control over the area has angered many kurds and that anger is spilling over into germany people of kurdish origin here say they feel let down by the lack of response from europe now tension between the two communities is escalating. every day more images of carnage and bloodshed in afrin syria appear on chance of us his computer in berlin. he s dedicated himself to the struggle for the independence of his kurdish people you can barely control his outrage. but sometimes even how would you feel if you saw people injured like this in the field and it just keeps going on and especially when you realize it s being done with arms from germany i m completely disappointed i really am. germany s kurdish minority are taking action not always peacefully german authorities suspect and not just in the berlin office of the not dam which has ties to the p.k. k.
. the kurdistan workers party is banned in germany investigators are following up indications that the kurds might be behind a series of
Enemies i think we re getting a lot of sympathy but the state and government are pursuing the wrong policies and we oppose that just like we oppose the turkish state and government but not the turks themselves. while the german government tries to appease ankara the rage among kurds like john c. of us is growing as is the danger of more violence between kurds and turks in germany streets. imagine discovering that you lost your job by finding someone else sitting at your desk that s exactly what happened to one of poland s most famous t.v. personalities she was known for being impartial objective and critical in her reporting values that many say upset the ruling law and justice party as poland s government seeks to gain more control over the media journalists like beata toddler are coming under increasing pressure. journalist and presenter.
The changes that t.v. pee as an almost natural process. in the public media have indeed changed radically now there s a kind of media balance in poland. the private media tend to follow the opposition and the public media stay closer to the government camp. private broadcaster t.v. and has been questioning the government s political motives and feeling the consequences in the form of demands for back taxes penalties for allegedly illicit reporting on a demonstration of a podcast is owned by an american investment group under pressure from the united states the charges were dropped. oppositional newspapers have not been spat against the editor of the porch i was born in the solidarity union movement of the one nine hundred ninety s. the government keeps a close and suspicious eye on its editorials now its konami this coming under
Is getting ready for an apparent some private broadcast on t.v. . she was once among the most recognizable faces on the public channel t.v. but then the broadcaster came under the control of the right wing conservative government they are to have pictured her future differently. in the morning i came to work in the newsroom but sitting at my computer was somebody else who was supposed to go on air for me. that the director said he liked and valued me but unfortunately i didn t fit into the new concept i think is that the concept issues when you were. a concept i the new concept was largely the government line from one moment to the next she and over two hundred coworkers had been replaced by broadcast journalists close to the ruling party the government labeled the measure of the mine a media avail those that he that is of the science it was
A very touching moment for me to see all the people take to the streets in protest against it. to know that people didn t want propaganda and they knew very well that this bill would make polish television the mouthpiece of the government of its they ve won. a new director general loyal to the governing party was appointed for t.v. since then the broadcast schedule has undergone major changes but the news reporting reflects state interests wanting out that the party has kept its word on building new roads while frequently criticizing the european union and germany ya know didn t skis a former t.v. journalist as the head of a journalists association he s been watching the restructuring of the nation s media with some concern. the aim is absolute control of the mass media the standardization of news reporting of the kind the government wants to see. there s another association of journalists closer to the government they describe