. >> speaking for the first time since learning that thei learning that the man who shot their son will not face charges. their struggle goes on. >> this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. celebrations of a congolese doctor for his work on thousands of rape victims. the widow of one of the palestinian many who attacked a

synagogue in jerusalem has had her residency revoked. and months of protest camps in hong kong. >> parents of michael brown speak about their son's death and the grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who shot him. 2,000 national guard soldiers were deployed to ferguson after monday night's riots. michael brown's family described how the past few days have been for them. >> really hard. heartbreaking, and unbelievable. >> for the once that are protesting in a positive way, some people have their own

agenda. i won't say that i'm mad at the people, what they're doing, but it's their own agenda. it's not what i asked for. it doesn't have nothing to do with us. but yeah, the protesters, we love them for that. anyone in their right mind would rush or charge a police officer that has his gun. it sounds crazy. we are just going to keep fighting. pray for a better outcome. >> the policeman who won't face criminal charges for killing michael brown last august gave his first tv interview. he expressed no remorse, and said that he feared for his life during the altercation with michael brown. >> i used my door to try to push him back and yelled at him to get back. he pushed the door shut and just yelled at me. all of a sudden punches started

flying. >> he threw the first one? >> yes. >> he threw the first punch and hit me on the side of my face. i reached out with my hand to put it on his forearm. i just felt the immense pow that he had, and the way i described it, it was like a five-year-old holding on to hulk hogan. that's how big this man was. >> the police released a video the moment when a 12-year-old was shot dead because officers thought his pellet gun was an actual fire gun. the call for 911 said that someone was seen a with a gun at the playground. the police saw him reach into his waist what is presumed to be a firearm. it was a toy gun that only fires orange pellets but the orange safety indicator had been removed from it. we're live from ferguson. give us a bit of a flavor of

this other case, and whether there is much connection in terms of the reaction we can expect. >> well, the situation in cleveland and the fact that the police decided to release this videotape of the incident and the 911 call in this press conference i think speaks to this level of tension around this country over the issue of race and policing. you know, i'm standing here in ferguson in a burned out hole of a gas station, petrol station that was destroyed after looting and riots broke out here after a police officer was cleared of any charges for the shooting of an unarmed black man. i think cleveland authorities are trying to avoid a similar situation erupting there. i was in cleveland just before i came here, and we heard it from people who were demonstrating there in the streets much more

peacefully and in smaller numbers. they say what is happening in ferguson is not isolated to ferguson. it's happening here, around us. unarmed or in this case a person armed, a young person armed with a toy gun are being killed in numbers that we cannot tolerate. there are studies that show that black men are 21 times more likely to be shot by a police officer than white men are. and so i think this case in cleveland had all the potential a young person with a toy being shot on a playground on a saturday afternoon had all of the potential, and it is, in fact, raising the concerns of local residents there, and police are trying to get out ahead of it and show their side of the story that, you know, it was a toy, but it looked very much like a real begun. the police officer was in fear.

there is also this element of a 911 call where the issue of it being a toy was raised, and they wanted to play that in its entirety to let people judge for themselves and explain the situation the pest they could. >> and kristen, just to take us back to ferguback to ferguson stay, we heard from the police officer and from the family. what is the mood in ferguson been like today. >> i can't hear you. >> we seem to have lost connection there in ferguson. sorry about that. we'll head back a little bit later on. >> now congolese doctor who has been horrorred for his work helping rape victims has been called on the world to end sexual violence. the doctor had been awarded the prestigious prize for freedom of

thought. he has treated more than 30,000 victims of mass rape in the democratic of congo. he asks had that they could mo more. >> we need to ask this question, and recognize the suffering of women. >> dr. mukwege is responsible for opening a special hospital to treat victims of sexual assault. >> she was going to collect crops from her farm when rebels gang raped her. her hip was injured so badly she could not walk. we changed her name and hidden her face for her safety. >> after they were done with me, they raped my mother-in-law with sticks.

she bled heavily and died. i fought them hard until my leg collapsed under me. even today it aches a lot. >> she's three months pregnant, and one of the attackers is the father. but now she can walk again. we spoke to her in the democratic republic of congo. it's founded and run by a gynecologist dr. mukwege. through his work he has become one of the world's leading experts in treating women injured by gang rape. women in this ward are recovering i, and people working hearsay it gets much busier when the conflicts in the region are more heated. this is one of the few facilities in congo where they can get this specialist treatment. but thousands of women are in need. after years of conflict rape of civilians has become widespread.

dr. mukwege said that he has learned to treat the victims, but something needs to be done. >> we've treated many victims. some are under the age of ten. enough is enough. the international security needs to help end this once and for all. >> the european union has awarded mukwege for his work here, and that goes far beyond medical treatment. these women learn to make handcrafts to make money. and they get counseling, too. those rejected by their husbands can stay. [♪ singing ] >> singing can lift the mood. and at least here they get the help they need and a chance to rebuild their lives. malcolm webb, al jazeera, in the democratic republic of congo. >> let's go back to kristen

saloomey in ferguson with more events there. we know that there was trouble overnight. what is the mood like today in ferguson? >> well, things are much calmer during the day, but there is still high level of tension, and a lot of anger among residents here who have been demonstrating against the local police officers. there was another peaceful non-violent demonstration in another area of town earlier today that resulted in multiple arrests and the non-violent demonstrators who have been out in the streets nevertheless are trying to disrupt business, trying to disrupt traffic, saying we're not going to go about business as usual here, and we don't want our officials to go about business as usual. we want to keep up the pressure. the grand jury decided that officer darren wilson will not be charged, we want to keep up

the fight and conversation going. that's what is happening. we have seen a much improved situation last night. there are police cars set on fire, but none of the major damage like what we have here took place. there were some arrests, for families to disperse. it was a treas stressful situation, but it's hoped that the destructive behavior will be put behind. >> thank you for that update from ferguson. a german chancellor angela merkel is insisting that the sanctions against russia remain in place. she's accusing russia of violating the international law in ukraine.

the commander made a visit to the ukraine capitol of kiev. >> germany has taken the lead in imposing economic sanctions against russia and repeated on wednesday that they were unavoidable. but it's chancer angela merkel has worked the hardest phoning russian president vladimir putin three dozen times since the crisis began. >> nothing justifies or accuses th the annexization of crimea by russia. it is being called in key. >> go merkebut merkel faces challenges. it could effect up to 30 300,000 jobs in the country. and then she needs to keep the european union behind the sanctions as well before they come up in march.

they're showing no signs of changing the mind of the man in the kremlin. or weakening the resolve of nato and the united states. it says it will keep its soldiers in the baltic nations and poland another year. nato's top military commander visited the ukrainian capitol in a show of support. the president wants to hold a referendum of joining the alliance. >> they have been with nato and in maritime operations with us. we've done training here in ukraine together, and what is important about this work is that it will bring the ukrainian army closer to those nato tactics, techniques and procedures that make them even more inter-operable with our forces in the future. >> merkel told parliament what was needed was patience and staying power. that seems to be moscows approach as well. nick spicer, berlin.

>> russia is encouraging the syrian regime and opposition to return to peace negotiations. russia is one of syria's main political allies and is long supported the syrian president bashar al-assad. peter sharp joins us from moscow. what is the significance of this meeting? >> you know, the relationship between syria and russia goes back more than 50 years,-- >> i'm sorry about that. we have technical problems with peter. still to come, including, why this week's opec meet something set to be closely watched in years. [♪ singing ]

>> and a fond farewell to lebanon's diva of music.

>> we remind you of the top stories here on al jazeera. the parents of a black teenager shot dead by a white police officer said that the decision not to charge the officer involved has added insult to injury. michael brown was killed in missouri in august. russia has called for the return of peace negotiations for the opposition.

opposition. >> a doctor has been awarded for his work in helping gang rape victims. bigged as the most important opec meeting in two decades oil prices are down, and they'll be staying that way unless members can agree to do something about it. the meeting is about to start. >> 12 members of opec together account for a third of the global oil production. what opec does have a big effect on the oil price. will they decide to cut production in order to cut the current low price of oil back up? here's the problem they face. globally demand is down with slowing growth particularly in

china and europe. supply, on the other hand s up with the united states emerging as a major producer of shale oil. and this is the dilemma that opec countries face. cutting production might mean losing market share to big producers outside of the group, and this is a group at the heart of deep regional rivals are, iran and iraq on one hand and big gulf producers have very little in common besides they produce oil. there is some that suggest that saudi arabia and non-opec member the united states have a common interest in keeping oil prices down because that hurts iran and russia. geopolitics play a major part. >> 15 corpses were abandoned, three were left outside of the entrance in a hospital. the staff say they have not been

paid hazard fee for handling ebola victims for seven weeks. contraction ebola is extremely high during burial process. five people were shot dead when a synagogue in west jerusalem were attacked by pro palestinians. they were killed by israeli police during the incident. andrew simmons has more now from west jerusalem. >> nadia did not have israeli citizenship but she has residency. and now she has to leave east jerusalem. it's likely she'll go to the occupied west bank. she has lost her home. she's appealing against the demolition order on her home, and that is in process of a

moment. a number of family members, a large committee involving lawyers, is campaigning against the measures that are being imposed. there are more measures like these going into draft bills and parliament now, an intent on the part of the israeli prime minister netanyahu to crackdown on any aspect of attacks against israelis and to punish those related to attackers highly controversial because all human rights groups in the country and internationally oppose it as punishment. >> many have been jailed up for five years for belonging to the banned muslim brotherhood. they were found guilty of taking part of protests in alexandria. they're charged with obstructing traffic and scaring local residents.

>> fact finding committee in egypt has blamed muslim brotherhood and it's supporters for a wave of violence last year when deposed president morsi was deposed. one of those was during the break up of the protest camp in august of last year when eight policemen were killed. pro morsi supporters fired the first spots and the first person to die was a policeman. it said that the police bore some responsibility saying the death toll could have been much lower if their response had been more targeted. we welcome a spokesman for the wing of the muslim brotherhood, you thank you for coming in. what is your response to the findings of the report? >> in this kind of report, it's

a copy from the previous one y , which has been issued from the human rights council. and they ignore a lot of things such as the 37 people, who have been killed inside the police truck. it said nothing about. and also even the massacre of about 12 or 14 massacred. they never charged any person from the police or army who killed these people. they also never mentioned the army. >> in the bit that they talk about, do you acknowledge that they say that the sit-ins caused the officers to lose their focus, and the first person shot was a policeman. >> no, i was there. myself, i was there. there were a lot of snipers, and then they started killing. they started with the tearing gas, and they started to kill

the first line in the sit-in and then would go on. the people inside the hospital and they were under medical operation. they killed inside the hospital and mosque, too. >> they say 607 civilians and eight policemen died. what is your figure that you would put on the numbers? >> we never heard about their names, and they never mentioned their names or who they are. also, there are a lot of differences in the numbers. even the numbers killed. but we believe that there are, in this report, this organization does not go to this side. >> given all that, where is the muslim brotherhood go from here. they're being arrested on streets. what is your future if anything

given that the government seems to blame you for a lot of the unrest and what it calls terrorism. >> the killers are blaming the victims. that's what they're doing. our strategy in the future is to peaceful assembly. they stole the power. >> and have you been clear enough to denounce violence? have your supporters been resorting to violence? >> no, never. not since 86 years ago. >> thank you very much, indeed. we appreciate it. >> now journalists from around the world have been uniting in support of al jazeera's staff jailed in egypt. at an event in new yorker a committee to protect journalists has called for missouri to be

freed. they have been held in prison in egypt for 333 days. the plea for their release and the release of other journalists was made at an awards dinner. >> our three colleagues from al jazeera in an egyptian prison are not criminals. staff from both al jazeera and the "washington post" are here with us, and of course, we all continue to agitate for their freedom. >> scores of anti-government demonstrators have been arrested in the clearing of hong tongue protest sites. campaigners say this is not the end of the protest movement. rob mcbride reports from mong kok. >> for many protesters, a rude awakening declaring this is the

day they have to move out or face arrests. a confrontation with student leaders, who have complained of excessive police force. >> the policemen try to hurt people again and again. it just causes more supporters for the unit. >> joshua wong was under arrest again. one of the first since the police began to clear the demonstrators. >> the force of the police is too strong for us, and we have no weapons. >> the police tactic at the moment seems to advance a few meeters to secure the roads and remove whatever obstacles there are, arresting anybody who an instructs them. they're moving the demonstrators into a smaller and smaller area. >> the protest camp in mong kok has been the site of some of the worst confrontations, and many here applauded the police actions.

>> are you happy? >> yes, very happy. >> even among the supporters of the campaign for democracy, there has been growing dissatisfaction after two months of occupying roads with no apparent success. >> is this the end of the movement? >> no, absolutely not. >> this won't be the end. it's only beginning. >> the occupation of other sites on hong kong island continues, but demands for full democracy go unheeded. the yellow umbrella symbol looks increasingly battered. >> many have been moved by the lebanese singer sabah. we look back on her life. >> fans nicknamed sabah the singing bird. when singing a ballad her voice seemed to reach into the soul.

sabah released her first song in 1940. she continued to move and entertain generation after generation in the arab world and beyond for the next 70 years. she was a prolific artist, producing an estimated 3,000 songs and acting in 90 films. sabah was often uttered in the same breath as influential singers. but she made history of her own. she was the first arab singer to perform at carnegie hall in new york, the picadilly theater in london, the olympia in paris and the sydney oprah house. in her 80's she remained a glamorous presence on stage.

although she was sometimes mocked for her glitzcy outfit and dalliance with younger men, but it was a zest for living until the end that gave her fans another reason to love and admire her. >> plenty more on our website. the address to that is www.aljazeera.com. china's one child policy has quoted controversy, from accusations of the state confiscating children, to forced abortions. today it is being