this is g w news live from berlin breakers forced to confess that their religion is a crime. the women i was brave and apply because they have worn a headscarf so plainly travelled abroad there wasn't a single criminal among. the w.'s investigative team uncovers new evidence showing readers were subjected to sham trials that chinese detention camps some to confess were released others disappeared. also coming up mass demonstrations against racism

and police brutality continue across the u.s. and europe protesters support some saval a good stories but will the movement result in real reform and in football new shelters run without a bonus legal when stretched to 12 matches following a 11 draw away to clean your own berlin coach java god now it's feeling the pressure. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with a special d.w. report into the situation in china's rest if jen were researchers estimate that up to a 1000000 people have been detained in so-called reeducation camps the remote province in china's far northwest is off limits to the international media the muslim leaders who make up most of the population. there have long faced repression of the

chinese authorities including in recent years lengthy imprisonment when i did abuse investigative team has found that many imprisoned leaders inside of the camps have been forced to choose from a lift ropes of crimes and then sentenced in sham trials without access to due process the team spoke to those who escaped china's vast network of repression and john. you don't have any freedom of your money 247 they can interrogate you at any time even at night when you're asleep the women i was with ended up there because they had want to headscarf a place holder travelled abroad there wasn't a single criminal among that opens up and. that's the voice of a woman who spent almost a year inside a reeducation camp in china with keeping her identity a secret in order to protect her family and singe on a remote region in northwest china. she ingenues home to the weakest the

predominantly muslim ethnic group. decades of state sponsored discrimination against them has stared into discontent and times of violence including riots and terror attacks. in response china has cracked down and we go and built up a close knit surveillance system feel 47 prison more than a 1000000 people in internment camps across to. the chinese government claims the camps were set up to fight extremism and provide readers with the patient skills but detainees and documents contradict that narrative rather detainees are targeted based on little more than their culture and religion and are forced to undergo a draconian and often brutal brainwashing program. and now we've on earth even more chilling evidence of china's repression of weak we talked to former. haney's he

managed to escape china's last network of reeducation camps. one day they were handed a list of alleged crimes. it was one page of paper we had to choose one item i started reading it and it said wearing a headscarf playing owning a qur'an or phoning or contact him people abroad they threatened us you will stay here until you pick a crime so i signed the paper and put my finger print. a few days after the woman was forced to sign the list official start of calling up people one by one for what amounts to a sham trial. if you're going to but there were no lawyers. there were to read out the judgment and the detainees would have to say i confessed my crimes i promise i won't repeat my wrongdoings comical not. just the

cost. to the. we analyze satellite imagery in publicly available material such as construction bids and tender notices and managed to locate 3 camps where these trials happened in 2018 in 3 different locations across 2. after the trials detainees started disappearing some were picked up at night others led away from their classrooms never to return. but it seems that only those who had confessed to religious acts in the child's were picked up this is yet another indication that china is targeting weaker culture and religion. the woman and the other detainees we talked to managed to escape to neighboring cuz i stand as those with cuts that president seal family. well eventually allowed to

leave china. my husband says i change sometimes i get very angry so no reason it's us who remain during tonight's i'm so exhausted all the times. let's. let's bring in now naomi conrad who is part of that investigative team working on this story and i all me welcome to you we heard in that report that after the trial some of the detainees disappeared what's likely to have happened to them right will basically don't know for sure because there's no paper trail what we assume is that they were either sent to a high security reeducation camp or prison which could be inside maybe even outside of the province to be honest it isn't really much of a difference between a high of high level security kept in reeducation camp and the prison. detainees are kept there indefinitely so it's pretty similar but others they said we can't know for sure and it's not as if the chinese authorities got back to our

information request why is china conducting these sham trials inside the camps. well that's a question we would have loved to put to to the chinese authorities unfortunately they didn't want to give us an interview which assuming that it might be in part to legalize the whole system people are imprisoned in reeducation camps without a trial they sometimes basically just picked up off the street so that could be the one explanation another one could be that it's one a domestic audience that relatives want to know what's happened to their relatives they want to know how long their relatives have to stay in these camps or even in prison so it could also be you know in response to domestic criticism to relatives asking what happened to their loved ones but as i said we just don't know for sure because the authorities didn't want to talk to us there have been so many reports on the repression of week there john tell us where is the international

outrage where's the international pressure on tried. so any of this year there was some movement the european parliament called for targeted sanctions the u.s. congress has actually just passed a bill also quite calling for targeted sanctions but here in europe and here in germany it has been incredibly quiet officials are basically aware of the situation they always say that behind the scenes they do they do talk about human rights they do raise the issue of we does human rights but we have to remember that china is an incredibly important trading partner and that german companies european companies are active in china and also in jagging so even while politically there might be some pressure behind the scenes officials here politicians here on really coming out vocally harsh reality naomi conrad from investigations thank you.

fans we will have more analysis on this story throughout the day and you can also watch the full report on t w news is you tube channel now we head to the united states where crowds gathered across the country over the weekend for more protests in the wake of george floyd's killing in police custody thousands flocked to the heart of washington d.c. to voice their opposition to racism and police brutality it comes as the majority of minneapolis city council members pledge to dismantle the police department whose former officers have been charged for their role in floyd's death 2 weeks ago. well britain was among the many countries outside of the us that also saw weekend anti racism protests sparked by the death of george floyd while the rallies were mostly peaceful scuffles broke out between protesters and police in london demonstrators also vandalized statues including one honoring a slave trader. an act of vandalism

or historic moments. for years this set you of a 17th century british slave trader in the southwestern english city of bristol was controversial as the global ansi racism protests reached the city on sunday and found events in the 125 year old bronze figure of it would colston. that such a represents years of oppression represents years of horror. and just a lot of emotion and hatred often sort of all starts we've internalised for years and calming down today hopefully signifies change. in central london clashes broke out between police and black lives matter demonstrators. the statue of former british prime minister winston churchill was also vandalised the scuffles came towards the end of what had been mostly peaceful protests to. in tens of

thousands of the capital rallying to get them police brutality after the death of black man george floyd while in police custody in the u.s. . the british government condemned the violence as well as protests going ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. the you know we respect the right to protest but we do not respect and it is completely on the awful to participate in acts of disorder vandalism violence under souls and we are in the midst of a health pandemic right now and under the rules that we have put in place it is illegal for gatherings of 6 or more people outside to a permit to get together and that is unacceptable for these protestors at least there's more than one global pandemic on our hands. and here's a look at some of today's coronavirus developments more than 7000000 people have

been infected globally and almost 400000 have died from the disease that's according to the john hopkins university in the u.s. new zealand is reporting 0 active cases of corona virus and has lifted almost all domestic restrictions border controls will remain in place the country recorded just 22 deaths and the u.k. started a 2 week self isolation role for most of rivals airlines have launched legal proceedings against the u.k. government over what they call a disproportionate stuff for. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world workers in paris have begun dismantling scaffolding that melted during the fire at the notre dame cathedral last year the church was being restored when the blaze broke out $200.00 tons of metal must be removed. tropical storm cristo bob has made landfall in the southern u.s. state of louisiana heavy rain pounds of the gulf coast ahead of its rival causing

flooding and property damage across several states as the storm headed inland the storm is expected to weaken to a tropical depression on monday. at least one person has been killed in southern pakistan after a 5 story residential building collapse in karachi dozens of people were living in the building which was being evacuated when it collapsed several residents have been taken to the hospital with injuries. sports news now and in german soccer run without abundance legal when stretched to 12 matches following a one all draw away to lead wagner has been heavily praised after leading the team to european contention before the mid-season break but after another disappointing result in the capital he is now fighting to save his job. before kickoff both goony on and shocker showed their support for the black lives matter of protests coaching staff included. once the game was underway it

didn't take long for the home side to score an anthony through ball sending rashad angry one on one i'm. the germans finish gave alex on the new bow no chance. but shocking hit back just before the half hour mark englishman john joe kenny rifling in from outside the books. the on loan everton defender with a pinpoint drive to level scores. the 2nd half short chances go begging with neither side able to take advantage 11 the final score another disappointing day out for shall now winless in 12. is in and i think we're in an insanely difficult phase and we know exactly why that is we know where our problems lie and we've discussed them of course we'll discuss them again in greater detail at the

end of the season we have various problems to solve feels. to me on safety is now all but confirmed. in the state of the news remember you can always keep up with the very latest on our web site interview dot com and you can also follow us on social media i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching i can't conceive. i'm legal and i'm not comparing the 2nd season only to. the planet on the brink of disaster we did a long interview experts about one question how to change that.