rights which is why frankly human rights watch has been turning to the leadership in the german government the french government and democracies around the world with considerable success on the defense of human rights is not an american endeavor it's a global endeavor and what we've been very heartened by is as the world sees trump withdrawing from any pretense of principle unfortunate if you know it's others have been stepping forward and it's made a difference and china for example european governments including germany took the lead in orchestrating a joint statement on shin jang the north western region where china's detaining 1000000 we don't have the richest muslims they organize that statement at the un human rights council got the biggest joint statement that china has ever encountered over its repression going to do something similar or something let me ask you about the report 2020. you see hong kong is threatened by this this authority creep coming from beijing what about taiwan though i mean you just saw the election results in taiwan a rezoning victory for the president there

rights which is why frankly human rights watch has been turning to the leadership in the german government the french government and democracies around the world with considerable success on the defense of human rights is not an american endeavor it's a global and every what we've been very heartened by is as the world sees trump withdrawing from any pretense of principle unfortunate if human rights others have been stepping forward and it's made a difference and china for example european governments including germany took the lead in orchestrating a joint statement on shin jane yeah the northwestern region where china's detaining 1000000 we going on here says muslims they organize that statement of the u.n. human rights council to the biggest joint statement that china has ever encountered over its repression going to do something similar or something let me ask you about the report 2020. you see hong kong is threatened by this this authority creep coming from beijing what about taiwan though i mean didn't you just hold the election results in taiwan the rezoning victory for the presiden

rights which is why frankly human rights watch has been turning to the leadership in the german government the french government and democracies around the world with considerable success on the defense of human rights is not an american endeavor it's a global endeavor and what we've been very heartened by is as the world sees trump withdrawing from any pretense of principle unfortunate if you know it's others have been stepping forward and it's made a difference and china for example european governments including germany took the lead in orchestrating a joint statement saying yeah the northwestern region where china's detaining 1000000 we going on here says muslims they organize that statement at the un human rights council the the biggest joint state that china has ever encountered over its repression and going to do something similar or something let me ask you about the 2020. you see hong kong is threatened by this this authority creep coming from beijing what about taiwan though i mean you just saw the election results in taiwan the rezoning victory for the president there is taiwan

human rights watch has just released its wall 202440 and it's a basic freedoms in peril we'll get the details from the organizations director for southern africa. and shared sounds on sunday is on their shopping spree for his signature dish the pan african flakes an assortment of different dishes from across the continent. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company philip a new c. has just begun his 2nd term as president the 60 year old took the oath of office in the capitol hill in front of thousands of supporters but opposition politicians boycotted the event they allege he's told by election win was right now one off you see as biggest critics is the rapper as a guy he's one of mozambique's most influential hip hop artists while his music has and him much fame among the public it's also made him a nuisance to the stage. after hours of waiting the audience finally gets what they're here for at some duluth take it as a guy at the undisputed hero of mozambican hip hop. group. who the songs of the 35 year old hit back against the corrupt egocentri

human rights watch has just released its 2020 report and its same basic freedoms are in peril we'll get the details from the organizations the director in africa. and sounds as sanjay is on a shopping spree for his signature dish the pan african planes and assortment of different issues from across the continent. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company and if you see has just begun his 2nd term as mozambique's president the 60 year old took the oath of office in the capitol hill in front of thousands of supporters but opposition on decisions boycotted the event they allege election win was right now one off newsies biggest crowd. next is the rap as a guy he's one of mozambique's most influential hip hop artists while his music has and him much fame among the public it's also made him a nuisance to the stage. after hours of waiting the audience finally gets what they're here for at some duluth aka as i got the undisputed hero of mozambique in hip hop. who the songs of the 35 year old hit back against the corrupt egocentric elite and give voice to

rights which is why frankly human rights watch has been turning to the leadership in the german government the french government and democracies around the world with considerable success on the defense of human rights is not an american endeavor it's a global endeavor in what we've been very heartened by as as the world sees trump withdrawing from any pretense of principle unfortunate if you know it's others have been stepping forward and it's made a difference and china for example european governments including germany took the lead in orchestrating a joint statement saying yes the north western region or china's detaining 1000000 we don't have to resist muslims they organize that statement of the u.n. human rights council to the biggest joint statement that china has ever encountered over its repression and going to do something similar or something let me ask you about the world report 2020. you see hong kong is is threatened by this this authority creep coming from beijing what about taiwan though i mean you just saw the election results in taiwan the rezoning victory for the preside

rights which is why frankly human rights watch has been turning to the leadership in the german government the french government and democracies around the world with considerable success on the defense of human rights is not an american endeavor it's a global endeavor in what we've been very heartened by is as the world sees trump withdrawing from any pretense of principle unfortunate if human rights others have been stepping forward and it's made a difference and china for example european governments including germany took the lead in orchestrating a joint statement on shin jang yeah the north western region where china's detaining 1000000 we don't have the richest muslims they organize that statement at the un human rights council the the biggest joint state that china has ever encountered over its repression going to do something similar or something let me ask you about the world report 2020. you see hong kong is threatened by this this authority creep coming from beijing what about taiwan though i mean you just saw the election results in taiwan the rezoning victory for the presiden

human rights watch we have just seen one example of. china's repression which is hong kong where human rights organisations have accused china and the hong kong police and the hong kong government that is dependant on china of restricting the previously quite liberal freedoms of this city there are of course the very grim examples of the suppression of weak as where we are seeing the biggest internment off an ethnic group probably since the end of world war 2 and the massive surveillance state that has been installed in this in john region but increasingly also throughout china we have seen increasing arrests during the past few years of human rights activists why use torture etc etc etc all this is not new what the report now details about is the mechanisms that china is using to suppress criticism abroad outside of china. mathias billing is there in beijing let's get you break down some of the other stories making news today britain france and germany have formally accused iran of violating the terms of the 2015 agreement to curb its

brent: human rights watch has published its human rights watch 2020. one of the major countries in focus is china. the report highlights the plight of the one million muslims held in so-called political education camps. it says they are forced to disavow their identity and become loyal government subjects. beijing has continued censoring domestic media and put pressure on foreign companies to quash any criticism. the report also focuses on china for its surveillance of its own people, calling it the most intrusive public monitoring system that the world has ever known. the people at human rights watch can talk about that with credibility. i am joined at the big table tonight by the minute human rights watch germany. it is good to see you again. we had your boss, the executive director last night on this show. talking about he wanted to release this report yesterday in hong kong. he was refused entry to the country on sunday. were you surprised to see the authorities in hong kong say, you can't come in? >> we knew it was a risk, because of china's quash

where human rights watch has published its world report 2020 today and one of the major countries in focus is china the report highlights the plight of the 1000000 muslims held in so-called political education camps in western china says that they are forced to disavow their identity and to become loyal government. subjects' beijing has not only continued censoring domestic media it's also successfully put pressure on foreign companies such as car makers volkswagen to the hotel chain maryon to quassia any criticism the report also focuses on china for its mass surveillance of its own people calling it the most intrusive public monitoring system that the world has ever known and the people at human rights watch they can talk about that now with a lot of credit bill what they were going to talk about then i'm joined here at the big table tonight by the men from human rights watch german even some accounts because it's good to see you again you know we had your boss the executive director last night kenneth roth on the show here talking about he wanted to release this report yesterday i

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now that is the assessment of a new report released by human rights watch u.s. based group condemning what it calls china's domestic repression and its attempts to censor its critics abroad the group is calling on the international community to challenge beijing's actions or face what it describes as a quote dystopian future. well the head of human rights watch was due to release that report in hong kong but he was denied entry there he held a press conference instead in new york city here's what he had to say the chinese government is trying with increasing ferocity to use its economic and diplomatic clout to silence critical voices abroad and undermine global institutions that protect human rights china's obviously long censored critics at home the government is now trying to extend that censorship to the rest of the world kenneth roth there hong kong is just one of the focal points of china's repression and activists there saying beijing is using the territories police to enforce a policy of ever greater brutality but's of support for the communist party's la

daniel report from human rights watch u.s. based group condemns what it calls china's domestic repression and its attempts to censor critics abroad they urge the international community to challenge beijing's actions or face what they describe as a dystopian future the head of human rights watch was due to release the report in hong kong but was denied entry so qantas wroth held a press conference in new york instead the chinese government is trying with increasing ferocity to use its economic and diplomatic clout to silence critical voices abroad and to undermine global institutions that protect human rights china's obviously long censored critics at home the government is now trying to extend that censorship to the rest of the world straight to the chinese capital then additives sobota who joins us from beijing welcome mathias beijing's human rights record has been criticised for some time i have events in hong kong and with the wiggles have they worsened it further. yeah you can say saul though we are talking about 2 very d

rights watch consider china's threat to human rights over seas most severe is their specific area. well one of the groups for example that have really really been targeted the week is brought they have been threatened abroad they have been threats that their family members have disappeared and there are all of this was used to suppress their criticism chinee groups of pro-government supporters have been mobilized for example on universities across the work world to counter protests against china's human rights. record and there have has also been pressure on the human rights mechanisms the international human rights mechanisms as well as on countries that are financially dependent on china to support china's oppression policies for example in syngenta ok now this report also says that china's leadership is quote scared of its own people is that the sense that you have from your time reporting in china. brian this is a very tough question because we need to be careful with public opinion in china we do not have and so is we know that there are all kinds of opinions exist. but we do

rights that's the assessment of a new report released by human rights watch the u.s. based group condemning what it calls china's domestic repression and its attempts to censor its critics abroad the group is calling on the international community to challenge beijing's actions or face what it describes as a dystopian future. well ahead of human rights watch was due to release the report in hong kong but he was denied entry there elder press conference instead in new york here's what he had to say the chinese government is trying with increasing ferocity to use its economic and diplomatic clout to silence critical voices abroad and to undermine global institutions that protect human rights china's obviously long censored critics at home the government is now trying to extend that censorship to the rest of the world while our correspondent mathias bolinger has been talking to pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong who say beijing is using the territories police to enforce a policy of ever greater brutality and oppression but support for the communist party line among

from human rights watch the organization released it said. after being denied entry to tang kong it also accuses beijing of of seeing the most brutal i'm supposed to face if oppression in decades and of attacking human rights around the world also on the program democratic presidential candidates in the united states face off in the final debate before the iowa caucuses for foreign policy global trade and health kept one amongst the toughest. policy right old world seem to be joint people fleeing the top called kailash the philippines fearful that when they are allowed to return the hopes will be devastating. storm english east germany secret police with fear and take it today marks 30 years to. force their way into shock i'd want to explain and provide to the destruction of the millions of files to come in the state. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. china poses an existential threat to international human rights that's assessment is contained in the latest a new report from human rights watch the u.s. based group condemns what it calls c

now that human rights watch has released a scathing report condemning the chinese government which it says poses an existential threat to the international human rights system the organization details crackdowns on protesters in hong kong and weaken muslims in china it says world leaders risk pushing the country towards a dystopian future if they fail to challenge its actions james place reports now from the united nations. every year human rights watch produces an annual report detailing the most oppressive places on earth this is not where this year's report was supposed to be launched with a focus this year on china they planned to be in hong kong but the head of the organization ken roth was barred entry sadly as they arrived here. before this time for the 1st time they blocked me instead he flew to the un in new york where he gave details of china's repression that perhaps the authorities that didn't want the world to hear it goes beyond violence against protesters in hong kong and the detention camps in shin jang this is the most severe period of oppression that we've seen in de

annual report from human rights watch the u.s. based group condemns what it calls china's domestic repression and its attempts to censor critics abroad they urge the international community to challenge beijing's actions or face what they describe as a dystopian future ahead of human rights watch was due to release a report in hong kong but was denied entry so kind of threw off held a press conference in new york instead the chinese government is trying with increasing ferocity to use its economic and diplomatic clout to silence critical voices abroad and to undermine global institutions that protect human rights china's obviously long censored critics at home the government is now trying to extend that censorship to the rest of the world. straight to the chinese capital than additives ability to joins us from beijing welcome it is beijing's human rights record has been criticized for some time i have events in hong kong and with the wingers have they worsened it further. yeah you can say it's all though we are talking about 2 ver

so if you're richardson is the time to director of human rights watch she joins us now from new york musician thank you so much for making the time now the report says that the actions of beijing's actions need to be challenged otherwise we're looking at a quote weakened international human rights system and should governments be taking a lead in this action or is that hoping for too much. no that's absolutely what needs to happen and it's not just individual governments but indeed blocks or institutions for example the un human rights council the european union as a bloc the like minded governments that tend to come together already iran's human rights issues could take stronger and more frequent collective positions even an entity like the organization of islamic cooperation could come together to push back against china's abuses of weaker is another target muslims they're part of the point we're trying to make is that in doing so they have a lot more leverage against an increasingly powerful chinese government but then soulful what is the example the governments have presented to

reporter: comments like that that human rights watch they need to be tougher. they say the united nations and international community must announce failings on human rights by china and others. they say it is one of the few ways to change behavior. libyan cease-fire is in doubt after they failed to reach a breakthrough during talks in the russian capital. deadw says talks are not and they have been reports of forces gathering in southern tripoli, threatening the truce of turkey and russia. the turkish president has been accused of running away from negotiations. >> in the coming days we will carefully monitor the choices made. if they attack against the people in the government, they will never refrain from teaching in the lesson he deserves. nick: protesters in lebanon have been out in the streets, following three months of antigovernment unrest. they have regrouped in a week of anger under the slogan, the revolution is coming back. back in: protesters are the streets, blocking roads across lebanon. they're trying to revive momentum of a leaderless uprising ag

in the director of human rights watch german events we've reached that you've taken the time to start with this tonight thank you. full it could happen at any time and when it does the lives of maybe millions could be threatened authorities in the philippines fear able kaino close to the capital manila is about to erupt the government raised threat levels after the keno began spewing ash and lava on sunday so far about 30000 people have fled but nearly half a 1000000 have chosen to stay in the danger zone. attack a tasty is a ghost town. ash from the volcano is everywhere. even without a major eruption residents have already been hit hard. us the ash from little karina traveled with the wind and unfortunately it blew in our direction but i didn't just affect us physically but also our livelihood our business had to close down but it will take a while to clean up and i feel bad for the workers especially those who rely on a business to support themselves in a way it will go by. some are already attempting a cleanup but the filipino authorities a clear things could still get much worse

human rights watch has released a report condemning the chinese government saying it poses an existential threats to the international human rights system the organization to house crackdowns on protesters in hong kong and the wake of muslims in china as world leaders risk pushing the country towards a dystopian future if they fail to challenge china's actions james bays with this from the united nations every year human rights watch produces an annual report detailing the most oppressive places on earth this is not where this year's report was supposed to be launched with a focus this year on china they plan to be in hong kong but the head of the organization ken roth was bought and sadly as they arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want. to enter. before this time for the 1st time they blocked me instead he flew to the un in new york where he gave details of china's repression that perhaps the authorities that didn't want the world to hear it goes beyond violence against protesters in hong kong and the detention camps in shin jang this is the most severe period of oppre

the head of human rights watch has been denied entry into hong kong it's among the rights groups that china's threaten to sanction beijing has pledged to act against groups that said performed badly in relation to anti-government protests in hong kong human rights watch is accusing the chinese government of an intensifying assault on human rights i'm standing here in hong kong international airport i had flown in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is the annual growth report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is. deliberately undermine international human rights to not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also undermines the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as they arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want to let me say even though i've been able to enter. before this time for the 1st time they blocked me. well the all remember the landslide victory of pro-democracy candidates in november in hong kong b

rights record and so when this report from human rights watch talks about china's threats to critics abroad though they talking about. members of the weaker community have reported several times that they have been threatened by. agents brought that their family members in china have been have disappeared and that their lives have been used to put pressure on them their fate has been used to put pressure on them we also see pressure on

rights watch from entering hong kong beijing accuses the international rights group of instigating unrest in the city as mass protests there and to the 7th month ken roth was planning to launch the human rights watch his latest report on china it accuses the chinese government of an intensifying assault on human rights person this statement on twitter soon after he was blocked from getting in. i'm standing here in hong kong international airport i had flown in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is the annual growth report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is. deliberately undermine international human rights not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also undermines the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as i arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want to let me and so even though i've been able to enter hong kong freely before this time for the 1st time they blocked me now the threat of what experts call a volc

so if you're richardson is the time to director of human rights watch she joins us now from new york militants and thank you so much for making the time now the report says that the actions of beijing's actions need to be challenged otherwise we're looking at a quote weakened international human rights system should governments be taking a lead in this action or is that hoping for too much. no that's absolutely what needs to happen and it's not just individual governments but indeed but woks or institution is for example the un human rights council the european union as a bloc the like minded governments that tend to come together already iran's human rights issues could take stronger and more frequent collective positions even an entity like the organization of islamic cooperation could come together to push back against china's abuses of weaker is another target muslims they're part of the point we're trying to make is that in doing so they have a lot more leverage against an increasingly powerful chinese government but then so for what is the example the governments have presented

so if you're richardson is the time director of human rights watch she joins us now from new york militarism thank you so much for making the time now the report says that. actions beijing's actions need to be challenged otherwise we're looking at a court weakened international human rights system and should governments be taking a lead in this action or is that hoping for too much. no that's absolutely what needs to happen and it's not just individual governments but indeed but walks or institutions for example the un human rights council the european union as a bloc the like minded governments that tend to come together already rans human rights issues could take stronger and more frequent collective positions even and if you like the organization of islamic cooperation could come together to push back against china's abuses of weaker is another target muslims they're part of the point we're trying to make is that in doing so they have a lot more leverage against an increasingly powerful chinese government but then soulful what are the examples of governments of presented to china i mean y

watch is accusing the chinese government of an intensifying assault on human rights. i'm standing here in hong kong international airport it's in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is annual world report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is really trying to deliberately undermine the international human rights system not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also undermine the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as i arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want to let me in so even though i've been able to enter hong kong freely before this time for the 1st time they blocked me. victory by pro-democracy candidates in hong kong's november elections brought many young councillors on to the political scene while their positions on the advisory roles many believe they can still bring about political change draw in sri has a report from. student activist and now district councillor kamil ja is one

rights watch is accusing the chinese government of an intensifying assault on human rights i'm standing here in hong kong international airport i had flown in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is the annual growth report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is really trying to deliberately undermine the international human rights system not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also 100 mind the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as i arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want to let me and so even though i've been able to enter hong kong free before this time for the 1st time they blocked me journalists in sudan have denounced the seizure of 2 newspapers and 2 t.v. stations the government says they were funded by the country's former leaders but hasn't provided any proof of this he morgan has a story from cottle for nearly 5 years it has worked as a news writer she says it's more than a job for her seeing her

to human rights watch in an annual review the u.s. based organization accuses president xi jinping of overseeing the most brutal and pervasive oppression in decades on building a nightmare a surveillance system in june junge province and it was the chinese government will continue to weaken the international human rights system if it's not a challenge to the cuban government is warning its citizens to prepare for shortages of cooking gas because of u.s. sanctions many homes in cuba depend on bottled gas and people are being told to save as much as they can sanctions have forced the state energy company to cancel purchases of liquid petroleum gas washington's been tightening sanctions on cuba to pressure it into cutting ties with the government of venezuela's nicolas maduro the u.s. house of representatives will vote on wednesday to hand over impeachment charges to the senate where president trump's trial will take place ahead of that democrats have released a new evidence adding context of the charges the trump pressured ukraine to in

. >> worthointing out that human rights watch has warned that russia'sro gayganda law, which makes it illegal to give children informati about lgbtq issues, is endangering young people. russia human rights watch has said it illustrates russia's role in the syrian civil war, contributing to over half a million deas in the country. a doctor in the u.k. has been tweeting, sang putin sitting next to israel's prime minr was simultaneously -- countries determined to destroy the jewish state. what the doctor seems to be referring to ishis. this is an article about russia refusing to extend a you when ba -- a un. ban on selling weapons to iran starting in tober, in october, and this article is from bloomberg. u.s. vice president mike pence was also at the event. >> we must be prepared to confront and expose e vile fueling hate and violence all across the world, and we must stand together. [applause] in that same spirit, we must also stand strong against the leading state purveyor against the o government in the world that denies the holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe

rights that's the accusation from human rights watch the organization released its latest reports in new york after being denied entry to hong kong it also accuses patients overseeing the most brutal i'm faced with oppression in decades and of attacking human rights around the world.

based group human rights watch the report accuses president xi jinping of overseeing the most brutal and pervasive oppression in decades and building a nightmarish surveillance system in the province the group says if the chinese government isn't challenge it will continue to weaken the international human rights system so that actually no longer serves as a check on government repression. a prominent cambodian opposition politician is due to stand trial on treason charges he was arrested back in 2017 accused of collaborating with the united states to overthrow the government of long time ruler and so his opposition party was banned ahead of the election in 2018 as it began to win more support from cambodians if he could face up to 30 years in prison prime minister has been facing increasing international pressure over his crackdown on the opposition so let's talk to foreign slowey know who's in phnom penh it begs the question in florence whether mr canseco would get a fair trial or not. that's why and that's a huge concern here but i think u.s. speaking here members of parliament fr

rights watch has stated that these plans violate human rights the greek government has also decided to deploy more border police build deportation camps and speed up asylum procedures. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. has impose new sanctions on iran's nuclear agency including its top official the trump administration accuses iran of atomic energy organization of breaching its uranium enrichment limits but iran says that decision will have no impact on the country's nuclear program. opponents of brecht's that have been rallying on the eve of the united kingdom's departure from the european union the u.k. is due to depart the block at 11 pm on friday local time a year long transition will follow as london and brussels hammer out their future relationship. as the u.k. begins its future outside the e.u. some people in scotland are looking to find a way to state there's been mixed feelings about scottish independence with a 2014 referendum failing now a new poll shows 51 percent of scots want to go it alone correspondent there get mass went to edinb

marcia care of human rights watch thank you so much for your time and your comments thanks for having me. more global news after this short break. we don't want to tell the m.p. with an axe and the monument we want the kind of urban streets filled with events the theater with this myspace has come from some to us maybe i love going to come close as an debates of such events like the battle of ideas at the end of the bobby can for instance these are the kind of things will it be striving on gives us that impala making connections with other people to set up projects. you know world a big part of the new lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely for watching the hawks. welcome back israel's prime minister is flying straight to me at bottom or putin and moscow after unveiling the palestinian peac

human rights watch also illustrates russia's role in the syrian civil war contributing to over half a million civilian deaths in the country. and a doctor here in the uk has pointed out, @drilanbz "vladimir putin is sitting next to irael‘s prime minister benjamin neta nyahu, whilst simultaneously selling weapons to countries determined to destroy the jewish state. modern politics." what the doctor seems to be refering to here is this russia has refused to extend a un ban on selling weapons to iran that expires in october, as this bloomberg article explains. iran was also brought up at the auschwitz memorial event by us vice president mike pence. we must be prepared to confront and expose the file tide of anti—semitism that is feeling hate and violence all across the world. we must stand together. in that same spirit, we must also stand strong against the meeting state purveyor of anti—semitism. against the one cove na nt in of anti—semitism. against the one covenant in the world at the holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe off the map. the world must stan

rights watch is accusing the chinese government of an intensifying assaults on human rights. i'm standing here in hong kong international airport i had flown in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is the annual growth report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is. deliberately undermine international human rights not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also undermine the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as they arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want that so even though i've been able to enter. before this time for the 1st time they blocked me. well german company simmons says it will honor a deal to provide infrastructure for a coal mine in australia. growing pressure from environmental groups which link carbon emissions to the bushfire is devastating large parts of the country have been protests in australia and other countries since the firm signed the deal in december but siemens boss says

rights watch has stated that these plans violate human rights the greek government has also decided to deploy more border police bill deportation camps and speed up asylum procedures . and that is some of the other stories making news around the world palestinian protesters have clashed with israeli security forces in the west bank as they demonstrate against u.s. president donald trump's controversial peace plan it would give israel key parts of the occupied west bank which is one of several points palestinians reject. the u.s. senate is set to vote on an additional witnesses on friday in president donald trump impeachment trial democrats are pushing for further testimonies including that of former national security adviser john roll but if the senate leadership gets its way the trial and with a quick acquittal. because australian officials have declared a state of emergency for the capital city of canberra and surrounding regions as soaring temperatures and strong winds threaten to worsen a large bushfire burning out of control it's the 1st state of emergency in the capital since

phil robertson is the deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch he's joining us now live from bangkok and thailand we appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed if i understand it correctly human rights watch issued a report back in april 2919 in which it was calling at that point for china to respect rights when it's carrying out belton roads projects in the intervening time have you seen china change its attitude. we have not at all in fact i think that one of the major things that thing is going to want to talk to aung sang suu kyi in the army chief about is the jock pew special economic zone in southern rakhine state this is a big part of the road initiative and it's a project that will displace you know as many as 20000 people and cause major dislocation than that already very troubled state. what kind of significant impact do you think this is going to have on the country as a whole because the is not necessarily a wealthy country it has to look after its own economic structure as well it's a difficult thing to balance isn't it the economic sanction aga

human rights watch has blasted china in its new report, accusing the chinese government of human rights violations against uyghur muslims in the xinjiang region and protesters in hong kong, as well as efforts to censor chinese citizens living abroad. this comes as china has barred the head of human rights watch kenneth roth from entering hong kong to present the report. this is kenneth roth responding to officials' claims they had barred his entry for "immigration reasons," even though u.s. citizens are entitled to visit hong kong for up to three months without a visa. put forth asijing preposterous as punishment for barring me? i think the reason is that the chinese government is terrified of admitting this genuine desire for democracy on territory that they rule because if they admit desire a spontaneous rather than what they claim is a foreign position, human rights watch inciting people, than what is happening in hong kong might spread t to the mainland. that is really the big fear. amy: in honduras, and report by the violence observatory at the honduran national autonomous universi

rights watch has stated that these plans violate human rights the greek government has also decided to deploy more border police build deportation camps and speed up asylum procedures. and for more on this i'm joined here at the big table now by raphael song he's an associate at the institute for international and security affairs that's a german think tank here in berlin good to see you again we've heard time and time again from greek authorities that they simply cannot cope with the the amount of people coming to their islands looking for asylum refugees migrants will these barriers these floating barriers are they going to help make are they going to make a difference it's extremely unlikely i mean what we're talking about now is idea for a 3 kilometer fans so that is a tiny stretch of the. right but ok i mean it's meant to be a signal as a visible deterrent rather than a practical to turn so i think it really is more about the symbolism than the actual bury itself symbolism there couldn't we say that it's athens you know screaming asking for help because we've heard the governme

that's according to human rights watch the group releases its annual report in new york after being denied entry to hong kong it accuses beijing of overseeing the most brutal and pervasive oppression in decades and of attacking human rights globally and also coming up.

the human rights watch was scheduled to release this report of status of human rights this week in hong kong at the foreign correspondent's club. the club's president said on twitter this is just another example to block freedoms granted in hong kong. denied entry here in the city, human rights watch will now launch the report at the united nations in new york. we have a copy of the report but it's on embargo so we can't give the details yet. it's 335 pages long. the group says the lead report highlights, quote, the chinese government's intensifying assault on the international human rights system. natalie? >> all right. we'll wait for the release of that report. kristie lu stout, thanks so much, kristie. >>> american firefighters are stepping up to help tackle australia's massive bush fires, but the fight is much bigger than they thought. >> have you ever seen anything at this magnitude? >> no. we have large fires, of course, in the united states and all over the world, but this is just unprecedented. >> we will have more on their mission live from australia with our will ripley in jus

rights watch is accusing the chinese government of an intensifying assault on human rights. i'm standing here in hong kong international airport. with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday. and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is. deliberately undermined. not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also 100. standards sadly as they arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want to even though i've been able to enter. before this time for the 1st time they blocked me. britain's prime minister is in northern ireland for talks with the region's newly appointed leaders forest johnson's describe the reforming of its power sharing government for the 1st time in 3 years as historic the democratic unionist parties ali and foster has returned as 1st minister while michaud a neil leader of the obvious nationalist party is deputy 1st minister for hours sharing is a key part of northern ireland's 1998 peace settlement. it's a good time and i'm very very pleased to see the progress that has been made a great m

every year human rights watch produces an annual report telling the most oppressive places on earth this is not web this year's report was supposed to be launched with a focus this year on china they planned to be in hong kong but the head of the organization ken roth was bought and. arrived here. before this time for the 1st time they blocked me instead he flew to the u.n. in new york where he gave details of china's repression that perhaps the authorities that didn't want the world to hear it goes beyond violence against protesters in hong kong and the detention camps in shin jang this is the most severe period of oppression that we've seen in decades in china probably going back to one of the cultural revolution or an era like that. changing is the 1st where you know a 1000000 or more leader in turkey muslims are in detention for forced indoctrination basically to pressure them to renounce islam and and their cultural traditions and even their language. at the end of the news conference a chinese diplomat who'd been sitting at the back of the room came to the front to condemn human ri

rights watch has stated that these plans violate human rights the greek government has also decided to deploy more border police bill deportation camps and speed up asylum procedures. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. has imposed sanctions on iran's nuclear agency washington says the atomic energy organization of iran breached uranium enrichment limits but iran denies there will be an impact on its nuclear program. a nurse has been arrested in southern germany on suspicion of poisoning 5 premature babies with morphine investigators found an oral syringe containing breast milk and morphine in the woman's locker at university hospital she denies the charges doctors do not expect the infants to suffer any lasting harm. in sweden thieves have broken into a stockholm art gallery and stolen at least 10 sculptures by spanish surrealist artist salvador dali these sculptures are valued at between 20 and 50000 euros each and were on loan from switzerland but it appears id documents that would help the thieves to sell the stolen items were not taken. oppone

china's ministry of foreign affairs has defended its decision to bar the head of human rights watch from entering hong kong beijing accuses the international rights group of instigating unrest in the city as mass protests into the 7th month i don't it's. plenty of facts and evidence show that the relevant and geo has through various means supported anti china radicals encourage them to engage in extremist violence and criminal activity and incited hong kong independence separatist activities they bear major responsibility for the current chaos in hong kong he's organization should be punished and should pay the proper price. well kind of rough was planning to launch the human rights watch is the latest report on china it accuses the chinese government of an end intensifying assault on human rights wroth posted this statement on twitter soon after he was barred from entering hong kong i'm standing here in hong kong international airport i had flown in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is the annual growth report and the fo

says human rights watch the report accuses president xi jinping of overseeing the most brutal and pervasive oppression in decades and says if beijing isn't challenge it will continue to weaken the international human rights system so that it no longer serves as a check on government repression at least $61.00 people killed in an avalanche in pakistan administered kashmir search and rescue crews are still looking for several others missing severe winter weather has killed more than 130 people across pakistan and afghanistan in. what amount as new president's been sworn in. as promised to root out corruption from political life by creating a national anti corruption force that is after his predecessor fellow conservative jimmy morale has chased out a un back down to corruption group which is investigating him and his family both politicians so that body is an attack on guatemala sovereignty. the former leader of the catholic church pope benedict has asked for his name to be removed as a co-author of a new book defending priest celibacy the retired pope will instead be referred to as a contrib

rights watch has stated that these plans violate human rights the greek government has also decided to deploy more border police bill deportation camps and speed up asylum procedures. that some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. senate is set to vote on additional witnesses on friday in the u.s. president trump's impeachment trial democrats are pushing for further testimony including that of national security adviser jobs but if the majority republican majority gets its way the trial could end with a quick acquittal. the u.s. has imposed new sanctions on iran's nuclear agency including its top official the trump administration accuses the runs atomic energy organization of breaching its uranium enrichment limits iran says the decision will have no impact on the country's nuclear program. in sweden thieves have broken into a stockholm art gallery and stolen at least 10 sculptures by spanish surrealist artist salvador dali sculptures are valued at between 20 and 50000 euros each and were on loan from switzerland but it appears id documents that would help the