spying is each and every one of us in total responsibility to change those things place for the good are now jersey era. by ugandan child soldier turned commander of the lord's resistance army is found guilty of a series of war crimes. hello i'm adrian forgive and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up reports of arrests in myanmar as the government restricts social media including facebook. fleeing venezuela to start a new life in chile the recent influx of migrants is raising fears of a potential humanitarian crisis. it's still a bit of a trip out to think. i am and i think it. will meet some of those climbing to new

heights with a sport that said to make its debut at the olympic games. the international criminal court at the hague has found ugandan militia leader dominic kong when guilty of war crimes a judge says that he ordered the killings of civilians and abducted children on one was part of the lord's resistance army but he was himself abducted by the armed group at the age of 10 and forced to become a child soldier the chamber's therefore convicted only going over total of $61.00 crimes compromising both crimes against humanity and war crimes to try to sum up in a few words the lengthy and technical verdict rendered by the chamber the only one has been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of. a number of

crimes committed in the context of the 4 specified attacks on the i.d.p. camps of jeweler or dick look already and book attacks against the civilian population murder attempted murder torture and slave meant outrages upon personal dignity pillaging destruction of property and persecution al-jazeera steadfastness live for us at the hague step tell us more about these verdicts. yes it was a very long list of crimes that he's now been found guilty of 1st 61 accounts of the 70 accounts that he was facing the most important message from the judge though was that he is holding on when fully responsible for the crimes that he has committed because of course we know that he has been

a former child soldier himself the defense has said that he is mentally able that he has a poster might take stress syndrome and all kinds of mental illnesses but according to the charges that didn't matter when he was committing these crimes he was fully aware of what he was doing he didn't experience any duress there was no threat to his life and he could have escaped from the al or a the lord's resistance army under joseph tony any time but he didn't so he stayed there until the very bitter and that's one of the reasons the judge says he has to be held fully responsible for these crimes that he has committed hundreds of witnesses have recall that testified here in court about these crimes it was a long list that we listened to this morning it seemed an endless list of very sadistic crimes and now he's been found guilty of most of them we don't know his sentence at this stage because the charges will decide

a jew course as they say it will happen within the next few weeks i'll use you but at the moment we only know that he has been found guilty the maximum sentence normally here at the i.c.c. is 30 years in prison there's no death penalty but in very occasional very extreme situations they can hand out a life sentence. reporting live from the hague many thanks. catherine sawyer has also been following this case she looks now at the crimes that dominick unwin has been convicted of. john attack on your says her son and parents were killed here in look already in northern uganda by the lord's resistance army or air laurie in 2004 it was one of many villages that were attacked by the group and i was in the market when the attack happened it was evening time when they started shooting i ran home and when i got there i found my son dead his body was next to his grandparents dominic when he say to have been the rebel commander in

charge of the low quality massacre wrap to 60 people were killed the war between l.r.u. rebels and the government began 3 decades ago and is now safe to have shifted into parts of central african republic the democratic republic of congo and south sudan joseph corney formed the group to overthrow president yoweri museveni in uganda and create a state based on his interpretation of the bill because it had commandments the group's current political goals are not clear for in a didn't know when is charged with 70 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes he says he was abducted by the l r e when he was a 10 year old child going to school in his village of koran he also argues he did not know any better because of his are bringing in the group and devotion to its leader connie his relatives told al-jazeera many children were taken by the rebels during those stubby times. and. his family members were praying for him

may not get knocked up but in case he is found guilty he is forgiven. when may have been a child soldier but he quickly rose through the ranks and by the time of his capture was the number 4 in command human rights organization says a victim himself this case poses difficult questions on the burden of responsibility he should be held accountable for. any crimes he may have committed as an adult but the fact that he was abducted i think the whole thing to be taken into consideration as a mitigating factor because. his situation is so unique by 2004 the air larrie had abducted more than 20000 children killed around 800000 people including those in look commemorated in this memorial site and displaced up to 1500000 it was one of africa's longest conflicts and the victims of it like janet a little you want justice but compensation as well catherine al-jazeera

there are reports of more arrests in myanmar as protests against monday's military coup gather pace social media is being restricted including access to facebook and the u.n. has spoken out sharply against the move away from democracy or censor cheap that opposed president both face charges that if convicted won't be able to work in politics again officer as i said big reports. small protests in the 2nd largest city in myanmar the students and activists in mandalay are speaking out against monday's military coup but with the military clamping down on internet and social media providers it's hard for people to communicate and organize protests here don't have the power that we have no access to any news no news about mother on song suchi i feel so sad it gives me a pain in my chest i would rather go out and fight if possible but that would be against the wishes of mother sue. facebook is

a central part of life in myanmar it's why the military has shut it down seems as if the military is really going after the primary social media platforms including facebook which really is the internet in myanmar most people including people within government agencies use facebook almost as if it was an email system so it will be. terrible in terms of its consequences not only in terms of organizing a response to this coup but also in terms of conducting day to day business and economic activity but that didn't stop these health workers walking out of the hospital to protest against the coup according to their facebook groups similar walkouts happened at hospitals across the country have. we had just protesting peacefully by wearing this red ribbon we don't need to speak out we all know that playing the ribbon is a sign of protest against a military government and the only want our elected government this is a message many people have likely not seen such a military presence on the streets since the 2011 democratic reforms. despite the

apparent anger at the social media ban and the international condemnation of the coup the generals who have passed business interests in the country are not going anywhere many people in myanmar may be troubled by the military intervention but minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun suu she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals assad beg al-jazeera in the capital naypyidaw there's been a rally in support of the military coup crowds carried the flag of the armed forces and pictures of men online the man who's now in power. there are new warnings about consequences for the world if developing countries don't get fair access to covered by teen vaccines the international federation of

red cross red crescent societies says that 70 percent of doses administered so far have been in the world's 50 wealthiest countries they say that this vaccine inequality could lead to further mutations of covert 19 the group is developing a plan to fund jobs for 500000000 people in poor countries. without equal distribution even unduly who are bassinet it may not be safe if the last pockets of the bloop bloop remain on vaccinated there could be 1000 baxi invited as we continue to serve and we continue to mute today we add our voice again to cause but equality and fairness otherwise we've is going back into that black is days of the pandemic and what have we discussing days that are even darker and did yes. the 1st mask over 1000 vaccination campaign in south america is underway in chile on wednesday more than 210000 people received their 1st dose most of them about the

age of 90 latin america and it's a lucy a new one reports from santiago. it's been 5 decades since latina sanchez last set foot in a sports stadium she's just celebrated her 90th birthday making her eligible to be among the 1st to be vaccinated against cold 19 in what is actually a football pitch and it's been set up as an enormous clinic to inoculate tens of thousands of elderly people in this working class municipality of santiago here where i was very impatient to be inoculated 97 year old daniel lisa says she thinks the vaccine made lengthen her life a bit more and. this is the 1st mass inoculation against covert 19 in one of the region's hardest hit by the pandemic some used wheelchairs others canes while others sprinted in and out confident that soon they'll be able to end long months

of isolation of it by the end of february some 5000000 of the most vulnerable senior citizens and health workers should be inoculated followed by millions more but how did chile manage to secure so many doses. in april and may on the president's orders be signed the 1st contract assisted by specialized legal experts because buying such large quantities of back scene is uncommon and complex. another advantage is that chile has been able to pay for these vaccines up front unlike many of its neighbors who had to wait for the less expensive ones that are being distributed by the u.n. kovacs program the 1st one being used in this country are from china's scene of x. laboratory for mass inoculation of the general population and that's because. i don't need special refrigeration and or is it to distribute weight on the plans to inoculate 70 percent of the population by the end of june an ambitious goal. 92

year old to don't you know who is the last of her 3 sisters waiting to be vaccinated today the 21 other thing the flu we thought we were so hard on to this invisible bug showed us that be humans are not gods. and with that she went in for her jab defying the virus and vowing to make the best of the years she has left you see in human al-jazeera sent. brazil's health agency a stitch to phase 3 trials in order to speed up vaccine approvals the chinese made sin of ak vaccines already being used there on the government wants to buy 30000000 doses from russia and india or when say the makers of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine announced that they're seeking regulates re approval to set up a production center in brazil. the brazilian air force has started to transport coronavirus patients from hard hit manassas and i was own us state hospitals there

are full and facing oxygen shortages so far the military has flown 470 patients out of the city brazil remains the worst hit country in the region. now weather update next here on to 0 then they were murdered in the thousands by i saw in iraq years later the government holds funeral ceremonies for the is eating victims of this railway station in china should be packed with passengers at this time of the year tell me why that's not the case. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello i'm pleased to say we have got some weather in the forecast for japan over the next couple of days still some snow to get out of the way that we've got this area of cloud here just around honshu cottage ever of low pressure now in the

process is just not going away still pulling in the winds for more of a westerly almost west the direction so will be some snow flurries in place as we go through friday but they are in the process of petering out 12 celsius the top temperature there for tokyo come saturday it warms up to around 15 degrees so we are looking at it turning a good deal malda some pleasant weather along last coming through but that will be increasing snow melt coming through in the the risk of flooding for some we've got to 10 inches of around 10 celsius there for seoul cos the korean peninsula generally dry but not just a little bit of snow there into the far north east of china for much of china it is brightening up it will turn fine and dry with rain moving away from the east side of the country as we go through sas day shanghai with a top temperature of around 17 degrees celsius at this stage largely dry to across a good part of south asia but this westley disturbance helping to clear the air for a time across northern parts of india it will move through and that's going to

return to fog and small new delhi with the top temperature of $23.00 degrees celsius. at ways even recent history can become. up skewered 3 intrepid photojournalists returned to the at the center of peru civil war and tracked down the brave characters that they had captured through their lenses 30 years earlier. imagine a rising challenge to the official history that denies indigenous peoples contribution to the peace process witness seen again on a jersey. or .

again this is al-jazeera the main news this hour the international criminal court at the hague has found ugandan militia leader dominic when guilty of war crimes a judge says that he ordered the killings of civilians and abducted children. as military has restricted access to social media activists say the people of the arrested in mandalay while demonstrating against the coup other acts of civil disobedience are taking place across the country. and chile has become the 1st latin american countries launch a mass covert 19 vaccination campaign more than 210000 people have received their 1st dose most of them above the age of 90. iraq's government is holding funerals for victims of the the religious minority killed by i saw and what the un has called genocide the remains of 104 people have been examined and identified from mass graves in northern iraq they'll be laid to rest in line with the cd

tradition in the coming days i still took control of their ancestral homeland in 2014 at least 3000 were killed and 7000 women were forced into sexual slavery well ahead of the united nations team investigating the atrocities committed by eisel says that preserving any evidence will help to hold the perpetrators accountable it's very important to realize constantly that these are crime scenes. and crime scenes tell a story now this is important both to document what took place also to look at you know chart for example ballistics ballistic and the rounds that were spent that we used to execute these unarmed civilians also may contain d.n.a. evidence that may contain fingerprints for the sake of argument all of these are important friends ik steps that help ensure that the evidence we collect can be properly evaluated and assessed to build criminal cases

a prominent lebanese activist has been found dead in his car after being shot like one slim was a journalist and political analyst he also produced films and established an archive of lebanon's social and political history he was well known for his criticism of his bala slim was in southern lebanon where his family lost contact with him on wednesday for more let's go live to beirut al-jazeera. is the tell us more about what happened zain or who would want slim dead and why. looking on slieve was shot in the head 4 times and shot in his back that's according to the official news agency this is being called a targeted killing there has been no claim of responsibility as of yet but his family has reached a verdict his sister is telling the media that she believes her brother was killed because of his views because of his opinion he was a prominent activist

a very fierce critic of hezbollah the iran backed group which holds political power in lebanon she stopped short of pointing the finger and saying hezbollah but what she did tell us is that she believes the ruling party was responsible she's not even calling for an investigation because many here in lebanon believe both the judiciary as well as the security agencies they're politicized and the truth will never be revealed in a country where there has been decades of impunity looked months liam was a vocal critic like i told you of hezbollah hezbollah supporters are denying any they they say that they're coming to the defense of the organization saying that these accusations are politically motivated but many people point out the fact of who he was he was a shia from the same sector of hezbollah and he used to live among them in their heartland which for many it is

a thorn in the side of the group and we have to know what is going on in lebanon at the moment dissent is growing calls for a new leadership is growing and calls for early election so there's condemnation there is anger and there is grief but there's also fear with activists telling us that the media freedoms really and freedom of expression is at the risk. for sure this is a sin this assassination is not the 1st offense sky but still it does a lot and the journalists activists and the politician who raise their voices against injustice the the political state in lebanon says that we will kidnap you kill you at least you will investigate your thoughts this tells us a lot that the depression in lebanon is going bigger and bigger the freedom of expression is vanishing given all there is nothing to say about democracy in lebanon this. this nation does

a lot that we are going into the air office in the nation against everybody who would raise their voices against injustice and gays oppression who only try to say that there is a political state that kills democracy. bring back memories of the era of assassinations what you had said and what many activists have been telling us they're talking about the post 2005 and on which began with the killing of the former prime minister rafiq and then a series of killings of politicians activists journalists people really who oppose syria and its ally in lebanon hezbollah hezbollah of course the knowing any role in those murders but the situation here is people are afraid they're afraid of what is to come they are seeing this they're seeing this killing as a message as a message to silence dissent al-jazeera zain ahead of reporting live from beirut to

many thanks dude refugees from crisis hit venezuela and are risking their lives attempting to cross the mountainous land border to get to chile additional security agencies have been deployed to prevent illegal crossings but stopping them so far but the challenge diane reports. these families left venezuela hoping for a new life and chilling back home life had become unbearable they say there's no food no jobs and no future if he does none of them oh you can't survive in venezuela you really can't how are we supposed to make it with about $3.00 a month now there are fears of a potential humanitarian crisis entire communities are walking towards the chilean border climbing mountains and rocky ground to avoid border checkpoints at least 2 people died attempting the journey one from colombia the other from venezuela. he was about 30 people who were in the group tried to help one of the migrants of

mouth to mouth resuscitation but it's possible the patient had covert 19 so now there's a risk the virus is spread more than 4000000 people have fled of venezuela in recent years most went to colombia and peru but now more families are choosing to go to prosperous chilling but not everyone is happy to see them i don't mean to the same out of the bases families from our local i morris indigenous group have had intruders in their properties they walk in looking for food and clothes they go through peru and they write to chile in deplorable conditions. chillin soldiers have been deployed along bolivia's border to prevent illegal crossings but stopping them has been a challenge most refugees and migrants say their desire for a new start the stronger than the fear of the dangerous journey. of the young al jazeera. 12 police officers that arrested in mexico in connection with the deaths of 19 people near the u.s. border that charred bodies were found last week in the back of 2 banda trucks at

least 2 have been confirmed to be quantum olens who are trying to reach the u.s. for a better life john holmes reports from mexico city. and that is going to go a bombshell in mexico tuesday night the killing and burning of 19 people among them guatemalan migrants was perpetrated by police said authorities entirely persist. at least 12 members of the state police took part in the events of the 22nd of january this theory gained traction because the crime scene was altered there's an absence of shells and bullets the police also contradicted themselves in their report of the crime and in interviews with officers. the suspects are now under arrest that won't be much of a consolation to rayna parents back in guatemala who suspected her brother was among the victims even before the news of the alleged police involvement broke the

law. the truth is that everyone was there from our community they all went on that trip said the relatives have told us that they died and that's how we knew that he was one of them but. this keeps happening not just the kidnapping killing an explosion of central american migrants heading through mexico most notoriously when 72 were massacred in 2010 again entirely post but also the involvement of mit's completes in atrocities. in 2014 in good arrow they helped to gang disappear 43 students. experts say a lack of transparency and basic working conditions for local police forces 1st of all ok it's terrible in many cases in most cases we need us now sources curity to get health care which is great for an experience. and the other thing is that many times the basic human rights of police officers must be respected so at the 1st

abusers in this whole chain of human rights abuses are the commanders that cram their own order to do their bidding so to carry out violent acts for them criminal acts for them which need 1st it's great transparency hold commanders accountable. but this administration hasn't focused on police reform instead they've created a super security force who the national guard rather than concentrating on the existing problems in the country's many police forces critics say that's like putting a band-aid on a knife we welcome to the well not just makes can but those traveling through the country have been reminded once again that they can't fully trust those who should be protecting them john homan al-jazeera mexico city the united kingdom has revotes the broadcast license of china's state run television channel c g t n the office of communications made the announcement on thursday it says that an investigation found c g t s license was wrongly held by star china media china's foreign ministry says that

it reserves the right to take measures against the u.k. broadcaster the b.b.c. . indoor climbing has gone from a niche sports to a worldwide sensation in the past few years it's time to make its own impact debut in tokyo in july nicola gage reports now from canberra on to australians who are in training for the event. inside this climbing gym tomei halloran is preparing for the biggest competition of his life representing astride the are the tokyo olympics something he's been dreaming about since he started climbing is a child it's still a bit of a trip out to think and a 1000000 people it's a dream come true so the 1st time a climbing will be an olympic sport and a howler and is one of 2 to qualify you for match will require athletes to master 3 disciplines all during a coma for a climbing speed climbing and laid climbing with

a roic all requiring mental and physical strength flexibility and skill is usually specialize in. the combination of the 3 is is one of the events sort of like saying that a track athlete has to run the marathon the 100 made is and like hurdles climbing is growing from what some of previously viewed only as a recreational activity to athletes winning medals at top international events in australia and rights are driving fueled by new gyms opening up across the country with its popularity rising the number of competitive climbers in australia has tripled in the past 7 years there are now 1200 climbers who are registered for competition. while still in its infancy in a stray leah an estimated $35000000.00 people appear to spanking in the sport worldwide only 40 will compete in tokyo but speculation around whether the olympics

will be cancelled due to cope at 9 tame coupled with travel restrictions limiting access to primary a training centers has made for an unprecedented and challenging debut for athletes i think it's a matter of just digging in and doing the absolute best you can despite all of the external noise you've just got to block it out and just keep on. marching forward. this is. going to hit the headlines the international criminal court at the hague has found uganda militia leader dominic on when.