to go to church joy 1st on d w. this is g.w. news live from berlin anti-racism protests surge around the globe mass demonstrations continue across the u.s. and beyond protesters score some symbolic victories but will the movement result in real before. also coming up forced confessions and sham trials a w investigation discovers that we muslims held in chinese detention camps have to

admit their religion is a crime in order to go free. and angry about braces i'm outraged over the coronavirus in brazil the country's death toll is surging and many blame far right president charleson are. i'm serious i was going to thank you for joining us we start in the u.s. 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 who's a former officers have been charged for their war role in floyd's death 2 weeks ago . and for more on this story we have reporters stacey givens with

us here in our studio hi stacey thanks for joining us we've seen 2 weeks after george floyd's death these protests in the u.s. not letting up growing bigger in some cities what are we seeing happening in the u.s. right the host of momentum continuing to keep up i think people are really coming together they see this as a chance to really make systematic change in the united states so that there is equality and humanity for all american citizens there's been some pushback from people who like to scream all of matter but these activists are quick to point out that until black people are treated with the same respect and humanity as whites in the united states you can't say that all of them matter because they're not all treated equally and yes they've been arrest in the killing of george floyd but they feel like now they can push for more and like i said systematic change what kind of change are we talking about because as you mentioned in the police officer who had his knee on george floyd's neck has been charged the other officers who were on the

scene have also been charged so what is it concretely the protesters are demanding well they want to have a different presence in their community when it comes to policing you've seen the protests and not just this michael brown and ferguson where police were on tanks and it was like the american public who has the right to voice their opinion the right to protest were treated like the enemy like they were in some kind of a combatant situation and so what black lives matter is pushing for is the defunding of police departments and that simply means that their budgets are are shrunk and that that money is used in other areas homelessness food banks social other social services so that people in the community are actually getting the help they need and less policing and then police are actually able to do the jobs that they were trained to do and it's also they're also trying to reduce the contact. that black

people have with the police oftentimes you hear well the police need more training when when a black person is killed and and as an armed but they don't need training when they're taking in a wild gunman who is white then it dylan wrote who killed all those people in charleston in the charleston church he was taken into custody without a scratch and then they took him up for a hamburger police black people are not treated with the thing kind of dignity ok so these are some of the steps that have been called for by protesters what about on a larger scale are we seeing these ongoing protests lead to real political reform well the mayor of new york and the mayor of los angeles have pledged to defund there to police departments so you're seeing something there house democrats and senate democrats are introducing a bill on much later today that will make it easier to prosecute police and will make it easier to sue them for damages if they're convicted so

a lot of times when police are sued and if there is a payout it's the community that's paying activists believe if you hit police where it hurts which is their own pocketbooks that this will correct the behavior already to the reporter stacy bivins with us here in studio thank you very much for. well britain was among the many countries that also saw anti-racism protests while the rallies were mostly peaceful over the weekend scuffles broke out between protesters and police in london demonstrators also vandalized the statues including one honoring a slave trader. and actor from dualism ormus story moments. for years this statue of a 17th century british slave trader in the southwestern english city of bristol was controversial as the global anti-racism protests reached the city on sunday and found events in the 125 year old bronze figure of edward colson.

that such represents years of oppression represents years of hot. and just a lot of emotion and hatred. we've internalized for years and. 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 drawing tens of thousands to 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 lawful to participate in acts of disorder funds and resume violence on the soul we are in the midst of our health and right now and under the rules that we have put in place it is illegal for gatherings of 6 or more people outside an open air to get together and that is on except. for these protesters at least there's more than one global pandemic on our hands. now to a special date of the report on the situation in china as rest of region where researchers estimate up to a 1000000 people have been detained in so-called riyadh. camps there were most province in china's far northwest is off limits to international media the muslim leaders who make up most of the population there have long faced repression by the chinese authorities including a recent years lengthy imprisonment now kate of these investigative teams found

that many imprisoned inside the cramps of the camps rather have been forced to choose from a list of crimes and are then sentenced in sham trials without access to due process the team spoke to those who escaped china's vast network of repression and . if. you don't have any freedom of your money 247 they can interrogate you any time even at night when you're asleep the women i was with and used up there because they had want to headscarf. all the trouble that brought there wasn't a single criminal among. 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 in. a remote region in northwest china. is home to the weakest

a predominantly muslim ethnic group. decades of state sponsored discrimination against them has spread into discontent in times of violence including riots and terror targets. in response china has cracked down on and built up a close knit surveillance system. of imprison 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 creational skills but detainees and leaked documents contradict that narrative the detainees are targeted based on little more than their culture and religion and are forced to undergo a draconian and often brutal braid. shing program. and now we've on earth even more chilling evidence of china's for oppression of week we talk to former detainees who managed to escape china's last network of reeducation camps.

one day they were handed a list of alleged crimes. i think 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 all contact him people abroad face press and 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 oh yes you were you there were no lawyers. there were to read out the judgement and the detainee would have to say i confessed my clients i promise i won't repeat my wrongdoings you know not what i want to my mother just took almost. no answer that. 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's targeting wieder culture and religion. the woman and the other detainees we talked to managed to escape to neighboring cousins stand as those with cars that president seal family members were eventually allowed to leave china. my husband says i've changed sometimes i get very angry

sinner reason is just screaming jarring the night i'm so exhausted all the times. that report from did abuse naomi conrad she is part of the investigative team working on this story high naomi we heard there that after the trial some of the people who were detained disappeared do we know what happened to them after they were sentenced. we don't know for sure but we assume that they were either sent to prison this could be a prison inside but we also know of prisoners who would refer to prisons outside of spread across china but it's also possible that they would spend sent to a maximum security reeducation camp to be honest there's much difference between a prison and a maximum security reeducation camp prisoners are held there indefinitely the conditions are really bad but we don't know for sure because there wasn't any kind of paper paper trail for us to follow and why is that the china is conducting these

a sham trials inside these camps. that's a question we would have loved to put to the chinese authorities unfortunately they didn't respond to our information request we assume that it might be because china is moving at least part of the detainees to prison so maybe they need to legalize the whole process but it could also be before domestic audience i mean the relatives of the people who are good to take detained often don't know what their relatives are so this could be a way to you at least give relatives the opportunity to find out how long people are going to be detained for and to show that this is at least in part a kind of legal process where the chinese government did say earlier this year that everyone who had received so-called education and training inside these camps had graduated and all were now waiting happy lives from your research how true is that . well from our research that's not true tool i mean the authorities

did close down some camps or rather turned them into dormitories a lot of detainees who who graduated from the programs are now being forced to work for factories some of these factories actually produce for international companies and clued in german ones but we also saw by looking at satellite imagery that some of the maximum security be education camps have actually expanded meaning that detainees are still in these camps that maybe even more detainees are being put inside these camps so no the camps have been closed down and some are even expanding even expanding why has little so little been done internationally to put pressure on china over its treatment of with yours. so there has been some movement the european parliament called for targeted sanctions in fact the american congress also just recently passed a bill also calling for targeted sanctions but here in europe hidden germany

particularly very little has happened i mean we have to remember that china is an incredibly important trading partner so while officials say that behind the scenes they do talk about human rights about we do you mean rights issues very much is happening very little is happening publicly and also not of german companies international companies are active in china and also active in into jang so it might just be a question of economics versus human rights here. conrad reporting for us thank you very much. we'll have more analysis on the story throughout the day and you can also watch the full report on the good news you tube channel. now the global wave of anti-racism protests has reached brazil but anger there is mixed with fear over the coronavirus crisis brazil's death toll is now surged past 36000 making it the world's 3rd worst hit nation as infections soar people are growing increasingly

angry over the policies of far right president. he opposes lockdown measures implemented by regional governors and continues to downplay the threat from the pandemic. these are the 1st protests against president jaya both since the covered 19 pandemic began 20 fascist groups in the capital brasilia took to the streets to demonstrate against both sinatras leadership to. brazil in sinking into chaos health care system was bad before the covenanting crisis now it's just getting worse plus the belsen our own government is fighting to set up a dictatorship protests took place across the country here in rio de janeiro residents of the favelas protested against police violence in poor neighborhoods. both sonora supporters however gathered on the copacabana they criticized covert 19 physical distancing measures and called for more powers to be placed with the president. that they have you know we don't want any military intervention but we

demand justice we have to clean up brazil and to lock up the corrupt. at the same time both scenario has threatened to pull brazil out of the world health organization. so you the usa is turning its back on the world health organization we are also looking into this if it continues to operate with an ideological bias brazil doesn't need advice from abroad both scenarios says he also wants to review how the covered 19 death toll is calculated critics fear by doing so he will be able to manipulate the data. infections continue to climb now to more than a 1000 a day. we are in mourning my stepfather never wore a mask and did nothing to protect himself he made fun of it didn't believe the virus was dangerous that's why he shook everyone's hand. according to the family he died of corona virus at the age of $57.00. let's check in on some of today's

coronavirus developments more than 7000000 people have been infected globally and almost 400000 have died from the disease that is according to johns hopkins university in the u.s. new zealand is reporting 0 active cases of corona virus and is listed almost all domestic restrictions border controls will remain in place the country recorded a total of 22 deaths the u.k. started a 2 week self isolation rule for most arrivals airlines have launched legal proceedings against the u.k. government over what they call a disproportionate step german factories are bracing for economic activity to slow further even as many sectors reopen industrial companies expect production will continue to fall in the next 3 months though at a slower pace than in recent months that is according to a survey released monday by germany's institute one bright spot is the country's auto sector where optimism jumped in may. and let's get some

perspective on the story we can speak to veronica graham a professor at the university of alabama numbered and a member of germany's council of economic experts thank you for joining us now the economy ministry says the low point has been reached for the german economy so is the worst over. i think the worst is over i mean the grief was in line would be expected the production dropped sharply in march and april the old months of industry the mechanical engineering metal products at the end of march and april for example production in the automotive industry came to an almost complete still stand still and now it's starting up again business expectations for much many have proof but it will take some time before we feel level i want to ask you specifically about the auto industry because last week we saw the german government introduced as massive stimulus package 130000000000 euros

but many automakers were disappointed that they left out an incentive for people to buy more cars and yet at the same time we mentioned that optimism seems to be growing again so in the auto industry rather so why is it that we're seeing that and where do you think the auto industry is headed. i think it's quite likely that recovery will take a while but in dnd the crisis is not used to structure a problem nothing says try it like it would be the case after war and so we can expect a global economy to start soon again and due to the extensive independent international supply chains in the manufacturing industry it will be important that all the countries for example in the european union start up again to move tenuously and it is also important that in all other nations the only healthy companies come through the current crisis well and can we start the business and therefore emissions and

comprehensive measures at the european level must be given top priority at the moment i think the german automotive industry will get back. that internationally to care must be taken to ensure that all the countries come through the crisis in good shape in order to keep the damage to the global economy and the export markets as possible what about saying this moment as a chance you know germany has been criticized for its very outdated digital infrastructure how can the government use this crisis as an opportunity to modernize. yes it is definitely a time to modernize the economy and also politics in germany has understood it well in addition to the actual stimulus measures stimulus package contains a whole range of the months in the future and i think this is a good start you mentioned the digital economy and some. great opportunities for

example we will be able to do digitalisation much more successfully in the future because of the great acceptance and the experience that people gained during the current crisis but there are also other interesting fields of actions for example climate protection this is not only about climate targets but also about the future of great credit to those of the and european industry in the future. professor veronica graham thank you so much for joining us thank you you're watching news still to come on our show in the bundesliga his coach is under pressure as his team goes another week without a win. first some other stories from around the world areas outside new orleans are underwater after tropical storm cristobal crashed ashore in the u.s. the storm made landfall over the weekend causing flooding and property damage in other states it was downgraded to a tropical depression on monday. british media reporting that the u.s.

has officially requested britain handover prince andrew to be questioned about his links to the late billionaire jeffrey epstein the department of justice has reportedly told the u.k. that the duke of york is now part of a criminal investigation the 60 year old has denied any wrongdoing. 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. football now in manchester city are hoping to overturn their 2 year champions league ban this week the english club is taking its case to the court of arbitration for sport man city were banned by european football's governing body you a thought it had to carry for breaking up financial fair play rules if they lose their appeal they face losing tens of millions of euros in prize money as well as a struggle to hold on to some of their best players the private hearing is due to take place over 3 days. and german football shell has run without

a bundesliga win stretched to 12 matches following a one all draw away at berlin coach had been heavily praised after leading the team to european contention before the mid-season break after another disappointing result in the capital he's 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 and anthony threw ball sending rashad and 31 on one. of. 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 shell now winless in 12. runs and 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 the few thank you. to me on safety is now 0 but confirmed. to close out the bonus league action on sunday evening after the outspoken hosted cologne in a heated encounter that had plenty of physical contact and evenly contested match that ended in a draw and with only 4 games to go until the end of the season both teams looks set

to stay in the top flight. the physicality was high between alex burke in cologne over 30000 occurred on the pitch midway through the 1st half aggression from colognes keeper led to a change from the spot for alex berg. t.-mo hole though kept his cool when it counted. palate seemed to prevent outskirts from taking the lead florian need a lesson or has missed 2 of his last 3 penalties in the bonus league in the 2nd half with less than 10 minutes left cologne brought in season striker anthony medevaced and the 32 year old made his presence felt. with d.s. 3rd goal in his last 4 games to put the visitors ahead when he fired through the alberg to fish but the lead would be short lived only lasting 3 minutes out bergen possession from both of those cross finds philip max who slotted home to level the score one all. max's 8th goal of the season

a personal best. out spurs remain unbeaten in a club record 11 but as they get matches against cologne. that's your news update we're back at the top of the hour thank you for watching t.v. . news.

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