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Another sign of China's tightening grip on Hong Kong? | DW News

A victim of tyranny. That was the defiant cover story of the last ever edition of the Apple Daily - as Hong Kong's final pro-democracy newspaper wrote its own obituary.
It came just days after authorities moved to shut down the paper on national security grounds. People waited in long lines to try to secure one of the last copies. One million were printed - several times its normal circulation.
The newspaper was known for its criticism of China's communist rulers. It said it had no choice but to cease operations, after police froze its assets and arrested five top editors and executives last week. It's seen as another sign of China's tightening grip on the city.

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Another sign of China's tightening grip on Hong Kong? | DW News

A victim of tyranny. That was the defiant cover story of the last ever [...]

Merkel to give final parliamentary address to the German Bundestag | DW News

It's another "last of" that's being closely watched in Germany as the [...]

Brexit: It's been five years since the UK voted to leave the EU | DW News

It was five years ago today when voters in the UK decided to leave the [...]

Afghanistan: Concerns grow over Taliban gains ahead of NATO pullout | DW News

The United Nations' top envoy in Afghanistan is sounding the alarm as [...]

Afghanistan's health system at breaking point | COVID-19 Special

Afghanistan is battling a third wave of COVID-19 infections. The [...]

EU threatens action against Hungary's controversial LGBT+ bill | DW News

The European Union's chief executive on Wednesday threatened legal [...]

Conference in Berlin aims to keep Libya on track for election | DW News

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on foreign fighters to leave [...]

Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker becomes a YouTube sensation | DW News

His allegations have shaken Turkish politics: Sedat Peker, a convicted [...]

Carlos Ghosn walks out of CZ interview: 'I've been denied any possibility to talk' | Conflict Zone

Former Nissan boss and international fugitive Carlos Ghosn abruptly [...]

Former Nissan boss and international fugitive Carlos Ghosn abruptly cut short an interview with DW's Conflict Zone host Tim Sebastian when he disliked the host's line of questioning.

The former car industry executive, who headed an automotive alliance including Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi, said Sebastian was speaking in "bad faith" after he pointed out that Ghosn was allowed to talk to the press a few weeks after his arrest in Japan in November 2018.

This, Sebastian said, gave Ghosn a chance to protest his innocence and claim that he was the victim, according to the ex-Nissan chief, of an elaborate plot to destroy his reputation.

"If you consider that I was given the chance to talk to the press, you're in bad faith," Ghosn replied from Beirut, where he has lived since he jumped bail and fled Japan.

"I've been denied any possibility to talk, and you know it. And, if you ask the question, that mean[s] you're in bad faith, and, if you're in bad faith, we stop the discussion here," he added.

"For 14 months I was forbidden to talk to my wife, I was forbidden to see my family. When I wanted to organize a press conference in Japan, I was rearrested. After I have been freed a second time, I was told by the prosecutor that I am free to talk, but the[y] will be free to bring new charges. If you consider that I was free to talk — frankly, I consider that you have not a minimum of good faith," he said.

In January 2019 — a few weeks after his first arrest — Ghosn criticized his detention in Japan in an interview with French press agency AFP and French newspaper Les Echos.

Ghosn was cited as saying he was the victim of a "plot," adding that Nissan was trying to destroy his reputation.

For more information, read our article on the interview here: https://www.dw.com/en/carlos-ghosn-ex-nissan-chief-walks-out-of-dws-conflict-zone-interview/a-58003498

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Growing push to make 'ecocide' an international crime | DW News

There's a growing movement to put acts of environmental destruction on [...]

How to prevent a third wave in India | COVID-19 Special

COVID-19 has ripped through India, leaving horror and heartbreak in [...]

UEFA rejects rainbow illumination as 'political content' | DW News

European football's governing body UEFA has declined a request to [...]

European football's governing body UEFA has declined a request to allow Munich's Allianz Arena to be illuminated in rainbow colors in support of LGBTQ+ rights, saying it would represent a political statement.

LGBTQ+ activists and the Munich City Council had requested the action for Germany's Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday, after controversial legislation was passed through the Hungarian parliament banning LGBTQ+ content for minors.

In a statement on Tuesday, UEFA said the action would have signaled a political message and suggested alternative dates. "UEFA, through its statutes, is a politically and religiously neutral organisation. Given the political context of this specific request – a message aiming at a decision taken by the Hungarian national parliament – UEFA must decline this request," the statement read. "UEFA has nevertheless proposed to the city of Munich to illuminate the stadium with the rainbow colours on either 28 June – the Christopher Street Liberation Day – or between 3 and 9 July, which is Christopher Street Day week in Munich."

Several German politicans have reacted with dissapointment to UEFA's decision, including Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder. "It's a shame that Munich’s stadium won't be allowed to light up in rainbow colours," he said. "That would have been a very good sign for tolerance and freedom."

Meanwhile, Germany team captain Manuel Neuer will continue to wear a rainbow-colored captain's armband, which was subject to a UEFA investigation. In contrast to its ruling on lighting up the Allianz Arena, that investigation concluded that the armband is a "symbol of diversity and thus a good cause" and therefore does not fall foul of UEFA's rules around "political symbols" which are forbidden and usually results in a fine for the national association.

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New prospects for India's migrant workforce? | DW News

When the first COVID-19 wave hit India, millions of migrant workers [...]

Africa sees spike in COVID infections and deaths | DW News

The rate of coronavirus cases is rising in many parts of Africa, where [...]

The rate of coronavirus cases is rising in many parts of Africa, where governments face alarming shortages of funds and vaccines.

The global drop in infection rates "masks a worrying increase in cases and deaths in many countries," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists this week. "The steep increase in Africa is especially concerning because it is the region with the least access to vaccines, diagnostics and oxygen," he said.

Conflicts in Ethiopia, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are exacerbating the situation. In Uganda, in East Africa, the number of new daily cases has shot up in the past month and had reached 1,400 by June 15, according to Our World in Data.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced a strict lockdown on June 6. Under the measures, all schools and institutions of higher learning were immediately closed for 42 days and all teachers must get fully vaccinated before they are allowed to return to work. Communal prayers in churches and mosques are also suspended for 42 days, as is public transport such as buses, taxis and boda boda motorcycle and bicycle service between and across districts.

In the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi warned of a "fatal third wave" and told people to be cautious, limiting gatherings to 20 people and shutting down nightclubs. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), more than 35,000 COVID-19 cases have been registered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo so far and 845 people have died. However, the numbers are rising at an alarming pace. "The situation is serious, our hospitals are overcrowded," the president said, according to media reports.

The beginning of winter has increased the risk of infection in South Africa, where the number of cases has doubled in a short time, according to the WHO. On June 15, the country's Health Ministry reported more than 8,400 new cases. There have been over 58,000 deaths so far.

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658 deaths: Colombia records worst daily COVID death toll yet | DW News

Vaccination rollout was slow in the South American nation, but [...]

Tibet's culture in peril after 70 years of Chinese rule | DW News

With so many regions and people facing pressure from the Chinese [...]

With so many regions and people facing pressure from the Chinese state, whether from the weekly chipping away of civil liberties in Hong Kong to the mass detention of the persecuted ethnic Uyghur population or Chinese military jets flying closer and closer to Taiwan, attention to Tibet can be easily lost.
One of the reasons for the lack of coverage is the fact that the territory has been closed and controlled by Beijing as a police state the longest. We know very little. But, as our report shows, people in Tibet have learned the art of Orwell's doublespeak.
Tibet - nicknamed "The Roof of the World" for its rugged peaks and home to the spectacular Potala Palace. But these days, one of the most common sights in the remote territory is the Chinese leader's smiling face.
And as China celebrates the 70th anniversary of its control over Tibet, it is broadening its political education campaign.
When a monk is asked who his spiritual leader is, he clearly names the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
But it's no coincidence that monks are so comfortable with the party line.
The Chinese version of history is learned from an early age in Tibet: That Beijing "peacefully liberated" Tibet in 1951, Tibet's economy has grown under the care of China's central government,
And that the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism who fled Tibet in 1959, is today a dangerous separatist, and Tibetans should transfer their loyalty from him, to the Communist party.
Beijing strongly denies any accusations of rights abuses, and says all ethnic groups in Tibet have the right to religious freedom. But critics accuse China of a calculated, cultural takeover.
Whatever Tibetans choose to believe, it will surely be closely monitored by the patient, watchful gaze of the Chinese state.

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Brazil: The city of Belo Horizonte slows down | Global Ideas

Traffic controls, extensive bike paths and paved sidewalks aren’t [...]

Western US in grips of hottest, driest summer in 1000 years? | DW News

It may be the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but for [...]

Germany opens antitrust investigation against Apple | DW News

Europe's regulators continue to take on Big Tech. Apple has become the [...]

Why what's happening East Jerusalem's Palestinian neighborhoods matters | DW Analysis

Jerusalem has seen some of its worst violence in years. It began with [...]

Jerusalem has seen some of its worst violence in years. It began with protests in the usually quiet neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. The demonstrations spread to other parts of the city - including to the Al Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam. Heavy-handed policing fueled anger as tensions escalated. Many see this as the spark that triggered one of the deadliest episodes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent history.
But tensions are still simmering over the planned eviction of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah.
So what’s going on there and why is it important?
Sheikh Jarrah is a Palestinian neighborhood in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem.
Most of the people who live here are Palestinians - but in the past few years, Jewish settlers have moved into some properties. Protests flared recently over plans to evict Palestinian families to make way for more settlers. It’s all part of a long-running dispute over the ownership of the land and who has the right to live there.
To understand why, we have to go back to the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, after Israel declared its independence.
The conflict displaced some 750,000 Palestinians. Some of them were later resettled in Sheikh Jarrah as part of a Jordanian project funded by the United Nations. Some of the land had previously been owned by two Jewish associations.
In 1967, Israel effectively annexed East Jerusalem - including Sheikh Jarrah. Israel views Jerusalem as its ‘unified, eternal’ capital and denies that East Jerusalem is occupied. But with it under Israeli control, Jewish settlers started launching legal challenges to claim ownership of the land.
This is at the heart of the conflict in Sheikh Jarrah. Seven families are facing eviction to make way for Jewish settlers - with several more in the middle of court proceedings.
The families say the laws are discriminatory - and that it’s not a real-estate dispute, but a case of forced expulsion.
This isn’t just happening in Sheikh Jarrah. There are dozens more cases in another East Jerusalem neighborhood, Silwan.
According to international law, Israel can’t confiscate property in an occupied territory. The UN has called for a halt to the evictions, saying they may amount to a war crime.

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