ah ah ah this is dw, use live from berlin, humanitarian workers face trial in greece. if you see somebody in the water and the reaching a handout to hold you, you would obviously put your hand out as well and pull them in. as soon as you've done so, you've committed the same crime as i've committed, charged with espionage and forgery,

a could face years in prison. also coming out brazil's president in a ransacked institution. we scenario looted a silva, visits the supreme court damaged by his predecessors, supporters. balance those behind the violence will be punished. us rushes. war on ukraine's youngest. keith says 12000 children have been abducted and taken to russia. he w visits. one family that's been reunited ah i've been fas all unwelcome in greece. the trial opens today of 24 humanitarian 8 workers. they say they were trying to save the lives of migrants crossing the mediterranean. they facing charges of espionage and forgery. the activists to face up to 8 years in prison if convicted, we're trying to identify migrant boats in distress. warranties have been helping my

guns landing on the coast of less was increased like in these images from 2015. the aid workers say they are doing the only right thing, saving lives. but greece says what they're doing is illegal. to day, the week authorities are prosecuting $24.00 humanitarian activists on charges that include espionage and forgery. they could be jailed for up to 8 years. among them, sorry, martini a syrian activist base in berlin. in an interview in 2019 she told d. w. and no chip inside that have been that because i want to help people. and that's kathy motivation. she became known around the world after her and her sister's refugee story to europe was made into a netflix film. the 2 sisters had fled the war in syria and crossed the mediterranean sea degrees in t f, as in 15 later settling in germany. but she returned to greece to help others

arriving from the sea. she was arrested and charged in 2018, john bender, an irish national and certified rescue diver was volunteering on the same rescue mission and is also among the $24.00 facing the trial. what would you'd, if you see somebody in the water and the reaching a handout to hold you, you would obviously put your hand out as well and pull them in as soon as you've done. so, you've committed the same crime as i've committed. human rights organization, amnesty international is supporting martini and bender cheering their child. it says the charges are baseless and his calling for them to be dropped. would also make sure that we give a strong measures of such analogies should not be allowed. it's a, it's a pattern across europe pushing in other countries as well that people who are there just to help her face, her charges, criminal, or, or others in an effort of state to dev, sir, humor, volume assistance. but the greek authorities say they are overwhelmed by the number

of migrants. they argue that organizations helping migrants are encouraging more to come. the trial that commences today re open the question of how european countries should respond to the people who make this most dangerous journey. nearly 3000 people died or were missing in the mediterranean sea last year alone. from human rights watch, eva calsae works on migration asylum, and minority writes with a focus on greece. is this a case of saving lives or abetting a legal immigration? it is a case of saving likes and it's important to say that today is the misdemeanor charges that are being tried. but there's also a separate felony case against a binder. and there, right, and there's a phase 10 to 20 years, a prison, for each migrant they have to say. so it's

a case of criminalization of saving lives, money, car rental. and unfortunately, in greece, over the last few years, we've seen an increase in the hostile environment for human rights defenders. and, and specifically for those who think the rights of migrants, speakers understand these guys are trying to save lives, but at the same time doesn't work. encourage people smuggling but it's a, it's a matter of values. are you going to? so we could say also the opposite. letting people drown or discount would discourage more people from coming. but is it, i'm ok to say that and especially it's against the law. it's against international my rights against repeal, but at the same time, passengers knowing that they'll be helped if they get into trouble in the mediterranean, will be more likely to take this sort of trip to pay people's mas,

bring them to europe. and at the same time, over $1200.00 people died in the mediterranean last year. yes, they died because of the dangers route that people are taking to cross to the european union. and we've been calling. all right, i'm this international and right now they're going to say for more safe and legal routes. these are not happening. and as long as they are not, as long as these are not happening, people will continue to take this route. and even if i were saying now that you know i might be mission binders are being tried for the help that they're bringing . but people keep coming to crease. arrivals have dropped but they have drug for their wrong reason. it's not that people are not coming to crease, they don't because the government is increasingly pushing people but and putting lives in danger. sorry. so it's an irony here on one hand, we're saying that, you know,

people say being amory and lives are putting more people in danger because they are encourage them to come to greece. but at the same time, the greek authorities them say, are putting lives in danger by putting people by can motor less boats, abandon them in the middle of the gnc. when i, you know, there are high wind waves and risks of people and they have actually, that's actually a few months ago, reese was gone then by the european court of human rights. not very big case. we're an over over 10. i'm migrant. assigning seekers from afghanistan mostly women and children drown and join a pushback of opperation by the greek coast guard. and greece was gone then by then european court with you. if i can just jump in here, be prioritizing, border control or c rescue. i mean, is it possible to prioritize both?

i think it's possible to prioritize those and it's i'm, there are many states that the need to be taken in order to protect the likes people 1st of go. first of all, we need to go to the countries that produce refugees and you know, and the abuse is there, so people don't give their countries. but then at the 2nd step, of course, each country has the right to protect the borders, but they can do that enough humane a way. and by respecting the law and the law says that people should come as a right to access a site. you should be able to and through greece and ask for protection if they need. so in these boats, there may be turkish asylum seekers who are escaping the regime. and but not only is that of course, people from syria, iraq, afghanistan, somebody. anyway, it is possible to do both,

but it needs and good planning funding and there are funds that have been, you know, taken by crease billions of yours to do so. and so yes. ok, we'll have to live with that. it's been interesting talking to human rights. what research if, of course, a thank you for being on the w. thank you very much. brazil's president luis and also alluded silva has returned to his ransacked office in brazil, yet. right has invaded the nation seat of power on sunday. we also visited the supreme court building, also damaged by supporters of form of the dish i will send out to the new president is bound to punish those kind to buy a lease of arrested more than 1500 people. they dismantled the protest as camps where they'd state the months before launching the attack. tensor removed and barricades dismantled across brazil. supporters of defeated right

wing president jaya. both scenarios are packing up protest camps like these have stood for months. a haven for many who believe the election was stolen from them. but after thousands of both scenarios, supporters ransacked government buildings in the capital brasilia. the supreme court ordered all such camps be torn down to close election and subsequent storming of the capital have exposed deep political divisions within brazil. those backing the new president, luis and osceola to silva, say the other side has gone too far. north, you neglect, i can't stand bo scenario support is any more they think they can take over the whole country despite not winning the election. okay. out of the majority votes for lula, and that must be respected. so it was when both sonata was allotted. and now they was respected to have it here, right at the me, my, you, they'll make these acts,

they're on democratic and they're having a negative impact on everything, apples, sure. and education, and that ethical and political values hello vague is believe stable. as authorities assess the damage from the break in c, lula supporters have held bit own pro democracy rallies. they are demanding justice, and the government has vowed to deliver. oh dw correspondent beatrice christophe rose spoke to me about of his promise to find the people behind the attacks. so more than a 1000 people are being questions right now about their involvement and they could possibly be charged with committing crimes against some credit institution. so of course focuses on who shut up, who partake in the destruction, but also who are the main players who organize those who financed that because not everyone who they are necessarily have the means for their travels out of pocket. and it also looks at the involvement of the police because in many ways this was

a tragedy for home. so in the best case scenario, the police was negligence and was simply not prepared. but in the worst case scenario, some of the security forces may have been complicit and may have been eating the protesters. the governments also started to dismantle both in our camps. so pro, both in our camps rather all over the country. what impact will that have on the movement? i will say that the cracked on, on the move could possibly scare off some of these radical both and supported. it could weaken the movement, but there's also real possibility that i could go the other way that it could further radicalize that could strengthen the movement because they don't play them to their narrative that they're being persecuted. it plays into the conspiracy that the government has something to hide, that the elections were rig which there was no evidence for at all in the military, couldn't find any evidence when it looked into it. so there is a chance that the unrest and the divisions could continue until it's more about the counter protests that have started in response. yes,

of course. these riots have pushed la supporters. for instance, can they feel proven right? that both our and his supporters are dangerous until they are going on the streets to make those known. but there are also people who were somewhat sympathetic to both on that or voted for him because they wanted to vote against the left, the party who you people were scared off by the rise. it doesn't necessarily mean that they're out on the street margin for democracy. it doesn't mean that they have to come fast, but somewhere picking up the bag and some of the things themselves from both of them. and in the meantime, tell us more about what sort of staples nato is in. there been reports that he's in hospital. yes. so now has basically some say maybe even put himself into exile. he's been in the us. you know, we really talked too much about the topic. he only said that it's of course not

right to go and storm government buildings. but he has really spoken out against lula putting any blame on him. he says he has nothing to do with this. and now he's in the hospital, he says it has to do with complications of the work that he received when he will stop back in 2018 report of interest for south road. thank you very much for bringing us up to date. thank you. let's have a look at some other stories making headlines. joe biden is in mexico for the 1st time is u. s. president, to attend the north american summit, talks with canadas justin trudeau and mexico's on facebook where lopez of her dog will be dominated by illegal immigration climate change and drugs. a monday opens up her door by the end, what he called the abandonment and his staying of latin america and the caribbean. oh, it is at least 17 people have died in peru in clashes between anti government protesters

and security forces. of the past month, demonstrators loyal to the jail, former president isn't procedural, have been demanding the resignation of the new president, cleanable jamante. large parts of the us state of california are under flood and mud, slight warnings as a series of storms in the state residents that the town of people, many celebrities in order to lead. well, people have been killed so far more than 100000 homes left without watching d. w. use still to come why activists have occupied and abandoned town in germany with police gearing up to a victim. the 1st u. s. government says iran may be complicit in war crimes. in ukraine. rush has been using its drones to bomb ukrainian cities. still there gains a few in the east where the offensive is concentrated. russian artillery has been selling mood. ukraine continues to defend the key city. churning the winter

mud rushing, tillery moved into position in the grinding battle for the dawn. bus russians high command is determined to occupy the entire region east of ukraine. then you have to loosen troops. continue offensive operations. in the donnette scarier, comprehensive fire damage has been inflicted on units of ukrainian armed forces along the entire section of the line of contact. but russia's offensive has been stored for months. one focal point of its failed attacks is the town of buck, mood, or morse's russian. shelling has made the city oh, most uninhabitable. the house by when i go to sleep, i pray to god to wake up. no. and when i do what i say, thank you the time a lively we thought i have a splinter injury here just that the wound has already healed

a month has already passed his silica for so everything is fine. we went to constantino fca got stitch up there with the chart was hot, i pulled it out. it burns very heart failure, but i pulled it out. of course it was bad. we're going. it has thumb indiscriminate attacks on towns and cities become a hallmark of rushes faltering invasion. but the ukrainians are fighting back. these helicopter pilots fly low and fast to avoid anti aircraft missiles before striking enemy targets. every day ukrainian forces exact a heavy toll on the invaders and western support for keith is ramping up. british challenges tanks like these could soon be in ukraine. other western countries are also considering sending main battle tanks, war set to become more costly for russia still. so you found the car is

our correspondent in keith. i asked her what she was hearing about the fighting on ukraine's eastern front. will this been a no significant, significant let up in the fighting along the front lines in the south and in the east or in ukraine that have been reports to day in the ukrainian media of explosions overnight on region. the reports, the strike and commer tosca hitting a roadway killing to people. but of course, much of that intense fighting we're seeing is in and around back with us we saw in your report. this is where you created forces for over 5 months now have been fighting off attacks by russian soldiers as well as fighters of the russian paramilitary group of the wagner group. and much of that fighting now is shifted to saudi dar assault mining town, northeast of the city. now ukrainian officials have been saying that they remain in control of study dark, but not russian officials have been contradicting that claim. so i think as the war kind of approaches that 1st year anniversary was seeing that the fighting, the east is really now over ever smaller pieces of territory. and there's really

seems to be little advancement on, on both sides as they with a sonya because one of the in use top officials funds timmons has been in, came for talks. and one of our reporters asked him about more weapons for ukraine. well, i think the ukraine deserves all our support also, militarily, because the brutality with which russians are operating has no bounce. so, you know, this is not just a war about ukraine, this is not just russia trying to grasp or territory from a neighboring country. this is a war about the future of europe. this is a war about the future of democracy, visa v autocracy, and the fact that the ukranian people fight with such a nation and such passion for their freedom. it should be a clear signal to the european union that we should support them with every means we have. so i think it is a logical step undertaken by france, germany and others,

to support ukraine militarily, with these armored personnel carriers. so ukraine has been pleading for more weapons for months. how does keep see these promised arms from its western partners? what i think the news of these deliveries these almost fighting vehicles from germany and found some particular very welcome in keep your right. ukraine has been asking for them for months and they're urgently needed, especially in the east to defend that front line. push the russian forces back, but at the same time and listen, you kind of been saying that these with these legal, the lord will not prove to be game changes. they will certainly help in offensive operations. but what you create needs, they say is, is more powerful weapons, especially as the country you know, warns off a possible new russian offensive possibly in the spring. thank you. sonya veronica in key will ukraine says 12000 children have been abducted from occupied territories and taken to russia. he

w mammo shas found one family for whom the distressing separation is finally over reunited at last. ok, santa and her daughter, uva. it's nearly a year since the last hugged oksana is a combat medic for the ukrainians. but her brother is a separatist. while she was on the front line, he took his family and oxen as daughter to russia to understand how this was possible. we travel near pearl tavern, sentra ukraine. oksana moved here after her house in the east was destroyed by russia. miss eyes. she preferred to not bring her daughter to our interview. oksana is still recovering from head injuries sustained in backward on the front line last september. a we do oksana had left here, barbie's her parents somewhere she thought was safe over the mariners, hey, lucy,

made the home when i was injured in all my possessions. i d phone, you are burnt. i couldn't contact my family mediately in a while. when i finally found an opportunity to call my mother, i found out that my own brother had taken my child to the territory of the russian federation at nebraska. lee. this knitted, it bordered of it took full months to get her back. the us that as vision, i immediately filed a complaint with the police and so i knew that if i didn't sold this at the official level, i would never see my daughter again. you never heard and i am a military person. so there was no way i would have been able to go to russia in my brought the didn't want to return. my daughter getting out there. this is where ukraine's parliament commissioner for human rights investigates abductions and deportations, or just the law. this is part of the entire war crime system and genocide of the ukrainian nation, which the russian federation is carrying out more ukrainian children are forcibly

deported. russians are trying to resettle them throughout the territory of the russian federation as quickly as possible. you can often take months for families to even find out where the children are. volunteers from the n g you save ukraine will assist them in the complicated process to get them back. a piece latoya called mom was very low, was started to organize the trips to russia of, to been contacted by mothers reporting the abduction of their children. we organized the necessary documents and covered all expenses related to passports and translations. and then we arranged the travel itself having to go through european countries than bella, luce, russia, and napa, and then return with the children. this time. it took families, oregon, one of them call of jetta thumbs didn't way you could while he ever was in russia. oksana ford for the chance to talk with her that danielson ballier. eventually he gave me my daughter's new phone number and began to allow her to be in touch and to give her some internet. so i could talk to her some times. i've chef on that,

then i knew of she ran to school there. she was treated well, but she constantly said, mom, i want to come home and have what i don't. sure. mom maria had shown as an them we the still let roxanne are no longer talks to her brother. she hopes to go back to the front line but for now she and ever are making up for lost time. filling mistook guns to thread the rich and past, then we are together all day long, especially now that it's the holiday that communicates hello dep. shannon, i lawton, police, they, the village of lou to heart in western germany are gearing up for what could become a violent confrontation. climate activists have occupied the place which is supposed to be demolished for the expansion of a coal mine. the activists say they won't leave without a fight. ah, these giant excavators are digging their way across the landscape. dozens of

villages of already had to give way to them. let, so that is supposed to be the next. it's residents have already moved out. but more than a 100 climate activists have moved in to stop the tick as as it's not a thing. it's very emotional, of course to see how the wheels of the dick is excavate more and more coal and to know that lives are threatened in the global south and continue to be threatened by . but that's why we're here. but because here we can really change something here. the cliff vasa and at van come energy company on w e has been granted permission to expand the excavation. they say the co beneath the village is needed to secure germany's energy supply. but climate activists don't agree. there against any further expansion of fossil feels they've been putting up barricades. the police are said to clear the village at any time when

cannons the here for you can't get rid of us peacefully. if the police stay peaceful and just ask us to leave, we won't leave in because below us are 280000000 tons of call, and they mustn't be burned. and the police are hoping that the resistance will remain non violent. but they're prepared to clear the finish by force if necessary . wellington forgot that we've already witnessed a few stones being thrown in recent days and some bottles to oversee. we've also discovered a few places around little heart where stones have clearly been stored to be used later, likely forms and move the on to this to being supported by some well known musicians or so on them. so i was for go full 1000 people came to a recent concert in the village. started stuff,

it's off because so many people are coming here and the awareness has really grown . we're all in pretty good spirits at the moment. is pin tim scottish to move out of an exact date when the village will be cleared hasn't been set. whenever that happens, both the police and the activists are prepared. you're watching the w use up next eco africa with the report from de soto on the arrest over the building of dams. i'm bed position you next hour. with

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