surprised with what. we talked to people who follow along the way. how is the world. coming up today. the government makes a deal with the. group and. decides whether to expel from. the country. top diplomats in germany whether his government is caving in to the demands of religious extremists.

glad you could join us. to decide if the french ambassador to the country should be expelled the government agreed to take the matter to follow month after negotiations with a hardline islamist group that has led violent protests across the country the 30 pakistan or t.l.p. has been demanding the expulsion of the french ambassador since late last year when french president emmanuel mccraw defended the republican of cartoons of the prophet muhammad in french satirical magazine charlie hebdo the government of pakistan prime minister band of the t.l.p. under an antiterrorism role last week and arrested its leader but that only inflamed protests further. pressure from the streets has been building for months in pakistan. supporters of the radical islamist group. aged at what they see as

their government's failure to response of blasphemous comments last november by the french president. their main demand has been for pakistan to expel the french ambassador. an escalation of violence over the last week has led to casualties on both sides. and a crackdown on the t.l.p. by the authorities. but on tuesday the government of pad to change its position. after a long talks the government of pakistan and terek a law back have decided that a resolution for the expulsion of the french ambassador will be presented in the national assembly today. among the tactics used by the extremist a.l.p. to force the government's hand was a call for a nationwide strike on monday many businesses comply to show solidarity with the protesters and to demonstrate the strength of feeling when it comes to perceived

insult to islam. rather horrible other things for the protests must be recorded the world should know that what is happening in the western world is not right i think it would be better if this matter is taken up at a higher level. but pakistan's prime minister fears the protests will damage not just the economy but also international relations job at home for on screen if we expel the french ambassador and cut ties with france it means we would cut ties with the european union half of our textile exports go to europe that means a 50 percent reduction in those exports which would mean unemployment. and factory closures discovered the bureau's garri factory about ordering. now the government is hoping to strike a balance between the demands of the demonstrators and the need to end the disruption and rioting on the nation's streets but the perspective on this i'm

joined by pakistan's ambassador to germany dr mark fares oh doctor 1st of all welcome is an organization banned under an anti terror law dictating terms to the pakistan government. so regarding this specific incident the perspective of course is very important. the persona of that moment said the lawyer by leaving the property. it is very very air sacred when there is a date. you have to verify. and it's been sought for centuries and difficult instances have happened in the past. and many hundreds of years it has happened and in the last 10 years you must have heard these things these things happening so when when these incidents happen in a country in europe the sentiment in fleet not only in pakistan but

also in muslims all over the world. and you know the government of course also wants. good relations with all the countries and wants to move forward lation. yes but without naming any countries i'll say your. sentiments that were inflamed of course some people some misprints. trying to inflame them and those are things for the government it became very difficult and it has trying to. resolve the situation of a difficult situation to. not want any any disorder let me just complete but one more. place there. and the effort is to engage and to tell them that they are talking to europe we will continue as my

prime minister said yesterday you must have seen that when you talk about the miscreants the miscreants were basically banned under an anti terror law and the government is now going with their demands to parliament what does that look like. any d.c. that would be taken would be by the parliament our son 7 is a democracy so the village of the people is that if elected in a democracy in the parliament as you are relevant to the issue in the parliament i am not dead but i am sure that the parliament will debate in open space in media you will be able to see it the sentiments and the debate and the final conclusion really come out of it which can be anything and whatever that conclusion is of course that would be developed the people in it will stand by that the violence is never supported it is never an option by the government by the people get a peaceful the morning to find common ground and we want to move forward in our

relations not backwards what should we have millions of families living all over europe you are a bit of that about one $100000.00 plus germany so you have a lot of interests in addition to trade economy economy etc etc. europe and we would want to build upon that right but just going back to what is happening in pakistan what is the message that the government descending when it's in stone and talks to a group it has outlawed and then agrees to take up their demands i get more into the details but it is not as simple as you said if i follow your line of thinking maybe you would want us to take. 20 and send 30 year pieces on civilians that is not i think what you are that is not what we would want there are only our dialogue and box and we are on dialogue whoever has tried to create violence has

been a fight and i sincerely would want that they are able to find a solution regarding this that in our parliament and then we engage with europe we are able to fight. common ground and build upon that calm down by the spec thing. right to free speech. which might have even limitations in europe but still it would want not to harp on their differences but we were too hard on commonalities and i'm sure there are many and the we have in the past build upon it and you can do it again there was an incident in 2007 that that was a danish newspaper move forward on that there were protests and everything so i think he let the government speak and let it be discussed that that would be indicative of the sentiment in pakistan for our friends brought and maybe

be very useful in how to move forward or to home affairs of pakistan's ambassador to germany thank you so much for joining us. i may hear from thank you are going to die me from the dovish i joins me on the line now for more ambassador faisal they're talking of finding common ground with europe is the concern in pakistan that europe is disregarding muslims feelings on perceived insults to prophet moment . well the embassador has a very difficult job i mean his main role is to protect pakistan's interest and paint a positive image of pakistan unfortunately the situation on the ground does not correspond of it what he's saying you only have to look at the images from last few days of you know protesters going on a rampage police using excessive force reports of that policeman being held hostage and i you know i think actions speak louder than words no matter what the

ambassador says at the end of the day pakistan has witnessed a lot of violence in the last few days and you know that's something that it's very difficult to reconcile another point the ambassador made was about the spirit of democracy prevailing in pakistan but how does that explain the government negotiating with a group it banned under an antiterrorism law. so again i think he's just being a bit economical with the truth because these are the hardliners extremists group g.l.p. . created a few years ago they are emerging as a major political force they do have a lot of following across the country because the issue of blasphemy is emotive issue in pakistan they are capitalizing on it but there's a strong accusation in pakistan that this group is promoted encouraged financed

protected by pakistan's security services with the aim of fragmenting the society because they want to weaken the stablished political parties who believe in democracy and supremacy of parliament who are against extremism and these kind of groups come in handy now the government of prime minister imran khan has banned the scruple last week and then for the government to go into a negotiation give them that respect as a legitimate partner is puzzling and that is via a lot of people are saying that this is seen as surrender as a copulation and essentially appeasement you talked a bit about the issue of blasphemy can you explain that a bit further as to how the plays into the political narrative so there is there are more than 50 muslim countries around the world but the issue of blasphemy is the biggest in pakistan because there are laws against criticizing the ridiculing koran and the prophet muhammad. but it is used to target political opponents

a lot of times people settle personal story corps. christian minorities hindus have been targeted but even muslims that you don't like you can accuse them and essentially the occupation is like a death penalty and this particular group is trying on it and there are other religious groups who want to be even more aggressive on this so this is pushing bogs down towards an extremist thought and it doesn't help whatever embassadors in your. when countries say the countries like to extremism will make it unattractive for business for industry and for democracy says it briefly other any voices that are opposing. this religious hard line hard line is i'm so you know you talked about the resolution in parliament which was stable today again there is only one political party talks on people's party which has not attended the session because they don't want to get involved that said to prime minister imran khan this is your mess you have to clean it up but other political parties even in opposition what

they're in the parliament and they want to be a part of it because everybody wants to prove themselves as a good muslim so they can capitalize on votes because pakistan is an islamic country at the end of the day. shows up to money from a do is show thank you so much for breaking that down for us that's if it is of course more stories on did oprah dot com forward slash a show and you can follow us on facebook and twitter as well going back to more of the same time so you know that. what secrets lie behind us was. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. are you ready for some great news i'm christine one blood on the

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leonora carrington has now opened as a museum. well it's not every day that an investigative journalist sees his or her story made into a feature film and even less likely the film will be picked up by netflix for international distribution but that's what happened with all o'toole hey a nigerian crime drama that not only gets under your skin but could have quite an impact on the future and perception of african cinema. for you that you think shall not be every scene. until. they tell you that i was a very good actress of scroope. slumbrous you know that this is not the real you are who are on. the court of law today feels like a crime writers work of fiction young journalist goes undercover to expose the sordid world 6 work and human trafficking in an injury and city. he's now my

story but the now famous netflix film was very much based on the facts and experiences of real life journalists. it's very bored of exploitation. i mean social economic it was psychological exploitation of women i had to because. i had to become a sex worker and mingling with the sex was. university of yury lost a friend who she says died after being trafficked to italy. in 2013 obviously set out to see how young women alluding to the trade she went undercover as a street walker in lagos and then for 7 months. i was a would so for every day lives. and

7 years down the line i still trads much as possible. human trafficking is $150000000000.00 global industry young nigerian woman a promise passage to europe but they are at the mercy of the traffickers in country rape sexual exploitation and forced labor. some of those ladies once xscape from the local press and mean we got books so i decided to also try seats with them into the next level though in reality i wasn't a sex worker but in the army i was a sex worker i did what they did the only thing. i. was to. go on to real cost. the

jury has a high number of traffic victims overseas especially in europe to kemah believes that since its release in of took a 21 team has shone a light on notorious criminal trafficking networks. the feel has changed people's perspective about trafficking but what it has done in nigeria it has been able to bring forth the conversation around trafficking and a lot of people like i remember when it came out it was trending for a long time on the general social media where does. the conversation does. after defeat. for the unity the memories of the whole deal still haunt her. i spend every day trying to blank out. the memories of the young women i came across even before the final journey. for the woman she met on the street

in hopes to talk this through. and joining me on the line now from bond today is our film expert scott roxboro high scart a very tough film about a tough subject and it generated a lot of buzz on social media as we just heard what kind of impact do you think this can have in terms of raising awareness to the problem of sex trafficking. yeah i think you could really have a quite significant impact particularly in nigeria where it really exploded on social media i mean this isn't necessarily obviously not a new topic but also for film i mean just a couple of years ago netflix released a film joy which was also a story of a nigerian woman whose sex trafficked to europe but that that was made by an austrian and while it made some impact here in europe and caused some waves it didn't really implant pack the discussion back in nigeria with this new film maybe because it is told from a nigerian perspective from an african perspective maybe it could have some real

world impact. ok so we know of course nigeria's very very well known for its booming entertainment film industry that's known as nollywood but this really doesn't fit that mold studds it. no this definitely isn't a nollywood film i mean nollywood like like hollywood like bollywood basically is mainstream entertainment and the industry there tends to avoid controversial subjects and this film looks really unflinchingly at a subject that many nigeria that many around the world would prefer not to see now we've seen really sort of socially conscious impactful movies out of africa for quite some time but there's never really been an industry to support the making of these movies in till now that's now it's starting to change ok that's very interesting our no 2 of a does seem to be part of a broader trend whereby the big streaming services like netflix are featuring more african stories by african creatives do you think we can expect to see more of off this type of film in the future. oh definitely yeah that's definitely does work

which was coming i mean netflix is the pioneer here they've made a lot of these type of movies just recently from the british nigerian director and actor and she would all be geo for the boy who harnessed the wind a phenomenal film. the interesting thing about this is netflix now the other team is they are looking at africa as a market and they're realizing that if you want to get african and african audience to watch your streaming service you have to give them african stories and at the best people to tell african stories are not well meaning europeans or americans but africans themselves within the 1st time african directors have the money and the platforms to really reach a worldwide audience. well that's absolutely great news and we'll keep an eye on those developments and thanks for bringing us those background insights we'll talk again soon scott roxboro in bonn. all the documentary do not split follows pro-democracy protests in hong kong from the summer of 2019 until the new national security law came into effect

a year later it's been nominated for an oscar for best short documentary and following the nomination hong kong broadcaster t.v. be announced that it would not air this year's academy awards for the 1st time in over 50 years well norwegian filmmaker and us hama believes that decision was politically motivated. in a democracy can't say that. we expect . anything to react to our documentary we are not surprised that they are not. we have been nominated. so we expected them to take action. authorities have set rights and freedoms in hong kong remain intact but more than 10000 people have been arrested in relation

to the protests many activists including us based josue who appears in the documentary have fled to the city to continue that advocacy. i mean obviously you know being nominated for our own should be a very encouraging and motivating news for the people of hong kong who are still trying so hard to sustain a movement the hope is that they ask us can still be viewed online in hong kong. and that is another story we will be sure to keep tabs on well she may not be a household name for everyone but the late leonora carrington was one of the last surviving members of the surrealist movement back from the 1930 s. british mexican painter and sculptor spent most of her adult life in mexico city she absolutely fell in love with mexico and there her house of nearly 60 years has just been transformed into a museum. do you know where

a character is based know her magical paintings and sculptures. carrington was born in 1917 into abortion our family in england rejected her upper class life in favor of becoming an artist she ran away to mexico and it's here her home of 16 years in mexico city it's now being opened up as a museum. because. it's going into her home getting to know the books she read the objects that accompany ted the things she thrived on this was the home of leonora and her family for more than 60 years and that meant filling it up with a bundle of themes any family or do. it was an asset. like eleanor's particular case i believe it will allow us to know or have

a complete idea of who she was what she thrived all in all to create the entire universe of leonora everything she created that. they're not our goal ok cheering her long life carrington produced an extensive body of work that celebrations across mexico and. the new zealand maori carrington. have fantastical not explored. since alchemy and the occult. a lifelong interest for carrington. the new studio house museum which holds some 8600 catalogued objects and more than 45 of keratin sculptures and not only to show how the suit really tanked today. but it also helps to answer questions about what. fueled carrington as an artist.

something she would never have revealed in my life canton refused to be drawn into discussions about the meaning of her work. found a collection of texts we found underlying phrases or textbooks we found drafts of. all these and findings that definitely for the right person for researches would be useful to explain many things with regards to who leonora canton really was and when she got her inspiration from. an accountant's earliest and strongest influences came from had turbulent love affair with german sunni list max and sed against the beliefs of the time greatly encouraged the young carrington in her work it was her son pablo vice his 2nd child to his 2nd husband who convinced her to turn their honeymoon to museum after her death. you know an accountant

died in 2011 at the age of 94. the story of her extraordinary life as one of the world's leading soon released artists consume be experienced when she lived. all that is all for this time on arts and culture in the meantime there's more on the web site at w dot com slash culture and until we meet again for lent. but .

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