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even to interact with people of color now that they're free it's a portrait of a country in evolution which although set at the end of the 1800s feels hardly relevant today. and you are watching the news live from berlin unexpired thanks for joining us. i'm not laughing at the germans well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up and with that. they think into the german culture yet you don't seem to take this ground they owe you because it's all that who they know i'm right so join me to meet the captivity to host earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. googling dio's tell stories of creative people and innovative
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projects around the world like news that protect the climate boost clean energy solutions and reforestation. using interactive content to inspire people to take action global ideas and series of global 3000 on t.w. and online. this week well stories. we go exiles from china try to preserve the culture of colombia souvenirs from a drug north. and we begin in berlin a syrian man who's seeking asylum is extremely worried about his family back home in the province syrians are back by russian fighter jets is trying to recapture the region. deep checks the news from syria on social media all the time where did the
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latest bomb fall who or what was hit while he is in safety here in germany the rest of his family are in mortal danger and. he is desperately worried. when i. drink i think of my children do they have anything to eat do they have a warm blanket or. his sons mohammad n n 9 in 10 years old he had to leave them with their grandparents and it left he thought it too dangerous to flee with them if the internet is working he calls them several times a day. what's going on. it's cold the bombing and the plane crashed we were where we were at the. very narrow village get us out of here. come and get us.
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i want to but i can't we need to get passports for you and lots of other things i can bring you over here. we're going to die the planes are bombing us the army is very close. and the only adult member of the family says show his face. everybody is heading north camping in the olive groves sleeping in the open unprotected even though it's bitterly cold the united nations estimates that more than 700000 people from it a province have fled their homes many are heading towards turkey but they're not being allowed in the refugee camps are overcrowded it's freezing and there's a lack of drinking water and food. but there's no sign of that and the fighting continues. at home would do anything he could to rescue his children from danger
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but he can't all he can do is follow events from berlin. nobody notices people see me and think i'm doing fine but inside i die a 1000 deaths every day and my heart goes out to my children and to all the other children. china is now holding an estimated $1000000.00 of its muslim legal population in detention camps beijing says the we goes pose a threat to national security but human rights groups have condemned the detentions . istanbul these men now we get muslims from china back home they could be imprisoned for the simple act of praying like quickly come to realize that each one of them has
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a story of loss. we asked them to raise their hands if they have family members who've been imprisoned in china's province where most weekends live. across 10 john there are dozens of camps holding up to a 1000000 weekers let's take a closer look at one of them this is a reification camp next to a prison. we identified watchtowers and high walls. there are countless camps like this one the chinese government claims they are fallen tree vocational training centers designed to fight weak extremism. but we've 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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my 4th week academic up to wally are you perceived it from a source and took a huge risk sharing it with us. january 8 are you see 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 take the danger someone should speak up someone should tell the world what's going on. in the document doesn't have any stamp or signature we showed it to several experts who agreed that it is almost
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certainly an official text. in this neighborhood in istanbul where many we live we met one woman whose sister some mentioned on the list. but since i talked to knew some family members had been imprisoned but it shocked her when she found out that her younger sister was listed in the document calling back yet available. i was really sad for days i couldn't sleep. i was really shocked. and sad about her arrest. ok i don't call them. china says it's fighting extremism but talk he says her youngest sister wasn't religious her only crime she had too many children well. i heard that the conditions in prison are unimaginably bad they don't even have enough food to eat oh. yes.
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she doesn't know if her relatives have been released like countless other we guess they have been cool top in china it's all encompassing anti terrorism dr. a colombian human rights group is trying to stop the sale of pablo escobar souvenirs and members of its medal mean drug cartel know to thousands of civilians escobar was killed in a shootout with police in 1903. had no escobar is everywhere in the streets and shops a photo 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
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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 by contribution to the hype around this figure of a crime boss who inflicted a lot of spying on this country that they had and were trying 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 gonzales 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
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who decided what if 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 barely know woman i'm magdaléna gomez and i'm the wife of nacho of our class deceased in one of the public as crowbars attacks. he said 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 mr president. we love you forever. gonzalo and his co-founder davida aren't alone in their fight against the trivialization of escobar is dark legacy. and the alliance for peace
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unimaginable 3 decades ago 27 years after pablo escobar his death colombia still hasn't been able to dismantle the powerful drug industry he builds banning the products that glorify narco culture should be a far easier task. in hong kong there's been no pro-democracy demonstrations since the corona outbreak people are worried about becoming infected she took hong kong's pro-democracy movement to still alive and well. the faith mosque and emblem of hong kong leche from one crisis to another was an icon of the pro-democracy demonstrations now it offers protection against a new coronavirus with the street protests now largely at an end hong kong's focus has shifted. where images of violent street battles once covered these walls now it's the battle against the virus that dominates with one common thread
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underpinning but distrust of the government and its chief executive carry one prominent voice than amongst the anger is hong kong's vast community of pro-democracy activists. during the protests campaign is simon loud common qual use the space to make props for the demonstrations. when the virus hits they swapped helmets for hand sanitizer using the network to source the donations and ingredients filling in they say where authorities have failed. because if government were upset people. not just our political beliefs but also the old people in the community normally they are the supporter of this type of shit but now you can see they are quiet. but they are very angry the sign of an uncommon altruism goes hand with political pragmatism they believe that
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as the virus spreads cycle into government sentiments and that they hope to harness to push for democratic change after the virus the comeback is a strong movement why i've every confidence is because the radio or the system people's understanding from all walks of life but my wrist become wise so all the fears. and fear. of course up the system. to activists like simon has always been clear that back home would not be for someone with street protests alone the pro-democracy campaigns proven it can it does and it's actions like this that could become the new face of the movement as angry as the government's handling of the virus which discontent across the political spectrum. plays.
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