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extradition to mainland china she actually has plenty of opportunities to communicate with the general public in the whole june but she did not and then she suddenly 5002 student union to have a communication and but show no sincerity and so that we think that she has is just a public show busy so we don't see why we should immediately. assaf invitation. bride has more. it says a lot about the see the level of anger here in hong kong that this offer of talks was rejected out of hand by the students they have revealed that this was a law firm made in private to the students of just 2 of the universities here for talks that again would be held in private now it all seems to be part of the lead
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carry lambs promise of being more of a listening chief executive but the complaint against that has always been that she is incapable or and able to make any changes that she won't back down and of course the suspicion being that behind her beijing is also forcing her not to give way not to lose face what the students are demanding is that they have this dialogue with government not only themselves but also many other sectors of society what's more they want that to be held in public all part of their campaign of building on the impetus of these mass demonstrations to keep this issue very much in the public domain the concern for the government is that they want to try to defuse this situation by having a public debate that may turn into a a rowdy shouting match between student groups and government officials they simply make matters worse well still ahead here on al-jazeera the un says it's been told
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libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants as they fled and strikes on a detention center and killing without fear of punishment venezuela's government is accused of a brutal crackdown on its police. hello at this time of the year with the monsoon driving most of the rains a good part of malaysia and indonesia is generally speaking dry apart from passing big showers and as you can see from this satellite picture all that many of them just to the west the philippines you see something building but in the forecasts you will see them sumatra singapore kuala lumpur and up into central parts of thailand and again dotted around the east and increasingly maybe jobbers a greater risk of showers including in jakarta but still
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a ways he still looks dry which i'm sure is quite relieving at least for the time being more active weather on its way through the australian bite is a good frontal system the back edge being a cold front and the whole thing winding up over the still relatively warm waters of the bite which is why i guess quite windy you left behind was 16 degrees in perth but drawing just ahead of it a warm air out of the interior means 19 in adelaide that onshore breeze to make it disappointing from the gulf coast northwards a good part of queens and could be cloudy and even wet and rain wrong than showers then the rain starts to fall in south australia and down towards victoria new south wales but you still got the high teens interestingly the green represents the rain in the forecast the whitish gray stuff is the clouds that for most it's still sunny . malaysia plans to abolish the death penalty dividing the museum with more than
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$1200.00 prisoners on death row one of money invested. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you. talk about you're watching others are a reminder of our top stories that are israeli military joined the coalition of opposition and protest groups have reached a deal to share power during the transition period leading up to elections
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a mediator from the african union says a new rotating council will be set up. also an international rose erupted on the seizure of the reigning oil tanker by the u.k. off the spanish coast britain says suspects the ship was trying to deliver all to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions to iran describes the move is illegal the crew of the vessel is being questioned france witnesses. student protesters in hong kong say they won't meet with the government unless it's in public the city's largest student unions have rejected offers to talk in private protestors want chief executive kerry land to scrap a controversial extradition bill. now the u.n. says the migrant detention center in libya was hit by 2 airstrikes and there were reports the guards shot at people trying to escape the ministry of justice in tripoli said 60 people died and 77 were injured in tuesday's attack mahmoud of the wired has more from tripoli. only meters away from the detention center that was bombed migrants and refugees have been sleeping on the ground since the detention
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center was hit on tuesday night they have remained here scared then traumatized local libyan authorities are worried if they move them to a nearby facility it too could be targeted by warlords relief or have to his forces and says there are reports guards shot at migrants as a try to escape the bombing this acuity personnel here deny that accusation but they refused to let the migrants to speak on camera. immediately after the 1st strike the migrants pushed against the door trying to escape the guards tried to open the door but couldn't they were soon enough while some migrants jumped over the walls to escape the 2nd to strike hasn't side. it's been revealed that 2 airstrikes targeted the detention center the 1st hit a garage the 2nd a holding cell with about 120 men the u.n.
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back to government in tripoli blames have those forces for the attacks since have there is launching a military campaign to seize 2 police back in april his fighter jets have targeted several residential areas this detention center was also hit by an air strike back in may those who survived tuesday's bombing now rely on aid organizations and local donors for food and humanitarian workers say they're helping them as much as they can. that we're trying to alleviate their suffering by raising their morale especially those who are still in shock we're also trying to connect them with other organizations that can help them. these migrants are grateful to have survived the airstrike though some of them lost friends supervisors here say children women and their husbands are due to be transferred to other detention centers but the others will have to stay here until the you and agency are decides
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where to put them the injured have been receiving medical treatment in several hospitals in tripoli those with minor injuries have been relieved others like these victims here will have to stay longer they are worried the authorities might transfer them to other detention centers the migrants here are from african asian and arab countries many of them were intercepted and detained while trying to cross the mediterranean to reach europe they say their embassies have not reached out to them yet and they don't know what is going to happen next. tripoli. both occurring at least 86 refugees and migrants are some of the coast of tunisia just 3 of the 4 people rescued survived so that spoke to them in this
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close to his border with libya. edriss has severe stomach pains he's just been rescued after his boat capsized in the mediterranean sea on monday he's one of 4 african migrants to tunisia and shelter while waiting to be taken to hospital news arrived that one of them from ivory coast had just died. dazed and confused 22 year old ass man from mali told us how the boat they were traveling on sank just hours after leaving libya he says there were $86.00 people on board including women and children 83 are now missing feared dead. but the levels of water poured in and the boat split into 2 people a panic and drown i held onto a part of the boat for 3 days every migrant at this shelter near the border with libya has a story to tell some told us about how they survived a boat capsized in maine when 60 people drowned others from sudan say they were
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held in libyan detention centers and made to fight for different warring factions since april's assault on the libyan capital tripoli by forces loyal to warlords honey for half the are the red crescent says the number of those arriving has increased. and there are shelters are full what we're concerned will be an influx of migrants and refugees the recent fighting in libya is forcing more of them to cross into tunisia which has an open border policy europe doesn't. the number of people trying to reach europe from libya increases during this time of the year 2 it's a beautiful day hit ins are busy some plenty it's a busy and families are enjoying the weather and the beach as well but somewhere out there in the mediterranean hundreds of migrants have died and have gone missing just this year alone all in the attempts to build a better future they say in europe earlier this month doctors without borders criticized in easier for its lack of an asylum system making it unsafe for migrants
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and refugees a draft law to process asylum seekers was put together in 2014 that it is yet to be adopted on thursday prime minister yousuf shah had called for a meeting to discuss the migrant issue fishermen's i believe the government isn't entirely to blame but they have. the european union needs to take more responsibility for those people are the ones caught in the middle as fisherman will always try to rescue migrants at sea even if criminalized the latest victim will be buried at this new cemetery behind. his family will never get to see him again but despite that many at this camp say they'll keep trying to reach europe until they succeed saeed al jazeera those east on the tunisian border with libya. pregnant women and children are among more than 50 margaret rescued off the coast of libya in the rubble but their destination is now clear there aboard
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a boat operated by the telling humanitarian charity which is docking in an entirely in port mediterranea saving humans says the ministerial decree is illegitimate. well syria's government is understood to have lost hundreds of troops in a 3 month battle in the northwest of the country the rebels are putting up a fight but the absence of iranian backed troops and challenges faced on other fronts have played a role in drawing out the conflict zone or how to report from beirut in neighboring lebanon. there is a stalemate on the front lines in northwest syria syrian government forces backed by the russian military have not been able to break the opposition's defensive positions after weeks of fighting it has been a costly battle war monitoring group say more than 700 government troops have been killed since late april but. we tell the a sad gangs on the russian occupiers whoever comes to the hama or latakia fronts
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will fail hundreds of bodies of regime mercenaries are rotting. the rebels to last hundreds of men defending their territory but they stop the advance their ally turkey did play a role by providing sophisticated weapons capabilities it doesn't want to lose its leverage in the province of idlib another me stakeholder iran however has been absent from the battlefield. iran's participation would provoke negative reactions from the western countries especially the united states in terms of kind of military action against syria or something like that and another reason is that your own those laws wants to prolong the sensitivities because they are working with each other in terms of wincing do you reconcile actions against iraq. others say iran is sending a message to its russian allies who have not stopped israeli strikes against iranian targets in syria whatever the reason the syrian government is struggling
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and iran is proving its value in the war effort it live is not the only path to product line i still remains a threat in central syria major problems. from such and such. and even so we. talk about that. basically every day i look at it as i said. that. i could. syrian president bashar and i thought has restored control over more than 60 percent of the country but his army is exhausted overstretched and it seems too weak to recapture remaining rebel held areas without the help of iranian backed militias many of their fighters on the frontline fighting on behalf of the regime have been recruited forcefully from count across syria they do not actually want to serve and many of them are not likely assad regime some of them live in fight
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against rebel ranks and therefore their morale their terminations to continue fighting is very low are said repeatedly says he will recall cricket libert the battle for the opposition's last stronghold is proving to be difficult to. beirut. the rebels in yemen say they've carried out more drone attacks on. ports in saudi arabia stopping all air traffic azadi and where are the coalition spokesman said its forces intercepted and shot down a drone an airport. a report by the u.n. human rights treaties accuses that as well in the security forces of committing gross violations. president nicolas maduro special forces for what she calls politically motivated killings the un report contains chilling details of the techniques allegedly being used by venezuela's intelligence services to intimidate members of the opposition's essential institutions and the owner of law in venice will have been eroded the exercise of freedom of opinion expression association the
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family and the right to participate in public life entails the risk of reprisal and repression. reproach not attacks against actual or perceived political opponents and you know where defenders ranging from threat and fear campaigns to arbitrary the tension torture and ill treatment sexual violence killings and fall disappearance. has more. well the united nations says that the report is based on over 500 interviews that took place not only in venezuela but also outside and there were carried out by united nations human rights representative in the country and also by its representative former chilean president michelle bachelet it talks not only about extra judicial killings in the country carried out by the security forces mostly in poor neighborhoods this report says that those operations where anti-crime operations but many of them also there are saying that this acuity
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forces used force in order to curtail this and it also talks about the rule of law in venezuela saying that the opposition has neutralized and criminalized and also saying that institutional checks and balances have been dismantled in venezuela today this report comes out just as it's being discussed the death of a navy captain in court he passed out apparently he was beaten and tortured this is what his lawyers are saying and this is something that has shocked not only the opposition and human rights groups but also the world and for human rights groups there saying that this shows that torture in the country is systemic and that this united nations report shows in a way that everything that they have been denouncing for a very long time that's been happening in this country is actually going on and that's why the opposition is asking people to take to the streets this friday july 5th when it's o.l.s. independence day the opposition is saskin for people to take to the streets to denounce torture at the same time the government is doing is asking its followers
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to do the same. doldrum called it his salute to america but his independence day parade in the capital featuring tanks fighter jets and military demonstrations is divided opinion opponents say it's aimed at boosting the president's reelection campaign and is a waste of taxpayers' money the cost is unclear but there are reports the national park service is diverting nearly $2500000.00 for part of the expense. your children their homes their whole robin remind of our top stories cigars a ruling military junta and a coalition of opposition and protest groups have reached a deal to share power during a transition period leading up to elections a mediator from the african union says a new rotating council will be set up. here we would like to reassure all the
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political forces and military movements as well as all the youth the men and women involved in this transition that this is a comprehensive agreement that doesn't exclude anyone and reflects the aspirations of the entire sudanese people. this agreement paves the way for the creation of transitional authority to 2 sions that will implement political economic and social reforms one of the most important priorities of this government will be to ensure pace and conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the killing of protesters and bringing the killers to justice. iran is condemning what it describes as the illegal interception of an oil tanker by british marines off the spanish coast the united states is applauding the impound of a ship suspected of carrying it raining oil to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions. student protesters in hong kong say they won't meet the government unless it's in public the city's largest student unions have rejected office to
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talk in private protestors want chief executive caroline to scrap a controversial extradition bill a report by the un's human rights chief accuses that as well as security forces committing gross violations. blamed president nicolas maduro special forces for what she calls politically motivated killings the un report contains chilling details of the techniques allegedly being used by venezuela's intelligence services to intimidate members of the opposition. pregnant women and children months more than 50 my parents rescued off the coast of libya in a rubber dinghy but their destination now is far from clear they were aboard a yacht operated by an italian humanitarian charity which is banned from docking in an italian port mediterranea saving humans and says the ministerial decree is illegitimate because italy can't ban italian flying vessels from entering territorial waters well those were the headlines we're back with the al-jazeera
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news hour in 30 minutes to stay with us for that next it's al-jazeera one o one east. after 25 years of enforcing the world's waste china through the global cycling industry into chaos. the growing pressure of agreement skies eaves resulting in changed we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. in malaysia's jails more than 1200 prisoners are on death row. let me go back. there was i went through all. but with the government reconsidering the death penalty many hope their lives could be saved. some of us believe that the killings are all was live and then you cannot allow the state to sponsor. another killing. now
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a bit of backlash could see those hopes dashed of militias down the aisle to protect only a small segment of people and that the criminals. one on one east meets the people on either side of this emotional life and death debate. worryin yan immolations northern state of quetta. it feels like a steep e town with a laid back vibe. but it's an unspeakable crime happened here just months ago. the victims were 4 year old neural honeymoon and her brother one year old mohammad hafiz. they were killed in their beds allegedly by a neighbor armed with
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a large knife. 6 months on that parents are still in shock. interests the fisherman was out at sea when the man rampage through his house he still doesn't know why. that's when mom post one way and they're. off and i thought i was a level. 7 year old mohammad hakim survived because he was sleeping in another room. his mother sheila is lucky to be alive. and might get to my mother and then you know i add in the question do you know what that will be that but i think they will believe that doesn't they not at the will because i know. that when they see all of them. said to me.
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the 2 children are buried near their home. the family visit regularly. it's a nightmare no parent should have to suffer. beatrice and sheila say they were relieved when the alleged murderer was arrested. but they are now alarmed by new. that malaysia mights a polish the death penalty. oh i say. i mean i mean my team can't beat a little mining machine on anyone so one might. well you have to remember them with either i mean what you mean about the new mini and. all the more on the. malaysia is a secular country but islam practiced by the majority of the population is
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protected under the constitution. capital punishment is allowed under islamic courts sharia law. beatrice's call for the government to retain the death penalty is supported by many from within his faith. nor hakimi hates the kid operands of muslim rights and geo. lengthiest gawd i'm going to. go for my my yeah yeah little white yes i think. think i'd. own my own opinion but i thought i knew so yeah. and i don't want to but i might if i don't belive me but that nagging. not all muslim organizations agree though in the capital kuala lumpur we meet dr
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but. founder of the islamic released aunt's front. so if these people argue that because difficult i.c.'s you can kill the people who made it and the people who did it was to see that no we can keep slaves because the need not point is limply islam should be combined to build me a detention facility and it should be compatible with human rights as well. ahmad not have a lot. of money. in the eastern town of cebu. and her husband tends to their clothing store every night . in the mornings they're busy selling yams. the couple barely allow themselves time to rest they say it's the only way they can stop
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thinking about their son possible in the us or things that i now had it was only in that. time i learned credit here and so. that's what i thought until. you mentioned bad hamel thought. stephen wall was a promising young bank manager whose murder shook the city. at 1st stephens wife told the family he was killed during an attempted robbery. but his sister says they soon realised something wasn't right he saw. stephen was stabbed to death in his bedroom in this house by an assailant could entered through an unlocked door. quite chatty and it did wrong the male. don't mind some of the meal high. the
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only witnesses was stephen's wife ling hung and the young son. police would eventually charge her with it betting his murder she was sentenced to death by hanging and is now appealing the verdict. her alleged coconspirator boyfriend andrew chung is currently on the run the 2 had apparently paid a 3rd person to kill stephen that hired hand is now serving a 16 year sentence clear to iran our they both fell out saying they had to kill our book a while you credible do work. the longs have since for it's a contentious battle for custody of stevens only child. they've even prepared a room for him. but
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a court awarded custody of the boy to his mother's family. same with janet. in. santa and and so young. it's a tragedy few can fully comprehend the family is adamant there's only one thing that can bring them justice not up anything about women or men this i mean. if you know what i think you know say me mayor talk. malaysia currently has the death penalty for $33.00 crimes and for 11 of those including murder and terrorism judges have no option but to impose it. god. in 2018 a new government swept to power. it promised to give judge's discretion in all
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cases where the death penalty is on the table. but last october no minister you weak young 21 further. cabinet met at 0 and 10 all over to abolish the gap on the things from all the oil fences some of us believe that killing is wrong once you leave and then you cannot allow the state to sponsor another killing. sisler what he believes the government is making a mistake really for having. her mother was a silhouette. founder of a malaysian cosmetics empire and the victim of a horrific mudda. sister disappeared along with 3 associates in 2010. they'd gone to a farm to discuss a business deal with a lawyer but never returned. police believe they were killed and their bodies
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burnt to conceal the crime. the lawyer and 2 farmhands have since been sentenced to death for the murders. is there any humanity wendy do that to my mom kill by my mother. when we kill is she thinking about this lady have 6 kids in the home that waiting for her. somewhere in my shoe they're also asking i phone i. returned still lives in the same house she shared with her mother. the watch these things have been left untouched. i can feel that the memory is still there and i go feel that. she is still here we are there in this.
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it's hard to find closure and rita says the government's plans for abolition have been deeply distressing. government and now i feel like so frustrate so mad about it and then i so much out. you should know what i feel what the family feels. what happened to us how we grieve. some victims' families have been speaking up there any other questions lawyer christina tang says a coalition was formed to give them and other retentionists a voice. from groups that are very concerned medieval times family. be different and she always got together and say we support need to support each other and. let our voice be heard so that the government would do the right thing
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opposition politicians also weighing in on the issue. we cast young is a member of parliament and a former minister. explanation for the people of from the government of the b. to come visit me why do you need to abolish depakote that we all know tepid up the is a deterrent we don't get it all crime rate is going down. most malaysians seem to agree. in a poll conducted last year by 3 major publications and 82 percent of $22000.00 respondents opposed the government's proposal. it is a very contentious issue saw for a pushback to to come to for a supposed not surprising but we must focus on why the government is doing it
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that government is doing it because it is putting a lot of emphasis on human rights this. year. is that abdul rashid is smile is a lawyer and past president of the national human rights society. he's also a member of malaysia's anti death penalty coalition every legal system since he's a minister by human being it is prone to mistakes they release off executing someone who is in a sense is always at the forefront of the considerations when we have a death penalty that can be possibly innocent people. in the audience at this anti death penalty for him. and her children. she is here in a desperate bid to save her husband's life. when the guest of honor the
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deputy minister for women family and community development starts to leave it's an emotional lakshmi makes her move. on forgetting for missing her something from anything here to cover here as above last name of methadone so we get it right now and. to get some water it's a bit like he said up addition in post after being picked up on the lawn. thinking it. life has been a struggle ever since her husband miten was taken away. the family still lived in the same makeshift house. lakshmi works as a cleaner to support her children. akila is now 18 and
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still trying to understand what happened. here's my depth. i don't know there was a study a guests on your own beyond their money. and. the story is a complicated one. in august 2004 police made a gruesome discovery. charred body parts scattered across several locations near my intern's house. witnesses claimed they saw a body inside his workshop. mind then was eventually convicted of murder in a case built not only on circumstantial evidence. at mit's assaulting a man but insists even today that he never killed anyone. then in 2017 this man came forward. his name is deborah das and he
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says it was him my than assaulted 13 years earlier. no they are the. only. good for a while going to lakshmi believed her prayers had been uncertain. but the court refused to reopen her husband's case. and might the remains on death row . the bones and best karen. numbered year but i did look at the deadly. bombing attack. in
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a choir concert on the stand why her son is in prison either. when we meet her in the city of hope she's on her way to see him. it's a grueling ride for a woman in poor health. the journey takes more than 3 hours each way. but tries to go as often as she can why there's a single lie that says it has any hope or doesn't have to jump on me by and i genuinely thought in. ny and saw. jan wife saying all are why i was just 19 when he was arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder. evidence tying him to the crime is purely circumstantial. according to court documents a wise boss and kohak used had used his name to lease
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a house which was also their place of work 2. the hostage was then held and killed by. police found strands of a wise hair in the house. but there was no d.n.a. evidence linking him to the crime. during the trial testified that or why was that home when the crime was allegedly taking place. inside and into the muslim inside and i mean 10 that i'd say it's out there anything that they use as a. once only to know can't buy 10 year old i hate myself anderson will find the very it's innocent kind of hannah. why has exhausted all avenues for appeal. also for those who want to. be in lake county. now his mother can
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only hope for clemency. or for the government to amend the law. but completely abolishing the death penalty is not a priority for now. instead the government intends to remove only men to treat death sentences we decided that we should take instead just a. really would do would be more of the minute or a defendant's for us to give the judge. to decide on capital punishment of francis . it's not a compromise christina 10 is willing to accept one judge just for giving discretion they would not choose the most serious punishment which is the penalty. but malling
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quite a performer court of appeals judge who has upheld the death sentences in the past disagrees there was one of the arguments that was taken when it was made compulsory amended 3 you know it's a little sad now you don't have to worry you just convicted embezzler you have to pass the sentence i think that is not quite correct and there may be easy way out but i think judges must still be the conscience of the people. it's also an abolitionist who believes the real problem lies with law enforcement and you don't have to have a death penalty to have people respecting the law. i think the lack of confidence in the enforcement authorities simply because of this ugly. specter of corruption which was so pervasive is so embedded in in everything malaysian we will have to make sure that the systems are cleaned cleaned up and everybody has faith
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in the system. out in the countryside in kuantan we meet a man who has devoted his life to helping inmates on death row. also runs a hof way house. for. a month. or. so but. you know he'll to macao saying on the. timing coming up. in the witching. oh you don't ok. lamb spends much of his time visiting death row inmates and their families. today
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were going with him to beat relatives of a drug offender. husband zuki flea gunny was caught with 22 kilograms of cannabis he told the high court he'd given some friends a ride in his van and that the drugs belong to them. suki flee was initially acquitted but 7 years later the prosecution appealed his daughter with 12 at the time. say it up but i want to buy them i value them. i did because if i now if they mine anything that i have. been under development that it would get out of the $1281.00 inmates on death row in malaysia more than $100.00 drug offenders like sooky flee some influential voices are now saying harsh laws don't
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work as a deterrent in 2012 the then minister of office actually said in parliament that the death penalty is not stopping the drug trafficking trade because the numbers have been increasing so since then again you can if you look at i think is pretty 12 to now 7 years later we still have a death penalty but the numbers are still increasing so obviously it is not really acting as a deterrent. ha . cities but our son has been on death row for 12 years. now. is only. this is the weird for. me. again thing was i went through all.
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rosati arc bud was found guilty of trafficking 858 grams of cannabis in 2007 and given the banditry death sentence. an amendment in 2017 gave judges limited discretion in deciding such cases. but the change doesn't apply retroactively and rezai remains on death row. the government's announcement last october gave city hope. but much has happened since then and the fate of death row inmates remains uncertain. the process is quite painful for those who are the with the with the thought i had written
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a letter on the advice of the cabinet to ask the pardon bill to concede to giving them commutations doesn't commit them i do for life or for peter of the yes depending on the circumstances. but for the case. for families of victims these are equally trying times. to secede and also say hey you know what that or i hate the shiites chances to see sense a city our chances. on city hall change things are we not there's only nothing to me that at valentinus now. the government plans to table a bill in parliament in july. how it proceeds will say much to the world about the values and priorities of malaysia and its people.
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would be as you would recognize government says it's lost contact with one of its warplanes as war claimed to have to our forces say they shot down a jet. protesters in hong kong say they will hold talks with city leaders only and full public view. and i'm lee harvey with your sports 15 year old corrie golf looks to reach the 2nd week at wimbledon and rough on the dull survive some underhanded and overheated tactics by nick kyrgios on center court. we began in sudan where the ruling military and a coalition of opposition and protest groups have reached an agreement on power sharing african union mediators say the 2 sides will establish a sovereign council that will stay in place for just over 3 years and will be made up of 5 military personnel 5 civilians and one member selected by both parties there will also be an independent investigation into the violence between the
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military and protesters those clashes dozens of demonstrators dead and hundreds of other seriously wounded and both sides have agreed to postpone establishing a legislative body alexey o'brien has more. in khartoum the crowds gathered chanting for the revolution just hours off the opposition groups announced a deal with the military council there reminding the jump to it will be held accountable for its actions. revolutions against injustice they say the military is unjust it shows the scale of the challenges facing the partners in sudan's new power sharing deal. this agreement paves the way for the creation of transitional authority to choose sions that will implement political economic and social reforms one of the most important priorities of this government will be to ensure pace and conduct a thorough and. berent investigation into the killing of protesters and bringing
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the killers to justice is the coalition of opposition groups and the military council have been at loggerheads for months they only came back to the negotiating table this week after intensive mediation by ethiopia and the african union but the bulk of. the 2 sides agreed to establish a sovereign council to be shared between the military and civilians for 3 years or more but also agreed to create a civilian government that is nationalist competence and independent on the beat a ship of a prime minister that has the same qualities. the talks broke down in may over who would lead a transitional government in the crisis deepened days later when security forces stormed a protest camp killing more than 100 people forces led by this man mohammed harm done doug alone known as him 80 were accused of leading the violence. we would like to reassure all the political forces and military movements as well as all the youth the men and women involved in this transition that this is
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a comprehensive agreement that doesn't exclude anyone and reflects the aspirations of the entire sudanese people some say there will be no accountability while him if he's involved the problem is late he's we are not really sure. it's not in the right it's not. it's not our sharing it's not our. muscle. this is how this is you know. it's going to be really hard to. any sort of. anti-government demonstrations began last year with protesters calling for a longtime leader omar al bashir to go the military took over in a code the process does argue the ruling council is a continuation of the shias regime demanding a transition to civilian government. 2 c c opposition groups say they hope this deal will be the beginning of a new era for saddam. alexia brian al jazeera. there and back government says it's
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lost contact with one of its fighter jets south of the capital tripoli social media post war clip the forces show the wreckage of what they say is a pro d.n.a. fighter jet they shot down near the city southwest of tripoli and this follows the deadly attack on a migrant detention center in the capital tripoli on tuesday or at least 60 people were killed more than 300 migrants and refugees are still being detained there and the u.n. says that puts them at great risk or another bombing but would have reports from tripoli but only meters away from the detention center that was bombed migrants and refugees have been sleeping on the ground since the detention center was hit on tuesday night they have remained here skiis den charmer time local libyan authorities are worried if they move them to a nearby facility it too could be targeted by the have to do forces and
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says there are reports guards shot at migrants as a tried to escape the bombing this acuity personnel here deny that accuse asian but they refused to let the migrants to speak on camera. immediately after the 1st strike the migrants pushed against the door trying to escape the guards tried to open the door but couldn't do it soon and some migrants jumped over the walls to escape the 2nd is strike has inside. it's been revealed that 2 air strikes targeted the detention center the 1st hit a garage the 2nd a holding cell with about 120 men the u.n. back to government in tripoli blames have those forces for the attacks since have those launching a military campaign to seize 2 police back in april his fighter jets have targeted several residential areas this detention center was also hit by an air strike back in may those who survived tuesday's bombing now rely on aid organizations and local
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donors for food humanitarian workers say they're helping them as much as they can. that we're trying to alleviate their suffering by raising their morale especially those who are still in shock we're also trying to connect them with other organizations that can help them. these migrants are grateful to have survived the airstrike though some of them lost friends supervisors here say children women and their husbands are due to be transferred to other detention centers but the others will have to stay here until the you and h.c. are decides were to put them the injured have been receiving medical treatment in several hospitals in tripoli those with minor injuries have been relieved others like these victims here will have to stay longer they are worried the authorities
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might transfer them to other detention centers the migrants here are from african asian and arab countries many of them were intercepted and detained while trying to cross the mediterranean to reach europe they say their embassies have not reached out to them yet and they don't know what is going to happen next. tripoli about carrying at least $86.00 refugees and migrants off the coast of tunisia just $34.00 people rescued survive so i spoke to their close to the border between tunisia and libya. edriss has severe stomach pains he's just been rescued after his boat capsized in the mediterranean sea on monday he's one of 4 african migrants brought to a 2 new zealand shelter while waiting to be taken to hospital news arrived that one
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of them from ivory coast had just died. dazed and confused 22 year old ass man from mali told us how the boat they were travelling on sank just hours after leaving libya he says there were $86.00 people on board including women and children 83 are now missing feared dead. for at least what the board and the boat split into 2 people are panicking and drowned i held onto a part of the boat for days every migrant at this shelter near the border with libya has a story to tell some told us about how they survived a boat capsized in maine when 60 people drowned others from sudan say they were held in libyan detention centers and made to fight for different warring factions since april's assault on the libyan capital tripoli by forces loyal to warlords honey for have to are the red crescent says the number of those arriving has increased. and that all shelters are full what we're concerned will be an influx of
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migrants and refugees the recent fighting in libya is forcing more of them to cross into to news yeah which has an open border policy europe doesn't the number of people trying to reach europe from libya increases during this time of the year 2 it's a beautiful day that is the same plenty it's it is in families are enjoying the weather and the beach as well but somewhere out there in the mediterranean hundreds of migrants have died and have gone missing just this year alone all in the attempts to build a better future they say in europe earlier this month doctors without borders criticized an easier for its lack of an asylum system making. unsafe and migrants and refugees a draft law it's a process asylum seekers was put together in $24.00. to be adopted on thursday prime minister yousuf shah had called for a meeting to discuss the migrant issue fishermen's i believe the government isn't
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entirely to blame but they have. the european union needs to take more responsibility for those people are the ones caught in the middle as fisherman will always try to rescue migrants at sea even if criminalized the latest victim will be buried at this new cemetery behind. his family will never get to see him again but despite that many at this camp say they'll keep trying to reach europe until they succeed. al-jazeera so zeese on the tunisian border with libya. protesters in hong kong say they won't hold talks with the government unless there and public leaders of the city's largest student unions were responding to chief executive kerry lamb's offer to meet in private a small number of demonstrators ransacked and vandalized the legislative council building on monday hundreds of thousands largely peaceful protesters have been calling for lam to scrap a controversial bill that would allow extradition to mainland china she actually
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has plenty of opportunities to communicate with the general public in the whole june but she did not. refer to a student union communication and showed no sincere and so that we think that she. is just a public show busy so we don't see why we should immediately. assess the invitation. as a latest from hong kong. it says a lot about the see the level of anger here in hong kong that this offer of talks was rejected out of hand by the students they have revealed that this was a law firm made in private to the students of just 2 of the universities here for talks that again would be held in private now would also.

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