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we can go back and go with that goes, i know that his mission, but from many arrivals, the situation back home shows no signs of improving. and they have to rely on the policies of a divided europe and will end it. they're coming up next is sports life fest people across to ron, take to the streets. we talked to, to iranian tyquan dough athletes living in berlin, who are fully consumed by the demonstrations. back at home is more news as always at the top of the next hour. on michael ok, thanks for watching with will you become a criminal or franklin? i already know who's with him about
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shaken iran since a young woman was killed in police custody. ah, oh, really? i was very upset if it could have been me in missouri. i mean, his place is cameron. i had the same kinds of experiences in iran when i went to the university for training or the religious police miss treated me similarly. so man in the same could have happened to me why the man me off does perry's of her. she d is an asian gains silver medalist in ty, quando, she fled iran and now lives in germany. her partner castle are made iep when her dad is also a professional ty quando fighter, but now they have to watch from the sidelines in their berlin flat as iran river. ah
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ah, it's training time for sheedy was born and bred in iran. she's now 31 years old, but 1st tried take one day when she was 11. then she made it a pivotal part of her life. could follow up to a very tight wander has taught me a lot about patience and resilience home. galvan palmetto, just as on the salmon hope i like doing both things. i'm competing with all the tension that it involves are, but also teaching the kinda who frontier. i try to prepare them for me and motivate them their due to time and unleash that will to win 0 asthma cancer and maybe put her jack is also from iran and likewise to cut tie quando as a child. now, among the best in the world, the show before we can meet 1st,
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you have to focus on not surrendering points to your opponent, while at the same time using their mistake skills to score points of your own rigid the congo arrives with hi. quando is a martial art that teaches me to never give up. whether in competition or in my private lives on media, sassing to people living in exile for whom sports has been a salvation parties and kozora and now also a couple. they left iran independently of each other, but both out of fear for both it was the most difficult decision of their lives. they now live in berlin some 5000 kilometers away from their home country and travel long distances to commute between their apartment and the training facilities. monday that on saturday i love my new city berlin,
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and i am gradually getting used to life it. even if it is completely different to where i used to live a new city in a new country and a new culture i left home as the 1st thing i noticed was how there are laws that everyone has to follow in germany. clean the cache, i don't know. it's a bit different in iran, you don't really have that legal security. you have here on t v. i phone. so that's been an interesting and positive experience. who i now they sit together in their apartment, following social media for hours on end to keep up with the protests that is shaking the country. i know more than that until they are constantly worried about their families. here's your susie,
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you said. but the regime blacks out internet connections from time to time. now messages don't reach home. i'm or home when i was lost in touch with my sister, she told me that my family took to the streets and is fighting for freedom. the police beat up my niece, her hands were bleeding from beatings by the iranian security forces. i'm susan, i'm so worried with no internet connection. i cannot be in touch with my family who was was so d. w visited the iranian couple, last year when iran wasn't yet openly rebelling, but women's bodies were already on the line. fancy fingernails. that's where for she des problem started. she was known to the public as a member of the national team, but she was dismissed shortly after her greatest triumph 2nd place at the 2010 asian games by the sea. so i read enough though, i was the 1st iranian woman in 30 years to make it into the final,
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which was just awesome for everyone in iran or to about. i knew it would be live on tv, english, one. the president of our federation asked me afterwards why i had nail varnish on when i must have known it was being broadcast live about apparently i was harming the image is more than anybody. her fate was ultimately determined not by her sporting prowess, but by her country's religious police. wearing a hija was mandatory, not a choice. and with the country's ty quando team in the public eye, she was subject to very strict surveillance davis. at one time, my father was summoned by the authorities and had to make a formal commitment. and as i say, my hair would not be visible in social media footage. the one picture which was tough for my father to run in job with kip hid that a my he told me that i've been supporting you because i know this is your dream. my to win a medal at the olympics or the world championships. realize ritual may though are
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lampey terminology. i'm yet, but i don't want to see my daughter broken walla. i can see how it's grinding you down and making you to present a really good overall a horn to me. she how? michelle nora hattie memories of her medal winning heroics at the asian games during the presentation. she was careful to hold her hand to her chest in order not to further upset the iranian morality police by shaking a man's hand. eventually, the pressure became too intense. while attending a seminar in germany in 2019, she decided not to go back home. she is not seen her family since. as the mom originally, i never had the intention of leaving iran and living in germany, and i never had a proper good bye with my family because i've been planning to come back. i will be on will mag alabama quickly. likely google are living in exile also means having to find your way around and re find yourself. and
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a key part of that is learning the new language. carissa has been getting lessons from catherine's aunt who's already been living in berlin for a number of years, cut off her only. okay. pay for k. pariser. what's happening to morrow or morgan? to morrow in the morning. i will train for 2 hour. i present you go way. 2 hours, sledge, 2 hours and training. concert was already in germany before pieris arrived. he's been here since 2017, but he's reluctant to talk about the exact reasons why he has stayed out of fear for his family. no longer than fellow that can be there. no. must alicio say i don't want to go into details on bead on but for political reasons home, i wouldn't have felt safe if i'd gone back to miami. i thought there was of
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the so like pieris or he hadn't planned to become a refugee back home. he was at risk of going to prison, staying in germany, meant starting from scratch. holy had with him was a satchel, like this one. for bulwark i saw the feeling i got from germany was one of safety awful. i knew i had support and will be able to return to a normal life while also resuming my sporting career to do her fe, baghdad. but there are limits to that support a life in exile also means having to fight for your own statist. filling out applications, arranging appointments and spending hours traveling to different authorities for cancer and perry's are alike, it's all been an additional challenge. thought it is under your comment on the
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living conditions are completely different. it's a different culture and language. there are so many challenges and barriers that i have to overcome so that my life can continue. my walk is gone. sports used to provide a welcome change. now their minds stay on iran trying to stay up to date with what's happening at home impacts that training. still, they're determined to qualify for major tournaments and when metals both athletes train regularly at the ty, quando elite club in berlin, where they also found a new sporting family. the club was immediately sympathetic towards the plight of the 2 refugees, especially in the 1st few months when it wasn't even clear if they'd be allowed to stay in germany. both have since been granted. residents permits here and can square up against each other. they can fight for their rights,
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but most importantly, carissa and catherine support each other abroad. teresa also wants to be an inspiration for others. why look at that former assessment? it's just fantastic working here with kids. they listen to me even though my german isn't great. my and i used to coach kids in iran to here. i wasn't sure whether i'd be able to make that connection with them. it isn't it. but from day one they seem to like me, which is a big deal for me. i will so sorry, i'm selling my exhibit she hasn't told the kids about what's happening in iran at the moment. although they can sense that something is troubling her. the iranian diaspora has been organizing demonstrations abroad in berlin, people protest against the regime every week. i hope we're,
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i'm took him and i live in germany and don't just want to be a bystander and watch and i can't do that. so i'm assuming that when i'm incredible, what i can do now is support demonstrations against the iranian regime. here in germany, share marsher and use social media to show the world what incredible things are happening in a run right now. it's a forward to the, you know, moved out of missouri to helen in iran and abroad. people are angry at the enforcement of the islamic dress code and a seeking freedom, sat on my most iranians are against the veil and the islamic dress code for women. man, i'm part of this group. and i think that all people should choose for themselves whether they want to wear available, not just as it is in other countries. honeywell by women must have freedom of speech and self determination. what is wonderful? ah, ah, her reason, catherine may be on the sidelines of the protests in iran,
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but the fight against the regime has just gone to another round what's making the headlines and what's behind them. dw news africa. the show that was the issues in the continent. life is slowly getting back to normal year where on the streets to give you in the report on the inside our correspond that was on the ground reporting from across the continent. all the trends doesn't matter to you. next on d, w, you know, it's no secret that africa is a youthful continent, sincerity, and for example, 80 percent of the population is about the age of $55.00. is the government actually doing enough to one power massive young generation. st debate tries to find out.
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and do you think that the youth in this country have been enabled, or impala? do love. the 77 percent one. in 60 minutes on d w. they want to know what makes with love and banning thing that way. i'm not even know how to work my own car and everyone with later holes in every day getting are you ready to meet the german can join me right? just do it on d. w. versus did of the news africa coming up on the program is the continent in control of its own resources. i'm groups in the democratic republic of congo, selling illegally mine gold abroad, and locals live and die with the atrocities. we talk to an activist about hopes for change on the poison of power.
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