Author: Sven Lilienström

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Lamia Messari-Becker (photo: J. Schmitz – Urban Development)

Germany's Faces of Democracy initiative

"Role models with a migration background more important than quotas"

Lamia Messari-Becker, 48, is professor of construction technology and structural physics at the University of Siegen. Until June 2020, the native Moroccan was a member of the German government's Expert Council on the Environment. Messari-Becker is a member of the Club of Rome International, which campaigns for a sustainable future for humanity. She spoke to Sven Lilienstrom about democracy, climate protection and sustainabilityMore

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A woman in Germany protests against the detention of the Uighurs in China, wearing a headband with the colour and flag of East Turkestan - the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China, 2 February 2019 (photo: picture-alliance/ZUMA/S. Babbar)

Interviewing Dolkun Isa, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Asiye Abdulaheb

Does no-one have the guts to tackle China on the Uighurs?

On 24 November 2019, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) – along with 17 media partners from 14 countries around the world – published the "China Cables". In interview with World Uighur Congress president, Dolkun Isa, leading ICIJ journalist Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and whistleblower Asiye Abdulaheb, Sven Lilienstroem, founder of Faces of Democracy, asks what, if anything, has changed for the Uighurs since?More

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