that and what she did was she spent three months investigating these claims so far night that amnesty international no human rights watch every investigated gleams the west has conducted a systematic killing of civilians so you know what i would say is that i was the pm she is making a significant and the need to be investigated and i frankly don't understand how the great organizations like amnesty and human rights watch spent a lot of their resources investigating walk by the other side but that's why it's. a comprehensive report about war crimes from me to and from the united states and much the same goes to the campos office at the hague. will use this fact team that's why i was being given the creeps a claim though completely you know at least from amnesty international opinion that has been debunked even by ok nothing about need to a crime all right certainly a lot of things to talk about here i'm sure we can go on around the time we did respond director of international studies at trinity college and we're out of time here for more on the stories we covered.

well i would say that you know done a filler of the amnesty international spent three months investigating claims that the good athlete or g.m. was using quagga with its troops and she came back and said that is absolutely untrue there is no evidence for that but what she did was she spent three months investigating these claims so far night international noise human rights watch i mean best to do to chremes the west has conducted a systematic killing of civilians so you know what i would say is that i was she is making a significant and we need to be investigated and i frankly don't understand how the great organizations like amnesty and human rights watch spent a lot of their resources investigating walk by the other side but that's what i see is different by the comprehensive report about the war crimes from the need to look and found the united states and much the same goes to the campos office at the hague you know what temple used as fact ladder was being given to the troops a claim though completely you know at least from amnesty international a claim that is being bugged me was ok

amnesty international says violence is still used against protesters.egyptian woman played a part in this springs protests. but they were not consulted on constitutional reforms. in syria and lyibya, thousands have been killed. in bahrain the regime has taken back control. shia majority protests have been put down, violently. >> the former tunisian regime regularly rounded up democracy activists. most disappeared in jails. the most articulate activists were subject to torture and executn. since tunisia and that harry g. have their jasmine revolution, there has been an improvement in human rights. but the same people who profited from the police state remained in their jobs. this keeps in asia from moving forward in their quest for more democracy. >> this has a collection of books on dictatorship, democracy, and human rights. these were unabvailable before the revolution. the book she is looking at is "the fall of the dictator." bin-ali with a hitler m ustache. she has been persecuted and nairlrrowly survived two murder attempts. this bookshop ois a voca

amnesty international is selling countries that he is visiting to arrest him, right?indeed the case. the president is due to be in malaysia. they must either arrest al bashir or prevent him from entering the country. >> does that help the situation? sudan is already facing so many obstacles right now. do you think throwing that into the mix would help. >> he is wanted for genocide, crimes communitied against humanity. similar crimes or perhaps of a similar magnitude are being committed in south sudan committed during the civil war. we have a situation where people are being shot and killed, women and children are being internally displaced. our population is 60,000. 53,000 displaced is unacceptable. it has to stop. >> and the ethiopian troops are suggested to come in and control the border between north and south. do you think that's a good solution? >> it is a solution. because at the end of the day what is important is civilians must be protected. and forces will be able to under take that. but the sudanese government must stop using force. they continue to do with.

. >> a woman working for amnesty international campaigning on international issues says that if coloneldafi is using rape, he would be violating all of the rules of war. >> rate is a crime, no matter the circumstances. -- rate is a crime, no matter the circumstances. -- rape is a crime. and if they are giving the orders, they are directly implicated, not just the soldiers doing it. it shows the chain of command making this happen as a means of war. that is illegal under every human rights law or the laws of war. pe has been used as a weapon throughout the ages, but now it is being watched so closely. >> it is interesting that is being used now while the conflict still going on. quite often, it does not invest it until much later, sometimes because people are afraid to speak out. but of course, we know that libyan women have been speaking out. and many in the population have supported them. >> now, britain and france have presented a revised draft resolution to the u.n. security council calling for an immediate end to the violence in syria and demanding the lift of the siege of several c

they just give it for money. >> amnesty international says that syrian soldiers are being told to fire on unarmed protesters. we've certainly seen this in video after video. but they have actually interviewed most recently one syrian soldier who was able to escape who refused to fire on civilians. are there many soldiers who are refusing to fire? >> everywhere, every city, dozens of soldiers refuse to participate in attacking the cities and injuring the people as a result, they were killed. until now we have about 300 names of soldiers got killed because of that. >> have you heard any word from your husband who was arrested and has disappeared? >> no, eheard nothing about him. i just heard some rumors that he got tortured very badly, and he is in very bad situation. i don't know if it's just messages by the authority for me to put more pressure on me. i really don't know. >> how are you able to keep going? how are you able to stay strong and optimistic? >> i see the freedom very close. i can't wait to see it really and to feel it really. we just continue, just go on until we reach ther

dena al mamoun is the spokesman for amnesty international and joins us now.nk you very much for joining us. with the president in saudi arabia recuperating and the interim leader, a vice president in place, there's a lot of concern of a power vacuum in the country. we've got tribal leaders, tribal groups saying they want some element of parallel, at least trying to bring down or calm the violence protests taking place right now. there's a massive power vacuum. when you look at problems like al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> but however we have seen that since at least friday, there's been a marked reduction of violence against protesters. so we haven't actually seen any protesters being fired at, the way that we have been seeing since february of this year. what we have been seeing is armed clashes between what is said to be government forces allied to the president, and tribal, tribal leaders who are trying to vacate some of the areas where the security forces have taken power. so that is the, at the moment actually, we have seen this reduction in the vi

my name is james patrick carroll, representing amnesty international. i'm also a democratic candidate seeking the mayoral position in november. i very much appreciated ms. lee's comments. i share her concerns for sanitation and cleanliness in the city. supervisor newsom, in his seven-year tenure as mayor did nothing to clean the feces and urine which still exist in the tenderloin. he was handed 31 businesses and ended up costing the city over $300 million in total. i'm also concerned are about the $40 million in cuts, which are proposed to the substance dependent adults programs in the city, as well as the services, which are now in place for marginally-housed adults. these programs have saved the city tremendous amounts in human will capital as well as in dollars and cents. a human being who is housed has a five times less chance -- lesser chance of making a police contact. a human being is -- >> thank you very much. thank you very much. >> -- has five times lesser chance of going into an emergency room. it's saving the city a great deal of money. i wo

and international mighty rape program which has been denounced as almost certainly untrue by amnesty international just now but what it really is is testament to the futility of the entire military operation it's clear that the the rebels have no military clout whatsoever. decoration on the nato enterprise which is to overthrow the government of libya. website r.t. dot com where we're asking how you think it is deadlocked should lose all of us more than sixty percent think the intention of. duffy's what fewer people forty percent say should. conflict eventually ends by eleven percent say ground forces resolve the situation said and i'll just thank should send these reasons to. try to in secrecy and invite only meeting of the wells political and financial eighty's under way in switzerland the annual gathering of the build a bird group has attracted strong protest and conspiracy theories ati's at the emirates has been following the meeting. the exclusive ski resort of sam ritz in june is perfect build a territory out of season and crucially practically deserted there are two hives of activity in tow

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against humanity and international rape program which has been joined almost certainly untrue by amnesty international just now in fact if you look at the entire history there's almost no serious data given to the claims that he was committing so-called crimes against humanity genocide or even major massacres and if they're called there and i mean i decided to turn to syria quickly while we have time simply nato members are pushing for a new resolution against the regime in the country something russia and china are strongly opposed you think it will be passed. i don't think so but obviously i think you know to be a certain amount of caution even the united states will try to get across all right well thanks very much for your time alexander cockburn joining us live via broadband from washington state. process is ready to resume imports of european festivals if the e.u. guarantee of supplies are not in fact by the deadly virus and it was one of the outcomes of the two day russia e.u. summit r.t. catherine mcgrath has more from the city of new record. it will spoil literally on the table at the press c