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i am. demanding justice for brianna taylor protesters in the u.s. all of the black women killed by police a year ago. columns the whole romany watching of 0 life my headquarters here in doha are also coming up place in london are heavily criticized for arresting people paying tribute to a woman who was abducted and murdered to death or spot anger over we've been saying
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. also accused of terrorism and sedition bolivia's a former interim president is janine and there's says her arrest over and the ledge coup attempt is an outrage and political intimidation and sri lanka is set to ban full face coverings and shots more than a 1000 islamic schools critics say mr minority is being unfairly targeted. welcome to the program the family of a woman who became a rallying cry for black lives matter protesters still seeking answers one year on 26 year old brianna taylor was mistakenly shot dead in a botched police raid of her apartment in the u.s. state of kentucky demonstrators marking the anniversary in taylor's hometown of louisville and other cities beth guy says it's made significant progress in the
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investigation but no homicide charges have yet been filed against any of the 3 police officers involved to have been fired and taylor's family has received 12000000 dollars in compensation all my color is following developments for us from washington d.c. and mike how is the anniversary being by. it. was hundreds of protesters mourners gathered in memory of taylor in louisville kentucky the city in which she was killed on that night of march 13th a year ago among them of course her mother as well as her lawyers still anger among those who are seeking justice for her death as you mentioned the 3 police officers involved in the shooting none of them were charged with the murder all 3 had been fired at this particular point but no charges were laid apart from one of what was called wanton endangerment one of the police officers accused of firing blindly
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into the apartment block but the fact that no charges have been laid is. it did dictated that no justice has been done according to the who are meeting in memory of her in the course of the day there was also more all from the president joe biden who tweeted out his condolences saying that the best way in which to remember brianna taylor is to ensure that a police reform bill is passed in congress that bill is still being discussed but it's coming under significant opposition from republican lawmakers in particular mike hanna thanks very much for the update source in washington d.c. let's cross over to brian executive director of the u.c.l.a. black policy project joins me now via skype from los angeles could have you with us on syria mr bryant let's just begin with where does the black lines matter movement stand right now in the u.s. not to the outrage and sort of the demonstrations we saw over the death of floyd
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and taylor. well i can't speak on behalf of the entire black lives matter movement but i know folks are hurting folks are outraged it's been a year and we're reminded that charges were never found for these officers they were not indicted however kenneth walker riata taylor's boyfriend had charges pending all the way until this past week right and we see how our justice system treats accountability different for different communities you can lose your life at home in your bed and still have your partner have charges filed on them sooner than the law enforcement officers who misguidedly fired into a bedroom and we need to think very critically about that so where does the change have to come either from the political system will from the legal system at this moment in time the changes that come at all levels as president joe biden has mentioned congresswoman karen bass has a tremendous bill in congress that has passed out of congress and moved over to the senate the george forward justice and policing act but also the d.o.j. need to get involved we need to start talking consent decrees they were not a popular tool the trumpet minister and they need to be
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a popular tool of the biden administration and then locally we have to hire we have to elect we have to support we have to defend progressive prosecutors we also have to elect progressive up and down the ballot we need folks we're going to fight for justice with a history of fighting for justice and we need to be bold and the leadership we choose to represent us we're seeing the new president. put people of color in appropriate places not just in the justice system but across his cabinets and in the various ministries such a move in the right direction. representation is always and always a move in the right direction but it's not enough representation doesn't mean you're represented we have had black elected officials we have had black leaders we've been harmful to the movement in the progress of black folks in this country and so electing folks is not enough we've got to do more than that we've got to hold people accountable and we've got to push for the policies that our communities deserve and at the beginning of the since you said you don't speak for the black.
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grouping as such but in terms of your analysis of where the protest movement is growing and how it is evolving all know we've seen it as a pretty quiet at the moment if you look at other parts the world looking into the united states what in your opinion where is the black bloc is not some movement in general in terms of its perception within the u.s. the black lives matter movement is one of the most powerful engines in organizing our country and our planet has ever seen more folks took to the streets last year than at any point in american history and it pains me that folks. try to detract to try to splinter off that movement except when we see another murder on our t.v. screens right except when we celebrate the anniversary of another loved one are so lost to soon black lives matter has been around for well over 7 years that organizing is going to continue we're going to grow but even beyond the black lives matter movement we need progressive elected officials who are going to fight for
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justice up and down the ballot on all levels of government all across this globe too many folks are being oppressed by systems of harm system subjugation and too many folks have lost their lives in the code 900 pandemic and all of its aftershocks we have to be mindful of that and that's not just the burden of black lives matter organizers it's the burden of elected officials in communities who care about the issues that impact our lives as it brought always do to get your insights into these sorts of issues not so much for joining us from los angeles great to be with you. now senior u.k. politicians have criticize london police are breaking up a vigil for a woman whose murder has sent shock waves across the united kingdom the event was cancelled after police said it missed breaching lockdown rules for thousands of people went anyway to pay tribute to sara everingham to steph has triggered widespread anger about women safety now they were scuffles with police when they tried to disperse the gathering britain's home secretary has described the images as upsetting and demanded
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a full report while the man has called officers actions on acceptable the deemed barba and small. they've been warned not to come but they were defiant this crowd of women and men rallied in south london near where marketing executive sarah ever odd went missing a serving police officer is now being charged with her abduction and murder and hurting. everyone and myself this is so i wrote. this it's not anyone anyone of us and it's not about hating people and hating their companies not making changes sarah was last seen walking from a friend's apartment in clapham to her home elsewhere in south london a week after she disappeared sarah's body was found in woodland in kent more than 80 kilometers away the case has sparked a social media avalanche of testimony many women detailing how they've spent their whole lives being subjected to abuse and having to be on guard sincero everett's disappearance women from all walks of life have come forward with their own
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accounts of how they've been harassed followed assaulted great and many of them saying that it's men that need to change their attitudes because every single woman knows the feeling of being frightened whose responsibility is it it's everyone's responsibility the problem is that women shouted most of that up until now and now men need to step up every single man needs to be a role model. i need to be a conscience to need to their friends to their colleagues to their brothers and most of all need to go on i tunes a recent study commissioned by campaign group un women u.k. reflects the disturbing reality over 70 percent of women of all ages had experienced some form of sexual harassment in public places the figures were highest for the youngest respondents with 97 percent of 18 to 24 year olds experiencing sexual harassment in public and despite all that many women didn't
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think it was worth reporting incidents noted 95 percent of the respondents said that across the spectrum of incidents that experience they had not reported or of the incidents that they and 3 am and that happened to them it's a very few people are reporting. and 90 to speculate behaviors from what you might describe as mild or sexual harassment such as cat ruling and will with slang but also in most areas and writing being followed or coerced into sexual activity without consent such as a series of nationwide vigils was counseled up to london police said this event couldn't go ahead because of covered 19 guidelines in some places people marked the event on their doorsteps instead but they all sent the same message asking those in power to take their abuse seriously and asking men to challenge each other nadine by the al-jazeera london. bolivia's. it's an absolute outrage that she's being accused of stage
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a coup against her predecessor eva morales and has been charged with terrorism sedition and conspiracy have to be arrested on saturday. and intrude leader. of the $29.00 team only violent protests against his reelection raul is returned to his movement for socialism party won the election 6 months ago. even though it is an irregular detention because i was never summoned in addition to all that you know that as a former president i have a very particular situation but even with the abuse and the outreach and here. and a subgroup yes he joins me now from our correspondent following events what evidence. has been presented in terms of the government allowing this unrest to go forward. well so we're basing what we now on the rest of the war and these are very very serious charges. what is in that war
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and there is no strong evidence so far no smoking gun at this point to avoid this suspicion that this is a politically motivated 'd process in the arrest warrant the. prosecutor talks about local media reports that some of testimony but nothing particularly strong there is the fact that at that time the head of the army did publicly request them without list to step down but again the question is if this will be enough to effectively charge aeneas in the other officials in this case it does smack of sort of revenge politics because even at the time of her appointment she seemed like a reluctant politician to want to take that position. well that is the case but i think it's fair to remember that when she was president and also
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. when he was president the times have used the judiciary against the critics against their political opponents so in many ways this is nothing new it has happened before in bolivia if indeed it is a politically motivated process about the current president doing so when he overwhelmingly won the elections last year he had promised to turn the page on the old way of doing politics in the country but now that he is under increased scrutiny and pressure due to his response to the coronavirus crisis the worsening economy it seems like he might be doing this same and alice him self earlier on saturday came out asking for the people that have been arrested to be punished and now we don't know what the next step is going to be here but in the meantime aeneas as requested international assisted asking both you're getting station of the
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american states and their european ambassador in. to send official missions to check into the legality of this arrest for the update thanks very much on a sunday. still ahead here. a chorus of fury. health officials the target of. a hospital. and the case of a person who used. to be durable long. but we're coming into spring it's warmed up everywhere but there's still
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temperature contrast in the u.s. so big things can happen 1st of all we've got significant thunderstorms and they're running just through kansas through missouri kentucky tennessee all could have flash floods from this but it's that warmish as produce the thunderstorms coming because the coldest in the mountains the hard plains that will produce something quite significant possible record breaking snow storm for colorado wyoming nebraska and south dakota possibly get half a meter a stop on the hard ground and that would be a record and then you've got this rather familiar arc of sunder stalls a could be pretty violent on their way eastwards studies approaching spring we get big weather in spring and then coming down the pacific coast right on the coast snow inland on the high ground easily down to san francisco yet more pacific weather now keep working south dropping the temperatures as we go as this expands further so exciting when it came up in the u.s. for the scientists rather quiet of tickly in the caribbean we have gotten on shore
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breeze it's picked up the trade winds are increasing the cloud and the shower likelihoods from panama to billy's there are a few showers in jamaica and also greater antilles lesser antilles just a breeze. but. what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be a bad idea they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money china is not going to be left out of the collings for the bloated defense budget to be trying the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and i reflect on the world there are a lot of the stories that we cover all highly complex so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can as al-jazeera correspondents that's what we strive to do. world.
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of america watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top news stories protesters are demanding justice for 26 year old briana taylor who was mistakenly shot dead in a botched police raid at her u.s. apartment 2 year ago the f.b.i. says it's made significant progress in the investigation but no homicide charges of yet been fired. see the u.k. politicians have criticized london police for breaking up a vigil for a woman whose murder has said shock waves across the united kingdom there were scuffles of the event ordering sarah ever asked which police had tried to cancel because of lockdown rules the home secretary has described the scenes as upsetting obliviousness former president jenny and now says that it's an absolute outrage that she's being accused of stage
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a coup against her predecessor and there's has been charged with terrorism sedition and conspiracy she took over as interim leader when eva but alice was forced to step down in 2019. the acting leader of me and was as did civilian government has promised a revolution to overturn last month's coup in his 1st address to supporters since going into hiding and it came on another day of violence as the military killed a dozen protesters demanding a return to democracy a warning that some viewers may find this report by to the chang disturbing. the wounded protesters rushed through the bank streets of mandalay as police opened fire on protesters in myanmar 2nd city on saturday. despite the threat of injury or death there seems to be no sign the protesters are being to target. at his home in yangon on the body of c 2 a 37 year old try short pedler lies under green cover he was shot overnight on
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friday as the security services trying to disperse protesters who gathered outside a police station and talk at our district the protesters are calling for the release of 3 men arrested and raids earlier in the night. i told my son that we have nothing and will die if we go against them i'd go and shoot back at them if i had a gun now we can't do anything tell me do we always have to keep silent and die why are we dying for doing the right thing. filmed furtively from an overhead window these pictures show one of those arrests dragged from their homes several men a hit and kicked by the police. beatings like this have become commonplace conducted in public for maximum impact. so how do we know that soldiers shot a tacit in strike last night and arrested 3 people and we're beating them so all of
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us residents asked them to release the arrested people at the police station then they fired live rounds at us one died over there and another one died here. but the bullets and beatings haven't deterred the protesters using fireworks and petrol bombs behind makeshift bamboo barricades that trying to slow the advance of the army and police and a rapid retreat under the returning volley of tear gas and smoke using speed and still they scatter and regroup to take another stand even if it means risking their lives and making the ultimate sacrifice tony. police in russia have broken up a conference of municipal deputies in moscow arresting about $200.00 people including several well known opposition figures the unprecedented rate is being seen as the kremlin's latest effort to stifle dissent organizers say the government is trying to intimidate opposition politicians ahead of september's parliamentary elections.
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a medical emergency has been declared in jordan after at least 7 people being treated for coronavirus died in hospital when the oxygen supply ran out the health minister has been sacked as the government tries to calm down furious families laura burton badly has the story. and show outside a salt hospital in a one hour count to vital oxygen supplies has been blamed on the deaths of patients . it affected intensive care the tennessee and corona virus wards a backup supply a ride tonight to some. but my father and mother are at the coronavirus isolation zone inside the hospital by coincidence i was inside the hospital when suddenly the oxygen was cut we are starved who said they had run out of oxygen and
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that they are waiting for a truck for more supplies we received assistance from the civil defense some of them were inside the hospital and they provided oxygen cylinders and then started to resuscitate patients among them my parents'. security forces being called in preventing anyone unauthorized from entering the hospital. these people have no choice but to wait for news. and has a. there was an oxygen outage and there were no measures to prevent this it is known that in all jordanian hospitals there are motors available just in case electricity goes down even before the crown a virus outbreak when there are surgeries at hospitals there is always spare equipment but here there was an oxygen outage. i gave my father c.p.r. 3 times and twice to my mother i called the director of the hospital at 1030 the isolation ward has only one doctor and 2 nurses to serve 50 to 60 patients this is
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unfair to kick. the fool out with swift health minister nothing here obey that resigned. and king abdullah arrive turn mixed reception from crowds at the hospital he immediately ordered the hospital director to also resign parliament to set up a special committee to investigate and prime minister bush. says there is no justification for what happened in. the government and only the government takes full responsibility for this very painful incident will not result excuses or justifications about what happened what happened was horrific so it is impossible to deny or to escape responsibility for the death of one jordanian due to these failings isn't acceptable. but there are people here who say the hospital was understaffed and ill prepared and many are asking why a failure like this went unnoticed until it was too late nor about the money
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al-jazeera. there's growing concern over the devastating surging coronavirus cases of brazil which has recorded around 2000 deaths for the 4th day in a row it has the world's 2nd highest toll from the virus with more than 275000 fatalities so far almost 100000 of them were registered this year there are warnings health systems close to collapse with hospitals nearing capacity julia ponce is an epidemiologist specializing in mortality data he says the actual death toll is much higher than official records show. when we are talking about registry data we have to understand that there is a lag between the actual deaths and the numbers being sent into the centralized system by the national registry health secretaries so at the moment since we are seeing that the numbers are increasing there is
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a greater lag. the estimates are that when you are actually closer to 2502600 deaths a day we are in my opinion very far from the peak because we have been seeing a slowing down of the trend or curbing of the curve in my announced about one month 2 months ago people who were presenting to the hospitals with coronavirus symptom simply didn't have enough i.c.u. beds or oxygen to to be able to be saved so the thing is when the system is at capacity we start losing patients that we could actually sing and when the system is under a call abhor over 100 percent capacity so patients are being taken in and being set to put into beds that are not fully equipped to take care of them what actually happens is we are turning away trauma victims people who suffer heart attacks and people who could otherwise be saved because of course it's just
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a single health system and if it is under collapse and all attention is geared towards the corona virus we are going to see a higher death toll not just by this disease but overall mortality. medicos such as say the souls of guinea's latest about the outbreak may have been a person insect it during the last stop break that ended in 2016 now if that would mean the person time with the virus mold and 5 years before spreading it the world health organization says most studies at edith but the data rules out admirable says the source of the outbreak has been at least 18 cases of a confirmed didn't get any this year robert gallery is a professor of microbiology and immunology at tulane university school of medicine he explains how a virus can remain dormant for so low it's clearly a case of recrudescence and we have seen both patients in the past you know man's years later. showing up with live
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a ball in their eyes in their brain the virus seems to go dormant were a period of time this is 5 years so it's a fairly long period of time and it's not you know out of the question. not even unexpected really the virus can go dormant like that and then when it does come out if there's a change in the person's immune system the viruses and replicate and unfortunately spread to other people use in several instances it is now there is an outbreak going on here in the d.r. c. genetics clearly to the outbreak that was thought to be over in the middle of 2020 so don't go outbreaks why don't the same time both of them now look like they're linked to the sec cases and recrudescence so we're going to have to be aware that humans appear to be reservoirs of all of ours now because these are job regs now
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what we need to not do is start to stigmatize survivors they've gone through enough already that we do need to be aware that this is a possible way that the virus generated merge so like his plans to permanently banned because the things coverings were temporarily banned after the 2019 easter sunday bomb attacks like critics say it's just another attempt to marginalize muslims nelson and that's how small from the capital colombo. the sri lankan government says it's banning the burka to ensure national security muslims see that and the closing of islamic schools as another way of marginalizing that community in the majority but this country but the minister of public security is unapologetic. it affects our national security directly in our early days muslim women and girls never walk the burka it is a sign of religious extremism that came about recently we are definitely going to
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ban it also they are more than 2000 madrassas schools in the country nobody can open a school and teach whatever you want to the children from ages 5 to 6 all children must study in accordance with the national education policy the wearing of the burka was temporarily banned in 2019 after the bombing of churches at easter by allegedly islamic militants killed more than 250 people activists and the decision to make the ban permanent is actually not a surprise. justice minister who is muslim hinted at it shortly after the government reversed its policy on forced cremation of kuwait in 1000 victims following international criticism but there is no doubt this latest move will increase tensions further with the muslim minority in sri lanka. the time they are the muslim community has been constantly told that it's not just islam awful because of the action in sri lanka they just live. in a very. bad un but competent mission policy that's device and now we hear so many
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other missions us to some form of punishing the muslim community present go to their rajapaksa has also signed new laws under the prevention of terrorism act which will allow anyone suspected of what the government terms extremism to be detained for what it calls rehabilitation for up to 2 years the government has denied starting muslims but many believe that's exactly what's behind these new moves in a finance. columbus. ga ga's a ruby so ho rob a reminder of our top stories protesters in the u.s. are demanding justice for 26 year old briana taylor she was mistakenly shot dead today botched police raid at her apartment to louisville kentucky.
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