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asia. why it's been called difficult yet nostalgic. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to did up the news asia. glad you could join us. hong kong handed don prison times to 5 speech therapists over the weekend for publishing children's books deemed seditious. the defendants were sentenced to 19 months in jail for publishing books, which among other things, showed sheep fighting back against wolves who want to occupy a village. both prosecutors argued this and other content showed me antique china sentiment and was aimed at inciting readers, hatred against the mainland authorities. the 5 accused pleaded not guilty.

the group who are all in their twenties have already been behind bars for over a year while i'm waiting. why did they launch the picture book, cds in 2020, to explain hong kong democracy movement to children. some of the defendant struck a defiant tone during saturday's sentencing, hearing melody young told the court, she has no regrets about a deficient saying, and i hope my only regret is i couldn't publish more picture books before getting arrested. and there are 3 books in the sheep will a series on the plots all relate to real events. the 1st guardians of sheep village explained the 2019 pro democracy protests in the 2nd book, janitors of sheep, village, garbage collectors, go on strike. to force out the wolves and reference to striking medical workers at the start of the corporate fin demik. and the 3rd book, the 12 heroes of she finished, is about 12 sheep who tried to flee the wolves. a plot inspired by last year's

famed attempt to protest as to flee hong kong by speed boat and got him enough in the u. k. is ming lamb. he is with the organization, the hong kong, a labor rights monitor, mr. lamb 19 months in jail for children's book series was expected under the current hong kong government. i think the seriousness of a sentence is a little bit of explication, but to be honest with you, i think that and the oppression of the chinese government at the moment with the national security law. i think that would be even a little bit of expected expect patients, but i think that would become a norm in assessing and suppressing the civil society and then hong kong, it's interesting to talk about the national security law. however, in this particular case, the national security law appears not to have been news. it appears to be in

a trial under the colonial era sedition law. what does that say about the judicial process in hong kong? i think we have to take it in a holistic perspective that the hong kong and the chinese government is now using national security as a concept as a pretext in suppressing the civil society as well as the right to freedom of expression in hong kong. so although in this particular case, national security law is not being used to prosecute speech therapist. and this has been a set of law that has been passed by the colonial government decades ago. it has been used for many, many years. but now they are recycling these kind of precedent laws and a freedom of expressions. so as you can see from the coming up from the national security has become a very central idea in prosecuting the speech therapist. because i do

have inciting hatred against the chinese. i hope that as well as a national security, we are of course, also talking about the children's books here. so should the pro democracy activists be deliberately timing these children's books. political a, 1st of all of your children's books can convey certain kind of message. and one of a very disturbing idea coming from the judge and the government was that these books are not. i mean the restrictions of this on the freedom of expression is not about the book whether in fact and the case of miles, but only in a losing kind of

a hatred against the government. in alluding that hong kong government is tressa to innocence, people could become criminal. so this is just an expression of an opinion on how you see your government. it's not even spreading ideas on, you know, inciting people to go on to the streets, to protest against the government. it just, you know, expressing a little feeling like how you see the government treating people. so this has a very, very bad example in future for any kind of publications to make any comments and opinions on how to see the document. we'll leave it for the timing. thank you so much for joining our sort of learn from of the hong kong, liberal rights. wanted to thank. so thank you very much. ah. while the you came on,

the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd in south asia, the depth of feeling is a bit more complicated. a rain began at a time that many countries in the region had recently gained that independence from british colonial rule. the desire to afford them independent identity has since then been constantly balanced between a warm nostalgia and the darker aspects of colonial rule. to mon, the queen are not a complex question in india, on the streets of mom, by children paid respects in their own way. and the prime minister called for the indian flag to be flown at half mast during a day of official morning. but not every one is convinced that there is reason to mourn a monarchy that many indians represents a colonial past. one point of contention is the famous corps he nor diamond, which was allegedly stolen by colonial britain and sits on the queen's crown. many indians wanted back reminder that queen elizabeth is not

a remnant of colonial times. she was an active participant in colonialism. yet the queen's passing has also brought on a sense of nostalgia. i don't accept people abusing hall forward to india and i don't, i don't feel that way. i feel somebody died at least that was in because of some guy, no respect and a love from us. but the woman i really loved her sense of style. i mean, the had the dresses, you know, she was absolutely thought on when it came to addressing sense, enabling, focused on the queen's passing was the headline of most newspaper and like india. there was also a day of morning on there. but i, it said that the queen of great britain has passed away. now i take that, but she officially visited pakistan twice, but the visits were fruitful and served very well because i'm shocked too. and i'm very sad at the mile board, but i put a prime minister shahid boss sharif,

visited the british high commission to awful. his condolences now king charles is on the throne. the british monarchy lives on but grown increasingly destined for south asians. shellman comes from the w a shall be now for more context on this summer. just last week you wrote about south asia as court difficult relationship with the british monarchy. what was difficult about it well braced the difficult bar to scores was the colonial past. of some countries in south asia, like india and boston, the queen represented the institution that was at the helm of this colonization. and subjugation of the people there are, there had been many brutal incidents that marked the british colonial rule in india . however, the queen herself, was largely admired by the people in these countries. mainly because she pursued

a policy of non interference. in many respects, she was a modern queen who drifted away from the previous colonial attitudes. but it was not an easy relationship. none the less you talk about her, the queen being the late queen, being admired by the people. but how much influence did she really have on south asia, and did se even look to her for guidance and direction? i don't think she played a big role in the affairs of these nations after the gaining independence from 1952 to 56. elizabeth the 2nd was the defective queen of buxton as. busy well, but she did not interfere much. some historians believed she could have, for instance, in kashmir, conflict between india and pakistan. but i think it was asking too much from her host ceremonies. all did not allow her to provide any guidance and direction in

these issues. so as far as the, the issue of guidance is concerned, i think she could not offer as much as people believe that she could have there. the queen also headed the commonwealth of nations or furniture. most countries in south asia are members, but how relevant is these grouping to south issues future i think most commonwealth nations initial pretty satisfied with the grouping to the rulers. it is a matter of prestige. and there are many benefits associated with it. so not so much for the common people in these countries, to be honest to all these both colonial structures of hampered the growth of these nations in one way or, or the other. but yet the commonwealth is irrelevant. her platform is still for a lot of these, these,

these countries that we're talking went on mother or in family or the monarchy in relation to south asia. one does think of the word nostalgia, do you see this nostalgia or any connection to the u. k. depleting and the coming years in south asia. ah, no, i think the connection remains strong and it is unlikely to deplete the do we need to understand the colonial legacy is not just about oppression. and subjugation. there are cultural aspects to it as well. the language, the literature, the art, the media, the mode of governance, the countries like boston, india or bangladesh, new ball have so much in common with the u. k. that gonna be undone, at least not in the near future, and green elizabeth's demise. one change that the roots are, the tires are deep rooted and the connection is very strong and it will remain strong. it's not going to go away from and we'll leave it there for the time being

. thanks so much for joining us today. sean williams, thanks for having me on the show. and relieve it today with the images of queen elizabeth in south asia. and we'll see you at laura. ah ah ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some time. one day in the footsteps of the great hall. i'm in your northernmost count,

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just the u. k, rising energy prices are tightening the screws on businesses across europe, raising fears of a wave of insolvency. s. also on our show, the cove pandemic pushes more people into the clutches of slavery. we'll hear from the head of the international labor organization alone. welcome to our show. i'm seeing beardsley in berlin. it's good to have you with us. britain is mourning the death of a monarch and transitioning to a new one. the country's economic problems, however, remain unchanged from the fall out of the pandemic to brags at labor shortages, the ongoing energy crisis and other problems. nothing looks good at the moment, and new figures aren't especially encouraging. the british economy grew by a mere 2 tenths of a percent in july, and that is an improvement over the prior month when a contracted by more than half a percent. but it's still lower than analysts had expected. the bigger picture is also bleak, industrial production and construction are both falling.