amnesty international and the united nations have alleged war crimes. and then there are the victims themselves. >> after three days, i crawled out of the forest where they left me by the main road and people found me and helped me. in our village, many women were raped, including a priest swipe. >> a military operation was launched last november against local government of tigray. thousands of displaced people are still crowding camps in ethiopia and neighboring sudan. the u.s. secretary of state also demanded an independent investigation. mark: the myanmar government alleged that deposed leader aung san suu kyi had accepted illegal payments. saying she accepted $600,000 as well as 11 kilograms of gold. amnesty international is accusing the military of tactics against peaceful demonstrators. adding to the charges already leveled against him, the ousted leader aung san suu kyi now faces accusations of accepting illegal payments of $600,000 and more than 11 kilograms of gold while in government. they are the strongest allegations made by the military sin

amnesty international has described _ on bbc news. amnesty international has described what's _ on bbc news. amnesty international has described what's happening - on bbc news. amnesty international has described what's happening as l has described what's happening as the myanmar security forces attempting to kill their way out of attempting to kill their way out of a crisis. it is that how you describe it? i a crisis. it is that how you describe it?— describe it? i think that's absolutely _ describe it? i think that's absolutely right. - describe it? i think that's absolutely right. this - describe it? i think that's l absolutely right. this week describe it? i think that's - absolutely right. this week the violence has gone beyond the pale. especially yesterday where seemingly because of the military being offended that the protest continued during the armed forces annual parade, they killed over 100 people. including children. parade, they killed over100 people. including children.— parade, they killed over 100 people. includin

all right that's david messina of amnesty international speaking to us there thank you david. our next report takes us to north keevil province in the democratic republic of congo activists in the capital city a working to raise awareness of covert 19 because many people don't believe the virus poses a serious threat to them the country as a whole has been spared the worst of the pandemic it's officially reports of 700 deaths in just over 20000 cases but it's feared the misconception of the pandemic could cause the situation to change. benedikt my nagle is 66 years old and diabetic when she arrived at the hospital she was weak and needed oxygen for 5 days 6 days he's exposed to have c b r 4 but we. got this he is improving very well. dr i'm wondering dan miller is the only emergency physician at he africa and funded hospital in goma in eastern congo in the past week he received 5 covert patients 3 of them severe cases the doctors cleft the case numbers compared to countries like south africa having b.c. if we'd have that here in goma or in the country i think that would be cut

all right that's david messina of amnesty international speaking to us there thank you david. the next report takes us to north keevil province in the democratic republic of congo activists in the capital city of goma a working to raise awareness of covert 19 because many people don't believe the virus poses a serious threat to them the country as a whole has been spared the worst of the pandemic it's officially reports of 700 deaths in just over 20000 cases but it's feared the misconception of the pandemic could cause the situation to change. benedikt my name is 66 years old and diabetic when she arrived at the hospital she was weak and needed oxygen for 5 days 6 days he's exposed to her c.b.s. but we. got this he is improving very well. dr i'm wondering is the only emergency physician and he africa and funded hospital in goma in eastern congo in the past week he received 5 covert patients 3 of them severe cases the doctors cleanse the case numbers compared to countries like south africa some of the b.b.c. if we'd have that here in goma or in the country i think that will be

well as tony was mentioning amnesty international is saying analysis of more than 50 videos shows that mia lost military isn't gauging and premeditated killings and the poing what it calls battlefield weaponry and warning some people may find or a battle plan is report to stopping. myanmar's military is using increasingly different tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield its target protests isn't bystanders across the country that's according to new research from amnesty international. the rights group verified dozens of videos like this one and says they confirm security forces are engaging in what it calls systematic and premeditated killings it was around $28.00 and every we started seeing action more lethal force people being shot with live rounds and being killed. per says earlier on there had been a mixed use of life bullets and probably bullets but now what we're seeing is a mounting death toll. in this video recorded on march the 2nd in young gone on the sea international says a commander can be seen standing over an officer operating a sniper rifle and appears to

i'm just looking here at the report amnesty international put out about close guantanamo bay detention camp daphne these are people's lives he was scooped up and often they had no charges they were court should people die and this is happening under the jurisdiction of the united states of america where we are right . so you know 1st i just want to say how important this movie is and how grateful i am to mamma do and they see and all of the people who made the movie and just were in participated in that video as well because you know it's like nancy said she can do her legal work and mohamed you have the unfortunate role of being in prison and being able to write about it and amnesty comes in and we campaign for the closure of the detention camp but everybody has role is so important in reminding people that this is what the united states did and i think i'm so glad the movie is out now because so many people in this country have forgotten that the kuantan the most attention camp still exists that the united states is still imprisoning 40 muslim men and most of whom have never been cha

i came along from amnesty international in london thanks very much. let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world. police in the netherlands have used water cannon and baton to disperse a large crowd of anti-lock down protesters more than 2000 people have massed in the hague on the eve of dutch parliamentary elections months of harsh restrictions have fueled a growing dissatisfaction with the government. spanish police to seize $600.00 kilos of cocaine in the nighttime raid in the capital but raid into other cities officials also confiscated cash luxury vehicles and weapons 12 people were arrested including a lawyer who allegedly gave advice on how to launder the drug money. the british iranian woman detained in tehran has appeared in court to face new charges of propaganda against the regime as i mean zardari rockliffe family and supporters say the charges are politically motivated she was released from jail last week after completing a 5 year sentence for plotting to overthrow the regime. in the united kingdom anger is growing ov

amnesty international has called on fifa to pressure qatar to improve the situation for workers. >> these are some of the new stadiums that qatar is to showcase to an international audience when it hosts the world cup in 2022. inside, they are the last word in luxury as the fifa president found out on a tour last october. but for many of the migrant workers drafted in to build them , conditions have been less than comfortable. amnesty international has written to fifa to urgent to pressurize qar to do more for those workers rights. >> are they prepared to speak out toake sure that qatar delivers on these refms? will they speak out if qatar tries to reverse these reforms? and will they make sure that future tournaments are better organized and the bidding process embeds human rights. reporter: qatar has made reforms in recent years. it became the first gulf country to introduce a minimum wage that does not discriminate against migrant workers. >> we need to look a little bit also at the history, that where people, countries, regions are coming from. in europe, how many decades, probably ce

the midfielders says any calls to boycott the competition have come ten years too late, but amnesty international believe there still plenty teens can do. i international believe there still plenty teens can do.— plenty teens can do. i would encourage — plenty teens can do. i would encourage football - plenty teens can do. i would | encourage football situations plenty teens can do. i would . encourage football situations to speak _ encourage football situations to speak out, when they qualify they should _ speak out, when they qualify they should really be doing their homework and using their influence and leverage about where they stay and leverage about where they stay and where — and leverage about where they stay and where they were trained to make sure that _ and where they were trained to make sure that workers are treated pmperlv _ sure that workers are treated properly. it would encourage players to leam— properly. it would encourage players to learn about the issues and if they— to learn about the issues and if they feel— to learn about the issues and if they feel comfortabl

all right that stave it off amnesty international speaking to us there thank you david. our next report takes us to north keevil province in the democratic republic of congo activists in the capital city of goma a working to raise awareness of covert 19 because many people don't believe the virus poses a serious threat to them the country as a whole has been spared the worst of the pandemic it's officially reports of 700 deaths in just over 20000 cases but it's fear the misconception of the pandemic could cause the situation to change. benedick many 66 years old and diabetic when she arrived at the hospital she was weak and needed oxygen for 5 days . exposed to have severe form but. we are. very well. dr miller is the only emergency physician and he africa and funded hospital in goma in eastern congo in the past week he received 5 covert patients 3 of them severe cases the doctors cleanse the case numbers compared to countries like south africa 30 b.c. if we'd have that here in goma or in the country i think that would be cut to struck because we are not well prepared to

international has called on football's world governing body fifa to pressure qatar into ensuring better treatment this workers these are some of the gleaming new stadiums but guitar is to showcase to an international audience when it hosts the world cup in 2022. insight there the last word in luxury afifa president giani infantile phoned out on a tour last october. but for many of the migrant workers drafted in to build them conditions have been less than comfortable no amnesty international has written to fifa to urge it to pressurize could start to do more to protect those workers human rights are they prepared to speak out and to make sure that the cuts are. delivered on the reforms we speak of cut or try to reverse the reforms as it is a big question will they make sure that future torments. are over organize and and the bidding process really in human rights to make sure that we don't see this. guitar has made reforms in recent years it became the 1st gulf country to introduce a minimum wage that does not discriminate against migrant workers infant teano says that qatar selection i

2022 but the host country has come under heavy criticism for how it's treating migrant workers now amnesty international is calling on football's world governing body fever to pressure qatar to improve the situation for those workers these are some of the gleaming new stadiums that guitar is to showcase to an international audience when it hosts the world cup in 2022. insight there the last word in luxury a fee for president giani infantile phone died on a tour last october. but for many of the migrant workers drafted in to build them conditions have been less than comfortable no amnesty international has written to fifa to urge it to pressurize could start to do more to protect those workers human rights are they prepared to speak out and to make sure that the cuts are. and delivers on its reforms with the speaker we've cut or trying to reverse the reforms that is a big question will they make sure that future torments. are better organized and and that the bidding process really embeds human rights to make sure that we don't see this. qatar has made reforms in recent years it became the

international has written to fifa to urge it to pressurize qatar to do more to protect those workers human rights are they prepared to speak out and to make sure that the cuts are. and delivers on its reforms will they speak out of qatar twice reverse the reforms as it is a big question and will they make sure that future torments. are over organize and and the bidding process really human rights to make sure that we don't see this . guitar has made reforms in recent years it became the 1st gulf country to introduce a minimum wage that does not discriminate against migrant workers infant teano says that qatar selection is world cup host has inspired change we need to look a little bit looser the history of where people countries regions are coming for me to pass in europe how many decades probably centuries to arrive. where we are today other countries are doing the same process in a few years we need to recognize the region recognize israel and with the spotlight of course of the will come. no progress with. several high profile norwegian clubs recently called on their country to bo

international has called on football's world governing body fifa to pressure qatar into ensuring better treatment of its workers these are some of the gleaming new stadiums but guitar is to showcase to an international audience when it hosts the world cup in 2022. insight there the last word in luxury afifa president giani infantile phoned out on a tour last october. but for many of the migrant workers drafted in to build them conditions have been less than comfortable no amnesty international has written to fifa to urge it to pressurize could start to do more to protect those workers human rights are they prepared to speak out and to make sure that the cuts are. and delivers on its reforms with the speaker we've cut or tries reversing reforms is a big question i will they make sure that future torments. are over organize and and the bidding process really needs human rights to make sure that we don't see this. guitar has made reforms in recent years it became the 1st gulf country to introduce a minimum wage that does not discriminate against migrant workers infant teano says that qatar

amnesty international says the lebanese authorities have so far not responded to its findings but it's not the 1st time they've been accused of mistreating syrians. measures in place make it hard for refugees to move around and work it also makes them vulnerable and with more than 75 percent of the refugees having that i trust those that puts them at risk of being interrogated by police for security by. religious officers that's what happened to many who complain about discrimination and harassment 1st and they're sure in detention the military intelligence slapped me when he knew i was syrian while questioning me about my documents i feel the way they treat us is deliberate to force us to leave many live in fear and this is sort of the syrian refugee is exposed to all kinds of violations to the extent that if he is beaten he can't even report it the regime here is the same as the one in syria. those in power in lebanon are close to the authorities in the syrian capital damascus leading some to accuse them of being driven by political motives and treating refugees as a security threat

international also released a report stating hundreds of civilians were massacred by eritrean soldiers in the town of exham in november the. streets using sniper rifles. ethiopia's government has questions the accuracy of amnesty sources but says an investigation will be launched. as information slowly seeps out survivors live with their troops every day. and my husband was killed in our village along with a lot please go tell the world we are dying. by their accounts at the hands of soldiers who deny ever entering this land shiela ballasts al-jazeera. spanish police have raided the stadium of says a barcelona football club and made several arrests among those reportedly detained as the club's former president's josep maria bartoli the operation is related to last year's so-called barclay gate scandal club officials were accused of launching a smear campaign on social media against some of their own players who were critical of the club's leadership including their biggest star leonor messi or their we spoke to a.p.'s global sports correspondent rob paris. we don't know how many people

international accusing eritrean troops of committing the rights abuses in action. u.s. border patrol agents have counted nearly $80000.00 refugees and migrants along the southern border with mexico during january alone it is the highest monthly figure in years and it's putting pressure on president joe biden who's are versing his predecessor's hardline immigration policies castro reports now from brownsville texas. they've waited 2 years for this moment the 1st steps of freedom in the united states was it was just this morning these families woke up in a squalid camp across the border and matamoros mexico under former president donald trump they'd been forced to wait there for a chance to apply for asylum in the u.s. . now problems on the other sort of finally over after so much suffering and waiting thank god we've triumphed. and it's so amazing to see how far you know them can come to know this president joyce the moment when they're a contrast to the border wall the legacy of trump's crackdown on immigration biden's dramatic pivot away from those policies includ

international for example recently decided to deprive him of the label of prisoner of conscious they they still say that you know he's a political prisoner they believe he's a political prisoner in the day should be released but he's not a prisoner prisoner of conscious because of the views that he holds amnesty international is no longer able to consider the lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements this is obviously the opening salvo of the united states concurrently as it was announcing these as. that there would be more to come for other reasons for going for whatever out. now we've just got to wait for russia's response and i'm sure that europe will come out and say that this is unwarranted. well it's a pleasure to welcome live on to the program now of love amir cheezy of who is russia's permanent representative to the european union to view on europe's been happy to decide sanctions that we know but not to respond to moscow's repeated requests for information over the novell the c

francophone west africa research at amnesty international a warm welcome to you all yes even fall from the opposition's stomps this country senegal used to be the high watermark of stable democracy in west africa what changed and why change is a. factor. in the crossroads. we are at the crossroads because we have right now a president who. is trying to set the stage where. ringback presidents and this is for 20 elections i'm probably $24.00 but the president has repeatedly said that he will reduce a position its minimum level of existence the president has had also a practice of regularly and this is the 3rd time and the mining if opponent using the courts to the point where the opponent is not able to run for elections the 3rd thing is we have seen a situation of really you know political. harassment of civil society populist activist and. a political leaders we have also seen but have had good liberties because before you know we have no way i love to you know demonstrate peacefully. in the streets this president was able to be elected because there was a big social movement against

international has called on football's world governing body fifa to pressure could talk to improve the situation for workers there these are some of the gleaming new stadiums that guitar is to showcase to an international audience when it hosts the world cup in 2022. insight there the last word in luxury a fee for president giani infantile phoned out on a tour last october but for many of the migrant workers drafted in to build them conditions have been less than comfortable no amnesty international has written to fifa to urge it to pressurize could start to do more to protect those workers human rights are they prepared to speak out and to make sure that the cuts are. and delivers on its reforms with the speaker we've got or trying to reverse the reforms as it is a big question will they make sure that future torments. are or better organize and and the bidding process really it's human rights to make sure that we don't see this. guitar has made reforms in recent years it became the 1st gulf country to introduce a minimum wage that does not discriminate against migrant workers infant

amnesty international is no longer able to consider the lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements this is obviously the opening salvo of the united states concurrently as it was announcing these sanctions so that there would be more to come for other reasons for going for whatever else. now we've just got to wait for russia's response and i'm sure that europe will come out and say that this is unwarranted. be following that closely of course artist modesty of joining us in the studio with that report thank you. friends family and neighbors no one should be off the snooping radar when it comes to cope and rule breakers at least according to new zealand's prime minister but as stitching become yet another symptom of the pandemic and karen investigates amid the many lockdowns thousands of face masks and gallons of hand sanitizer cove it has also encourage families and friends to reconnect check in more often to family quizzes but also question who we can really trust in new zealand kiwis h

francophone west africa research at amnesty international a warm welcome to you all yes even fall from the opposition's stands this country senegal used to be the high water mark of stable democracy in west africa what changed and why change is a. factor. in the crossroads. we are at the crossroads because we have right now a president who. is trying to set the stage for. ringback presidents and this is for 20 elections i'm probably $24.00 but the president has repeatedly said that he will reduce a position its minimum level of existence the president has had also a practice of regularly and this is the 3rd time and the mining is a parliament using the courts to the point where the opponent is not able to run for elections the 3rd thing is we have seen a situation of really you know political. harassment of civil society populist activist and. a political leaders 'd we have also seen but have had liberties because before you know we have no way i live you know demonstrate peacefully. in the streets this president was able to be elected because there was a big social movement against ir

international for example recently decided to deprive him of the label of prisoner of conscious they they still say that you know he's a political prisoner they believe he's a political prisoner in the day should be released but he's not a prisoner prisoner of conscious because of the views that he holds amnesty international is no longer able to consider the election of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements this is obviously the opening salvo of the united states concurrently as. it was announcing these sanctions said that there would be more to come for other reasons for going for whatever out but now we've just got to wait for russia's response and i'm sure that europe will come out and say that this is unwarranted homburg parliament m.p. for germany's left party martin daughter believes the west has long been in the habit of making major decisions based on your claims to national politics is moot settle now in the last 1020 years especially by the us and our by written out by you 'd some

international accusing eritrean troops of committing rights abuses. the israeli prime minister is blaming iran for an attack on a cargo ship the israeli owned vessel was damaged by an explosion in the gulf of oman on friday the blast left holes in the hull of the ship is now docked into by benjamin netanyahu wouldn't be drawn on direct retaliation and iran's foreign ministry denied the country was involved. efforts to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and major world powers have stalled the white house says it's disappointed iran ruled out informal discussions with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too soon to return to the negotiating table it wants the u.s. to make the 1st move and lift unilateral sanctions but iran says it will respond accordingly if europe does take any action against this is because there's some reports suggesting the u.k. germany and france are working on a resolution to present to the i.a.e.a. and it would condemn iran for breaching the deal last week to iran stopped voluntary cooperation with the a

says at least $67.00 people have been killed since the military seized power last month amnesty international says an analysis of more than 50 videos shows that man laws military is engaging in premeditated killings and the prying what it calls battlefield weaponry and warning some people may find more about him and his report to stopping. myanmar's military is using increasingly lethal tactics weapons normally seen on the battlefield its target protests is the bystanders across the country that's according to new research from amnesty international. the rights group verified the videos like this one and says they confirm security forces are engaged in what it calls systematic and premeditated killings it was around the 28th of february we started seeing action more lethal force people being shot with live rounds and being killed. per says earlier on they had been a mixed use of life bullets and probably bullets but now what we're seeing is a mounting death toll. in this video recorders will mark the 2nd in young gone on the sea internationals as a commander can be seen standing over an offic

amnesty international is saying that war crimes are being committed in mozambique's kabo delgado province in a new report the rights group says hundreds of people have been killed since 2017 it's documented extra judicial executions human rights violations and discriminate attacks the u.n. says the violence has forced more than 500000 people to leave their homes while the amnesty report says many parties are responsible for the killings. fighters have beheaded civilians and they burn villages state security forces have also been accused of rights violations in an effort to crush the rebellion and the report says government troops arbitrarily arrested civilians torture of detainees and committed extrajudicial executions and it also accuses the government of recruiting south african mercenaries to help in its military operations let's discuss the report with david matchy who's a researcher for a southern africa at amnesty international he's joining us now from johannesburg thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera let's 1st talk about the report and the methodology that was used to. this i

international for it. arbel has removed the term prisoner of conscience so they've they've removed the label from election of and they still calling for his release from prison they still claim he's a political prisoner but they say they can't call him a prisoner of conscience because of what he has said in the past things that he has refused to go back on so susu he was asked in the media interview recently whether he's still a politician whether he still holds the views that he held back then so this is 10 vive years ago and he said that his views have haven't changed amnesty international is no longer able to consider lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements so there you go another round of sanctions again again tit for tat between the united states and europe and russia we're waiting now for fall for what russia's response will be what you know who the target what they'll target but so far they've alread

francophone west africa research at amnesty international a warm welcome to you all yes seen fall from the opposition's stands this country senegal used to be the high water mark of stable democracy in west africa what changed and why change is a. factor. in the. we are at the crossroads because we have right now a president who. is trying to set the stage where. presidents and this is for 20 elections i'm probably $24.00 but the president has 3 people a step that he will reduce a position its minimum level of existence the president has had also a practice of regularly and this is the 3rd time and the mining if opponent using the courts to the point where the opponent is not able to run for elections the 3rd thing is we have seen a situation of really you know political. harassment of civil society in populist activist and. a political leaders we have also seen but have had liberties because before you know we have no way i live you know demonstrate peacefully. in the streets this president was ringback able to be elected because there was a big social movement against iran. do and th

west bank amnesty international is accusing lebanese security authorities are violating international human rights laws in the treatment of detained syrian refugees the group says it has documented cruel and abusive treatment ranging from torture to unfair trials so has more now from beirut. lebanon is home to more than a 1000000 syrians some live in refugee camps others have integrated in communities many are scared to speak in what they see as an unwelcoming country hundreds have been arbitrarily detained on terrorism related charges over the years and what rights groups call a violation of international law i mean the 26 cases we document represent why did . hundreds of syrian refugees 2012 and history and refugees we got on this and they have come it should be treated should have access to trial and should not be subjected to torture during interrogation the report documents violations described as cool abusive and discriminatory detainees speak of beatings at times with metal sticks and electric cables torture during interrogation or detention that involved being hanged upside do

amnesty international says government forces armed groups and mercenaries have all committed war crimes in a 3 year conflict in northern mozambique a report from the rights group documents hundreds of deaths and other atrocities welcomed web reports hundreds of people have been killed in a conflict in cabo delgado province in northern mozambique. government forces are fighting an armed group known locally as al shabaab more than half a 1000000 people have fled their homes many are now living in camps and the short of food rights group amnesty international says in a report that all the forces involved are responsible for widespread rights abuses against civilians including war crimes on the one side you have insurgents who are committing atrocities beheading people burning their villages looting their property ducting women and girls you have also. you know government forces that are involved in extrajudicial killings and you have also a south african military company that is shooting indiscriminately from their. person rees from the dyke advisory group support the government forces wit

international accusing eritrean troops of committing rights abuses in acts. and the cover 1000 bags a nation campaigns underway in ivory coast using doses provided by kovacs more than half a 1000000 units of the astra zeneca job the rollout is starting with medical workers security forces and teaches them the next phase will cover people over 50 and those with chronic disease. that's not for today thanks for your company the latest inside story is coming up next. abandoned drifting and in danger the plight of a group over a hangar at sea risks becoming a metaphor for the entire crisis so those responsible to take the man of the consequences of the dispute this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than nearly 2 and a half 1000 refugees have risked their lives last year by taking dangerous boat journeys they're looking for safety and better living conditions after years of systematic discrimination and persecution rights groups are warning thousands more could take such journeys hoping to reach countries mainly in southeast asia well 81 r

in amnesty international is even declared a human rights abuse are there situations where people having access to a platform like a twitter for example can make it actually more difficult for other people to express themselves freely and openly in other words is there waving that yes means freedom of speech and freedom of expression can be limited by the fact that everyone else has access to it because again their power dynamics and all of these platforms it's never purely apples to apples. yeah i work i mean i spent you know 20 maintaining 2020 doing a year's worth of reporting that destabilize the ball center of government my husband and i became the prime anime's of that movement which is a very powerful movement of mine almost every day i would wake up and go online or at work and there be a house have at my name urging me to be deported or president you know terribly bigoted attacks launched at us and you know i don't want to sound harsh about this but. the 3 of us right now are on television articulating our views we are right for major newspapers and major outlets that's an end t

international accusing eritrean troops of committing rights abuses in action. india is expanding its vaccination campaign beyond health workers now allowing older people and those with medical conditions to get jobs prime minister narendra modi was among the 1st of the new group to be inoculated with only one point $4000000000.00 people in the year is taking on one of the world's largest vaccination campaigns which started in january but the rollout has been slowed. meanwhile students in india minutes to count schmear are returning to the classroom almost a year after the pandemic forced schools to close students have been forced to study at home even before the pandemic due to military clampdown so we'll talk to elizabeth purana min you delhi about this one 1st put this into some context for us those with not just a pandemic but the fact that that that region's autonomy got revoked as well does that change anything. yeah this is a really important day in the region and that's because educational institutions schools universities have been closed for the better

international for example recently decided to deprive him of the label of prisoner of conscious amnesty international was no longer able to consider lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements this is obviously the opening salvo the united states concurrently as it was announcing these sanctions said that there would be more to come for other reasons for having for whatever out . now we've just got to wait for russia's response and i'm sure that europe will come out and say that this is unwarranted. we can now bring and martin dolls are a member of parliament of hamburg from germany is left party to discuss all this for there are these sanctions designed to actually hurt moscow or is it more of a symbolic move. yes applause it's a symbolic act but it's an act which from 1st it's international law there is a sanction regime by the united nation and there is no central regime by international law also this same actions are. done because of geostrategic who i think president biden you know as a

matric used to be systematic and premeditated killings amnesty international releases a report on the crackdown on and he can protest. but chief justice protesters in argentina demand on cisse into the death of football star diego maradona who died last year after a heart attack. so it is a stimulus plan that u.s. president joe biden says will give millions of americans a fighting chance the house of representatives has approved a $1.00 trillion dollars they've had 19 relief bill it is one of the country's largest economic relief packages an official has more now from washington d.c. . if you're going to applaud the house deliver joe biden's twice significant victory as president a $1.00 trillion dollar corporate relief bill and all done without a single republican vote in support. this is a momentous day in the history of our country because we have passed historic consequential and transformative legislation thanks goes to the senators who are standing here are great committee chairs and all of our senators who pulled together as one unit beating back killer amendments making sure t

amnesty international says war crimes are being committed in mozambique's couple though gado province in a new report the rights group says hundreds of people have been killed since 2017 it's documented extra judicial executions human rights violations and indiscriminate attacks the u.n. says the violence has forced more than 500000 people to leave their homes while the amnesty report says many parties are responsible for the killings fighters have beheaded civilians and burned villages state security forces have also been accuse the rights violations in an effort to crush the rebellion the report says government troops arbitrarily arrested civilians torture detainees on committed extrajudicial executions it also accuses the government of recruiting south african mercenaries to help in its military operations david michie fine is a researcher for a southern africa at amnesty international he says the rights group has been documenting civilian suffering since the conflict began. we are talking about people who are caught in a triple bind of violence on the one side you have insurgents

international accusing eritrean troops of committing rights abuses in the region of. the political turmoil in haiti is growing as thousands of people protest against president giovino moyes they say he's an illegitimate leader and want him to step down as their maintains his term does last until next year. and efforts to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and major world powers have stalled the white house says it's disappointed iran has rolled out informal discussions with its european allies rounds foreign ministry says it's too soon to return to the go to the negotiating table and wants the u.s. to make the 1st move by lifting unilateral sanctions those are the headlines on al-jazeera the latest edition of inside story next. when the news breaks the law would be considered. enough support when people need to be heard. and the story told to struggle for justice they live their lives are over with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports we want to get to be the place that you start not a place for you and al-jazeera has teens on the ground but climate chang

international. the rights group verified dozens of videos like this one and says they confirm security forces are engaging in what it calls systematic and premeditated killings it was around the $28.00 that every we started seeing action more force people being shot with live rounds and being killed. her says earlier on there had been a mixed use of live bullets and rubber bullets but now what we're seeing is a mounting death toll. in this video recorded on march the 2nd in young gone on the sea international says a commander can be seen standing over an officer in operating a sniper rifle and appears to be giving him orders to direct aspire towards specific protests as. well. since last month's military coup thousands of held daily protests across the country. an increasingly bloody crackdown by security forces is so far led to dozens of deaths. according to the u.n. at least 61 people have been killed activists believe the death toll is higher. in another development amas international reports som

international accusing eritrean eritrean troops of committing rights abuses in action. efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal between iran and major world powers of stalled the white house says it's disappointed iran has ruled out informal discussions with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too soon to go to the negotiating table because it wants the u.s. to make the 1st move and lift economic sanctions iran says it will respond accordingly if europe takes any action against it that follows reports suggesting the u.k. germany and france are working on a resolution they planned to present to the international atomic energy agency one which would condemn iran for breaching the deal last straight to her on stopped voluntary cooperation with the agency it ended all surprise inspections disabled cameras as well which was set to monitor the nuclear facilities the agency chief rafael gross he did reach an agreement with iran to continue those inspections for at least 3 months and we've also got the agency's board of governors scheduled to meet later on mon

you come amnesty international, the national lawyers guild, and others are now appealing to attorney general merrick garland. if you can talk about both what you were asking him to do and then you, too, being involved with amazon watch and other groups, have been deeply involved with ecuador. your family lineage is back in ecuador. can you talk about what needs to happen now? >> yes, absolutely. thank you for covering this issue, amy. i can't think of a more important topic when it comes to climate justice, corporate accountability, and what we're are facing in terms of corporate power in the u.s. the letter that amazon watch and amnesty usa and other groups has sent is requesting the new attorney general conduct a review of how this case has been handled because of improper acts of targeting steven donziger and locking him up in his home for your and a half on -- a year and have fun misdemeanor contempt of court charges. the real thing going on is chevron is attempting to literally criminalize the human rights lawyer. he has never been accused, let alone convicted of a crime anywher

international and the urban nation museum in berlin chose catarina veyron enos design. but i really like about my profession that is you can be very playful and so there is a lot of the varsity us of being in the paper because i'm not doing we're all so in my daily routine life and some very small illustrations and sketches and. it's also very nice to see you with a size so far 1. for an ina worked on her mural for more than a week 1st she primed the wall then sketched the image and applied the colors. yes the result is what's being called a brave wall named in honor of a brave activist and politician here it's mariel franco she was a city councilor in rio de janeiro who fought for women's rights until she was shot dead in 28 teen that was a shock for many women in brazil who took to the streets by the thousands in protest mariel franco continues to be an important role model for many her story has had an impact on catherine of our own nina as well. all along i wanted to make. a scene where to focus. possibilities of women shows inside which you can see in all of the sm

amnesty international says the lebanese authorities have so far not responded to its findings but it's not the 1st time they've been accused of mistreating syrians. measures in place make it hard for refugees to move around and work it also makes them vulnerable and with more than 75 percent of the refugees having that i trust the 6 that puts them at risk of being interrogated by police but security by the government officers that's what happened to many who complain about discrimination and harassment 1st and they're sure in detention the military intelligence slapped me when he knew i was syrian while questioning me about my documents i feel the way they treat us is deliberate to force us to leave many live in fear and this is sort of the syrian refugee is exposed to all kinds of violations to the extent that if he is beaten he can't even report it the regime here is the same as the one in syria. those in power in lebanon are close to the authorities in the syrian capital damascus leading some to accuse them of being driven by political motives and treating refugees as a security thr

international says the following no practical steps have been taken to make it effective to make it an effective protection mechanism to protect your civilians a lack of information on any plan or strategy to address the escalating threat has has been presented they say that this delay that this has cost lives in the country so you set up a commission instead of really doing something. but i think the commission is set up for a purpose and i think it takes time that until. until that commission is fully fully operational laws and i think and then the list again i think to look at the reality on the ground i think you can. buy many of your civilian who don't have those people it's time that many of your civilians don't have that 700 of your civilians didn't have well i again i think you you are engaging the security forces. are doing the job of the 150000 international troops they were doing prior to 2000 and. 15 i think that's the job of. fighting taliban plus more than 20 other internationally recognized mr ambassador groups in afghanistan so it's not about i gain i'm not saying th

peaceful protests are met with the issues for oppression and war rights group amnesty international is calling a killing spree. more protesters were killed across the country on thursday the bloodshed not intimidating voters at the demonstrations. my lot in iraq we protest peacefully but they crack down on us violently got it it's ok the more they crack down the stronger the revolution is we will continue until we win something now that. the protests started last month in response to the military seizing power and detaining civilian leader aung sun suu kyi. the ruling you into made their most serious allegations against her to date without evidence they claim suit she took illegal payments of $600000.00 u.s. dollars and gold and pay from her party denied the allegations. the military also reiterated that they will remain in power until the new elections are held but haven't offered a date that isn't good enough for the protesters who are valid to continue their demonstrations that matter the cost. of spring in journalists and knock him send his joining us from young gone enter tell us

long from amnesty international in london thanks very much let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world. police in the netherlands have used water cannon into times to disperse a large crowd of anti-lock down protesters more than 2000 people have massed in the hague on the eve of dutch parliamentary elections months of harsh restrictions have fueled a growing dissatisfaction with the government. spanish police have seized $600.00 kilos of cocaine in the nighttime raid in the capital but driven to other cities officials also confiscated cash luxury vehicles and weapons 12 people were arrested including a lawyer who allegedly gave advice on how to launder the drug money. and british iranian woman detained in tehran has appeared in court to face the new charges of propaganda against the regime. rockliffe family and supporters say the charges are politically motivated she was released from jail last week after completing a 5 year sentence for plotting to overthrow the regime. in the united kingdom anger is growing over the police handling of a vigil in honor of murder

international q.c. eritrean troops of committing rights abuses in iraq some. the israeli prime minister is blaming iran for an attack on a cargo ship the israeli owned vessel was damaged by an explosion in the gulf of amman on friday the blast left holes and it's how the ship is now docked into by benjamin netanyahu wouldn't be drawn on direct retaliation iran's foreign ministry denies that the country was involved of course and france is expected to do that to deliver a verdict in the corruption trial of former president nicolas sarkozy is accused of offering a job in monaco to a judge in exchange for information on an investigation into his campaign finances . guard as president has become the 1st person to receive a vaccine from kovacs it's a global initiative to provide free doses to developing nations a coup for our daughter and his wife say they want to set an example to show the public that the jobs is safe ghana will start its national vaccination campaign on tuesday covert 19 vaccination campai

a day after the investigations by cnn and amnesty international u.s. secretary of state blinken said those responsible for them must be held accountable. strong words, but will words be enough when the crimes described there are all the hallmarks of a possible genocide. nima elbagir, cnn. >> and put it with eritrea and ethiopia, with the government saying it's fully committed to undertake further investigations of alleged abuses. and called it regrettable and that its forces were conducting lawful operations. the tplf said its forces were not in the vicinity of dengelat before or after the massacre and called for a u.n. investigation to hold all sides accountable for atrocities committed during the conflict. the eritrean government has not responded for cnn's request. on friday, the government vehemently denied its soldiers committed a massacre during another in tigray reported by amnesty international. >>> the u.s. is ramping up its production of its covid-19 vaccine supply but health experts say now is not the time for cities and states to relax rest