well unfortunately amnesty international is new to us occasion so if one conclusion we documented and our main pattern of the hong kong police was an. excessive use of force against passes and evidence 'd of torture and other in treatment hands for example in several cases it hanged detained who passes have been beating severely beaten up doing custody a man for example detained at a police station and when he refused to answer police questions he was taken to an audio room and then being upset. and was threatened back to break his hands if he tried to call tech in south and also during a rest at going out and sound what young we all know and. was locked down at the ground and then police officers contineu to aid her after her hands were tied up tight so this kind of pecker demonstrate that. the police excessive use of force becomes fairly common and therefore we are all are a and independent investigation against these kind of. afterburners right but some of the protesters have been violent i mean what are police supposed to do if somebody is lobbing molotov cocktails at them well in

the 16 year old environmentalist great attune bird has received an award from amnesty international for her work urging action to deal with climate change at a ceremony in washington annecy said she'd shown unique leadership. it was the moment the crime had been waiting for god and hearing to tune in for her message. activism works. thank you. so what i'm telling you to do now is to act because no one is too small to make a difference this award is for all of those millions of people young people around the world who together make up a movement called fridays for a future i was a movement to merge founded after missing school on fridays to protest against political action on climate change and to support the attention of people both young and old including the secretary general of amnesty international community do he spoke to d.w. the award ceremony. i think this something powerful about young people speaking out in this way because the c.e.o.'s of the fossil fuel companies place and trump and all the other people that are holding us back from progress our parents and grandparents and

our guest is kumi naidoo, secretary general of amnesty international.reviously the head of greenpeace and longtime south african human rights and climate justice activist. the first african to lead greenpeace. you are here in new york. can you talk about the climate strike that youth are leaving on friday? tomorrow we will have a roundtable of youth discussing this. it is something you know well from anti-apartheid days in south africa. at 15.lked to school it is a little bit of deja vu. let me say these kids are much more smarter and strategic -- amy: you got thrown out? >> several of us were expelled. nermeen: and your 15.. amy: you have asked schools around the world to do the opposite. >> i would argue my act together with my fellow young people in south africa at that time was actually an educative act. we learned from try to shape the history of our country. these people are shaping the world. democracy now! has been covering climate activism for a lolong te intensively. i'm sure you will agree with me this is the most powerful, energizing moment

swedish environmental activists crazy honored by human rights group amnesty international and calls for more mass protests in the fight against climate change . and u.s. whistleblower edward snowden says the government surveillance and internet giants are a greater threat to privacy than ever before as his auto biography goes on sale. hello our next vice or welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump appears to have softened his stance on a possible military strike on iran on sunday he tweeted that he was poised to strike as american officials were dispatched to saudi arabia to assess how the attacks were launched on a saudi oil field in refinery and on monday american officials were still accusing iran but trump himself no longer seemed in a rush to go to war. as. the crown prince of bahrain. official visit to the white house was planned long ago but it couldn't be more timely the biggest question was would president trump take military action against iran without preconditions the way the united states is we're prepared that any country in the history. of in any history where w

amnesty international honor's environmental activist breccia to member who calls for more protests in the fight against climate change. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program voting is underway in israel 2nd general election this year and it is expected to be a tight race the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife voted early today it's hope that today's election will end the political crisis that began when netanyahu was unable to form a government after the last election back in april for me former army chief benny guns is netanyahu is main challenger. and for more on this i am joined now by correspondent mariam dagen who is live in jerusalem so how is the voter turnout been so far miriam. hi sara so the voter turnout this morning is actually been higher than in the previous elections which was a little bit unexpected i mean we have to see how it pans out during the day but people were actually expecting kind of voter apathy in the 2nd round in such a short time and but of course this is an unprecedented thing to have 2 elections within such a short time period so we don't re

amnesty international honor's environmental activist gratitude berg who is calling for more protests and the struggle to beat the climate crisis. and scientists here in europe are calling it a serious threat a deadly virus has a really killed more than a 1000000 olive trees in italy and has now spread to neighboring france as more trees are felled to try and stop the brought we look at the fallout from all of growing countries. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program more suicide bombings by the taliban in afghanistan just a week after president trump called off peace talks with the jihadist group there were 2 as have. x. today in the 1st 124 people were killed in part on province when a bomb exploded near an election rally where president was speaking he was unhurt a later blast in the capital kabul left many injured and 6 dead. let's bring in journalist t.v. who is in kabul and joins us now we've seen an uptick in attacks like this why now . the fact that you know we have the elections i mean the presidential elections coming up on september 28th so the election campaigns are really

hi that was the head of amnesty international there the days almost on the conversation continues online in the matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. live with a one. man to fear of the slum ours of manila capital of the philippines. their homes risk being swallowed up by the sea. but now there is hope the government is helping them move into safe apartments. and they're building a new pumping stations to protect them from fighting. global 3090 minute w. . what we were. when we were now 80 percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listen up. double. binds. us 1st girl. i'm sure that it was are you out. in support. of all. the debris of a. world unto itself. with its own gravitational pull. the finest musical compositions. with some mysteries to refill. lol i. don't believe that she was into them don't tell me that that she never felt. power for yourself and the joint should come up in the morning playroom. revealed the symphony's of john is. the brahms quote. starts october 11th on t.w. enough. frankf

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amnesty international bands, the international peace brigade, even the bbc.nesia gets away with impunity. so if you are alleging, and it is only an allegation, and international journalists and human rights workers find a veritable to work in west papua, if you are alleging, your word, a genocide, are you also saying that you believe armed struggle is entirely legitimate? is that your position today? we never use the armed struggle. we always maintain peacefully. because you cannot win the west papua is a militarised zone. when we use the armed struggle, . .. zone. when we use the armed struggle,... under zone. when we use the armed struggle, . .. under my leadership zone. when we use the armed struggle,... under my leadership by came up peacefully. since 2000 we had a congress, 2000, they came out peacefully and engaged with jakarta to solve the west papua issue through the international mission. you claim to be the unified leader of the liberation movement for west papua, but it pattern isn't true. the other long—standing separatist organisation doesn't rec

washington.the 16—year—old, from sweden, was given the award by the worldwide human rights charity, amnesty internationallions of people, young people around the world who, together, make up the movement called fridays for future. all these fearless youth, fighting for their future. an american woman is attempting to make history by swimming across the english channel four times non—stop — 135 kilometres in total — and tonight she‘s only got about nine or so kilometres left to go. sarah thomas, who‘s 37, has been swimming for more than 50 hours and is on her fourth and final crossing heading back to dover. she‘s expected to arrive shortly. let‘s get the very latest and speak to kevin murphy, who has swum the english channel 3a times himself, and who‘s on the boat accompanying sarah and observing her progress. we spoke an hour ago. how much progress has she made since then? she has about five kilometres left to swim now. only five kilometres after having swum, as you say, more than 130. it may be in a straight line but because of the effect of the tide she has covered far more than that. even on this last

has awarded the young swedish activist gregor to its highest honor as a result the head of amnesty international presented the embassador for conscious or board to get a ceremony in washington d.c. she was given a standing ovation so what i'm telling you to do now is to act because no one is too small to make a difference. i'm urging all of you to take part in the global climate strikes on september 20th and 27th thank you. and just one last thing see you on the street thanks for watching the corresponding public holiday in the us spoke with the secretary general of amnesty kumi 9 she presented to bear with that award you were you know an activist yourself as a young man am i and here you are now what advice. have you given to create a tumor gore the other fridays for future activists and what do you want to pass on to them that maybe they can learn from well firstly i say to young people who are standing up to secure their future and to defend their rights is don't put any faith in the current bunch of about the this because a lot of fresh ideas we talk talk talk without action and that young p

that was did abuse a public fully ileus with the secretary general of amnesty international there this is the to be news live from blunt still to come on the show scientists are calling it a very serious threat to large parts of europe a deadly virus is spreading it's already killed more than a 1000000 all of treason in italy has now crossed the border into france. but 1st a former u.s. intelligence operative edward snowden his new book goes on sale today snowden shocked the world 6 years ago of course when he leaked details of a massive american internet surveillance program spanning the globe he's living in exile now in russia and faces espionage charges and the likelihood of life in prison back home. some see him as a hero others condemn him as america's most wanted traitor as with snowden his written permanent record to set the record straight himself told german television that he's concerned about the fates of feature whistleblowers and i think that's one of the saddest lessons from this story what does it say to the next whistleblower and what does a suitable world what does it

turkey and the european union well earlier i spoke to research here on greece and cyprus at amnesty international she said she says that these measures by the greek government won't stop people from coming as many don't consider turkey to be a safe country people still want to stick security my activists watch spork on the island have told me that the lot of them are from afghanistan but they're also syrians coming it's so i suppose they really really feel scared that they don't consider turkey to be a safe country for them as women tend repeatedly so this is where they're seeking the safety. the the all cars made the island's open preserves for the people who are stranded there and then you government does not transfer quite many of them since it came into power so that transfers were diminished through in the summer so that has also caused this kind of very difficult situation where we have or near 11000 people stranded in the morea what sport in dire conditions. in the u.s. hurricane dorian is gaining power and full cost is a warning that a category $4.00 storm is likely to grow even stronger

amnesty international said in a statement -- "el salvador has one of the highest rates of violence in the world, including gender-based violence so rampant that amnesty international declared it one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a woman. it is not safe for its own citizens, much less for asylum-seekers." on sunday, president trump acknowledged discussing joe biden and his son with ukrainian president volodymr zelensky, as democratic calls to investigate trump over the mounting scandal grow. reports emerged last week that trump tried to pressure ukraine president into investigating the former vice prpresident and 2020 presidential candidate and his son hunter and that the administration was blocking a whistleblower complaint about the call. trump defended his july phone call to reporters, saying no quid pro quo had taken place. pres. trump: we had a great conversation. the conversation i had was largely congratulatory, was largely -- all of the corruption taking place, largely the fact that we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son crereating t

[applause] amy: greta thunberg receiving the amnesty international award from the head of amnesty internationalumi naidodoo. chance to bed the on stage with greta thunberg at the ethical cultural society. almost 1000 people packed into see the two of you have this intergenerational conversation. talk about her significance. she is here in new york and will be participating in the global climate strike on friday. >> she is -- i love seeing her and her moral clarity, so forceful. i think she is a prophetic voice who has brought the existential urgency of the crisis to the heart of power. she isn't the first person to do that. you have covered other young voices on democracy now! in the past, particularly from the global south. i think about kathy from the marshall islands speaking at the united nations in new york, holding her nine month old baby reading a poem to her. talks a few years ago come as typhoon haya isn sitting a man's family. the moments that burst through the bureaucratic language that we kind of shipped ourselves from the reality of the stakes, the extraordinary stakeses of or mome

security forces have arrested nearly 2000 people since antigovernment protests began last week amnesty international is calling on world leaders attending the un general assembly to confront egypt's president of the father of more protests are planned in egypt for friday. the serve south african armies been ordered to stay in a suburb of cape town plagued by gang violence for 6 months but people say the military reinforcements have done little to curb crime from either miller has more on the story. rival gangs that are a common occurrence on the cape flats we people say they're terrorized by gangs dealing drugs the video recorded by people living in a block of flats the shots rang out and they ran over. this is wait 2 weeks ago 3 children and a 19 year old suspected gang members were shot and killed at point blank range in iran look at them from the elsie's river community policing forum shows us where gunman entered a shack killing almost everyone in it when they came in they shot the young girl teen years or. in the face. cutie an 18 year old girl you know and the 2 moms in with were shot at then.

when the legislative council response let's talk now to mankind term he's the director of amnesty international hong kong he joins us on skype mankind term your reaction to what we've just been hearing from kerry lamb. well so long the formal withdrawal of these dangerous b.-o. and long last is welcome is announcements cannot change the fact that the hong kong police especially have chosen to suppress protests in the unlawful way best seriously damage to people's trust and sense that it's legit in c r after government and his deeds to cause for the center of an independent commission of inquiry to police brutality are over the past few months. when you talk about the independent inquiry that something she didn't mention what are the parameters inside which it must operate and who should be part of the inquiry. so for the crescent of the soul cole independent. commission to investigate police brutality it is not from amnesties perspective not independent at all because 1st of all this and commission has no rights to in west to get after the house and also and they have to rely on are the mess ag

will have to appeal and foreigners tribunals like these with 120 days wide scopes including amnesty international are calling for transparency as they have been several reports suggesting that some proceedings have been biased and discriminatory. the group that spearheaded the protest movement against foreigners the all the some students' union says the list should be longer. where it is not new to be all of it declared regard by the government to be coming to us and we expected more that's our feeling so we are not happy. no you feel that there maybe somewhere or just. announced is not complete so for me bill ritter we liberals to be honorable to be whatever. and the hindu nationalist b.g.p. the ruling party in both new delhi and assam state says it's alarmed it says it will appeal to india's highs court to review the fight it documents of indians living in post and dominated border districts the b.g.p. try to pass a law earlier this year to allow citizenship rights to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries muslims were left out the proposal provoked protests are signed by groups that

mistreated despite promises to improve rights ahead of the 2022 world cup, thats according to amnesty internationalworld athletics championships begin in doha later this month and the president of the iaaf, sebastian coe, has today told the bbc he stands by the decision to host the event there. we cannot base sporting relationships on those temporary arrangements. sport is a permanent feature. of our society. and we have to protect it. that's not to say that we are not, we are oblivious to the fact that we will be taking our event into places of challenge can we we re event into places of challenge can we were taking them sometimes climatically and that has unleashed a whole generation of sporting technology to combat the challenge of heat. bear in mind, we do want to ta ke of heat. bear in mind, we do want to take the sport globally, and we cannot just take the sport globally, and we cannotjust sit take the sport globally, and we cannot just sit there going take the sport globally, and we cannotjust sit there going back take the sport globally, and we cannot just sit there going back to the same n

thank you. >> good afternoon, i'm the coordinator nor amnesty international group 30 here in san francisco. i'm also i'm a san francisco native and i come here as a human rights defender and as a colleague of friends of brandon lee. many colleagues know and are friends with brandon and his work is so admirable and something that one could only aspire as a human rights defender. as many of you know amnesty opposes the extra judicial killings, the war on drugs otherwise known as the war on poor. also red tagging which is also what brandon is the victim of, falsely being accused of being a communist friend. brandon, we've heard numerous stories on brandon's fight for his life after being assassinated and still surviving and if he can fight for his life so strongly and courageously, i think we can fight for his life and meet him halfway and bring him home to where he will get medical treatment he deserves and also as everybody has said in this line and more will say, it gives a strong message to the philippines and to the folks trying to kill so many people that this is not ok. please, bring h

amnesty international called them horrifying and has called for an investigation. >> douglas herbert is here to talk about this. this boycott is a new phase in what we have been in the protest. what is the student strategy? >> we are not going away. there is hope on the part of the mainland and hong kong authorities that once classes begin and they go back to university, this will subside and start to calm down, let fizzle out -- let's let it fizzle out. this is a clear message, no. classes are opening and we are going to incorporate the movement into classes. the chinese mainland and hong kong authorities have blamed hong kong for its liberal and progressive educationon curricum for a lot of these troubles, for indoctrinating a new generation against the mainland. they see it as toxic. and hong kong, unlike the mainland, they teach things like the crackdown on tiananmen square, which not a word is uttered on the chinese mainland. heretical.ething the educationg system is looking at in horror and students are saying we are taking our movement to the hub of education, to the universit

: carolina jimenez, thank you for being with us americas , deputy director for research at amnesty internationaln mexico city. when we come back, we look at the remarkable story of a palestinian student who grew up in a lebanese refugee camp who was accepted to harvard then deported when he got to logan airport. well, he has made it back and we will find out how. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "we have hope" by revolution makers. this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. juan: today marks a week since a 17-year-old palestinian student who was denied entry into the united states last month began classes with his fellow harvard freshmen. ismail ajjawi was initially turned away at boston's logan airport just under three weeks ago after immigration officials searched his phone and computer and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of u.s. policy. he was then forced to return home to lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the harvard campus and among some palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. ajjawi's family released a statement after

the 16—year—old from sweden was given the award by the worldwide human rights charity amnesty internationalen she protested outside the swedish parliament last year. this award is for all those millions of people, young people, around the world, who together make up the movement called fridays for future. all these fearless youth fighting for their future. you've been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. a role model for the youth. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we'll be looking at how, after 100 days of protest, hong kong is turning to public relations firms to try to salvage its international image. hello once again. autumn is presenting its quiet face towards us just at the moment. sometimes it can be stormy. well, we're seeing that quiet spell of weather certainly dominating for the next few days. dry by day and cool, as befits the season, overnight. that's the way the pressure chart is shaping up for tuesday — high pressure very much the dominant feature. quite a number of isobars you'll notice as we get on into tuesday. thejetstream is coming up and around the

amnesty international, human rights w watch, and dozens of other groups are urging the u.s. senate to reject the nomination of marshall billingslea to a top state department post overseeing u.s. human rights policy. billingslea openly supported the use of torture and harsh interrogation methods while working in the pentagon during georgege w. bush''s administrar. the trump administration is threatening to cut federal funding to a middle east studies program run jointly by duke university and the university of north carolina chapel hill. the u.s. education department recently wrote to the schools claiming its classes are unfairly promoting "the positive ," but not islam christianity or judaism. that's ordered a probe into the middle east studies department after north carolina republican congress member george holding accused the program of having an "severe anti-israeli bias and ananti-semitic rhetoric." academic freedom advocates have criticized the trump administration's actions. the united states has expelled two cuban diplomats and placed tighter restrictions on everyone

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the 16—year—old, from sweden, was given the award by the worldwide human rights charity, amnesty international swedish parliament last year. this award is for all those millions of people, young people around the world who, together, make up the movement called fridays for future. all these fearless youth, fighting for their future. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. hello. a fairly quiet start to the weather week across many parts of the british isles. the very best of the sunshine found its way to the north. that settled look to proceedings is all thanks to that area of high pressure, but you'll notice it's squeezing into low pressure centred up over scandinavia way. the jetstream in between is forced to the north of the british isles because of the high pressure in the atlantic, so that's taking cold air down through the north sea to the heart of continental europe. the breeze at the surface is going to be quite noticeable through the northern isles, the north—east of the mainland and down the north sea coast, but elsewhere, it is a decent day with plenty of sunshine on o

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