People of african descent gaining citizenship in europe. Im kind of a home for a glad you could join me he was President Donald Trump has signed a new backing antigovernment demonstrators in hong kong. Well the legislation mandates an annual review of that favorable trade status that washington grants hong kong it also expressions sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china has denounced the bill calling it a serious interference domestic offense but it has been welcomed as a victory by hong kongs prodemocracy movement into the u. S. No matter the administration and the congress they sent a clear signal to president xi hong kong even is on the hot line rule of beijing but we are also the global city that will have foreign businessmen also x. That live here and how to save got hong kongs political at economy freedom thats also will be the quiet here and also one of the issue that president xi of kerem should not ignore and will joining us for more on these developments from hong kong now is d. W. Reporter sherry chan good to see sherry the activists obviously please but tell us more about beijings response. While right after trying science the legislation beijing reactive previously m s expected it has summoned the u. S. Ambassador to the man the u. S. Not to interfere in chinas internal affairs and it also asked the u. S. To stop causing further damage to file a tro relations and also actually in a statement the Foreign Ministry also said that. The legislation harbors sinister intentions and is also an act of bullying is also accused the u. S. Of being the culprit of instability in Hong Kong Beijing also warned there they would take a firm countermeasures although they didnt mention what kumkum measures would be and it also said that the u. S. Will bear consequences if it insists to pass the law so what about then on the ground itself has the university for example now been cleared of those protesters. It is very hard to estimate actually how many people are still inside the campus actually in the past 2 days there were several different groups trying to enter the university to to look for the protesters one group of guys by newly elected district councillors they went inside and they said they met 2 protesters inside and other groups organized by those who were ministration they said they met one woman actually right after the police and said they would conduct this search in the morning one protester inside the tempest met the press and he said that there are 20 people still inside and he also asked the police to retreat immediately because he said that everyone who chose to stay inside they had come to the last trust on the police and he said that if the police would retreat they would leave the campus on their own right but on that point i mean the police say that this is a clean up operation but is there the possibility that they may arrest protesters who they find on the campus well before the police and so the campus this morning they emphasize that this operation would just focus on removing explosive and then just items to make sure that the environment has is safe and they also said that if they encountered any indeed featureless in the campus who need to make the call treatment they said that they will not make immediate arrest but they would only record their personal details but they didnt mention what they would do with this in the future is to have their personal details recalled. Sherry chan monitoring those developments in hong kong for us as police and to the campus there in hong kong after an 11 day siege thanks very much indeed. And i say can it not some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour were his brags that backing Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is heading for a big majority in next months general election according to a major poll the result would all but guarantee britains apology from the European Union by the end of january the Opposition Labor Party are on course for their worst result in decades according to that poll. 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Hunger strikes and arrest and deportation garrison label has been through it all and pursuit of his right to german citizenship over the years hes collected ample proof of his claim binders that his house are full of documents and photographs. Its going to get into love has no god has a blush whether youre black or white thats love. When the girl spoke of my grandfather was a government doctor in the protectorate of tokyo. That he met my grandmother indeed your own. And married her according to the legal standards of the country at that time. You had acted but the marriage that resulted in garrisons father was not recognized by the German Authorities then or now legal was born stateless in togo then moved to germany to his grandfathers hometown of travelling and then came to berlin with his wife and son he was arrested and deported to togo immediately after registering had the brilliant job center. At the lesson ive been fighting for about 30 years now im almost 60 years old and think about the part of my life that ive lost. Not all cases like our sins are known only around 160 such relationships were officially recorded in africa during german colonial rule interracial marriage was prohibited for germans at the time and carried significant penalties for those who engaged in it the former race based law still haunts scarce and today. I mean. Its discrimination pure discrimination if. I could also say that its about racism. Therefore im asking the German Government to find a solution to this outdated racist law. And reach a reasonable decision for those concerned they did. In 2017 after the naturalization of his son legal was allowed to join his family and germany but the travel documents that were issued to him by the German Embassy in tokyo have expired and he cant get new ones. I feel persecuted by the immigration authorities are sending me around in circles they dont want to give me my travel documents for theyve been dragging me back and forth ever since. These situations are common for stateless people who often have no access to legal processes to the lack of documents through his fight in hopes to inspire discussion about germanys colonial past and how people like him can be a part of its present. Who was in the studio to discuss this in greater detail is and this a bit ken is it from the university of potsdam shes taking part in the people of african descent week as a founder of an organization that promotes dialogue on the issue great to have you with us today its been and theres a bit understandably the u. N. Is calling for all countries to and discrimination as its kind of overall ching topic for this discussion but lets talk about germany for a minute what kind of discrimination goes on in germany so 1st of all let us start with saying that germany is one of the signatories to its also called Treaties International and rights treaties including the International Convention on that emission of all forms against Racial Discrimination going back to the sixtys so there is an obligation to implement was for i think actually to fight and protect people of african descent against Racial Discrimination and what we are seeing is that this not so much recognition so far its been only since 2017 that we have a National Action against racism actually that recognizes black people as victims of forces them so is that lots of so how does that manifest and for example for people of african descent living here in germany in a daily basis what kind of difficulties can they encounter in a daily basis because of concern face the challenges that social rights economic rights and also Political Rights im not realized in reality on a daily basis for discrimination. Or text it can be violence but also. Discrimination from police for example which we call racial profiling so on a daily basis in this nonrecognition in politics or salute to the fact that the invisible. Theyre not being seen as a group that needs to be protected me talking about being invisible literally we in that report so yes and for example he was stateless hes living in and because of a colonial era law how much of a problem is that here in germany unfortunately we have to say that the killing of parts of germany is not so much in the narrative of remembrance so we need to see more actually if there were visiting of the past germany has been a clear no power we have seen suffering especially in the form of the b. B. L. The heroic nama due to this legacy and we see continuities of the colonial legacy today also beat the street names for example but also the victims of those not being recognised so what would you like to see change 1st of all we need to go into the political education that we do not sing the old colonial ism in the historical narrative of germany and that actually students children learn about the clinical past and also about continue to see in the societies because we have a lot of sewer types that go back to those to slavery and colonialism that is based you are taking part this week in the people of african descent conference you have that meeting with the German Parliament what are your hopes for that conference what would you like to take away so 1st of all the International Ticket for people from consent needs to be implemented. Member states of the United Nations have agreed to this the kids in 2013 and actually drawn from 2015 to 2024 saw germany implement i mean we recognized it in 2016 and since then we asked to yet to see changes and also action so we are calling for an action plan to implement just a kid and we are also calling for and funding also for suicide. Organization so that they can or its a problem with their communities whether its with ken is it from university of pottstown and from the can is the foundation all the best for your discussions thank you very much for joining us thank you for having me thank you. To sports now and degenerates that what a legend you are going to kinsman has been named coach of born disney get team how to be until the end of the season the 990. 00 world cup winner of 4 much germany coach takes over from the sacked on to tour of each his latest coaching role was with the u. S. National team but he was fired in 2060. 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