in the height of climate change africa's most of what's in store for the future when the school called for to make a city hall to incite culture to more i mean also and witness to world events. you know, that's all it was the hardest decision in my life. because i didn't want to hold on the team to germany. it was like a trial and half blind to the

relief for artists who have fled political persecution in their own country. and settled in berlin. what drove them to leave? what challenges do they face in their new home? what attracted them to the german capital? people in berlin are demonstrating for every bellow. reuss, theatre director at smith. so charge who is one of the cold organizers of the protest. he's glad that he can express his opinion freely in germany. and that he can send a signal from abroad. when the berlin is not indifferent to what is happening in the restored to the and in our homeland,

in real citizens are doing simply saying we're helping you not supporting you in their mass protests have been taking place in belo roost for months with the demonstrators calling for an end to the country's authoritarian regime, police have clamped down on them heavily even if they are no longer there. who in other bella ruse, ians in berlin, feel part of the wider protest the force our hand. we don't want that. we just knew things aren't right? chad could have to bellow roosts over 10 years ago. he had always opposed to the regime and had organized protests and hunger strikes. as a result, he was arrested locked up for days at

a time without charge. i will say that if i had stayed, i would become a professional revolutionary i was allowed to study. i would never have got a good job or education in jail because i took part in protests and because of my years. so i had to make up my mind and leave. i wanted to do what i love art, but thanks to a ground, he was able to go to poland, where he acted and directed plays, both in the offbeat are seen and in state theaters. including a production of the idiot though he still works in poland. he prefers to live in berlin. he says he loves the alternative district of course back. because people here are free to think and do as they please. and discovered

a new kind of protest across a constant process encroaching on before it was important for me to see the different forms and how they were organized. transferring this knowledge to protest. he's currently working on an exhibition about civil society and bella roofs. he says that he was politicized as a young man by an encounter with some german punks who were visiting bella ruse and listen to the sex pistols were basically one of the civil rights. and that was actually news roads. we were kids in the city and all of a sudden we discovered another culture and showed me that there was another world out there totally different from the 100 new

york. there was a kind of break stopping society from developing. we were constantly told what to do and what not to do. and we had to follow her apparatus. the relationship between state the individual today is something he often examines in his work. to the peace projection paranoia shrine integrates texts written by the r.a.f. terrorists to recombine hoff who explored how far political resistance could go. my charge, who hopes that his work will resonate in bella ruse to see myself as a bridge between or live in minsk. something happens there, a preacher between berlin and bellowed,

but then i'd like to find the need between institutional state and the under the ground. right now has more such will be staying put now to where we meet the vice president of penn center, germany. it's one of some 150 such centers, the ported by writers' association, pending international attention to authors who have been persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. its german center helps them find refuge in germany worldwide. many writers dangerously. there are countries which are always at the bottom of the list in terms of freedom of expression. and every tree is not

from for 10 years. in the last 3 or 4 years turkey's gotten much worse and remains each year an international case that documents cases in which writers have been imprisoned or subjected to other restrictions, you know. but there are also many cases we knew nothing about. for example, in china it's like a black hole or national death sentences are executed. there are only very rarely does work. sometimes when joe ching feels lonely, he goes for a stroll, being out nature calms him helps him clear his mind in focus. he's lived in berlin for the past like nature, but i don't feel to home in one particular place. i have no special connection to

a certain place on earth. i've lived in washington in the us was opened in beaching . here in germany with a woman i live here and there, i think that stems from my time in jail. since then, i had a sense of restlessness under god. through thought of the god. in 1989, protests erupted at beijing's tiananmen square and elsewhere in china. tens of thousands of young chinese demanded greater freedom but the pro-democracy movement was brutally suppressed. helped organize demonstrations in his hometown xiang. for this he was sentenced to 2 and a half years behind bars and forced just been the 1st 2 months in solitary confinement. locked up in a dark, underground cell the only freedom year after $51.00 days.

he had to carry me out, covered my eyes with the 1st. i didn't know why, but i spent all this time in total darkness. a harrowing experience. but judging has remained undeterred. once a widely respected nonfiction author and publisher in china, he's kept writing books in exile. he's a very gracious reader to seeing as an enthusiastic cook, the passion he discovered as a single parent for him eating is about companionship and looking after one's health. but cooking also brings up grim memories from time behind bars. to war that certain jail looked after more than 30 people on death row. who don't leave a few days or weeks left to live. it was strapped to their beds,

arms and legs spread to their sides. like a crucifixion call. it was a hole in their bed to difficult for, after relieving themselves are white and clean. she will also fed them in their final moments. like food was all that mattered judging process to the experience in a book. it tells the story of 15 different prisoners on death row and includes recipes for the last meal they ate before they were executed. a leading german literary magazine has published an excerpt of the book, his translator and good friend, susanna becker, will translate the book into german. joe ching regularly covers highly sensitive topics that few in china would dare discuss for research purposes, he sometimes returns to his homeland. though he's careful to stay off the radar as becker describes it. but unlike his artist friend,

i way way joe ching resists the label. dissident. i am an author and witness to world events that saw a courageous one for sure. joe ching carried out extensive research in china for his documentary film. i don't quite recall which addresses a dark chapter of chinese history revolution. the film revolves around the lynching of 2 teachers at the hands of their students. it features interviews with people who may have witnessed the killings, see the action that she would take to her recent events in paris show how timely my documentary is. a teacher was killed,

sparking global outreach by film talks about how to chinese teachers were beaten to death. but to this day, who is responsible talks about this event. so 2400 vesting book about china's industry became an international bestseller that stops at nothing to maximize its profits. including adding dangerous chemicals to the products. it was translated into several languages. 15 years ago i started telling people that chinese food is unsafe. and chinese food production methods can cause epidemics like sars. but nobody took this seriously. so i think european politicians and factures are harming themselves when the import

chinese products joe ching is currently working on a new documentary films about china. he's been barred from entering the country, but that won't deter him. he's not easily intimidated. what's germany's role when it comes to offering protection to people threatened in persecuted and i think germany please an important role. then germany's voice is very significant. within the context of pen international for one, we have a writers in exile programme that was created by the minister of culture. in 2000, it was to be offered a debt of gratitude for writers who had to flee germany in 1933, found refuge abroad. or now we can persecuted writers and from all over the world to the workings of even in when the nazis came to power in

1933, a whole generation of writers was silenced. their works were banned and burned their lives. were threatened, many fled, others were killed. today german cities such as where the nazis held their rallies, taking exiles from all over. the service of course, is just a trick of the ocean. there are many more rights reserved that's why many make their own way if they can. and their place of refuge is often berlin. it's a bit of home, away from home for a syrian in exile at the pergamon museum in the historic center of berlin. first tours for refugees. she explains the history of the exhibits and how they can transport people back in time. so close your

eyes, try to smell and you will feel home. and there is always like very nice trips. we go through closing size and think about our memories, our heritage. many visitors return time and again the exhibits provide comfort in stability. coming here also helps combat her homesickness. after she was forced to flee syria 6 years ago. i used to say it's my museum. and i am one of the very rare people who used to go to the museum almost studied art in damascus and wrote for a children's magazine. she's also a successful children's book author. she suffered under bashar al assad's regime until 2011. when the and she government protests known as the arabs. again,

it's give me a hope that time to change the situation. we leave, or we leave with very long time joined in the demonstrations and fought for change. but the protests were brutally suppressed repeatedly arrested. and eventually fled, her homeland was the hardest because i didn't want her hopes for a new syria dashed to leave all her friends and fellow protesters behind. she hasn't heard a word from many of them sense where they arrested or abducted. are they even still alive?

her art works to picture this sense of loss, but mostly maybe because they are here. now, she found her mission 2015. after her arrival, germany took in almost a 1000000 refugees. we can do this. chancellor angela merkel famously said in encouragement, got down to work. i always find myself somewhere in between 2 parts trying to bring them together. she also writes for the platform, hand germany, which gets refugees, practical info on how to adapt to life here. that should know more about newcomers, about both of them have to integrate with to help make that happen. all the

writes, a column for a german newspaper. she highlights cultural similarities and differences between hosts and newcomers. and tries to combat the prejudices she encounters in her daily life. i say i'm from syria and he said, oh my god are you are really feels she said, years fortunately. and there's this, but you don't look like so for me, this is very important things to think to think about legs through types that need the spirit and, and from mind of the people. there's still much to be done to dispel such stereotypes and to encourage interaction between cultures, which actually aren't that different says that her hometown, damascus,

and berlin have much in common. it's very similar from different perspectives because it's very, it's very open and accepting everyone from everywhere. where are you from? what you're doing, how you will, how you dress, what kind of study you did, you will find your space has certainly found her space helping to bring together different people. and cultures. exiles have a hard time from their culture. and they usually have a difficult time communicating in the new language. this applies to exiles today, and to those of former times, like those who fled nazi germany in the 1930 s. . now there are plans to build a museum dedicated to these refugees,

where berlin's on halter railway station once stood. the exile museum, berlin is set to open its doors in 2025, the modern building curve around the station's ruins literature, nobel prize winner who fled from romania dictator nicholas regime to germany in 1907 is the museum's patron berlin is coming to terms with its past. but what about the more recent history and the fact that many people from all over the world are moving here or to flee from danger? germany has experienced many different waves of immigration. unfortunately, there's new museum dedicated to this topic, and that would be very interesting from a political perspective of a museum that tells the story of germany as the country

of immigrants because they are an integral part of its history. when sharbat in shaky came to germany 10 years ago, he had to leave everything behind any run. he was an acclaimed writer, an intellectual who actively participated in social debate being forced into exile him of his identity. i had most everything a person could want when they had that stature was a journalist in the best newspaper, unlike shooting the best universities in corporate that i come to germany. and i was like a child and done and half blind to the shaky belongs to iran's kurdish minority. he learned his mother tongue kurdish from

his father. he describes it as the language of his soul and his innermost thoughts in his youth about in shaky frequented literary clubs and wrote lyric poetry that was naturalistic and realistic. kurdish literature was for bisan. it was illegal like drugs or something. so i think i was always self-confident. i just went in and read my poems and the folks there were surprised. 1617 year old boy, did he learn to speak? kurdish shaky quickly made a name for himself as a modern poet who courted controversy. his writing advocate equality of the sexes then human rights. and he was a vocal activist. in 2009, he took part in iran's green movement when young people rose up against the regime that put his life in danger. and i don't fear spending 20 years in jail. i don't

fear torture or even the death penalty, but i do fear the indeterminacy. if you're arrested by the secret police or whoever, there's no guarantee you'll be released in 2 or 3 hours after 3 or 7 days. after 7 months or 7 years, he was arrested but managed to escape, who never wanted to leave his country in the lurch was now forced to flee. an invitation from the german government, including an exit and a plane ticket to safety. yet the fear from that time still haunts him. i've never rented an apartment that was above the 3rd floor because i always thought if they come for me, i must flee, no matter what happens to me. whenever i went to look at him,

i always checked at these i still have it was happens, these reforms it took a long time before she could feel he was on firm ground again. he broke with his past and embarked on the search for a new life and new identity and words, his most important tools. he wants to communicate. but in what language? you know, 70 percent of the people around me are germans or german speakers or the streets or my streets. are these walls are my walls. this cafe is my candy. you are naturalised. here these are my neighbors weren't. there germans are speaking german and that makes it exciting about hard to write. but for now, he's preoccupied with bringing some peace into his life. having a secure job and residency status. shakey is employed as

a social education worker and a home for asylum seekers. in his new home land, the start, berlin is a city of my soul. berlin has a soul that's completely crazy and has been since me hostage, soul is like my least that's my feeling. and berlin is nationality less. they're not your nationality. less is also how shy about in shaky feels. it's impossible for him to return to iran. he hasn't seen his homeland in a decade. so where does he belong now? in berlin? that's occurred. maybe i should see him kurdistan will forever be my homeland and i was born there and i'm a kurd, but that's the person i am now for him. and this here is my home.

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