and so i think people are really looking forward to meeting journalists they can trust for them to read sorts of. cartoons marks all the work of. this is d.w. news coming up the whatsapp breach targeting activists around the world has hit india and people there are asking was the government behind this we talked to one of the victims. plus when your morning commute involves spending off fondling land women in japan say time's up. when art imitates life how filipino filmmakers are responding to president returned to his vision for the country.

i'm melissa chan you're watching d.w. news asia thank you for joining us a group of indian journalists lawyers and academics are demanding answers from their government after their phones were hacked as part of a massive surveillance scandal it comes after what's happened to the rights groups citizen lab informed the victims they had been targeted using a software called pegasus one of the most sophisticated spying tools we know of in the world the use of pegasus has also been detected among other asian countries including pakistan bangladesh and thailand the hackers got access by calling the target's phone through whatsapp that move actually launches the spyware here's how one senior researcher described the result. becomes a spy. camera the microphone takes

a massive hears anything else on the phone or are susceptible to monitor. and if so the israeli company that created the pegasus surveillance program says it only sells to governments getting many to point the finger at prime minister narendra modi's government officials have responded saying they are concerned about the breach of citizens' privacy all while not making an outright denial we have dr siraj gary from the university of delhi he was one of the targets of surveillance via what's app dr how do you feel about these revelations well it's one little very unnerving bought at another level why expect it and why it why do you say that it's expected is it because of the work you were doing year one because of the kind of work i'm doing and the kind of

things that's happening around me you know with my other friends with other activists and not just friends and activists but also laura ordinary people you know. we have a pretty pretty nasty regime regular it doesn't sound like you have any confidence in terms of accountability that the government will investigate and prosecute those who are involved with this breach yet they will not also because they themselves are part of a great and actually you know most people are using that don't go to government but i think that don't we want we want to use you as the deep state you know it's there in diligence in c.s. within the steve who are responsible for this do you think this is going to have a chilling effect on you and the other activists that you mentioned earlier. yes at one level that's definitely true you know you know the killing effect it is scary

it is late not just big brother watching but you know that's the thing with bigger says this is this i mean big brother watching the surveillance for napping though they're getting things at one level you know whatever it's going to be you know it would be. normally you know but big this is was much for the raid because it can answer it on the camera on in your form it against the microform you were on your screen so it's not just that they are intercepting your communications with others this one is actually getting into your private life not just as you're. an activist what you are doing according the longman no not right away because it is one ask dr siraj gary thank you thank you very much thank you packed tightly in a subway car during rush hour that's something nobody likes but in japan women have the additional stress of dealing with men who try to cop

a feel almost every woman there has a story of being groped it's so much a problem that transport officials started designating women only train cars a few years ago that has helped but hasn't eliminated the problem and women are fed up. tokyo in the morning rush hour the japanese capital's trains are jam packed bodies pressing against bodies for some these are the perfect conditions for to con or croaking. i have been touched a lot of times around here and most people i know of had the same experience. like . using the air drop smartphone function this path at 70 a picture of his thing the big city. continent has been part of japanese pop culture for some time cartoon films showing schoolgirls as helpless groping victims in large fan base in

a country where some couples do not even dare to hold hands in public. situations like this one where grover is chased are rare. most victims suffer in silence. victims like ramon. she recently developed a program that she can read or an early warning system to combat groupers $40000.00 have already registered. when you got the feeling of powerlessness comes from the fact that brokers are perceived as being completely normal it goes so far that the victims fear that the train will be stopped by their cry for help and that their fellow travelers will arrive late for work out of some kind of consideration they prefer not to say anything. wants to change that she was sexually harassed when she was at primary school the blogger has written a book about her experiences and demands that women talk about there's. still only

one i used to travel to school on the train with my male friends their experience of that environment was very different to mine so i realised that men can really only understand the problem if we talk about it clearly. and that is what ogawa does now. she takes us to an event of women who don't want to put up with it anymore. the flower demo takes place once a month it's for people who have been victims of groping or who have experienced sexual violence that it's only the demo is a very important place for us a place where we gain hope and the feeling that our voices can change something. that is here. in japan a country where few are outspoken these flower demos are almost a revolution. to mine and i thought that was some of the women talk about their worst experiences and seeing that gives me the feeling that we are moving together

not. only in. and tell something changes in japan. will be coming back here every month. philippine president rodriguez terre case war on drugs has left a body count of anywhere from 521-2000 possibly more with human rights groups also accusing police of extrajudicial killings and for that remains very popular in his country which has led those filipinos critical of his policies to really reflect on the changing dynamics and tensions going on in the country take the film respect to as an example. of a look at street culture poverty and laws to young filipino men with few prospects and also access social commentary with the never mentioned by the government always

in the background with characters in the film talking about abuses from the marcos dictatorship of the past joining me is trying to lad who has brought the film respect to berlin as one of the organizers of the 1st real philippine film festival opening this week a trinket this film is of course fiction but the poverty and brutality that we see is reminiscent of real life for some filipinos correct for a lot of filipinos actually the film was actually was is shot in the actual slums in manila. the police brutality is based on the current drug war ok and even while they were shooting for least authorities visit the sect yeah it's and they were looking for one of the suspects for one of their suspects and christine and i understand you turn tail so has a curfew in manila and that impacted the filmmakers and how they wrote the film for example exactly in the film this is a young chill of

a young kids are always advised to don't hang out on the streets they might they might be suspected as one of the drug pushers they might be. arrested for no reason and then because that's the key. criticism is that a lot of people are actually innocent that got caught up in the drug war what's interesting about the film is also the way it recall there are characters who talk about the former marcos regime the dictatorship why do you think the filmmakers were doing that in the seventy's there is there was one of the golden periods of philippine cinema and this was the time when the dictatorship was very present they were putting censorship on on arts and culture and they were controlling the media and artists had to find a way to stage the protests in very creative forms of art through music and film and so on and this was again shown in the film where different

forms of art. and music was used to push to stage the protests do you think. now the situation in the philippines is i don't want to see similar but is it tougher for people to express their opinions at the moment they're experiencing a government which has pledged or had more or less pledge their allegiance to the former dictator. who they've already expressed support for the former dictator's family who has plans to run again for a for government of their government and there they want their revising history and so on and. there's a fair level of this admiration their level of admiration people are fighting left and right and say the dictatorship during the marcos regime no one died whereas thousands have died thousands have been unjustly incriminated and this film is

a reflection of that fear happening again and it's happening through a drug war so just pulling back and looking at the larger film festival what takeaway do you want people to have in terms of understanding your country after they check out the film festival. that's film music and art is also a form of protest can be a platform for change and what we're doing what we're trying to do as the 1st trio we're trying to be a platform so that all kinds of voices can be heard our representation counts and we want to make sure that filipinos and other persons of color can have their voices heard so that we also have a piece of of community building and decision making. so it isn't in the forefront excellent. thank you so much. that's our show for today we'll leave you now with another look at respect to

playing at the philippine film festival here in berlin. you have. been on minus my. language courses. video for. anytime anywhere. wu says. the french and chinese brokered billions of euros in deals the idea here is to spur all business with beijing global growth way but will china make good on its promise

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chinese state news agency says they agreed to work together to push forward the completion programme of the european plane make it a $350.00 model as well as. in china. andrea hang is in singapore for us and following this story closely.