thousands in washington on the anniversary of martin luther king's i have a dream speech to demand justitice meanwhile hancock's removed afterer the lifting of charges against the hospitalized jacob blake. whose consummate shot seven times by police. transports another big spike in corona virus cases the highest yearly number in new infections mostly among young people in knees tight sanitary rules surrounding saturday's start t to the to the fall cycling race. welcome back to the newsroom i'm possibly john it's where on this date back in

nineteen sixty three martin luther king gave his i have a dream speech washington's lincoln memorial is where civil rights leaders converge along with black lives matter activists and families of victims of police shootings. like the father of twenty nine year old jacob blake the n. arms wisconsin man remains paralyzed after police shot him seven times in the back last sunday and as the wisconsin senate and now plans to meet in a special session monday. to discuss police perform at the rally over in washington calls for federal legislation. we need rich mcconnell and the u. s. senate to meet on the jobs front policing and justice act. all we're gonna meet your senators at the polls. one of the we got the mail then walked in radin crawl then we won't. for more let's go to oak park illinois cedric johnson teaches

african american studies and political science at the university of illinois at chicago thank you for speaking with us here on france twenty four. thank you so much for having me. but before asking about police reform let me just ask about this moment because it is the anniversary of martin luther king speech. in american history. is this a dark moments after what we've seen this summer. or is it a moment for help since we're seeing this huge reaction. well no i think it's a combination of those things right i mean what we witnessed over the last few months was. the reinvigoration of protest movements that had been dormant- since the election of donald trump. and under the banner of black lives matter i think what you witnessed have been a number of different social struggles primarily concerned with. policing but also with the general roll back. of various protections very is gains that

were achieved during the civil rights movement that now have been decimated by. decades of both republican and democratic a party governance. right now we we've seen where the battle lines are drawn after the two big party conventions- is there any middle ground left. well i mean i think you know in fairness to the democratic side what they represent at least what they're channeling symbolically is. the view of america in a life that i think many of the protesters shear induced a sense that. we wanted america that is reflective of the changing demography and america that actually is open to all regardless of- skin. race color or creed and i think that's that's really what will probably you know made may well. bring the democrats back to power but i think at the

same time the many waters forces that are operating within american license and we saw some of that this week- in the processing commercial wisconsin where a seventeen year old was able to travel across state lines. he's able to walk right past- armed police officers even as a crowd of witnesses are declaring that he's killed all of you know shot three people including killed two of them- is able to walk past. without any sort t o. you know fear of car. and i'm gonna think kyle written enough forces that we seen that so pulled. represent a different kind of america which is very much ominous- alternative to. the protest and the fact that jacob blake was. handcuffed to his hospital bed. use right i mean it's outrageous you know to think about it that you know somebody like jacob blake. who is part of a fan. of civil rights activists his grandfather was the pastor of a

church is father's been active in civil rights struggles with sometimes. while you shop. you know doing his son's birthday party all while his kids and other children witness his shooting shot in the back- when he clearly didn't seem to pose any threat to the various police officers that were arouound him-- you know saw regs and i mean i think just like the killing of george floyd. is one of these instances that's so stark that even americans who had hesitation or didn't completely- you know embrace the black lives matter. sensibility they can no longer- take a middle ground okay so we heard at the outset that that clip of- the civil rights leader al sharpton calling for police reform. at the federal level what can. we realistically expect. well i mean this is where things are a bit more uncertain i mean is the soaring rhetoric that you were here today and that many

of the other- rallies and protests that have happened across the sump pump. well we don't necessarily see- is unity around some of the more progressive- reforms that have been proposed by activist right many americans are opposed to. the idea that black people should be shot and killed in the streets by police officers- but they're not necessarily on board with the demands foror default funding or downsizing- the sizize of police departments andd so i i think it remainss te seenen. i if the kinds of legislslative coalitionss both t the local level- inducible level. as well as the state and federal level will take shape. that can achieve the kinind of reforms that we hear coming from d different forces- in the black lives. matter protest. professor sage of the universe of illinois at chicago you risk with us here on france. twenty four. thank you so much for having me. in other news will

follow you s spikes throughout europe as citizens return home fofor the start of school have hungary becoming the first u. member to re close its borders starting september first foreign nationals will not be allowed in other u. nations have imposed quarantines are travel warnings on neighbors.. but it's the firirst return to border closings as seen during confinement and on the day parisians were ordered to start wearing face masasks round the clock a further surge in covert cases more than seventy three hundred new infections across france the most since the end of lock down second most since the record at the height of confinement back on march thirty first. on the plus side hospitalization rates remain stable what with that and the virus mainly spreading among young people are often a symptomatic or have mild cases now strict sanitary rules surrounding the tool to false as well. postponed from july which sets off from the french riviera resort city of nissan

saturday seven harding is there. in a series of course one of the red signs in front in terms of a corona virus threats and thee tuna for on set. the biggest cycling race on the planet is- of course no exception to that very strict measures have been put in place a full the ride is i'm the teamams. a ahead of this race ty will be tested four times during the course of a three weeks twice before the start of the first a stage- tomorrow here in easton and the ones. on every break day insuring the three weeks of racing and of course to show exactly how strict the front so denies this have been. if a team a test to test positive in the space of a week and that's ride is almost off included. the not team will simply be disqualified so it goes to show the lengths at which i so in all the organizing bodies. all of the to the front kristoff could undergo a race director i've gone to try and make this safe

of course but the tool has been criticized by some elements. of a society saying it's irresponsible to host such a big event we've got fans but on the flip side of course we've seen sporting events for the last three months since the resumption. posted at without fans and that sort of fronts is it just a showing this return to normality and of course- the tool is a really the lungs of cycling throughout the world it is inconceivable. for the tour de france have been canceled altogether because of course it is what promotes socks and what keeps a cycling glowing. from a money point of view- finds out the arrivals of races will not be allowed to take self these will not be allowed to have autographs signed. by at that races but apart from that is of course very difficult to police because as you race around the country then you come up all the access to the roads to many people who will turn out in the thousands to watch the race. but certainly. it's sort of franz unlike any other. as for the toll the falls under. for

twenty. dot com. without more new to come. hello and welcome to the friends twenty four interview our guest today is supper oct centrality that day. she's in that ring and activist she's the author of a book thaht was just published here in france i'll translate the title. deeds of freedom is not a crime is written with the remote and corey it's published by. and in its- your account you're a journey from an upper middle class. woman living in tehran to an activist against- he job- the islamic veil which is mandatory. in iran obviously you were arrested and then you were sentenced to two years. in prison however before the verdict was handed down you decided to secretly fleet iran through turkey and you now live in exile in canada. it is a

very simple question how does one go from being an upper middle class women to an activist against. the i islamic veil. i'm i was just so fed up with- livining this double lifea living lie and pretend everything is okay for many years- v. fair refaced why less people are facing wireless because of compulsory job and the other thing is i knew as elidel about women's movement in west of the suffragette movement i was very fascinated by those women who made those changes and now what women in west can use it- and they have almost at the same rights as men and equality and i realize that. what does the man were successful in their r vements because t they add me eventually they had the support of normal

ordinary men and we award cares and dive in iran women's rights activist did their best for forty years but they didn't go anywhere because they didn't havevehe supportrt of us so when disk campaign came i realize this is the moment for me to assign the so called white twins campaigns and the principal if i just for our viewers was to where- whites and film yourself to wear white to or to be on ways in and straight senend send a message o the journalists who started the campaign. and the campaign was simply asking normal w women and men to come forward and be theivovoice so that was the moment for me- t to join the campaign and at civil disobedience and- nonviolence- campaign right there was a turning point however it's in december of two thousand and seventeen- w woman by the name f

v. daw moe vide goes in the very well known- the place in the center of tehran decides to take her veil off put it on. a stick and this really created quite a stir and for you this was a turning point you this was not only wearing white. it was taking the job and put it on the stick sure- form formimig before foror a few months everybody was talking about composer who job at protesting compulsory job but- that's lady i have. had like- she performed- like and she was a standing there quietly and sending a message to government to the government to the authorities that's i'm peacefully protesting the saw and it was very beautiful for me because the most beautiful and peaceful civilian. disobedience in the ward am i anand i was one of the data firt remand- who followed her path

so you started doing- the same the same yeah. a few days after her few days so quite a few times and eventually what was bound to happen happens you were arrested by the police to recounted in the book- several. of those arrests- and also the humiliation of the violence- in prison also accusations of spying yeah. yeahh i'm you know i never went into thatt spott in the center of the city i didn't want to get arrested at the same time i was. i was- i wanted otherer women and men to join our campaign to see me and mad in in n our in my neighbororhood and j join us. ie known by its yeah during interrogation i faced- most horrible things in the ward and did that for the most- the scariest india's- that youou realize. that they can do anythingng with you when and thy

capture you you were lucky if i may say because you were able to be defended by a well known lawyer not screen so today- who defended too you and- is now herself in jail for very a long time. shortltly after actually the you but this allowed you to. have someone on your telling what to do because i imagine there's a lot of intimidation and you don't know what to do when your face those. situations she was my only hope although i am i wasn't able to likee talk to o r or contact her duringheime i was detained by the- she- they think that she- had done for me was. to brought the justice and public sites and told people about that he's that that happened to me and two other women also d. nyada remain. and i all. my life to her my family's safety and myself right so you were

arrested the three times and at some point you decide because you have. the husband obviously you have a young son and you say in the book that you realize that. if i stayed i'm going to die and so you decide- to flee the country- through a smuggler into turkey and nowow a year- in kind of the house your. grades leaving the country. our it the bestest you made. it's very complicated for me at the same time i'm able to advocate for women's rights and my for my friends and my lawyer which is great and but i'm i'm not happy i cannot enjoy freedom as much as i want. because all the all the teens- but my mind is in iran and- my heart is with my friends and my lawyer right because i mean the sentences- maybe after you've fled have become harsher and harsher there's this. a group of women those three women who decide on

women's day last year to hand out flowers in the subway in tehran bear head it's they were arrested and now they have very long sentences. is it may a consequences of what you did. i they were my friends my close friendnd of ours who was advocating foror me during that time i was out of state.e. was one ofof them was going to shove hours- but that all hinges- would remain are getting b bravr even though. they see that but there they had done to me or are there other women and men and government wanted i wanted to send a message to all the remand remand remand- but at the same time if you see the news if yoyou see the videos you see. even though we do twenty four twenty three year sentence- m. b. men are getting bolder and braver.r. and they want to obey composeser he job even deal with that even though

the- police officerss asked them and they are- telling to o eir face t that. i don't believe in this line i'm not obeying these- as six all discrimination. do you believe this is still going on or that the movement has been stopped because of the intimidation because of otother things like that notot sly cab and- it's not i like to geget up and grab and below w the street. but but they are- they're doing another campaign just to feel and- just to make a record that off a prisoner's record the police officers. who who wants to- may i raised him and they're brave enoughgh. you're free to you voted for us on ronnie in two thousand and thirteen. you wouldn't do the same t today. of course not why not. the e time i wawanted to two years ago i believe in real. . even back thn it was just because i was an

animal support there and they promised to have these rights for animals but i was billy i had believed in- reformed back before two thousand and nine and i was one of the people who hope that there are some- changes there's gonna be some changes in the government but after two thousand and nine and the demonstration i would realize there's not gonna be any reform in my country. but and the people who are just- war do you think i like choosing between the bad and the ba'ath party and divorce party but after and the demonstration in- in december two thousand and seventeen wednesday reformist party killed people killed innocent protesters m. and after that in two thousand seventeen date and they saw chris all day- like you act and movements labor movements teacherss movements remains m movements and also lat november if you if you saw

these hard this horrible news from iran. they killed- m. based on based on a reuters reports more than fifteen hundred menn protesters and- mad mmhm i undererstand thousands of people in just three days so you see there's no difference between the reformist or death. in order to find the mentalities i understand that just last question was running out of time- obviously- you're nonot advocating regime change and summer saying- that you're being used or- allowing yourself to be used by those especially in the u. s. pushing for regime change are you being used i think i haven't been in touch. with anyone f from u.. and. this is thehe mindset of peopople that add to can. i womn don't have a voice this is me i was always believe chain and to

in my- we either iran. but i didn't have the chance now i have the chance and you see this the h human rights situatin the violation of human rights are getting worse andnd worse in my country. i what am i supposed to do i do not think now i have a platform as human rights activists as a woman writes act activists and i'm going to use that. to just tell the board. bye dad these are happening in iran and open your eyes to the violation of human rights in iran and- missile ports the iranian people and not the government. thank you very much- supper auctions- these are the for coming on the friends twenty four- interview your book is published in the french right now- will be- probably- published in english at some point thank you very much for watching this interview stay tuned for more news. c conservationinists have

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some wuhan locals who are now out of lockdown. we have eaten those foods for thousands of years. there may have been some problem dururing the processing of the food so we should be more careful with that. like cooking them for longer and tracking is there fresh. someone who still go to the web mamarkets even if it's unsnsafe because the prices in the supermarkets are higher china has pledgdged a t tougher r rese than the one which followed the two thousand and three sars outbreak. bowing to enshrine its ban into law. but the use of wild animals runs deep in chchinesee culture. the minnesoa those are still suffering on transfer of funds orr the funds for the tradition attends a medicine. for d display and for leverage to use. i persosonally believe that it's shutting down a lot of operations and treatiting for the exotic for te market is not enougugh. some in other culultures have been disgusted and outraged seeing what's on sale in some parts of

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