A church that is used mainly by police force and another chapel which is a national or National Heritage site in chile very nearby they also looted shops also one of the main avenues about 700 meters from where i am right now close enough to the main protest area where we could see the smoke and smell it out here of course the ambulances and the fire trucks that were trying to get to this area so they had clearly been marring what was supposed to be and many had hoped would be a peaceful protest workers in argentina are calling for the government to raise the minimum wage and protect jobs threatened by the coronavirus pandemic the economy was already in crisis before the pandemic hit and months of lockdown has only made the situation much worse its estimated just under half of the population is living in poverty. The name police have tried to break up crowds of opposition supporters who say their candidate. Won the president ial election votes are still being counted off or condi is vying for a 3rd term in office u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrace has urged armenia and azerbaijan to respect a new ceasefire both sides accuse each other of violating a 2nd truce aimed at stopping fighting over the disputed region of normal caught a block. Tens of thousands of people of again marched to the belorussian capital minsk in whats become a weekly protest against president Alexander Lukashenko police have threatened to use firearms on demonstrators opposition leaders for a lot of the kind of sky it is thought to call a nationwide strike unless local shanker quits within the next week and those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after 101 east. On counting the cost the price of doing business with china and see how the fund is turned to the coercion of economic and geopolitical wills. Reeducation camps and we all bailouts of bill of rights to moscow or of minutes. On aljazeera. The. Arab league. All. Ok. Ok. Ok. Maybe this will be. As coded 19 continues to ravage america another epidemic is emerging. Harassment and the hate crimes against Asian Americans are on the rise of the race on the planet where we can go back to whatever country you bomb ok really. This is not your place fuelled by fear of the virus and about how it spreads. May believe the senate phobia is coming from the very top. Comes. Some people going to chinese flew to china why do you keep calling this the chinese virus injury its just its not racist at all whether it comes from china. Is a message thats being echoed across the country. Thats why i did it. One or one east investigates the alarming toxin linked to cope with 19. And the Asian Americans fighting back to. A summer afternoon in new york. Fathers and sons playing teenagers just hanging out. With this community is on a good night you know more and. More. In this predominantly white neighborhood in brooklyn a chinese grandmother was attacked in. The incident was so whos refacing it made headlines when i would this is explosive an 89 year old grandmother targeted in brooklyn by 2 men they never said a word before they slapped her and lit her clothes on fire. Grandmother says she pulled her hair up so it wouldnt burn than rub her back against a wall to put out the flames a manhunt is under way but no ones been identified these are the suspects looking for the attacks and shock and fear through the American Community because they believe its a hate crime. Now ready its not somebody. Somebody you. Crown i dont know what. Youre. Going to do. Is there no no you how do you want to respond to that that. I. I. Described for justice is being sheltered across the hubris. For months america has been in the midst of a racial reckoning. Thousands of people have been marching in the black lives massive protests demanding an end to systemic racism against the black community. People from every ethnicity n. H. And joining the rallies. But now Asian Americans are rising up to fight for they only rights if you like last night it. Was. In new york an unlikely duo is leading this charge. Convict and rap and china back and hollywood actor and producer william likes. What. They say they could no longer ignore what was happening today community after the chinese grandmother was set on fire i was upset or angry i was furious that could be my mother you know that could be my grandmother. This is attack in new york is not an isolated incident since the spread of the coronavirus. Ive been speaking with Asian Americans across the country who say racism is on the rise when we go over the out in the ive been told by me. By white people. Really are. Yes they are. In texas and billys father and his total was stabbed because their attacker allegedly thought they were chinese. They were a vietnamese boss driver in california was beaten with a baseball bat he struck. A korean woman in new york was punched in the face as she will to work very hard to ground. Her. Since macho Asian Americans have reported over 2600 incidents of racist abuse to advocacy groups researchers say many more are going on reported its really hard but through this crisis a bold new generation of Asian Americans is emerging. And theyre demanding change. And. Im. Just tired of being looked at as you know weak us being you know just allowing people to to step on us and over us and attack us were not going to be respected if were just going to be quiet and just take a. Final scene is something wrapped a china mike has done his whole life. Hes been in and out of juvenile home since he was a. As an adult he spent 11 years in jail for shooting a man. I will fire everybody anybody who ever just said anything to me i would just fight if there was a small scar the biggest guy there was 110. 00 i would fight the buckled. Coakley the local suck up local he still finds think that these days its with his words. Like steel city on a small. Hill since he was released from jail 3 years ago china has become kind of a big deal in new yorks hip hop same on instagram and you choose he has hundreds of thousands of facts. How would he. Be. Racist. Today if hes recording a new track inspired by the anti racism protests sweeping the geographics. The mayor listening to soldiers come as a different price its a fight out to live with you know its a fight that i feel is is worthy because so many times out for not being losers. Well because you cant claim most of this. World like this fall is like the old soundtrack registered tires are going to. Be a flow or. Do you think the strike is going to upset some people here but also nothing you know nothing changes without you know you know people being offended how many people work offended when Martin Luther king stepped up and said what he said and did when he did it you know china mikes music may be confronting but he says America Needs to face prejudice head on racism has been a part of this country since the very beginning the reason why im focusing on you know asian and our plight that we are going through not just in america but the world is because nobody else is doing and nobody else is fighting for it. Its a message that hit a nerve with other Asian Americans since their protest in brooklyn china mack and his fellow activist william have been flooded with support everybody on the comments like we need you to do this here we need to because we are people who havent been spoken for literally calls out to come out to l. A. San francisco where there is tons and tons and tons of. Changes weve never seen people rally to fight against hate and racism. In this way but there were speak up like oh its not your time your is that important its just a joke right im sick of that so theres no theres no more were not waiting for permission. In a new york suburb williams is busy planning the next rally. For having me. Im curious to find out how his parents feel about his campaign but it turns out they know nothing about it no actually i havent told them anything at all you havent. Talked to guys about this because i worry about like you know you know but im always mass stop you know i have sanitizer with everything thats going on its easy to forget that the coronavirus is still rampant here will says he didnt want to worry his parents but now his secrets out someone had a very tough videos are just. So many people. Look almost like this is saturday some black some people some indian they all get together. And thats not part of. The slave yes yes. Yes. Yes. Are you surprised that william has been organizing this. Is shocking and im so im so proud of him to do all these things you know he just needs a lot of courage im so proud of you. Yes i mean way yes i am. From bottom i haul yes i. Will stab john says racism isnt new to america it was already thriving when he arrived here almost 50 years ago from taiwan even though it this is a free country but. Its a lot of racism going. You know for generations but i you know i never never you know all. About whats happening in the past they call you chink sometimes they hit you in the bag Walking Around so i wore you cannot go to certain neighborhoods. When these things used to happen to you did you fight back to. Be honest with you you know you know you just keep inside you and just you know. John says he never complained but he also never imagined that his son will would have to deal with the same thing i kept it to myself i cried to myself. Because i dont want to worry my parents i felt ashamed i would bring food to you know to School People making fun of the food you know the way it smells like they found every opportunity to make me feel you know that i dont belong why. Why do we. Deserve this what did we do to deserve this. Its a question again and again when i speak. About racism. Every single time that ive ever stood up for myself. Turns on me for disrupting the peace but you do have. That i bet you do have a small penis come on its just a joke there is a grammatical ive. Been using the china virus its ok to hate american asians because they brought you this. Right. Here right now im flying out dont fight back right when i find this out and i see everyone else really fine is out it brings me such incredible joy because weve all been you know this kind of stuff. 7 just. As a Campaign Gains Momentum china makan will bring the protests to manhattans chinatown. This iconic neighborhood has been. Many of the residents duration immigrants disproportionately being targeted in hate crimes. And. Its been a month since the chinese grandmother was bill clinton the n. Y. P. D. Still hasnt made an arrest and theyve not investigating it as a hate crime protesting outraged. Ok we will not loose because until we die. I studied you know when i was 8 years old i was getting picked on every day i was only there then one day i woke up and i had. This. When i. Was and i told him dont you know what he told me. He said to me the war. Isnt in flight. This is one of the final point im a little closer person in this. These protests is passionate but both china will admit theres only so much they can achieve on the streets with the election looming they want people to march all the way to the ballot box. Their vote. For. A write this today a special episode of. Pushing people to vote. Yes yes yes. Yes. Thats right. The country young people are certainly find up its another story entirely. Its not that they dont have political opinions they just dont see the point of elections. I dont really know where im going i dont know them well dont go looking dont. Dont were going to the window. Go to work on it dont. Like. The. Older asians are telling us they just dont want to vote or you can vote this is. How do. You know that joe jonas told you. You take all of. Their. Voice call now youve only. Just said could you just. Hear all the or we will only voice. It sounded like these so you took. The bill will be able to find out. More intently. So theyre idiots its not apathy or ignorance that keeps people from voting its a lifetime of disappointment. But across the hudson river in queens the sentiment is very different. A very good. There a was. This is the Chinese American Alliance for trump and they will definitely be lining up to vote many here are 1st generation immigrants from china you are bad yeah. He there are no i mean that c. D. s out over time or i did paddy. Firma. By not going by argue private phone. We. Understand communist country we are. Here no no it didnt turn your back right we support trump. They not only support the president they are true believers in some of his most contentious policies well you saw him cairo for you you need to talk to the d. N. C. Job im a quitter so what i want how you think our union are your city doesnt need to know you hope its only going to go to learn. The spirit of the game. Yes. Stephanie came to the us 20 years ago she used to vote for the democrats you know you are for it bob and i can prove it means a lot to me because i am trying i have every seed materially but i dont have freedom to criticize the government here i have freedom to say whatever i want done but i already did notice that so Many Americans they are they dare not where america how they dare not to say i support they have to be silent majority. I also stephanie what she thinks about the sujan hate crimes against Asian Americans because of code that i dont think fell you dont think of being at times you know yeah its very isolated case look you can ask all 7 of them nobody experienced discrimination and what about the president s anti china rhetoric the president during the covert crisis has referred to it as the china virus come. Do you find that offensive no not at all a lot of chinese get offended because they were misled by the Chinese Media and by c. N. N. Just to emphasize. This virus came from china true came from china i would rather die ill defend the right to thank china virus it came from china when you hear the president say stuff like china virus virus what do you hear races i hear rhesus i have bigotry i hear just ignorance he basically put a target on. Or Asian Americans people that live in this country that were born and raised in this country i put targets on those. In the nations most powerful 60000 cigar bring to mark a historic day. Up to months of marching for black lives china mike and will are again joining the mass rally against racism here in washington d. C. Its the anniversary of Martin Luther king jrs famous i have a dream speech black people but in fact stop. Right president. Its a days that will and china back the major figure this out mr right. I got sure but this is the same place where monolithic a stood this is like 57 years ago this is what i saw on on t. V. On television we are fighting the same struggle and this is so inspirational to see this and its just going to make me push is going to make us push so much harder. Its hard to believe that just 3 years ago china mark was a convicted criminal in prison. Today whos leading his community in their fight for equality whatever it was. What it was. Its not something that you know i really want to do is not something that i really was planning on doing its not something that im saying oh this is going to be. The rest of my life because i dont want to do this for the rest of my life. But nobodys doing it. Hurts. To know that the same country that youre born and raised. Here or doesnt seem to have equal. This is my country im just fighting because its the right thing then to. A career in doomsday cult as would hundreds of fellow was to a tropical paradise. No one a statistic gates the secretive sick accused of abuse and violence in fiji. On aljazeera. Held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell denied their right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent moved to saying this crime journalist. To demand more neutral links and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. d to say. 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In doha the top stories on aljazeera tens of thousands of people have protested in Chinese Capital marking the 1st anniversary of a social uprising protest as a demanding reforms and a new constitution but the largely peaceful rallies have been marred by vandalism looting and violence america at its embassy in yemen has more from santiago things were going very well indeed until a group of massed vandals we dont know who they were began attacking 1st of all police and burnt down a Police Church is a church that is used mainly by butt