closing up this week today we are going to talk about china's human rights record with yaqui wang a senior researcher for the human rights watch. thank you very much for being here. how would you describe the current situation, human rights situation in china? >> i would say it's a very bad and it's getting worse and worse and it's been getting worse and worse since president xi came to power inba late 2012. >> why, where is it happening, who is it happening to? >> i think it is happening to everyone in china but not just people in china but also people outside of china. since president xi came to power in late 2012, he tightened the grip over chinese society and all aspects. it's the deployment of massive surveillance. it's the control of the press and the majority ethnic group in china. let's not forgetri to mention te tibet region and region that gets the most attention because of the most egregious violations. they are estimated to be in prison in those camps and the people that are subject to massive surveillance. let's not forget to mention hong kong and there's been all kinds of control over the population. >> you menti

i mean that's pretty strong words from the head of human rights watch. yeah, well i am happily surprised by these words. usually i find human rights watch to be . busy more or less a mouth piece of the west, they tend to be to save their, their, their biggest criticisms for adversaries of the united states. but here they're really going after israel. and they even said something in that report where they, they criticize the us for not holding israel to account for human rights violations and saying that the us should hold them account in the same way that they all countries like china. that's a radical thing for human rights watch to say, but it's an appropriate thing to say. they should have been saying the sort of thing for a long time. it may be chose to shift while i was just, you know, on, if you've done i was just, you say they perhaps should have been doing this for a long time already its own barely speaking. now why, i mean, do you think it's just it's, it's really the 1st time it's had concerns like this in my, well, they certainly had some crit

human rights in bahrain. tirana hassan, executive director of human rights watch. n said that bahrain's unilateral act of canceling visas among this institution actually increases the concerns and is a clear example of the escalation of repressions on human rights . the participants expressed their concern about the serious repression of human rights in bahrain, that the families of the embargoed prisoners held a rally and demonstration just ten days ago and demanded the release of all these prisoners to become the fuel of communication for the honeymoon. you hear the report mr. abdul ali abdulahi's number is very inappropriate, the medicine of the antenna should establish a telephone connection . let's see today that the programs on the agenda of this meeting of the fourth chapter of the nizam in the international sphere of england were snow and blizzard, and this continues for several days. they had problems in the north of england. and road closures, about the possibility of power outages during charging, snow and blizzard may have caused problems, like in other

a human rights watch investigatiosaid the nd's nduct th day amound to serious olations o internationalan rights law. >> we are curreny trapped at 136th. it is 7:45. they are pushing us. they are pushing us. they are pushing us. they are pushi us. creaming move! amy:hat is pt of a vid report produced by human rights watch that raised awareness about the kettling that took place that day. this is another clip. >> as the marchers headed down willis avenue, police offers in t street. >> we are going to go around. >> down 136thtreet. just before the 8:00 curfew, instead of allowing or even recting t marers to spersethe nypd dispersed bicycle officers to block the mahers as th reached the intersection of 136th and brook aven. >> a line of officers blocked the protesters from turning back. the tactic is called kettling. amy: that's from a human rights watch investigation of the nypd kettling in the south bronx on june 4, 2020 that was the focus of the historic settlement announced this week. in response to concerns raised at the time, the police had there crackdown was preplanned. this is new

government human rights following nations -- rights violations. i am ahina researcher on human rights watchut we alsoave a program document of human rights violations in the u.s. go to our website and we have a a lot of reports covering the criminal justice system in thu.s.. violations with the immigration system. so we do have a department covering human rights violatio in the u.s. it is just that it is not my job for talking about the u.s. violations. i am not an expert, but we absolutely also criticize human rights violations in the u.s.. . host: for our viewers you can go to their website at hrw.org or you can follow them on twitter at hrw. re is another text. is it absolutely awful what is going on in china? he goes ono write due to chi's strict control how does one fi out about the abuses? i am assuming how the chinesin china find out about the abuses. guest: let's first talk aut the uighur region. why they cannot access the region. people are very afraid to talk about it and how do we find out what is going on there? there are uighurs who were imprisoned and in detainment camps and t

human rights. that is the dumbing indictment of the head, the global body, human rights watch. with the current state of the israeli government and the tax on the dish, or in particular, we see that this is not a human wise complied government. this is the government that's actually on the rampage against human rights domestically against its own people in israel. it comes as massive protests across israel continue against the government's judicial reforms severely restrict the legal branch. the is really foreign ministry is head backed by the way, at the comments by the prominent human rights watch them. israel is a strong and vibrant democracy, the demonstrators over the last few months or an impressive example of it. hundreds of thousands of people are manifesting in the streets, no violence protected by the police. this is how real democracy works. well, we spoke to american labor rights lawyer done cobble. if you say the rights organizations, criticism of israel is late and coming, i am happily surprised by these words. usually i find human rights watch to be more or less a

united nations condemns the abuse of prisoners in the war in ukraine. human rights watch dogs say both sides have been carrying out summary executions of troops captured on the battlefield. germany's biggest lender at the center of stock market term. one deutscher bank takes a battery, but chancellor olaf sholtes says there's no reason to be concerned. france cleans up after millions, joined nationwide protests against pension reform. president emmanuel next poll says he won't back down units more demonstrations are expected in the coming day. ah. i michael ok. welcome. united nations has condemned evidence of abuse of prisoners of war by both sides in ukraine. the un human rights monitoring, she used to tell the bug, nor has accused russia of widespread summary execution and forced disappearances within ukraine. documented abuses by russian forces out numbered those by ukraine, by 6 to one. wagner says both sides have been executing prisoners captured during the conflict. we are deeply concerned about the summary execution of up to 25 russian prisoners of war and pearsons, or to comba

the right thing and release these prisoners unconditionally lean pearson asia director for human rights watch. thank you for shining a spotlight on this. thank you so much. and stocks and sole in tokyo, open sharply down on tuesday as investors consider the fallout from the collapse of to us banks and uncertainties of the federal reserves. monetary tightening. that's after us president joe biden tried to reassure americans that the countries banking system is safe after the collapse of the signature bank and as the p that silicon valley bank biden says, customers and taxpayers will not bear any losses. i do show castro has more from santa clara in california. you po, had a lining up here trying to get inside. worried that potentially, especially for the startup companies, hundreds of millions of dollars of deposits could potentially have evaporated overnight. well, that is not the case because of the intervention of the federal government that was announced over the weekend. now, all deposits here, even above the normal half a quarter $1000000.00 limit, are insured by the federal government.

if we can, how about the actual conditions for black residence in tunisia, a researcher with human rights watch who specializes in refugee and migrant research. lauren sent us this video, take a listen which yet say human rights watch is spoken with over a dozen individuals black here and africans who have been targeted for arbitrary evictions for violent assaults. and other abuses. and people are currently homeless in need of immediate assistance and shelter. but also people need effective protection by state authorities to ensure that actually those who have committed these attacks will be investigated, arrested, prosecuted, and that her and africans, and will no longer faced arbitrary arrest and detention solely on the basis of skin color. color there seems to be a kind of dismissal that they says even happening like they keep deflecting that. the president seems to be may be gas lighting. what do you make of, what can you tell us about what it's like for black residence and to needs? are particularly these, these migrants in refugees. so i will follow up. in fact, what has said about migrat

and recover their bodies . human rights organizations say prisons and pakistan are holding up to 60 percent more prisoners than their authorized capacity. a human rights watch report, documented what it says, a wide spread deficiencies in the prison system. i said bake has this report. oh, this cell isn't meant to hold this many people. human rights watch says these prisons, overcrowded and detainees are keen to tell us what they are going through. debit out of a donor every time i go to court, the judge is in there. if you late the police beat you and ask you for bribes, then they tell you to get ready. how can you get ready on time when there are 3 washrooms for over a 100 people are gonna come that there aren't enough bathrooms. there's no cleanliness and the food is terrible. lewis have to speak to the clients through boss. there were, i'll put it back to find gum slag. the main reason for overcrowding imprisons across pakistan is the poured you diesel system. prisoners don't have clean water prisoners sit on cold floors and if there's a toilet meant to be used by 10 people is being used by over a 100, a normal person, congo inside there. it's so disgus

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she is director of human rights watch in tunisia and joins us from amman. jordan, thanks for being with us. sounds a bit. what is the situation like for black migrants into nisha today? thank you. as soon as we heard your history goodness, the program of 1st isn't today and they announced some measures to take very few then the procedures for students, the august announcement a few more like him near measures smith after the president's speech triggered this verse has ventured, crisis and as we speak of those, and the uber asked didn't living in front of international organization headquarters, industry of finance, because they don't feel safe anywhere else because they lost the jobs, have been evicted from their homes and faith violence, a thought following the president racist rhetoric hundreds of black migrants also left when possible for them to go back to their countries, but others that are in a more nervous deterioration. cancer for this such as seeker and use. we view those in the last my and africans and the nature duration nature of the attack is

human rights watch says — if it becomes law — it will be the first anywhere to outlaw merely identifyingansgender or queer. the bbc�*s patience atuhaire reports from kampala. this gay man in his early 20s says that he is afraid for his life. he spoke to the bbc on condition that his identity is kept hidden and says that he has already faced online attacks and was outed to his family. translation: they even took the information to my mother, so my mum was very mad at me and called saying, "you're gay? "i never want you back in my life. "never even come near my other children. "you are no longer my child." the newly passed bill will see anyone who is convicted of grooming or trafficking children for purposes of engaging them in homosexual activities face life in prison. but it includes even tougher penalties. a clause titled aggravated homosexuality now stipulates the death penalty in cases where somebody has sex with a minor, a disabled person, or in cases where the victim gets infected with a lifelong disease as a result of the assault. this is the first time in decades in uganda that th

trials and inflicting physical torture on the inmates. elaine pearson is the asia director for human rights watch and she says, shining a light on these prisoners can help pressure the government to release them. baton is a very remote buddhist kingdom. there are human rights organizations that can report freely in that country. there aren't independent international journalists that can report on what's going on. but these are 37 men who have been detained between 990 and 2008. many of them was sentenced to life in prison on a range of national security offences. and these convictions were obtained on the torture people were beaten with cane sticks, confessions were extracted from them. they had no legal representation whatsoever to no due process. and they still remain in prison today held him very poor condition. well, all of these political prisoners come from 2 different ethnic groups. the majority of them from the poly speaking group, back in 990. there were protests about the discrimination that this group faced about 90000 actually had to flee the country. and lisa, nicole, some of these

inquest will begin, john hohmann al jazeera mexico city. ari so is the us border research for human rights watch. she says the conditions in the migrant detention facilities often dia, these deaths and injuries are the direct result of the trends. policy is right, carried out by us in mexico. i focus on criminalizing migrants and phone seekers instead of legal process. so we've documented that human rights watch the abusive conditions that need facilities, and we understand that the migrants were protesting. 4 conditions there, there were protesting, lack of water, hadn't given any water video that i've just seen shows that show appears to show immigration official meeting locked inside of the fireplace on so completely inexcusable. also, those doors are, they don't have an easy release. there's no electronic release that the key and we know that there are physical abuse inside the detention facilities are often overcrowded. we understand that that particular attention facility is you know, in the mexican government, right? so that they're called shelters. they call them shelters that they are d

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on joining us now is elaine pearson, who's the asian director for human rights watch. she is life from sidney. thank you very much. elaine, for being with us. first of all, what is your reaction to this verdict which again comes just a few months before national elections in cambodia. what message is being sent? anything? well, i think despair duct is completely outrageous. i mean, it is a travesty of justice that came. so car could be sentenced to 27 years in prison simply for exercising his legitimate right to freedom of expression. clearly this is sending a message to all genuine political opposition and cambodia that they should not participate in the upcoming election. and if they do, they would risk arrests and possible prosecution. i mean, came soccer has been facing these charges since 2017. i think it's very, it's very timely that humans and has chosen this time to convict him in order to send a message to regular cambodians that they will be no credible election in july 2023 . his noise camps accost lawyers are planning. it would have been a, would appear to

and we'll speak to human rights watch later in the programme for their take on the situation in georgiaeorgia. for now to the us. the usjustice department has delivered a damning indictment of louisville police department over the fatal shooting of breonna taylor who was shot dead by police during a raid on her home in 2020. an investigation by thejustice department has concluded that the police department in louisville routinely discriminated against black people, used excessive force, and conducted illegal searches. here is what attorney—general merrick garland had to say. lmpd uses excessive force, including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers, conduct searches based on invalid warrants, unlawfully executes warrants without knocking and announcing, unlawfully stops, searches, detains, and arrests people, unlawfully discriminates against black people in enforcement activities. jody armour is professor of law at the university of southern california. hejoins us now from los angeles. professorjody, thank you for taking the time to join us. you

i'm human rights watch of hers. the royal government butare to release several political prisoners. those are the headlines one you see here and i'll just era off to witness. next, it's been 20 years since the united states led invasion of iraq, which overthrew president saddam hussein a widely controversial military operation. that kills hundreds of thousands of iraqis and displaced 1000000 small conflict is consequences are still being held today. the rock pool is on, on al jazeera reagan yesterday. well a to be him my general g garcia, traditional actual what i read this, they want me to call it because she said we all love the rest you credited on? yeah. to the camera. oh wow, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, a dial that one with a a filing? no, i did a cnn level that did you, how have you come? so i seen you on the had he had a good many, many, many, many women with ya. and i know i'm not here with a dad to not 5. you apply, you did a good laugh, but you, mom and i have you been in for doug? why i almost thought it was. yeah. why does that of my guys i though

live from bill in the united nations condemns the abuse of prisoners in the war in ukraine. human rights watch dog say both sides have been carrying out summary executions of troops captured on the battlefield. also coming out, the activist who inspired the oscar nominated film hotel wonder is freed from prison . the release comes as the government there wants to reset relations with the u. s . and thomas told me it's the press after being unveiled as the new bavarian, or by and coach. the germans 1st game in shade, charge comes against his former club for your daughter in a crucial classical. ah . hello monica jones, welcome to the program. the united nations has condemned the alleged abuse of prisoners of war by both sides in the ukraine conflict. the un human rights monitoring group has accused russia of widespread summary executions and forced disappearances within ukraine. if that documented abuses by russian forces outnumbered those by ukraine by 6 to one. it's evelyn now to what the group's chief matilda book now had to say about the evidence. we are deeply concerned about the summary e

will europe's human rights watch dog has criticized what it's calling the excessive use of force by french police during demonstrations against unpopular pension reforms. the rebuke by the council of europe is the latest headed at headache for president emmanuel. my crohn, who is dealing with strikes blockades and rallies across the country. on friday, he also announced that a visit to france by britain's king charles had to be postponed due to the unrest. ah, this will be the only chance to meet britain's king charles in the french capital. in the coming weeks. his figure has been unveiled in a wax museum ahead of the monarchs now cancelled visit to paris with tensions over a pension reform on the rise. many in the street. welcome the move. it's for new or you know, have to block off half of paris at the moment because charles was visiting and i don't think so. so they're both on the 1st name, michael simone. i don't think it's the right time for the king of england to come to paris, how miserable today we were protesting against the pension reform. and my con wouldn't be available for me

but according to human rights watch, the law would make you gander the only african country to criminalize, simply identifying as gay and do all essays that the new bill fuels hate in an already homophobic country and feels out soon. his only choice, maybe to leave you gander, little fuss. you know? my colleagues correspondent julius morgan ball has been following this story for us in uganda. i put it to him that the country already has strict laws on homosexuality and gender identity. so why is this even strict to legislation didn't necessarily that is the same question that observers and critics have been asking because in the past, in the recent past you have no todd may be big, gay parades may be big, sim, 6 marriages or big public events. by the gay community. and some critics are asking why at this point, i asked the same question before them over of the bill. he told me that actually the gay community has been recruiting children. they have been recruiting children in schools. he alleges and he thinks that this is the right time to rein on them and talk what caused new morality. giv

couple of reports, not necessarily from eligibility community, including organizations like human rights watch documenting cases and cases of our violence against some of these people. julius morgan, while they're in a compiler uganda. thank you very much, julius. we are reporting you're watching the w news. here's a reminder of our top story. the leaders of russia and china have discussed closer economic ties during the 2nd day of talks. and moscow was thought to be put in telling. she didn't ping that russia can meet china's energy needs. she has also extended an invitation to put into visit beijing. and that's it from me and the news team for now brent gulf full of an update for you at the top of the hour. i've got office in berlin for me and the team thanks for watching. we're all set to go with we're all in as we take on the we're all about the stories that matter to.

the united nations condemns the abuse of prisoners and the war and ukraine. human rights watch talk say both sides have been carrying out summary executions of troops captured on the battlefields. also coming up, rejecting the call up to fight imprudence army, we need a russian i t worker living and attend in the forest to avoid his conscription papers and freed from prison. the activist to inspire to the oscar nominated film hotel wanda, was being held for alleged terrorists and the government they are wants to reset relations with us. ah, monica jones, welcome to the program. the united nations has condemned evidence of abuse of prisoners of war by both sides in ukraine. the un human rights monitoring chief matilda bordner has accused russia of widespread summary executions and forced disappearances within ukraine. documented abuses by russian forces outnumbered those by ukraine by 6 to one by book not also says both sides have been executing prisoners captured during the conflict. we are deeply concerned about the summary execution of up to 25 russian prisoners of war and pearsons, o

united nations condemns the use of prisoners in the war in ukraine. human rights watch talk, say both sides have been carrying out summary executions of troops captured on to that. also coming up, rejecting the call up to fight in proteins. army b meet a russian i. t worker living in attend in the forest to avoid his prescription papers and france clean staff after millions joined nationwide protests against pension ruffles. this growing criticism of alleged police brutality with president emanuel macklin says he won't back down. ah, monica jones? well, come to the program. the united nations has condemned evidence of abuse of prisoners of war by both sides in ukraine. the u. n. human rights monitoring chief matilda bordner has accused russia of widespread summary executions and forced disappearances within ukraine. documented abuses by russian forces outnumbered those by ukraine, by 6 to one. bordner says both sides have been executing prisoners captured during the conflict. we are deeply concerned about the summary execution of up to 25 russian prisoners of war and pearsons, or to c

in the aftermath of often violent demonstrations. lease made hundreds of arrests in europe's human rights watch dog. as criticized excess, forced by the authorities and for wants to extend the retirement age by 2 years to 64. used executive powers to push the plan through parliament without a vote. for more on that we are now joined by our corresponded in paris. sonya found the car. sonya, the latest news, of course is king. charles is postponed visit. how have the french reacted to that so far? well michael, the decision to postpone king charles's visit. you know, because of the one type situation in france does come in madison to have to say to president macro. this is because this visit was really significant. it was meant to be, charles is 1st state, was it as more not it was meant to, you know, kind of cement a newly read by close friendship between france and the u. k. off to years of course, flex attention. and there has been reaction to this, the leader of the center, right. what we can party at $840.00 said yesterday that the cancellation visit comes with the shame to the concrete of d

reporters slammed the eu for aiding and abetting human rights watch violations by libyan authorities. said crimes against humanity's were committed in detention centers for migrants. president biden says u.s. gun violence is ripping at the soul of the nation. three children were killed in a school shooting at a private school in nashville, tennessee. police say they shot and killed the 28-year-old female attacker. there is increased security in kenya after the opposition leader called for protests over rising costs of living. there was tear gas fired on people. shops have been shot and trained services suspended. police band people demonstrating against higher prices. more than 200 people are -- were arrested last week. joyce has more from nairobi. >> this is a convoy of the opposition leader as it makes its way to a city where his supporters are here in large numbers in support of his mass action, which lends to -- plans to pressure the government to lower the costs of living. >> protesters were engaged in battles with police. teargas canisters lobbed at protesters. and the convoy of

question, and i think although there are many, and i was just speaking to an official from human rights watch. i'm the human rights organization. he said it was a great day for the victims of the war in ukraine for the my many also questioning whether this also is a problem for the diplomacy going forwards or pertinent. obviously i had a st. james, but i know the, i think the as you referenced, has already fads in the past doesn't provide any kind of immunity. obviously it doesn't provide any, any immunity. but remember, not all the countries in the world assigned up to the international criminal court and the rome statute that governs it. russia is not one of them. so there's no way russia. president putin has pretty total control of how things operate. there's no way that russia is going to extradite president putin. he's pretty safe. i think if he stays on russian soil, the question is whether he travels anywhere else. and also i think how other countries now deal with him president, she of china is going to moscow in the coming days. i don't think it will impact that visit, but it's it pu