apartheid in israel human rights watch calls the domination of palestinians a crime against humanity israel rejects this and has ignored similar allegations before so can anything be done to hold israeli leaders accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage to him the term apartheid was 1st used in south africa to describe the systematic separation and oppression of people based on their race it's a crime against humanity human rights watch says that's exactly what's happening in israel it accuses the government of enforcing policies to maintain its dominance over palestinians israel has dismissed similar accusations before and it's calling the latest report a piece of propaganda but palestinian leaders say it's a solid account of atrocities adding it's time for international action we'll bring in our guests in a moment 1st this report by harry fawcett in occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance s

apartheid in israel human rights watch calls the domination of palestinians a crime against humanity israel rejects this and has ignored similar allegations before so can anything be done to hold israeli leaders accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage him to him the term apartheid was 1st used in south africa to describe the systematic separation and oppression of people based on their race it's a crime against humanity human rights watch says that's exactly what's happening in israel it accuses the government of enforcing policies to maintain its dominance over palestinians israel has dismissed similar accusations before and it's calling the latest report a piece of propaganda but palestinian leaders say it's a solid account of atrocities adding it's time for international action we'll bring in our guests in a moment 1st this report by harry fawcett in occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral allian

>> human rights watch says israel is subjecting palestinians to apartheid. they are accusing the ngo of being anti-semitic. three westerners are killed on a media trip. they are part of a team making a documentary about wildlife poaching. terrorists are behind what they are calling executions. at least three people killed as thousands take the streets at the capital of chad. demonstrating against what they are calling a military coup. thank you for being with us. human rights watch says israel is pursuing an apartheid policy against the palestinians. it cites seizure of land, restrictions on movement, and the 2018 nationstate will as examples. the is -- report has been condemned, and have been accused of harboring an anti-israel agenda. the palestinian president welcomed the findings. >> in a sweeping report, humans rights watch claims israeli policies toward palestinians constitute crimes of apartheid and persecution. among the examples, restrictions on movement, land confiscation for jewish settlements, and denial of residency rights. the findings applied

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palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed a report a spice and baseless how a faucet reports from occupied east jerusalem. and to palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right artists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to electoral alliance. sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 6 for you. and across these areas is really authorities systems. and ultimately privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particularly in ter

well as my work at human rights watch. as result, i am t ableo return to israel and palestine to cover human rights abuses to do my job on the ground. e treatment i received i think speaks to israel's larger treatment of human rights defenders. israeli human rights defende also face significant restrictions. to give one other example, a palestinian staff member of amnesty international has since 2019 faced a travel ban bthe israeli authorities on unspecified grounds. he was not able to visit his mother in a hospital in jerusalem three kilometers from his home as a result of this travel ban where she was receiving chemotherapy and she passed away. he has challenge this with amnesty international in the israeli court system and they rolled against him and he was not even able to attend his court hearings a relt of the travel b. they face criminal charges, other sorts of restrictions. human rights defenders inrnationally have been denied entry. the iseli government not only coidered desk continues these human rights abuses bu

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persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased stand baseless harry fawcett reports from occupy used to escape. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 6 for you in it and across these areas is really authorities systems. in the typically privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particularly i

rights watch says russia should not be locking up such people for their quote beliefs right down c.f. examines what some of those beliefs are. his book that career has grand plans for all of us for you for me caliph it that spans the world north pole the south pole a world where sharia is law a world where infidels pay a tax to leave and do all of this their pamphlet claims in fine print will be achieved peacefully barely after that is they kill the jews the jewish infinity is a colossal a cost to get rid of it's his book that here is like college for jihad ists you graduate to do greater and more grisly things remember jihadi jordan the star of many of isis is beheading videos guess who helped him find himself yes reportedly a regular at his book the events before going on to do greater things other notable graduates include the mastermind behind the september 11th attacks on the twin towers and the once head of al qaida in iraq and still his book maintains that it's peaceful what sector which of the japans. is the most pacifist cult imaginable moving grass was forbidden to avoid ha

headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians but the leading rights organization says the discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased allison in leaders have welcomed it and called on the international community to hold israel accountable harry foster has more from west jerusalem on the reaction from.

apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless ari fossett reports from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it's a new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 16 in it and across these areas is really authorities systems. in the typically privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particu

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and now, human rights watch is one of the leading international human rights organizations confirming as well that we are having, and the occupied -- in the occupied territories, in israel, a state of apartheid. it is the most flagrant situation. apartheid is a practice. and all the israeli practices in the occupied territories show in a clear-cut way this is a new brand of apartheid practice in this part of the world. of course, we seek and ask all international human rights organizations who have this same position, but most importantly, governments as well, to respect this fact and try to change it. it would be a big shame, keeping this new brand of apartheid practice in the 21st century. now, when we went through the icc, one of our submissions -- mohammed: raji, i'm sorry to interrupt you. let me get back to the point about the icc in just a couple of moments. let me go over to anne. in the context of this new report from human rights watch, just how explosive is the use of the term "apartheid," and how seriously does the is government -- the israeli government take the accusatio

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rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in it entirety i will run be denied that there have not been instances of. some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of. the best of my. knowledge when committee against torture is certain that it's carried out and routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have got it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned culture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question with a sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of development yes and you're very good at promoting the successes economic suc

rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in its entirety i will run the did i say that there have not been instances of. some disappearances. when you talk about culture there is no documented evidence of torture to the best of my. knowledge un committee against torture is certain that it's carried out routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and went bang no i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned torture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of development yes and you're very good at promoting the successes economic succes

rights watch to explain how arresting here's what that. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his look at here is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and that's over there is only one solution to israel with the blessing when all muslims united we will end this problem nothing those who know the joint statements nor old maps to the peace of mind about will that we should find the house. small to rock on the homosexuals 1st the wall hopes or burn them and them throw rocks at them and this is the right way to punish them sometimes his butt back here is a little more conspicuous in mosques we've heard their leaders publicly call for muslims to join isis and jihad distant syria and iraq we've heard promises that the caliphates army would raise paris and decimate frogs yet no such th

rights watch to explain how arresting his would. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his look at here is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and that's over there is only one solution to israel with the blessing when all muslims united we will end this problem nothing those who know the joint statements nor old maps to peace of mind about will that we should find the how big or small the rock on the homosexuals so 1st the wall would have to burn them and them throw rocks at them and this is the right way to punish them sometimes his butt back here is a little more conspicuous in mosques we've heard their leaders publicly call for muslims to join isis jihad distant syria and iraq we've heard promises that the caliphates army would raise paris and decimate frogs yet no su

palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the reporter's biased and baseless are a force that has more for occupied east jerusalem. and the palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 6 for you in it and across these areas is really authorities systems. indians and privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against par

rights watch comes out in support of his book dr levy members calling them quote political activists a russian military court sentenced 7 crimean tatars to prison terms ranging from 13 to 9000 years it is part of a pattern of political march of 8 it persecution that has been happening in russia occupied crimea for the past 6 years we are human rights watch to explain how arresting his book that we are members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his looked at here is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community if you go here and there so there is only one solution to israel with blessin when all muslims united we will end this problem nothing else will help no the joint statements nor old maps to peace of mind about will that we should find the how big or small to rock on the homosexuals or she's a 1st a wall we have to burn them and then th

rights watch to explain how arresting here's what the. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his look at here is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and that's over there is only one solution to israel with the blessing when all muslims united we will end this problem all or nothing those who know the joint statements know roadmaps to peace of mind about will that we should find the house small to rock on the homosexuals 1st the wall we have to burn them and them throw rocks at them and this is the right way to punish them sometimes his butt back here is a little more conspicuous in mosques we've heard their leaders publicly call for muslims to join isis jihad distant syria and iraq we've heard promises that the caliphates army would raise paris and decimate frogs yet no such t

rights watch to explain how arresting his book the. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his book is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and that's over there is only one solution to israel with blessing when all muslims united we will end this problem nothing those who know the joint statements nor old maps to peace among. the how they are small to rock on the homosexuals so 1st of all have to burn them and them throw rocks at them and this is the right way to punish them sometimes his butt back here is a little more conspicuous in mosques we've heard their leaders publicly call for muslims to join isis and jihad distant syria and iraq we've heard promises that the caliphates army would raise paris and decimate frogs yet no such thing in their brochures and pamphlets websi

rights watch to explain how arresting here's what the. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his will is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and that's over there is only one solution to israel with blessing when all muslims united will end this problem all or nothing those who know the joint statements nor old maps to peace among. the how they are small to rock on the homosexuals so 1st of all have to burn them and them throw rocks at them this is the right way to punish them sometimes his butt back here is a little more conspicuous in mosques we've heard their leaders publicly call for muslims to join isis and jihad distant syria and iraq we've heard promises that the caliphates army would raise paris and decimate frogs yet no such thing in their brochures and pamphlets websi

rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and those that were there is only one solution to israel with. when all muslims united will end this problem nothing else will know the joint statements nor old maps to be. the how big or small to rock on the homosexuals so 1st the wall hopes of burn them and them throw rugs. them this is the right way to punish them sometimes his book here is a little more conspicuous in mosques we've heard their leaders publicly call for muslims to join isis jihad distance syria and iraq we've heard promises that the caliphates army would raise paris and decimate frogs yet no such thing in their brochures and pamphlets websites send podcasts and yet it is a teacher there is such a thing as an esoteric organization it sees one thing but doesn't others and his but is an example for external ears they speak of pacifism but to their own brother should be talk of exterminating jews and christians and conquering the world the united states human rights watc

rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept this allegation in its entirety i will run the did i say that there have not been instances of. disappear some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of starter for the best of my. knowledge when committee against torture is certain that it's carried out routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would know you would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned culture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of development yes and you're very good at promoting the succe

rights groups around asia human rights watch honesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in its entirety i will run the did i say that there have not been instances of. discipline some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of torture for the best of my. knowledge. when committee against torture is certain that it's carried out routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned torture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. good day bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of development yes and you're very good at promoting the succe

palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the reports as biased and baseless very false that has poor from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 6800000 palestinian land and across these areas israeli authorities systems. indians and privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against

again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid empress occasion against palestinians palestinian leaders have welcomed the report on the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the findings are a faucet has more from western or slam on their reaction from the israeli government is dismissing this report as something that is coming from an anti israeli motivated organization it says that the claims are proposed stress and false and don't bear any relation to reality on the ground but israel is also conducting a pretty vigorous battle on many fronts against this kind of portrayal in the international arena against the boycott divestment and sanctions movement for instance especially in the united states which it says is an anti semitic movement against the international criminal court which recently has launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes against both israeli officials and hamas officials again the israeli prime minister calling that an anti semitic move by the prosecu

especially during the current plan demick human rights watch said you arrested journalists artists students doctors political opposition members and activists who spoke out against the government's response to the pandemic or otherwise criticize the ruling party last june you even arrested a 15 year old boy for allegedly defaming the prime minister on facebook the child was sentenced to time in the juvenile detention all right thanks let me now. and sadness question as as as clearly as i possibly can you have been telling you are telling your viewers that during this period of pandemic the government did all sorts of horrible things. have you told your r.d.s. that bangladesh is one of the few in the world compared to your own in the u.k. the united states or anywhere else in the world where we have acted spendable really well with our limited resources we have one of the lowest death rates in the world we have the highest rate of recovered we have a choice and that our hospitals to provide. one of these facts mentioned you have picked up 15 example or so i'm sure you want to change the subj

especially during the current trend there make human rights watch said you arrested journalists artists students doctors political opposition members and activists who spoke out against the government's response to the pandemic or otherwise criticize the ruling party last june you even arrested a 15 year old boy for allegedly defaming the prime minister on facebook the child was sentenced to time limit juvenile detention all right thanks let me now. unctad this question as as as clearly as i possibly can you have been telling you are telling your viewers that during this period of pandemic the government did all sorts of horrible things. have you told your r.d.s. that bangladesh is one of the few in the world compared to your own in the u.k. the united states or anywhere else in the world where we have actual spendable really well with our limited resources we have one of the lowest death rates in the world we have the highest rate of recovered we have it and that our hospital to provide. one of these facts mentioned you have picked up 15 example or so i'm sure you want to change the su

rights watch report? >> prominent voices for years have warned that apartheid lurked just around the corner if the rule over palestinians did not change. israeli authorities have turned that corner, the/hold has been crossed. apartheid is the reality today for millions of palestinians. it is time for the international community to recognize the reality for what it is and take the steps necessary to solve this grave situation. >>> the chief prosecutor in moscow has suspended the nationwide political movement of alexei navalny. this comes ahead of a court ruling to decide whether his organizations will be labeled as extremist groups. sam kiley has the details from moscow. >> reporter: a russian prosecutor has successfully appealed to a moscow court to have the whole movement behind alexei navalny effectively suspended. this is part of ongoing proceedings to have his movement designated as an extremist organization. now, the movement's headquarters in various offices across russia are being ordered to cease

rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a report published on tuesday the rights group says the discriminator we call this isn't exist in the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israel in full the ministry has dismissed the port it issued this statement in response human rights watch is known to have a long standing anti israeli agenda actively seeking for years to promote boycotts against israel their decision not to share this report for review all comments with any israeli authority is clear indication that it is a propaganda poncelet which lacks all credibility. a court in iran has sentenced british iranian aide worker nozinan is a copy of that cliff to another year in prison on the charge of spreading propaganda she was earlier released in march after serving 5 years on charges of plotting against the government the us attorney general many garlands announced an investigation into the louisville police department in the state of kentucky law enforcement has faced scrutiny over last y

let's bring in phil robertson in bangkok he's the deputy director of human rights watch. the asia division thank you for your time so as we said there are people have disappeared forcibly disappeared hundreds of them since the beginning of this coup what is human rights watch found else well what we're finding is that people are being taken away at night often when the internet is shut off people are you know obviously seen being taken away but there's no real clarity on who is taking them and then relatives as they seek to find where their loved one has been taken can get no answers and there's no formal notification a lot of times what we're seeing is sort of pass the buck mentality where the relatives go to this police bureau and they say we don't have and maybe the other police bureau and oh no maybe the military is going to mean it's a it's a game of trying to shuffle the relatives around while giving no answers obviously it's an attempt to foster a climate of fear or do you think has happened or will happen to these people who've been taken well in communities incom

human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the reporter's biased and baseless hari false it has more from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it's a new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 16 you know you look at it and across these areas israeli authorities systems. indians in fact at least privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particularly in terms of land use. in the occupied west bank where pal

rights watch said it showed your government's disregard for justice for the worst abuses mr secretary you pardoned child killers the other no limits to which you won't sink. a child killer convicted child killer gets a presidential power pardon what kind of country living in well team do you do and then i'll send 500 x. beckons for pardon similarly without any trial did you know that the you know 459 child soldiers as young as 10 were not even considered as veterans but considered as victims of war and sent back to school to study with books and school bags and shoes right so we have done both so i can argue i can't comment on a decision made by the president to pardon a person and the devious regime also pardon a.t.t. hardcore terrorists so these are things happening so it is not like route i'm i come back to this you proud of living in a country where child killers are get presidential pardons you can't sing my daughter and that you're not you're not holding your own forces accountable the message that that sends to your armed forces is basically you can get away with anything can't

human rights watch thanks very much for joining us from. thank you. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including calls for justice for injured anti-government protesters go louder in georgia. also heavy fighting in myanmar as rebels in a border area attack a military camp. and joe will tell you which players are the 1st to be inducted into the english premier league's hall of fame also coming up in sport. the world health organization says the 3 new covert 19 variants that are present in india may have contributed to the latest surge the devastating 2nd wave is overwhelming india's hospitals and credit orleans along with a shortage of medicine and oxygen new cases have stayed birth 300000 for the 6th day and the health ministry has reported another 2771 deaths the search has left families and patients pleading for oxygen outside hospitals health officials in new delhi and neighboring states have been making calls and posting appeals on twitter seeking emergency supplies the government has called for help from the military which will re

now has a foothold inside parliament but didn't you report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution he started looking to restart reality in which a single government was already area between the jordan river and transit to the 6800000 jewish israelis and 620000000 palestinian land and across these areas israeli authorities systems we asked our syrians and the fact that we privileged to . which is released the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particularly in terms of land use. in the occupied west bank where palestinians unlike israeli settlers are subject to military law and where settlers have preferential access to land resources and building permits in hamas controlled gaza from which palestinians a barred exit to live in the west bank or east jerusalem and in occupied east jerusalem where unlike israeli citizens palestinians can have their residency status revoked this is the 2nd high profile report this year that is accused israel of p

with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kyrgyzstan, amnesty international and human rights watch step up their calls for azimjan to be released on health grounds. he is 69 and considered to be at risk. the kyrgyz government told the bbc: azimjan was buried in uzbekistan on the muslim festival of eid al—fitr. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. hello. we may have said farewell to some of the high temperatures we saw just a few days ago, but the easter weekend has started with some relative warmth, and parts of highland scotland on saturday got up to 17 degrees. but you can say goodbye to that sort of temperature over the next few days because things are going to turn much colder and those parts of highland scotland that were quite warm on saturday could well be covered in snow by the time we get into monday. now, the change to colder conditions will come behind this weather front, this cold front, way up to the north on easter sunday morning, so for most it is a fine—looking day, quite a chilly start, but we'll see some spells of s

human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians now the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the reporter's biased and baseless ari false it was more from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 16. and across these areas is really authorities systems. indians and ultimately privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particularly in terms of land use. in the occupied west bank where palestinians unlike

rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in its entirety i will broadly did i say that there have not been instances of. some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of torture to the best of my. knowledge when committee against torture is certain that it's carried on through team lee it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned. torture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is the cause so many good things have happened in bangladesh could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of development yes and you're very good at promoting the successes e

with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kyrgyzstan, amnesty international and human rights watch step up their calls for azimjan to be released on health grounds. he is 69 and considered to be at risk. the kyrgyz government told the bbc: azimjan was buried in uzbekistan on the muslim festival of eid al—fitr. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. well, it's certainly been cold in the last couple of days. we've snow, particularly across northern parts of the uk. but here's the good news if you don't like the cold. it is going to feel a lot better on wednesday. we won't have that cold northerly wind. we won't have that windchill, which we've been experiencing for a couple of days now. but the arctic air has spread right across the continent into northern parts of the mediterranean as well, so it's quite a widespread outbreak of cold arctic air. now, through the early hours you can see clear skies across much of the country. still a few wintry showers there across parts of scotland. but lighter winds, clear skies, a frost as well. tempera

hello again i'm fully back to blow with the headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased india has reported more than 300000 new coronavirus cases for the 6th consecutive day the military says it will release oxygen supplies from its reserves to help overwhelmed hospitals cope the 1st shipment of international aid has arrived from the u.k. and the situation is beyond heartbreaking w 2 is doing everything we can. providing critical acumen to stop long use including thousands of oxygen concentrator use pre-fabricated to move oil field hospitals. to resupply as a rebel group in myanmar says it's captured and burned down an army base near the thai border the outpost is an area controlled by the karen national union they've been food shortages and fountains of people have recently fled karen state after airstrikes by the un last military the rebels opposed the june which cease power in a coup in february the u.s. says it will give $31

for robertson from human rights watch has been monitoring the situation in myanmar for the past couple of months and joins me now from bunkered fairly entered a phase in myanmar where the haunter is comfortable with the status quo and deliberately confident of keeping power. well i'm not sure that they're confident yet but they are certainly acting on a presumption that the protesters on the streets are their enemy and they're using lethal force against them you know they're treating myanmar cities like a battlefield and they've used machine guns and grenades and r p g's against protesters in places like by the go where last week we saw more than 80 people killed in one morning and what are you hearing from protesters on the ground do they feel the international community is standing up for them. they are disappointed by the international community they want to see more action they have appreciate all the statements that have been made by various foreign ministers around the world and by the u.n. security council and others but they're calling for much more i think if they had their wa

rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians palestinian leaders of welcomed the reports while the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the findings. one of me and most rebel groups is attacked a military outpost near the toy border and some of the heaviest fighting since the coup on february 1st this is happening as the protest movement continues across the country scott hyder has the details from bangkok. early morning gunfire echoes across a stretch of the sol when river along the border between me and maher in thailand this video from the thai side appears to show current national union fighters taking over army outpost then burning it to the ground it's some of the most intense fighting between ethnic armies and myanmar's military since the coup nearly 3 months ago. the current fighters are one of about 2 dozen ethnic minority forces that have been fighting the myanmar military for decades seeking greater autonomy like the korean rebels many of them have thrown their support behind the antic to protest moveme

rights watch that officers of the criminal investigation department continually questioned her about who's going to meetings who's going to give testimony in geneva what are they going to say what business is that of your criminal investigation division. well if there is an issue with a person they can always complain to the police and they can see from the judiciary and our judiciary is very independent and in this talk all areas is mostly it is they are all natives who are the judges so this is these are only accusations very conveniently made without any substance why don't they make a complaint to the police where they can make a complaint to the president they can make a complaint to the inspector general of police and the enemy judicially proceeding without doing that you just complain and then you mentioned about human rights defenders we know most of the human great defenders are receiving money from the west and we know the bank accounts we know how much money has come and gone so these are not born to feed a human right defenders they are playing to the sound none of them y

do human rights watch good to have you here on the stream. nice to see you welcome to the string telephone who you are what it is. thank you i mean. i am and activist and president of young women leaders network edge of the introduce yourself to international audience hi i'm glad you are in communication with barbara. we also reached out to the spokesperson for the ministry of defense in mozambique we reached out they didn't respond to us but we are still going to talk about the situation down on the ground if you could explain what was actually happening in terms of who is fighting who so neda how would you do that how would you break it down very simply for us. i will say the mozambique security forces have been trying to list all of their and security in several of mozambique. group of man gunmen believed. i. started attacking villages. houses of beheading people destroying it our elite our media and. almost $2.00 and. this is been going on for quite some time edge of dia i'm just looking here at this headline trying to unpack who are the

rights watch mr sifton as always we appreciate your time in your insights and i thank you. nato secretary-general un stoltenberg says alliance forces will also begin withdrawing from the country on may 1st alongside some 3000 u.s. soldiers there are about 7000 additional native troops serving in afghanistan here's a story big speaking a short while ago in brussels we have been closely consulting on our person snuffed on the song order last weeks and months. in the light of the u.s. decision to withdraw all foreign and defense ministers of nato discuss the way forward today. i decided that we will start that would draw all of may to receive support mission forces by may 1st. all were drilled on will be orderly coordinate that deliberate 3 planned to compete there would drop all 4 all over troops within a few months and the toll of on the tracks all no troops during this period will be met with a forceful response. or for more now i'm going to go to our very own teri schultz she is at nato headquarters in brussels good evening to you terry shortly after president biden's spee

to human rights watch good to have you here on the stream. nice to see you welcome to the sting terribly who you are what it is. thank you i mean. i am and activist and president of the young women leaders network edge of the introduce yourself to international audience hi i'm glad you are in communication with barbara. we also reached out to the spokesperson for the ministry of defense in mozambique we reached out they didn't respond to us but we are still going to talk about the situation down on the ground if you could explain what was actually happening in terms of who is fighting who so neda how would you do that how would you break it down very simply for us. i will say the mozambique security forces have been trying to list all of their and security in several of mozambique. group of man gunmen believed. i. started attacking villages. houses of beheading people destroying it our elite our media and. almost $2.00 and. this is been going on for quite some time edge of dia i'm just looking here at this headline trying to unpack who are th