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In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day as a country tries to dispose of its political opposition for 4 weeks the streets of the bella rusian capital minsk have been filled with protesters demanding an end to the 26 year rule of president Alexander Lukashenko last month he was declared winner of a nationwide election but the opposition claims that that vote was rigged ever since they made that claim the leaders of the opposition in bella ruse have either been detained or they have disappear one by one the latest Maria Kolesnik over on monday she was seen being thrown into a van and driven away this morning she reportedly prevented her own deportation at the border with ukraine her whereabouts tonight remain unknown nicko is one of 3 women who came together this year to leave the opposition and another is former president ial candidates for atlanta to handle scalia last month and she lost the president ial election but she says the vote was rigged she then fled bellerose into neighboring lithuania a decision she says she was forced to make in order to save her childrens lives today she delivered a plea to europe to help the forces of democracy in bella reuss she says before its too late i refuse as do millions though bear a sense to accept it they wont simply stand and what she this congress abuses of human rights this blatant disregard for Human Dignity this complete in here ration of any basic respect. I refuse as demure and severe a sense to stand down and. My country my nation my people now need help we need International Pressure on this regime on this one to be do all this perfectly clean and on to power we need some actions on individuals issue and exhibit your criminal or this that violates International Norms and human rights we need an Immediate Release of all Political Prisoners and to start to see the civilized in order to find ways for our country to move forward only yesterday one of the leaders of the peaceful protests medea kindest nicola was kidnapped also kidnapped there and done at a new war and iran craft so all of them were members of the team that nobody. Who is in jail for simply dear in to run for president my husband still gets a harmless he is in jail for the same reason or there are 2 versions tonight of what happened to Opposition Leader a Maria Kolesnikov a bellerose says she tried to leave the country Tuesday Morning and flee to ukraine but the Ukrainian Government is offering a very different account. Maria kolesnikov bravely preventing valerie special forces from expelling had to ukraine 2 other opposition members were forcibly expelled and valorous now they are on ukrainian territory. In an attempt to provoke and discredit her as if she had failed to flee valorous was said to have been detained during that attempt Alexander Lukashenko pollution dictator is responsible for her health and life. Well for more im joined tonight by all good friend over with the Research Center for east European Studies at the university and braman she is following developments in bella ruse or going to have you on the program the leaders of the opposition in both the roots detained and disappeared what does this do to the protest movement and the calls for president to resign. Well i think it is important here to make a difference if its going to skill levels you know of people protesting in this case and other leaders of the disappearing and each it disappear into the rest of kolesnik of her and her team and its i mean its not the 1st case over such methods that there isnt a slaughter of kids while also locked. Up a member that was like one. Or the pilotless couple who were also forced to leave the state so its kind of not to supply us when you know the state just continues to use them and you can get it and use it for but you also have to remember that neither kolesnikov or nazi cannot say that actually our culture through to some people still so organized themselves to receive a protest must implement it for weeks its quite its unprecedented well for the history going to receive and i really have the impression that people are learnt to stoke organize themselves in this camp without anything to will send us well i would not leave that she walked to the floor to those who would reach that aint going to see a good game of lies and didnt she beat people but is he. In his 1st interview since last months disputed president ial election president lucas cinco hes signaling that even he realizes that he has been in power to law he spoke with russian reporters and he was quoted as saying i may have stayed in power a little too long but only i can really protect bella ruffians now im not going to leave just like that ive built up bill ruse for a quarter century i will just give it up besides if i leave my supporters will be slaughtered and president lukashenko he various that his supporters would be slaughtered by whom it is here choosing the opposition if it were to come to power of being prepared to murder. Well maybe not to murder but to you know some aggressively action conference societies and i think its also not the new because its you know part of this official and narratives not approved as im not really that peaceful and theyve seen the t. V. And there will just this kind of thinking out why does this society improve question going on to the question so just gave us also tried to organize a number a pool of look i shant go plus state revenues as well where their condition didnt so i think its do you know what this kid message to show people those who still support who question can but also International Public in specially the it department in russia and yet hes been the only person so to say sure its killed controlling the situation in the counter which is not actually the truth because weve seen the how how many people when needed to go on the street so its kind of a. Party official narrative and matt. Cooper should also take it you know its the kind of police state narrative of the president i dont fit into the same moves to see what he does more to make about the protests having staying power im wondering if they do continue with that provide president lukashenko with a reason to ask for the Russian Military to move into the country. Live section one of the biggest questions for trying again and again here is actually a dam but we have to remember that i mean that there are some subtle agreements between valorous and Russian Military agreements thats only public use and that youre not russian and we have not seen any external aggression until now also have seen that the protests up peaceful so they have been also some statements by would seem to have their you know there are already some Police Forces a pretty actually this case in belarus thats wonderful the case although. It rests in the sky residents come in from the group just these and also have a case for example prove just as to come some actual gosh which is also not going to castel nonsense quite in the middle east syria if you know if they could do that legally about any other thing you know in connection come from the kurds how realistic is it do you think that president lukashenko will convince russian president Vladimir Putin to say yes to a closer alliance with bella ruse theres talk about him even giving up some of bill ruses sovereignty over to moscow. Well i think its just exactly the opposite way i mean the question should be like this is any how far is it possible that actually of planting beautiful buildings that. Well up to date prints from the question to because its actually it has been happening call for a number of years already so just this whole conversations involved you know given union states and russia and belarus and about giving up their slow rent economics already political slower to 6 actual one of the main aims of russia not the whole question and its also quite dangerous not to belarus i have to admit because president has lost legitimacy within his own society so his extremely dependent now throwing. Russia from trying to change it economically and politically of course is the engine still there i would say expects you she would need to tackle deep integration with russia these consequences i think that one had as a consequence would have been you know at a higher wave of protests within the recent society but i recently are tired of the question though that he doesnt mean you know that they would like to become part of russia so she is not present. In the dollars in Public Opinion so if she wants to just become an album within that theres not over and over with the Research Center for eastern European Studies at the university of breman or we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you thank you. Well here in europe governments are facing pressure to act as new corona virus infections go through the roof hitting levels that have not been seen since the darkest days of the 1st wave of the pandemic spain has become the 1st european country to pass half a 1000000 cases with the 7 day rolling average now higher than it was when the virus 1st hit britain which has europes worst coronavirus death toll is also seeing cases rise mostly among younger people and germany it too says that a high number of new cases are being reported among the countrys young. Well thats good news and bad news young people are less likely to fall ill and die from the virus but they often show no symptoms meaning they can unknowingly infect those who are vulnerable despite the statistics many remain skeptical some who reject government regulations are even making their outrage public here in germany mass protests have erupted where skeptics now find themselves marching alongside neo nazis right wing agitators and conspiracy theories d w news met a man who took part in one of those recent berlin demonstrations he says that hes just an ordinary citizen not a political extremist. About you know was at that big demonstration against the coronavirus measures here at the ins Brandenburg Gate hes 50 years old lives with his family and barely and does freelance work in advertising. Frank does not believe that the corona virus is especially dangerous he says the infection numbers are low and that coronavirus mortality rates are similar to those of influence he feels the restrictions are excessive. If i go somewhere to eat i have to leave my address behind and it makes no sense if i get up to use the toilet i have to wear a mask as Everybody Knows these totally absurd regulations that i think are in themselves pointless based on a theory that actually doesnt justify this. Thousands of people demonstrated in central berlin against the policies to tackle coronavirus such as social distancing and masks black friday protestors question the Science Behind them. That were all alive because weve worn masks is simplistic thinking. Think thats something we should have left behind after the age of 5 or 6 its as if we were to say someones wearing red jim serious and has a headache and then i stand there and say man ill go read gym shoes calls headaches. Frank describes himself as a democratic citizen for him the people protesting the coronavirus measures come from all walks of life. As if you can mention to. These people stand for democracy for freedom and so on i found it all very peaceful it was a very peaceful demonstration it was huge gigantic and it showed me that there were many many people who think this way perceiving similarly to me. What we need stream is groups among the demonstrators hold for the German Parliament building to be stormed. A few 100 radicals breached the barriers and got to the steps of the bundestag symbolic. Images that made the news around the world the entire coronavirus demonstration was tainted by this action Frank Buckley says that he had nothing to do with it. This president decide to distance myself from any kind of violence i distance myself from any kind of raj we may extremist ideology it doesnt appeal to me. But does it not bother him that far right radicals also took part in the demonstration the fun and for good if it was a handful of people what else can i say imagine that youre running a train and a running ring radical gets on to get off the train. I mean this. Is frank about now says he except that his protests will be joined by right wing extremists he says that one stop him from attending the next demonstration in berlin. A controversial decision from a controversial president syllabi president. Has pardoned a u. S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman through tears he issued the pardon on monday to Lance Corporal joseph scott who had been in prison since 2014 for the murder agenda for a while on Burton Pemberton has served just over half of a 10 year sentence for that murder. Public is here with more on this story a public brings up the speed on what this story is about well pemberton met jennifer in a bar back in 2014 now they decided then to get a motel room and it was during that encounter in the motel room. Pemberton found out he says that. It was in fact transgender and then what happened was he assaulted her and he said that when he left the room she was still alive in fact she was found the next morning. Apparently strangled subsequently he was sentenced to 10 years in prison and this is where we are right now just last week a local court decided that he should be released early from prison for Good Behavior which of course jennifer allowed the family were raged by. The lead to an appeal process and this is where we are up to the start of this week where the government decided to intervene you know. Their ideas about how to proceed exactly and this is where president attended the decided to pardon pemberton for the crime and in fact it was announced on twitter surprisingly it was actually the secretary of Foreign Affairs who released this statement essentially saying pemberton was going to be released early from prison and used the word justice which was something. Was also being used by president detached they when he spoke to the media whats also important to say about this is that pemberton actually didnt even spend his prison sentence in a regular prison in the philippines in fact he spent it in solitary confinement in a military facility in the nella and thats because of the visiting forces agreement which is an agreement between the United States and the philippines with regards to u. S. Military personnel which is angered many people to what has been the reaction of the all of the president ial before obviously the family are up. And in fact their lawyer virginius what it said that the decision was a mockery of the countrys judicial system and weve seen a lot of outrage online were seeing here some tweets saying that the government is transphobia that they deem a white murderers life more important than that of our trans sisters theres also another tweet in which they say that this pardon is an affront to the suffering of jennifer louder and her family and rewards criminal behavior so brand it comes as no surprise that of course this is causing a lot of upset and its interesting the cause of that for many Different Reasons is renewed a feeling of antiamerican sentiment in philippines as well for this former marine has been treated and the fact that hes going to be released early it also comes at a time the president to take at the interesting need back in 2016 very much distance distanced himself from the United States and sort of shifted the focus of the philippines towards china and most importantly this is once again a murder committed against a member of the Transgender Community its you know it highlights the fact that there are a huge number of assaults committed across the planet every year and also there are many many murders over 300 in the past 18 months alone against people of the transgender brings into question how many justice systems are there one for certain people and one for others is always public thank you. 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