and one of those activists is joshua wang one of the most recognizable faces in the hong kong for democracy movement a democratic syria march and began by asking mr wong what he thought of kerry lam's warning that quote radicals shouldn't violate the new deal sure if it's generated by it's not only part i think it's even ordinary citizens of foreigners or express . by also be the prime pocket or begun to silence the voices and we strongly aware is. right is also about the free flow of information and the free flow of capital being threatened by the law is implemented. ok. what about you because you're a prominent face of the pro-democracy movement to many people are watching and wondering how this affects you have you received any threats since this law was imposed. with the with the race of life sentencing were to uncertainty to china were raised all week x. and all we face of being sent to the blackout in mainland china national security law is that used for beijing to erode that one country 2 system to be one country wants to stop by just like modern 100000 hong kong has talked with a st

thank you for joining us we begin in hong kong where pro-democracy activists joshua wang has called the decision to bar him from running in september his election invalid and ridiculous wong is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the legislative council polls he says a new national security law is being used by the government as the legal weapon to silence dissent electoral forty's accuse wong of advocating said vesey of ideas and canoe dealing with foreign forces. beyond any doubt if the most scandalous election fraud air front in hong kong history they could disqualify us they could arrest us every once in which they could even call of the election and create a pop up. parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this overturned a strong mandate for modest 600000 hong kong who are past the pale it's the city's 1st ever a primary early this month i will boyce is clear allow to the world by over. let's bring in there is dave pollan in hong kong for his d.v.s. joshua wang sounding very defiant there how is this all affecting hong kong's for democr

disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist joshua wang is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities have asked the candidates about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt and for the 1st time in hong kong police have used a new national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been a rest said there a key is a posting content that calls for hong kong's independence from china beijing impose its controversial law 4 weeks ago david palin has more from hong kong. hong kong is particularly sensitive issue for the u.k. as hong kong used to be a british colony in the u.k. signed a joint declaration with beijing before it was handed over in 1907 and the ambassador had mentioned that to saying it hadn't violated the joint declaration but the u.k. and the rest of the international community see this national security laws imposing restrictions on t

with the opposition i imagine some of them had already been disqualified from the voting coding joshua wang were they what are they likely to do next. that's right and that part of the issue here is any delay more than 2 weeks it is against hong kong's constitution which means that it would require beijing to step in and supersede the workings of hong kong's government and so that is causing a lot of concern and also in the run up to these elections as he had said are all right up to today in fact yesterday 12. 'd candidates pro-democracy candidates a very popular project mark as the candidates were disqualified and that includes joshua one he's one of hong kong's best known pro-democracy activist he expressed his anger and dismay at the delay his disqualifications and said that this is this is being politically motivated and has little to do with the government's concern for the city here's what he had to say beyond and it is the most scandalous election fraud ever in hong kong history they could this qualify us they could arrest every was into jail they could even call of the election cre

all called democracy activist joshua wang speaking with terry martin. video housing merged appearing to show a masked man attacking the boats of migrants trying to reach greece the identity of the attacker has past been unclear but de w.'s investigations unit on the ballot count research collective go uncovered information suggesting the attackers may be linked to the great coast guard. denies any wrongdoing. this off greece poses a possible question was a disturbing answer more migrant boats are leaving turkey for the e.u. but on the greek island of less plus there hasn't been an increase in iraq. there were 19 people on the sparrow but then. a 16 year old from afghanistan soon these pictures he said he was shortly after masked men attacked them from ending the boat was in requote as off last bus on the 5th of june this year the boy doesn't want to be identified. fodder for much of the course 2 men have all of us military stick they are wearing black mark on their faces and i want to have a nice call on our board and the you will be wired which is conn

with us that was joshua wall an activist in hong kong and here right hong kong democracy activist joshua wang speaking to my colleague terry marsh and a little earlier today let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the short form video at all it's at the hong kong market have to china and its new security law on the city google facebook and twitter have already stopped taking requests for user data from hong kong the u.s. is also looking at banning the chinese owned top which was shut down in india last week. more than a 1000000 residents of the japanese island of kish to have been told to flee their homes amid relentless rain the death toll from the recent downpours has risen to 50 according to local media and more heavy rain is said to be on the way. in colombia at least 7 people have been killed and dozens injured off to the contents off an overturned tank exploded in a fireball schools had gathered around the tank after the accident to try to siphon will feel that it a nice it was in an infinite. recursion of pandemic could push 1000000000 people int

to win a majority in the legislature later this year on monday prominent pro-democracy activists joshua wang submitted his application to the poll and another of hong kong's most prominent young activist nathan law recently fled hong kong for london where our reporter charlotte potts met up with him. it's not all new to ne snow in london the left hand traffic he says from mine some of hong kong his home which he flips 2 weeks ago the new security law made it impossible for the activists to stay . on myself or in great danger under the law but also a lot of my fellow activists in hong kong so a lot of those. shrugs and fear of being prosecuted it's harmful i'm meeting law in central london the 27 year old brought this banner all the. a from hong kong a banner that could now get him arrested at home and a reminder of what he is fighting for freedom access and chinese the activist does not want to disclose his exact location and plans because he's concerned for his safety we all know that childless reach could be very expensive. for me i'm on the movie being extremely careful and cautious about

said they had failed to uphold the city's constitution among those barred is prominent activist joshua wang he said the decision showed a total disregard for the will of hong kong r's. former taiwanese president believe tang hue has died at the age of 97 dubbed mr democracy championed taiwanese sovereignty he left the country for 12 years becoming taiwan's 1st democratically elected president back in 1996 we have been in hospital since february suffering from pneumonia. tens of thousands of people have again taken to the streets in cities across. there are demanding the resignation of the government and the chief prosecutor accusing them of suppressing free speech having ties with the mafia and refusing to fight corruption the anti-government rallies are about the area's biggest in 7 years. the core of the virus pandemic has raised new concerns about the health risks of selling wildlife and markets for human consumption but in nigeria it's long been a common practice and poses a threat to endangered species there are laws to block the trade but they're rarely enforced our correspondent funn

decide which candidates run in legislative council elections in september pro-democracy candidate joshua wang tells al-jazeera every vote cast is a message to beijing fight for democracy in such a battle just like the battle of life sometimes we might be difficult and also under pressure but the fret can't defeat us even stronger determination and just like thousands of people come out of what is just already a lot beijing you know that even they have to turn hong kong. we've built it and we never called home and we never surrender mali's president is promising to form a national unity government and dissolve the constitutional court that brought him back ok to is attempting to address issues raised by protesters who want him to resign a 5th consecutive night of anti-government protests has been held in serbia demonstrates is are again calling on the president to quit saturday's rally was peaceful though in contrast to the previous night when police fired tear gas. poland's 2nd round of voting is underway in the presidential election that could shake up politics the runoff is between conserva

have been disqualified from running in september's legislative election pro-democracy activists joshua wang is one of them electoral authorities had asked the candidates about their views on the national security law and u.s. sanctions their requests was denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt let's bring indigo pollen in hong kong for as divya that's out with the arrests 1st. tell us about the group that's been arrested. well the police did not actually name the group but what we know from their social media pages announcing that member members have been arrested and also from local media is that the group was one that was formed a few years ago led by mostly students and they were advocating for hong kong's independence they gained popularity over just over the past few months particularly during the hong kong protests last year and then onward says hong kong hong kong's political situation became more distraught and more uncertain but they disbanded just before the national security law was enacted on july 1st in fact just hours before a june 30th the group said that they w

now most of the 600000 votes went to so-called localist candidates including prominent activists joshua wang many of them expected to be disqualified from running due to their political stances but they say they will not stop fighting against china's crackdown on the territory's freedoms. all we need is a little voice be heard in the local community because i'm not sure if right off baking we used to sit around and 3 days. from the protest camp full of the press conference and raise the hope to have a lot of discussion close to lots of candidates in the primary election to last through the traditional protocol credit card with the prep going from beijing with no room and then he tries to have a different vision it's time for us to and has refused and unity. now the united nations is warning tens of thousands of migrants most ethiopians stranded in war torn yemen at least 14 and a half 1000 have been rounded up forcibly moved around the country and some even detained out of fear they're spreading private 19 has this report. trapped in yemen one of the most dangerous countries in the world the

thursday electoral authorities disqualified 12 opposition pro-democracy candidates including activist joshua wang he called the decision to block him from running invalid and ridiculous wong says a new national security law is being used by the government as illegal weapon to silence dissent electoral authorities accuse wong of advocating subversive ideas and colluding with foreign forces. but you know and it is the most scandalous election fraud ever in hong kong history they could this qualify us they could arrest us influence into carol they could even call of the election and create a puppet parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this can overturn the straw mandate for more this 600000 hong kong who have passed the bailiff's the city's 1st ever a primary early this month i will boyce is clear and loud to the world my overcoat and speak to defend the palin in hong kong for as t.v.'s has been disqualified by joshua long sounding very defined still. absolutely and if you even look at his teacher that he was wearing saying they can never kill us all sending a very

court charged with organizing an illegal protest last year that trio includes pro-democracy leader joshua wang who denies the charges his pleasure pool party was disbanded last week after china imposed a controversial national security law on hong kong in a related development a hong kong court has denied bail to the 1st person to be charged under that new national security you know 23 year old tonguing kitt is accused of driving his motorcycle into police offices during a protest last wednesday he was holding a banner that read liberate hong kong revolution of our times as a slogan that's now banned by the government for inciting separatism and subversion or china has warned the united kingdom to stay out of hong kong's affairs or face the consequences the u.k. sorry knows well. is no longer under its colonial rule hong kong has read john. now john. you will he has no solvent. diction all right so. obama of the undo all over the yogi government keeps making you responsible remarks. through its so-called 6 monthly report. nearly 40 people are feared dead in japan after trench will rain trigger

in hong kong it was outside the police headquarters now these 3 agnes chow ivan lamb of course joshua wang they've been charged with inciting organizing and participating in this particular assembly which was deemed illegal by the police now i should state that joshua young and ivan lamb they're pleaded not guilty about agnes child has it all those charges but agnes child has proven guilty to inciting and taking part in that particular legal assembly so what they do on a rival they certainly appear defiant they've called on hong kong was too rich to continue their fight for democratic reform but they've also acknowledged or considered that they're concerned about these national security laws which were introduced in hong kong last week they do fear that their participation in various activities of the last year could put them at risk and as a result they said they could be extradited to china as a result but as you heard in that that's not there that quote from joshua one he's calling on international help the international community to stand with hong kong but they did sound defiant despi