paint me. am. i come see me see them soon if you mean. 9 months and. i know i'm sold. the secret. starts to 30 g.w. . hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe protests against police brutality and racism are taking place across the continent activists want europe to come to terms with its colonial past and they are targeting the very symbols of the colonial era. in the

british city of bristol protestantism down the statue of a slave trader into the river the belgian king leopold the 2nd was smeared with paint authorities are boarding up monuments are moving them to other places. many who joined the demonstrations want to belgium to finally take responsibility for what's happened and it's calling these like the democratic republic of congo belgian rulers or responsible for the brutal killings of millions of people and that's his family is from congo her mother lived through the harsh rule and that's why and is taking to the streets to call for a removal of art and statues that glorify colonial times. finally on betsy feels a little less than the. 4 years the obvious story and has tried to challenge the way belgium deals with its colonial past now she's among thousands calling for the removal of all. all monuments of the country's longest serving monarch the man who

had it up a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo king leopold the 2nd. we all know that those teachers have a symbolic power and i'm totally confused that for some people. they are they don't want us to demonstrate or they will don't want people to demonstrate and to see with these 3 cheers not because they want to keep those statues there they want to keep else in our state years of inferiority. and that's he was born in belgium but had to fight racism all her life she struggled to forge a career in the arts facing many rejections now she has opened her own gallery that spotlights the work of black artists. because the recession here is very sceptical and this is what miss makes it so dangerous and so

home flew to there are so many examples like if you're looking for an apartment you have to say i understand you have it you know don't waste my time unplug. maybe not maybe you're right he apartment has a really neat has already been taken the racism in belgium however is not only fuelled by a false image of the colonial era beliefs or colic leopold's like a seat also reveals vital interests. izing the most vulnerable spot. where is how enterprise families go to reach things to loot thanks to congo and the congo really helped belgium to become a state statues of leopold the 2nd like this one in the seaside resort of austin are everywhere but there is no mention that his lavish public spending was financed

by congolese robber and no mention of the millions of congolese people killed in the process instead the official website directs tourists to a walking tour highlighting how the king's achievements bolstered the town's prestige. since the protests started a number of statues and busts have been taken down. but of origins of busy restoring others this history professor things that sends the wrong message. to main problem of the belgian and this is again a difference with other former colonial better pulls is that we do not have any monuments for victims of the colonization or heroes of anti community since the un vets he is collecting her son she wants him to learn as much as possible about his family's history her old mother still remembers the brutal reality of colonial

rule in the midst 20 century unethical in africa our parents didn't want us to see them being treated badly and yet they would tell us not to come close. but i was curious i would hide an ask myself why people will being hit. and one day i asked my dad if he'd been hit that he said yes and told me that eating because he didn't have enough money to pay the tax and the immunity lays in people . i'm betty knows that many parents of congolese descent do not like to share on pleasant memories but for her son and the generations to come she feels transparency is the best way forward. to india to this eclipse fame so transparent vision heisinger all those family secrets are passed on from generation to generation and raise on people when you say things clearly this

allows future generations to cope with the past so they don't become victims of what remains in our collective consciousness this interests you he has to do now consent predictive. the exact opposite is what you find in colonial art a glorification of this time in the africa museum in brussels most of the colonial art has been confined to a small room in the basement but as long as people from that eros still alive what's the fields that's not enough. to dam is just all look at our past how glorious it was maybe we should put all those teachers away from them for the moment maybe wait that those people disappear and then show them again but with another method and just with the real message that. the belgium didn't bring civilisations to congo belgium came to steal everywhere you go in

belgium you come across colonial monuments confronting the reality of this past is a painful but crucial process what she feels now a 1st step has been made. have you heard of the blue heart of europe well it's the region and the ball comes with numerous rivers and these rivers form a unique landscape the sabbath in slovenia is part of this landscape but now there are plans to build a new hydro power plants near the town of markets it does not mean a parliamentary simply passed a law that limits the power of n.g.o.s to check whether new construction projects are in line with environmental protection regulations and this has a good many activists among them or all could raise money he has joined the complaint to save the rivers of slovenia because for him they have a special meaning. wrong grossman has spent his entire life on the rivers of so then you once a member of an olympic rowing team now prefers kayaks his love of rivers has made

him an ardent environmentalist linendoll banner month every year rock joins like minded people come to paddle along the balkans rivers to protest against the destruction of the last wild river landscapes in europe. and award winning documentary tells their story. yeah this year we were planning to paddle all the way from the source in balkan to belgrade flows into danube and we chose sabah because sabah is basically the most legendary river of the bought of guns because it defines the balkan peninsula and because it's now really being attacked by the hydrologic i. rock roseman founded the ngo in river defense today he's taking us along to mock

creates a row hydro electric power plant has been planned for years. we are in the blend them construction side of them there the 3rd dam that is the most controversial dam in slovenia for less then there is that everybody who knows a bit about the nature and energy law has been fighting clause and. every friday roseman takes his campaign to the streets of the capital liana for weeks thousands have protested because of the corona pandemic mostly on bicycles. they oppose the country's right wing populist government calling for an independent judiciary and press. but above all they protest against the systematic curtailing of rights of civil society groups. the general biking ideal of the protest. it's true or not it's fearful to do i opposed the destructive measures of the government that are trying to stop all this from and some of them off this is

because of the corona virus pandemic the government has passed special laws that massively detail the rights of n.g.o.s. lucero is a private research institute in regard to its engineer status is affected by the laws that the biologist were contracted by investor hess to prepare an environmental report on the creates a project. their findings were shown that a power plant would seriously threaten the environment explains looters founder has later commissioned a new report elsewhere. if you dimia view it was a corporate dividends and serves only as a must must cover up with rule oppressive mischa's is a current law taking place it will give us that if it assia mine call my office for old nicole a few who oppose it the easier it seems to me that never know the main opponent someone n.-g. and the din of the stainton if it seems in the public interest namely to protect the nation on the environment. of course they want to get rid of these trouble

making this woman take out the album a cardio sishen but he she. blew true last it's and status overnight because the new legislation simply establishes new criteria for what constitutes an ngo questionably this criteria apply retroactively for the last 2 years also questionable before taking office the minister of the environment responsible for this was before entering office 3 years manager of the company that wants to build power plant as can be read on the website of his ministry i would support a center with such a background gets given a power that sort of views this openly not even being ashamed of it then we shouldn't be afraid to say no you can't. we repeatedly asked the ministry to give us an interview but our request was finally rejected instead we were told to consult the ministries website but that left many of our questions unanswered.

the company planning to build the power plant did however agree to talk with us it already operates 4 plants along the lower river solving. has been highly controversial for more than 10 years most young piece of attack who is in charge of the project says n.g.o.s have a say in the matter but the goal must be to finally build creates a base model of oversaw projects. are in line with local communities states policy and also with the european guidelines and to european goals to improve the share over new boats in slovenia but the environmentalists argue that the plans are long outdated 4 years ago the lower sound that became part of the european nature conservation project now to a 2000 and you power plant would be in the middle of a nature reserve this is one of the hot spots of this part of the thought all the

fish from all the way down in croatia and also parts of upstream come here to spawn because they don't have other habitat slated. and if you take this away from this fish their entire population is just wiped out. rock roseman is calling for the protection of the sabah a legendary river he's convinced that rivers are not only slovenia's heritage but above all its future. did you know that there are about 40000 pubs in the u.k. well it's the place where people go to hang out and chat over a pint of beer and well lovers of trivia can put their knowledge to the test by taking part in the pub quiz but now pubs across the u.k. are closed due to the coronavirus and that nick we caught up with mick door who runs a pub in london and he showed us how he stays in touch with his regular customers because without them the pub has become sad and empty.

you this place will be rammed any day of the week it will just be any monday to friday man of the sunday at a street that. is explaining the background. different crowds hanging about like little buds. people tell me that i just can't space without too little of them together. usually thousands of people come to the alexandra in wimbledon in size london. but there's not been a soul here since the lockdown started. apart from the staff members who live here . and the manager in the door like there might not be any punters but they've been busy cooking hundreds of meals daily for 3 for the hospital. with useful and a good antidote to boredom. in this industry we work long hours normally

found the 1st few days you kind of really enjoy relax in itself but after about a week or so we all are quite bored so we were trying to find things to do with. these need over 6000 meals in the past few weeks but tonight's chili con carne e. is just for them and the family great joy live above the pub. where you walk or mike misses the chance with his regulars. for the out serving drinks you're a part of everyone's story you know every comes up might want to they want to tell you that their mom's friend a bit better now or that their song is going to university your daughter's gone your boyfriend and stuff and a lot. of them all through. argentina and chile if you want to get the mats why he decided to go did. with the weekly problem with. prime

minister of the euro you know. political party. the answer comes from all over the world the conservative party i don't think. stephanie stone has been playing each week she's british right no she's living in the us in a nice place where you know you have something to look forward to throughout the weekend mean the craziness and one of the fever coloring events that we've got going on at the minute. despite the digital success of the quiz in his wife's can't wait to get their top up and running again very little but they are trying to figure out how they can comply with physical distancing regulations short if you're looking at 16 square misses per person it's not just 2 meters for me to me it's 2 meters all the way around that's a lot a lot of space and that makes it very difficult to operate in terms of service and terms about back of house teams in the kitchens and the small areas all but even if

things will be difficult they're looking forward to the end of lock to lock up with all the doors again and let people back in and find out what's been going on with everyone's wife. talk about the weather 20 times a day you know what. mick says he'll continue with a virtual pub quiz even when the punters are back for all the regulars around the world who've been shooting in each week come and join this club going to syria. countries across europe are facing a tough decision about what to do with people in jail during the current outbreak it's well known that the corona virus spreads quickly in areas where it's crowded and jails and potentially turned into cold in 1000 hotspots to abide with the turkish government the cited to release tens of thousands of inmates but members of the opposition have criticized the choice of who gets to walk free and who remains behind bars. turkey passed a special nor to authorize the release of some $90000.00 inmates from its prisons

thief's robbers and financial criminals box not political prisoners among them are journalists. one of them is always also us former head of news with the turkish t.v. channel we talked to his wife soon i her husband is charged with terrorism the usual indictment for journalists. and it is i mean a good one of the viruses in there it can easily spread from one prisoner to another of course i'm very worried outside the infection can be managed with the proper treatment in the bedrest but inside the prison it becomes a much bigger risk because there's no decent food healthy environment it's up to the house to look turkey's prisons are known to be hopelessly overcrowded over 120000 people were arrested in the wake of the 2016 attempted to well known cases of covert 9000 infections have already been reported in some prisons. noir faisal

art represents dozens of journalists he's heard the reports one of his clients told him about a cellmate who showed symptoms of a man was not taken to the hospital. that journalists in particular have been excluded from any release 1000 his view one obvious explanation. they would think it's the state's hatred of one particular section of society but there's no other explanation. from a legal standpoint every prisoner has the same rights and an exam according to article 10 of our constitution the state has to treat them all equally. so this is not a legal but a political decision should be reported to the bill was introduced by the governing a.k.p. and it's still an issue hot on the nationalist h.p. sharing georgetown the opposition put up stiff resistance insisting that political prisoners receive equal treatment but in vain. well known journalist.

wrote an article and tweets criticizing the decision as on just we talked to her return home in jackie a south eastern turkey shortly after her article appeared she received a summons from the public prosecutor's office. can you imagine you know threatening to society and spreading fear read my social media posts and then the 2nd day be changed the accusation to her threat had throughout you know you know me inside the society not john bisons case is by no means an isolated one says fayza lark. the journalist who. was arrested because he tweeted a criticism of turkey's handling of endemol look we've just been hoping that journalists will be released as well you know now would even more have been arrested. tells us the turkish government won't let up on its pressure on the

prices up with on thursday their power so night was new as husband always was sentenced to 7 and a half he is she no longer has any hope of his early release since he wasn't set free with the others this time how does it affect well my little as i can be is it it was torture to see him arrested so unjustly actually now i've only got one wish i knew that he went full as well. must almost. and now we take you to the southwestern poland our reporter visited the village of me yes he or gents it's a small village about 300 people live there but now it has a new star this little boy here he doesn't know it yet but he's already a huge celebrity and his birth has become a bit of a media sensation that's because the people at his birthplace have been waiting for him for 10 years. volunteer fire department or john ski exercises twice

a week the team is made up entirely of girls and has been for many years. but now that's had to change to one side toward the back on the melech stands and watches and she brought along our touch he's the 1st boy to be born in the village in 10 years he doesn't seem all that interested in the exercise but some of the girls already have a good idea to make himself useful. it's between get to know this until this train and lots and handle everything quite well as if some boys joined them what they could support the goals you put like this. there's plenty to be done. and price could help out if the host springs in or if they can't control the washing shooting out of such a big hose and then one pump more time. for a real emergency of course are tosh is still far too small but the fire chief has

high hopes for him the only good thing we're. going to sis we're all so glad that a boy has been born in our village after such a long time listen we're counting on him joining the volunteer fire department to the segment is. on i'm elected or son out for a breath of fresh air at least once a day in this village of fewer than 300 inhabitants. there's a new song that you have already thought of it would become such a major event i thought i deliver in peace and return home but everyone's going to congratulated me when i was still in a hospital without good ovide it was a joyous event for the entire village that is local couples try to everything for the little miracle finally happened. upon of the shema good morning. we prayed to knap press have to be nonsense as a ploy a gift from heaven. but you know. now the head of the local council has to keep his

word he promised a surprise for the 1st birth of a boy in the village. of him to go to the positive news reached us all during this difficult time of the pandemic and it's proven to be a turning point since our tosh was born only good things have been happening here the statistics are looking better the local economy is improving so there's that we're all very very happy. says if this is above their station he. has become a kind of a hero but he takes it in stride and sleeps like a baby his mother still receiving presence of flowers and toys and clothes for the whole family so everyone can share in the good fortune. and i don't have a single friend who's got to brother i'm the anyone and that's frank's right because the volunteer firefighters are practicing 1st aid and again their pretend casualty magda until she looks almost like a mummy the man this seems more worried about how she's going to make it to the

ambulance only fail safe or if some boys were taking power not because they're strong. but it'll be a few years before bart tosh is big enough to pitch in for now will have to trust her fellow volunteers big and small and they have no trouble at all. after the exercise experienced fire women take the time to check out the next generation yeah . i would like to see your son join the fire department someday soon if you go along as soon as he turns 2 years old. that will play with him. and he won't be by himself. and. until that day comes is taking life at his own pace napping in gaining strength to meet life's challenges.

hopefully we'll be able to visit by torch in 2 years when he has his 1st day with the firefighters well with that story we've come to the ends of today's show thank you so much for being with us from me and the rest of the team it's been back and see you again nick thank you. the area the owner of the at the arrow at.

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