o inequality ah 75 years ago, ma ma gundy peacefully led the country to independence with what has remained of his vision. where does the world so called the largest democracy stand with where is india headed? this is the moment to unleash on violet bars. on these legacy starts january 28th on d, w. you're watching d. w news asia coming up. why rescuers at railway stations across india must race against time. the stakes are high to locate unaccompanied children before assuming traffickers do. it's a crime happening across the country. plus disturbing findings from a team of human rights investigators. international companies are part of the

supply chain used by me on mars military to make weapons against its own people. and the whole countries also have obligations under international law to provide their own home accompanies with guidelines. otherwise, the companies that are supplying the raw materials are complicit to the atrocities that are ongoing in my now. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. every 8 minutes in india, a child goes missing, some are runaways, while others become lost or are taken from their families. that's according to the organization railway children. the n g o has that name because so many

unaccompanied children show up at train stations where human traffickers kidnapped them into a life of professional begging, sexual exploitation, or forced labor therapies at your boss has more. this is no daily railway station. every morning, saudi ball and his rescue team goes out to search for lost and abandoned children. the search bled farms and trains to find the children, saw that his rid the daily beast, enjo salaam, wallace dressed him, is or seeing the operation. often out of searching the sport, 2 year old in night, she's apparently lost or abandon the beam approaches her and starts trying to find her family moving from one compartment to another. just wondering when me, who is your mother? is it anyone here? after searching for a while, they finally find nigh this family. they were also frantically looking for didn't

miss him, daughter. the theme, make sure they are the parents and hand in i'm back. i'm. i'd advise you, let's say we rescue teton fortune every day. god bless, and most of the kids, including girls are found in valuable situation in the middle bank was learning god team is on the moon because traffic goes are on the lookout for children. mom logan flores in missouri, wondering if another, not all, not as fortunate as in 9th, thousands of indian children go missing forever and end up being forced into begging prostitution or child labor. the ones who are rescued are taken to the shelter. it provides refuge to dozens of missing children. they take glasses and are allowed to watch television. quadrille is the counselor at the shelter. he has hurt his share of dramatic stories from the children who are the years to how many pas are there. most of the children we rescue or runaway children,

it's leaky owner, emotionally, they have been abused even tortured. what emotionally and physically audit with the emotional trauma is so deep that these children do not eat. trust anyone else at the number of muscular honish is one such example. now, 13 years old, he ran away from home. basketball would be made by me and i didn't. i didn't have a family minute. so i wondered, how long can my uncle feed me other kids? it is lying, that is why i ran away and came to delhi to earn a living. come on the leg, i'll lie, cottage who has no one to return. 200. some missing children have been taken back to the families by then geo, sunny thought was recently united with the missing son in a slum up not going daily homage used to frequently run away from home. he says he is now living happily with his mother is. ha, ha ha. his father is a drunkard and he doesn't care about his child at all. gone. even one who runs away

. ah, a bell could have been his him loving back at the railway station saw dick and his team are on to the next challenge to find another young person to see among the 1000 supp india's last agreed with children. ah, a new report says me and mars military is producing weapons that are being used against its own people, with components sourced from international companies. investigators from the special advisory council for me on mars, say they traced the military supply chain to global firms based in asia, the middle east, the u. s. and europe. and they say this is likely just at the tip of the iceberg. according to the report, these home produced arms are being used to commit atrocities against those in myanmar who opposed the regime officially more than 2600 people have been killed in

the crackdown since the 2021 qu, that saw the return of the military, many victims were pro democracy protesters since then parts of the country has seen fighting between the military and anti co rebels. joining us as young he li, former special wrapper tour on the situation of human rights in myanmar. and one of the authors of the report, thanks for coming on the program, a young he can you start by telling us more about the european companies complicit in this and what exactly they are providing to the military of myanmar. well, it was really surprising to discover that many of the european countries are still providing raw materials to the d. d i which is the directorate defense industry of mel. i see there is no universal arms

embargo by the security council. and so different countries have had bilateral arms embargoes arms, sanctions. but i think this as raw material supply chain has not been in the re dos. people have missed it, it's been and it's been the biggest gap. and this is why we at sam decided to do some research on this. we have to remember that me a my never produced that i'm to explore it. they. i don't have any foreign invasion. however, and the defense industry, of course, it in all countries, defense industries are part of the national economy. but in the case of mamma,

it's run by the military. and all of that it's been doing with all the productions . it's been able to evade many of the sanctions on me and ma for decades. and then military has been making its own small light arms and munitions with the assistance of foreign companies to provide them with raw material and the european some of the european countries. i still doing this, can you describe as the kind of investigative work it took to arrive at your conclusions and findings in your report? well, we looked at our budget related documents that were leaked from me and my military d. d. i and we, we've done intensive open source investigations. we've spoken to many people who are involved with the military and recently detected or in the past to been

involved with my military. we've looked at shipment records from subscription based in point in export datas. and we've also interviewed extensively with weapon manufacturing industries, officials from and manufacturing industries in southeast asia and in my mind particular. and this is how we came to a conclusion. we couldn't figure out why was all the arms and bar goes from different countries. they were still using that materials a light arms and i'm emissions and land mines that were produced in my to commit atrocities against its own people and say that this happened before the and since the coo now ty, wine a quite

a well like democratic state. these days and it's david and goliath, face off against china, also plays a role to talk about that. well, it was a little surprising for us to, but it seems like taiwan functions as an important transit point for a d d. i purchase of high precision of the c n c, computing america machineries including from european manufacturers for the couple i'm spending factoring with the, the assistance for crony companies. what time holdings the d d. i also regularly sends a, c, and c miss machines from couple factories to taiwan, where there are service by technicians associated with the european manufacturers of the machines after which they're shipped back to me and my and to the d. d i. it appears as though the absence of taiwanese sanctions on me

a mom facilitates these types of transactions and shipments to and from emma and for the per performance of critical maintenance. and the report identifies a taiwanese companies who c, n c. machines are in the current use currently at couple. so happens factory, right. so what is in the tool box, so to speak, to stop components made in germany from showing up in mars military arsenal and other countries. companies being involved in this supply chain problem essentially . well, the 2 factors, the companies themselves, they under the international law are obliged by you and guidelines on human rights and business to do do do jill due diligence and they have to do and risk

assessments. and the whole countries also have obligations under international law to provide their own home accompanies with guidelines. otherwise, the companies that are supplying the raw materials are complicit to the atrocities that are ongoing in my now. as well as the countries that has not done anything to prevent its own companies from selling materials to mamma or killing its own people. young, healy thank you so much for joining us. for german at manufacturers were named in the report for supplying components that could be used for weapons by me and mars military. we reached out to them before going to air and received e mailed statements back from 3 of them. d. m g more. he said it respects human rights along its entire supply chain and takes pains to ensure no misappropriation

of their machines takes place, fits varner and siemens deny any current business activity with the myanmar military. but the authors of the report say they relied on leaked military documents, interviews with former members of the military satellite photos and a variety of other sources to reach their findings, which they say our current. and that's it for today. thanks for watching t w news. asia, to see you tomorrow with she's up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program online. d w dot com highlights. ah, leonardo da vinci's, mysterious masterpiece. this perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the

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