amnesty international has high hopes for that conference. >> one country singer out by amnesty international is uganda, which has been ruled by one man for nearly three decades. >> he is credited with bringing much-needed economic and political stability to you gotta, but he is also blamed for increasing restrictions on political opposition as well as the media. >> freedom of speech -- a basic human right, and one ugandan are keen to exercise. over the past year, they have joined the opposition leader in a very vocal protest against the government. >> we want to overthrow the government but not with weapons. support us, then the regime must go. >> the figurehead of that regime is the ugandan president, who has been in power for 26 years. he signed up to many important human rights treaties, but abuses are rife in uganda. there are widespread cases against women. -- of abuse against women. that did not stop demonstrations breaking out last year in the capital and lasting for weeks. amnesty international season and echo of events in tunisia and egypt -- sees an echo of events in tunisia and eg

. >> amnesty international has accused iran's and the u.s. for failing to show leadership to show -- match the courage shown by protestors. the failure to intervene in sri lanka has left the u.s. security council looking redundant as a guardian of world peace. >> these are among the latest pictures from syria. amateur video apparently showing the shelling of buildings. the team of u.n. observers are from damascus. the violence and bloodshed continues despite their presence. the un has issued new warnings about the risk of all-out civil war. amnesty international claims the continuing crisis in syria is the most telling example why the u.n. security council is looking tired, out of step, and on for a purpose. redundant as the guardian of global peace. >> thousands of people died in syria. we have made a case out of many of these. what has happened there constituted crimes against humanity. there was no action from the council. what we're asking for now is when there is grave human rights abuses as we have seen in syria, [unintelligible] cannot

i am currently working with amnesty international, but none of my views represent their positions. if you do have notes, you will probably find variations between my views and amnesty's views. i've seen this banner here, i used to work with him and his staff and there are many people who have views but after 36 years you would not find anybody in this city that cares more about these issues, certainly the global, than this son to be formal 123450r. many people have different views on his career but it is with a great deal of sad in as that we will look back on this career and the gap that he will leave in washington and across nato in terms of how many people you can work with on both sides of the aisle. if you forget my intervention on his behalf. you know, i really have the task of talking about terrorism and i'm not sure how much i can say in ten to 12 minutes. so i have a series of questions some of what i'll try to answer myself and some i'll leave out there. and many of the points won't seek to anything definitively because frankly a local of these things don't have definitiv

enforcement use tasers on nearly seven hundred offenders over the course of just one year amnesty international released findings show that five hundred people have died from tasers since two thousand and one with oklahoma city leading the nation in the most taser related deaths. which currently sits at seven so yes in theory there are conflicting reports those coming from taser international claim that there is no link between tasers and death yet several reports including this latest study published by the american heart association say that there is a conclusive link between tasers and death so is this going to encourage police departments to reconsider their use in the field we'll have to keep raising awareness around the issue and wait and see. now although it's time for our last break of the evening when we come back find out which executive agency winter nights told on award for promoting one of president bush's worst programs and we're going to have a dose of happy hour for you town halls kevin alas i'm going to be on the show with our very own jenny churchill. to a substantial degree a

a new report into the crisis in syria by the human rights group amnesty international has placed the blame for violence there on the regime of the president bashar al assad also singles out russia and china for criticism after they blocked previous u.n. resolutions on the issue of clashes in the country continue despite a u.n. peace plan let's now talk to professor joseph churning through analysts from hong kong city university thanks for joining us here on r.t. the amnesty international report is quick to pin blame on russia and china but not all other foreign powers how do you view this assessment. well basically it is very difficult to claim a domesticity crisis or the failure of a region with inside a country on foreign powers after all russia and especially china they do not have much capacity much production capacity in this region obviously one may criticize russia and china for supporting. and undemocratic and hide the repressive regime but western powers often do just as well be certainly support saudi arabia and the areas that are conservative gulf states who cannot which c

amnesty international call it an empty promise by the chinese.chen is not getting including one he expressed recalling into a congressional meeting. >> i want to meet with secretary clinton. >> he also is not leaving on her plane. experts say if he is granted the travel permit, that will not happen for at least a week. >> parts of the great lakes area gets a drenching leaving people stranded in flood waters. >> the capitals are still confident as they gear up for game 4. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪♪ ♪ >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. what's 115,000 jobs added in april and

amnesty international claims the continuing crisis in syria is the most telling example of why the u.n. security council is looking tired, out of step, and increasingly on fact, -- unfit, redundant as a guardian of world peace. >> what is happening that constituted crimes against humanity, but there was no action from the council. when there is human rights abuses, like we are seeing in syria, the veto cannot be allowed. >> amnesty is accusing the government of failing to show leadership to match the courage shown by protesters during the past year. negotiations this july for a treaty on the global arms with all the human rights organizations. amnesty calls the past year truly tumultuous, millions of people taking to the streets to demand freedom, justice, and did indeed, putting their lives on the line. dictators have fallen, but not a dictatorship. for that reason, it is warning that the gains remained vulnerable. >> you are watching newsday and. the protesters shining the spotlight on the human rights record. at thes take a look stories making headlines around the world. the front p

. >> in response to the events taking place in syria, amnesty international blasted governments around the world, saying they have failed to show leadership equal to the courage shown by the protestors. amnesty called the un security council tired, out of step, and increasingly unfit for the purpose. for more on the international response and the fallout, the author of "the syrian rebellion clause could join me from new york. i want to pick up on that package. he raises the point that the international community has left a vacuum in syria and there is a chance that islamists would come in to fill it. >> you have it right. that is the proper way of thinking about it. for 15 long months, that is where we are now. the syrian people waited for the reign of mercy and did not receive it. they waited for the democracies to come, they waited for the cavalry, if they waited for the united states to make the decision and the united states hid behind the opposition of russia and china at the united nations security council. now we find ourselves in this desperate moment. i'm very dubious about th

amnesty international today blasted governments around the world, saying they had failed to show courage equal to that of the protesters and they called the u.n. out of step. i'm joined by ajami, author of "the syrian rebellion." thank you as ever for joining us on the program. the important point he raised, that if the natural community has left a vacuum in syria, there is a chance the al qaeda will come in to fill it. >> katty, you have it right. that's the proper way of thinking about it. 15 long months now of the syrian rebellion. the syrian people wait -- waited for the reign of mercy. they did not receive it. they waited for the democracies to come. they waited for the cavalry to come. they waited for the united states to make a decision and 9 the united states hid behind the united nations security council and now we find ourselves in this desperate moment. i am very dubious, by the way, about this whole story about the prominence of al qaeda. but if they are there, it is the responsibility really borne by the democracies. >> fouad, i have just -- you have just returned from turke

this is according to amnesty international, says imprisonment of human rights activist on the rise inna. the country remains the leading executioner of citizens in the world. 55 crimes are punishable by death in china. >>> and let's huddle around the water cooler to watch newt gingrich formally drop out of the race. he said he would leave yesterday and did it officially and said he can trace the downfall of his campaign back to that moon colony. >> my wife has pointed out to me approximately 219 times, give or take three, that moon colony was probably not my most clever comment in this campaign. i thought frankly in my role as providing material for saturday night live it was helpful, but the underlying key point is real. what i called for is beginning to happen. you have noticed in the last week, founders of google are talking about a private sector effort to mine an asteroid. a fundamental question about whether we're still a country that dreams and goes out to pursue great adventure and has then courage to say to young people, yes, you ought to go into math and science because ther

with the event just two weeks away, the president says the accusations by amnesty international and human rights are part of a shameful campaign to tarnish his country's image. >> homes ripped apart in historical bacu linked to terrorists. thousands of people evicted unhappy with the compensation offer. this man is still living the rubble. he told me one night a demolition gang caved in his roof as he slept with his wife and son. amidst the destruction, a brand-new concert hall, bacu is hosting you're vision and the government is using ---your-ing vision and the government is using it as a showcase. it has also brought an unwelcomed spotlight on to the country's poor human rights battle. ♪ >> this man himself a singer was arrested last month for insulting the president and then he says he was beaten. ♪ >> i had a bag on my head and handcuff from the bag and i was sitting on the chair and they were beating me in my heels with a stick. with that stick. for three hours for the first time and two hours in the second time. >> in a hospital, we found a journalist with severe concussion and two

human rights reports of completely mainstream respectable authoritative organizations like amnesty international human rights watch the israeli human rights organization or you look at the judgment of the international court of justice in two thousand and four if you look at all of the human rights community there is nothing at all marginal about my opinions rather the contrary all i do is . document based on what the human rights community is saying so to claim that my point so if you don't have generational and i think it and you can certainly it's completely in the terminology that is really no no that's not true at all no no no it's in our general honore and he. has been unfair only on the international phenomenon. i don't think i don't think. with all due respect to your expertise i wonder if peter can put the question to move ween who had the power in the in human rights organization in the occupied territories in the one nine hundred eighty s. and he'll give you a sense of how much human rights organizations have changed between go ahead jump in. well i worked at one i didn't. but certain

since two thousand and one round we're going to have according to amnesty international dozens of deaths can be traced to unnecessary force oh the policies for taser use vary from state to state. experts say it's time for washington to create strict national guidelines to protect the public bar. from police growing trigger happy with electric shock devices this would help clarify things both for police departments and also frankly would strengthen the hands of people who want to bring litigation against the police for civil rights violations because it would show it would provide a standard that they could use for challenging these local police practices critics claim that justice is rarely served when those who kill turn out to be u.s. police officers in many instances leaving the very people entrusted with inforcing a law well protected when they violate her in upper nile artsy new york. just a few minutes to an end for our spotlight talk show and that's after the headlines . because. you. feel. to be limited to the best subsists six a few feet. if. the. i. feel. full. height fifty two

. >> more now on the conference with a representative from the imf amnesty international and the bill and melinda gates foundation. this is about an hour and ten minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. i know we have the daunting task of doing this while you're eating so but we thank you for your attention. our session today is entitled the evolution of multilateral institutions in a globalizing world. the brent more institutions like the united nations, the international monetary fund, and the world bank are clearly evolving to become more inclusive of new stakeholders from new donor countries to societies and individual citizens. other global bodies such as the g-8 and the increasingly the g-20 have filled leadership gaps and they are increasingly shaping the direction of global development. now, the question that we ask, is there an argument to be made that this global -- that this global architecture needs to further evolve to advance a more equitable and sustainable world? how should these institutions be reformed to better advance human well-being and development? in what way can

regards to the real objectives of such organizations you know the human rights commission or the amnesty international who today accused the un of being not fit for purpose for failing to have a decisive action with regards to syria now the un has taken a decisive actions with regard to libya but was that for the benefit of the libyan people now tens of thousands of dead libyans would tell you know was that for the good of libya itself perhaps libya will not exist anymore so the objective was clearly only to topple the regime now is the objective of toppling the regime in syria would be good for the syrian people probably almost probably you would not also these organizations seem to be a little bit manipulated by the opposition so for example the report talks about his student who is friend from the falls flat in university and there is a sort of it is asian of the syrian forces. of committing such a crime but this person called years in our blood was actually a government supporter or so it's a working step the knowledge that there are armed groups but they need to take it a little bit further and r

literacy the plight of whom is not helped by the rise of anti immigration rhetoric in europe with amnesty international highlighting the discrimination faced by muslims in education and employment. ironically in a country where its leader was widely quoted as saying multiculturalism has failed a new immigration and integration survey showed that only a third of foreigners had trouble finding a job in berlin in stark contrast with seventy nine percent in lisbon in portugal and milan in italy critics say the results may only be a consequence of better economic conditions in germany and nothing more regardless those monitoring the literacy in europe reiterate the risk of social exclusion it would be wonderful if the societies were less of an equal. but while we wait for that to happen one of the contentions that we have in the group is to make such a fuss about this matter without put the politicians and policy policy makers will have to sit up and take notice they say before it's too late does or cilia r.t. brussels and are starting with italy here comes the r.t. world update now and new treatment in the

stories continue to come out and tasers continue to be used people are taking notice groups like amnesty international have argued that tasers need more regulations the police don't understand or take into consideration the potentially lethal reaction when they're used in the field now some tasers use compressed nitrogen to fire their darts not gun powder so there's no legal requirement to. has to regulate the cop's trusty weapon but taser international stand by the fact that their tool saved more lives than it kills in fact taser international posted in a report on their web site that quote there is no reliable published data that proves tasers negatively affect the heart well a new study written by dr douglas science and published by the american heart association is magazine circulation came to quite a different conclusion. that it says salute on a critical taser on questionably and produce sudden cardiac arrest and death. doctors findings are pretty conclusive but they were quickly shot down by taser international a spokesman for the company says it is life to serve as a witness for plaintiffs who

while rebels are accused of kidnapping civilians and torturing captured soldiers meanwhile amnesty international slammed the un security council as quote increasingly unfit for purpose and too slow to act on syria the world body dispatched an observer mission to the country where it's estimated around ten thousand people have now been killed since march last year from all those women del author of full spectrum dominance totalitarian democracy the new world order is where this i was good to see you and it was good to get that very long title of your book. the un recall polls syria's conflict increasingly militarized while the syrian regime blames outside forces as it puts it for fuel in the conflict who is potentially benefiting from that then. well i think the significance of the new u.n. report is that for the first time it's a knowledge that there is on the side of the so-called opposition the rebel groups of the jihadists and so forth al-qaeda and the muslim brotherhood forces that are trying to create regime change so to that extent i think it's a step forward that it's not simply a one sid