this is the the reviews line from china passes a controversial new security law or allowing beijing to crackdown on opposition in hong kong pro-democracy activists fearful deal and very versatile close to the chinese territories autonomy also on the program. meets women confronting belgium's colonial his legacy as she fights to uncover to make history jackie a good book was born thousands of children taken from their mothers in rwanda.

until gail welcome to the program china has passed a national security law for hong kong which many fear will move the territories will ptolemy and democracy it will allow all thorson's to crack down on activities in hong kong and beijing because it's a subversive and secessionist and could see protest is dealt with by authours in china rather than within the territory chinese lawmakers passed the new rules on tuesday sparking protests internationally and in hong kong itself. they fear this might be their last chance to protest. tuesday's flash mob in a shopping center was small but to scient everyone knew things were changing some fear to show their faces. today i feel on the top of that it's very sad because they can ask god and they even don't know the

power of the law and they just pass it with no one reaching so far. i think most of all not people they're scared it's all. the details have now been released the chinese security law will crack down hard on what it terms terrorist activities it criminalizes subversion and succession efforts as well as foreign interference and could enable chinese authorities to operate in hong kong those convicted could be jailed for life and will be barred from standing in elections. it was scenes like these last summer that prompted the law huge demonstrations in favor of democracy and against chinese influence overwhelmed hong kong and embarrassed all thora he says hong kong's leader kerry lam told the united nations the law was nothing to worry about it will only target an extremely small minority of people

who have preached the law while the life and property basic rights and freedoms of the overwhelming majority of hong kong residents will be protected but fear is reaching pro-democracy activists joshua one is now in hiding but expects to be arrested he says he's resigned from his group to protect them as saying if my voice will not be heard soon i hope that the international community will continue to speak up for hong kong and step up concrete efforts to defend our last bit of freedom. a law school to support hong kong as in the scared new world. straight to hong kong venue where we join the correspondent to feed be a welcome thing so this law is now in effect i believe you've read it so what more can you tell us about it. as mentioned on the overall

were regulates 4 main categories of time to the session suppression terrorism and collusion with foreign forces so all of the categories of crimes would carry a maximum penalty is a life sentence in prison so this is much posher than expected to me for and on and and. the. point is that people feel. the definition often times it's not it's not that it's not clear enough that. the law is right some poll one of the clauses saying that. people trying to. induce a hatred to was home home or china's government could be the final calming of national security of the people you worry about like the definition of the law it's not clear and i was small is that the law may further the hong kong independent

judiciary which has seen. hong kong's autonomy along that case since the handover but not the law that some of the hearing can be. can be held will start but not both so this. actually overflowed the traditions off the rule of law and they are open to the show which additions to phone home and all of the decisions made by the national security committees in the future will not be challenged by court so people fear that this is going to send a chilling. so what is that likely to mean. pro-democracy movement. laws definitely sound a chilling effect to the city of that many people they may say silence even shocked me because they are not sure whether this low. well how how would the fact that they live because. this go well back to

a wide spectrum of odd categories of crimes in everyday life leads to many albeit behaviors illegal b of pavia one now be illegitimate it is legitimate right now so people fear so i think the activism and the street protests will definitely be a 1000 if the fact that many high profile have already been signed on with the party and some of them may stay low profile for a while. thank you for the phoebe cole and on come. true some have a stories making news around the world of the european union has announced it will reopen its external borders to 14 of countries from july the 1st on the united states has been excluded from the list as the virus infection rates continue to rise in parts of the country china has been provisionally approved to travel only

open up in beijing lifts restrictions against european citizens in return. germany's defense minister on about climate has ordered the partial dissolution of the country's elite cascade commandos following points of right wing extremism in their ranks the cascade specializes in anti terror and rescue operations a report say the defense minister accuses them of having a toxic leadership culture and said that she wants it reorganized. chairman of german football club shell clemens tanya's has quit certainly the ongoing scandal of the conditions but he's meat packing plant in western germany more than 1500 employees that tested positive for the corona virus leading to a new lockdown in the surrounding region. belgium's king has expressed regret for his country's colonial a big. uses in africa for the 1st time king of phillipe admitted that belgian

committed acts of violence and cruelty and what later became the democratic republic of congo the country's marking 60 years of independence today those in city of god was also removed to boast of the former ruler of the congo and from the uphold the 2nd is playing for the enslavement and killing of millions of homecomings to come and rule in the 19th century statues of the belgian monica become a major targets of anti vices demonstrations over recent weeks. an estimated $20000.00 children fathered by belgian men were born to african mothers a jury belgium's colonial rule fearing that these children would pose a threat to the colonies racist system the belgian government had thousands of them kidnapped from their mothers and placed in adult of families all homes in belgium and that report of follows one woman who is still fighting to uncover her family story decades later. jackie who have oil was 3 and

a half years old when she came to belgium this picture shows her at the airport in brussels and her father a belgian citizen died a couple of months after her birth and the belgian colonial government didn't want to leave her upbringing to her room one day and mother. the police came by to get us multiple times my mother went into hiding with us again and again but then the police received the order to take us away using violence if necessary use on to the funeral wells 1st shirky who was placed with catholic nuns in rwanda then in 1959 she was adopted by a family in belgium back then this report about her was published in a newspaper thousands of other kids with belgian dads and rwandan congolese or burundian mums shared the same fate during belgium's colonial rule many of them

never saw their families again this letter was the 1st sign of her mother from rwanda after many years. i feel when my daughters are clean i'm very happy to be able to send you this screeching are you i was very pleased about your letter. shortly after having received it at the age of 21 jackie who visited her mother in rwanda for the 1st and last time. everyone told me you have to be careful with africa maybe it won't even be your mother chill tragic get money from you be careful maybe you shouldn't go there i believe there are stories so when i saw her i thought she was not my mother traveled back but she really was my mother.

almost 20 years later her mother died as a victim of the genocide in rwanda jackie who stayed in belgium she studied and worked as a computer scientist for many years now she's retired. you live your life but again and again there were these moments when i wanted to know what had actually happened to me i was confronted with boundaries and with the end of billing mr grant has access to our own history that made me a bit furious. for mark. for the 1st time in the spring of 2019 the belgian government apologized for the abductions but when jackie who reads it even today there are still people who claim colonialism had a positive influence she knows that the past still casts a shadow. cabinet could be forced to debate whether to an exceptional jewish

settlements in the occupied west bank of a thinks palestinian or clay from the west bank just outside jerusalem and completely surrounded by a village of israeli settlers soon a satellite and could become part of israel the doubly correspondent reports from benteke said. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family that i have slid from this almost unique enclave right next to a jewish settlement at the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored. like other palestinian solders that i have wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. but.

i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more land. the israeli and american governments just want the land but without the people killed it's only a money and. so far israel hasn't presented any official maps to explain which areas it could and next cursed and where the lines would be drawn and i have is concerned that the move could lead to yet more isolation and further restrictions on movement is specially since the tram plan and visions only limited enclaves for the palestinians. that. there's no future. there's no hope of. my hopes are gone that so the support we see for the israelis nobody cares about us palestinians out of that off at work not shared by all of the movement between different parts of the occupied west bank is already very

complicated for palestinians so now we also want to go to the settlement it's just literally a media away from us but to get there we have to drive to the nearest checkpoint and it will take us some time. it's more than an hour's drive to cross the kalandia checkpoint. only palestinians with an israeli permit can cross from here. from there we return to the settlement of given high. who is one of the settlements founders like most residents he's waiting for more details on the an extension plans from the israeli government. fall to shia holy although a significant things that could come out of this plan is that it can open up a very positive opportunity for us to expand our settlements for our children and it's also good for the people on the other side of the fence if an exaggeration

goes ahead it's expected to be a long process on the palestinian side of the fence uncertainty is crowing as once again maps are rethinking that without the people living there having much say about where the lines are drawn. a situ up so that we'll have more at the top of the hour. on the website. of the. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona updates. covert 19 special next on d w. a meal. welcome to the 2nd season.