the strikes naturally when africa was confronted with these numbers they denied them telling amnesty international that quote our assessments found that no after a common era strike resulted in any civilian casualty or injury our assessments are based on post strike analysis using intelligence methods not available to non military organizations another words my friends take our word for it we know better than you when it comes to deciding if the five women and children killed in our by our missiles were civilians or not. i think it's time to stop watching all. that that's. what they like that i get. we. are. welcome we're going to watch it go so i robot and then south of the wallace and here we are sort of repeating old since i don't find it very unsettling that anybody would say well we know better what we know i mean we have special magical things but as you said so those children weren't civilians going to know so we're back to the old everyone's an enemy combatant that is narrative back we were there to go with our certainly makes things a lot easier to bomb countries when it's well they're al

amnesty international accuses the u.s. of killing civilians in somalia but the american military denies the allegations. we are in heaven. and taking time to smell the flowers the unusual phenomena in california that's drawing tens of thousands of visitors. the first funerals for the victims of new zealand's mosque attacks have taken place a father and son who fled the war in syria were buried in christchurch where fifty people were shot dead in two mosques during friday prayers thirty bodies have now been released to families and police hope to return more by the end of wednesday let's go out or correspondent wayne hay he's joining us live from christchurch it is another painful day but one that the grieving families have been waiting for way the chance to bury their loved ones. yes elizabeth i suppose a mix of emotions for them because there has been this frustration from some members of that community those family members who lost people in the attacks on the mosques on friday and yet this burial process did finally get

enemy they're everybody is rather disturbing why do want to point out the methodology for amnesty international it's not as if they just you know looked over if you think it's left over some charge of that which is why i find that the whole if i find it mildly offensive to certain say to amnesty international we have info that you don't so what they did by the way for people at home the researchers for amnesty international they travel to somalia they conducted more than one hundred fifty interviews with eyewitness. relatives person displaced by the fighting and sources including in the u.s. military so of course i what they did is they analyzed all the corroborating evidence they included satellite imagery munitions fragments and they did an investigation so that are saying well we have info you don't so everyone on the ground is lying all of this information is made up everything is fake you can't believe anything you see on the ground well let me explain to me if the air force and all these people think that then why that who should we believe in syria about what happens on the ground there

these tribunals were welcomed by the international community however in recent years the un amnesty international human rights watch the international center for transitional justice they've already in serious concerns about the fairness of these trials in particular the use of the death penalty you claim to be part of a progressive party but you're overseeing tribunals that the international commission of jurists says do not here to international standards of a fair trial and due process let me first ask you is why every time i ask you a question you want to also i want to ask you because this was not because because you have raised the question of international practice international standards you know like international no no no i'm going to ask you is there. international gold standard no there is it what exists is in every country that countries have set up their own schools and when you compare the code is with the law and the appellate division was the process followed in the tribunals in any way inferior to our high court and our supreme court no bungler this was the only country which tr

ok deborah was in the chana is regional director for amnesty international in southern africa he joins me now from johannesburg mr have you on and welcome to news africa we know that attacks on people with albinism in malawi typically tend to spike around an election period and election is coming up in may what's what is behind that. thank you very much for having me it is generally true that there are moments in which attacks ticket spike and election mormons are one of them because of the existence of a deep seated culture of false beliefs that bourne's on body parts of a person with albinism give you lucky charms but there's a general problem in the country. cuts of people are going to. people with albinism discrimination and deep seated feelings that the criminal justice system is failing so there is a culture of impunity destroyed old times you're likely to find abductions killings and tucks so it might not necessarily be a cute little good elections but it's a general problem that requires decisive leadership all right and speaking about decisive leadership we're hearing some rum

amnesty international is accusing the u.s. military of killing civilians in somalia quote contradicting claims by the us government that analyzed satellite imagery from five out of more than one hundred air strikes and found that at least fourteen civilians were killed the u.s. government acknowledges that strikes under the trumpet administration have tripled and that hundreds of fighters have been killed but it maintains that there have been zero civilian casualties in the statement of the u.s. military deny the report it said that africa goes to extraordinary lengths to reduce the likelihood of civilian casualties exercising restraint as a matter of policy assessments found that no africa home resulted in any civilian casualty or injury well david mina's a senior policy analyst at the new america think tank he says u.s. drone strikes in somalia appear to be less targeted than in other campaigns. so one thing that is critical regarding the counter-terrorism campaign in somalia is that it's become in many ways an air campaign

but first, amnesty international accuses the united states of possibly committing war crimes in somalia by killing civilians in the secretive u.s. air war. we will get the latest on the ongoing protest in haiti where a team of american mercenaries were recently arrested. >> the mercenaries who were arrested last month have been revealed to have been involved in a bank heist to the tune o of $80 million. there is an ongoing uprising threatening to remove the president and the prime minister has then thrown out. amy: all thahat and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. six days after new zealand suffer the worst mass murder in its history, new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern announced thursday her government will crack down on weapons of mass murder like those used by a white supremacists gunman in attacks at two mosques in christchurch that left 50 people dead and four dozen others injured. >> today am announcing that new zealand will ban on military style semiautomatic weapons. we will alsoban all assault rifle's

s six university previously worked for amnesty international for more than thirty years abbas as a human rights activist and specialist how worried are you about the fate of refugees in bangladesh today what's your view and that is commendable but dang that this is the but that is not enough to do so after a very strong movement within the international community to ensure that the pressure that is needed to be placed on the government of myanmar is the government to bring that this is not doing all of that so you don't want to sneeze here bangladesh is high commissioner to the u.k. and ireland you've also served on bad leadership is a national toss force on the repaired tradition of the refugees abbas's you've done well but not enough we have done excellent with the only country in the world who's giving maximum protection to the. why isn't the was doing enough that should be a question of what bangladesh is doing in a bunker this is a country with a three these. are you this is a list developed country we are we're the most densely populated country in the world we are sharing our food

these tribunals were welcomed by the international community however in recent years the un amnesty international human rights watch the international center for transitional justice they all raise serious concerns about the fairness of these trials in particular the use of the death penalty you claim to be part of a progressive party but you're overseeing tribunals that the international commission of jurists says do not add here to international standards of a fair trial and due process let me first ask you is why every time i ask you a question you want to ask i want to ask you because this was part of it because you. you have raised the question of international practice international standards you know like international no no no i am going to ask you is there. international gold standard no there is it what exists in every country that countries have set up their own schools and where do you compare the code is with the law and the appellate division was the process followed in the tribunals in any way inferior to our high court and our supreme court no but this was the only country which t

representative for amnesty international she says saudi arabia is trying to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so it's a very strong statement by the u.n. let's hope that it doesn't fall completely deaf is the saudi arabia saying that we've identified these eleven people and this is a fair trial that we've invited some foreigners to even it so that if they have nothing to be afraid of then why not actually open it up why not allow for human rights observers for the u.n. themselves to come and to come in and observe for journalists the last time time again to the trial why don't they let them in as w

representative amnesty international she says saudi arabia is trying its best to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so it's a very strong statement by the u.n. and let's hope that it doesn't fall completely deaf is the saudi arabia saying that we've identified these eleven people and and this is a fair trial that we've invited some foreigners to even if so but if they have nothing to be afraid of then why not actually open it up why not allow for human rights observers for the u.n. themselves to come and to come in and observe for journalists the last time time again to the trial why don't they

now amnesty international is accusing the u.s. military of killing civilians in somalia contradicting claims by the u.s. government the rights group analyzed satellite imagery from far from five out of more than one hundred air strikes and found that at least fourteen civilians were killed washington acknowledges that strike some of the trump administration of tripled and that hundreds of fighters have been killed but it meant pains that been zero civilian casualties well in a statement the u.s. military denied the report it said that africa goes to extraordinary lengths to reduce the likelihood of civilian casualties exercising restraint as a matter of policy our assessments found that no afrikan strike resulted in any civilian casualty or injury let's bring in david stern and he's a senior policy analyst at new america that's a think tank he joins us live now from washington d.c. david stern and so we just read that u.s. military statement saying there have been no civilian casualties in their drone strikes in somalia amnesty sa

papers and some of my posts were marked with a yellow marker i was telling them that i am an amnesty international research i felt and they were very aggressive and they were very violent and i'm still. traumatized of how they treated me because they were shouting at me they were cursing me and they they they didn't appreciate the fact that i am working as a consultant in a researcher and news reporter and i have been covering the great march of return every day and i have been documenting a lot there is there a friday and saturday how mass are dispersing. the protesters in different in different thread few camps in the area in the gaza strip that were protesting against the high prices in the taxes the situation in gaza strip. herber we can say that the are the pulse the mystery of is is is is doing this because the palestinian minister is not even in gaza i'm not against him us i'm not against that to have nothing against anyone but i'm against every person or every palestinian leader or every palestinian political faction that made things harder for the palestinians. that we spoke with politica

s six university previously worked for amnesty international for more than thirty years abbas as a human rights activist and specialist how worried are you about the fate of refugees in bangladesh today what's your view and it is commendable but dang that this is the but that is not enough to do so after a very strong movement within the international community to ensure that the pressure that is needed to be placed on the government of myanmar is the government to bring that this is not doing all of that so you don't want to sneeze here bangladesh is high commissioner to the u.k. and ireland you've also served on by the leadership is a national toss force on the repaired tradition of the refugees abbas's you've done well but not enough we have done excellent with the only country in the world who's giving maximum protection to the. why isn't the one doing enough that should be a question of what bangladesh is doing in a bunker this is a country with bt. these values their values this is a list of other country we are with the most densely populated country in the world we are sharing ou

targeted as this there's sort of ongoing concerns about the crackdown on political dissidents amnesty international says simply peaceful protesters so they are akhil weighing their concerns they've sent a letter to pump a zero saying that the administration needs to do something about this continue to shine a spotlight about the grave concerns about the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia in light of these cases of political activists being tortured potentially killed because of their speaking out and joining us there from washington thanks very much kimberly for weapons and bombs created by the u.k. and u.s. are responsible for the deaths of nearly one thousand civilian casualties in yemen that's according to a joint report by a yemen and u.s. human rights group finding show that between twenty fifteen and twenty eighteen twenty seven astronauts were launched on yemen by the gulf alliance of waterspouts fresh calls for both countries to hold on sales u.k. and u.s. provided military assistance to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. both use the weapons during the four year conflict with yemen. we were germ

representative for amnesty international she says saudi arabia is trying to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so it's a very strong statement by the u.n. let's hope that it doesn't fall completely deaf is the saudi arabia saying that we've identified these eleven people and this is a fair trial that we've invited some foreigners to even it so that if they have nothing to be afraid of then why not actually open it up why not allow for human rights observers for the u.n. themselves to come and to come in and observe for journalists the last time time again to the trial why don't they let them in as w

jazzy is the deputy regional director covering the middle east and north africa region for amnesty international thank you all very much for joining us now i'm going to get straight to it and let's start in gaza in gaza with more. firstly as we're it's talking about these anniversary as the anniversary of the protests is coming up what's your expectation for it do you expect that there will be a large turnout will see the kind of momentum that has been building up. well let me start by saying that the palestinian factions mainly hamas and islamic jihad and other palestinian factions have been preparing for this first anniversary of the gaza are big mush of return and breaking the siege for many days now and it is expected to be a big ten now tomorrow another question with oh there would be violence or there would be defend injuries tomorrow or not it would be seen but my it my understanding is that the egyptian security delegation who have been shuttling between tel aviv and gaza for the past forty eight hours are trying to defuse any further violence between gaza and israel along the border tom

and amnesty international is accusing the u.s. military of killing civilians in somalia allegations the military denies amnesty had my satellite images from five of the one hundred strikes and found that at least for. now there's a diplomatic rift between australia and took off to comments why president of the on those remarks concerned a strain his involvement in the first world war and the on accused new zealand. having an anti when their troops took part in the campaign more than a hundred years ago. scott morrison is now threatening to someone turkey's ambassador. well that's an election campaign rally for local elections later this month at the underminded australia new zealand that has defeated their troops at gallipoli. you know your grandfather's came here and saw that we were here and then some turned back on foot somebody. if you come with the same intentions you are always welcome have no doubt we will send you back like your grandfather's will scott morrison said he may review a story of his travel advisory to warn ast

from amnesty international thank you very much. u.s. secretary of state's trumpet ministration is still working to identify who's responsible for the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi by compare made those comments at a congressional hearing while being questioned over foreign policy our correspondent roslyn jordan has more details from washington d.c. . u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o is on capitol hill on wednesday to argue for the upcoming years budget for the state department but it's not just a matter of deciding how many diplomats should be hired or how many facilities should be remodeled in the coming fiscal year the secretary of state also took questions on a number of foreign policy concerns including the investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a saudi journalist who had been living and working in the united states this is what my pompei o told the committee on wednesday we are continuing all across the government certainly and overt means and all the tools that we have in our capacity to learn more

some of this is the middle east campaign manager of amnesty international and joins us from beirut thank you very much for coming on the program today now i know that this whole court process the whole judicial process has been incredibly opaque but what can you tell us about the process that is taking place and what these activists have been accused of well today the women's rights activists including luzhin and her floral as easily use of . are facing the criminal court for potential charges against them and they've been arrested and held in detention for more for close to a year now where they were first targeted for their women's rights activism and for their peaceful activism and since then they face torture ill treatment and sexual harassment in detention they haven't been been given access to a lawyer but today it seems as though they may be charged. and we know from previous statements from the prosecutor. they could face charges on threats to national security for engaging with foreign entities and damaging the reputation of the kingdom and these charges carry very hefty and lon

some of whom are searching for amnesty international thank you very much for joining us on al-jazeera. israeli forces have killed three palestinians in the occupied west bank crowds have been gathering for funerals being held on a wednesday morning earlier the palestinian red crescent society says the israeli army far to ambulance the trying to get to those. earlier israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man thought to be behind an attack in the occupied west bank and sunday the suspects nineteen year old all modern. life was found in the village of north of ramallah when troops raided the building where he was hiding israel says he was killed after he allegedly opened fire at the security forces who came to arrest him two other palestinians were arrested in the operation when they were able to join us now live from ramallah a. first of all give us an indication of what happened in a village. so we are standing here in our village where the israeli forces have come just a day night and killed nineteen year old. no calls here to tell us that first an undercover unit has arrived to the

international justice. takes a lot of takes role here as as for amnesty we're also at equal to impose an arms embargo on israel until it basically abides by its international commitments and commitment the commitments to human rights and stops these by dishes against people that they occupy. now i want to go back to a point that mitchell barak made mr abu said that who is in charge in gaza now and do people i mean the i think the media answer would be hamas but do people trust them given that they have suppressed demonstrations themselves criticizing them quite aggressively so who is in charge and if these protests do actually result result in some kind of a result who's going to be leading the people there were the short also to question is who is in charge and girls are the outside is how us hamas has been in charge of girls of with a post that will views in spite of the fact that there is something we called the palestinians consensus government but it has been absent from the gaza strip for more than a year no. since the attempted assassination on them but my point is that there were more protests against

joining me now from london should see of amnesty international now kate you visited bangladesh just last month tell us a little bit more about what you saw. yes so we went to several of the refugee camps and talked to a number of people at the forefront of them minds with the need for education even speaking to young people there's very few options for them to get a meaningful or a quality education within the caps there are child friendly learning spaces at the minute but they only cater for young children and they are more about playing and connections into is about formal learning so there's this concern now that it's eighteen months on from the crisis that first resulted in these people playing to bangladesh and if something's not done soon around education that we lose a generation in terms of development and reaching their full capacity one thing that i don't really understand hopefully you can explain is why doesn't international organization or the united nations just provide that schooling in these camps why can't they just move forward and do that. yes i mean absolutely there a

some of her day there's middle east campaigns manager at amnesty international and she says their concern is that the female activists might be given a long prison sentences. today women's rights activists including luzhin and her floral as easily use of and imagine are facing the criminal court for potential charges against them and they've been arrested and held in detention for more both close to a year now where they were first targeted for their women's rights activism and for their peaceful activism and since then they face torture illtreat me.

there really needs to be more an amnesty international laws push forward the discussion it will certainly be reviewed many of these reported incidents whether they are strong claims of civilian casualties and the next weeks or months. the u.s. department of transportation as examining how the country's aviation regulations certified the boeing seven twenty seven max eight aircraft seven countries have the planes following two fatal crashes in five months. from washington. two fatal crashes of the brand new boeing seven thirty seven max eight months apart and every day it seems there are new troubling revelations the federal aviation administration is in charge of my. this plane is safe but now there are reports the f.a.a. said it didn't have enough money to check out all of the plane systems with its own employees so they asked boeing engineers to police them so. a controversial move but one that has some defenders. there is always a risk of delegating some of your direct sort of occasion authority over the aircraft design but you need the manufacturer's expertise they know their product

there really needs to be more and amnesty international laws push forward the discussion it will certainly be reviewed many of these reported incidents whether they are strong claims of civilian casualties and the next weeks or months. kazakhstan's president abruptly announced his resignation after twenty nine years in the job an assault on has led the central asian countries since the end of the soviet union in a televised address to the seventy eight year old explained that he had made a difficult decision didn't say why first year walker has more or you're going to. have led kazakstan for three decades and his decision to stand down is nothing short of historic in a region where leaders tend to be pushed out down in office that are here because of. you today always wrong in the most important moments in the history of our state which we are building together my address today is special i made an easy decision to step down as president of the republic of. london as a buyer of stewed chip starnes capital a stunner became a modern metropolis a country the size of western europe with a popu

amnesty international is accusing the us military of killing civilians in somalia the rights group analyzed satellite images from five hours of more than one hundred airstrikes and found at least fourteen civilians had been killed the u.s. military acknowledges that the number of strikes has tripled under the trouble ministration and says hundreds of fighters have been killed but it maintains that they have been no civilian casualties in the statement the u.s. military denied the accusations saying afrikan goes to extraordinary lengths to reduce the likelihood of civilian casualties exercising restraint.

international justice. takes a lot of takes a role here as as for amnesty we're also at equal to impose an arms embargo on israel until it basically abides by its international commitments and commitment the commitments to human rights and stops these by dishes against people that they occupied. now i want to go back to a point that mitchell barak made mr abu said that who is in charge in gaza now and do people i mean the i think they needed answers would be hamas but do people trust them given that they have suppressed demonstrations themselves criticizing them quite aggressively so who is in charge and if these protests do actually result result in some kind of a result who's going to be leading the people there were the short also to question is who is in charge and girls are they also is how the us hamas has been in charge of girls off with a post that will views in spite of the fact that there is something we called the palestinians consensus government but it has been absent from the gaza strip for more than a year no. since the attempted assassination on them and my point is that there were more protests

representative for amnesty international and she says saudi arabia is trying to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so it's a very strong statement by the u.n. and let's hope that it doesn't fall completely deaf is the saudi arabia saying that we've identified these eleven people and and this is a fair trial that we've invited some foreigners to even if so but if they have nothing to be afraid of then why not actually open it up why not allow for human rights observers for the u.n. themselves to come and to come in and observe for journalists the last time time again to the trial why don't they

a new report by amnesty international released tuesday found u.s. airstrikes have killed 14 civilians in somalia since 2017, despite government officials maintaining there have been no civilian casualties. u.s. air raids in somalia have steadily increased since trump came to office and authorized the use of targeted strikes against suspected al-shabab militants. according to the think tank new amamerica, at least 252 people have been killed in around two dozen u.s. airstrikes in somalia so far this year. the airstrikes could amount to violations of international humanitarian law and even constitute war crimes, according to amnesty international. at least 10 mimigrants traveling by boat died tuesday after their vessel sank off the libyan coast. at least one baby was among the dead according to libyan offificials. 17 peoeople were resescued.. the e migrants came from variois nations, including sudan and bangladesh. this is one of the survivors of the shipwreck. offe arrived in the middle the water. the e captain said we can't continue. the waves hit u

detained without cause many are abused and others are forcibly disappeared without a trace amnesty international says some of these violations amount to war crimes last december in sweden all sides agreed in principle to swap prisoners but the process has been stalled for months there were a number of talks that took place after stockwell and be as many families are still waiting for the parties to finalize the lists we know what come to agreement between the many parties on the release downs from the devout the conflict related . it's been four years since the saudi emirate of the coalition began its war against the hoodies on the samir doesn't expect an end anytime soon all she wants is for her husband to be released some of. their. force walking out on races. as. tempus foresightful thank you very much the president of the international boxing federation says he's stepping aside from his role amid a dispute that threatens to overshadow next year's elim picked games in tokyo businessman has been involved in the running of amateur boxing for more than twenty years but his election to the presid

international justice. takes a roar and takes a role here as as for amnesty we're also told to impose an arms embargo on israel until it basically abides by its international commitments and commitment the commitments to human rights and stops these by dishes against people that they occupied. now i want to go back to a point that mitchell barak made mr abu said that who is in charge in gaza now and do people i mean the i think the immediate answer would be hamas but do people trust them given that they have suppressed demonstrations themselves criticizing them quite aggressively so who is in charge and if these protests do actually result result in some kind of a result who's going to be leading the people there were the short also to question is who is in charge and girls are they also is how the us hamas has been in charge of girls of with opposed it will be used in spite of the fact that there is something we called the palestinians consensus government but it has been absent from the gaza strip for more than a year no. since the attempted assassination on them but my point is that there are protesters aga

amnesty international an organization focused on human rights around the world now amnesty itself is facing allegations of abuse and mistreatment by its own staff has honesty fall into the lowest point in its history do you think mr secretary-general . talks to al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm hala maher he'd seen this is the news our life until coming up in the next sixty minutes the nose have it the moos have it on the hour. another votes another rejection prime minister to resign may's breck's a deal is defeated a third time in the u.k. parliament. u.s. president donald trump threatens to calls the border with mexico next week accusing his southern neighbor of being soft on immigration. hundreds of thousands of protesters take to the streets cheerier demands are going to overhaul of the entire political establishment plus. we're just about to board a canadian air force medivac exercise operation find out next why this has become one of the deadliest peacekeeping operation in the u.s. history. the have everything gone supply and the u.k. would have left the european union

representative amnesty international she says saudi arabia is trying to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so it's a very strong statement by the u.n. let's hope that it doesn't fall completely deaf is the saudi arabia saying that we've identified these eleven people and this is a fair trial that we've invited some foreigners to even it so that if they have nothing to be afraid of then why not actually open it up why not allow for human rights observers for the u.n. themselves to come and to come in and observe for journalists the last time time again to the trial why don't they let them in as w

being in contact with diplomats with the media with international organizations including amnesty international for conducting human rights work. for calling for. greater women's rights and the ends of the guardianship is that the women say they were tortured and sexually harassed imprisoned the accused interrogators of subjecting them to electric shocks and whippings the saudi government denies the mistreatment human rights groups say the country's leadership is sending a dangerous message to dissidents these women have not been given access to lawyers they have not been able to see their families there has been a chilling effect all around saudi arabia on activism and women's rights the provisional release of the activists comes amid international criticism over the country's human rights record adding to the scrutiny is a murder of saudi journalist john markoff shogi and high profile cases of young women who fled to saudi arabia seeking asylum abroad while the saudi government is accused of using the court system to silence his critics the freedom of these activists and several others who's

doesn't fulfill completely whole legal requirements amnesty international so do your own forms export more prohibits arms transfers when there is reasonable suspicion they could be used in human rights violations and we have a committee that control of this port of arms and to make sure that when we support our arms and we don't buy your made any verbal. when you are confident despite criticism from human rights groups despite what the e.u. parliament has been saying about the need to stop these arms exports to saudi arabia that you haven't violated the criteria they told you for at least two or three times but you continue asking the same question that it seems this government is doing nothing they haven't continued was supported arms so no more no more laser guided bombs to saudi arabia at least was a contract that has to be how it was signed by the previous government and since then he has been another one related to the time i am asked the same question minister and the time we have left i'd like to look at developments concerning gibraltar. your government has made it clear that

from amnesty international thank you for joining us on this breaking news do appreciate it thank you. just another note on saudi arabia while away here the u.s. energy secretary has authorized several companies to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia this is coming from the reuters news agency which says the companies have requested the deals be kept secret the kingdom is planning to build two nuclear plants and russia south korea and the u.s. are all competing to strike a deal there are concerns it could fuel some sort of nuclear arms race though in the middle east let's talk to can really help in washington d.c. about this one that can be just a little background if you wouldn't mind and why this is a would be confirmed so controversial. yeah this is apparently something that the trumpet ministration has been working on very quietly for some time the reason for this secrecy the department of energy says when we did reach out to them they responded and said centrally what this will do is allow companies to kind of work ahead on these projects without actually shipping the eq