very difficult for german authorities to really proof that they belong to the third category amnesty international that's way more important things that nobody in the time being should ever be returned afghanistan none of these categories as well because under international law that's forbidding what then should happen to them what then should happen to people who are criminals in germany well they are being sent to prison and right now they're taken out of prison and they're being sent back to a country where they risk to be. to be dead and that's something that should never be the case so if they have committed a crime in germany of course they can be sent to prison of course they will have they will go to to a judge they will have their decision and so on but that's nothing to do to people send them back to a country where they risk to be killed francisco available from this international thank you thank you. poles in germany show another dip in support for the social democrats as they prepared to enter formal coalition talks with anger medicals conservatives speedy leaders under pressure from

again the top stories on al-jazeera amnesty international is calling for an independent investigation into alleged atrocities by me in mars' military it follows the army's admission for the first time that its soldiers killed ten muslim . found buried in a mass grave the un has accused me. of ethnic cleansing. european leaders are said to meet in the rain delegation in brussels ahead of a u.s. deadline to reaffirm the. deal russia confirmed its support for the agreement on wednesday. violence has flared between police and protesters and five. in the wave of anti austerity rallies protesters are angry at the government's planned price and tax hikes more than two hundred thirty people have been arrested. this growing international pressure on the me and my government to release two boyce's journalists japan's foreign minister is expected to raise the case during a three day visit while loan and choi queues to violating a secrecy law and face fourteen years in prison for reports. december the twelfth. they've been covering the crisis in rakhine state where hundreds of thousands of reveng

amnesty international say an admission by min mas military that its soldiers killed ten good muslims is just the tip of the iceberg it's pushing for an independent investigation into other alleged atrocities the remains were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month the army's commander in chief has vowed to take act. against the soldier is thought to be the military's first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown in rakhine in august scott heide is live for us in bangkok scott this admission it's a reversal isn't it as a minute you put out a report of embassy soldiers conducted no wrongdoing absolutely genya they said they conducted over weeks internal investigation into their soldiers actions during those several weeks in august and september when the. attacks happened and then what happened after that there have been accusations of villages being burned so they did an internal investigation and they said back in november that their soldiers did nothing wrong there was no wrongdoing no actions by their soldiers that was what they're supposed to be doing

the inside documented hundreds of men rounded up and killed and dumped into mass graves for amnesty international this evidence amounts to crimes against humanity the united nations high commissioner for human rights calls it a textbook case of ethnic cleansing. and the new. terrio put oceans allow and he invaded humanitarian access and recognized the right of refugees to return in safety and dignity and they must also address the grievances of the growing will start to this been left unresolved for far too long you know not even the piste no teeth here. but a sequel to your natal i mean around saturday joes. you know safe daily growing. glorious pretty may. be two to annoy kids signori the sara lee his sushi thirty or mini dawn in the one i will run in lower you to kill it b r no b.p.a. any deity. despite the worldwide condemnation no independent investigators or aid agencies have been allowed in there are still. being marked conducted its own investigation and deny any wrongdoing instead it accuses our suffer this exodus the generals have called on all those that are citizens to return back hom

these are satellite images of religious just days after her speech and this is a week later amnesty international accused the security forces of a scorched earth campaign burning villages to the ground. human rights watch compiled testimonies of tens of thousands of young women being raped by me and more forces. my baby was thrown into the fire and then they raped me. and i feel like and then on the inside documented hundreds of men rounded up and killed and dumped into mass graves for amnesty international this evidence amounts to crimes against humanity the united nations high commissioner for human rights calls it a textbook case of ethnic cleansing forty thousand myanmar must end the military operations and hinted humanitarian access and recognize the right of refugees to return in safety and dignity and they must also address the grievances of the growing will start to this been left unresolved for far too long. the piste no pete here. but a sequel to your name. id joe's. you know thief daily growing. glorious premier a. kid signori the sara lee he says she tied it all mini dawn in the war n

the local president of amnesty international was released as well but the trial continues and all of them actually still face up to fifteen years of jail time so what does this all mean for human rights in turkey. well this might be a tiny little ray of sunshine here in this situation but these terrorism charges are actually leveled against tens of thousands of people here in turkey since that failed military coup attempt and the fact that human rights defenders who are actually trying to help out others whose rights are being violated now have to show up in court and defend themselves i think is actually showing how difficult this job has become here in turkey. in istanbul thank you very much for that. then joins me now from business and seaman sounds like it's speeding up plans to x. thousands of jobs but that's what it sounds like that's what basically the signal coming from the c.e.o. of the german company its key industrial power business is puttering along right now it's other segments making up for the losses thanks to a global up but that's not stopping the german phone from

amnesty international is calling for an independent investigation into suspected atrocities by military it follows the army's admission for the first time that its soldiers murdered ten muslim rangar their remains were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month scott had the reports. for the first time in maher's military has admitted wrongdoing in its crackdown on the range of community a statement posted on the facebook page of the military's commander in chief said troops and buddhas villagers murdered ten rohingya muslims in rico and state calling the dead bengali terrorists it said the army will take action against those involved the bodies were found in a mass grave in the village of in din the one thing to note about the statement on the commander in chief's facebook page what it doesn't admit which is that defense events is not an isolated incident but in fact we had amnesty the un and media outlets around the world have documented how there's a much wider pattern of killings of sexual violence and the burning of over a hundred villages across rakhine state and so we need

amnesty international has called for an independent investigation into suspected atrocities by mia miles military the army admitted for the first time that its soldiers murdered ten muslim ranger their remains were found in a mass grave in the kind states last month it's called hi there reports. for the first time in march military has admitted wrongdoing in its crackdown on the range of community a statement posted on the facebook page of the military's commander in chief said troops and buddhas villagers murdered ten russians are muslims in rakhine state calling the dead bengali terrorists it said the army will take action against those involved the bodies were found in a mass grave in the village of india in the one thing to note about the statement on the commander in chief's facebook page what it doesn't admit which is that this incident is not an isolated incident but in fact we have amnesty the un and media outlets around the world who have documented how there's a much wider pattern of killings of sexual violence and the burning of religious across rakhine state and so we need to

an israeli soldier fired a rubber coated steel bullets in his face rights groups including amnesty international have called for her immediate release. now the u.s. president all trying to pounce tonight accusations that he's a racist he's been criticized for allegedly using vulgar language when describing haiti el salvador and several african nations during a recent white house meeting particle has more. the big conversation happening in washington and really across the country in the globe right now is president donald trump in fact a racist this is all coming about after a meeting where a bipartisan group of senators went to the white house and said they had a compromise on immigration reform the president reportedly bristled at it because he said it would allow in countries in africa el salvador in haiti and he described those as undesirable countries although he used a far more explosive expletive to describe those places now the question is is he in fact a racist because in that conversation he said he would rather take in people from countries like norway which are majority white well yea

force a group of afghans tonight's days after a deadly taliban a top in kabul we'll hear from amnesty international who also think the german government.

an israeli soldier fired a rubber coated steel bullet at his face rights groups including amnesty international have called for her immediate release donald trump has told journalists that he's not a racist the u.s. president's been accused of using vulgar language to describe african countries haiti at el salvador the accusations are attracting widespread condemnation those are the headlines it's more use in half an hour with adrian next it's witness. on counting the cost of oil hit seventy dollars a barrel we examine the drivers behind the rise one of the economic reasons behind the rest into next year and we look a little closer at the whole stray being between france and china counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. i've got. a. really good bomb we don't know nothing we go you. know that it could. not go slow they told. me he. doesn't steer the moon it's almost not to say all of the you not they're not always the same list as the most of the students because if a new semester losing them look at cousin. david is number one the girl. that long for socialism is going to die. if this is

getting the right to drive and lifting the ban on women going to the cinema but the rights group amnesty international say saudi arabia needs to deal with systematic human rights violations if they're serious about progress amnesty made the observations at the world economic forum in davos adding that for the kingdom to fulfill its ambitions it must stop cracking down on activists journalists academics and dissidents while sam aidid is the head of middle east campaigns at amnesty international she joins us now via skype from beirut in lebanon thank you very much for your time some a saudi arabia's crown prince has involved on a path to reform his country says he's going to modernize it give women more rights and so on have you seen any improvement at all is the human rights situation in saudi arabia worse or better today under this new crown prince. well as you rightly said that saudi arabia has for many months now promoted itself as a reformer and champion of change however the facts on the ground suggest otherwise despite saudi arabia is p.r. narrative of reform and change we've seen in human rights

i want to respond about arms worldwide, and amnesty international has really been on the forefront ofhis for a really long time. and -- one of the things that the director of amnesty international told me was that in the past two years, when she has seen in the world court with the nra -- having more and more influence has made amnesty international actually decide that gun violence in america is apartment of their platform now. so there's a lot of people, a lot of groups that are doing international work. and it's -- it is really frightening to me. my friend sandra is from -- guatemala and i was there during the genocide, and it is something that she and i have written about together. but i -- it would be remiss of us not to address international arms. >> question -- >> this is really hard for me. [applause] five years ago tomorrow my life also changed. i have a 14-year-old who was on the swim team in the pool when a friend of mine said it you hear what happened? an i said no. i hadn't seen the news or anything and -- that night in my e-mails, i -- found out from a distant cousin on

reading from the story, quote, in february syrian president bashar al-assad brush off an amnesty international report that some 13,000 people had been killed and one of his military prisons by saying, you can forge anything these days. we're living in a fake news era. in the philippines president rodrigo duterte has complained to being demonized by fake news. last month the report continues, with our president quote laughing by his side, guitar day called reporters spies. in july then is when the president nicholas maduro complained the russian propaganda outlet that the world media has spread lots of false versions, lots of lies about his country, adding this is what we call fake news today, isn't it? there are more. the state official in myanmar reflexive there's no such thing as rohingya. it is fake news. he was referring to the persecuted ethnic group. leaders inn singapore, country known for restricting free speech have promised fakeew news legislation in the next year. and on and on and on. this feedback loop is disgraceful, mr. president, not only has the past year seen an american pres

pictures are harsh i trust that the incident will be investigated and the lessons will be learned amnesty international says israel currently holds around three hundred fifty palestinian children in detention and that hundreds of mine is a prosecuted every year meanwhile critics of the palestinian say many of these youngsters are being exploited for political propaganda. but if anyone guaranteed me they had an arab country an international body or anyone from my government anyone if anyone guaranteed me that the occupation would be gone in one two three or even five years i would rather teach my daughter. tennis news the fourth day of the australian open tennis championships in melbourne has seen players sweltering in extremely hot temperatures the german dog max a million martyr or came through with a surprise victory over spanish veteran fernando verdasco it took the youngster five grueling sets in the heat to emerge victorious former champion novak djokovic came from behind to defeat frenchmen feat stiff ending champion roger federer won through in the cooler night session but former winner stan. ma

amnesty international is condemning president trump's moved to keep guantanamo bay prison camp open. international feels that this is a disgrace, to have been detained for over a decade without any prospect of any fair trial. and now president trump is proposing to increase that number. alisa: the organization past director of law and policy called the detention facility a stain on america's reputation. government prosecutors have decided not to retry new jersey senator robert menendez on corruption charges. the first trial ended in a hung jury last november. menendez was charged with trading his political influence for gifts and campaign donations. the trump administration's director of the centers for disease control has quit over a stock scandal. brenda fitzgerald is accused of buying shares in japan tobacco after she was appointed. one of the cdc's stated goals is to reduce tobacco use. the u.s. has awarded boeing 6.6 billion dollars to continue managing them nation's missile defenses. the defense contract includes adding more ground-based missile receptive -- interceptors and ex

this is amnesty international researcher madeleine penman. >> it is a turn of a violation of accident law and international law that sending a person back to a territory where their life or safety is in danger. they after day, despite it being afraid of dying, having threats and attacks against them, their people from central america being returned to face the possible death. amy: back in the united states in michigan, authorities arrested a 19-year-old white man named brendan great summer after he reportedly called cnn headquarters nearly two dozen times threatening to murder workers using slurs to insult african-americans and. jews. he was arrested and charged on friday but as journalist shocking notes that he was released only hours later on bill despite the fact that he is admitted to also making threatening and insulting calls to a michigan islamic center only a few months ago. i shocking rights and niches as shaun king rights and interest have -- in california, the san francisco board of supervisors has voted to end the celebration of christopher columbus day. this makes san fra

the local president of amnesty international was released as well but the trial continues and all of them actually still face up to fifteen years of jail time so what does this all mean for human rights in turkey. well this might be a tiny little ray of sunshine here in this situation but these terrorism charges are actually leveled against tens of thousands of people here in turkey since that failed military coup attempt and the fact that human rights defenders who are actually trying to help out others whose rights are being violated now have to show up in court and defend themselves i think is actually showing how difficult this job has become here in turkey. in istanbul thank you very much for that. you're watching the news coming up ahead one of german soccer's biggest stars is leaving the bundesliga again door to spill and when it is headed to arsenal in england's premier league big money we take a look at what that means for daughter's future. but first turner joins me and a german giant is in the news talking about job cuts some return to time of higher profits it's never goi

well senior crisis advisor with amnesty international has been researching the situation in rakhine state he joins me live from washington d.c. thank you very much for being with us are you surprised by this admission by the mean mom military about their involvement in those deaths in rakhine state it is extremely rare for the military to admit to any sort of wrongdoing and it's a military in which soldiers operate with you know really near complete impunity no matter the nature of the crimes and the crimes are talking about here is the military has said today involve soldiers summarily executing murdering ten men who had been captured but i think one thing to note about the statements on the commander in chief's facebook page today is what it doesn't admit which is that this incident is not an isolated incident that in fact we had amnesty the un and media outlets around the world who have documented how there's a much wider pattern of killings of sexual violence and the burning of villages across rakhine state and so we need to see justice and accountability for this enormous range of cr

researcher at amnesty international sir thank you very much for your time thank you. and coming up on this al-jazeera news reopening the lines of communication north korea places a historic call to the south we'll tell you why sweden is still imposing border checks in the finds of the e.u. and its philosophy of visa free travel also coming up in sports a shot at the brisbane international pay. as far a we'll have more on that a little later a. but first norway is banning weapon exports to the united arab emirates over the latter's participation in the war in yemen the u.a.e. is a key member of the saudi led coalition fighting who the rebels of the country the coalition has imposed a blockade on yemen leading to widespread food shortages and a major health crisis the u.n. estimates more than five thousand civilians have been killed since the conflict began in two thousand and fifteen well in yemen itself people say that they are continuing to suffer under the blockade imposed on the country by the saudi led coalition in recent weeks the saudis have allowed humanitarian

amnesty international has called for an independent investigation into alleged atrocities carried out by mia miles military now this comes after the army admitted for the very first time that its soldiers did murder ten muslim or he now their remains were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month it's got a high level. for the first time in most military has admitted wrongdoing in its crackdown on the range of community a statement posted on the facebook page of the military's commander in chief said troops and buddhas villagers murdered ten russians are muslims in rakhine state calling the dead bengali terrorists it said the army will take action against those involved the bodies were found in a mass grave in the village of indian the one thing to note about the statement on the commander in chief's facebook page is what it doesn't admit which is that this incident is not an isolated incident that in fact we had amnesty the un and media outlets around the world who have documented how there's a much wider pattern of killings of sexual violence and the burning of villages acro

to be voluntary james gomez is the regional director for southeast asia and the pacific at amnesty international he's joining us now from bangkok thank you very much indeed for being with us by dash is paying a significant amount of money to look after these refugees isn't it reasonable that at some point they are going to try to find a solution and get the refugees back to me i'm all. yeah i mean you know they are you know trying to get the refugees. from our point of view this is problematic and premature because we are not clear about the fundamental conditions to which the refugees returning to because they have fled you know probably the risk to life destruction at the hands of the time a door in the right kind state and we said name sending them back to the same conditions so this is why the issue of voluntariness is important to ascertain although that document you know framing the return agreement and the physical agreement do make reference to the voluntary returns but do we need effective oversight to determine if indeed these returns are voluntary here i think the role of the u.n. is

the nadeem center received the human rights prize from amnesty international this year it's hoped it will help encourage them to continue their work despite egypt's use of torture and its campaign against those who helped the tortured. sports news now north korean ice hockey players have arrived in south korea for training with their south korean team mates ahead of the show and chang'e winter olympics twelve players and officials crossed the border on thursday the agreement to form a joint women's team follows the first official talks between the two koreas in two years the team will wear unity jerseys and march under a united play at the games opening ceremony on feb ninth. denmark's caroline wozniacki has become the first player through to the australian open final film in melbourne the number two seed overcame a second set to defeat belgians at leas and mountains was nokia's a former world number one but she has never won a grand slam she'll play the winner of the other seven final between germany and italy and simona halep of romania. in motor sports the world's oldest. fishley

missiles tanks or guns of all sizes the international arms trade is big business in every sense amnesty international says that military expenditure for countries worldwide in twenty sixteen was one point seven trillion dollars three hundred seventy five billion of that on buying arms specifically the united states china france russia and the u.k. so more than seventy percent of all weapons manufactured worldwide and they're all permanent members of the un security council the world body that's charged with maintaining international peace and security at least a quarter of conventional weapons sales to the middle east. north africa and the human cost two point two million people killed in conflicts worldwide since the end of the cold war in one nine hundred eighty nine so which companies are making the big bucks in the global arms trade will of the top ten defense companies by sale seven of them are based in the united states lockheed martin is number one with forty one billion dollars worth of sales in twenty sixteen three our european air bus group b. a systems and leonardo in italy much to discuss

dado the most maybe milledge red bull you know with the guy the street looks like the group amnesty international says it's very concerned about how police in north dakota have treated protesters it says the use of force by police violates protesters rights to a peaceful protest i watched people shot with rubber bullets i watched peaceful prayerful water protectors get mace and pepper sprayed and none of them fighting back one time we had better and all around the world. to stand with over four thousand veterans and all the people and that's what happened here there was an awakening because there was an awakening tribes now know that this is a turning point for us to try to make the lie better and come away from. what the the federal government has left who supported by the way that. they're not able people are wondering if they're going to and not not tomorrow. right here where the upcoming approaches that's where the pipeline crossing actually is this route coming up here on the right and you could turn their experience. there were to land this guard but on the google build. on. the new.

but the guy district looks like the group amnesty international says it's very concerned about how police in north dakota have treated protesters it says the use o. force by police violates protesters rights to a peaceful protest i watched people shot with rubber bullets i watched peaceful prayerful water protectors get mace and pepper sprayed and none of them fighting back one time we had better and all around the world. to stand with over four thousand veterans but that's all the people and that's what happened here there was an awakening because there was an awakening tribes namo that this is a turning point for us to try to make our lives better and come away from. what the federal government has left who supported the bill with that bill solidarity they're not able people are wondering if they're going to and not not tomorrow. right here where the upcoming approach is that's where the pipeline crossing actually is this route coming up here on the right and you could turn there turn around. we could see a route break there were to land this guard but but on the goes over the hill. thi

suppose i've always had this other side me that really wants to -- you know, i used to work for amnesty internationali've always had this side of me that just wants to try and make a difference, and, like many, many people in the world, i would like to make a difference. and i feel that i am really privileged, because apart from -- you know, where i'm personally privileged, but i can actually now make a much bigger difference. but i want to do it in a meaningful way, and one of the things that lumos has taught me is be very, very careful how you give. because even if you're giving with the best of intentions, you may inadvertently be doing harm. >> you mean from well-meaning donors? >> very, very, very well-meaning donors who are inadvertently propping up a system that we know -- we have nearly a hundred years of hard research that shows that even a well-run institution, even an institution set up with the best possible intentions, will irrevocably harm the child. >> so, what is it that you can do? what does your money, the fundraising -- what is the mission? i mean, what, 8 million kids are somehow

indonesia in modern history and also his supporters went to the streets trying to defend him amnesty international has called a hawk a prisoner of conscience and has asked for his immediate release but as things are looking now because also the prosecutor didn't appeal the verdict it looks like a hawk will be released somewhere in two thousand and nineteen he will probably get some deductions for good behavior is basically spending his time reading a lot he's reading a lot of religious books the koran and also the bible is learning local languages and he is receiving a lot of visitors in prison that he still quite popular here among some groups here in jakarta at the moment do you think a hawk's political careers overall what's next for him. well no his political career is not necessarily over he will be released in two thousand and nineteen which is a very important political year here in indonesia it will be the next presidential election and before this whole case happened before he went to jail even hinted at the joining this race for the presidency and that seems of course quite unlikely righ

austerity people are angry at the government's plan to raise taxes and the price of basic goods amnesty international has called for an independent investigation into alleged atrocities by mere miles military it follows the army's admission for the first time that its soldiers killed ten muslim ranger who were buried in a mass grave. the german chancellor and the opposition leaders say there are major hurdles to clear before a new coalition government can be formed angela merkel is hoping for progress on the final day of talks in berlin where i took today those are the latest headlines for us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's a stream. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home i'll just bring you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. for me ok in the street i really could be alive today a recent rise in attacks on migrants is shining the spotlight on racism in great i'd also calling on the country to examine the growing popularity of a right wing political party. since december the twenty fifth more than t

pictures are harsh i trust that the incident will be investigated and the lessons will be learned amnesty international says israel currently holds around three hundred fifty palestinian children in detention and that hundreds of mine is a prosecuted every year meanwhile critics of the palestinian say many of these youngsters are being exploited for political propaganda. if anyone guarantee me they had an arab country an international body or anyone from my government anyone if anyone guaranteed me that the occupation would be gone in one two three or even five years i would rather teach my daughter. now to the united states where after weeks of teasing the american media about a possible fake news awards event u.s. president donald trump has pointed to the top ten examples of news stories in twenty seventeen that he says were intentionally wrong trump on bell the awards with you guessed it a tweet. it provided a link to a republican party website that listed ten cases in which major american news sources reported stories that were later retracted or which the list says were incorrect c.n.n. qualified

pictures are harsh i trust that the incident will be investigated and the lessons will be learned amnesty international says israel currently holds around three hundred fifty palestinian children in detention and that hundreds of mine is a prosecuted every year meanwhile critics of the palestinian say many of these youngsters are being exploited for political propaganda. if anyone guaranteed me they had an arab country an international body or anyone from my government anyone if anyone guaranteed me that the occupation would be gone in one two three or even five years i would rather teach my daughter. you're watching d.w. news still to come on the program after decades of exploring researchers can finally confirm that this is the world's longest underwater cave we will show you what else they discovered in its depths you don't want to see it. but first monica johns is here and we're looking at data from china today and i saw from sara china doesn't fail to impress china says that its g.d.p. grew by six point two nine percent in twenty seventeen acceding many experts forecasts the contribution of the wo

like you know what the guy district looks like the group amnesty international says it's very concerned about how police in north dakota have treated protesters it says the use of force by police violates protesters rights to a peaceful protest i watched people shot with rubber bullets i watched peaceful prayerful water protectors get mace and pepper sprayed and none of them fighting back one time we had better and all around the world. it's done with over four thousand. people and that's what happened here there was an awakening because there was an awakening tribes now know that this is a turning point for us to try to make their lives better and come away from. what the the federal government has left for people. who are not people are wondering if they're going to and not not tomorrow. right here in the upcoming approaches that sort of pipeline pumping out.

pictures are harsh i trust that the incident will be investigated and the lessons will be learned amnesty international says israel currently holds around three hundred fifty palestinian children in detention and that hundreds of mine is a prosecuted every year meanwhile critics of the palestinian say many of these youngsters are being exploited for political propaganda. if anyone guarantee me they it's an arab country an international body or anyone from my government anyone if anyone guaranteed me that the occupation would be gone in one two three or even five years i would rather teach my daughter to. germany the netherlands and belgium have issued warnings as a powerful winter storm dubbed fifth rica makes landfall today the dutch weather service recorded winds gusting up to one hundred forty kilometers an hour on the coast and this was the scene at answer sheeple airport earlier today all flights were suspended at the peak of the storm the national rail service also halted trains across the netherlands earlier today the storm crossed britain leaving much of scotland covered in snow and thousands o

say they're feeling pressure to go home and to worry about their safety well james gone is amnesty international's regional director for southeast asia and the pacific and he says no one should be forced to return. we are not clear about the fundamental conditions to which the refugees returning to because they have fled you know property risk to life destruction at the hands of the. current state and. sending them back to the same conditions so this is why the issue of voluntariness. important to ascertain although the dock you well you know framing the return agreement and the physical agreement do make references to the voluntary returns but we need effective oversight to determine if indeed these returns are all interest here i think the role of the un is important although the documentation you know that we have cited provides for the un h.r. to cite lists of return me but that is not good. enough you know u.n.h.c.r. needs to be central to oversight the process to ensure that it is indeed voluntary and it should have the mandate to you know. ensure that you know that it's able to prevent or s

government the board for national debt or if it is real in the honest the we are for it but amnesty international and other observers warn that a few high profile releases will not be enough the regime has to do more stories rescind this broken elos has to instill judicial reform this security sector reform a complete overhaul of the electoral system without this. i don't think the people will be satisfied thousands of prisoners of conscience are still in jail accused of prosecuted for protesting against the government in a statement the us embassy said it was encouraged by the latest releases paul brennan al-jazeera. marching under one flag and playing together in a joint women's ice hockey team north and south korea have announced a historic partnership for this year's winter olympics delegates from both countries announce a decision after a third round of talks in the border village of penguin to the north will send a two hundred thirty member strong cheerleading team south korea's president has voiced his support for bringing the ice hockey players together saying it would move the hearts of

government the board for national data if it is really in the honest the we are for it but amnesty international and other observers warn that a few high profile releases will not be enough the regime has to do more rescind this loath to an astute judicial reform this security sector reform a complete overhaul of the electoral system with though this. don't think the people will be satisfied the thousands of prisoners of conscience are still in jail accused all prosecuted for protesting against the government in a statement the us embassy said it was encouraged by the latest releases paul brennan al-jazeera britain's lower house of parliament has approved a key brock's a bill which would end the supremacy of the year law in the u.k. the bill now goes to the upper house where it's expected to face some resistance it's become a focal point in months of debate about what type of divorce britain would seek from the e.u. and bracks it will figure prominently when britain's prime minister theresa may meets france's president mandela micron in london later on thursday people on both sides of the englis

amnesty international says more than eight hundred forty people were killed during the revolution as once friendly governments from the u.s. and europe abandon the barrack the eighty two year old autocrat was isolated. one finally on february eleventh twenty eleven mubarak resigned and handed over power to the military i'm up. that. you know with an f. is what the what a feeling i lost my voice i kept saying the people have overthrown the regime that it was a dream that came true i felt we had something like a mini democracy i felt competition between parties then ceasing. egypt's post revolution euphoria didn't last long. its first democratically elected leader lasted just twelve months. the muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by abdel fattah el-sisi. she's now president and standing for reelection for a second term in march just like mubarak he's crackdown on dissent and silenced rivals and on the anniversary of that revolution tahrir square has been sealed off just in case bernard smith al-jazeera palestinians in the occupied west bank and fina

an israeli soldier fired a rubber coated steel bullets at his face rights groups including amnesty international have called for her b.d.s. really it's. the palestinian president says donald trump's efforts to mediate talks with israel a shameful addressing the p.l.o. central council abbas said the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel was what he called a slap of the century abbas won't accept the u.s. as a mediator and wants an internationally led process amass an islamic jihad say there's a lack of palestinian agreement on how to deal with the u.s. leadership in montana has more from ramallah. is a very strong speech from president mubarak you said they drew sloan was the jewel in the crown state capital of any future state the state criticize the u.s. prison term for removing jerusalem from any future other state via tweet he was also very critical and he's very critical of language let's just take a listen. to what some of that language sounded like. we say that politically driven person is our capital in our religion is how capital idea graphically it's our cap

matt wells is senior cross advisor with amnesty international has been researching the situation in iraq and state he says the statement from in-laws military is highly unusual it is extremely rare for the military to admit to any sort of wrongdoing it's a it's a military in which soldiers operate with you know really near complete impunity no matter the nature of the crimes and the crimes are talking about here is the military has said today involve soldiers summarily executing murdering ten men who had been captured but i think one thing to note about the statements on the commander in chief's facebook page today is what it doesn't admit which is that this incident is not an isolated incident that in fact we had amnesty the un and media outlets around the world who have documented how there's a much wider pattern of killings of sexual violence and the burning of villages across rakhine state and so we need to see justice and accountability for this enormous range of crimes and not a pretense that there's really just you know one or few isolated incidents the u.n. children's agency says