i can see them soon in. my arms. i know i'm so hungry. the secret. starts june 3rd d. 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 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 i'm 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 monuments of the country's longest serving monarch the man who headed up a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo. king

leopold the 2nd. we all know that those features have a symbolic power and i'm totally can feel 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 us in our studios of inferiority. and that 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 race isn't here it is very subtle and this is what made makes it so dangerous and so home food too. there are so many examples like if you're looking for an apartment

you have to say understanding yeah that you know don't waste my time unplug. 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 like to see also reveals vital interests icing the most vulnerable spots. where else how big an enterprise how families go to reach things to loot thanks to congo and congo really helped belgium to become a state's statutes 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 matter poles is that we do not have any monuments for victims of the colonization or heroes of anti communities. unvetted she is collecting her son she wants him to learn as much as possible about his family's history her own mother still remembers the brutal reality of colonial rule in the mid 20th century and their feet 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 in ask myself why people will being hit. and one day i asked my dad if he'd been hit but he said yes and told me that. because he didn't have enough money to pay the tax and we lose impulse i'm back to 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 on from generation to generation and raise 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 in this situation he has to do an arkansas

collective. 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 ditches 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 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 plant 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 company name 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 ian once a member of an olympic rowing team now prefers kayaks his love of rivers has made him an ardent environmentalist clinical bonnet a 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 that flows into the new and we chose because it is basically the most legendary river of the bought of guns because it defines the by a company insular and because it's now really being attacked by the hydrologic i. look 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 a blend them construction side of them they're the 3rd on

a dam that is the most controversial of them 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 i the general viking ideal of the protestors through the night well. do i oppose the destructive measures of the government that are trying to stop all the instruments of democracy because of the corona virus pandemic the government has passed special laws that massively detail the rights of n.g.o.s. lootera is

a private research institute in regard to its engineer status is affected by the laws of 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 you demea are of use or corporate dividends and serves only as a must must suffer out with ruling on oppressive measure as it's a current law taking place to give us that at a cea mine corn my own nickel feel who oppose it the easier it seems never know the main opponent somehow n.g.l.s the din of the saints and if it's in the public interest to protect me on the environment today of course they want to get rid of these trouble making this woman take out that album a cut elicitation 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 thank you for partisan it's 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 sava. 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. these model of oversaw projects. are in line with local communities states policy and also with the european guidelines and the european goals to improve the show over a new abode in slovenia but the environmentalists argue that the plans are long outdated 4 years ago the lower sava became part of the european nature conservation project now to a 2002 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 food from all the way down in croatia and also parts of upstream come here to spawn because they don't have modern habitats later this. 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 samba 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 endemic 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 just pm monday to friday man of the

sunday at his feet can. you explain the background. different crowds hanging about like little parts. people coming out of the skate 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 next door 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 and the 1st few days you kind of really enjoy relaxing and so but then after about

a week also 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. we all live above the pub. tell you what mike misses the chats with his regulars. for the out serving drinks you're a part of everyone's story you know every comes up men 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 you boyfriend and stuff and a lot. of the most really. good so you know and surely all the rules are good all of them are that's why he decided to go to. just a little with the weekly problem which you were prime minister of the you know and . political power of. the answer

comes from all over the world to be a challenge to the conservative party you know. stephanie scott has been playing each week she's british right now she's living in the u.s. in a nice place where you know you have something to look forward to throughout the week having the craziest and one of the fever coloring events that we've got going on at the minute. despite the digital success of the quiz that we're making 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 restored if you're looking at 16 square meters per person it's not just 2 meters from you should be it's 2 meters 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 back of house teams in the kitchens and the smaller areas all but even a things will be difficult they're looking forward to the end of the 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. nick 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 from enjoying his 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 with 1000 hotspots by both 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 nor to authorize the release of some $90000.00 inmates from its prisons defs robbers untried and criminals but not political prisoners among them are journalists. one of them is always all slue

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 oh i think it is i mean they get one of the viruses in there it can easily spread from one prisoner to another also i'm very worried by 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 is no decent food healthy environment it's up at the house to look turkey's prisons are known to be hopelessly overcrowded over $120000.00 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 are 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 early release because in his view one obvious explanation. there were it's the state's hatred of one particular section of. but there's no other explanation. from a legal standpoint every prisoner has the same rights. 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 examination of the nationalists and h.p.v. in georgetown the opposition put up stiff resistance insisting that political prisoners receive equal treatment but in vain. well known journalist not john wrote an article and tweets criticizing the decision unjust we took 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 the society and spreading fear with my thoughts and maybe a pause and then the 2nd day they change the station to. 'd read head through it you know and in any insight the society nor john bisons case is by no means an isolated one says faisal uk. the journalist who can argue and was arrested because he tweeted a criticism of turkey's handling of endemic look we have just been hoping that journalists will be released as well even though now on the would even more have been arrested. tells us the turkish government won't let up on its pressure on the prices up with their power so night was no one's 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 i'm a little as i can be is it it was torture to see him arrested so unjustly actually now i've only got one wish that he won't fall ill as well. moscow almost. and now we take you to southwestern poland our reporter visit had the village of nestea gentz 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 have to change off to one side toward the back on the melech 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 toss can make himself useful if it's between gifting as it builds train and lots and handle everything quite well but if some boys joins them what they could support the goals you put like this. there's plenty to be done. some price could help out if the hose springs a leak or if they can't control the watch a shooting out of such a big hose and then not in public time. for real emergency of course our tosh is still far too small but the fire chief has high hopes for him over the long. run just this we're all so glad that a boy has been born in our village after such

a long time so we're counting on him joining the volunteer fire department to get there so when it's. on i'm elected tex or son out for a brother the fresh air at least once a day in this village of fewer than 300 inhabitants. and 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 as everyone started congratulated me while i was still in a hospital good activity it was a joyous event for the entire village that is local couples try to everything you for the little miracle finally happened. upon the shame of the move. we prayed to knap press have to be nonsense as a ploy there's 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. 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 that the statistics are looking better the local economy is improving so that this that we're all very very happy. as they should have seen 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 but his mother still receiving presents 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 cranks. the volunteer firefighters are practicing 1st aid and again there are 10 casualties 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 i feel safer if some boys were taking pot because they're strong.

but it'll be a few years before bar tashi 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 you can go along as soon as he turns 2 years old. ben will play with him. and be by himself. and. until that day comes she's 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 been back and

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