conspiracy theories are spread like wildfire on the internet. using transparency theories can provide comfort to template reality create another . film about knowledge and belief trust and deception. democracy of the gullible starts julie 1st on t.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. and 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 build them to finally take responsibility for what's happened and it's qualities like the democratic republic of congo belgian rulers where sponsible for the brutal killings of millions of people and that's his family is her mother lived through the harsh rule and that's why and is taking to the streets to call her i remove all of art and statues that glorify colonial times . finally i'm betsy feels a little less than the. 4 years beyond historian 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 say stop with these cheers not because they want to keep those statues there they want to keep else in our state years of inferiority and. i'm glad she 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 septal and this is what me makes it so dangerous and so

home fool to you there are so many examples like if you're looking for an apartment you have to say i understand yeah that you know don't waste my time i'm black. maybe not maybe you're right he apartment has a really neat 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 like to see also reveals vital interests. ising the most vulnerable spot is the west how belgian enterprise belgium families got 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 ostend are everywhere but there's 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 matter poles is that we do not have any monuments for victims of the colonization or heroes of and take luna just to 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 and effie back in africa our parents didn't want us to see them being treated badly and yet they wouldn't 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 and he said yes and told me that even punished because he didn't have enough money to pay the tax and be in the book. i'm back to you 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 vision has all those family secrets are passed on from generation to generation and it's always on people when you say things clearly this alert is future generations to cope with the past so they don't become victims

of what remains in our collective consciousness seem to suggest he has to donna. 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 get 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's he feels now a 1st step has been made. have you heard of the blue heart of europe well it's the reason and 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 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. 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. an 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 new and we chose because it is basically the most legendary river of the bought guns because it defines the bot a company insular and because it's now really being attacked by the hydrologic i. rock roseman founded the ngo balkan 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 more could say they're the 3rd a dam that the most controversial of them in slovenia for less then there is 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 of protesters 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 viking ideal of the protest. this through nights well. do i 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

corona virus pandemic the government has passed special laws that massively detail the rights of n.g.o.s. lutron is a private research institute that in regard to its n.g.o.s status is affected by the laws being the 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 a quarter that is they had serves only as a must must suffer outwith rule oppressive mattias is a currently taking place to give us that at that assia mine in my office for all nicole feel who oppose it the easier it seems never know the main opponent so engy and the don't have the stainton of acting in the public interest namely to protect the nation on the environment. of course they want to get rid of these

troublemaking as well make that album a cut elicitation deal but he she. blew true last it's angio 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 the full force and with such a background it's given a power that the abuser so 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 more 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 show for a new boss 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 2000 new power plant would be in the middle of a nature reserve this is one of the hot spots 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 other habitats later did. and if you take this away from this fish then fire 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 sat over a pint of beer and were 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 minded if i'd have money the sunday i did speak to. your music sign in the background. different crowds hanging about like little plugs. that people tell me just can't face so that's a little of them together. usually senses of people come to the alexandra in wimbledon in cities london. but there's not been a salt here since the looking started that i can't from the staff live here. and the managers. like there might not be any punters but they've been busy keeping hundreds of meals daily for free for the hospital. this scene with useful and it began to do it to be working. in this industry we work long hours normally

found the 1st few days you kind of really enjoy reluctance though but then after about a week also we already are quite bored really 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. we all live above the pub. we walk for mike misses the chats with his regulars. because most of them are serving drinks you're a part of everyone's story you know every comes up and i want to they want to tell you that them all news from a bit better now that their son is going to university your daughter's gone your boyfriend and stuff and a lot to trying them all through my. dog and so you know julie they're going to get them out that's why he decided to go digital with the weekly column

quiz. prime minister of england of the u.k. and $97.00 for. which political party did. he answer tons from all over the world give each of the conservative right down to sort of stephanie scott has been playing each week she's british right now she's living in the us in a nice place that you know i have something to look forward to throughout the weekend mean the craziness and one of the fever carrying a balance that we've got going on at the minute. despite the digital success of the quiz and his wife's can't wait to get their copy running again very little but they are trying to figure out how they can comply with physical distancing regulations to order if you're looking at 16 square metres per person it's not just 2 metres from you to me it's 2 metres all the way around there's a lot of lot of space and that makes it very difficult to operate in terms of service in terms of a pack of house teams in the kitchens and the smaller areas all but even if things

will be difficult they're looking forward to the end of long dark hour with all the doors are going on 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 i'm enjoying this car 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 jailed and potentially turned into cold in 1000 hotspots by this the turkish government decided 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 law or to authorize the release of some $90000.00 inmates from its

prisons thief's robbers and 5 inch criminals box not political prisoners among them are journalists. one of them is always all slew a former head of news with the turkish t.v. channel we talk to his wife soon i her husband is charged with terrorism the usual indictment for journalists oh i mean it is i mean they get one of the viruses in there it can easily spread from one prisoner to another. i'm very worried outside the infection can be managed with proper treatment in the bedrest but inside the prison it becomes a much bigger risk because there is no decent food healthy environment it's up to the house to look turkey's prisons are known to be hopelessly overcrowded and 120000 people were arrested in the wake of the 2016 attempted coup alone cases of covert 1000 infections have already been reported in some prisons. lawyer faisal

aren't represents dozens of journalists he's hurt the reports one of his clients told him about a cell night who showed symptoms was 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 a 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 muscles and some 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. under examination hanada nationalists and h.p. here in georgia 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 unjust we talked to her return home in southeastern turkey shortly after her article appeared she received a summons from the public prosecutor's office. can you imagine you know threatening the society and spreading fear with my social media posts and then the 2nd day the change the station to her 'd thread had throughout you know and you know me inside the society not john by zones case is by no means an isolated one says fayza lock. the journalist who can argue and 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 you know now on the would even more have been arrested. tells us the turkish government won't let up on its pressure on the

crisis up with on thursday or so knight was known as husband or was 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. well miletus i can be is it 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 yesterday 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 birth place 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 set to change off to one side toward the back on them aleck stands and watches and she 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 phaeton gifting i didn't kill this train a lot and handle every fact quite well if some boys joins them well they could support the guilds hence your poem i guess. there's plenty to be done. employers could help out if the host springs and or if they can't control the watch is shooting out of such a because they were none public. about it. for real emergency of course our tosh is still far too small but the fire chief has

high hopes for him the morning. i just missed this we're all so glad that a boy has been born in our village after such a long time listener counting on him joining the volunteer fire department to their slogan is. on i'm a leg takes your son out for a brother the fresh air at least once a day in this village of fewer than $300.00 inhabitants. there's a new song i never really felt a bit 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 the hospital and get out through a vital 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 shame of the morning. we prayed an apparatus have be nonsense as a ploy a gift from heaven. but. 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. above 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 have to. say this if this is about social he. has become a kind of a hero but he takes it in stride and sleeps like a baby that 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 who's got to brother i'm the anyone and that's. the volunteer firefighters are practicing 1st aid and eating their pretend casualty magda until she looks almost like a mummy amanda seems more worried about how she's going to make it to the ambulance

. fail safe or if some boys were taking parts because they're strong. but it'll be a few years before part 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 you can go along as soon as he turns 2 years old. that will play with him. and when viewed 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 of 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 nick thank you. the hour you get the arrow at. some.

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