w. . this is g.w. news the live from berlin no diplomatic breakthrough and no let up in the fighting on day 6 of israeli palestinian violence israeli airstrikes destroy a building in gaza city housing major international media outlets the military says the high rise was linked to how mosque intelligence a press freedom groups are outraged. and israel's financial center comes under its heaviest bombardment so far a mosque launches dozens of rockets from gaza into tel of the. also coming up in

sports news on the show crunch time in buddhist legal football. the 2 graham men and both themselves and another season in germany's top flight. hello i'm claire richardson a very warm welcome to the show on the 6th day of conflict between israel and the palestinians the white house has weighed in u.s. president joe biden who has up until now said very little about the flare up is again emphasizing israel's right to defend itself and he's told the palestinian president mahmoud abbas and hamas must end its rocket bombardment of israel and meanwhile there's been more bloodshed in the palestinian territories multiple members of an extended family in gaza were killed as they slept by israeli bombs and israeli airstrikes also destroyed a tower block housing apartments and offices of international media organizations.

13 stories reduced to rubble in seconds israel not hesitating to strike back hard against hamas. the building housed international news agencies israel's defense forces say hamas intelligence was using the media as unwitting human shields. warned about the attack journalists pleaded with an israeli intelligence officer for more time. from the a.p. news agency all of our equipment is in there including cameras and editing equipment give me 15 minutes to get it out. request denied the airstrike went ahead as planned. in another part of gaza a family of 10 had no warning before bombs flattened their home they were killed in

their sleep all except for baby omar. my cousin died with her children only omar here survived. he hurt his leg and his eye and he can't breastfeed because his throat is injured. in israel hamas rocket attacks are also killing civilians. one man died when a rocket struck his building in a tel of eve suburb. others narrowly escapes death. 2 more metres and it would have been my house. i was in the shelter and i said that's it the building is gone. the united states has sent a mid ranking diplomat how the ahmed to negotiate

a cease fire but there's no breakthrough so far. well earlier i asked our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer how israeli authorities have responded to international criticism over the bombing of the gaza skyscraper statements came out 1st of all by the israeli military there were actually 2 statements so they were saying i will quote few lines from them they for days said that the building contained military assets used to be longing to the intelligence office of the hamas terrorist organization and it was in the statement they later said it was an r. and d. office and the 2nd statement and that hamas hyatt's according to the statement behind civilian media offices and used them as human shields and that it's hamas actually that place says military targets deliberately at the heart of densely populated areas in the gaza strip so they didn't give any more details so evidence

. to the offices that they're talking about and this is a bit and line but hearing here officially and what we've seen also in the past days happening in gaza high rise buildings a lot of buildings also. which also contain presidents of flats and people living that it became homeless now. that they were targeted because israel says they are containing infrastructure or offices belonging to hamas or other militant groups and we are nearly a week into this conflict and tanya you've been reporting tirelessly for us throughout it how are things where you are in israel now. well i think in israel you have so many different opinions about what's happening and you know i talked to some people in tel aviv has said you know we really want this to stop it's also very intense it's also more intense than usual when it comes to the rocket barrages but there are also people who say this or continue israel should

continue this campaign that hamas needs to be a deterrent and other places of course also in jerusalem there are different opinions also among palestinians about that but i can see you know there are lot of tensions everywhere you have tensions in jerusalem there where they already you know weeks leading up to these hostilities you had today again demonstrations in the occupied west bank by palestinian stare inside israel a lot of tensions and also. of course demonstrations and neighboring countries so of classic you know there's also a sense that says waiting for more international gates meant for a push for a cease fire but also with the understanding that there needs to be a political situation a solution so that it doesn't repeat itself on and on again. kramer thank you so much for that update. well most of the latest street violence has been in so-called mixed cities in israel or jews and arabs have been living together for many years

cities like akron and lud were captured by israeli military israeli forces in the 1948 war and much of the arab population was displaced as jewish migration flowed in from overseas and many arab residents still live there and many of them are israeli citizens the cities have until recently been mostly peaceful but this new unrest is exposing underlying tensions. in the central city of lud the running battles between police and is really out of iraq today again. this man was one of 15 arrested here. police say they also confiscated an improvised submachine gun and 9 molotov cocktails. in haifa in the north there were more police searches. and 9 more people arrested on suspicion of rioting

and attacking police. not far away in just a. ribs and police faced off across a burning barricades before clashes that led to 2 more arrests. in just a mostly out of district of tel aviv the streets lay quiet after a night of violence that saw an arab child seriously wounded when a fire bomb was thrown into his home. some were determined to go about their daily business regardless but many prefer to stay inside fearing the civil war of which israel's prime minister has warned. in their new conflict in the middle east has brought people out onto the streets worldwide to protest against the violence here in germany thousands marched in support of the palestinians. campaigners around the world organized rallies to condemn the violence in the middle east and to commemorate not about the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians

when the state of israel was created in 1048 most of saturday's events were peaceful although in berlin police broke up at least one pro palestinian gathering and arrested several demonstrators still the people made their voices heard. i just want that to be peace between jews muslims and christians we're all human but when a methodist and they're right my message is that the bombarding and the killing should stop. in a war there are only losers there is no winner. in this case children are dying on both sides. and that's not nice. elsewhere in the city a smaller gathering backing these rallies but most of the rallies around the world have been in support of the palestinians. in france police fired tear gas in an

attempt to break up a rally in the north of paris crowds gathered even though city authorities have banned the march fearing an outbreak of anti semitic violence. there was also solidarity down under with a pro palestinian gathering in sydney. as the renewed violence deepens the rift in the middle east many are around the world are uniting in protest. which is for their stories making headlines around the world it's thousands of people have rallied in rome to support a law that would punish discrimination based on sexual orientation gender or disability a so-called exam was approved by italy's lower chamber last year the right wing groups in the senate say existing legislation already protects against hate crimes . the operator of the largest u.s. gasoline pipeline says it has resumed normal operations after being hit by

a ransomware attack the disruption to colonial pipelines network stretching from texas to the east coast triggered supply shortages and long lines at many gas stations. and russia has deployed aircraft and fire fighters to extinguish forest fires he waves has pushed temperatures above 30 degrees celsius in central russia and siberia in the eastern region of tell you men planes have engulfed more than 60000 tech terrorists. well this weekend sees the 2nd to last round of bundesliga games with a lot at stake for those battling to avoid relegation or went up against bremen with both teams barely above the drop zone i was barred came away victorious securing another season in the top flight and leaving bremen in deep trouble. the message was simple and obvious work the fans believe anything less than a win for their team could mean having to prepare for the 2nd division even with

one more game to play. their coach marcus vine cyril knew it too. and so did very braman coach florian cole felt his team was an even worse shape trailing 2 points behind our board but things swung in his team's favor in the 13th minute when our midfielder ruben vargas was given his walking papers for attempting to kick an opponent which took v.a.r. to confirm it man advantage verda braman. were compensated well and then in the 57th minute scored when ronnie could ear a took an opportune shot after a fortune of bounce went his way from a corner when neil. braman pushed forward but it was not to be. and in the final minute of regulation time this outs were breakaway and penalty shot.

taking the honors was daniel you judy. to nail the final score. were celebrations were understandable as was braman stis appointment. remain in the top flight next season oh and its final league game coming up it's against byron munich and a very hungry robert lewandowski on the hunt for the all time bundesliga goal scoring title a matchup i'll be glad not to have to win. now as we've heard robert lewandowski of byron munich has tied the record for the most goals in the season he notched up his a 40th in byron's draw with freiburg and the polish strikers poured from the penalty spot in the 1st half equaling the west german goal scoring a legend gadamer. the record has stood for almost 50 years and fought 11 could

even break it environs of the last game of the season. and it is of course the bundesliga 2nd to last match day of the season so let's take a look at where things stand out support of voided relegation by beating bremen care to berlin beat the drop with a draw against cologne bealefeld and hoffenheim grabbed a point each and freiburg held a champions byron munich to a draw and relegated shaka stunned champions league hopefuls frankfurt they were cruising share the spoils with berlin and down to gladbach are 2 games on sunday might start end and spark and let's take a quick look at the bundesliga standings with one round left to play the battle for the champions league remains intense with volts for the document and frankfurt and jostling for the final 2 spots down at the bottom things are incredibly tight with people felt braman and cologne still threatened with relegation. coming up after

the break our high tech magazine show shift asks whether online hate speech should be censored as our news update at this hour there's of course always more on our web site t w dot com or you can follow us on social media at the news i'm kyra phillips and in berlin that's all for me for now thanks much for joining us. to. these places in europe for smashing records. stepping toward the french or. the treasure map for modern globe trotters discover some of europe's record breaking sites. thanks to the no also in book form. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what

does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus are doing this special monday to friday on t.w. . online hate speech is a powerful thing sometimes all it takes is one tweet or post by a user and suddenly they're hit by tons of insults and threats but is hate speech so dangerous that it should be censored or is freedom of expression more important hate speech versus free speech our topic today i'm saying. according to facebook only one and a 1000 posts were why it contains hate speech the targets are off. in individuals

like homosexuals muslims or women who get hundreds of replies per day to something they've posted but online hate speech can also target entire ethnic groups and it can escalate tensions and incite real violence says the un special adviser on the prevention of genocide big must start this start. always with more action and language no one would. talk it that the whole look cost was preceded it. by hate speech it comes and hate speech continues to escalate tensions and animosity between groups here are 2 recent examples. in march. an open smear campaign and social media against refuge of muslims a deadly crackdown by me a mars army sent over 700000 range or fleeing the country. conflicts with the

muslim minority has flared up time and again for centuries. it's it's been mars population gained access to the internet in $24.00 to targeted misinformation about the revenger was disseminated. here hate speech and social media has found the flames of civil war and further divided the country 64 tribes. platforms are used to spread propaganda targeting particular groups. in south sudan online attacks have also often feel followed by physical assaults. but what about if hate speech is only online some say that this is so hurtful that it should be forbidden others call that censorship they argue that we should be afraid to say exactly what we think so where's the line between 8 speech and free speech the answer to that

largely depends on the country you live in. not even legal experts admits to separate free speech and think speech in a clearing by the way says renowned american civil liberties activist the dean strong. speech refers to motion which is very subjective and. 7 your your. definition that has been there bob. and being in here aren't we they and subject to the discretion who ever has power to enforce at. the top of that definitions of area different parts of the world denial of the holocaust for example is illegal in 18 european countries but even here freedom of speech is up held as a value worth protecting kitty and strawson this herself the daughter of

a holocaust survivor nonetheless she says censorship isn't the right tool to use against hate speech. that well i'm and as in censorship it is it ends up doing more harm than good and that is simply true with respect to all cost denial or any other kind of disinformation or misinformation in fact any kind of censorship the natural human reaction is that more attention is drawn to the very message that one is seeking to suppress. the former chairwoman of the american civil liberties union or a.c.l.u. is convinced that honest discussions are the only way to overcome distance between opposing sides counter speech is a very important factor and by that i mean any use of your freedom of

speech ours to persuade. or do anything you can to advance the cause of the messages are equality and inclusiveness and diversity and dignity and to rebut the counter messages. but there are limits. and when individuals are directly attacked it's set to 10 times due to criminal offense such as libel or threat of bodily harm. it is no longer protected it's freedom of speech. tech companies have started taking more actions against negative content on their platforms nowadays because laws in europe have been tightened but there are still plenty of hate speech on social media because that kind of content. money. hate speech is controversial it's highly emotive and edge attracts clicks critics maintain that companies like

facebook and you tube are well aware of and actively promote the spread of posts containing extreme content facebook's algorithm for instance long favored potentially controversial. because they get more views and the 2 people spending more time on the platform which increasingly news. this was because they pursued growth in a way that was reckless. to promote content in a way this is ational stuff would get more exposure if you take extreme measures to get rid of all hate speech then you're going to slow down the growth of. facebook projects these assertions the company says it has 35000 employees deleting hate speech phones. in the 1st quarter of 2020 facebook took down over 9 and a half 1000000 inflammatory posts a new record according to laws in europe companies are only obliged to take their

own hate speech after it has been reported but in close groups content is only visible to members so it's unlikely hate speech there will get reported because posts are being seen by like minded audiences this is true for chat groups and also for online gaming communities where hostility can be expressed in a different way. to the world's largest p.c. games platform is not without violence. as who could beat it shooter games the fall of 2 selves to bicycle home. sexual sin or jews and others. far right church groups have links to close to hate speech groups on telegraph these have clear rules that every must follow have a well known as he committed violent offline to become a member that's what i wanted to get. i wanted to prove myself to say i'm here you noticed me because that's why i beat someone up i told the leader and even

sent him a picture of happy and took that photo to prove i belong to the group. that this is my family and i do anything for them but. these days kevin no longer hangs out and right wing chat groups in germany the majority of hate messages on line about 3 quarters comes from right wingers about my percent are by leftwing extremists and 14 percent cannot be definitely assigned to any political orientation according to germany's federal criminal police what i find especially interesting is that about half of all like for hate comments come from a really small number of users only about 5 percent experts have long known that hate speech campaigns are often well prepared and carefully timed only someone who's been targeted by such a complaint can know how devastating it can be someone like stephanie palmer from eastern germany in 2015 she launched an initiative to help refugees in her hometown

. in 2015 a sentiment that for i told was turning against for a few g.'s to people after all that an organization to promote openness and tolerance she was super bored with all that heat messages. you should be ready to go and get out of town we have the baseball bats ready to go. things like that. just come down and that was just the beginning for mil blogs was also blown up and people call her at night. when it's as if you've got this kind of felt like it was coming closer and closer or someone might come home and you would immediately lock the door behind me and then i would 1st take every room holding pepper spray in my hand corked or almost bordered on paranoia where you could cleanse. but i think at moments like that you being afraid can be good to a certain extent because it makes you cautious and alert. the hostility she experienced although it has left its more. let's get talk of the primary days when

the verbal attacks just rolled off me i can stand there and say oh come on you can kiss my butt on his guitar and there are days when it really hurts when all at once to fall silent and take a step. that's horrible and a lot of people have had similar experiences there are going is a sense that specialize in dealing with hate speech and digital ourselves to help those who have become targets of hate campaigns want to hate in berlin the 1st thing hate and employees try to do is to stabilize hate speech victims emotional axed by scum hostile content for posts that could carry legal consequences. not all those attacked wish to file charges this also has financial reasons and. if you've been libeled or threatened for a post and you go to a lawyer who says all right well take it to court you're facing at least 2000 euros and costs and if you lose you have to pay the other side's legal fees that's

another 2000 years or 8 advisers people free of charge. if someone can't pay the court fees the organization offers legal aid. and also provides practical online security culture. these are a huge problem online right now our attempts to get people's private data by their home addresses our children's schools are we help them comb the internet before the haters do and hide that sensitive data about a. good 500 people have contacted the organization over the past 2 years 65 percent were female when women or girls are attacked online threats often have sexual connotations many attackers remain unknown shielded by the anonymity of the internet. and i later found how to recognize that it's important for people to be able to be anonymous online. but if someone violates the law she thinks their

identity shouldn't be protected. also a huge problem we have in germany and in almost all european countries is that acts are committed on line. which courts rule are punishable by websites or don't hand over the culprits data so basically they're protecting the guilty ones there we have to say clearly this has to change. eventually mental court rules that an offense has been committed then websites have to be compelled to cooperate here. i'm grateful to say i've never been targeted by hates each have you how do you defend yourself against abuse and hate speech on the internet let us know on facebook or you tube i and see you soon.

into the conflict zone with tim sebastian america's secretary of state guns in the blueprint was in ukraine last week using the power veto also words of comfort and support for the country after russian troops a glance to huge numbers close to its border my guess is weaker trains for little stood to be true coolly about going to get out of the business so what was he. conflicts of. next on. extremism and violence. increasing content like this young people still focused on the. sharing. but that doesn't stop them from spreading like donald trump types. of school children really become the countless. 13 spawn d.w.

. they want to know what makes pajamas just ahead and zoom in. on banning play from. i'm not going to outsource my own culture and everyone was laid a holes in everything. getting are you ready to meet the germans then join me right just do it under. the this is our lives we will be defending you if you have crossed that border what do you think the west would have done for you our judicial system. is in bad shape america's secretary of state anthony blinken was in ukraine last week there's a the parents need to offer words of comfort and support for the country after russian troops are grasping the huge numbers both with border my guest this week from p.f. is ukraine's foreign minister to me truthfully about what did he get out of the visit and what was he asked to give.

the future of courtly about welcome to conflict zone good afternoon the u.s. secretary of state was visiting kiev last week and said he stands strongly with your country what do you understand that to mean standing strongly with you that means political and military and reforms our support for ukraine we count on our partnership with the united states as much as we count on the partnership with the european union and its key capitals your president was clear that he wanted more than that a few days before being going to arrive to posted a tweet calling for a clear signal about the european and euro ad load prospect in other words

a clear signal about your bid for membership in the e.u. or nato did you get that clear signal well both perspectives of your atlantic and european membership are long overdue you and i would like to recall that for example when it comes to nato the promise that was given by elyse in 2008 before a summit. so we've been it's been 13 years now and my president. bishan to achieve that we have not heard. positive response yet but this is the rounds we are seeking membership so we will keep pushing this story forward so you didn't get what you wanted so in effect mr blinken just bought a basket of fine words and that was it. no that would be not entirely correct mr linking with others not entirely but there's some truth to

it well he did not bring with himself a promise that ukraine will become a member of nato this year or next year but he reaffirmed that the united states stand by the decision of 2008 where it is clearly ukraine and georgia because it applies to both countries will be members of nato and we will be working with our friends and partners on achieving this goal but the problem is without a timetable it's meaningless isn't it well what we need we currently have a timetable which is called national program of cooperation between ukraine and nato it is structured very much. along the pattern of the membership action plan but what we do need and i can agree with you here is a clear timeline of grain tinkly ukraine membership action plan

and what will follow after that this is the next step integration with the alliance how far did you get with your shopping list because you are known to be looking for enhanced and you drone and the aircraft capabilities you also want the patriot missile is washington going to meet those requests. well we did submit to the united states a list of. the most urgent needs for ukrainian army some of the items on the list are more easier to get some are more difficult we did not expect to get everything at the time but we are making progress on those items on those positions which. which are feasible at this at this point you say you're making progress so you didn't get any of them you haven't signed any deals to get them it's not it's not fixed mr secretary blinken did not bring an antecedent or complex with him

but. no nor is there that he was going to give you one either nor a date i have no doubt that we will we will receive and number of items from all this this does not require a reiteration it's a mental matter of co-operation of certain technicalities but i have no doubts that we will give them this global let's talk if we may about the frozen war in the eastern part of your country if we can talk about it that way there's been some the escalation in tension with moscow it withdrew many of its troops after the sudden massive deployment close to your joint border if they had crossed that border what do you think the west would have done for you expressions of condemnation maybe some sanctions while 1st there is no withdrawal adequate. to the number of russian troops and

military machinery assembled along the border of ukraine and in the occupied territories what is happening cannot be called it was that all russian forces largely stay where they are what has changed is a drop in military forex this is true but the threat is still there and you know in the soviet union they had to show trials trials without justice and now what we observe is that a show withdrawal it was the role without to remove all the forces and this we should be we should be should remain vigilant on this when it comes to your 2nd question is this this is our land this is our people we will defend it we will fight for it we do not expect for in troops to arrive and help us but we do expect from partners to provide ukraine was all assistance they can offer to make us prevail in this struggle for our country so you're not expecting nato to

go to war with you with russia you're clear on that to defend you. absolutely we are not a member of nato yet and i would like to. see again clearly and squarely that this is our land we will be defending it but partners can help us to defend our land and i'm sure that this is what will this will be happening when it comes to negotiations your president has made it clear he no longer thinks the minsk 2 agreement is laid down 6 years ago is the way forward is that because neither you nor the russians know the separatists that actually done what you signed up to do. well the key demand off russia in minsk. is to recognize so-called lugansk and honest people's republic as party to the conflict

which would effectively turn an international armed conflict between ukraine and russia into an internal armed conflict between ukraine and separatists this is the cornerstone of the discussions that are taking place in. in minsk now my president is saying that alf goal number one should be peace and security and lives of people and not for political political recognitions and we call on moscow to focus on the same on bringing peace to don't bust and on making progress on a number of drug decisions which are ready to be adopted they are pending green light from moscow moscow can easily give the green light but it continues playing this game with the demand to recognize donetsk and lugansk as part of the conflict so this is in essence what is happening in minsk and this is why we are making

steps to. ensure a way forward out of this stalemate the minutes to agreement is you know contains political commitments on you and on the other side article for a dialogue on local elections was supposed to start the day after heavy weapons were pulled back from the contact ploy article 11 the new ukrainian constitution should have entered into force by the end of 2015 its key element was to have been decentralization none of these things happened did any child blame the other for not fulfilling their side of the bargain where do you go from here. you are absolutely right this is this is the works toward by word russian narrative about minsk when moscow a meets the fact that item paragraph one of means key security. first you stop shooting and then you proceed to political settlement ukraine spared

no effort and made a number of painful concessions to ensure a cease fire unfortunately the cease fire has been violated on a systemic basis and more and more and many soldiers have been killed. i would like to assure you that we are absolutely committed to moving along the political part of the of the minsk of the minsk agreements you really think through security 1st you think you can get those through your parliament those political aspects of the minutes to agreement well if we see if we see that russia is not killing our soldiers is withdrawing its heavy machine heavy military machinery from ukraine and that it abides by security provisions this will give us an additional argument in the parliament to convince that this is the road to peace this is the road to settlement and this is what my parliament wants but we will never accept any russian idea of federalize ation of ukraine because. in this

country we have a very advanced reform of decentralization and by the way i would like to thank the government of germany in helping us with this reform to really empower communities on the ground and to give them more right right and when certain regions of donetsk and lugansk parts of ukraine which are currently occupied by russia to return to ukraine they will enjoy all those vast possibilities for development and prosperity yeah but what is your president saying he's not going to talk to them russia says talk to the separatists your president refuses i'm curious as to why he refuses because the people in the that's going to count because they are ukrainian citizens aren't they why is your president refusing to talk to ukrainian if he wants that area back under his control my president will talk to legitimately elected ukrainians in the currently occupied parts of donetsk and lugansk will not talk to

holders of russian passports who vigorously in the implement only instructions coming from moscow. we should not mix these 2 categories of. when we hold elections as provided by the minsk agreements when there are legitimately elected representatives they will be become part of the political system and we will talk to them but today the only party that makes decisions and instructs people on the ground how to act is moscow it's not these so-called separatists yes but this process is going nowhere isn't it and the fact is that you're out of ideas for how to pursue it something that the president's chief of staff actually admitted at the end of last month under your mark on television he said it's necessary to continue working in all directions and they're all formats because in the end we don't know

what format will bring peace to ireland 7 years after the seizure of crimea that's an extraordinary admission of both failure and despair isn't it you don't know how to continue. there is no fate neither fairly or not despair in kiev we have a certain number of. well we are upset with the behavior of moscow with its unwillingness to play constructively interest super kate sincere willingness of ukraine and of germany and france to put an end to the war in donbas when it comes to crimea you know we launched we came up with a very good idea of a crimea platform and this initiative is gathering more and more international support so no we are not running out of ideas but unfortunately russia has adopted a very. very unhelpful tactics of simply

downplaying every any idea that if they do not like or ignoring them but will keep trying because as i said just a couple of minutes before this is all when we cannot sit down with and lay down our hands we have to come up we have new ideas we have to be creative and we will be doing that this is all down to and may take some time but in the end we will succeed the fact is that your president was elected 2 years ago on a promise to end the war in the donbass region he didn't do it even blamed the continuing conflict on his previous president poroshenko saying it wasn't russian aggression that was the problem it was the ukrainian side being on reasonable that came back to bite him as well given that in effect he's over promised and the livered the biggest sin the politician can commit isn't it well my president still has a couple of years in office to deliver on that and. before the end of his 1st term

. the 2nd point is that in just 1st year of his presidency there were some very good achievements in our relations with russia and they were promising for example the exchange of prisoners including the return of the famous director or all of since all who was a political prisoner in russia russia returned our vessels captured. at the carriage trade so there was a good period now there is a better period but it doesn't mean that we will not find a solution that will bring very good period and we will find will settle the conflict without crossing our red lines this girl labor it's clear that if you want more help from washington and the west you're going to have to do more to deal with the rampant political corruption in your country aren't you the state department says that's key to securing ukraine's democratic institutions its economic prosperity and your atlantic future every year the same message from the

u.s. from europe year after year why are you not doing better on this front. well 1st we're doing it for ourselves not for the sake of support when you're not well i don't you're not doing it so you're not getting to grips with corrupt well you are in your country you are and you are your story you are either misinformed or exaggerating. it was under the present of. under the present selenski that the anti-corruption court finally started functioning in ukraine and it was a very long battle to set up that court and make it operational unfortunately the previous president did not allow that to happen presidents lansky did and he does not interfere in the operations of the court when you can see to tional court of ukraine another body of our judicial system to try to destroy an anti-corruption

reform it was the president who stepped in immediately and then if he was followed by the government and the parliament who restored parts of critical legislation that was declared and boy it null and void by by the constitutional court things are happening and you know every country is is a difficult combination of there is factors but this country is moving in the right direction and those who are calling on us to move faster they cordially invited to come and join us and help us well those who are you are called yearly invitingly those who were there last week if you look at the state department's human rights report the latest one was clear that it was damaging western confidence in us this continual drumbeat of human rights abuses that are reported in your country as pointed out in the latest human rights report from washington the concern that highlighted is not just the abuse that the corruption the abuse or torture that's

carried out by state employees in your security service that mad enough but the impunity that surrounds them the fact they can while a lot. or with a pretty strong assurance that they will get away with it are you happy about that when it comes to human rights abuses in security institutions you know this is something that is not just one of the systemic nor large scale and unfortunately to my deepest regrets present and not only in ukraine but also in other countries of europe will follow recommendations of the european community against torture on that and we enjoy excellent cooperation with them otherwise i do not understand what kind of systemic violations of human rights you are referring to well it's quite clear in the report the report says abuse of detainees remains a widespread problem the government generally failed to take adequate steps to prosecute or punish most officials who committed abuses most officials resulting in

a climate of impunity that couldn't be clearer could it that's from your friends in washington. you are probably you are referring to the situation in prisons with regard to the imprisoned. imprisoned persons this is a big score which not only for ukraine but also for other european countries but. this is not a large scale systemic oppression of human rights happening across the country as i said to you answering my previous question we are absolutely calculating with all human rights bodies including the council of europe and the european union to address outstanding issues related to the treatment of prisoners in. prisons one of the other key issues which has been raised by washington is the low level of confidence reported in your judges the us says that despite efforts to

reform the judiciary and the prosecutor general's office corruption among judges and prosecutors remains in demick in demick why is it that you're absolutely why you have italy or when you have labels a guarantee the rule of law in your country. well 1st rule of law and tradition is not the same thing traditionally it is part of the rule of law and there is a rule of law in this country but the one of the weakest point that requires. systemic attention is judiciary our judicial system is in bad shape i can fully agree with that it's i as a citizen i regret it. and the president and the government and the parliament they are all addressing this issue in close cooperation with our international partners and the venice commission of the council of europe because

we all realize that judiciary is an essential important element for foreign investments and for bringing also for for bringing justice to the country for for protecting human rights in the country so we are addressing it this problem through a set of reforms conducted in the closest possible cooperation with international institutions and international partners this is a good bomber so some judges were pressured by high level politicians others reportedly took bribes in exchange for giving particular verdicts if they're found to be breaking the law like that why can't they be removed from office i'm not aware of a new report that a member of the government or the president's office would be pressuring pressuring . a judicial quarter or a judge quite to the contrary as some of the. elements of the ukrainian

judiciary are putting pressure on the government and on by issue. ill legitimate judgments in particular the one that i mentioned the judgment of the constitutional court the right to destroy the anticorruption the reform that was designed and implemented by ukraine and its friends and partners from abroad but i'm sure that there will come this problem as well because no corrupt judge can succeed against the government and the people of ukraine that are willing to overcome the resolve and overcome this problem what about the press journalists to a feeling the heat in your country when they deal with sensitive topics washington says violence against the breast remained a problem with human rights groups claiming government inaction in solving crimes against them why this action on the part of the government well the problem of

press should be considered from 2 sides on the one side is the problem of this information flowing into the country and are spreading around among among citizens this is something that the government should be addressing and is addressing to ensure security of the country on the other hand. we do have to ensure the freedom of speech and we are absolutely committed to it. and of course to ensure safety of journalists i'm not aware of any recent cases where government agent or a representative for someone associated with the government would be conducting would be suppressing freedom of speech in fact. the criticism against the president the parliament the government as a whole is coming from many many corners and that's normal because we live in

a democracy and the it's a vibrant and there are many different opinions all these can can exist can and should exist in a free. democratic country however we will not allow this information specifically coming from russian media to. destroy our people's most people's minds is the question is also to what extent you are protecting your journalist because the state department report mentioned a journalist from her ahmad scale who was beaten by a police officer while he was filming protests in front of a government building that was april last year 7 months later the state's bureau of investigations was still quote looking into it is that good enough as far as you're concerned well if we start picking up one specific case and focus on it of course this occasion will look at doom and gloom i. am aware of this case i find it

disturbing as well and i stand on the on the side of a journalist in this particular case but please do not try to create a picture of a doom and gloom picture but not only i'm not granting any cases staking out taking out of the context now we are in a dialogue with you i'm just trying to make the point yes i'm not creating any any image that hasn't been reflected in the state department human rights report just one final question you talk about how your protecting your country and you talk about getting your land back do you seriously imagine a day when the russians will say to you sorry we took crimea big mistake have it back what has that train left the station well did you imagine that the soviet union was one day would seriously say eastern germany can go back to germany and reunite again i'm sure that if your leadership and your politicians never imagined

that they would never succeed. mr chorley but been a pleasure having you thank you very much thank you. the be.

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