during the will of the people in a series of referendums last year more than 2 thirds of voters said marriage should only be defined as a union between a man and a woman but that s far from the minds of these rights activists celebrating what is a landmark day. all right joining me now is kyle nighties an elegy rights researcher for human rights watch in new york mean this has to be seen as a great success for taiwan s elegy community what was your reaction when you heard the news well it s incredibly gratifying to see that the many years of advocacy on the ground in taiwan have paid off but i think over and above the victory in the outcome of same sex marriage recognition before the law is that this is an example of a government standing up against popular sentiment in some cases this is an example of a government saying we protect our minorities and respect them and recognize them as
equal before the law even when that might be on top kill or i think that s one of the takeaway mes
and for a tree on an open air screen it s only taken on a journey through time. and. when the sun goes down the steps of the high stuck building become cinema stalls. items. even. the big circular window in the parliamentary office building opposite the marquee elisabet ludo s house becomes a film screen a window into the past from the german empire to the weimar republic the nazi era and the postwar period. piece on. this of it blockade of west berlin and the allied airlift are represented on a foot bridge across the river. it s a great institution great film that dark talks about the testimony to the freedom
of all the people around the world there s a great film. this also footage of east germans risking their lives and escaping to the west. on the 9th of november 1989 the burden ball came down. we hear from people who were there that night. we want to finally be reunited. this is i think this is the day germany becomes one again it s an incredible feeling. gripping historical fo
Unassuming but i am pay also had a strong will and a vision as clear as the pyramid he built in the courtyard of the roof it was the french revolution that turned this palace into a museum but pays additions to the louvre was a revolution in itself. the chinese born new york based architect left his mark from paris to hong kong and along the way pe picked up architecture s biggest prizes. in the mid ninety s pe came to berlin to add a new wing to the baroque german historical museum the museum s vice president will take a cut smile worked with him on it for close to a decade at a time when glass and steel began taking over the city. what s different about this building is this not i m for it s not just a building of stone claassen stainless steel it is that this is a sculpture it s good to see what i thought was not be about working with him is
A new wing to the baroque german historical museum the museum s vice president was he could catch my i worked with him on it for close to a decade at a time when glass and steel began taking over the city. what s different about this building is this not i m for it s not just a building of stone claassen stainless steel this is a sculpture it s good to see what i thought was not really about working with him is that he cared about when he was building the country the mentality he asked a lot about the history of germany and thank you she s define and the. case said he wanted his architecture to seduce the visitor always leading the visitors to new sites and here and you can feel him almost pulling up the stairs. to the top staircase is where the seduction really kicks in and not only is the staircase different it s snail shaped but the stairs themselves are much shorter