Im so welcome to the program protests i look likely to resume in london as the global backlash of Police Violence and systemic racism in the United States continues british Prime Minister baraks johnson has urged protesters to stay at home claiming that demonstrations have been hijacked by extremists intent on violence but many remain determined to take to the streets. I despite the governments concerns about violence a small antiracism protest went ahead peacefully in london and tried. For the wrongness of been planned for the weekend but some organizers are advising people to stay at home. This is what they fear might happen last weekend some protesters clashed with police in the government district of whitehall. Statues in parliament square. What defaced including that of Winston Churchill he may have led britain to victory in world war 2 but like many people of that era he also expressed views on race and imperialism that are not acceptable today. The Prime Minister of 2020. 00 johnson has acknowledged that black and minority ethnic people in the u. K. Have good reason to feel discriminated against but he also condoned last weekends violence. You can see that so my own for sure my message to everybody is that for all sorts of reasons they should not go to these demonstrations and whatever our feelings about the cause we should not support a demonstration that is you know probability looking at whats happened before going to end in deliberate and calculated. Monuments statues in Central London have been boarded up to protect them against further defacement. Another statue tossed into the harbor in the port city of bristol last weekend has now been salvaged it depicts a 17th century slave in future it will no longer stand proud in the citys streets counselors say it will likely be housed in a museum. Thats the u. K. Situation were back in the United States cities have been gripped by protests against Police Brutality and racism since the death of george floyd in Police Custody in minneapolis or than 2 weeks ago in seattle now a Police Free Zone controlled by protesters and President Trump stretton to escalate his route with local authorities if they do not move to as he says enter this takeover now. That calling it a capitol hill autonomous zone in seattle streets remade into a protest cant. Was there has been speeches concepts and Film Screenings volunteer medics are on hand and restaurants have donated food and a memorial pays tribute to george floyd and other black victims of Police Brutality this is why the protesters are here. I why its my son to see that everybody you know healthier hears about his life. And if he inspired the things together it is a worthwhile matter on many years from now my kids where were you i want to i want to feel that i want to go on with the rise of morals here i was there for the scene and the i was able to see what disappear actually do the area surrounds the east Precinct Police station a flashpoint in demonstration since floyds death police have banded the station on monday with city officials citing the need to reduce tension protesters repurposed barricades to create what they call a Police Free Zone one of their key demands is the dismantling of the Police Department using its budget to Fund Community services their actions have drawn the eye of the u. S. President whos issued several furious tweets in an interview with fox news is Harris Faulkner he threatened to use force if we have to. Do that to go into. Troops. Its going to. These people are not going to occupy a major portion of the great city but seattles mayor hit back telling trump go back to your bunker she also warned it would be illegal to send in the military. One of the things this president will never understand is that listening to community is not a weakness it is a strength. But jenny dechen a democrat is also a target of protest as anger hundreds called for her to resign as they packed into city hall on wednesday to demand police reform. They were furious that have promise of a moratorium on tear gas was broken by police just busing antiracism protestors early on monday. This is how they want that street to look from now on and fay they will not leave until their key demands have been met. The backlash against a Popular Video conferencing company is due goes on following its decision to temporarily close the account of a prominent chinese prodemocracy group in an interview with the w. The groups founder chinese dissident financial accuses the Us Based Tech Company of yielding to pressure from beijing with the jews account was suspended after his Group Humanitarian china the Virtual Meeting to the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre critics say the movie is another example of beijing attempting to limit free speech. B. W. Before to me how it can tell us more welcome to me walk us through what humanitarian china is based in the u. S. As you say and i thought that afforded them the same rights as anyone else whos based in the usa that being to free speech so the group was shocked to find that soon shut them down and disable the account when they hold a virtual commemoration of the events in Tiananmen Square now the video where about the say a well known in many parts of the western world but in china theyve been trying to shut down conversation for years anything pertaining to the elements where and what happened on june 4th of 1989 and what what it was that led to hundreds if not thousands of people being killed and many many thousands more being jailed for their part but thats obviously not the case in the u. S. Where the massacre is still referred to as the example of evil or 13 or an ism now to move the story for old we spoke to one of the dissidents. One of the dissidents but hes also behind the organizing committee of the commemoration his name is joe from show and he was jailed after 9095. 00 came to the u. S. We asked him about his reaction to zoom shutting down their account. This is a horrifying or are. Commercially successful. So. 88 it basically set in the setting of a city in palm tree and its. All synced up and its as if it is as if theyve every one more little verse are about something they. Say the most sense of what. They see hear or not a lot of people so thats why this ng is d and they are for. R s y n c its one set. So what is said about this they said they had no choice but to. Comply with the laws in the countries in which they operate in this is where it gets tricky to all of those people on that call commemorating that young man square massacre there were 250 people some of which who were in china like a mother whose child was lost on that day not in 19 and she was never seen again so you can understand why this event is perceived as a threat by beijing and why beijing then inserted pressure on zune to enforce its on policy which it states that when a meeting is held across Different Countries but to spend within those countries are required to comply with their respective local laws and as soon as since reactivated the account but the end is still there so of course this is not the 1st time china has been accused of trying to impose censorship on a Foreign Organization google tried and tried hard for 2 years to build a project called project dragon fly which was going to be chinas version of google to their standards and what they wanted to be searched if you like but google employees revolted over this project and it was shut down last year and it really speaks to the dilemma feel facing these Companies China is the single biggest market in the world theres billions to be made there but then there are these. It comes with a heavy price on freedom and information and how to thank you thank you. The Global Health emergency takes its toll on the World Economy the u. N. Is warning that millions of children are risk of being pushed into underage labor with families struggling to put food on the time on the table many children find themselves having to undertake exploitative wasnt dangerous work. Millions of children under the age of 17 are forced to work in countries all around the world. The International LaborOrganization Says more than 150000000 children are employed against their will nearly half of them work in Hazardous Conditions boys account for more than half of child laborers its thought the number of girls could be under reported. Regional numbers vary but africa has the highest rate of child labor one in 5 children on the continent is forced to work across asia more than 7 percent of all children are employed and 5 percent in the americas by far most children work in agriculture most of them on family owned farms some 12 percent work in industry including dangerous mining jobs the rest work in the Service Sector including household servants the ilo says child labor numbers have come down by some 90000000 over the past 2 decades but it warns the coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse gains and force more children back into work we can take a closer look at this with guy ryder who is director general of the International Labor organization joins us from geneva welcome to you connect the dots for us if you would why this pandemic induced poverty and fewer jobs lead to more children working. But i think its quite simply because. Parents send their children to work or tolerate their their children working not out of any free choice i dont think anybody would in we do that because their circumstances leave them with few if any other options and as this dramatic social economic crisis is spreading around the world as a consequence of the pandemic more and more families are finding themselves in conditions of great distress indeed of poverty sadistic shows that their firm poverty goes up by 10 percent we can expect child labor to go up by 7 percent this is the elasticity of their relationship so we do face a situation and youve been indicated very clearly that we progress really well in reducing child labor in the last 2 decades a 152000000. 00 is an awful lot of people still to be in charge of labor that is nearly 95000000. 00 less than was a case 20 years ago it is a Guild Response or visuals and it refers to a marker so given that the lack of options virtue outlined very if families cannot put food on the table in these extraordinary times and there is a chance of bringing in income and food and feeding the family by allowing their children to work why is that a bad thing. Well because child labor is by definition something which is harmful to the child you mentioned in your introduction that half of those that work is charged laborers are working in directly hazardous or dangerous conditions that has to be stopped by any standard whatsoever more generally child labor has been demonstrated to be a. Something which renders permanent intergenerational poverty it actually Stops Development of the individual in the society and we have i think a very strong. Consensus internationally that we really have to work Better Together to stop child labor so what should parents in those situations do but i think parents need help i think if governments in particular need to step up right now because of this relationship between child labor and poverty and hardship and this applies more generally i think in the conditions of the social economic crisis we face what we need to get money and resources to those most in need of it we need to scale up social protection we need to provide people with the means to live out this pandemic without resort to child labor we have to be very careful i think as well where children have been pushed out of school because 1600000000 children have seen their education interrupted by School Shutdowns so it is really this that has to be done its not a matter of child families making decisions its about all thorough it is protecting them good to talk to you thank you for joining us guy ryder from the International Labor organization. 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