the stand. was that matters. made some minds. first group to. show that of us as you know. in support. of. 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 restore protesters and 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 or moving them to other places. many who joined the demonstrations want to build them to finally take responsibility for what's happened and it's colonies like the democratic republic of congo belgian rulers that were 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 i'm betsy feels a little less than those. 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 monuments of the country's longest serving monarch the man who had.

a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo being called 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 this not because they want to keep those statues there they want to keep us in our studios of inferiority of. hundreds 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 responses here is very soft. and this is what made makes it so dangerous and so

home food too. there are so many examples like oh if you're looking for an apartment you have to stay on this one yet you know don't waste my time i'm black. maybe now maybe you're right the apartment has a reading has already been taken the racism in belgium however is not only fueled by a false image of the colonial era beliefs or colic leopold's legacy also reveals vital interests izing the most vulnerable spot. where is how vision enterprise hope and families go to reach thanks to loot thanks to congo and congo we helped belgium to become a state's 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 are busy restoring others this history professor things that sends the wrong message. to main problem of culture and this is again a difference with other former colonial my peoples is that we do not have any monuments for victims of the colonization or heroes of anti communities. unvetted 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 mid 20th century and then feed back in africa our parents didn't want

us to see. even being treated badly. they wouldn't tell us not to come close. but i was curious i would hide an ask myself why people will being hit. up and one day i asked my dad if he'd been hit but he said yes and told me that he'd been because he didn't have enough money to pay the tax. liens imposed on betsy 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 a close family so transparent. all those family secrets are passed down from generation to generation and raise on people when you say things clearly this is a life future generations to cope with the past so they don't become victims of

what remains in our collective consciousness in this interest soon key west to donna 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 to choose 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 pos is

a painful but crucial process what's he feels now a 1st step has been made. have you heard of the blue heart of europe well it's there even in the ball comes with numerous rivers and these rivers form a unique landscape the savage 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 doesn't mean a parliamentary simply passed a law that limits the power of n.g.o.s that check whether new construction projects are in line with environmental protection regulations and this has a good many activists among them are all could raise money he has on the campaign to save the rivers of selenium because for him they have a special meaning. 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 who enabled by nigger months every year rock joins like minded people 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 the battle all the way from the source in balkan to belgrade that flows into the danube and we chose because sabah is basically the most legendary river of the bought guns because it defines the bought a company insular and because it's now really being attacked by the hydrologic. 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

a blend them construction side of them they're the 3rd in a dam that is the most controversial dam in slovenia for last 10 years that everybody who knows a bit about nature and energy law has been fighting claws 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 i the general biking ideal of the protesters through the night well to do to oppose the destructive measures of the government that are trying to stop all those from and some of them off this is because of the coronavirus pandemic the government has passed special laws that

massively detail the rights of n.g.o.s. lutron is a private research institute in regard to its n.g.o.s status is affected by the laws being a biologist were contracted by investor hess to prepare an environmental report on low 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 the dimia view it was so cold that there was a serves only as a must must suffer out through a little oppressive measure as it's a currently taking place to give us that if it assia mine my own nicole feel who oppose it the easier it seems never know the main opponent somehow n.-g. and that's enough to stainton if it's in the public interest namely to protect me on the environment today of course they want to get rid of these troublemakers when

i got that album a cut elicitation but if she. blew true lost it's n.g.o.s 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 think it's before a senate with such a background. it's given a power that he abuses so openly and 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 piso tech 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. these 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 shuttle for a new boss in slovenia but the environmentalists argue that the plans are long outdated 4 years ago the lower some of became part of the european nature conservation project 2000 new power plant would be in the middle of a nature reserve this is one of the fall off of this part of the fall all the fish from all the way down in croatia and also parts of upstream come here to spawn

because they don't have modern habitats slated. and if you take this away from this fish the 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. they do 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 then 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.

this place will be rammed any day of the week it will just be monday to friday man of the sunday it will speak to. your news explain the background. different crowds hang about like little plugs. people tell me just get 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. like there might not be any punters but they've been busy cooking hundreds of meals daily for free 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 relaxing and so but after about a week or so real 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. will live above the pub. so you walker mike misses the chance with his regulars. for the out serving drinks you're a part of everyone's story you know every complaint might want to they want to tell you that the mormons from a bit better now that their son is going to university or is going your boyfriend and stuff and a lot. of the most thrilling. argentina and chile all ever want to get over the man that's why he decided to go to. with the weekly problem which you were prime minister of the u.k. and $97.00. which political party did not you. the

answer comes from all over the world to me in terms of the conservative party you know the sort of stephanie scott has been playing each week she's british right no she's living in the u.s. in a nice place where you know i have something to look forward to throughout the weekend mean the craziest and one of the fever covering 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 a little but they are trying to figure out how they can comply with physical distancing regulations short of looking at 16 square meters per person it's not just to me says 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 in terms of our back of house teams in the kitchens and the smaller areas. but even if

things will be difficult they're looking forward to the end of luck to come with all of those again knowing that 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. nick says he'll continue with a virtual pump please 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 turn into cold with 1000 hot spots by this the turkish government the side it truly is 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 north to authorize the release of some $90000.00 inmates from its prisons thieves robbers and fight and criminals box not political prisoners among them

are journalists. one of them is always always lou a former head of news with the turkish kabateck t.v. channel we talked to his wife soon i her husband is charged with terrorism the usual indictment for journalists. i mean it is i mean they did one of the viruses in that it can easily spread from one prisoner to another so 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 health plan of ira minutes up at 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 fazel

out represents dozens of journalists he's heard the reports one of his clients told him about a cell mate who showed symptoms a man was not taken to the hospital. that journalists in particular have been excluded from early release has in his view one obvious explanation. they would think it's a state's hatred of one particular section of society but there's no other explanation of that trickle down from a legal standpoint every prisoner has the same rights most of those 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 delicious the nationalist and h.p. here in georgia good the opposition put up. stiff resistance insisting that political prisoners receive equal treatment but in vain. well known journalist nor john wrote an article and tweets criticizing the decision as unjust

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 make me not threatening to society and spreading fear with my social media posts and then the 2nd day they change the station to her 'd threat had throughout you know and you know me inside the society not john by his own case is by no means an isolated one says fayza lock. the journalist her car was arrested because he tweeted a criticism of turkey's handling of endemic look we've just been hoping that journalists will be released as well even though now that 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 years she no longer has any hope of his early release since he wasn't set free with the others this time. well i'm a little as i can be is it did it was torture to see him arrested so unjustly actually now i've only got one wish but he went full as well. moscow melissa and now we take you to the southwestern poland our reporter visited the village of me s.t.r. gentz it's a small village about 300 people live there but now it's 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. a 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 set to change off to one side toward the back on them aleck stands and watches and she's brought along part time 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 a bar touch can make himself useful. it's between getting a different illness train alone and handle everything quite well being if some boys joins them well they could support the guilds and your poem i guess. there's plenty to be done. and price could help out if the host springs in or if they can't control the watch and shooting out of such a big has a one time or time. for real emergency of course our tosh is still far too small but the fire chief has high hopes for him the other one. was just this we're all so glad that

a boy has been born in our village after such a long time we're counting on him joining the volunteer fire department to get there so when it's. on them a leg takes your son out for a brother the fresh air at least once a day in this village of fewer than 300 inhabitants. there's a new song i never really thought of it would become such a major event that i thought i deliver in peace and return home but everyone started congratulated me while 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. we prayed an apparatus have to be nonsense as a ploy there's 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 part 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 have to show these descriptions so if this is all about social he. has become a kind of a hero but he takes it in stride and sleeps like a baby with his mother still receiving presence of flowers and toys and clothes for the whole family so everyone can share in the good fortune because i don't have a single friend has got to brother i'm the anyone that sprang. to the volunteer firefighters are practicing 1st aid and are doing their protect casualty. until she looks almost like a mummy amanda seems more worried about how she's going to make it to the ambulance only fail safe or if some boys were taking parts because they're strong.

but it'll be a few years before our 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. on 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. ben will play with him. and 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 end off today's show thank you so much for being with us from me and the rest of the team it's good value and see you again next thank you thank you. the arab the our the arab.

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