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i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia we're glad you could join us mass arrests have swept up more than 50 hong kong politicians and activists many say it's an attempt to crush the pro-democratic movement once and for all these are their names police took people into custody citing suspected subversion under the new national security law that beijing forced on the territory 6 months ago this is an ongoing story and this list may grow here's how one of the many arrests across the city went. the shocking if perhaps un surprising moment telling was paid a visit by the hong kong police the former lawmaker is among more than 50 pro-democracy figures arrested on wednesday. it's

the latest crackdown under a controversial new national security law an attempt to thwart months of pro-democracy protests in the territory wealth already has claimed the law would only target a few but critics say it's being used as a political weapon want to silence dissent. was. the way all. these latest arrests are said to be linked to an independently organized primary vote held last year's. eve charged lamb and the others could face life in prison also. police have already charged and jailed several from the movement in recent months wednesday's crackdown is the biggest to date and more than doubles the number of people arrested since june. with many now calling it the end of a free hong kong. joining us

from hong kong as a very ng secretary general of the league of social democrats one of the territory's political parties every we have more than 50 arrests of pro democrats like yourself in a single day is this the end of a free hong kong. the sistan of the free hong kong. of india free hong kong has sort of started 2 years ago and this is just the latest wave of crackdown. unfortunately. i was expecting now 2 members of your party were arrested you've been arrested before many times what is the mood right now are people scared. well in hong kong the mood is very we we are living in fear of fear at the same time a touch of absurdity every single day we will find some. new

crackdown from. different corners and. different excuses but this time and today in particular. the arrests we are talking about a coordinated arrest of more than 50 individuals who were involved in the pan democratic palmer election midlife he. the police actually mobilize more than 8000. police forces early this morning. and. the charges that the government is using. relating to the national 60 law in terms of subversion and the actual act itself is that the 50 plus individuals or the candidates of the primaries were participating in an election.

the their goal is to win over a majority in the legislative council seats and by virtue of wanting to win the majority that that equation to somehow equates to disapprove of the state so absurdity spells out that the government now to spare no expense and just fine whatever reason that they could get to arrest keep hold that you know that represent hong kong basically. now the next u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken of the biden mr a shin has said the white house will stand with the people of hong kong ideally for you what does that mean what deliverables do you want to see from the united states and other countries. i think 1st of 1st and foremost. the international

community needs to be aware that this. has stopped listen to the people of hong kong a long time ago. basically sort of like a sitting duck so i think. the next thing is for the. people of the world as well as the international community. to work together to find new solutions diplomatic ways to encourage people to. please let me just make good on their promise to introduce genuine democracy and universal so preaching in hong kong every ng thank you so much for joining us. in pakistan islamic state militants have kidnapped and murdered 11 coal miners in

down province in the country's southwest all of the victims belong to the shia has are a minority their families have been staging a sit in for several days demanding strong decisive action the military has pledged to track down the attackers but the has our community say their pleas for protection have long gone unanswered hundreds of hazaras have been killed in attacks over the last decade. joining us in shots of july me in as. i understand the has our protesters have delayed bearing demential how big a deal is that. well you know in the muslim tradition this is the ultimate form but it's rich enough. people who have spent that they've been dogged for many years hundreds of community members have been killed in the shooting and in baluchistan and they're now saying that we've on the prime minister to come here to assure us that the richmond be caught and then they will

be. getting off. all muslims in baluchistan so deskilled that i just spoke to. and he's saying that a very angry scenes that are very emotional scenes because this community thieves persecuted in pakistan now the has are is aren't the only group and who feel like they are being part persecuted. tell us more about the political unrest in the region. just on have been witnessing a militant separatist insurgency for regular 15 years now the x. in it bullets feel that they are being exploited being subjugated by the federal government in particular the pakistani army which mainly comes from the biggest populist province of punjab. and there's been no long running towards the

federal government so if you want more rights they want to be equal partners in the box that he had written and some of them have taken to the mountains the pakistani army issued a statement yesterday saying the that it will be caught and it will be punished the army says that india is involved in baluchistan and involved in encouraging this kind of insurgency. well you can stay with us chaps that we have more to talk about but 1st here's a report on one of the many thousands of people activists say have gone missing in the region. honey balochi says they came for her just weeks before her wedding armed men from pakistan's security services she claims she says she and her fiance were accused of being part of a terrorist organization and taken to a secret jail. yet they tortured us

they gave us a lecture we sat down on chairs they hit my right foot with a rifle i'm in pain when i walk they hit my head with a rifle i had 6 stitches on my head. the 27 year old denies any links to anti-government groups she was released after 3 months but has heard nothing from her fiance naseem activists claim thousands of below people like naseem have been disappeared over the years resentment simmers in the region poverty has sparked an insurgency movement residents say they don't get their fair share of the region's gas and mineral wealth a landmark 2015 investment deal between pakistan and china has further escalated tensions. this deal has ignited it because below just on is not receiving any share. even labor is being brought from point jobs or china. there is

no trust and below 2 workers. they are not being given work over there so it's creating more he trid. disappearances have increased in recent years but activists say not all of those missing are insurgents. abdulhamid by large says his brother was taken away in july last year his family are left asking why. don't we hear that if they know that i'm talking about what's happening in baluchistan maybe they will pick me up and dump me after killing me. if someone committed a crime they should be punished but what is my mother's crime why is she being punished she has been weeping for her son day and night now she has stopped speaking honey doesn't understand the reasons for the kidnappings either she just waits hoping to one day be able to be now seems wife that's quite an intense story

there shuts up the report mentions chinese investment in the region can you going to have at a bit more and why that's an issue in all this. well you know we were talking earlier about the baluch separatist insurgency now china is investing heavily in focused on this is building roads it is building a deep sea for the water on the in baluchistan and the nationalist feel that this is a ploy by the talks on the federal government by the army to take away further resources from baluchistan because they are seeing b.n. or benefiting from it whatever you are doing to to provide. one belt one road project in pakistan's but that you are not really benefiting from it so there's a lot of suspicion there's a lot of animosity towards this project because china focused on economic or door and that's why

a lot of chinese have been attacked by militants in the past there was an attack on chinese consulate. and i think people talk of. these infrastructure projects being built by china 2nd to loni thank you for joining us. that's it for now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com for asia or on facebook and twitter thanks for watching see you next time and good bye. every day. for us and for our planet. the idea is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities screamer how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with all our waste we can make

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all that coming up in a moment but 1st a real life were refugees as the hero of a comic book startup now meek thought his own harrowing escape from iraq and his new life in germany would make a good science fiction story so he pitched it to an organization called new patriots the group helps normal people commission and finance works of art. 5 crates of comic books are handed over to the man who commissioned. me. the cop from the new patrons organization who put nomic in touch with the comic book artists is also here a happy end to an improbable story. alexander caught from new patrons and the artistic team from the very beginning we put heart and soul into this and work to be earnestly on the comic but it was a fantastic experience for me in germany. the fictional comic is spun

around nomic story after a happy childhood to protect mr friess his homeland because of drought he ends up in a fictitious camp called temple just outside the walls of a futuristic berlin in the camp the refugee faces that many trials and tribulations . in real life fled from islamic state terrorists in northern iraq in 2016 the 22 year old 3rd spent a year in emergency accommodation at the former temple. that's where he heard about the new patrons and with their supports he created the comic together with author bruce sterling and an illustrator. everything i do is my artistic interpretation but the original idea came from south

. from his roots the south in the comic experience is violence and rejection in a monolithic tempelhof minds his rights. but he also experiences solidarity the creation of the comic is a small miracle made possible largely due to the efforts of the new patrons organization. my colleague michael kruger has more on this initiative michael so obviously most people can't afford to just commission a comic book and that's where new patrons comes in who exactly is behind it and how does that work. well 1st of all. and that was network was founded a couple of years ago in france and they grew big and now and starting now in germany. the goal is that as you said just normal people can

come and say hey of it just a great idea for an artwork our cultural facility and the network that means the mentors are then just there to help you to realize everything the establish the contracts contacts with the artist for example and he are a few examples of projects they have already completed so art and culture accessible to everyone and that means really everyone not just some exclusive circle which may feel a little bit excluded so how does this work with the opposition's i'm guessing you can't just apply and say hey i really need some beauty i need some beautiful art for my bathroom and there's a criteria to be true that's that's that's true no every mission should benefit the whole community 1st of all and making the finance financing possible is also great art and that needs marketing so there must be somehow

a public interest and we have a great example for that french family which lost their son to the buttocks a tick in 2015 commissioned the song the composition was just premiered by the public or orchestra in december and sometimes the new patrons don't have really a concrete idea and. the network is helping to look what's really possible and there we have also a good example from book here in germany from a very tiny district of stein who fit some of the elderly residents wanted to commission just some artwork any artwork something which could bring together. the people and the community the network brought them together with the collective pot of call and they developed together the idea of a mold by theatre on a truck which comes to the different villages if the pandemic were let them could

start. some really moving projects michael this is an international initiative just quickly how many countries are part of this. in the moment in europe round about 8 different countries they expand there's also a project in africa and cameroon for example which is very exciting and i guess we should stay in contact with his network and i hope to hear a little bit more from them soon and what i'm really looking forward to that michael krueger thanks so much. former bond girl and charlie's angels star tanya roberts has died of an infection this comes after roberts' publicist prematurely announced her death and then retracted that announcement a day earlier while the actress was still alive with her steely blue eyes roberts stole the show from roger moore back in 1985 in his last bond film a view to

a kill she later had more small screen success with that seventy's show roberts died at age 65 from well 1st it was the academy awards now the grammys have also been postponed due to the coronavirus unlike last year's awards there won't be a live audience at this year's ceremony in los angeles now set for march 14th instead of later this month the announcement comes as los angeles is seeing record numbers of coded 1000 cases and deaths with hospitals there even turning patients away. and sticking with music d.j. is a bust and vice also known as supple lot put out well over a dozen albums before deciding he wanted to try something new and electronic jazz ensemble here's a taste of the simple out cortez shawn robust 2nd album now and next inside a garage in munich.

quartet's music is an eclectic mix of late night jazz infused with haunting hip hop social dancing sampling. something really is making a collage you smash up a huge toy put it back together and create something completely new that was initially personalized to pluck what its pieces are often based around memorable sound samples melancholy miniatures almost like mortal marks. on the sink what's special about our music is that it's not tangible it floats on

top but still gets inside your head even though it doesn't have a very insistent melody. 1800 started teaching for small groups of friends and this is where he fell in mouth and song which really clicked for me was collins collins. did his dad love the original and then i started collecting secondhand records i traveled question germany went to all the secondhand record shops i bought this single at a flea market for just one joints mark and that was it for me collecting old records sampling old records hip hop music everything came together in this piece of music. that. subplot was the d.j. for the rap blumenthal that is linda meyer fabi infused an afghan guard jazz and

soul to the mix and finally the soft beauty. full force of laughter and. the name of the record label supply runs in munich is part of isca part of the german with the escapade and adventurous way would have been taking off the straight and narrow. using my set to get people into music that wasn't hip hop but something completely different that was a challenge for me to send people home after a gig with a smile on their face and the question in their heads what was that song i danced to tonight i have no idea but it was really cool and i'm going to. walk all. the sounds created in this carriage could almost be confused with the summer festival one week everything's been really pitiful. hour. since the advent of instagram people have

started caring so much about the statics of food that sometimes food itself is hard to recognize and while a lot of artists don't have too much on their plates right now one designer has gotten very creative with what's on hers. from a cartoon hero tintin cauliflower that looks like pop star but the irish the master behind these edible creations if you land. and i'm. credible. today she's making but they have made for us using the simpler 1st we go beyond the. because it's very. it's like kind of like lee lee. while the potatoes boil she cuts the vegetables for the dental the traditional dress. and

use this to make it a little secret the designer by training loves to cook in her home in course el ne belgium. her original plan was to make a website to teach people how to meal prep for the week to grab attention on the internet she made the dishes look more and more artistic. everybody are. nobody else everybody wanted. to this dish she has to mold of bags from mashed potatoes. she paints the base with food coloring and cream cheese makes the bay look for a fake. bell peppers and zucchini come together as a colorful dress. you'll understand commands is bursting with ideas for new dishes she takes inspiration from famous movie characters celebrities and animals all as in today's creation other cultures like germany the bavarian bar maid has come to

life and is ready to serve some. that is if she doesn't get eaten for. that's it for this edition of arts and culture for more arts news you can find us on the web any time at d.f.w. dot com slash culture you can also find us on facebook and twitter if you just search for d w culture until next time stay safe play with your food and goodbye for now.

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