player. this is the w. news live from far away and as the penn demick rages fumin writes suffer i miss the international paints a grim picture in its annual report saying women health workers and migrants have borne the brunt of the coronavirus governments have used to stifle dissent we will hear from one of its authors also coming up an eruption in iceland enters a fiery new phase 2 new fissures opened at a volcano near reykjavik spewing lava and said that hundreds of sightseers

scrambling for safety. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. i'm to see international's annual report says that cove in 1000 has further amplified massive global inequalities and it accuses many world leaders of using the pen demick to crack down on human rights the report singles out 3 groups that have been disproportionately affected 1st women they have suffered an increase in domestic violence born the burden of home schooling and in many cases lost their income because they had informal jobs that they couldn't do under lock downs 2nd health care workers around the globe they have suffered more fatalities than any other group chronic underinvestment and health systems means many hospitals are understaffed and their workers are not

sufficiently protected against the virus of the pen them it has also worsened the already precarious situation of refugees and migrants that's the 3rd group lockdowns border closures they have left some trapped in squalid camps without access to vital supplies so let's get more on all of this we're joined now by. the international deputy director for research in east and south east asia welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us how badly has the on slot of the coronavirus exacerbated the human rights situation especially in the region where you operate asia. as you know. in these countries many of these countries already had poor human rights records and in these countries rightist types of lock downs have been imposed and there were also a lot of limitations on the freedom of movement and in many of these countries such

as. hong kong there were public assemblies were often not allowed and the protests were greatly restricted so that people were very limited on. demand their way of demanding political reform. however during as we have seen during the leader part of last year there were many many more public assemblies happened and people started up expressing their opposition to certain government. action and the police and government authorities responded with excessive and unnecessary boards what patterns are you noticing in that regard when you look at our thora terry and governments exploiting the pandemic to crackdown on dissent is exactly what you have mentioned sara so the limitations that were imposed were either based on already existing draconian laws or the governments use the existing situation or the covert 1000 friend to adopt

more draconian laws to limit people's freedom of expression and freedom of movement and duty and strange on their human rights. and has even mentioned their widespread repression the use of enforced disappearances they're also documented in this report i want to take a closer look at that we're going to get your reaction we're going to look now at one case of a thai citizen who vanished while living in exile have a look. 6 save one charley are they demand this was june 2020 days after one chilly arm such sacks it a pro-democracy blogger was abducted in cambodia. c.c.t.v. footage captured 2 men stopped in their tracks as the reportedly watch one chilly on being bundled into an s.u.v. . he was

targeted one day after uploading this video mocking thailand's prime minister. he has not been seen since his the 9th such case of a thai exile disappearing since 2060. if one charlie arm is dead we want his body brought back to thailand. in the past year thailand's military has reacted with an iron fist to a growing youth movement calling for democratic reforms rounding up dozens of activists under strict laws that forbid any criticism of the mourner. last month the architects of the uprising began filling up courts their resolve undiminished 30. they can lock me up but they cannot lock up the truth the truth is always the truth whether in prison under torture or awaiting

execution the truth is the truth. other organizers face 15 years in prison if found guilty of sedition and insulting the monarchy but protest leaders say the campaign cannot be crushed. but. then me funny how in the end no matter how many of us go to jail there will still be people outside that are still fighting oh oh yeah all fools and. in the meantime the families carry the burden either of not knowing where their loved ones are or facing the years of separation. and we're back now with our lindale from amnesty international what more can you tell us about forced disappearances like these. in thailand the situation is getting more and more concerning for us that report says that there have been

a lot of prosecutions. because of people who are expressing dissent or expressing critical criticism about the current government or even the monarchy and as. seen in the adult report. or thought for it these are vigorous and prosecuting cases on expressing dissent against the monarchy or against the government and these trials are often behind closed doors it is it is quite concerning that you can go to jail inside for years just for sharing a facebook post or sharing a b.b.c. article about the current monarch expressing or this simple matter of discussing what is the situation in your country or what is what is happening in

your country can either send you to jail or have you disappeared even in a neighboring country. and you know as as those efforts accelerate so do the demands for democracy as well how hopeful are you that that will win in the end. i think we're more concerned than hopeful we are concerned about the violence that is being used against peaceful protesters inside that we are very concerned that many of these protesters are actually children are minors and authorities are side and seeing their voices and preventing them to speak about what is happening in their own country which is actually their future it is very concerning that these are children and these they are treated in such a manner that violates their rights and bilingual from amnesty international thank

you so much thank you sara let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world diplomats have been eating for talks aimed at salvaging the iran nuclear deal european countries are mediating between iran and the united states to try to bring washington back into the agreement that the trumpet ministration walked away from both tehran and washington called the talks constructive. alexina volleys doctor has briefly been detained after trying to visit the jailed russian opposition figure police also bundled journalists and supporters into a bus in a volley who is on hunger strike has said that he's suffering from severe back pain fever and heavy costs. at least 16 people are dead after 2 buses collided in northern mexico officials say that all of the victims were minors aboard a minibus more than a dozen other people on

a larger tourist bus were injured in the accident it is not immediately known what caused the collision. let's get an update now on some of the developments in the corona virus pandemic in france the number of patients in intensive care is at its highest in almost a year france is now in a month long lockdown india has hit another new record number of delhi cases delhi mumbai and dozens of other cities are imposing curfews to try and slow the storm infections and a top official at the european medicines agency says that there is a link between the astra zeneca vaccine and rare blood clots the agency is expected to release a new assessment of the drug this week no country in latin america has been hit harder by the pandemic and brazil the number of daily deaths passed 4000 for the 1st time on tuesday it is the poorest who are suffering the most and are most

likely to die from the virus residents of the country's densely populated slums no less as for vallas are now staging protests against the government's pandemic response. to these protest is a sending a message to their government brazil is hungry. here and sao paulo's largest openness residents say emergency aid doesn't go far enough i mean they are going to save them my fear is that my daughters will go hungry one of them still under 18. this is also my granddaughter and i think to myself well they go hungry and. from up until december the brazilian government provided those in need with around $1000.00 euros per month in aid community centers like this one has been offering free meals but donations have dropped. presidential year both scenarios administration is once again offering help but a more modest amount

a community movement known as g. 10 is demanding more. for similar thought since i'm going to have the emergency a little of $23.00 euros is enough to buy a domestic gas cylinder 5 kilograms of rice and one kilogram of beans a family can survive a month from that it's shameful brazil is a rich country and letting its population go hungry and the pandemic is still out of control brazil is a country in crisis and there's not much light on the horizon. in iceland hundreds of hikers have been evacuated from the site of an erupting volcano that's after new fissures opened up on the mountain spewing lava smoke and steam the spectacle has proved a huge draw for tourists and the volcano ward to life last month. a sight to behold iceland spectacular nearly 3 week old bookending corruption has entered a new phase 2 new fissures have opened near the rich know site in the gal doing the

dollar valley measuring 200 meters in total and la voz also spewing from the new openings. some of the most impressive thing is this river down into the valley actually more than the fisher itself made a good research. the new lava river is flowing down through the hills for hundreds of meters from the fisher and into neighboring you had to live rally. we had to do crack opening up. right developer of people or. so. what we're doing we just cleared out they are there to try to figure out what is happening to. the people who are going. after the tigers and you cannot do it. it's beautiful but possibly dangerous authorities have sealed off access to the

side as a precaution and began evacuating sightseers more than 36000 people had visited the site since the ruction began in mid march iceland has more active folk a knows than any other country in europe but an eruption like this hasn't happened and there are a countess peninsula since the 13th century. soccer news now and there were 2 champions league quarter final sorest legs played on tuesday night's manchester city hosted by dortmund the german side suffered some heartbreak when phil saddan scored in the 90th minute to give city the win meanwhile york and clubs liverpool side were completely outplayed and real madrid the reds will have to make it a 31 deficit in the for tartly. a quick reminder of our top story a messy international says the global inequality has grown trends

a pandemic with women out of work 1st and migrants among the worst affected in its annual report released today a human rights group also accuses governments of using the coronavirus crisis to excuse as an excuse excuse me to stifle dissent. up next it's just news with one of the johns i'm sure telling him for lent it's for watching. why subscribe to w books you meet your favorite writer living in china like to see myself as new kid sky in the strange grown up world times ditto for your books on your. i was good times are good for the. warming from. douglas.