this is d. w. news live from berlin surprise and disbelief in turkey as a court of quits antigovernment activists the 9 had been charged in connection with their role in anti-government protests 70 years ago the case had been widely regarded as a test of justice in turkey. also coming up chilling new evidence of china's crackdown on its minority leader population the document leaked to d.w. news confirms that time it is and personating imprisoning excuse me members of its muslim minority based soley on their religion and culture we will speak with the

relatives of those being held at the plug pulled on tesla the electric car builder was clearing a site for and met the factory near barletta but a court has ordered it to halt operations after its petition are mentalists and it's deja vu for paris and her mom coach thomas to fill in the champions league tonight as he returns to his former team for the year don't. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a turkish court has acquitted 9 civil society activists accused of seeking to overthrow turkey's government in the 2013 gezi park protests the verdict was not expected judges ordered the defendants immediate release the defendants include the businessman and rights act. and the actor and director method.

critics have called the trial of attempt to silence or appease opposition and criminalize anti-government protest the gezi park protests were triggered by plans to build a shopping mall on a small park in central istanbul. and for more i'm joined by yulia han correspondent it is stumble yulia how big of a surprise was this verdict. i don't think anybody saw this coming as the defendants of us journalists we were actually bracing for a tough verdict today because turkish prosecutors had asked for aggravated life sentences in solitary confinement for 3 of the defendants and long jail for the others so for anybody who's been following this trial these acquittals come as a huge surprise we've actually heard about 110 years celebrations erupting there

inside the courtroom and outsides a court that is outside of istanbul here in the city and you've just mentioned also he is a well known businessmen here in turkey he is also somebody who has been doing many civil society projects with a european organizations and he was the only defendant behind bars he had to spend more than 2 years in pretrial just tension so today's verdict means he's going to be set free and this is of course a huge relief for him for his family for everybody supporting him and the other defendants he is one of the defendants how about the others what is this verdict mean for them. well we've seen some reactions already there on social media they're being widely shared i've seen one of the defendants actually saying that he's still in disbelieve this has come very unexpected but he

also says it makes him happy and he would like to see this as a sign that change in turkey is a possible you have to know the defendants are active as journalists city planners so all well known civil society figures here in turkey and they have been accused of a grave crime trying to overthrow the turkish government i've been talking to some of them especially last year and they told me they feel like they're somehow part of a weird fictional movie and they can't get out of it because all these accusations leveled against them are just so. so this is how they felt about it and but i can only repeat this again for them this is of course a day a good day a day of relief what does it say about the judiciary in the country its independence and just the general state of affairs in the country. well i think some clearly would like to see this as

a sign of an independent judiciary here in turkey we've just had from istanbul's opposition may want to get present ed once party here in istanbul in the election last year he says the verdict is a true source of joy and it restores trust in the turkish judicial system but then there are others who are more skeptical because they have been saying this trial has been politically motivated from the very beginning the turkish traditionally has been turned into a political tool so the verdict today has to be seen as another political decision after all this trial has been going on for nearly 2 and a hols years one man had to stay behind bars for more than 2 years let me tell you what one has been saying that has been closely following this trial it's the ngo article 19 they said was so relieved but still angry the gaze upon trial is

a perfect example of judicial harassment the case has never made any sense you leon admissable thank you. now for the last 3 years there have been suggestions that china is systematically persecuting its muslim minority population the weekers now w. has obtained damning evidence that they are indeed being targeted because of their religion and culture a document leaked on its partners shows that china is detaining weaker people for reasons such as praying wearing a headscarf visiting a foreign website or having relatives abroad it also reveals that chinese authorities are using high tech surveillance to keep track of the identities locations and habits of individual bleecker muslims the document was made available to you at great personal risk by a whistleblower and independent experts contacted by you said that it's highly unlikely that the document is genuine now the chinese government has always denied

that it persecutes the weak or minority saying that the detention centers there held in our vocational training center is built to fight extremist ideas and provide weaker us with valuable skills just last week the chinese foreign minister issued another forceful denial of the mistreatment have a look jewish. no one has seen any kind of concentration camp and. no one is you know any persecution the only thing to see was people of various ethnicities and living together harmoniously these facts demonstrate that the so-called concentration camps the so-called 1000000 are 100 percent rumors they are complete fake news for. another harsh denial from the chinese government there let's get more on this with nicola because he is a director for amnesty international in east and southeast asia and the pacific thank you so much for joining us on this latest leak gives us a lot of new insight into the reasons that china is detaining the leaders does

anything about this leak surprise you or is it consistent with your research. if i think it's unfortunately it's very consistent with what amnesty international and other human rights organization and journalists have been documented saying over the years that isn't all out states on sort compared to stamp out the religious political against d. of we go as in other muslim ethnic groups in disenchant we go to thomas region the communist party thinks that any. identity mark whether religious or cultural is a possible they call for aspiration for greater autonomy or for résistance to the gradual as simulation of the region by the chinese central states and therefore it's decided to completely stamp it out the so-called war on terror has provided

an excuse and allege to mitzi that the government uses to pursue it is policies that are incredibly violative of human rights and the scale of it is really and parallel in the history of china how difficult is it to get information about this issue or are whistleblowers the only way. or that it's almost impossible to get information the moment you step foot in since you are secret police will be following you. and will prevent or intervene to prevent any kind of independent. investigation or interviews and even more wearing go after people have talked to find those so investigators so it's impossible to do and carry out any kind of independent best occasion from sin john and china has rejected all the demands by the united nations investigators and special reporter to calm to the

region what reaction are you expecting to this leak. well i think that china has been actually pretty inconsistent in its response to allegations of mass scale foundation named in the show and at some point that said there was no such thing as as the camps down it needed that there were camps but that they were not forced detention then it moved and said yes these are for detention but this is to eliminate terrorism so i think there is no we shouldn't really ask what the chinese government say's about what is happening we now have enough evidence and these elite cues is extremely important because it gives the details and the identification number of hundreds of people who were detained. and just continue to document and press the chinese government for access and for answers about the

policies and scary. when the government says really doesn't matter anymore it's lost all credibility respect to what's happening to igor's and to various groups in india nicolay because i from amnesty international thank you. and staying with china another doctor in china has died after contracting the new coronavirus inable han the epicenter of the outbreak the doctors death comes as health officials in china publish details of a study into $70000.00 cases of the virus the report suggests that the number of new infections is falling so far the virus has killed just over 2 percent of those infected with older people and those who think existing condition is more likely to die but beijing more answers that could change when people start returning to daily life. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world afghan president has been declared the winner of september's presidential poll following a recount ghani was reelected to

a 2nd term with just over 50 percent of the vote his opponents had to say if you did the policeman area results and made accusations of election fraud. the u.n. human rights chief michel batch of that is calling for humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee the fighting in syria as it looked and aleppo province is syrian government troops are advancing rapidly into the country's last rebel held areas rights groups warn that a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in the region. the billionaire former mayor of new york michael bloomberg has qualified to join a t.v. debate and other democratic presidential candidates in las vegas on wednesday bloomberg has been rising in the opinion polls thanks in part to a flood of t.v. ads. german bureaucracy is legendary for being thorough and pretty slow now environmental activists are throwing a monkey wrench into tesla's plans to set up its 1st european factory near berlin a state court has to decide whether clear cutting there can continue. the german

press has started calling it the tesla forest and the machines felling trees here have stopped a court order has brought them grinding to a halt the environmental organization glue league says the company shouldn't be allowed to continue clear cutting before it has all the appropriate permits could use if you had just starting activities right now sets a precedent these are things that cannot be reversed after all you can't just put the trees back in the ground after you cut them down because of the. cutting has to be suspended during the bird nesting season which begins in march if tesla hasn't cleared the site by then it could delay the opening of the factory slated for next year. if it doesn't work out with tesla and i hope it does it will send a fatal signal to german companies but also to in. your national investors did say that when it comes to global competition germany has grown unable to assert itself as the right place to do business. but on social media users in other parts of the

world are scratching their heads at the german delay to a major investment that would bring $3000.00 jobs tesla has already cleared 60 of the 90 head tears planned for this site the carmaker has promised to replant 3 times as many trees nearby the dispute has some people worried that tesla could withdraw from the deal the matter is being taken up by a state administrative court it'll decide on wednesday with the cutting can continue. and fizzle in from our business desk joins me now so what's the reaction from tesla here this awaiting to see what's going to be decided by the courts that could come as you heard there today tomorrow or the next few days it's a very interesting and unique situation i think for tesla specially after what it did in shanghai i mean it managed to build a gigafactory day and start rolling those model 3 days off of the band like within

a year i think it was which is crazy stuff i mean but china is a very different place to germany and as you mentioned you've got this german bureaucracy to get through which is there for good reason i mean you've got communities to worry about you've got ants and reptiles and bats in those forests that people worried about and all those trees and 2nd bombs that have to be diffuse there were 7 of them but there's also jobs at stake and i mean what does it mean for the state of brandenburg if this project does indeed fall through it hang on a 2nd have you seen one of these factories i mean there aren't people in their robots building all those cars but there are a lot of people who have to build robots you have to program them so we are talking about thousands of jobs. but does the region have the expertise we're talking about brandenburg you know it's an area that is suffering with a skills shortage germany is suffering from a skills shortage so. it's going to be really interesting to see how musk goes about this in the land of cause i think he's going to be nabbing a whole lot of people from all the other comic isn't the comic is going to be

worried about that it is interesting that this is taking place in front of her because there is another project that everyone might think about bradley airport you know mismanagement of that project in particular the opening of that significantly delayed. is there an issue when it comes to realizing big projects like these i don't think is it an issue in germany i think is an issue in bullett that's for sure does not have the expertise and has really stuffed up these projects like that airport my goodness i mean how many airports does china build within within a year and germany can't get one up and running just one within a year in berlin rather. it is a bit of an embarrassment we've also seen these movements against big tech companies like google the google campus that wanted to set up shop in quite spec and was kicked out basically people here are worried about rents as well as the environment they're worried about their lifestyles and they don't want to see both

of them being turned into another san francisco with people sleeping on the streets then fizzle in on the story thank you. for. now colombian drug lord pablo escobar was once one of the world's most dangerous criminals yet nearly 30 years after his death people continue to romanticize his lifestyle and make money out of his brutal legacy now though as. reports the families of escobar as many victims have decided to take action. public bar is everywhere in the streets and shops he grins at passers by from t. shirts key chains and even oil paintings pop culture has turned the founder of the many young drug cartel into an icon an icon who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people to consult this trend is horribly painful he tells me that 30 years ago his father died in a terror attack orchestrated by the notorious drug lord. and i think nowadays the

people who sell these talks of products are solely motivated by the desire to make money in order to sell their contributions the hype around this figure of a crime boss who inflicted a lot of pain on this country. in this place from 976-2993 escobar ruled over a kingdom of horror fueled by assassinations kidnappings and terror attacks still some of the very colombians who once lived in fear of him now seek to profit from his legacy yes some people come in and get mad they tell me this is blasphemy and ask me why on earth are you selling this but people ask for it this is after all my livelihood if i get a request i get it printed because i run a business this is. gonzalez and geo columbia columbia remembers is trying to show the grim reality behind the idolization with its latest project oddly enough it's an online store selling narco merchandise or at least that's what

it looks like at 1st glance. the way it works is that if you try to buy one of the products offered on the website you'll encounter the story of a victim of narco terrorism in colombia a direct victim of public record. and i bet you know woman i'm mugged alaina gomez and i'm the wife of not. deceased and one of pablo escobar is a tax. he said and i would like to tell my husband that the life project we created together i try to do in the name of our love. and of our life project in is through morning noon and through predict. we love you forever. gonzalo and his co-founder daveed aren't alone in their fight against the trivialization of escobar his dark legacy through the narco store project they

found unexpected allies with very close ties to the drug lord in this unit out for its own tension to prioritize the victims are the products that glorify the crimes all the story of my father those products are permanent insult to the families of those in the upper my neighborhood and the alliance for peace unimaginable 3 decades ago 27 years after public death colombia still hasn't been able to dismantle the powerful drug industry he built banning the products that glorify narco culture should be a far easier task. and also in the news today the world's richest man jeff bezos says that he attempts to spend $10000000000.00 to help fight climate change the basis fund will provide grants to people and organizations that work on environmental issues last year his company amazon announced plans to switch to

renewable energy sources by 2030. the private space company space x. has successfully put another 60 internet satellites into all that the company founded by billionaire. now has about 300 satellites in low orbit but the use of all rockets failed to land correctly it came down in the water instead of on its floating landing platform. and. depending on what kind of person you are this following our work could be the stuff of dreams or nightmares this particular artist built sculptures but not made of bronze or marble or would he built his art sex. preachers that appear to be from another world. are in chanting some spooky. the artist cedric lucky has from amsterdam brings dead beetles and butterflies back to life as fairies to him insects are

a very special natural resource. i was always fascinated by the chrome and machine like qualities that they had they have this beautiful architecture that looks just so otherworldly that's a major kind of god like. he's created over $200.00 different varies over the years each and every one of them is unique. in the beginning cedric made drafts that he would work with now he simply gives his spontaneity free rein gather whatever i have that kind of complements each other in terms of colors and textures and then just you know start working and see what we're what works out you know. and sometimes it goes relatively quick and sometimes it takes for ever. and then nothing really happens. sustainability is important to

him in every piece for example the insects he uses. these are broken specimens given to him for free by breeders rarely are people disgusted by his works cedric says but they do have questions. the most of the questions that i get the insects or what it's made of because the idea of using real materials is to make the final product look like something that's just plucked out of nature or something that could live on its own so a lot of people don't realize that it comes from real insects when they do realize that it comes from insects we have a whole different set of questions like where they where its source the insects from and where the color comes from recently said rick moved into a studio in an old warehouse in amsterdam so far the old food truck is one of the only places where he meets other people. but he hopes to cooperate with other artists in the future and to expand his business. there are many international requests he says but shipping can be problematic because for

instance i can send anything to america not just because the product itself is very fragile but because it's an organic material so anything that has to do with you know fruits even warders to certain aspects you can send across seas without having the permits and the permits are very expensive. but his creative urge knows no boundaries and cedric like us would like to continue enchanting many more with his weird and wonderful creatures. american gymnast simone biles has been named sports woman of the year of for the 3rd time at the laureus world sports awards held here in berlin the 22 year old that won her 5th all round the world title last year the men's award in what has become known as the sporting oscars were shared between formula one champion lewis hamilton and barcelona and argentina soccer star leo lessee a team of the year went to south africa's men's of rugby team after their surprise world cup triumph in november. the champions league is

back after a 2 month hiatus with 2 1st legs tonight dortmund host parsons ramana while holders liverpool visit atletico madrid. thomas circle is back in dormand paris and your man coach left the german club in acrimony in 2007 tane now he wants to eliminate them in the champions league last 16 with his big spending french side complete with neymar and killian mbak they are desperate to finally left europe's top trophy . says he holds no grudges following his controversial sacking at dortmund. and hasn't been in the stadium since i left and then i come here and i see lots of faces i know because it's a friendly faces who greeted me and i was happy to see them too. it's offensive it's weird feeling of course but it's also a nice feeling because i'm very thankful that i was dortmund coach for 2 years. in

the. dortmund got back to winning ways in the bundles league or on friday with a 4 no demolition of eintracht frankfurt muse star striker hailing brout holland was back in the goals despite netting 8 times for sulzberger in the group stage he is eligible to play against p.s.g. after a rule change. midfielder axel witsel will also be an important player in trying to stop p.s. g.'s a ray of talent and kick starting dorman's attacks. the strong defensively i think will be one of the key. to focus on. we have a lot of quality team and we are told we have our fans for. the champions league is finally back on one of the 1st knockout matches promises plenty of intrigue on and off the pitch. coming up next in the leaked documents that beijing doesn't

want to see what are they saying about china's detention minority plus hong kong living its sars epidemic nightmare how is the city dealing with the corona virus outbreak. all that more with my colleague melissa chad i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great day. to

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