in a lead role like you've never seen before let me be clear with you. to say that to me is that your of it should give the ends justify the means. to tim's witnesses starts december 13th on d. w. . this is the dumpy news coming up the political parties love to hate dissident authors to. call tunes on the hong kong protests slam the government and support the protesters and ask him if that's completely fair. plus he's accused of human rights abuses and shouldn't cause my not to use viewer suspicion but go tell that out of the truck has just been sworn in as the island's 7th president can he be a president for all 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 on test. which atom in a bit but 1st a quick look at a documentary on him called china's out for dissident this would be a kind of test 1st time that my wife actually entering a chinese territory we shall see we actually from china is going. to tell joins me now in the. studio welcome but it's you know 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 thing 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's. 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 exhibiting the possible stop in hong kong yes this is supposed to be my 1st solo international expression and freedom before the opening my family in china contacted by the authority 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 we 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 in particular 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 that kerry 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 aaron has really take those 5 months years later well she never really a rent a proper talk the thing her and the protests there are some almost like

a stage talk being organized but people do not see her saying see if we're doing any of those movements you talk about people in the people in question here are primarily the protestors and your workers looked at protesters as well. if you can just show the previous picture once more in richard looking at the 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 bruce he had said about being bored 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 protesters are getting violent we have to trace the roots of who started this 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 or is it only instinct i mean you also

had a situation in which a brawl. protester was doused in a flammable liquid and set on fire there was nothing provoking vat well actually there's cons argument with a lot of people are saying why does that person didn't really get. herts severe with this horrible burden which is totally n.t. our common sense and actually there 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 have released threatened and without environment we can never tell this is true and that is forced 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 and your views with us pleasure.

go to buy a rajapaksa has been sworn in as 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 people and national security paved the one deciding issue on the majority clear about who could provide it. it's official she longed for a sec to have a project after helm again. to poland crowds gathered on the streets of the capital colombo to get a glimpse of the new leader. of the. 8 chanting back on rationalizations. the brother of former president mahinda rajapaksa. claimed a landslide victory a day after the presidential vote was held. his supporters are breathless with

praise and that your 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 mean that this victory belongs to go tavo the people have shown their support for him now feel safe here that i made our venue up that you know more than a myth that words can explain how happy i am and you are going to look at that i pray for him and i want to thank him for saving this country that has gotten that out it only got more than a 3rd of the ranks brick he's here the camera is as much to get close to my him to the fox as it is for the new president. supporters are july's 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 and areas that back

packs us often and such a theme about so. they are lazy 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 what i am a large part of the minorities are concerned about their rights under the new nationalist project but the government by bearer of rape would rest on camera but fear of reprisals and changes in the country's leadership are far from over. experts point out that as 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 the sri lankan prime minister it triggered a constitutional crisis. i mean it could have a destabilizing effect if mr vick are saying that and mr rogers 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 oh 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 of euphoric supporters are confident he will deliver. and this is what the new president had to say upon 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 i will make sure to fulfil that task. here because one of the michelle dress far has been covering the election for us and joins me on the on line now from colombo

a good job at our departure has promised to court so of 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 god. is making such an effort to meet 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 simple level of 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 dodge trucks as in the past i'm talking about good dobby large parts of the defense minister and his brother my him that are just blocks out 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 often marked 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 whenever buddhistic stream most attacked by the muslims on evangelical christians they act with impunity no actions taken against them so if the precedent actually treat actions and give assurances towards this that would actually be a good start to getting minority confidence in the mitchell lovers 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 while at 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 peace pushing along got 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 salaries a lot that they're not. enough jobs available so this is also on the minds of people and talk about you but son has outlined how it 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 on target and it is also important to remember that a lot a lot of my own to feel like i was caught in debt was in could when his brother my own daughter box 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 or our website give up the dot com for slash release or no with pictures from the sri lankan presidential elections won comfortably by our trust

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