in the light of the country, africa's most of what's in store for wanting to use to care for their future could cause a pretty major city to incite culture. i mean also and witness to world events. you know, that's all it was the hardest decision my life. because i didn't want to hold on the team to germany. it was like a trial and half blind storm. and 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 bello roosts theater director smithson 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. merely showing them that barry lynn is not indifferent to what is happening in folders of the restored to the situation in our homeland and

citizens are doing simply saying we're helping you are supporting me 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, it's a charge to an other brother. rusian is in berlin. feel part of the wider protest the force our hand. we don't want that. we just knew things aren't right. to charge cool enough to bellow, russo 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. i would probably have landed 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 thanks to a grant, he was able to go to poland, where he acted and directed plays, both in the all theater scene 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. they

discovered a new kind of protest across their constant process. encroaching on the it was important for me to see the different forms and how they were organized, transferring this knowledge to the russian forces to protest. he's currently working on an exhibition about civil society and bella roosts. he says that he was politicized as a young man by an encounter with some german punks who were visiting bella. ruth and listen to the sex pistols were basically wyo sukhumi. and they talked about freedom and civil rights and i was talking to the music we were kids in the city. and all of a sudden we discovered another culture of these punk should 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 at the peace projection paranoia shrine integrates text written by the r.a.f. terrorists recombine, hoff good explored how far political resistance could go to 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,

the bellows. but then i'd like to find the meat between institutional state and the underground right now berlin has more so for the time being we'll be staying put now to where we meet the vice president of penn center germany. it's one of some 150 centers supported 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 still live dangerously. there are countries which are always at the bottom of the list in terms of freedom of expression. and every

tree is not fair ahead. for 10 years in the last 3 or 4 years turkey's gotten much worse and remains level each year and international documents. writers have been imprisoned or subjected to other restrictions, you know. but there are also many cases we knew nothing about example in china, it's like a black hole. even amnesty international doesn't know how many death sentences are executed. there are only very rarely does work. sometimes when joe ching feels lonely, being out nature calms him helps him clear his mind in focus came to germany 12 years ago. he's lived in berlin for the past 8. 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 have lived in moscow in the us with up and in reaching here in germany with a woman i live here and there. i think that stems from my time in jail since then. good to have a sense of restlessness. under senator miller, who turns out of the gun 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. dzogchen helped organize demonstrations in his home town she on for this he was sentenced to 2 and a half years behind bars and forced to spin the 1st 2 months in solitary confinement. locked up in a dark, underground cell with the only freedom you after $51.00 days.

they had to carry me yet he covered my eyes. at 1st, i didn't know why, but i spent all this time in total darkness without a harrowing experience, but has remained undeterred. so widely respected nonfiction author and publisher in china, he's kept writing books in exile to the passion he discovered, as a single parent. for him eating is about companionship and looking after one's health. also brings up grim memories from time behind bars, through a wall, you know, jail. after more than 30 people on death row, who don't leave a few days or weeks left to live. they were strapped to their beds or

arms and legs spread to their saeed's. like a crucifixion call with a hole in their bed to defra, kate, after relieving themselves are clean. she will also affect them in their final moments. all that mattered 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 susanna 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 and the actions that she will take to her recent events in paris show how timely my documentary is as

a teacher was killer, sparking global outrage. most of my film talks about how 2 chinese teachers were beaten to death. but to this day, nobody knows who's responsible. nobody talks about this event. so let us put it on . judging 2000 for investigative book about china's food industry became an international bestseller. he exposed a ruthless food mafia that stops at nothing to maximize its profits, including adding dangerous chemicals to build products. it was translated into several languages. 15 years ago i started telling people chinese food is unsafe. chinese food production methods can cause epidemics like sars. but nobody took this seriously think european politicians and food manufacturers are harming themselves when they

import chinese products. currently working on 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 pan international for one, we have a writers in exile programme that was created by the minister of culture. in 2000, it was to pay off 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 see them in need of insight of 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 usually. there are many more writers who need our help. 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 at home. and there is always like a very nice traipse. we go through closing her eyes and think about our memories, our heritage, many visitors return time and again provide comfort in stability. coming here also helps combat her homesickness after she was forced to flee syria 6 years ago. i used to, 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 anti-government protests known as the arabs. again,

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

her art works to picture this sense of loss, but mostly because they are here. now, she found her mission 2015, not long after her arrival, germany took in almost a 1000000 refugees. we can do this. chancellor angela merkel famously said in encouragement down to work and find myself somewhere in-between trying to bring them together. she also writes for the platform handbook for germany, which gets refugees, practical info on how to adapt to life here. but i also believe that hosting society should know more about newcomers, about 3 fishies. most of them have to integrate with each other to help make that

happen. ali brights, 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 from syria. and he said, oh my god, are you are really feeling? she said, yes, i am unfortunately. and this is, but you don't look like so for me, this is very important things. think to think about legs through types, that media, 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 life. it's very open and accepting everyone from everywhere. where are you from? what you're doing, how you know, 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 reaching 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 and halter railway station once stood the exile museum, berlin is set to open its doors in 2025, the modern building will curve around the station's ruins, literature, nobel prize winner who fled from romania and dictator nicholai, who is redeemed 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. 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 in iran, he was an acclaimed writer, an intellectual who actively participated in social debate being forced into exile. his identity is high, had most everything a person could want to have that stature was a journalist in the best newspaper and lectured at the best universities and come to germany. and i was like a child and that's dead 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. where did he learn to speak? kurdish shiki quickly made a name for himself as a modern poet who courted controversy. his writing advocate equality of the sexes and human rights. and he was a vocal activist. in 2009, people rose up against the regime that put his life in danger,

spending 20 years in jail. i don't fear torture or even the death penalty. but the indeterminacy, if you're arrested by the secret police or whoever, and there's no guarantee he'll be released in 2 or 3 hours, or 7 or 7 months, or 7 years. he never wanted to leave his country in the lurch. an invitation from the german government, including time still haunt him. 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 least i still have it was happens, this is a good one. it took a long time before shakey could feel he was on firm ground again. he broke with his past and embarked on the search for a new life, 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. the streets are my streets. these walls are my walls. there's this cafe is my candy. you are naturalised. here. these are my neighbors. weren't there germans or speak german. makes it exciting. but 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. to start, berlin is a city of my soul. berlin has a soul that's completely crazy and has cost its soul is like mine is that at least that's my view. and berlin is nationality, less nice or non rules. nationality less is also how shall have bad in shaky fields . 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 say, kurdistan was for ever homeland when 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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