there is no one method so if it range the methods range from drastic measures like watching heterosexual porn with with these victims i might say i might call them and. having for example man.
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who are homosexual to behave more like what we think is more masculine or women that are lesbians to behave more like girls girlish kind of behavior which is of course very stressful if you impose this on these people now you've been working with some of the survivors how do you have them well you know the negative effects the harmful effects for mental health of these kinds of therapies is actually that people might become suicidal like we just saw they might have even psychotic episodes they might fall they might acquire an addiction to alcohol or something like that so this is what we then actually treat so this so-called therapy actually converts healthy people with no disease to patients with the disorder so now we hear that jim is health minister wants to
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ban the so-called conversion to reducing that would help oh i would very much welcome that i think it would help there will always be of course let's say a black market for religious fanatics for example but i think that's of a very good step to take so there is a resistance to banning conversion therapy actually coming it mostly lies in the orthodox religions in of all religions actually but the orthodox are really a very much against homosexuals they consider that to be a disease which it's not and that's where they propagate these kinds of so-called therapies and in fact jenny just last to legalize gay marriage so obviously this is a very important step. isabel has a clear thank you very much for sharing your insights with us you're welcome. and the u.s. ambassador john new rich internet is famously loyal to present dollar trump but now
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he's showing his true colors quite literally on saturday but i will be celebrating christopher street day as the gay pride parade discordia in honor of the event the rainbow flag of gay pride has been hoisted next to the star-spangled banner at the u.s. embassy allegedly despite an order from the u.s. state department forbidding it ambassador grinnell has long been openly about his sexuality and dance to take part in saturday's christof but street day. that's it for now but.
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