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a landmark ruling a german court sentences a former syrian secret police went to prison. sri lanka's government defends its human rights record as its accused of failing to hold abusers to account. hello thanks for joining us me on mars military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after this month's coup it's part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis which began when the army seize power on the 1st of february protesters continue to demand the release of elected leader and rallies across the country scott haidar has more from bangkok. protesters gathered in front of the indonesian embassy calling for regional involvement as tensions grow across me and mark. this as the military appointed foreign minister visited bangkok for crisis talks meeting his tie and. indonesian counterparts as well as thailand's prime minister pay

a general job that's all part of stepped up efforts by the regional group of nations called aussie on to find a way out of the crisis following the february 1st coup and i'm not going to be as a man must adjusted i'd like to see on countries not to recognise the queue government if they do recognise that the will be eroded it is reported to be planning to send the pictures to monitor a new b.n. more election promised by the general but the protesters are urging asio to recognise the november polling the put their deposed leaders including on song suchi in office. one group earlier organized a protest at the bangkok indonesian embassy calling an aussie on to get more involved we asked. to decide between the military 100 wish oppressed people right now is the side of people which is trying to protest as they can to. lead to. we will

be. in a tree again this is not the 1st time that has reached out to thailand since the coup about a week after the takeover myanmar's military leader min on length sent a letter to the thai prime minister asking for help on the democratic process and. a former military chief also rose to power by overthrowing a democratically elected government in 2014 he stayed in office after 82001000 political rivals called it badly flawed. so while the protesters are maintaining their pace of protests and strikes they are also stepping up pressure on regional players to engage with the crisis al-jazeera bangkok. western countries have moved quickly to speak out against an even sanction mean mars military but it's closer neighbors have been more circumspect let's take a look at neighboring thailand provides jobs to more than a 1000000 migrants strengthening

a previously fractious relationship china is me and more as most consistent backer offering debt relief development grounds and soft loans it says any international action against the military should promote reconciliation and like china india shares a border with me and more and india has grown closer to its neighbor in the past 2 decades and 2019 it became its top arms dealer providing some $100000000.00 of military hardware india's government has called for them ocracy to be protected but has avoided outright mention of the coup. has been trying to crawl nations to help steer a path out of the crisis may in mar was under military rule when to join the 10 member regional bloc in 1907 aaron kollie is a research fellow with the international institute for strategic studies he says countries are useful but limited in the role they can play in this crisis. i don't think they can actually play a very helpful role in pressuring the military government to give up power the military and the n l

d at least the are actually still quite far apart and the protesters in the street have even more ambitious demands on the lp have the courts leaders were arrested at the or at 1st that constructive thing that i can do now is to earth the military to act with restraint to stop firing at unarmed demonstrators as they join the civil disobedience disobedience movement and to release all the political prisoners so that perhaps mediation can take place in a more do better down the road thailand actually is playing an interesting game here and although on january 1st on the day of the coup it said that this was an internal matter for me and maher and of course the government in place in thailand right now 1st came to power in a military coup felt in 2014 they do not have an interest in political instability in myanmar with which they share a very long border and they don't want to see refugees streaming over that border particularly during this pandemic and so although we said that this was an internal

matter of that you were a person it also joined a statement by offing on that same day or supported by often on that same day the call for with us is very often the language of return to normalcy so a return to that was a democratic structure that existed prior to the coup so perhaps they can play a useful. morgana has become the 1st country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the international kovacs scheme the astra zeneca jobs arrived in the capital accra on wednesday sarah the latest. u.n. vaccine to ensure that people from less wealthy countries are protected against covert 19 is being hailed as a historic moment. the rival of $600000.00 from india marks the beginning of a massive campaign that will see more than $2000000000.00 doses delivered to several developing countries across different continents this cause not programs

about equity and sooty darity if you follow the vaccination going on around the planet so far it's only citizens from the let the say the better off countries that have benefited from this and from today will be a quickie gone the plants inoculate around 20 percent of its population in the 1st phase of its campaign but it's still not enough and the government says it's working on securing more doses. almost $2500000.00 people worldwide have died from corona virus so far rich countries have been able to buy far more vaccines in poorer ones and while kovacs has managed to raise $6000000000.00 in needs at least another 2000000000 to meet its target for 2021 this school that is only financed now so we can reach in 1002 countries the most vulnerable population the all the citizens the health workers people with school mobility you know but we need much

more taxes and financing so we can vaccinate everybody just like if you walk in the rich world countries to receive the lifesaving vaccines next we'll include some of the poorest countries in the world including haiti democratic republic of congo and afghanistan where the kovacs program will cover 20 percent of its 38000000 population the global race for doses has met the high income countries can more easily do deals with vaccine manufacturers than low income ones so the world health organization and unit urging those companies to prioritize contracts with kovacs and ensure fair distribution worldwide so far $200.00 term. marks have been globally. but. just 2 countries and. just 10 countries more than $200.00 countries are you single those alter a year of disruptions due to the pandemic there is hope this is the beginning of

the pol to recovery for those most affected and those that some most vulnerable. and. the world bank is threatening to spend $34000000.00 in financing for corona virus vaccines in lebannon the bank is investigating accusations that politicians were inoculated in parliament without prior approval a top lebanese officials supervising the vaccine rolled out called the revelations outrageous honester and to step down. the stands prime minister has met as president go to the 2nd and final day of his visit iran has been discussing efforts to fight religious extremism and how to help poor countries whether the pandemic he also calls for the subcontinent to help resolve the dispute around kashmir adding that it can only be resolved through dialogue well sri lanka is expected to face strong criticism at the upcoming un human rights council meeting that's due in part for its failure to bring accountability to those involved in the 25 year long civil

war last year the government announced it was withdrawing from a un resolution signed by the previous administration that promised to promote reconciliation accountability and human rights but rights groups have accused president go to by rajapaksa of waging a campaign of fear and intimidation against rights activists journalists lawyers and political challengers. last month the un human rights chief said she was alarmed by the deteriorating conditions in sri lanka and called for sanctions earlier we spoke to the sri lankan foreign minister is in a word dana he defended his government's record on human rights. as for a long time government has pledged to the un as well as the human rights commission the programs that we are committed to when we have begun some of the programs our company don't deem binding the lands back to the people and train when

so many hard going to the carnets train on credit 1000 and they all are back in their own areas after vocational training very pointed and supreme court judge to head the commission of inquiry we just played just the last human rights sessions by me is only new implementation the obvious for the missing person is in operation and we have pledged i located the funds less than anyone for these here so one cannot understand how these commission officers comes to these conclusions without knowing the ground see to waveland just to make allegations it is true we defeated the entity one of the deadliest terrorist organizations in the world but we have all come back to nominate anybody out of parliamentary democracy in addition to all that we have appointed this commission if anyone wants to come and

conducted said of before the commission any evidence to be brought and a new evidence to be manned 3 lanka has opened the gates now the commission is ready to hear who will say is they have let them bring information in or just keep on saying sri lanka is violating the sri lanka violating sol one cannot agree to a one sided a very biased which is not properly sub scented the reports are that high commissioners report. still ahead on al-jazeera antigovernment activists go on trial in lebanon on accused of terrorism during last month's protests. beating the drums of change we'll tell you why indigenous people in ecuador spend days marching on the capital.

hello we've got more right to the full cost the central parts of china over the next couple of days because area cloud gathering and that will face some wetter cola and rather windy weather into the east coast of china so that's a very disturbed weather will cause some localized flooding in and around shanghai many still north of shanghai but the west the weather will just ease across south korea the fos out of south korea some heavy rain for a time also into q should again the possibility of some localized flooding this place to see some wet weather system just brushes the far south of honshu temperatures will be down in recent days 10 celsius there for tokyo as it turns a good deal cloudy through the next couple of days 14 celsius there in seoul temperatures bouncing back and getting up to around 12 degrees there in beijing

which is still the mild side but there were neighbors mild as a 26 that we saw on sunday of course it's fine and dry meanwhile across much of india added data into sri lanka where we have got some showers of north of india wintry in nature there will be a good old covering of snow here as you go through the next couple of days this system just spilling out of afghanistan rolling across the north of pakistan heavy snow for many it is likely to cause widespread disruption by the weekend. stage is set and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think on asking the questions now as you do host of the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only top of the list leave simplicity to the headlines join me as i take on the lives dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions. on

marc lamont hill and it's time to get up front right here on al-jazeera. television top stories on al-jazeera on mars military appointed foreign ministers in thailand for crisis talks after this month's crew is meeting the prime minister and indonesian foreign minister as part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis. has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs scheme the 600000 vials were flown in from india kovacs aims to get vaccines to the most vulnerable people and share them fairly among all nations.

joe biden is expected to speak with saudi arabia's king solomon before the publication of a u.s. government report on the murder of journalist. it would be by 1st conversation as president with the saudi leader the classified intelligence report is widely believed to employ me implicate the king's son crown prince mohammed bin sandman and killing the trump administration refused to release its our white house correspondent kelly harkat is joining us from washington d.c. so the call between president biden and king sidelined if it happens as scheduled can really will be biden's 1st conversation with the king. it will be the 1st conversation and it may be one that is uncomfortable given what we expect will be the subject matter the white house and the national security council here have not confirmed this call will take place but it is being widely pool ported that it

will be in advance of the release of a report which will point the finger at the press king's son mohammed bin solomon the saudi crown prince this is something that was concluded by. in terms of the killing of the washington post journalist. or rather yes the washington post journalist about his shows. that in fact we believe that this report will be very damning and so in advance of this report there will be a phone call between the king and joe biden now to that and we expect that this will also sort of build on what the public statements have been of joe biden in recent days and weeks notably that there's a quarter of the white house press secretary a recalibration of the saudi u.s. relationship that has been in place for decades that it has strategic ties but has since joe biden selection been shifting or changing the pullback of the support by

the united states for the saudi led conflict in yemen of just one note so this will be significant in terms of the topics that will be discussed but again one that could be really uncomfortable given this report that is set to be released yeah we'll watch to see what happens on that front kimberly meantime the president has held his 1st foreign meeting virtually of course with. his neighbor canada what do we know about that. yeah again very strategic given the fact that the united states and canada have a lot of shared interests particularly when it comes to defense but also when it comes to the economy and to that end one of the main things they talked about was the concern of fighting covert 19 and how this impacted both of those areas right now the u.s. border with canada has been closed for a year now to only essential traffic and this is have an enormous economic impact

because canadians and americans are used to traveling back and forth freely through that northern united states border so this is one of the topics that was discussed but also we know that there was a discussion about the shared values combating climate change as you pointed out again this was a virtual meeting but again significant given the fact that it was the 1st bilateral meeting for the u.s. president and he chose to have it with his northern neighbor already committed ok thank you for that update from the white house now a german court has convicted a former member of syria secret police in the landmark case over the torture of protesters jago night he was found guilty of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity and jailed for 4 and a half years the charges involve the arrest on torture of at these 30 people in damascus after a rally and 20 have not been not even arrived in germany in 2800 seeking asylum

another man on water restaurants directly facing similar charges his trial is continuing it's for us it's a great you know it's historic. but this is in fact understood to be food food for the. assyrians it says today's date for food justice in which will. this include a. plea to fight the. any people not. just commit crimes against humanity who faceted facilitate who support that will not give him an excuse to have impunity. has been following proceedings from berlin. this is the 1st time that somebody directly linked to torture and other offenses crimes against humanity carried out in syria

has been found and then prosecuted and now punished by a court outside syria particularly in the western world this is the 1st time that that has happened and then secondly it's the way that the earth or she's here has been able to prosecute this individual because it's be clear about this the defendant is not german the victims of the defendant on not and the offenses the person convicted has been convicted of did not take place in germany but the authorities here said that they were able to employ apply rather the universal jurisdiction that applies everywhere the german government said relating to crimes against humanity and that makes this a landmark ruling as i say on 2 parts that's why this particular case is so interesting but as i say it is worth bearing in mind that the other defendant in this case is accused of considerably more offenses than the defendant convicted this morning that other trial that other case is continuing and it involves many

more serious atrocities which the person concerned is accused of which of course the person concerned denies security has been stepped up outside a military court in beirut where $32.00 antigovernment activists are standing trial accused of terrorism it's the 1st time the charge has been leveled against a protester then acquitted of reports from beirut. it's been nearly a month since an alley saw her son she waits for news outside the military tribunals where allie is among dozens of men facing trial on terrorism charges by her 3rd birthday lurd those charges can carry the death penalty and are seen as an escalation in the ongoing conflict between the state of the people. in need they mean to shed heavy yet they're accusing our sons of being terrorists they are the terror. this they stole the people's money they are responsible for the explosion of that they report our children are nationalists not them the defendants are

alleged to have thrown molotov cocktails at security forces and burned down a melissa polity building during protests in the northern city of tripoli last month the demonstrations were held to demand the government compensation during a strict coronavirus lockdown that worse than living conditions for the poor. one protester was shot in the back during the unrest his family and activists want to know why no charges have been brought against those responsible for killing him with the least amount they really special want to tell you about who was monitored was killed by these men they know who fired the shot and they're not telling us lawyers have criticised the use of a military court to try the defendants and say they have been obstructed from seeing them they also say the young men were interrogated without lawyers being present and described the charges as unlawful arbitrary and a form of oppression this escalation that has 3 reasons for us 1st is to put the stigma on the protestors mainly in tripoli that they are terrorists 2nd is to put

the fear factor to the protesters not to hit the streets again and 3rd is like to put the pressure on the investigation judge not 3 of the detainees human rights groups say terrorism charges should be used for serious political crimes and not acts of public disorder. repression is increased in the 11 on some said nationwide protest movement began more than a year ago security forces have been accused of using excessive and unlawful force against the demonstrators. lengthy pretrial the tensions prosecutions with limited rights to appeal interrogations without the presence of a lawyer and beatings have all been documented warnings that free speech and assembly are at risk are not new for many the dwindling numbers of those who continue to speak out is a testament of that reality set of. beirut. at least

$75.00 inmates have died in simultaneous riots and 3 prisons in ecuador hundreds of police and soldiers were deployed to regain control of the facilities which housed 70 percent of the country's prison population around half of those killed were in the city of cuenca. hundreds of protesters are marching ecuador's capital crito demanding a recount in the presidential election there and they're going to candidates are paris says vote rigging prevented him from advancing to the runoff the cinema reports. coming for days indigenous ecuadorians march to the capital some from as far away as the amazon rain forest to demand a recount of this month's presidential election but the entire country's tired of so much corruption bowing to manipulation and abuse this time given yako represents resistance to the marchers led by the beddes a center left environmentalist and indigenous rights activist who insists he came

in 2nd place that would allow him to compete in a presidential runoff in april. there are no longer doubts food is no longer a presumption it's a truth no one can hide it's a structural fraud and we have the evidence here was that this is commonly known by his adopted indigenous name. which means water impeach what he presented the electoral council with boxes containing alleged proof of inconsistency is in nearly 50 percent of polling stations his supporters are demanding the council order a recount of all of them even though it has already declared conservative get more loss all the official 2nd place winner by less than half of a percentage point. though if they don't respect the letter of the law millions will heed our call for a national uprising because they can take away the dreams of the ecuadorian people however. 7 it's not a threat to be taken lightly. it would do is combative indigenous groups who will

organize and in the past have proven they can paralyze the country and even force out governments when they mobilize the electoral council argues it can only challenge results from. visited polling stations when there's evidence of inconsistency it also argues that it can't afford a massive recount. the point of this demonstration and large events that may follow is to show that refusing the demands of ecuador's 1st serious indigenous presidential contender could cost the country far more seen in human. american golfer tiger woods is recovering from surgery after being seriously injured in a car crash near los angeles his surgeon has confirmed the 15 time major champion has fractured his lower leg they say he's lucky to be alive david stokes reports. a

close up look at tiger woods his car reveals the severity of the accident which left him with severe injuries to both legs his lower right limb took the brunt of the impact and needed lengthy surgery with doctors using pins and rods to stabilize the damage which was traveling at speed and in the touristy dangerous stretch of road in los angeles he hits a curb then a tree before rolling several times police say the 45 year old was conscious when they arrived and showed no signs of being impaired he needed to be pried from the vehicle with an axe he didn't seem concerned about his injuries at the time which is not uncommon in traffic collisions many times people tend to be in shock i will say that it's very fortunate that mr woods was able to come out of this alive you for the result would have been on his way to give private golf lessons to celebrities for the 2nd day running this was him alongside basketball legend wayne white the day before the accident. he not quite himself since december when he appeared with his son charlie in a father son tournament the latest in

a long line of back surgeries has kept him out since then but just a few days ago he spoke about his recovery and hopes of competing at the masters in april still in the gym still doing. the monday stuff that you have to do for rehab you know the little thanks and before and sorry gravitating towards something before. tiger is one of the most famous sports stars in history and well wishes have come in from the world of entertainment politics and of course from fellow golfers. many of who grew up watching him compete in his prime and i'm sick to my stomach. is there a. just workers kids you know through the struggle woods was famously involved in another road accident back in 2009 outside his home in florida and incident which ended up exposing his extramarital affairs and brought an end to his golden boy image in 2017 he was arrested on a dui offense after being found asleep at the wheel with several painkillers in his

system as he struggled to cope with kaurna injuries but for me still he managed to overcome these challenges and in 2019 at the age of 43 he won the masters is widely considered one of the greatest comebacks in sports but given the severity of his latest injuries this doubt he will ever reach the same heights or even play again 45 years old he's gone through a number of surgeries. but i think the 1st thought you come to on this is is is the end of a career coming it is faster than we realize time will tell what impact this accident will have a nice golfing future for now he said to be awake responsive and recovering in hospital david stokes al-jazeera. television the headlines on al-jazeera manned mars military appointed foreign minister.