the european union and the united states are where we of growing chinese influence around the world but the chinese threat is not reserved to exports inside the country dangerous and disturbing things are happening but there the west is noticeably tonight exclusive look at making problems go away china's forced disappearances i'm bored go off in berlin this is the day. that i woke up with a couple of them how can you can pick someone because of words which words can we use and which ones not. the way whenever you'll decide them about their human rights record called they would take it as. something you told me to.

get that being followed by. a lawyer at doing his job defending for human rights then there's china. which is isn't it a league of its own when it comes to human rights violations. also coming up tonight will it be three strikes and you're all for teresa mayes breaks at play in or third time lucky in the british parliament the scene is set for a friday vote. by. harry honorable and right honorable men days to support this measure and perhaps. we can leave it in the way. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with china's disappearing voices of dissent chinese president xi jinping has launched

a campaign to root out corruption and disloyalty in the communist. party but human rights groups say the state is casting its net to catch more than just political dissidents and a disturbing pattern has emerged those whom the state considers problematic are simply vanishing last september the chief of interpol main hunger way went missing while visiting his home country china he later resurfaced but only when he was kicked out of the communist party and the chinese government launched legal proceedings against him accusing him by the way of misusing funds or tonight in a news exclusive we introduce you to someone caught in china's web of detainment and disappearance a man out of sight but for now not out of. the detention room is like a cooling chamber with a metal door because escape from this room is impossible. to thomas. was one

of two hundred human rights lawyers chinese authorities rounded up in july two thousand and fifteen. the everything inside is wrapped in soft material the walls the table it so you can't kill yourself. i didn't see daylight for half a year i'm bright light is on twenty four hours a day you don't know if it's day or night. it feels like you've been locked up in hell. you're completely cut off from the world and. you don't know anything and you're terrified. all. you. see and he was called to the administration of his apartment complex he didn't suspect anything. there are several plainclothes

police were waiting they blindfolded him and shoved him into a car. with his wife and children were wondering why he didn't come back then later that day twenty police officers came to search their partners could have had to eat and i was absolutely terrified nobody told me he contained the police searched the high spot refused to give any information to regional rationals hot to the force disappearances have become increasingly common in china the head of interpol former canadian diplomat an exiled writer a canadian businessman and activist and a photographer a lawyer booksellers. and a billionaire just a few of those who disappeared in the last two years. facilities all from inside military compounds they are secret but activists have tried to find some detainees

are not in the judicial systems database sienese wife and his mother herself a lawyer then did everything to track him down but without success. called you got you why do you want how she was even more terrified than i was she kept asking when have they taken my son. in she said yan you might never come back . i could send you a twenty two days after my husband disappeared she suddenly died on. the uncertainty is intentional or thirties use the sites to extort confession. to guards a presence of around the clock. the register every movement you make.

they observe you to find your weak spot find out what you're most scared of. they don't allow you to change positions when you sleep with. them and they deprive you of your slightest freedoms. here the few have to ask even if you want to drink water. or they make you sit on a wooden block for sixteen hours until you can't feel your limbs anymore. you can't even go to the toilet because your d'oeuvres seem dead. the whole detention facility is designed for you to understand that you are under their control. are for if they want you to live you will live if they want to die you will die if they want you to suffer you will suffer. if they want you to be happy and you'll be happy. sienese

whereabouts were unknown for six months later he was transferred to a regular detention center and jailed for two years after his release he wrote to detailed account of the secret detention even had his license to practice law revoked but he is do refusing to keep quiet. well for more on this i would like to bring in he is a chinese human rights lawyer and activist his fight for human rights inside china has landed him in hot water with the chinese communist party he joins me tonight from new york where he's a visiting fellow at in why you welcome to the show we appreciate you talking with us tonight i want to ask you what is the story here is china's policy of forced disappearances is this a recent development or is this a practice that the west is just now giving its attention to it's

nothing new it's how these companies use force if you say if your is. many many years ago for example nine hundred ninety s. was disappeared when he was only six years ago and. last year if i don't know what the figures actually is i'm thinking was also disappears and many. human rights lawyers bloggers. so it's not new. are i. know it's you know i think ninety eight. if one. card and it's criminal law so ridiculously this criminal are no. legalized fossett disappearance and tell me.

all your fight for human rights and mean it put you on the radar of chinese authorities they know who you war with this threat of force disappearance is increasing what about your case would you dare to return to china now. as an activist. when i was in china i was kidnapped and disappear if flow three times. the second time i was kidnapped by the secret police and tend in. place where. you don't know and follow seventy days i was. starting three confinement and create and mentally concert i was also banned from teaching and. by the university and also and my family

members were also targeted so. i cannot go back to if i go back to ten times a day i would be definitely sentenced for long term well tell me when you disappeared these times that you're talking about did you know that you would be released a lot of or did you fear that the authorities were going to try to kill you. i didn't know so as. he scratched my experience was christ similar so i didn't know anything i couldn't. i couldn't reach and they never. tell me why and they. released me. and i was also transferred from one. place to

another and i was so scared that i may. meet so there's a nest there. they're there intimidated yeah yeah it must have been a horrible experience you are aware as we are that the united states the european union they have been very vocal about their concerns over china's growing global influence a menu we know about who way and the five g. networks story the french president microland warning about chinese investments in europe how do you explain the silence of the west concerning what is going on inside china at the moment. you know your house different reasons briefly speaking in the first one the west. doesn't

want to loose their current reason and participation of the chinese government in terms of the new clear contour tar is a south korea the they want the one to call for east and from chinese comment and second they don't want to do. sanctions market through western governments western companies the earn an autumn money. trunk from china so they want to keep goods released and is sending these comments and the third is the propaganda of chinese communist party is. working so. that most of western. democracies adopt a policy of engagement so the thoughts that tenney's comment we'll keep its promise one. hero one

a host. one of the fights wanted twenty five rights international to match treaties actually sent his government didn't keep his promise so that's the major reason is. chinese human rights lawyer an activist joining us tonight from new york we appreciate you sharing your story with us tonight and sharing your insights thank you. g. think theresa may should resign if it helps get brecht's it through paul newman's frankly i couldn't care less. well it is it is it is the british people who have to make up my mind and i'm really tired of thinking about what should help and what not sorry. or to do with. board with that was the kind of reaction that reporters got today here in europe

the events in the british parliament late last night only added to the high level of brags that fatigue and frustration and there is more to come tomorrow the lawmakers will once again debate and vote on prime minister teresa mayes divorce deal with the european union now keep in mind they already rejected it twice by huge margins perhaps a third time is what it will take time by the way is running out quickly the european union has given the u.k. until tomorrow to pass to rescind may's plan in exchange for a delay if that does not happen britain crashing out of the e.u. without a deal could become reality e.u. leaders tired and worried tonight teri schultz has more from brussels. brussels gave the u.k. until midnight here or eleven pm london time to pass this directive deal once and for all or face being kicked out of the e.u. deal or no deal by april twelfth prime minister may solution was quite creative to

just vote on that withdrawal part of the agreement and thereby allowing third vote but the problem remains that she has so little support it's very unlikely to get passed so the most likely scenario is that in twenty four hours we here in brussels are sitting here yet again saying the ball is in the british court and we have no idea what they want to do next now having a plan put forward would be required for yet another extension of article fifty patients isn't short supply here in brussels these days on one hand e.u. leaders would like nothing better than to see bret's that abandon all together and council president obama made that clear yet again yesterday and reaching out to all of these u.k. citizens who are marching in signing petitions against article fifty on the other hand no one wants a hard to exit so it seems that yet one more night one more day we are going to be watching that feed of the british parliament waiting to see what they want to do

next teri schultz there reporting in brussels over the pole in simon what he is deputy director of u.k. in the changing e.u. that is a bright city think simon it's good to have you on the dais so i guess we're all looking to friday aren't we we know that parliament is going to get a chance tomorrow to to vote a third time on teresa mayes breaks a plan talk to me about the numbers here do you see any way of parliament passing the deal to more. well as it stands i think you have to doubt the government's chances as you were saying the government has already lost two times on this votes and even a slightly different proposition to be considering today what we're looking at is a government. doesn't have a reliable majority so during the softening the northern irish policy d.e.p.t. the supplies the majority to the tory government has said that it will vote against

this smart so if we assume the opposition parties are going to carry on with their opposition largely in the heart of this will bring about the end of the governments it's really hard to see how it's reason i can get this over the line. what will happen if may's deal then is indeed rejected again let me ask you should theresa may should she still result. well this is i think a really uncertain area the deal that she made with her posse yesterday was the if they got this deal through and approved in into the facts that then she would step down before we moved on to the next round of the negotiations so if they can't do that for her if they can't find a way of building a majority getting those extra votes to get

a get it through then i think she would feel that she's within her rights that she should stay in post and. i think really from her perspective that given her time as prime minister is going to be entirely collards by the brics it issued i think she feels very adamant that she needs to see this through that she can't just leave it was a joke three quarters done she's negotiated the deal she's brought it's a palm and now she wants to get it actually on the statute books and in effect so for her i think she's going to want to stay in place because she how best to for making sure that this actually comes about because as we know the m.p.'s yesterday and again on monday have been voicing a bounce of the different alternative options that might be out there you know a bit this is why she's brought time you let me ask you about that we know theresa

may has a credibility problem because of breaks it but it seems the that the lower house of parliament does as well i want you to take a listen to what happened last night in the house of commons we call this the highlights of a night full of nays take a listen. to no have it. have it so the news having to have it. have they. have it so the net is having. i finish it. i mean you what you want to laugh right simon but you don't know if you should laugh or if if you should cry i mean eight alternative breaks of plans last night not one received a majority and correct me if my math is wrong but the one alternative they got the most votes was the confirmatory vote which is basically a second breaks at referendum. i think i think it's important to

unpack this a bit because what yesterday was about wasn't about trying to get paloma to make. a choice about what it wanted to do it was about testing the water so the m.p.'s were being hasta for each of those eight options do you think it's acceptable or don't you. as we know you and we've known for a long time there isn't a reliable majority for any of those things but what we're going to see on monday next week is another round of voting which i think they still have to work out the details of this but with should try and force m.p.'s to think about compromises where they might be able to move to what they could live with this they couldn't get the first choice and i think that you're likely to see something get over the line and as you say i think it's quite striking firstly the idea of another referendum did as well as it did because until now the indications haven't looked.

good for that and i think that reflects the frustration of the house of commons that they're not sure what to do there worried that losing the confidence of votes isn't that this month you know why all of reconnecting with people but framing it very much as we want you to confirm that the choices we've made for you in this long process are the ones that fit with what you wanted rather than framing it as we think you got it wrong the first time back in twenty sixteen and we'd like you to try again and see if you can get the right answer i mean i see what you're saying so i'm a but you also have to admit that what we saw last night was a parliament that is really struggling to find consensus to find common ground and that begs the question should there be a decision made to return this issue to the british people is a general election going to be the solution to the brics impasse.

well that's something that looks more on the cards i think what we've seen in the last couple of weeks is a collapse in the government's authority a lot more m.p.'s feeling that they don't have to follow the instructions from the government on how to vote on on key pieces of legislation not least the ones around brics it so i think there is a science to reason my is at the end of all the time in office whatever happens and that that might open up options you for a general election the thing that the holds it back is a real concern about what that election looks like what's the the manifesto of the conservative party going to be he's the leader going to be is treason megan's bailouts to lead them into another election after that disastrous showing few years ago and also from the labor policy side the main opposition they also don't have a clear policy they have real concerns about what they say so i think there are lots of challenges before we get there and it might be that many m.p.'s in

governments like being in government so they'll hang on as long as they can yeah that's a very good point simon simon assured with the brits it think tank u.k. and a changing. you we appreciate your insights and we present you looking in the crystal ball with us tonight so i mean thank you. and. forces have taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by. rescued at sea the turkish vessel has a maltese ports with military personnel on board we understand five people were handcuffed and escorted off the vessel about one hundred migrants and refugees had been rescued in the mediterranean off the coast of libya some of them took control of the ship when it was ordered to return to libya forced it to head towards instead. the arrival of the turkish and multi multi as armed

forces with the help of speed boats on the helicopter had brought it under control on the open sea. for hours migrant hijackers had been on the helm. the crew rescued around one hundred migrants and refugees among them twelve children off the libyan coast after the ship was apparently ordered to return to libya some of those rescued then took command and forced the crew instead to head towards europe. italy's interior minister material salvini views it as an act of piracy. this is about criminal organized people trafficking criminal because they hijacked those who had previously saved them who had taken them for polkas to ways. at the cape. but refugee organizations called for sympathy for the migrants citing the near total absence from the mediterranean of rescue

ships you're quite worried by the fact that in this moment since there is not enough presence of rescue ships at sea with a good season if there are more departure we will see more. police arrested five migrants while the remainder were brought to reception center it's unclear whether they will remain in multan. for the day is almost over the conversation continues online or find us on twitter in news or t.v. don't forget to use the hashtag the day we want to leave you tonight with protesters outside the u.k. house of parliament where on friday they will be awaiting the results of that third vote every member whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see that everybody.

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