sentenced for ten years, 12 years for practising religion. thousands of miles away from their loved ones in china, 18 year old dilnaz and herfather, karim, are campaigning forjustice. justice from the chinese authorities who sent karim to prison in the 1990s. they kept beating him up, burning his hand with cigarettes, hanging him with hands, like that. and he said that at the end of his imprisonment, which was six months long, he was not able to stand up. karim fled china after serving his time in jail for national hatred and holding a protest, crimes he denies. he and his family say the uighur community in north west china is still at risk and continue to face brutal abuse by the authorities because of their cultural background. how do you feel about the chinese authorities? they re killing people,
the first part of yalda s our world report from afghanistan will air this weekend. 0ur viewers in the uk can watch it at half past one on saturday on the bbc news channel. for our global viewers, return of the taliban is on bbc world news at 23:30 gmt on friday and it s shown again at 0a:30 gmt and 11:30 gmt on saturday. the polish parliament has approved a law that opponents say will strengthen the right wing government s grip on the media, as it restricts non european ownership. one of the tv channels most critical of ministers is owned by the american conglomerate discovery. a spokesperson for the us state department said it was closely watching developments. ramzan karmali has this report. the applause from the government benches in the lower house of parliament. they re reacting to the vote which saw them narrowly pass a new media bill. the government say this new law will prevent firms from china
has been to meet her and her father who fled china after he was imprisoned. i ve seen them personally and them saying that they don t exist is wrong because i ve met them. they say that my family living a happy life. but on the other hand, we hear that they have been sentenced for ten years, 12 years for practising religion. thousands of miles away from their loved ones in china, 18 year old dilnaz and her father, karim, are campaigning for justice. justice from the chinese authorities who sent karim to prison in the 1990s. they kept beating him up, burning his hand with cigarettes, hanging him with hands, like that. and he said that at the end of his imprisonment, which was six months long, he was not able to stand up. karim fled china after serving his time injailfor national hatred and holding a protest, crimes he denies.
as well, but they will be the exception rather than the rule. and here s the cloud with some drizzly bits and pieces on it in southern england. to the south of that, feeling humid. to the north of that, fresher. and also, some strong winds across the far north west. those winds continue tonight, as indeed will the showers. our weather front across england and wales still draped across southern areas in between some clear skies and it s not going to be as cold a night in the northern half of the country as it was last night. most of us staying in double figures. so for tomorrow, our low pressure edges a little bit further north eastwards. one look at those isobars tells you there s going to be brisk winds where ever you are during the course of friday. so we still have our weather front, a fairly weak affair, across southern areas bringing in a bit more cloud across the south west and some murky conditions, but it should break up elsewhere. again, heavy and thundery in temperatures down
i mean, china s government is committing crimes. they should stop this. karim still bears the physical scars from his time in prison. and there s emotional trauma for dilnaz, who has regular nightmares. do you feel like an ordinary 18 year old? no, because if i was an ordinary 18 year old, i would be now living my best life. but that s not what i m doing. i m trying to explore new ways to free my people sooner. adina campbell, bbc news. time now for the latest sport. hello, i m mark edwards with your sports news. we start with football, where chelsea have won the first european trophy of the year after beating villareal on penalties in the european super cup on wednesday. the champions league winners dominated the early stages of the game in belfast and took the lead in the first half