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reopening of border crossing with took here, activists and emergency teams have criticized the slow international response in syria. the pakistani thought of i have taken responsibility for an attack on a police headquarters and cut archie killing at least 2 officers and one civilian. this is the latest in a string of attacks from the pakistan thought a bond on security forces in the country. come on. hi, there has more from islam above radhika dark, dar dared after dark, and our number of our die girl dead is some good. few of your notes did the exact number, the police saying that that could be anything from 5 to 10 people. i tagged the compounder lob gray made regarding to the board, then entered into the garage or relief chiefs offered after that. a light thrown out in that particular building up possibly a brick garage, nearly a measure by georgia wood inside the building. police and bulgaria have discovered

an abandoned trunk with the bodies of 18 migrants inside. a police are searching for the driver. the truck had been transporting around 40 migrants from afghanistan, and 6 people have been killed and a shooting in the us state of mississippi, a male suspect of in custody. police say he was acting alone and that his motive is still not clear. well, those are the headlines on al jazeera up front is coming up next. talk to, i'll just 0. we. should they not be more oversized, perhaps so foundations like yours. we listen when it comes to diversification, we don't do it in order to get to the rational energy sources. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stall restock matter. on al jazeera, 2022 was the deadliest year in 3 decades for journalists, mexico. the country has been grappling with cartel violence and corruption for decades, placing the journalists who report on these issues at great risk when simply trying

to do their job. what is the situation at a critical point and his journalism in mexico facing a point of no return? that conversation is coming up, but 1st ongoing fighting in the resource rich democratic republic of congo, between the army and the march 23 movement or m. 23 has left hundreds, did, and millions displaced in the countries eastern provinces. the d. r. c. government blames neighboring rwanda for supporting him. 23 and allegation for garley has denied, but as fighting intensifies, many fear the conflict could escalate into war between the 2 countries. so what's in store for the congolese people? and is there a path towards peace? will ask the minister of communication and spokesperson for the government of the democratic republic of congo, this week headliner. patrick, we are the patrick we. i thank you so much for joining me on upfront. thank you. tensions are flaring between the d r c and we'll wanda,

which your government has accused of backing the armed group, m 23. that's an accusation. that one has repeatedly denied, of course, despite evidence documented by the united nations and human rights watch. there's also been a war of words with ca, golly, as violence proliferate sparking fears of further escalation. rwanda has said that your government is quote, preparing for war. is war with rwanda minute. thank you for your question. and i think once we are living today, it's not like for the 1st time we are in this kind of situation to respond back. in the past years, they've been fighting almost 5 time the government of democracy probably could. congo. you can remember in 1996, we've asked them, you can remember our std center and 23 didn't be doing it for years. and they always keep the same speech off denying the fact of what is what they've been doing

in the early part of the year. see today, we don't even want to go on detail of that because they're read it documented report from united nations expert. they're read the white paper this year in kinshasa. there we do a lot of condemnation from always in the countries talking by united states, a key one that to stop theories to support m 23 democratic republic of congo was to present to katie. we are busy because we have some tough challenge. we need to pace in, in that condition. we don't need any will we want we need to teach for ben walks to get orders and we've been keeping people for the past year. and that's our reach you back your year. that's prison. got me because we don't think that these people seem on the wall that use this will ease doing that

because yes. order interest such like continue looting in as 0. see me. it's a very clearly some economy arisen can interesting friday what the prison tagami doing to they use. one of the challenges here, of course, is what's happening with them. 23. there are the military challenges that the legitimate threats that you've raised. another piece of this though is the actual war of words that has been escalating president to 2nd he called rwandan president of paul could. guy may a war monger, he also referred to his actions as diabolical that kind of language. that type of rhetoric certainly doesn't de escalate the tension. is it adding fuel to the fire? we don't change, you know, years since the beginning of this war we've been talking with quantities from the past to july. first it was in glenda and then we went to the name,

it will be 2 or 3 times one new york state prison. my phone, we went everywhere and ear differs. and to see if he's known by being a demo or someone we've been fighting to get him power. i think to the prison. got me. you can just look back on his background and then you know, what kind of liter east saw the president got me. but the question i'm less asking about the type of leader he is more about if the language that's being used is making matters worse. if the goal is peace in language using doesn't strike, doesn't mean anything. if you have to compare it with what's present to me and these 2 are believe in the years the especially let me give you an example. in last no proper. she was a kid, almost 20200 people were men and women

lady in the correct condition. it's not your balance loads each about the act of violence they've been doing and all the international community can then work that i think issues. so there is certainly ample documentation of m. 23, committing human rights, violation summary executions, rape force, recruitment of people into the rank you reference some of the stuff yourself. to date. however, your government has also been accused of backing militias with similarly poor human rights records. i'm talking about groups like the democratic forces for the liberation of wanda, the f d l arm. they've been accused of killing hundreds of civilians. they've been accused of widespread sexual violence. president, just 2nd, he has said that he opposed any alliance between the congo, leave army and militias, but there are reports, credible reports, the document, the supply of arms is applied ammunition, food all to these groups. you know,

why is your government backing these militias? i think we must make things clear because there is a lot of money relation and bad news, especially one of the especially of special needs fund governments, bringing bad news and news. what might be clear that speaking about kate, both ways those people are there. we've been fighting them since 1996 just to day. we continue to fight them because they force, there are, is security problems for companies, people in the past years. unfortunately, they are a mom of those people who killed the cell number in the region. so we cannot walk. those people were called you cannot work with f d r, but there is credible evidence. when i look at reports from human rights watch, just as one example, there are credible reports of people who say that the congress army has supplied

armed groups with aid and weapons of one f l. our fighter, for example, told human rights watch in october of 2022, that he himself witnessed for transfers of ammunition. and he says that it's the government quote that would always provide us with ammunition. he was specifically referring to the troops. he said they also gave us uniforms, and then we have these level of reports of armed groups getting support from the colonies. army. how do you respond to this? oh, no, i don't see, don't let, let's, let's be clear on that question. there is no chord aberration. between army and in the nation. so non take for granted that don't give credit to all those people. oh, some of them can be by there under strategy to make sure they are like complicated because right. i know that here are you, are you disputing or are you disputing?

human rights watch. we have often criticized. we will want in government as have other people in your government. one of the places that they have looked to, to just to verify their claims of the violence of atrocity, committed by the rule, wind and government, and groups like him. 23 has been human rights watch. now the same organization which people have trusted human rights watch is saying that your government have done the very same thing or are very similar things. examples of the congress army supplying armed groups with, with arms and 8 ammunition uniform boots. this has come on multiple occasions from multiple people, people from f, the alarm fighters from the my car. we don't militia also make claims that cargo army supplied them with, with, with ammunition across the board were hearing these claims. are you disputing human rights watch account, and if so, why? you must need clear. but you cannot make any comparison between am plenty a tree which is like a proxy of one than different forces. and

a movement like failure m 20 degrees doing or p fission. by doing my secor on people that are 1st point to be clear, you cannot make any comparison between there is no preparation between army and need to show. but they've made some report. it some situation here, you might just the point to make it in january position. there is no, like a common plane between army and meet you shot it, bounce back, getting old doing seems it gets one o m 33 inside your seat, which is very different. we've. i'm 23. fighting with one different forces, killing equal doing my soccer. there have been a number of talks and initiative aimed at brokering and into the fighting. most recently at the east africa community summit in burundi earlier this month. these

initiatives have largely failed to yield any real results and of course the violence has continued him 23 asking for direct negotiations with your government. is your government willing to talk to them? we don't. we cannot negotiate but we agree that we can talk with them, but their condition, it was my end of state just back at what's happened in luanda in november 23. in november 23. there was a meeting between entre state of the eastern african community and worked on in french one or my in english in each one different school initially was he's failure . she is fire evacuating like locality. and then these are moments. and then after these or process,

we can see the way we can talk am 23 guys. and the way we can, we run the government because we want to stay in the state of war for the rest of our life. so we can, we move, i mean we are able to talk, we fund that or to talk we am 23 after know we respect what the road map of one recommend this friday or reach wait for me. know ok, bye territory government. and then we can see the way we can talk, it will be done just if they can respect what the state week amended after the meeting in london. and it was back in the united states, united nations, and in patching re, i thank you so much for joining us on upfront. ain't you, sir? ah, mexico was known as one of the most dangerous places for journalists in the world.

the country experienced a record number of journalists, deaths in 2022 criminal cartels and corruption have played the country for decades . continuing a cycle of violence, even with some efforts to protect the press. the fact remains, journalists, and mexico are facing undeniable threats to their lives and their livelihoods. so what does the future hold for journalism in the country? joining me to discuss this is award winning investigative journalist and the author of narco lamp, the mexican drug lords in their godfathers, annabel hernandez, she is currently living in exile after receiving death threats because of her investigative work on a bell. thank you so much for joining me. on up front. at 2022 was an awful year. in fact, it was the deadliest year on record for journalists in mexico, according to the press freedom group article owed 19. there was an attack on a member of the press, every 14 hours violence by drug cartels. it's not new journalists are often targeted for their reporting, but the number of journalists killed last year had

a record high. is the situation for the press in mexico getting worse? absolutely. it is very sad and are my ticket to explain these but just absolutely a ease in getting worst these attacks. these sir threats these violence against them job relief and can being in increasing in the last 20 years, even at the same time that the drug could be that, that they want between that got this cap been in gracing so even in one way you have these wire between that got this and in another way, at the same time, in almost in this same sea piece where these wire east had been inc, a cure hours, so dead. so there of the journalist and sadly, no one, even the government or all the air force of all these and none convert them it

over never own organizations can have been able to stop these violence. i can say just there's a growing number of areas inside of mexico that have gone silent, you know, places that have become information dead zone where the press is effectively silence because of the intimidation that they receive from the cartels and other actors as well. what does the emergence of these zones of silence mean for the people living inside of those communities really affects and deeply democracy? of course, because if you don't have media that report there's that are able to inform to their society what is happening. not just in their mother, so of both safety. also in matters of government accountability, all these things that are necessary to have a healthy democracy. most of the journalists in mexico,

every there are fighting to protect the right of the people to having permission. the problem is that they are clock and fighting alone their media, many times are corrupted. their media, many times receive money from them, from the government group that people of, from the got this. and even bid judgment is one to 2 public day information. they media many times said know, all that, oh, many, many other times they journalists have a very low salary. they even don't, doesn't have life insurance. they need the support of the government. they need the support of the society, they need the support of the media. so i have been talking with many of my co legs in different parts of mexico, even in the spots like for example,

them only past that is one of the biggest states where this silence is there for at least 10 years. and when i talk with these journalists, they want to do their job, they want to public information. but if they don't have deb platforms, media all orse, oh, safety places to public they. they are not capable to do their job even if they want to. and they are suffering and not because this much of the violence against journalists and mexico was happening at the local level in smaller cities and towns in august for staff members at a local radio station and see that what is over shot and killed. and what is just one of several recent violent incidents there seems to be a pattern of violence in areas away from bigger cities, especially against journalists who work independently or for smaller outlets. in your view, why is local journalism bearing the brunt of this violence?

is really, it's really very, very hard to try to explain these complicated question in mexico in just few words . but you have to understand that in mexico currently at this moment are operating 109 creamy net organic stations. some of them are the beek guard this that everyone knows shanella got. they got up in cali schooner back in it as yawn all of these big conference, but also exceeds medium and small carcass that had gone through in every town in the country. so when i look i journalist one to do corporately, they job, they got not capital to do it because in one point you had the lookout. betty local am a gang a criminal organization that control street by street and these gang many times

most of the times arctic connected with a major of the c d without don't use of the c d. even if this it is very small. so these groups shown m and really makes to their, to their, to their dorman is almost impossible to do their job without risking their lives. that's, that's why what is happening in mexico isa human. right? it writes an emergency, and that's why, since many years ago, many journalists, as, as me, we are asking to today, in the national community to, to pay attention is when, what and what's happening there? because now we have, again, i repeated 109 creamy lands. i sessions controlling all the country a decade ago, or mexico introduced a set of protection mechanisms for journalists refer to l as l. mckinney. small are

providing thing like police protection and relocation services, in cases of extreme violence. now, at least 9 reporters have been killed while enrolled in this program. i de la navarro bed. your general director of the one is magazine. santa said that a mechanism will obviously does not work. many of my colleagues who were killed in mexico was under the protection mechanism when they were murdered. why is that mckinney small not working? well, i can tell you in my own experience, because i am also inside them mcneese. i cannot believe in mexico because these make and he's doesn't works obviously. but what can i tell you is 1st, that really dig government, the federal government doesn't care about the georgia least. now we have the president and that is my know lopez. so, but i thought that almost every day,

if he's ever a, in, he's in a french press conference at that journalist at back there media because they the one that any one a can, it could be a good x, p b, do do critique school games. him so for they the back of the state that are very could hook that, that don't that, that don't one that they generally do their job for that got there is that one also to keep silent to the journalist if they see that just a precedent a man who supposedly cab some breast baked about dead, the mo resi about that point, ability about their freedom expression. if you see that the pressure then is the 1st one that is attacking every day to they don't release of course in one way or another did depression,

then even you permeate to do whatever you want to do again they jordan is that's why that's why last year became the most durable duper, the germans, according with united nations, anesco night 2 journalists in mexico were more there in mexico. these the crisis when you talk about the government's role in this, there's the president in his words, for sure. but there are many people who argue that the government and security forces are also complicit in what's happening to journalism that i'm thinking about in 2015. for example, jose moisture, sanchez said esl. i was killed after you publish content that was critical of the local government in, in better cruise, where he lived in 2022, a bare lopez vasquez was shot a day after he published a story, accusing

a local politician of corruption, people who say no more afraid of the government lease? some journalists, are there more afraid of the government than the cartels? what do you make of that? i mean, if you go to the is street by street and you ask for 2 i journalist who is smaller than gears a chapel. was man the head of this in a la carte bill, or the governor or the maker of the order, the chief of the police day. the germans will tell you that they are out touring t, the members of the government. i'm more dangerous because they also can do these with all day impunity given, given what you're saying, you know, the violence, the impunity, the structural deep structural problems that we're seeing throughout mexican society. do you think we'll see a new generation of journalists actually emerge in the country that, that, that,

that, that be so one kind of a miracle, you know, because for example, many times i go back to mexico to continue my work. and many times i gave a gong fans in universities, and most of the time, all these em classrooms are full of young junk students that want to be came journalists, even they are afraid, even they know that their salaries are not good for me. it really, he sat huge hop, see they face this of the german is that even on these tragedy that is happening again? journalist they want to became a journalist and they want to serve to the,

to the society and that they also want to the offense. then right of the society to have the information to try to save aware betty, a quick them wilkerson annabel hernandez. thank you so much for joining us on a friday. thank you. everyone that is our show up for will be back. ah with

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