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covering the be beethoven 2020. 150th anniversary here on d. w. . the be. this is d. w. news a live from berlin the details of china's crackdown on its muslim minority when does this leaked document expose us china's big alive at the way does the us simply attending vocational training camps the best occasion seems to come from what the world has long suspected of being imprisoned simply because they're muslim also
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coming up a fresh face to stop the brutal civil war in libya the conflict is still awash with weapons now but european union has agreed to renew a naval mission enforcing the do an arms embargo but will it be enough. i'm told me a lot of but welcome to the program. we begin with the leaks documents that appear to expose china's mistreatment of its muslim week of minority beijing has always claimed its mass detention camps for m l e training centers focused on helping fight extremism but d.w.i. and its german media partners have evidence that contradicts that narrative it seems to confirm what many have long suspected that china is putting wiggers in prison based on their religion and culture now me conrad of the w.'s investigate
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every unit reports. i would never have found out that my sister is in a camp without this list rather going up the boy than when. it's a detail of that surveillance document it's extremely likely that this is authentic yes it's dated but someone should tell the world what's going on there. is. no more. these men now we get muslims from china back home they could be imprisoned for the simple act of praying i quickly come to realize that each one of them has a story of loss. the. fascist chinese government wants to eliminate the we got people of the entire population of john right in front of the eyes of the world. we asked them to
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raise their hands if they have family members who've been imprisoned in china's province where most week is live. across tin john there are dozens of camps holding up to a 1000000 week is let's take a closer look at one of them this is a reaction cation camp next to a prison. we identified watchtowers. and high schools. that countless camps like this one the chinese government claims they are fallen tree vocational training centers designed to fight weak extremism. too but we received a document which shows that china's targeting week is based on the identity and religion it lists hundreds of detainees and the reasons for their detention are.
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caused by the weak academic up to we're you perceived it from a source and took a huge risk sharing it with us. or. january 8 i've seen with the phone call like it's messenger call and. he said that stop doing this and we can reach you where were you are yes it's the dress but someone. should pick the danger someone should speak up someone should tell the world what's going on. the document doesn't have any stamp or signature we showed it to several experts who agreed that it is almost certainly
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an official text. it contains an enormous amount of extremely specific. data from one very small community in java and that. it would take an immense amount of effort and access to publicly on available data to fabricate a document like this in this neighborhood in istanbul where many we live we met one woman whose sister some mentioned on the list. but soon used to talk to news some family members had been imprisoned but it shocked her when she found out that her youngest sister was listed in the document called mbeki had a ball there i was really sad for days i couldn't sleep. i was really shocked. and sad about her arrest. like
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a don't call them. china says it's fighting extremism but talked he says her younger sister wasn't religious her only crime she had too many children along all of them i heard that the conditions in prison are unimaginably bad they don't even have enough food to eat oh. well she doesn't know if her relatives have been released like countless other we did they have been caught up in china's all encompassing anti terrorism drive. now to other stories making news around the world. authorities in book enough associate gunmen have killed at least $24.00 civilians in the east of the country the attack targeted a church in the village of pansie islamist extremists have been blamed for a growing insurgency that started in neighboring mali and has also extended into
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neijing where the united nations says armed men have killed at least 20 civilians in cameron's english speaking northwest region more than a dozen children were among the dead the massacre followed clashes between government troops and separatists fighting for an independent angle from state an opposition party blamed the army for the attack but the government denies involvement. according cape town has given hundreds of migrants 4 more weeks to stay in a church where they sought refuge last october the migrants say this threatened by anti 4 and a hostility in south africa judges called on the city to review the case. the european union has agreed on a new naval mission to monitor the un ban on arms shipments to libya the country is torn by a standoff between 5 as loyal to the un backed government in tripoli and rebel groups that control much of the country the civil war has been raging for about 6
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years and libya is awash with arms despite the un embargo the new e.u. military patrol will replace the current naval mission called sophia. following discord over measures to help stabilize libya e.u. foreign ministers have reached an agreement critics were outspoken austria wanted to block a new naval mission for fear it would encourage more migrants to attempt crossing the mediterranean as they try to make their way to europe. first the sophia mission in the mediterranean off the coast of libya will be stopped secondly we've agreed that we want to military mission and not a humanitarian one and it will focus on the arms embargo the task of the original even naval missions sophia was to fight arms trafficking and people smuggling but it frequently rescued refugees at sea the new mission will involve aerial as well as naval assets primarily in the east mediterranean that's where there's more arms
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trafficking and fewer refugee routes the naval mission will be ended if ships continue to take in migrants. it's fundamentally important that the european union acknowledges its responsibility to take action and play a role in ensuring the arms embargo will no longer be violated that's what's required to end the civil war in libya. but it's not clear if this new plan will bring the desired results. the details of the mission have yet to be worked out. the sudanese government and a coalition of rebel groups have extended peace talks for another 3 weeks after missing a deadline to reach a deal a spokesman for the rebels said important steps have been taken toward peace at the same time shortages of bread and fuel hampering the country's economic development so nice prime minister abdullah is optimistic about the cooperation between civilians and the military and a government he hopes will lead the nation from decades of detect dictatorship to
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democracy he spoke of d.w. reporter abraham. prime minister 100 thank you so much for being here with us on the news you've taken over sudan at a historical moment the country is facing many challenges did you have any doubts about wanting to take this role. not doubt about this not of it's not a small clearly a person and wish this is a wish that is a desponding to a call of duty so then is being run now under unique up cooperation between civilians and military how is the cooperation between these 2 sides because it hasn't always been smooth has it this this is also another feature of the uniqueness of this when this experiment. proudly propagating this across the wall. i'm calling you to sudan isn't all that. which is bathrooms ship between civilian and the military to build democracy built
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solid foundation for democracy. let's turn to the topic of the you know the clearing of the sit in in june and the people that were killed on the streets a lot of them believe that their rapid support forces were involved in this attack and when will these people see justice because so far some say the results just have not been up to what happened to the protesters on the streets i'm sure you knew so well they're going to situation in brooklyn which is guiding this transition period. as a very clear. and the taking that was the bush and investigation committee so let us not jump to conclusions that investigation committee formed from very respected lawyer its people in the legal field this one this started their work over 3 months now and that them that work them do their work and produce that report let's turn
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to the topic of the hour the possibility of former president of the bashir to appear before the international criminal court. will he be sent over to the hague. for ways over the missing piece the i.c.c. is one of the i.c.c. is self has so many levels it could be an i.c.c. in the hague could be an i.c.c. complaint court that is sudan or indonesia conservation of justice issues of to somebody conservation compensation individual and community we're not going to rest until the victims those 15. to be satisfied that justice not only being perceived but actually being saved and that is how we see it i miss you very much for your time i was going to very much thank you. that was the prime minister of sudan and you can find the full
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interview on our website e.w. dot com or on our you tube channel. now here in germany authorities have arrested 12 men suspected of having founded or supported a right wing terror group that goes by the name hardcore the group was allegedly plotting attacks on politicians and mosques across the country it was here at an outdoor barbecue area close to stop got members of the suspected terror group reportedly met for the 1st time in september 29th the aim to provoke civil unrest by carrying out attacks against politicians asylum seekers and muslims 12 suspected members of the far right terror cell have now been arrested in a series of raids across germany. but praise for the successful operation has been followed by calls for increased security at places of worship.
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think this is the end i think we're all agreed here that it's the job of the state and of course the government is to protect freedom of religion in our country. no matter their religion. investigators also discovered links with the extremist group soldiers of odin which was founded in finland in 2015 police also seized a number of weapons the raids come just months after the killing of regional politician to luka police have arrested a known far right extremist in connection with that killing in october last year 2 people were also killed when another far right extremist tried to attack a synagogue in the eastern german city of hala that incident adage to growing concerns in germany over the scale and influence of far right extremism. and there are mind over the top story we're following for you china's mistreatment of its muslim minority wages has been exposed in
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a document leaked to the an investigation concludes we goes on and not simply attending vocational training camps become films what the world has long suspected that they're being imprisoned simply because they're muslims. up next is news africa and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest news on our website that's w dot com i'm told me all bloody things which just. go to use crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention and sustainable growth production. all of the sos are available online and of course you can share
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