one of its journalists had already been sentenced to 6 months in jail, and last year to fly with stripped of its media license. after releasing footage of protests and arrests and other critical news outlet under pressure is mr. it's been labeled an extremist organisation by delicacy in authorities nest as co founder and protest, which had been reporting from abroad until he was seized from a commercial aircraft that was forced to land in minsk. he's been charged with inciting some of the mass demonstrations that have rockefeller, who's since august last year, challenging the outcome of disputed presidential election since then, almost $500.00 reporters have been arrested according to the better received journalists association. more than 20, remain behind many of those who have been released to say they suffered physical

and mental abuse like the w's alexander, but i call of punishment for reporting on a brutal regime. we can speak now to he, williamson. he's the director of europe and central asia, human rights watch here in berlin. hugh, thank you for joining us. now. after his release, our reporter alexander put our costs at the detention facility he was being held. it was like a military prison. and he also said that he'd been subjected to torture and inhumane treatment. do those accusations surprise you? unfortunately not. no, they don't surprise me. human rights watch is documented a number of similar cases in recent weeks and months. in fact, we documented cases where journalists were brutally beaten while in detention they were denied medical assistance held in extremely poor condition. just like your colleagues reported. ready their equipment was complicated and destroyed,

but also documented cases where journalists who. ready are in detention have been threatened that they, their children will be taken away when they are released and taken into taken away from them and protect and looked after by the state, so to speak. so different forms of physical, mental harassment which in our view does often amount to torture. ready yeah, so unfortunately this is not surprising and this is not a small number of cases. you. we said almost $500.00 journalists have been detained since last year or so. what impact does that have on the media landscape and on journalists working in bella roof? indeed, i mean 1st that remember that was has been established and very strong and courageous media community of journalists, the media reporter the media organization have long caught that, but they've been under brutal attacks it, particularly since august last year, the president election. let's also remember indeed the courage of germany to keep

on working both inside and outside. but to answer your question, the immediate impact is that many journalist have had to either go on the ground or leave the country. as we know, there are many, well, a number of 2 media organizations we just set up outside better was now some of them and in both the baltic country, some of them in poland. and they do we stream the good work under very difficult circumstances. we know that there's been international condemnation of the situation, demands to free journalists and allow independent reporting. but does that really have any effect on president lucas shank? oh, of course we don't really know the answer to that, but i mean mice as sense would be does because, you know, he's become increasingly desperate. evidently the pulling down the hijacking of the planes 9 days ago. there's. ready been widely reported is

a sign that he's desperate to, to raining, even those journalists who are working abroad. so continued independent reporting and continued international support for the independent reporting is really crucial to enable that to continue in order for the pressure to continue on from from other member states. for instance, from germany, support freedom in independent media is vital as we go forward in this. i mean, difficult to see how it's going to end, but certainly the continued work on, on the research by test journal. it is vital she williamson from human rights watch . thank you for speaking with us. let's check in now in some other headlines from around the world, a prominent russian political activist is in custody after being pulled off a flight bound for poland under people of out of was detained shortly before take off from st. petersburg, late on monday, he is the former head of the recently disbanded open russia. most people bottles

now faces the criminal pro for cooperating with what authorities call an undesirable organization. the united nation says more than 90 percent of the population in ethiopia. dr. region need emergency food 8. that is some 5200000 people fighting broke out in the northern region nearly 7 months ago. and the un says that has exacerbated already high levels of hunger. it is appealing for more than $200000000.00 to scale up as respond. schools and me and mar, have reopen for the 1st time since the military power. in early february, the hunter has called for full classrooms, but many teachers and students are staying away and a show of resistance against the regime. schools are closed a year ago due to the corona virus pandemic. vietnam is among several countries in se asia facing a surgeon cove at 1900 infections. the countries health minister a said a newly discovered very and could be responsible for the outbreak. now,

the alarmist in case numbers double in the past month, but still as one of the lowest death rates and the country is ramping up its defensive to keep it that way. the discomforts of the pandemic known to many around the world are now coming in vietnam to authorities and how many city are ramping up cove at $900.00 testing for its focusing on high risk areas, residents around learners and it fast rides, in case numbers. oh, no worries about the new violence area and where am i more often and also limits meeting other people? thank coachman. since he has been partially shattered with many businesses, close them public gatherings, restricted some residents find themselves behind quarantine, coordinate the mid local outbreaks. students are vacating the dormitories to make way for a new hospital in preparation for the worst. the

last flights to hanoi have landed, the busy international airport is closing for a week. i think now he does ok now recently and the discovery of a suspected new variant possibly emerging types 1st seen in the united kingdom and india. it says that we'll soon share tests also for confirmation. vietnam is a race to vaccinate. so far, only one percent of its population has been an alki lated. only weeks ago, vietnam had achieved a month of 0 community transmissions. it's strict arrival quarantine measures and 5 block tents proved effective. but cobit 19 is finding cracks. even in the most cautious countries. let's get the latest on the story now. we can speak to journalist send when, who standing by and host human city. thank you for joining us. can you tell us more about what is causing this latest search in cases?

hi, thanks for having me. this new way to very different from the previous weight. for example, in late april, when a few people who arrived from abroad tested positive even after their mandatory quarantine and multiple negative path during the current gene. so this prompts the government to increase mandatory calling change of 21 days for, for an arrival. and people have been exposed to infection risk, or here we call them f one. and also i'm a previous wait. there are some outbreak through the country where patients there has not been pinpointed, for example, in which you being city right. and right now, authorities have not found the source of an outbreak that was found in a christian mission. this is the see that was largely spare by the 4th way of doing this happen. the city currently social distancing meaning nonsense center services, both no dining in no big gatherings and so on. you mentioned social distance and

would tell us more about the restrictions that are in place to stop the spread and also what this means for travel. so coming to and from vietnam. yes. so right now, the foreigner lisles are not welcome anymore in hanoi and watching city because of 2 biggest cities in vietnam. so this fact is this plan. however, what i want to raise awareness is that this prevents many be in the national from being united with family. many of them will live in country that a much bigger corporate nice. vietnam have lost the job and living very, extremely insecure, like been on the large staff or community that is spread out in the dozens of countries has only allow we, patrick, citizen and for an expertise last march. and it is one of the strategies that have how that become the success in controlling for them. but whenever there is a new domestic, i'll get non governmental limits for rivals. understandable because they have to

calculate the quarantine and pasting capacity to insure domestic safety. however, there's no restriction for people who want to fly out. what about vaccination, because only one percent of the population has been vaccinated so far. so why has that roll out? been slower and this is largely because of, of fact supply. vietnam has not receive enough that seems from the country that if it is wanted to buy from the one the government want to back to 870 percent of a population this year. that's the goal and there are 97000000 people in the country on monday. the government and now that it wanted to be a vaccine manufacturing plant for a goal with a fly, by bidding up the program and buying and receiving technology for the marketing production. so you can be proactive and vaccinating its own population. they also say that they should remove obstacles to vaccine access by allowing local

authorities and companies to buy back to them. so we are health minutes and health ministry, or authorized importers. however, we have to see how this axis will play out, and hopefully they will have enough to vaccinated population journalist send when speaking to us from coach human city. thank you very much. now peru has made a staggering revision to with official cobra, 1900 death toll officials are now reporting that more than twice as many people have died from the virus as previously estimated from just under 70000 to over 880000. the countries health ministers that a new criteria change the count. this means peru now has the worst death weight per capita in the world. fighting for life in peruse hospitals with oxygen shortages and overwhelmed intensive care units, experts warned officials were under counting covered 19 death. now the government

has announced the new toll using updated criteria accounting victims of the pandemic. bama, i can see for you counting methodology, we will have more exhaustive figures. and figures, such as the health minister said, will be very useful to monitor the pandemic. continue notion, i meant them on the 30 and we will take the appropriate measures to deal with it and hopefully overcome the pandemic very soon. but those will be the new criteria has been broadened from those who tested positive. it will now include people who showed corona virus symptoms, and those 2 have been linked to a confirmed case but outside peruse crowded hospitals. the families of the sick, angry at the government's response to the pandemic. your men. they should watch over the population about this new figure so that people

would really be aware of what was happening because with a figure as low as 60000, i think people felt quite confident. and in some cases they did not stick to social distancing measures. on buckling non, they can also be outrageous that our storage sheets, our latest don't do anything because as we know, it is true that our vaccines at the moment, but they are not enough for the government purchased additional doses last month. but the vaccine rollout has been slow and hit by allegations of corruption until the vaccine drive speeds up. the new death toll is a devastating reminder of the human cost of the pandemic. more headlines now. several european countries are demanding answers over reports. the denmark helped us by on german chancellor, uncle michael and other senior european politicians. actually, a multinational investigation revealed that the us national security agency used

danish communication cables to monitor several european leaders between 20122014 herero. and now my ethnic groups in the maybe i have rejected an agreement between their country's government and germany over its colonial era crimes. they say berlin's proposed reparations of 1100000000 euros over 30 years are unacceptable, and should be renegotiated. last week, germany acknowledged it had committed genocide during its occupation of namibia over a century ago. the u. s. is marking the centenary of a racist massacre in tulsa, oklahoma, in 1921, a white mob looted and burned a prosperous black neighbourhood. official figures put the death toll at 36, but historians say the real number could be as high as 300 ceremonies to remember the events of 100 years ago of been taking place in the neighbourhood, once known as black wall street, because of its many successful black businesses for decades,

the massacre that unfolded there was kept quiet, only recently as a full scale of violence. come to life. d. w is catalina. she moines sent us this report from tulsa, the joy and pride in the green. what the strict people here are commemorating one of the worst race massacres in the u. s. history about the same time they're celebrating their heritage. most of the survivors of town has res. massacre are no longer alive, but their descendants are here today. it was kept secret here until that and learn about it until i was about 9 or 10 years. well, i don't think people one to go back and remember the traumatic things that happened . they might have been afraid that it might happen again in 1921, a white mob, along with tulsa police, a members of the national guard attacked the black wall street district by looting

and burning businesses and hopes greenwood was reduced to ashes are 10000 black people were left homeless, a shameful episode in the history of the city where race still devised this residence. we have our north part of tulsa, which is for donna black and south and east and west is predominately white. and i feel like there's that line that you just don't cry if you're one of the other, it's always been a division. but with me growing up in north towels, we never went out to buy anything. everything was in no, we had stores. we had our schools, we had own doctors and hospital, why the elder cal sons have remained silent in the past, out of fear, a younger generation beliefs. the only solution is communicating what happens on that fateful day in ignorance that keeps us divide it. so events like this, continuing to educate people, that's the only thing that i think is going to get us past that point. that is what

this come m ration day is all about teaching people what should never happen again . nevertheless, there are still some buried secrets from the town. so raised massacre. a gruesome discovery was recently made at oak lawn cemetery. this is the side where archaeologists and earth a mass grave a couple of months ago. they assume it might be connected to the tel terez massacre of 1921. but until this is clarified, the unknown bodies were remain in the grounds. some of the cruel things that happened in this dark chapter of history remain unknown. and for many residents in tulsa, forgiveness will only be possible once the whole truth is finally brought to light . even if it's more than a 100 years later tennis star, naomi osaka, has withdrawn from the french open. organizers threatened to expel her when she

boycotted a news conference. the world number 2 decided not to face reporters after her 1st round win over, patricia take citing mental health issues. she was fine, $15000.00 or soccer said she would not attend the obligatory youth conference this . she says, facing the media effects from mental well being. let's bring and cress harrington from d w sports and hi chris. what more can you tell us about naomi seconds, departure from this tournament? well, you know, she went into a little more details on social media and it came, you know, it surprised me that since 2018, that's when she was our 1st grand slam. that's when her depression started, and since then she's been dealing with that. a lot of social anxiety as well. typically you see her wearing headphones and then she explained why she does that. so she can kind of del, out, you know, the crowd and other things like this and, you know, just her actions are a strong reminder to all of us that we're all human, no matter our position or no, no matter our ability. and you know, i think it took a quite a bit of courage for her to do what she did. why this is raising

a lot of questions about whether the mental health of athletes is being taken seriously. mean is it? well, let me just highlight a few issues, a few athletes that have had a share that they've had mental issues. michael phelps, a no swimmer. you know, he's dealt with anxiety in the past. he associated those issues to his dui problems . driving under the influence in here in germany, robert anchor was a german football who committed suicide in 2009. he was suffering with depression as well, due to the death of his daughter. now, fast forward to now, i could argue the french tennis federation has not done enough because they basically put her in a difficult situation. they find her, she expresses why, you know, maybe she doesn't want to speak to the media. and they say that, ok, you're going to have to either accept or anxiety or be find, i think that's unfair. and hopefully they'll raise awareness to the organizations and people a lot of her name stairs as well, that this is a serious issue that needs the attention it deserves. what kind of support is naomi soccer getting from fellow athletes?

well, courage is the common thread among support. we see support outside of the sport of tennis, but i'll highlight serena williams. serena williams is her opponent who she defeated to win her 1st grand. slam. williams was very supportive of osaka. she says she wanted to give her a hug and this is what else she had to say. we have different personalities. and people are different. not everyone is the same. i'm thick, you know, other people i said, and so every one is different in everyone handles things differently. so you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to in the best way that she thinks she can. and that's the only thing i can say, i think she's doing the best she can. that's the word, the support there from serena williams. what is next for naomi? soccer, soccer japanese americans use expected to be one of the major attractions that tokyo 2020. you know, she talked about that she doesn't want to rest,

she wants to go after the next major tournament. you know, so i do wish her wild and all of the support. and i'm sure she's tuning into all of the support she's already received. chris harrington from d. w for thank you so much for bringing us that story. thank you. and we have some good news for you now. byron munich, c. e o carl hines women ago, is stepping down 6 months earlier than expected, with comerica in office. byron, one, the treble, that is all 3 major trophies in one season on 2 different occasions. clinic, a successor is former goalkeeper oliver con. he's already been involved in club business and was behind negotiation to sign julian as buyers, new coach this years, copa america soccer tournament has been moved to brazil just 2 weeks before kick off. the competition could not be held in columbia and argentina as plan because of civil unrest and the karone of our research. but the health situation is not much better in brazil, and that as many people questioning the move away from the original hosts.

preparations were underway in argentina before south america. the governing body for football carnival posted this message on twitter, saying that argentina would not be hosting the copa america. due to present circumstances now which up to brazil in normal times. certainly a country capable of hosting such an event, but these aren't normal times. opinions are mixed up with some form. it's been through worse times. here. brazilians may be wounded, but never defeated. so we'll be there to chair for the brazilian team or not phil. i've also said, but as a my name are my name are, will be main man at the copa america meals. this is not the time to host the copa america because it will bring tourists here in the new pandemic is not over yet. and we have not been vaccinated here. i think it should be cancelled this year.

because simple as that brazil has the 3rd highest number of corona virus cases in the world at about 60000000. and the 2nd highest death rate with 460000 having lost their lives to the disease. yet when it comes to put your ball, many brazilians might be willing to look the other way. after all, they are defending champions, and brazilians need some kind of good use. the question is, how much of a risk is the corporate america? coming up next on d, w news, a shop smart city, or a surveillance day. we take a closer look at what china us 200000000 cctv cameras mean for the people that they're filming. and japan's difficult choice with a tokyo olympic game. sabrina. hope it search to the country. ah,

melissa chain of those stories coming up next on d. w. news asia, for all of us here in berlin. thank you for watching the news . the news? news? news . news.

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