the vice president resign also so the president of the congress her name is already on the side of akira c she is supposed to be the new president for the moment that we have to wait to see if she resigns is a very unpredictable situation right now and the election results what what happens about that. we have no idea i mean the president just called for this sort of last year of action this morning the opposition us said that they were not going to accept this election just on till the president resign and we have a new electoral commission so now the president is not in power the electoral commission is not there so we think that maybe tomorrow morning we're going to have the congress again together to choose a new. electoral commission and then i think we're going to take like icon in there for the night and next election maybe we were talking to this morning with some experts about it and it's possible the 3 months maybe 3 months we could have elections here but aside as i told before it is a very very unpredictable situation there are a lot of things happening right now johan ramire

akira yoshino was awarded this year's nobel prize in chemistry.al book on the subject. now, an annual report on the challenges and persecution facing non—religious people around the world says that despite the fact that eight countries have recently abolished blasphemy laws, dozens more retain the crime and some penalties are hardening. the freedom of thought report by the ngo humanists international says that laws criminalising blasphemy and apostasy — when an individual leaves a religion — are lending a false legitimacy to murder and terrorism. bob churchill told me more about his findings. the report looks at every country in the world for discrimination and persecution against nonreligious people. so amongst the findings are that there are over 80 countries that fit into our worst or very severe category for discrimination or persecution against the non—religious. so that's countries that maybe have blasphemy laws that are punishable with a prison term, or apostasy laws that are punishable by death, and a number of other laws and provisions ar

akira yoshino was awarded this year's nobel prize in chemistry.m 00:16:59,839 --> 2147483051:45:14,634 an inspirational 2147483051:45:14,634 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 book on the subject. an annual report on the challenges and persecution facing non—religious people around the world says that, despite the fact that eight countries have recently abolished blasphemy laws, dozens more retain the crime, and some penalties are hardening. the freedom of thought report by the ngo humanists international says that laws criminalising blasphemy and apostasy, when an individual leaves a religion, are lending a false legitimacy to murder and terrorism. bob churchill is the communications director for humanists international and the editor of the report. he joins us from brussels. thank you so much forjoining us here on newsday. explained to me first of all what your report — what are the key findings of your report this year? well, the report looks at every country in the world for discrimination and persecution against nonreligious people. so amongst the find

expelled a high profile human rights activist accusing him of promoting a boycott of the country oh gosh akira is regional director for human rights watch and a u.s. citizen is the 1st activist to be expelled for allegedly supporting boycotts of israel and its settlements. that's a day is the un's international day for the elimination of violence against women one of the most widespread human rights violations of our time around the world when estimates that about $238.00 women are intentionally killed every day with most of the murders committed by their partners all their own families the u.n. report goes on to say that more than a 3rd of women around the world have experienced some kind of physical or sexual violence the figures are particularly high in parts of africa where maybe ha of all women have experienced violence but this aggression is also a problem in wealthy of parts of the world here in the european union about a 3rd of women are estimated to have suffered violence and abuse. so france house or one of europe's highest rates of murder for women now the government is in has annou

without further ado, i want to invite akira jackson who has been doing incredible antiviolence work and doing incredible work in getting people housed in san francisco and making sure that people have a safe place to stay. welcome to a cure acura jackson. [applause] >> welcome, everyone. i love you, too. the only way to beat hate is with love and the only way to love is to be together. that is why we are all here today. daniel castro, one of the founders of the coalition, that is one of her words today. it has been almost five years since gabriela to jesus was murdered. the founders, the leaders, and the family stood here at city hall calling out for support from our city officials and allies to end the genocide of transgender women. this coalition assembled here for a dianne on february 10th, 2015. leaders such as genitive jackson , the executive director of transgender -- [calling names] [calling names] -- just to name a few, sit in solidarity for all of our fallen sisters. that demonstration still resonates today. since then, the coalition has dedicated the mission in addressing syst