A powerful adam of which was a prominent advocate for liberal causes and a strong supporter of pro european sentiments and prior to his killing he come under massive pressure from a right Wing Hate Campaign so after his death his widow magdalena has taken up the fight against the hate speech that she says is having such a devastating impact in poland poisoning politics and threatening lifes. For a year magdalena adam ovids has been visiting her husbands grave at St Marys Church in dance. She says he stood for freedom and against polands right wing populist law and Justice Party that tramples on that freedom and that this cost him his life. He was killed by hate speech was averted by these troll factories. By the distance from asian spread about pavel. Accusations in the defamation. Thats what killed him. In the 1980 s. Pavel adam ovitz was a student leader in the celadon issue led by less at the shipyard so early dawn helped put an end to communist rule in poland that years later when
In mexico. [speaking in spanish] yes, it sounds difficult. And it is difficult to change something that people have been used to for years. But thats what its about. Its about telling people this isnt normal and they shouldnt be used it to. Jordan all this and me judy all that and more on ights pbs newshr. Announcer major funding for the pbs hewsr has been provided by along the mississippi river, travelers explore classic antebellum homes, civil war aboard our fleet of modern boats. You can relive american history. American cruise line, proud sponsor of pbs newshour. Fidelity investments. Bnsf railway. Consumer cellular, carnegie corporatk,n of new y supporting innovation and education and Democratic Education and peace and security at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public a broadcasti by contributions to your pbs news station from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy the pace of the
Also coming up this hour on beating dortmund 20 in an empty statement stadium. Those are our top stories this hour on france 24. Thank you for watching. We start with our top stories this thursday and a radical step taken by donald trump to , 13unce the travel ban countries to the u. S. , leaving the number of nations andnd islands affected. The u. S. President announced Health Insurance companies had agreed to expand coverage to coronavirus treatment. Now washington is expected to soon announce Emergency Action to provide financial leave for workers who fall ill only to be quarantined. On the front line of americas fight against coronavirus, nurses and california protested against the lack of specialized equipment and training. Launching nationwide industrial action on wednesday to criticize how the Health Crisis has been managed. That is sad, since we have known about this for a while, leading up to this, we should have been more prepared. As the threat looms of a widespread outbreak
Language not all of this gets me they go but you need to interrupt its the same thing you want to do their story. Ends her fighting and reliable information for margaret. A very warm welcome to news from the world of arts and culture lets have a look at whats coming up today. A brazilian drug free who suffered homophobia in brazil but found a new home in germany. And the biggest ever exhibition in germany of impressionist paintings by claude monet of the barbary museum in pulp stone. Botts we begin the Film Festival which is said to be the largest public Film Festival in the world with over 400. 00 movies to choose from this year today were going to have a look at new films which feature of this great city as a backdrop nearly 30 years after reunification then is still undergoing great change this of course fascinates filmmakers because the city has so many different sides to it. Dark. Colorful. Minimalist disreputable. Lins many facets make it an exciting place for directors to shoot
A very serious threat from the far right. And vote counting is underway in iran tolmans reelection but turnout has been large following an opposition call to boycott the cult. Im rebecca races welcome to the program. Italy has announced its 1st death from the coronavirus as the number of cases in the country more than quadruples the World Health Organization has warned that the window of opportunity to contain a wider International Spread of the epidemic is closing and a surge governments around the globe to act quickly many countries are already stepping up precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus. This plane bought taiwanese evacuees home from a quarantined cruise ship in japan hit by the corona virus while their plane and the luggage gets a thorough disinfection the evacuees will be isolated for another 2 weeks. These precautions are the new normal in the fight to contain the corona virus. In italy top officials meat of the virus claimed its 1st victim in the countr