and local elections in hong kong becomes the new battleground for the pro and anti beijing camp will meet 2 candidates facing off across the political divide . district council actions ready attracts huge amounts of attention particularly outside hong kong but this year that is radically different. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us the european parliament has awarded its prestigious human rights award the soccer prize to iran toady he is the professor and member of the ethnic muslim minority called weekers who mostly live in china beijing has gone after this group putting an estimated 1000000 of them according to the u.n. in detention camps yes you heard that right detention camps it's the largest internment of people since world war 2 toady is serving a life sentence he probably doesn't even know he's won this award china says he's a separatist but what he said and what he tried to do was simply to convey the feelings weekers had about how china was running the territory where most of them live. maybe they will in the time when we have no representative no newspaper of our own eyes as i thought what can ordinary people do when t

implications district council is formed part of the committee that will select the next chief executive in 2022 which means they will have some limited say in the next leader of hong kong district council actions rarely attract huge amounts of attention particularly outside hong kong but this year that is radically different everyone watching the results of this election very closely with some even wondering whether the vote will even be allowed to go ahead i given the current unrest some pretty beijing politicians are calling for the vote to be suspended but others fear that. could set a dangerous precedent and further fuel public anger if we do not have this. district i'm sorry that sure that that means we will lose crucial peaceful way for people to avoid. this for months movement and will possibly forward the escalating violence on the streets. this latest become a referendum on amazement and with a month before they just go to the polls candidates face an uncertain few weeks ahead with weekly protests and anxious authorities capable of shaking up the political climate in an instant. we have wilson young from hong kong's progressive lawyers group i should add there

supporters that court he became famous when he was banned from running in district council elections because he advocated for hong kong's independence a red line for beijing and also many hong kong ors peoples my need to be change. they need to recognize the softened always belong to them but not by belong to the beijing old man long has sense tone down his rhetoric in july he sent a letter from prison asking the protesters to stay rational and not to be driven by their hatred however to the young and radical he remains a hero. in the months of for democracy protests have dominated every aspect of life in the city and they have become a source of inspiration vaughters is one who decided to make our small statement. this protest is not force it seems seen from another perspective these lifelike figures are actually 20 times smaller than the human counterparts the handiwork of an artist known only as c. or i making these toys will capture people in different forms during the protest. we have demonstrators about if we. don't you can see that they were different when we're trying to capture their way of dressing . the scene

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supporters that court he became famous when he was banned from running in district council elections because he advocated for hong kong's independence a red line for beijing and also many hong kong ors peoples my need to be change. they need to recognize the software always been known to them but not by belong to to beijing or man. has sense toned down his rhetoric in july he sent a letter from prison asking the protesters to stay rational and not to be driven by their he tried however to the young and radical he remains a hero. but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in ecuador thousands of indigenous people have gathered for more protests in the capital it's the 7th day of nationwide demonstrations that have frequently involve clashes with riot police the president has already evacuated his administration from the capital the end rest was originally inspired by cuts to fuel subsidies and other all stare at the measures to associates of u.s. president donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani have been arrested ukrainian born lev parness and bella rusin igor freeman are charged wit