after the fall of the. record. this is news asia coming up to the soccer us prize goes to weaker activist ilam toti with china condemned to life in prison he spoke out against beijing's persecution of his people. and local elections in hong kong becomes a new battleground for the pro and anti dating camp will meet 2 candidates facing off across the political divide. this tricks count good actions rarely attract huge

amounts of attention particularly outside hong kong but this year that is radically different. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us the european parliament has awarded its pristine just human rights award the soccer off prize to iran toady he is the professor and member of the ethnic muslim minority called weekers who mostly live in china beijing has gone after this group putting an estimated 1000000 of them according to the u.n. in detention camps yes you heard that right detention camps it's the largest internment of people since world war 2 toady is serving a life sentence he probably doesn't even know he's won this award china says he's a separatist but what he said and why. he tried to do with simply to convey the

feelings weekers had about how china was running. the territory where most of them if i may you may want to thank you but we have no representative no newspaper of our own right as i thought what can ordinary people do when they encounter in just a small shelter from some of them will fight resist for you even though why a person violence i believe there will be more and more violent resistance by ordinary people if government policies don't change or you can grow your. peter erwin is the spokesperson for the world leader of congress peter tell us a little more about 20. so he is an economics professor we're economics professor taught at men's university in beijing i think there's one thing you could say about him is he is a voice of moderation reconciliation that was reflected in the european parliament decision today he advocated for the open for dialogue between iran and niggers and

he said look the cycle of your business and 6 primarily is a means of encouraging conversation between these groups to overcome in some ways the states of the florida division of their idea who if in some of the conversations challenges a lot of the nation if that is that enforced by the chinese communist party for that work he was arrested in just 14. he was denied access to a lawyer for 6 months after his attention in a trial lasted 2 days i think gives you a sense of china's legal system his lawyers with evidence for the on the prosecutor all requests for witnesses were refused by the court time subsequently some of them to life in prison for inciting separatism and in the media sure that we need to understand is that he never of course culture separatism he was the exact opposite he was a voice is what racial reconciliation. now peter i remember i spoke to back in 2010 when i was based in beijing and he also struck me as a voice of moderation in many ways he's sort of like a model minority

a what china says they want to see and yet even he could not escape the clutches of a getting in you know stuck in the system so what kind of leader model minority do the chinese want to see if even iran is in prison for life. yeah i think some things one is case that become the more clear in the subsequent years after his detention and sentencing i think what they want to see what a model minority as uncomfortable as i am using that kind of language just someone who is essentially just chinese who is it is up to the characteristics of the communist party that from ford speaking chinese basically deconstructing to be great then it is that sort of goes against what the chinese want for him the criticism also yes but i think people criticize the policies that he saw as kind of productive in such a way that it was constructed by the poor vice of the government and actually solve these problems and what he sends them indicates is that he i think the chinese government is not interested in actually solving these problems in the 4 or 5 years

afterwards he can't open enough of the couple 1000000 people gives us clarity in terms of what actually the government wants to do and that's to undermine the big identity itself and not solve the deeper problems tell us what you know about the latest concerning these camps or at the moment estimates put the number of detention detainees in the camps between one and 2000000 perhaps upwards of 3000000 people these people are still obviously detaining camps essentially what the government calls them is occasional training centers they're more like in term of cancer indoctrinate their your population and has actually occurred is there also detained as well. and then of course beyond the cancer itself it's quite extensive security and surveillance system in the region so of course people perhaps need to give the release from the past but there's there's such a climate of fear at the moment in the region that includes the free to speak at all is that sort of a more general policy to undermine an essential element of the expression there of care when thank you. finally hong kong's government has

withdrawn the unpopular extradition bill that 1st kicked off protests months ago it would have allowed people to be transferred to mainland china to face a separate far more unreliable court system and now it looks as though carrie land the territory's chief executive might step down before her term ends so protesters in hong kong should be happy right well if there were campaigning in local elections which are exactly one month away are any indication they've still got a lot to say it's essentially become a single issue vote are you for or against beijing here's the charge that charlie charles and kills report. $82.00 and michael long or on opposing sides of the political spectrum but both are already feeling the heat in one of the most divisive district council elections in memory. pro stablish one councillor michael long is running for a 3rd term this was previously

a safe seat but months of pro-democracy protests have turned this election on its head that would be some i'm feeling really frustrated. no matter how much we do for the local community people don't care. only care now about your stance on the protests and whether you're for or against the protesters demands. that boundary. it's not just reelection at stake michael was among a number of pro starvation lawmakers whose offices have been vandalized in recent weeks he's now boarded up his doors concerned mounting public anger has turned him into a target. nor make a to also feeds more violence several pro-democracy candidates have been physically attacked a handful of also face challenges from the authorities at each you among them he was threatened with disqualification over his stance on self-determination beijing

is very. anxious 1st. coming election. i would say it is even more important the legislative process next year. both sides know this election could have far reaching implications district council is formed part of the committee that will select the next chief executive in 2022 which means they will have some limited say in the next leader of hong kong district council actions rarely attract huge amounts of attention particularly outside hong kong but this year that is radically different everyone watching the results of this election very closely with some even wondering whether the vote will even be allowed to go ahead i given the current unrest some pretty beijing politicians are calling for the vote to be suspended but others fear that. could set a dangerous precedent and further fuel public anger if we do not have this.

district i'm sorry that sure that that means we will lose crucial peaceful way for people to avoid. this for months movement and will possibly forward the escalating violence on the streets. this latest become a referendum on amazement and with a month before they just go to the polls candidates face an uncertain few weeks ahead with weekly protests and anxious authorities capable of shaking up the political climate in an instant. we have wilson young from hong kong's progressive lawyers group i should add there pro-democracy organization was on i looked at the last poll numbers from one of the more trusted news outlets in hong kong known for their fact based coverage just 6 percent of people in support of probating candidates tell us more you know i think that particular poll shows the number of people who self identify themselves as in the

probation camp so it's not necessarily the same number of people who would actually go and vote for the same card but despite that there's no doubt that the support for the pro beaching pro-government side of the political spectrum is falling we see the trust in the hong kong government collapsing trust in the police collapsing and of course that then feeds in to the probe aging side of the political elite political spectrum they benefit when the government is doing well and they benefit from funds from popularity but when the government is doing a poly then they suffer the consequential damage and that's probably going to be seen in the november district council elections. why do you think there still appears to be so much support for the protest movement even when some of the activists have been frankly than july's ing and throwing molotov cocktails. use of

course there are concerns about protesters use of vandalism and some violence but the number of people who are concerned about police brutality and police excessive force is way higher so there's a one recent poll which said 40 percent of people thought protesters were using too much violence but compared to the 70 percent or above thought that the police were using excessive violence and force so there's a lot of concern about that and obviously there's a disparity in the sense that protesters who are using illegal force will be arrested tried and dealt with in according to the law but the concern about the police side of the equation is that the police seem to be getting away with whatever they want to do the extradition bill which originally kicked off protests months ago has now been withdrawn there are rumors leader kerry land will step down so are protesters are you satisfied. it's probably too little too

late but this this time if the bill have it withdrawn at the beginning of the protests then maybe it would have satiated some people but by this time about 4 and a half months in is about a lot more than the extradition bill now it's about police brutality overall it's about unaccountable gov and people are realizing that what they really need is structural reform. with a nail thank you thank you. that's our show for today you can find more on our web site d w dot com for asia and on facebook and twitter as well please let us know what you think about what we cover and what you would like to see. leave you with pictures what pictures of this year's sucker off prize recipient on tony thank you for watching see you next time and goodbye.

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