this is the news live from berlin free hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls were abducted from a boarding school have been released local leaders in the northwest of the country say they have secured their freedom despite many obstacles being placed in there are. also coming up international concern grows on the situation in myanmar as the military steps up its use of force to quell the ongoing protests but more reports of live rounds being fired at civilians some of these asian foreign ministers called on the coup leaders to compromise. in 2019 this secretly filmed video

brought down the government of australia now the man responsible is in a berlin prison and fighting his extradition to vienna our correspondent found out why he fears becoming a victim of political persecution a. few people have had such a dramatic impact on research in history as the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev as he celebrates his one she'll birthday look at his legs. welcome to the program and we start with some good news the release of hundreds of schoolgirls who were kidnapped last week in northwest nigeria government authorities say the girls are safe and well students were abducted from their

boarding school by an armed gang in some for a state last friday. but their ordeal is over. officials say the almost 300 school children are healthy however some did suffer physical wounds it's the psychological impact of their kidnapping thought may take longer to heal. if you didn't want it most of us injured our feet and we couldn't continue to walk our captors said they would shoot anybody who didn't continue we walked across the river and they hit us and let us sleep under bushes in a forest. and. for the families of the schoolgirls their relief is unsurmountable. i'm very happy. now that i can see a super not god has brought our or deal to an end like that he knew we were so

happy as them is that i thank god for everything i do i look like that to allow what he wanted to would in my lifetime to be and that the students were abducted from this boarding school by an armed gang last friday government officials have been in talks with the kidnappers known locally as bandits up they say these bandits in zamfara state often kidnap for ransom money and to press for the release of their members held in prison authorities are searching for the culprits you think on this one don't think you have to. do this and this is to somebody you would. lie to you to. call home when you see some home phones and couples employed in an industry that.

nigeria's president also tweeted saying they're working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping saying the military and the police will continue to go after the kidnappers. this latest kidnapping was 90 year u.s. force mass abduction in less than 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again his mission is on for a state and our correspondent fred is following this story for us on the ground close to where the girls were kidnapped fred what more can you tell us about the girls were lease. yes the girls have been really is it 279 they're now going through a series of medical checks to see if they're well. we know that the government the government did tell me this morning that they did not pay for ransom but did are that they gauged dickie did not pass as. they had series of negotiations and

they convinced him because you know mary design for us to eat and dickie do not pass on the bund it's hard agreement. couple of millions and millions of money to these kidnappers so that they can be integrated in this society so they're tell me that this is what they're we are discussing and their money is to call reese to kidnap us through these. girls but no one actually most nigerians don't even believe that that's the case they believe that the government could have been could have paid some ransom money. for it how the family is reacting to this. it's a big relief it's a big relief to families who have been waiting since friday morning they have been waiting for these gals to return back home we're talking about the gals who are

between and talk to 18 the kind you might jeanne what they have been going through in the hands of these leads so the 5 news where out. there that if he's being they're happy they're grateful that their daughters are now but there must be great relief or do we know more about the kidnappers who are. these are the bandits that they are there are people who are not far from their communities these are the people the government know very well these are the people who have been engaged in series of discussions with government officials so they're now known and whenever they can of people the government knows how to contact them and they know how to contact the government so these are not just. sort of boko haram. inside these are the bandits that's normal in this society and they work

with the government and they are known by your thought it is a correspondent for thank you very much for. international pressure is growing on me on mars ruling military to stop its crackdown on the pro-democracy movement foreign ministers from southeast asian countries are holding talks with the millet military junta today in an attempt to tackle the crisis if you were to force stepped up those plans in recent days using tear gas and rubber bullets police opened fire to disperse protesters around the country on tuesday the u.n. says at least 18 protesters were killed on sunday when forces used live and i mean this and protesters are calling for a return to democracy after the military seize power a month ago. as told all too few if you thought the activists in a young. you've been out protesting today what's the situation like at the moment.

i am going to see you here is getting tense and getting dangerous steve id because to cross the the crackdown the peaceful protesters and they shoot a crowd they sure did if this is didn't shoot to the heads they show what they really have no way lovably list that in many ways you even in oakland it's they said it's rather than it is not reliable that it is free of bullets and they shouldn't have shots they are that close to them are people in the military it's not a military organization anywhere they are already a terrorist organizations here. there were reports that over the weekend the military in myanmar has used live ammunition are you saying the military is using live ammunition again today or yesterday yesterday and today yes was ok very clear that protesting is becoming more and more dangerous does that worry you are you worried about your personal safety. of course i worry about my

personal safety because we don't have against they have to guess and there shouldn't you go day in day no only day is shooting in days even at night he said going to the internet connections and they are still you know i rest in peace at my house so we all are of our own with stacy he doesn't mean that way surrender will not surrender we are fighting back a team we have we get the democracy entail we win we keep the weeks so we've heard that. for foreign ministers are talking about this crisis and also talking to the military junta do you think you are getting enough international support. love for that i will say. before yesterday's it is a whole the security the security presence and i'll get i guess the day you. can own very skinny to be our own very rare and supporting. layout all very

very supportive. probably because they are now state living in a shooting locus the country still homeo suffer how much we're suffering but we of so much hope for. their actions which we'll be taking or the military but also if and i will say so i don't see and tell no i don't see the real realize that brought it on them or keep their. own for the asia and this time they need to go there we sow it you can remark you know our military to that is not about even standing this or that so anyway we're this is about. a standing we just is just a big empty although you can see the huge crowds are the city already already should stand with evil this hour after this if you thought young on myanmar thank you very much for your time. thank you another some of the other stories making

headlines around the world today 3 activists in poland have been acquitted of offending religious beliefs the women seen here at an earlier court appearance were arrested after leaving images of the virgin mary with a halo in the style of the rainbow flag of the bt community around the church. 2 the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists says he's disappointed that only $1700000000.00 have been pledged at a donor conference for yemen aid hopes to raise more than twice that amounts to help people facing starvation 6 years of war in yemen have created the world's worst humanitarian crises. the press watchdog reporters without borders has filed a criminal complaint with the german public prosecutor against saudi crown prince mohammed bin the salma over the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi the complaint is seeking an inquiry on the germany's international jurisdiction laws it issues

a saudi arabia of persecuting khashoggi as well as dozens of other journalists because he was a u.s. base contributor to the washington post he was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. of the more this story is free and rebecca vincent she's director of the end of international complains with reporters without borders and joins us from london rebecca this lawsuit is about the killing of khashoggi but also the persecution of many journalists in saudi arabia tell us more. absolutely so we've detailed the cases of 35 journalists in this complaint so one being jamal has shoji 34 big cases of arbitrary detention between 201-220-1933 of those journalists remain in prison today so we have argued that these constitute acts of widespread and systematic persecution of journalists that amount to crimes against humanity these include acts such as willful killing torture sexual violence

and coersion enforced disappearance unlawful deprivation of physical liberty and persecution and we are pointing to the saudi crown prince mohamed bills been someone and 4 other saudi officials as bearing direct responsibility for this widespread and systematic persecution. even if a german court convicts from solomon what effects will have whoa what do you hope to achieve with this lawsuit well in the 1st instance accountability at the present there is complete impunity for these crimes not just in saudi arabia but for any case of crime such as this against a journalist anywhere in the world particularly a murder we almost always see impunity so reporters without borders is seeking to to challenge that status quo the situation of crimes against journalists around the world has become frankly alarming and we have to start to impose cost that's what we're trying to do in this in this suit if it is successful we believe that it could be

a game changer truly not just for these 5 individuals in question that would send a clear signal to others in saudi arabia and to others in other parts of the world who have committed similar crimes against journalists that the world will not tolerate this that even if they evade justice in their own country contexts there will be other means of achieving accountability. thank you very much rebecca vincent director of international campaign with the borders. a man responsible for a secretly filmed video that brought down austria's government in 2019 is making a final bid to avoid extradition from germany the video appeared to show the leader of austria as far right freedom party offering government contracts to russia in exchange for political funding man behind the video says he will be persecuted if forced to return to his native austria the w.'s as cif spoke to him in the berlin

prison where he's currently being held. it was this covert recording that brought down austria's governing coalition the man on the couch soon to be vice chancellor heinz christiane's to discuss his plans with a wealthy russian to buy out a major austrian newspaper for political advantage. when the video was published by german media in 2019 who was forced to resign and the chancellor called new elections it was a political earthquake. and the video had been a set up the russian had been an actress and the man who arranged the sting remained unnamed. in december however the alleged producer of the video was arrested in berlin and is being held in this jail a whistleblower to some a conspirator to others yulian age faces extradition charges that appear to be

unrelated to the so-called abuse if air cocaine trafficking an allegation based on the testimony of 2 witnesses. speaking to d.w. in prison mr h. said the case against him is politically motivated. if all you need to lock someone up is 2 people with questionable reputations and strange statements and you can lock up anyone you want to absolutely anyone and that's in austria which already has autocratic tendencies. said n a b z he pictured having a system like or bonds hungry for being honest austria isn't so far away from that anymore he says today. mr h. was also charged with making an illegal recording but a berlin court ruled that the video did not break the law mr edge believes the separate cocaine charge is being used to punish him for making the video while only appearing to be unrelated. the berlin. justice department says it has no authority

to get involved in an extradition case. under a who left wing member of the german parliament believes germany should take a stronger position though you look at what they're showing i think we ought to look very very closely at the motives for this extradition request and whether we want to comply with it. or whether that would set a totally wrong tone in terms of intimidating those who expose wrongdoing. or i believe exposing wrongdoing like this is extremely important and that should be kept in mind in this case. without an exceptional intervention from german authorities really an age might soon face a judge in vienna a city where his name is political dynamite. well let's bring in. this report i

mean you met with julian age in the prison where he's being held he says that the cocaine challenge is a set up is there any evidence to support that. well julian h.'s claim is speculation but he admits that and on the other hand there's not that the evidence against him is quite thin now it's based on it's based on the testimony of 2 witnesses both of whom knew julieann age one of whom has already been convicted of giving false statements against an age and the other of whom was convicted for possession of drugs now his lawyers allege that this is a tactic that's often employed against whistleblowers by throwing a charge at the wall to see which one sticks and they say that because a court has already decided that the video making the video itself was not a crime they are looking for another way to get him in front of a course talking with

a video what was his motivation for making this even some video well you young age told me that in the beginning it was just a job for him he was. hired by someone to investigate the cause but once he got more deeply involved in the case he said he decided that he wanted to expose a sort of right wing populism that he found dangerous he said that the corruption he saw you know wanted to expose and that's why he was willing to risk it now according and berlin has pointed out has alleged that he had his own motivations for doing it selfish motivations that he wanted to make money off the video because there was 2 year gap between when he filmed the video and when it was released to the public but aides told me that he would never throw his life away for any kind of money and he said that's essentially what he feels like he's done here that he's that he was punished for taking this risk so if the whistleblower always see

a conspirator. well that's certainly a debate now union ages lawyers have drawn parallels between him and julian assange the founder of wiki leaks who was pursued by the u.s. government for leaking sensitive and top secret documents but was ultimately arrested on sexual assault charges again the lawyer said that that's a tactic that's being used against you leon age in this case but of course there's a difference between a whistleblower and a journalist and then b.'s affair on the other hand which is a case of not stumbling upon corruption or stumbling upon a conversation that's being exposed but rather setting that conversation up so that's why a lot of politicians are hesitant to get involved in this case on 1000000 ages behalf so when one of the politicians are hesitant how likely is that then the german authorities will intervene on his behalf briefly please if you can it would be very extraordinary if germany got involved here they're very close ally with

austria they say there's no chance that you can get asylum here because austria is not an unsafe state or it's a democracy so it's very likely that he'll have to face accord in vienna but they have been stalling they have been looking at this case and he remains here as we speak so the story continues i'm in a safe thank you very much here in the west sees often celebrated as the man who ended the cold war and with it the post-war division of europe in this home country the legacy of the last leader of the former soviet union because gorbachev is more complicated on the occasion of his 90th birthday we asked 3 russian politicians would go bitch off means to them today. freedom fighter peter de hoop visionary this is home mikhail gorbachev his new one in the way in germany people credit the russian politicians with money to the cation that want is the

last soviet president stand for in today's russia what do 3 young politicians think of when they hear gorbachev on a hunger and fear. perestroika changes something like that. for me the key word is freedom. was elected chairman of the communist party in 1991 how did the playing high for reaching his reforms we. painfully transition from a command economy to the markets a corner me would be for millions of soviet citizens. when i was 14 i had to earn money as a cleaner in my own school starting at 6 am then i quickly changed clothes and went to school with other children at 8 o'clock otherwise our family cannot afford to buy bread i associate that with gorbachev which. gave the russians the opportunity to exercise political freedom not to fear telling the truth or not to

fear protesting in the streets or voting for outspoken politicians. was someone who just had to come to change the system at some point he had to loosen the political screws that his main achievement. reforms and freedom of expression don't mean much to me much. freedom must have limits otherwise things will get out of hand which freedoms of the 1990 s. led to the tightening of the political screws today. this. was a staunch communist the communist regime collapsed as a result of his reforms the entire soviet union collapsed in 1901 almost 70 years after it was finding. that treason

someone who announces their country's ideals and exchange for popularity in the west someone who is no longer loyal to his soviet people that person is a traitor. certainly the country we live in today is not ideal but it's still better than the totalitarian state called the soviet union that we used to live in and we owe that to gorbachev. did not leave the country with the help of the k.g.b. secret service but with the support of human rights activists intellectuals and people with humanistic ideals. on the other hand if you ask young people from my generation what they associate with the current system none of them will mention the terms freedom openness and honesty.

at the age of 90 mikhail gorbachev is being celebrated by some sections of russian society for his profound social reforms the rest condemn him for being the architect of those very same changes. a painting by britain's wartime prime minister winston churchill has changed hands at a london auction for some 7000000 pounds churchill painted the tower of could to be a mosque and if 943 casablanca conference in morocco he says an extra day to finish the painting then he sent it to his u.s. ally president franklin roosevelt as a birthday present pixels later acquired by actress angelina jolie who decided to sell it. and from one famous british artist to another rumors are flying that street artist banksy has been back at work in

a painting as appeared on one of the walls of a former prison in redding england's campaigners have been trying to turn to form a jail into an art center for several years now his most famous famous inmate was 19th century poet and playwright oscar wilde sentenced to prison after being convicted of homosexual acts. it was indeed news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by an armed gang last week in northwest nigeria have now been released government authorities say the girls are all safe and well it's the 4th most children in nigeria and less than 3 months has cost of the government's ability to provide security for its citizens. that's it you're up to date next close up photos for hong kong citizens fighting for democracy in their

homelands from exile in britain. and don't forget there's always more on the news of course on our web site today dot com also find us social media at. his from the team that's watch. going to.

come. to. the. gate from hong kong they couldn't be more different yet these 4 activists have one thing in common. they become enemies of the state in china and they currently live in exile in london. from there they continue their fight against political repression in their homeland and. close up. next on d w. the

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parties to flash it from housing boom boom time to this is where if you are. welcome to the 77 percent. this weekend oh b.t.w. . my price tag was $100.00 and so if they cost me all maybe kidnap me all killed me then some people could get paid 410-0000. been allowed became a chinese enemy of the state overnight he is one of a growing number of hong kong r.'s who are currently flaming to britain. the trend has been sparked by draconian laws introduced by china to massively restrict the

rights of hong kong citizens. those who demonstrate against china such as photographer jim walsh face harsh police measures criminal charges and imprisonment . this is a. everybody just knows about this review and all of them in this style. from their london exile internationally known representatives of the hong kong democracy movement such as nathan law are trying to wake up europe my message to the european freedom loving people is don't take freedom for granted you know liberal democracy seize on the close on threats.

nathan law is one of hong kong's best known democracy activists. americas time magazine recently listed him as one of the 100 most influential people worldwide. after china effectively declared the democracy movement illegal last summer citing its so-called national security law 27 year old nathan fled to london and has since been pursuing his campaign in exile. this comes at a high price for him. 3 months ago when i had successfully and safely past the border control of hong kong

airport and boarded the flight to london i reminded myself leaving is not the ending leaving marks a new start. little you know it's also why our comrades are leaving hong kong more and more for the u.k. due to political oppressions back home. and they don't really have to button it if to say goodbye to my fellows and to my families because on the side that i will and then for them because see that the one who. not only the ones who are being prosecuted but their families. all nathan law has become cautious after he fled in june 2020 he kept his whereabouts a secret. i don't many of the democracy activists are afraid that unknown assailants might ambush them harm them or kidnap them and take them to china. do you think the last speech in october was his 1st public appearance in his new home . they don't feel if they call at all we don't even know if our personal safety

would be threatened you know we can never be sure what random guys turning up and approaching us are going to do play something to get the boat i thought i think home i think. oh it was all gloom and. doom. in nathan laws native hong kong a battle has been raging between 2 systems for years and it's now escalating. when britain handed over its former crown colony to the people's republic of china in 1997 beijing guaranteed hong kong as a certain amount of autonomy and democratic freedoms such as the right to vote. but beijing has since been trying to restrict these freedoms with laws which undermine the freedom of expression and freedom of the press. nathan law has been fighting

this since his student days he went into politics early and was the youngest politician ever to enter the city parliament much to the disgruntlement of the pro china hong kong government. law and his fellow activists were also involved in the mass protests against the growing influence of china in 2019. china finally stifled these protests in june 20 twentieth's with a draconian law which among other things allows for so-called dangerous persons to be extradited to china. fleeing to london seems to be the only safe way out for many critics of china but not all of the make it these exiled hong kong ers are demonstrating for the release

of 12 young democracy activists beijing had arrested them as they were trying to flee to taiwan they have been detained in china ever since. the same how and humble the magazine and okami a movie will not give will you do what info we could do whenever we are there is not a hopeless. nathan law is considered a hero by many hong kong writers and particular those who recently had to flee just like him but what people such as photographer jim aung see contact with him ask his advice and want to be around him. more they vote for all. their friends over there . for a dollar with a helmet a gas mask and diving goggles. this is the gear worn by activists to protect

themselves from tear gas and water cannons in hong kong one. for many of the refugee activists such encounters will be a highlight in the coming weeks of their life in exile. the tug referred jim wong fled to london 2 months after nathan long he too took part in the protests against china for which he faces a long prison sentence. this put him in a dilemma. neither stay in hong kong and live with the constant fear of going to jail or swap his life with family and friends for the loneliness and supposedly freedom. when i was leaving i didn't tell anyone this. including my families but i.

settled on the fear and try to tell my story to my friends to my families to know. the situation of my. when i try to contact my family and the school that this really is a serious problem because i never go back to hong kong and they just cry on the phone. long is currently waiting to be granted asylum. he has hardly any money no job and no new friends as yet. his calls to his girlfriend in hong kong are often the highlight of his day. how about you are you planning to quit your job. not really i'm just waiting to get fired. you were better off being fired you should discuss this with me if you were

to leave are you planning to come here what's your plan or even that had been. it really depends on whether or not i get fired if i haven't signed the contract they would have fired me. of a meeting so we could only stay cool and wait and see let's talk again later. for the moment you know when i get home. or don't. know. the pain of separation homesickness and loneliness. the fact that jim one fled in the middle of a pandemic where everyone in the world is keeping their distance makes everything more difficult. when i 1st applied in london i feel bad because trying to cope at 19 order

a country had been lost on i remember the fall off of the moment this as i said i'm gong crazy all the work gone crazy because they says so unreal. since the virus took a firm hold on london it's gone quiet in the metropolis. it's virtually impossible for new arrivals like hmong to meet people. he describes his new life in exile in a blog. to help the unemployed photographer make ends meet readers pay to read it. his 1st blog entry shows his journey into exile.

you can see this is the video when i was leaving hong kong. it just feels so on real and so horrible and uncertain when i want to see hong kong again i can watch that video because that video means a lot to me. and there is no forever in the world when i look back at those things i feel it's still complicated. yeah i wish i could go back in that moment. i am back to the time when he and all the others in hong kong still believed that they could succeed in their fight for democracy i was the

31st of august 29th teen was the day that shattered that belief. and this underground station police action against the demonstrators was so brutal that hong kong hours have now turned the place into a memorial site for their protests. jim wong is one of those who was seriously injured i thought i will be that natural because. these scenes all the praise i thought station on that night he said horrible you know everybody get her just like at the sauce this movie. this is a i am wrong because everybody just knows the about this review and all of them did this i thought was so you can see that still chasing. my breath and i just ran into their face because the people who could protect me.

the prosecutors accused wong of participation in an illegal gathering 8 further charges were added later he was threatened with up to 10 years in jail was where i realize that we are. i'm so desperate after 3 days i brought my ticket from the internet and tried to live in the movies secretly i don't even tell anybody just leave. the u.k. had previously granted hong kong a 6 month stay without a visa. in summer the british government announced that citizens of the former colony could stay for up to 5 years and then become naturalized this is why so many of them are heading to the u.k. . this former employee of the british consulate in

hong kong was accused of espionage by the chinese authorities he was abducted and tortured. today he lives in a shared flat in london the u.k. has granted him political asylum. simon chang volunteered to work for the british consulate in hong kong when they were seeking local staff. his job was to report on the protests from the inside and document the activities on local social media channels he completely denies any allegations of espionage. from some of the people's perspective they thought that i am spying but it just depends on your position i feel this color information as you see this kind of things all public information but if i want to collect those public information and let the british diplomat to get better to get

a better understanding what's actually happening in hong kong so why not. china saw it differently and arrested chang at hong kong airport in august 29000. when i've been out of detention said i almost immediately have been hanged shackled . and life would end. and then detroit me on to. the whole scenario like the kidnapping and then stay true of me to a known places and those that hold me up i cannot move just a little bit and whens in a few painful sword get shot for one see a flu shot for the picture. there it may at the will because. it's way towards. i can't feel for how many terms but it

seems like it was. for 15 days nobody knew where cheney was. whether it was due to the public campaign or pressure from the british government china released him after various detours he arrived in london 6 months later. i have always have been like for example a chinese agent want to bring me back in the u.k. or i realize i'm sort of leaving home always that sense of feel being formed. that will be the uncertainty and fear. from the last time i can. i was the worker for the car so that's now. i. charge for the rest of my life i took to my town. simon chang is currently living from his savings and sometimes writes for the media

. he doesn't know how long things will continue like this. china's policies also affect hong kong 1st who have been living in london for a longer time. property expert finland moved to london for a job in early 2019. as mass protests got going in hong kong nobody realized he was one of the organizers of the movement writing in online forums under his pseudonym launch out. last fall off the market last slowdowns the fight for freedom and stand with hong kong have now become battle cries am i asked the. man.

the man who nobody knew became an anonymous hero by day and in conspicuous employ but after work and undercover force driving the democracy protests i cannot tell. my friends what they're doing and all the others find him. so so should they i would not let them through too many thief. because it can be a safety issue so i'm struggling because i can tell you and you are what i say. his cover was blown in the summer of 2020. journalists discovered and revealed the identity of the person behind the pseudonym mom chow virtually overnight the 26 year old became an enemy of the chinese state at 1st he didn't know what to do

after 2 months of calling the radio face and i just feel that i need to say he's now a wanted man in hong kong loud decided to be proactive and publish the video in october a declaration of war on china from exile. this is the land shall alias feed now yes this is my actual appearance it was never our aim to become refugees hong kong is scattered across the globe must demonstrate our words and strengths in impending the c.c.p. creating our own future and earning respect from our international allies in the meantime give us liberty or give us death. many of the hong kong democracy activists started getting organized in london in the fall. some of them are more radical like these demonstrators

in front of the chinese embassy. but most of them are fighting a peaceful campaign for democracy in their native country like photographer jim long. a lawful no protests on friday and every friday they would have a lot of guys coming to the u.k. from the hong kong just want to. understand what the situation they are facing. up to now the regular fridays for freedom demonstrations during the winter have also increasingly become a networking event for the democracy activists. many of them are worried about their. livelihoods. was there so you have been staying in the same place the high water the same place and i've started looking for a job. for you this shouldn't be too much to worry about it's wiring i'm running out of money. it should be all right i should manage to find myself

a job you shouldn't have any problem. often say how about either has ended up i have to beg for money these days. the former staffer of the british consulate in hong kong simon chang is part of the group. i saw. the. way. it was going where. each one of us is in. pella and yet there is no difference between the ones who is standing in the front line and those who is the poor fact stage we should encourage them to speak out if there were no he does just speak out her own congress voices would be heard and drowned this is before the chinese communist party is trying to achieve so didn't i

tell you it's all i see is i i then they start singing their secret national anthem glory to hong kong was now a days they could be arrested for singing this in hong kong i am who i can speak for myself i can't speak korean so that's a things how much money cannot buy so i was still feel lucky i'm still alive who was there during. his mobile phone call what i'm doing while longer and chat campaign for hong kong from exile events in their homeland have come to a head. hong kong's security forces are arresting more and more. democratic politicians and journalists who are critical of china. the whole democratic opposition has resigned and increasingly more famous activists such as joshua long are being given prison sentences. how do the activists in london

react to such news from home. nathan law tweets his feelings. it is despairing to witness your dearest friends being imprisoned while you are living in exile yes you have your role overseas yet no matter how hard i work a sense of guilt always haunts me i feel like i owe them something that i cannot repay a speechless night. this is surely a reason why nathan law travels tirelessly throughout europe. here he has become one of the main activists of the democracy for hong kong mission. when china's leadership is on a state visit like here in september in germany nathan law is not far away

condemning the chinese regime and supporting local activists. but not written. for him in a some os saying that germany could take the lead to take the sanction of mccann is a main european union to implement the. chinese officials who are responsible for the humor isolation and to consider countermeasures source the national security law. back in london the autumn's 2nd coronavirus way may have restricted laws travelling the plumber but it has not so. him down his mission. my message to the european freedom nothing people is don't take freedom for granted your liberal democracies these under constant threats by the most basic we fed them for the past that case so i'm

urging you to really get your head straight to start working on constraining these also red herrings and trying to implement policies that hold these people accountable there are millions of people there are suffering under this author and terry james and we're not going to pretend nothing happened. a lot doesn't talk about how he feels personally or how he's coping with his lonely life in london. he hasn't yet decided whether he will stay in london and apply for asylum. law makes a clear distinction between his political activism and his personal life. he does reveal this if we realize that there is a probability that couldn't able to go back for at least that case is that not a good feeling. emotionally is very demanding but for me i see it as more than

myself about myself it's about how we can advance the cause of holocaust movement even though i had to pay the price are i'm willing to do so. then well organizer of the protest movement stand with hong kong also constantly wonders whether his mission is worth the sacrifice. my price tag was $100000.00 as part so if they caught me all maybe kidnapped me all killed. me that some people could get paid for 100000 at 1st it will i was quite shocked after hearing such a room but then i just at that true to the source off fear. it doesn't stop me from all fighting. so what is next for the

activists. jim walker has plans for a future in exile. as soon as his asylum is granted he wants to move to brighton on england's south coast to watch the ocean and hear the crashing of the way. look at the new. they spew they've always had. this is the 1st time i see the ocean. when i look at all since i feel peaceful about. a lot of the things you know.

i think i will try. to. decide i'm also my son my i'm a son off my father on my boyfriend my girlfriend and i also on the talk of i need to think about my future my girlfriend my family. to you. there will be another force open for you it is the concept that i need to have faith and i believe that the home risk and freedom. in the future of my new c.c.p. with downfall and. i

think in everything 1st i'm a muslim. so much different culture between here and there challenging for everything. to seriousness i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. got my license to work as a swimming instructor to shine our 2 children $100.00 just one last time just to show. what's your story take part cherish on info my greenstock next.

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