there are full power and boundless ambition of the middle east into a great crisis in. the life principles of the cold starts nov 27th on the w. . this is the dr news coming up the political authorities love to hate dissident artist. tunes on the hong kong protest slammed the government and support the protesters and ask him if that's completely fair. plus he's accused of human rights abuses by not of his view hampered suspicion but go tell that as a fire truck has just been sworn in as the ivan 7 presidents can he be a president for old sri lankans.

welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us we begin today with the dissident chinese artist's impression of the situation in hong kong for testers and their running battles with the police and the chinese government support of the chief executive these are just some of the themes explored in the walk of australia based artist. which atom in a bit but fast a quick look at a documentary on him called china's dissident this will be a kind of test. condom i was actually entering a chinese territory we shall see we actually is going. to tell joins me now in the. studio welcome back to joe we just saw you in that

clip you were wearing a mask but yet here you are everybody can clearly identify you why the difference well i've been trying to hide my identity think the very beginning of my creation but in the end of last year i find out my identity has been compromised and actually my family in china got threatened by the chinese government. police in shanghai and after that i've made this decision that i think heidi is no longer an option for me and actually the best way for me is confront them face to face and this was before an exit bishan the pull supposed to open in hong kong yes this is supposed to be my 1st solo international expression and freedom before the opening my family in china got contacted by the sortie there and they deliver distress to say i don't cancel the show then me and my family well being. now

a lot of the images that you have made concern the situation in hong kong as you can see behind me and a lot of the work concerns of the chief executive kerry lamb it almost appears from the images that it is all for is it well. for any problem in any society one need to be responsible is the leader and parallel is the leader of hong kong she should be the one who is responsible for all the problems and particularly because her act is not good enough to solve the problem which bring to hong kong into this very critical situation now but what are the options those that carry lamb has a more should should be doing well it's very clear hong kong is have 5 the months and i don't think karen has really take those 5 months years later well she never really rent a proper talk the thing her and the protests there are some almost like

a stage stall be organized but people do not see her sincere with any of those movements you talk about people and the people in question here are primarily the protesters and your workers looked at protesters as well. if you can just show the previous picture once more in richard looking at the port protests in hong kong a lot of these protests have turned violent over the past many months a picture such as this in which you take what bruschi had said about being water don't picture such as these encourage violence well i have a very different opinion on that firstly i would challenge the very notion saying the protest get him violent we have to trace the roots of who started this violence is actually the police brutality when those from protesters seeing their friends got beat up facing life then just threatening what are they going to do it is just instinct to helping and save their friends and is it only instinct i mean you also

had a situation in which a brawl. a protester was doused in a flammable liquid and set on fire there was nothing provoking vat well actually there's a concert argument with a lot of people are saying why does that person didn't really get. herts severe with this horrible burn which is totally n.t. our common sense and actually they are evidence showing this could be a staged performance maybe all. these performances already being set on fire the problem is now in hong kong actually the freedom of speech has been heavily stratton's and without dispute environment we can really never tell this is true and that is force yes we saw something from a video but is that video stages or not there's no way we can tell right where we left leave it there for the time being but thank you so much but it's awful coming into the studio tour and your views with us pleasure.

has been sworn in next president of the people rising figure elected in a country itself deeply divided the election was held in the shadow of the easter sunday bombings which killed more than $200.00 people national security paved the one deciding issue and the majority were clear about who could provide it. it's official she longed for a sec to have a project at the helm again. to prevent crowds gathered on the streets of the capital colombo to get a glimpse of the new leader. of the. chanting their comrades nations. the brother of former president mahinda rajapaksa. claimed a landslide victory a day after the presidential vote was held by his supporters are reckless with

praise and that the nation. is taking over the country while it's in a lot of trouble under any other leader even a child wouldn't feel safe on the streets i'm so happy long live. i believe that this victory belongs to go topple the people have shown their support for him now feel safe here i'm going to have a new app that you know more than a mere thought words can explain how happy i am and i'm going to let you know i pray for him and i want to thank him for saving this country that has gotten didn't know that you were going to. the ranks brick he's here the camera is as much to get close to my him to the facts as it is for the new president's. supporters idolised the brothers who oversaw the end of sri lanka decades long civil war. but not all the sri lanka is celebrating. there was little joy on the streets in areas but back packs us open and. such

a theme about so they are uneasy about their future. in the past there have been allegations of enforced disappearances and oppression of the sand under the leadership of my hand and both are very large parts minorities are concerned about their rights under the new nationalists dodge apartheid government madero breakthrough with the front camera booklet of the price. changes of the country's leadership are far from over. experts point out that ask the incumbent prime minister donna to become a single is from a different party than dodge apart so he could resign. to allow for the new president to make his own pick but the last time an attempt was made to move to sri lankan prime minister it triggered a constitutional crisis. i mean it could have a destabilizing effect if mr vick are missing and mr raj box of the new president cannot agree on what the next step is going to be yeah then of course it'll create

a question of look we have to have a lot of no confidence and all of that kind of thing but otherwise it's a relatively small transfer of power. security peace and prosperity that is what she lankans are seeking it's a tall order but good job a dodge a box of euphoric supporters are confident he will deliver. and this is what the new president had to say on his victory. by thank everyone who supported me so i understand that i am the president of the citizens who voted for me. and those who use their vote against me. therefore i'm well aware that i am bound to say every 3 lankan irrespective of race or religion which i will make sure to fulfil that task. to them because one of them a shot just for has been covering the election for us and joins me on the line line

now from colombo membership a good target our departure has promised to court so every sri lankan irrespective of race or religion is this an assurance people from minority communities are convinced of. well it is definitely important british that. is making such an effort to repeat this point that he was so of all sri lankans that all sri lankans should come together that all of them would be included in the plan he has for sri lanka ahead and this is especially important because he is seen as a strong majority teddy a nationalist lido who strongly favors the senhor love with the majority but however words on not going to be enough for the minorities in this country to feel secure for example under the rule of the rajapakse as in the past i'm talking about . the defense minister and his brother my him that box as the president of the country there are allegations of inforce disappearances of thumb is at the end of

sri lanka civil war additionally we have minorities here muslims feeling insecure in the off to mouth off that used to sunday bombings where there have been facing a backlash but again with rights activists minority rights activists have pointed out that men never buddhistic stream most of the muslims or evangelical christians they act with impunity no actions taken against them so if the president actually takes concrete actions and gives assurances towards this that would actually be a good start to getting minority confidence from the michelin 1st also 1st one of its most economic downturns in 15 years how much of an issue was the economy in this election. both british national security and peace was the top concerns in this election everybody we spoke to did say that they want all ethnicities aldridge and to come together to live in because for sri lanka to have the peace that it has wanted for such

a long time but if the economy was not off the minds of people are those several people spoke about the fact that the cost of living is so high and they want the new precedent to reduce that that salaries. that there are not enough jobs available so this is also on the minds of people who. talk about you but somehow as outlined has has outlined some i can on the policies in his campaign promises but it is also important to note that he is seen as having a strong china and it is also important to remember that 'd a lot of a large amount of sri lanka scott and debt was in code when his brother mine that object locks up wasn't far so this is another dodge looks like government to watch closely to ensure that his policies are beneficial for sri lankans right thanks very much about michelle just income. and this program and more on our web site b w dot com for slash release or not with pictures from the sri lankan presidential

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