that is exactly what amnesty international is all about. i am very pleased today to be able to introduce my three colleagues from the global human rights movement who are all ready to talk about the report and the important work that amnesty international is doing. first, our secretary general, will give it an overview of the report and the key themes that amnesty is highlighting this year. erika, who isague the director of amnesty will speak to the human rights themes in our hemisphere including the united states. our third speaker, the director of our crisis work, will be able to speak to amnesty's work on bangladesh and the situation in that haveother crises been rising over the last several weeks and year. i would like to remind each of you, this lunch today is part of an embargoed effort. the report will not be released until 1201 tonight eastern time -- 12:01 tonight eastern time. we ask you to hold all your stories and social media postings until that time. thank you all for being here. thank you all for joining us this morning. ago,

amnesty international officials discuss the report at a press conference wednesday. this is one hour. >> good morning. welcome. thank you all for being here. my name is margaret huang and executive director of amnesty international usa, and we are very honored today to welcome our colleagues from across the globe, and particularly are secretary-general. for the very first time we are launching amnesty international human rights report here in the united states. each year amnesties international team of experts and researchers put together this report to document state by state the situation of human rights around the world. with more than come with 159 countries in this year's report we have been able to identify some very common themes that we're seeing across the globe. one of these is the worrying rise in state sponsored discrimination and hate, which we have seen here in the united states as well. but a more promising theme is that we are also seeing rising levels of activism, which is exactly what amnesty international is all about. i'm very pleased today to be

as you know, she was an amnesty prisoner of conscience. we fought for her release for two decades, so, you know, there's a certain moral, ethical position that she was holding in the world and her silence is very problematic, and we've been very open about that, you know, and in some cases some of the things that she said was actually more than silent. she was justifying some of the actions in some ways, so i think -- and she holds huge sway. she has huge popular support within the people of myanmar, so she had a responsibility to speak up, and that would change the discourse inside myanmar so i think we've been very vocal in our criticism of aung san suu kyi, but we shouldn't get confused in terms of who can actually really move the needle on this issue inside myanmar, and that is directly with the army, and so we -- that's precisely why we want to target the generals directly, but, of course, there's a lot of blame to be shared. >> and for the last comment on what the u.s. government should be doing, i'm going to ask my colleague joanne

amnesty international slams what it calls trump led politics of hate for eating away at human rights around the world as things deteriorate protest movements have been created to fight back but will activism turn the tide on certain policies this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it's a report which frankly paints one of the bleakest pictures in living memory of the state of human rights around the world u.s. president donald trump has been singled out by amnesty international for in its words setting a dangerous precedent for other governments to follow the organization's annual report says trump and other leaders including russia's vladimir putin china xi jinping and egypt and the fact that his sisi are callously undermining the rights of millions of people amnesty says we've seen the ultimate consequence of hateful politics in what it describes as the horrific campaign of ethnic cleansing against me and mars or him to people and it accuses the world of having a feeble response to reports of severe rights abuses not only in me and more but also at all of south suda

yet as a member of the amnesty committee, i had to decide that these people had to be granted amnestycause they di5close they were apologetic but merely because they disclose the truth. that was really difficult. did you then shoot that man? yes, that is correct. people would cry. just by listening to the explanation that was given of how people were tortured. people were killed. what kind of man uses a method like this on other human beings? there were occasions when people who applied for amnesty did say sorry. tho5e we re for amnesty did say sorry. tho5e were few and far between. but it was extraordinarily difficult for me when people did not even care to apologise. there was no other way other than to eliminate these people. these hearings provided a forum for those who have been treated, in the past, as if they were rubbish. archbishop desmond tutu wa5 were rubbish. archbishop desmond tutu was the star of the truth and reconciliation commission. without his leadership, the commission would not have been able to attain its objectives. i think the amnesty proce55 assured that peopl

may be listening and i want to say i don't the book is not written with malice against amnesty i was so crush i was so devastated because i had depended on amnesty if you look at the first four chapters in operation cast lead a lot of it's based on amnesty they put out a very good report of the twenty two days of the. operation cast lead twenty to the death and destruction. stuff on protective edge you wanted to see you were like suffocating what are you doing here i'll give you one example. they put out a report it's called families under the rubble and it describes israel's targeting of homes during operation protective and it says well israel destroyed all these homes many civilians were killed and they said attacks were disproportionate the attacks were indiscriminate but then they say we think there was a hamas militant in this house and we think it was a hamas militant in that house and we think it was a hamas militant as if as if this was a legitimate military attack that had become excessive but then you read the breaking the silence the israeli soldiers who were in gaza and

they said this is amnesty. they said it's a vast expansion of amnesty but the president said i would cut legal immigration. then the democrats went knots. give trump a certain amount of credit. he threw out a proposal that alienated essentially everybody. it had something for everyone to hate which is interesting. host: in terms of bringing people together, here's a picture of susan collins in today's "wall street journal." she is part of the bipartisan group of senators trying to come up with a solution. where are they and how much does that proposal get? guest: i don't know that they have language yet? thehas been a key figure in senate over several major debates including the spending debate and health care. theis trying to do immigration debate so it's an opportunity to figure out if there is a critical mass in the middle that can come up with a proposal that can generate 60 votes and pass? i don't know where they are this morning or whether they have a legislative text or how many people would buy into it.

by any measure, any amnesty, including amnesty for daca illegal aliens makes the illegal alien problem worse and over the long haul costs american taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars america does not have, has to borrow to get, and cannot afford to pay back. of course, the leftist mainstream media rarely shares these facts with americans because it undermines their fake news narrative that dreamer amnesty pays for itself. mr. speaker, the executive branch must do its job. the executive branch must catch and evict illegal aliens. it is that simple. further, the executive branch must enforce section 212 of the immigration and nationality act, which states that no person may seek admission to the united states or become a permanent resident if the individual, quote, at the time of application for admission or adjustment of status is likelied a any time to become a public charge, end quote. if the executive branch will simply enforce america's immigration laws, there will be no illegal alien problem and taxpayers will over the long haul save hundreds of billions of dollars that could

of amnesty is, who can effectively sell this deal as amnesty, this one is not. that will be key to the president and his base. everyone has a different definition of what amnesty is. is providing a pathway to citizenship? for some people, what the president has light of his amnesty. don.bart: him the amnesty being able to define that issue will be key for this immigration debate. guest: the funny thing about the president's proposals on this issue, he has alienated everybody with a proposal he came out a few weeks ago. you would anticipate a republican president, the republicans would embrace his proposal, democrats would reject it, but it was all over the place. my understanding is under president obama's program for protecting people from deportation, these dreamers, president obama was protecting around 800,000. president trump's proposal would be 1.8 million. people on the conservative side went nuts. they said, this is amnesty. at the same time, the president said i will cut legal immigration by 50% on an annual basis. so that the democrats went nuts. so gi

yet, as a member of the amnesty committee, i had to decide that these people had to be granted amnestyu then shoot him? yes, that is correct. people would cryjust by listening to the explanation that was given of how people were tortured. people were killed. what kind of man uses a method like this one to other human beings? there were occasions where people who applied for amnesty did say sorry. those were few and far between. but it was extraordinarily difficult for me when people did not even care to apologise. translation: there was no other way other than to eliminate these people. these hearings provide a forum for those who have been treated in the past as if they were rubbish. archbishop desmond tutu was the star of the truth commission. without his leadership, the commission would not have been able to attain its objective. i believe that the process ensured that people were not vengeful, that there was proper public acknowledgement and recognition of those who had suffered. we are asking from you to please do forgive us. we are still going through a process of coming out of o

you have to grant me amnesty.esty goes to the courts and it becomes a 100% amnesty not only for any illegal not here but also the ones who haven't arrived yet. steve: richard, we've got to wrap up. it would be so fun to do this again. >> those are not facts. >> that is the facts. >> no they're not. steve: they're going to keep going. coming up later, i've always said the stock market is a casino. tonight in swamp watch we'll expose how it's a swampy casino. our next guest will say why we've never been able to get rid of political krumtion. corruption. we've got a plan to fix it coming up after the break. righttt. safe driving bonus checks. only from allstate. switching to allstate is worth it. my doctor recommended i switch to miralax.on, stimulant laxatives make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften. unblocking your system naturally. miralax. when this bell rings... ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that'

remember, they rejected president trump's deal to give amnesty to 5.8 million illegal immigrants. and now they seem intent on pounding them as anti-emigrants. to discuss, i am joined by democratic congressman, henry cuellar and todd rokita. we will also get perspective from a pam in reno. he was one of the two officers murdered by luis bracamontes. pam, thank you so much for making the trip and are talking to us tonight. i think it is really important in this conversation that we keep american citizens, who have had a direct horrible impact from uncontrolled borders in this conversation because they really get attention that they deserve. so thank you for joining us. pam, your reaction it to what you are seeing happen on capitol hill today and this week with a push for ultimate amnesty for as many as 1.8, but if the democrats have their way, many more than 1.8 million individuals in the united state united states. >> i am against amnesty 100% against the amnesty for the daca people, for the kids who were brought here, i am okay at four a path to citizenship, not for their people w

you have to grant me amnesty. courts and it becomes a 100% amnesty not only for any illegal not here but also the ones who haven't arrived yet. steve: richard, we've got to wrap up. it would be so fun to do this again. >> those are not facts. >> that is the facts. >> no they're not. steve: they're going to keep going. coming up later, i've always said the stock market is a casino. tonight in swamp watch we'll expose how it's a swampy casino. our next guest will say why we've never been able to get rid of -looks great, honey. -right? sometimes you need an expert. i got it. and sometimes those experts need experts. on it. [ crash ] and sometimes the expert the expert needed needs insurance expertise. it's all good. steve, you're covered for general liability. and, paul, we got your back with workers' comp. wow, it's like a party in here. where are the hors d'oeuvres, right? [ clanking ] tartlets? we cover commercial vehicles, too. i think there's something wrong with your sink. steve: welcome back to "the next revol

amnesty international says an ethnic cleansing campaign against the. is far from over and a new report the human rights group condemns the international response to the crisis as weak and ineffective amnesty is also warning that the agreed repatriation of refugees from myanmar is premature security forces accused of causing what amnesty calls for starvation by denying farmers access to fails confiscating livestock and setting markets on fire says the abduction. for girls and young woman is common raising concerns about rape and sexual slavery as refugees accuse security forces of setting up checkpoints along. with a robinson woman forced to have humiliated body searches met wells is a senior crisis advisor at amnesty international and the author of the report he's calling for tougher measures against government. you know what we've seen is condemnation after condemnation from the international community but there is been a real failure to act to impose real consequences on the me and our military for what is now been more than five months of a campaign

let's bring in diana seaman here she's a syria researcher from amnesty international and joins us now from beirut how does the temporary cease fire brought any relief to the people of eastern go to. not yet i mean people who've interviewed her and side of history would have told us that the ceasefire was lighted or breached even before the two pm deadline that was said by russia a doctor told amnesty international that even before two pm ten bombs fed on civilian areas in eastern. including a hospital in one of the neighborhoods and yesterday who died and thankfully nobody was connected but there were some people who were injured in addition none of the humanitarian aid convoys were allowed or even the access by this your government and very stern who. wanted. but as we heard in our report both sides in the conflict blame each other for violating the cease fire why is this truce proving so difficult to implement. i mean we've seen in the past six years how un security council resolutions are being adopted and yet the syrian government and in some cases armed groups have violated or di

previous amnesties have drawn other people. how do you stop at? >> this is not amnesty. did, you wouldid not and -- >> tucker: how is it not amnesty? >> they have not violated the law. the issue is, the president made a bold move. he put this out as an offer if and only if he gets the four facets of the framework that he laid out, that includes the end of the diversity lottery, the chain migration, and border security. those are things that would preclude us from being back here again and just a few weeks. >> tucker: to immigration hawks, this seems to moderate prey to a lot of republicans, is seems that it's too fierce. can you get united republican support for this? >> we are finding out right now. this is a bill that are supported by the american peopl people. two-thirds of americans want to end the daca situation. they also want border security and chain migration. 71% believe immigration should be based on the worker, the immediate family, and the spousal lawn. president has reached out and has got a bill -- we've got a build of the president will sign into law. >>

international says the ethnic cleansing of the ranger continues unabated in me m r amnesty interviewed nineteen of the thousands of refugees arrived in bangladesh in december and january. almost all of them describe how meum our security forces are denying them access to their fields and their crops confiscating their livestock and setting markets of and the seas calling this as forced starvation those interviewed said the abduction of girls and young women is commonplace and amnesty warns that these abductions raise serious concerns about rape and sexual slavery refugees also described how security forces set up checkpoints along the escape routes to bangladesh where they robbed them of their valuables and subjected women to humiliating body searches and the sea concludes that the continued assault on the dignity of the rangers shows that the international response has been weak and ineffective and that the agreed repatriation of refugees from bangladesh back to me amar is premature well matt wells is a senior crisis advisor at amnesty and he's the author of the report. you know what

who wants to continue that lawlessness, who wants to create a situation in which you get amnesty for here and not end up with a legal system that will be enforceable. >> katie: we know the march 5th deadline is not really a deadline anymore because the federal courts have said president trump can't rescind daca, meaning he can't deport these kids until there is something more permanent. why is it so hard and what is meant to happen? >> chris: it's hard because hyperpartisanship makes us stupid, this is a pretty straightforward trade you would normally do, amnesty for this plus how much of border security or how much internal enforcement would normally be 1:1. the president, ted cruz and others are trying to get to his right, they have already come out and said i am more conservative on this issue than you are and tom cotton is out there and says if you move 1 millimeter further towards consensus on this, i will be in your way, that is pressed pressure on the president. for the democrats, their hard-line folks want everything all at once. is there -- are there 60 votes in the senate t

you watching i was there a lot of my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes amnesty international says nothing has changed in me a bar for starvation abductions and ethnic cleansing of rohingya muslims continues unabated. also israeli police chief say that they will recommend benjamin netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges the prime minister says it will never happen plus and the president's chief of staff have had full confidence and trust in his abilities and his performance. yes another key donald trump aide is forced to leave the white house this one accused of abusing two ex-wives. welcome to the program we begin in syria where all those two hundred people have been killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of the country this after some of the most intense airstrikes fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died on wednesday in eastern guta a rebel on klav in the outskirts of the capital damascus where four hundred thousand people are estimated to be besieged by government forces since twenty thirty. four others died that province which h

human rights watch amnesty international and why you the u.n. the cobbles in the catholic that you've dismissed not all i know you very much hard cheese and not ok one cardinal you know on the catholic church a very yes ok but do you dismissed all these people which is your right but what i don't get is why not one pretend that you're a democracy where no one thinks you just say you know what we don't can we think about. we don't care we got it by broadband see why doesn't the other raised three people where you say you are the freest years we are a democracy but we are free to interact with you who do you what do we want and what do we decided to interact with china we got problems we could belgium because the before market or nizar they wanted us to remain in partnership with them so my question is yes when all of this criticism from the international community is coming out you want to just say we don't care why pretend that you are a democracy where no one thinks you are we are a democracy because we are it is matter of fact he's not your mo

by amnesty international it covers the safety of human rights in a hundred fifty nine countries and in direct criticism of the trump administration the group from veiled its findings in the u.s. for the first time has he called hayden has more from washington d.c. . a bleak assessment on the state of human rights in twenty seventeen they will not look back and draw any lessons from this they will look back and they will see that they will. all of the drafting of some of the dockers chapters in modern history the forward of the four hundred page report takes aim at specific countries first and foremost me and mar accusing the government of committing crimes against humanity which forced almost seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims to flee it singles out saudi arabia's blockade for creating a humanitarian catastrophe in yemen all of the countries fighting eisel in iraq and syria for not protecting civilians and south sudan for crimes which forced thousands of people to flee from there donald j. trump is calling it comes out the united states calling president donald trump's plan to ban

amnesty international is one of its bleakest reports yet on human rights and singles out millions off for its treatment of the ranger. there live from doha. also coming out. of international pressure mounts on syria to end the bombing of eastern ghouta. in nigeria boca her romm strikes again abducting dozens of school girls will have the latest. that's how free movement across countries in west africa is laying the foundation first strong economy. but first on the c international says twenty seventeen was one of the darkest years for human rights in recent history the group's new wide ranging report highlights atrocities like mia miles military crackdown on the ranger as well as a rise in hate speech in the united states as it culhane has more from washington. a bleak assessment on the state of human rights in twenty seventeen they will not look back and draw any lessons from this they will look back and they will see that they were. all of the drafting of some of the dockers chapters in modern history the forward of the four hundred page report takes aim at specific countries first a

sequestered what i do admire is you do speak in a very blunt way you said you have no problem with amnesty international this is what he says the wanton disregard for protesters lives the unlawful use of force cannot be tolerated the use of firearms against unarmed protesters contravenes congress obligations on the international media are not well informed that dissolved oh my well your side there is no interest amnesty as well your should not to go and take a report from somebody who has a problem with somebody but i should say recall for the government that's killing the people these are misty who say we should say well you do this rules we should i believe i shouldn't believe the french government to put a u.s. government and honesty what human rights watch but i should believe the government because we are in this heated my idea ok so there you are. ok let me ask you this question a u.n. official u.n. human rights official on the ground was monitoring events with a. into the ground by security forces kicked and punched even though he was wearing a blue vest identified as you're going t

the finger at six african countries for stifling public protests this is the very first time that amnesty international has chosen to unveil their annual report here in the united states and they chose the capitol building they say in large part because they believe what they call his nationalistic and sometimes even hateful rhetoric and policies of president donald trump are spreading across the globe anything of the us does has a massive in a multiplier effect across the world but they want em bored and by the fact that you know trampling on human rights abandon me human values is something which is acceptable to me we asked the white house for a response but didn't hear back as for amnesty international it says it's not all bad out there it sees the rise of hate being met with the rise of a resistance from the u.s. one. to poland. then this way or to iran. which embassy says gives it some hope that just maybe twenty eighteen won't be quite as bleak in so many places. al-jazeera washington the syrian government as strikes targeting rebel held isn't good or have killed more than three hu

they work on the drafting of some of the darkest chapters in modern history amnesty international takes aim at countries it says are failing to respect human rights. and some good news for cape town as the south african city tries to avoid running you know it's a. lie their weather does remain a little disturbed across parts of the middle east a fair amount of cloud just sliding across iraq and on into iran i would be the case as we go on through the next couple of days and the possible this isn't that weather to say a few spots of rain there perhaps some longer spells of pride some heavy downpours coming into parts of iraq into iran the clouds gathering over kuwait as well the high that looks fine and tried nineteen celsius a barrier. touch warmest ago wanted to friday should be largely dry but still it's also want to see showers maybe the odd shot creeping into syria easing over towards northern parts of iraq northern areas of iran the cloud then pushing over towards afghanistan that cloud still there across northern parts of the arabian peninsula body to see a little bit of right dev

also for starvation abductions and looting amnesty international blames me a mass military for ethnic cleansing of regular muslims. and israeli media is reporting that police will recommend prime minister benjamin netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges. plus we travel to one of bulgaria's most polluted towns and look at why the government there still loves coal. welcome to the news hour almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of syria after some of the most intense air strikes fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died on wednesday in eastern guta a rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital damascus where four hundred thousand people are estimated to be besieged by government forces since twenty thirteen four others died in province which has been the target of recent chemical attacks a government offensive backed by russian air support has been underway there for weeks now russian bombing in the area has been ramped up since the pilot was shot down and killed on saturday both and cuter or supposed to be part of a so-

>> first this is not amnesty.at's what you did you would not end. >> tucker: how is it not amnesty. >> people not actually violated the law. here is the issue. the issue is the president made a bold move. put this out as an offer if and only if he gets the faucets. end of diversity lottery. end to have chain link migration we have and border security. those are the things preclude us in being back here again in a few years. >> tucker: immigration hawks to seems too moderate. to a lot of republicans in the senate it seems too fierce. can you get united republican support for this? >> we are finding out right now. this is a bill that is supported by the american people. two thirds of americans want to end the daca situation. they want to end it. they also want border security. end of chain migration and end to diversity lottery. 71% believe immigration should be based on the worker, immediate family and spouse alone. so this president has reached out and has got a bill or we have got a bill that the president will s

amnesty international's report describes the dead. stating human rights situation not just in turkey but in many countries around the world. we are concerned to see that individual governments are not just blatantly flouting international and national human rights standards but also support an alternative approach that builds on national unity letter realism violation of international legal obligations and of the notion of might makes right. and the stock of governments are especially targeting those who advocate freedom and human rights one in two thousand and sixteen about two hundred eighty human rights defenders were murdered across the world one year later the number was over three hundred in colombia alone more than one hundred people paid with their lives for their human rights activism. but there is also a glimmer of hope in many countries more and more civilians are defending themselves against state repression for example in poland in the summer of two thousand and seventeen thousands of people demonstrated against proposed

democrats today have not been able to protect these dreamers and give them amnesty.t's only president trump who will provide that for them. >> if republicans are able to put together a deal that dwhrifers for to portions of their base, that will be something they can run not mid-terms. charles: thank you all very, very much, appreciate it. stocks rebound from early losses in the a day. we closed in the green. the third straight day. we are in a market parameters when it comes to breaking out. ♪ ♪ wake up early, o. ♪ slap on some cologne ♪ i'm 85 and i wanna go home ♪ ♪ just got a job ♪ as a lifeguard in savannah ♪ ♪ i'm 85 and i wanna go home ♪ ♪ dropping sick beats, they call me dj nana ♪ ♪ 85 and i wanna go don't get mad. get e trade, kiddo. charles: you are looking at live pictures where rescuers are trying to save climbers strand in treacherous winter conditions. [fbi agent] you're a brave man, mr. stevens. your testimony will save lives. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible. [her

activities and the un special rapporteur on on countering terrorism has shared this concern with amnesty around hold a court like this that normally is set up to to try cases of counter terrorism has been trying and targeting human rights defenders so for us the concern goes beyond just the arbitrary arrests and detentions it's also concerned around this expansion of counter-terrorism laws that have been used to target peaceful activists and human rights defenders ok kelley i want to bring you in here at this point and i should point out that you're not here in any way to defend saudi's human rights records unless you point out to view is that we did try all day to get that voice on but no avail. perhaps though you were able to give us some insight into why we're seeing this wave of arbitrary detentions and disappearances now. the saudi government has been or was. a human rights violator since its inception. dating back to even before this there was in the kingdom so you dollars committed to massive human rights. abuses and crimes including basically almost genocidal campaigns against lo

some labeled it amnesty. it was not amnesty. here's what you have to do. become a citizen. you had to work, you have to be paid back taxes, pledge loyalty to the united states. you had to pay a fine and admit wrongdoing and then you had to go to the back of the line, so if somebody crossed the border illegally in 2007, or someone else that say mexicans, someone else had waited in the embassy patiently, the 2006 person would get in ahead of the 2007 person. and americans they hear you had to learn to get english to get a green card for the first time. when americans hear that they say i'm for it, 80% of them, but unfortunately some in the media world, i'll say of the hard right, labeled amnesty and that sort of stuff but it is not amnesty at all. president trump has said to me a bunch of times, i don't know if he said to you mitch, but he said i'd like to do comprehensive immigration reform and maybe, maybe who knows. if we get past this dreamers issue successfully and are able to help the dreamers, we might be able to go back to that. i'm not at all certain, but if the pres

the overwhelming majority of the electorate wants some kind of amnesty they want amnesty but they alsoant border security. >> shannon: they don't like that word though, may be some kind legal status, but i don't >> people in hell want ice water. the majority of americans, the overwhelming majority of americans favor favor amnesty they favor allowing these people to stay. that in exchange for more border security. it's not about the ones that are here. it's about the next wave and the whole effort in washington, this is colored by what happened in 1986 by ronald reagan. there was amnesty but then the enforcement wasn't there on the other side. that's the one that trump can deliver him, he is in a unique position to get a deal done. if his party will help them. when he was at the greenbrier today, if they will take his word to heart and let him make a deal and give him the votes he needs, and just try to suck up primary voters, they would be a big deal. >> shannon: i love the greenbrier, i'm not from west virginia. it's a great place to be. hogan is try to be cagey with us, we think were