or the, you're watching the, the news coming to live from berlin awarded for her bravery. usually gotten of on the when the data we use freedom of speech award, she has become the face of russia's opposition following the death of her husband. i'll explain the volume each earlier this year and working in exile, why this journalist is still fighting for press freedom in her home country of belarus, even though she is not able to live or work there the . i'm quite richardson. thank you very much for joining us. we'll begin with

a look at freedom of speech on this may the 3rd, the day the united nations has declared world press freedom day for its own freedom of speech. a war dw has chosen a reluctant champion from russia, julia nevada. yeah, she is. the widow of alexia vonnie who died earlier this year in an arctic prison. his death seemed by critics as orchestrated by the russian government, the vania shares the war, but the russian anti corruption foundation, a group. her late husband, founded ivonya now continues to fight against pretends russia of the earlier this year. she costs to ballots in process presidential election at the embassy in berlin. an election with any real position had long been dealt with by blinding me polluted. following the death of alexi and about me in an optic pain, no problem. the opposition has been old, but decimated in russia. and the arab parents is usually involved in the it's not her role. she's taken on by choice,

but by necessity. just 12 days after her husband's day, she addressed the you know make is in scrapbook which includes my husband. i like see nobody on he so there's i think see was tortured for 3 years. she was starved in the tar needs tone. so collado from the outside of the board and denied visits, phone calls, and then even the letters. and then the killed him usually in a bone. the train does an economist. and with that, a bang before marrying alexa in about in the, in 2000. and the volunteer was long, a quiet supposed to of her husband's anti corruption. if it's she was as close as political advisor and by his side as he went to court on prison. numerous times

when charges criminal critics say, what from tom had price outgrew when of on the was points and in 2020 was her husband was fighting for his life in a hospital inside bay area. she issued a public left to do a lot to me to, to, and let it pressure campaign to allow her husband to be floating to gemini for treatment. when alexa inevitably returned to russia in 2021, the police arrested him and detained eulley and a volunteer separating the couple of goods. she long shunned the spotlights, but after her husband's harsh imprisonment and death, she vowed to continue the fight against the kremlin. vladimir putin has a new vocal critic, not afraid to make use of her freedom of speech. from one god, franco from dw russian service, explained what this award means for julia and ivonya, and the russian opposition as well. of course,

as an acknowledgment of what this whole team is doing. first of all, her husband tullocks and of all the who was still a very inc, sanctioned faith inferential figure. and there are some opposition even being in prison a. so it's an acknowledgment, one of many, just a few weeks ago at the time magazine pull to learn to volunteer on the list of the old 100 most influential people in the world. so she's proud of that and they're also acknowledgements and the boards in other countries. so um, but, but 1st of all, of course it's in the board for her husband who died in prison. she believes he was killed directly or indirectly by the russian authorities by the russian regime as she says. so it's, it's very important, i think, award for her and for the whole team, the whole team, the unto corruption foundation is um, making the, huddling headlines and on the russian position community again. now if they,

if they are publishing now, a serious of documentaries um about the house wanted me to put in the russian president came to paula and what's rolled, the russian leads plate in his rise. so they have millions of millions of views on youtube. silvia, they have very influential and everybody's talking about those films now. so millions of millions of use on youtube are those mostly coming from abroad or from inside rush. i guess what i'm asking is does something like this penetrate russian society and this? so how deeply as exactly, that's important. so russia is becoming more and more close to size. and youtube is one of the very few um channels that you can, you can communicate with the russians directly from the west, from outside. um, so i can tell about the dodge of other russian service, so we are blocked in rush. i'd like to, i still have that channel, the youtube and people that i should do,

watch it more than half of us come from russia. and of course, from the volunteer and her team is also a very important channel to communicate with the russian society because the oppression against the free press against the john list. people who engage continues, especially offices, are often based, new grading, pointing to institute just a few days ago. and there were reports from russia, that's a 2 journalist were arrested on charges for working for the anti corruption foundation by alex and of all me know. so the and i was facing you many years in prison, and this is something that everyone working in russia as a journalist as mine. let's just speak briefly about your pneumonia as a figure. as you've mentioned, she's internationally influential picking up awards. but how much supports does she have among russians? well, that remains to be seen in the moment. it was just a few months since she said that she will continue his work. she's still searching

for her role, but she has very one very important essence. it's a name and her voice, so she's a person, that's everybody in the western world and the end of all it's all we'll, we'll be hearing will be listening to. so she will try to communicate. she will try to be more open because when she was on the side of all exciting the volley, she saw how he's working, but you stayed behind. now she's staying in front of everyone else. and she's the person that everybody's looking at are one. thank you. that isn't d, w as roman culture and go that today may be world press freedom day, but around the world press freedom has been falling according to the organization, reporters without borders. there been more attacks on journalists reported on elections, and there are a record number of countries where members of the media face extreme constraints on their work. the new world press freedom index has just been published by reports as

without borders based on data compiled by the organization. the majority of the countries with the most difficult conditions for journalists are in the middle east and asia. europe remains the region where journalists enjoy the highest level of freedom overall. it's the only parts of the world where the situation for journalist has ranked as good in some countries. because even in europe, the pictures mixed in the east and southeast of the continental conditions have deteriorated. many countries have dropped in the rankings. 1000 includes battle roost, which is now overtaken, russia and turkey at the bottom of the index to become the worst ranked for press. freedom in europe, a. t w itself is now banned in bella. rows after being classified as a terrorist organization by the government. but it's not just the w if it's been targeted. many sellers and journalists have now fled the country. one of them is maria. some bush can out who's living in exile in berlin. despite the situation,

she continues to fight for press freedom in belarus. mother yes, of course the now is fighting for free pressing hyundai to fetters, she has not been able to live and work that for a long time. we didn't assess a free elections campaign. we didn't have major freedom. so, so we have time to time for political prisoners and it's the oldest was because we have a through political the resume reflects on the single face and then she now produces empty version videos that cool out state of uses. publishing ever each has tens of thousands of people in front of us with us sent to you in the home country. she was active as a john list and as a companion of human rights over time that required more and more courage. i have never found this kind of experience in my life. what able to experience that we've

been so proud of, charles that we've been so grave and the fact that you all the things god was in 2020. there were protests of the allegedly wrecked election. critical down, the swell rest that we've been sure that uh at least some people from on what seems to be interested in case we will stay inside the country and we decided to escape on sunday, 1st to ukraine than to poland. now she lives in berlin with a colleague onto i met hall and patrols, know about what's happening, talk about tax law and the press. freedom is one of my main issue for decades. yes, no. i roommates is freedom of the press in front of us is nonexistent. even in berlin, navi, a several. she now has to be careful and must package her content. stephanie,

what i'm trying to do is to find a new ways to reach the younger audience to rich people in the letters with the news content, but maybe not informant of news, but in form of political satire. for example, i lived here in germany in through land, but all my thoughts, my home, my family place as i like the in means. she has one request for europe in the us. don't forget that a rose independent journalist, a treatise like political prism this. so we can bring you up to speed. now with some other world news headlines. us president a joe biden called his allies, japan and india xena phobic. countries that do not welcome immigrants who made the remarks that a campaign, fundraising meeting fight in lumps. the 2 countries in with adversaries, china and russia, as he tried to explain their economic situations. china is lunar,

prob, is preparing to launch its mission to collect samples from the mysterious far side of the moon. the expedition is that the last 53 days, it is the latest, at least in china's ambitious space program, after atlanta, they rover on the moon's far side and 2019 the 1st country to accomplish that feat . parts of india have experienced the hardest april on record as the country is scorched by a heat wave. indians are braving the searing heat to vote in the countries general election, which is the world's biggest. but there are concerns that rising temperatures may put people off voting altogether. india and it's ongoing elections off feeling the heat water. so hydration umbrella associate here in india, capsule valley, it's not all that bad, but of course we can see what's an ice cream mendez everywhere. 10 projects yeah, still below 40 degrees celsius. but in the countries south and east,

the moment has a tough thing at 45 degrees. and use outlets have even repulsed it. about several just do so. heat strokes. it's also affecting polling here in west and my restaurant tends to lift the top to provide shade to both as, as they went to the ballots. good to me. so everyone feels very hot indeed. and the sunlight is very strong party. but despite the harsh conditions, we are coming to vote and then people are getting dehydrated to what they must still show up. but i know, you know, it's also hitting campaigning bod, last week, indian roads minister and it didn't get to the collapse during a public speech. ex puts a worried about the increasing the unpredictable, whether a, b r c, low to untimely range. we are seeing lot more heat waves frequently to waves in different parts of the country. so there is a way to run through the lactic trend. now every new york is setting a new record, a new trend of that is what it seemed to magic of the logic climate change that is

happening. so cosby, property co consequences are going to be shipped the election commission of india is that the heat might this you 8 voters from tanning up lots, a numbers to your phone to task force, to monitor temperatures and to ensure safe conditions for voters compared to the last and with an action in 2019 both to so now it has dropped by roughly 3 percentage points in the 1st 2 phases of voting. that doesn't seem like much, but in the world's most populous country. this number is saw from in significance, but he's the only reason. holidays on the wedding season, i believe tough, positive as well. and there is a sense of fatigue among indian boats has as many belief prime minister under movies when is a fault, i'm confused. actually do some vote as they might be cooler air insights. the metro logical department will likely noah. and that's doing just in time for the upcoming podium day next week. and that is your news update at this hour. stay tuned. next

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