amy: i want to turn to one of the women amnesty international spoke to. entire family was killed in the strike. amy: margaret, y you also met wh ayat when you were in raqqa. can you talk about what reparations would look like anad whatat exactly you are callingnr ththe u.s. and the u.k. to do right now in terms of rebuildldg the city? >> there is no question that individual reparations are really, really important, particularly for women like ayat. we did meet with her in raqqa. depressed.cncredibly i think one of the forms of reparation is recognizing the trauma that many of the survivors in the city have gone theugh, the members of family that they have lost, and a sense of desperation they y fl about the future. but certainly, a clean place to live, not a building that is half destroyed is one thing. i think financial wherewithal, opportunities for work that would enable women and men to be able to provide for their families and to live in safety and security. and then of course, just the infrastructure and the services in the city. there's really n no

amnesty international have found the us weapons have been used in these airstrikes. evidence to use band like white phosphorus and cluster bombs and in those abuses the organizations those established by the un human rights council all parties have grave violations the war crimes and abuses those that are also engaged in those horrific abuses of widespread torture sexual abuse of secret prisons. and then it is clear this will notus come from the military involvement but instead focus our efforts on supporting you and that efforts to the cease-fire and humanitarian access it is critical to have that expansion of the area and influence of the extreme groups in the region but the military involvement doesn't help us in that regard. experts from across thelo aisle agree the escalation has increased the influence in yemen. the campaign is counterproductive to minimize the influence of iran and extreme groups. with allhe of these considerations in mind republicans and democrats in house twos' past senate joint resolution seven. president chose to veto this resolution. we r

laura hay is the research of amnesty international joins us now live from bangkok are you celebrating today. yet this is wonderful news for you and their families are they being imprisoned for over five hundred days five hundred days too many ultimately they should never have been in prison in the first place and this was a pretty shocking case actually about how the how the myanmar authorities treat journalists who try to try to report on military abuses by obviously yes we're very happy today for them but of course bring us up to speed with the general situation though in journalists they're not the only ones in jail correct. well the situation for journalists in myanmar and actually freedom of expression more generally is is really worrying i think we've seen in recent months and indeed years under the l.d.r. real erosion in the space of freedom of expression in the country at the moment the myanmar military is launching a massive offensive in raw and state against the arak an army and journalists reporting on the situation there are facing death threats being threatened in relatio

just one count how is those numbers and situations changed the numbers are much water snow amnesty international can confirm the number of i.d.p.'s in iraq is over 3000000 now there aki government has unfortunately been a part of the problem many of these internally displaced people who are displaced because of the actions of the iraqi government and militias affiliated with the iraqi government and their conditions. be bad because of the actions of the iraqi government many of the internally displaced people are taken through screening procedures would families are separated many of them up and arrested under suspicions of collaborating or walking for isis that are tens of thousands of iraqis who have been addressed at the last few years with no due process with no access to any. mostly based on a tip from an informant or other suspicions so there are for government is definitely a part of. the problem in many cases it is the reason behind the problem and reconstruction effort that was promised has not even started in many cases tell me about outside influence and i'll also ask you about this a

has denied his government kills its opponents he was responding to a report by amnesty international which says it has evidence of extrajudicial killings and torture involving government agents or latin america to see in human reports from caracas. for nearly 3 weeks catalina gado has been looking everywhere for her missing brother. kill bill gado is an opposition parliamentarian who was supposed to have legislative immunity he was eating in a sandwich shop when security forces took him away on april 23rd she says and he hasn't been seen since i really don't know where they are taught maybe they've done something to him and they want to hide it because at this stage he should at least have been presented before a judge my mother says that she feels that his son is still alive but that he's having a hard time. in the car on may 7th. the vice president of the national assembly was taken away by security forces car and all and hasn't been seen since his family too is demanding proof of life they have reason for concern. last year an opposition councilman to numb bloody bun allegedly jum

were deported forcibly and it's a migrant or asylum seekers from alta and the amnesty international has reported that they have been kept incommunicado and suffered systematic torture and they're also been instances where. some return refugees were deported from egypt at the same fate many of them are actually died some of the minutes to leave the country again so the the history of repatriation of course to depart ration two is. is not in favor of the recent government what i believe the written government should do rather now is to change the condition is that led to these people fleeing the country because we seem to forget that these are not some sort of economic migrants these are people who fled the country because of human rights violation because the open ended national service because of the repressive policies of the government in that area now is the situation back on changes i believe many of them with the interim the go back to an affair without even the government demanding it but as to the the. blame game between the unity are. there and government i'm not sure why it one

have been accused of supporting the persecution off homosexuals one of those is uganda where amnesty international says the country's community is commonly harassed and silenced by the government and police now we're going to talk to an l g b t campaign an advocate they in a moment but 1st let's listen to what people on the streets of kampala have to say about homosexuality the government of uganda should create a safe space for people who have the traits of homosexual homosexuality to you they'd be uneasy and all those who are maybe maybe quia but i think they should create for the mystery of space exactly or not because you cannot compare month to month when that is. month woman good shouldn't have created a man and a woman to have a living society tomorrow i know is there will be no one see what good are you gonna when you notice i don't like is a tool when people support homosexuality in uganda ugandans watching us we do not like it when we support homosexuality it is really bad i usually see them visit the prime minister and i'm told they want to meet the president i really don't support homo

well amnesty international has blasted several european union states saying they have failed to poll their obligations in regards to the arms trade treaty because they're selling weapons to saudi arabia with arms that will likely be used in the war in yemen the bar has been bouncing off european ports like a pinball this is a serious test of the country's resolve to uphold the obligations on the arms trade treaty and e.u. common position on arms exports several states have food this test in the space of just a few days now the concern is that some of these weapons could be being used on the front line in the war in yemen and could be being used against civilians now the yemen conflicts being ongoing out since 2014 around 10000 people have lost their lives in the conflict and millions have been pushed to the brink of starvation it's been described by the united nations as being the world's worst humanitarian disaster and the concern from amnesty international is that if it is possible that the weapons being sold by e.u. member states to saudi arabia are being used in any way to perpet

at the rights group amnesty international says it has evidence war crimes may have been can i say it in libya. or literally for have to has waged a 6 week long offensive to capture the capital tripoli from the un recognized governments and the cia has gathered the statements compiled satellite images which it says reveals unlawful rocket attacks on a neighborhood of tripoli well the group is calling for an international investigation and this is my deliverer is the deputy director for the middle east and north africa region at amnesty international she does join us now on skype wife from london thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us just start off by outlining what war crimes are using have been committed against civilians and by whom. so we have looked at a number of separate incidents that have occurred in the past over the past 6 weeks of the enemies of plants in tripoli and have identified particularly 3 incidents that have occurred between the 15th than the 17th of april in the. neighborhood of tripoli where we believe western shore areas residential neighborhoods wher

citing thank you for joining us i'm just looking at the campaign the release campaign the amnesty international is waging right now the 2 bloggers but the headline mauritania bloggers languish in detention 2 months after their arrest for condemning corruption how dangerous is it to do what they did to actually talk about corruption to block did they know that they might be incarcerated after doing that. thank you for having me it is indeed a dangerous. operation that these 2 journalists engage in the government of mauritania as we all know has has no qualms about committing criminality to protect itself to tighten its grip on on the power and these 2 have been in the opposite opposition in the past they have been in this gate of journalism and these these arrests signal that the merkin in government is avoided by the upcoming elections which are high stakes just imagine exposing here by the corruption and criminality in the highest spirits of government being exposed right before the elections that could have an impact on what's going on what's coming up soon there's a there we got this tweet f

but this week, groups led by amnesty international are curling on the israeli military to invoke thed to sell products over the, citing what it described as mounting evidence that tools are being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged users to update asa whatsapp has urged users to update as a precaution but this is a cyber attack nowhere the not because of how many people were affected but because of who those people may have been. i'm nowjoined byjane foley, who's a senior fx strategist at rabobank. good morning. you have been looking at this. do you use whatsapp smoke i do. so do i. now it is too early to say who many phones have been four dead and who has —— how many phones have been impacted. there are 1.5 billion users around the world so there is a lot of potential here. the inference in this story, and there are inferences because it is early days, is that it would be defenders of human rights likely to be targeted full. amnesty have released a statement and, really, they have indicated that the ns0 group, this is a statement from amnesty about the israeli manufactu

barbara ok will definitely try to confirm that but on a 2nd point we've had this report by amnesty international accusing the over a systematic policy of repression any reaction to it. there hasn't been any reaction from the president mahmoud or from other high ranking members of the government but i think it's safe to say that they will dismiss this as propaganda and international intervention because that is exactly what they've been saying up until now when the human rights of united nations. commission of course human rights for example issued a report a month ago saying more or less the same thing they didn't they rather dismiss these charges they say they're not true and they are very likely to say the same now while the opposition has long been claiming that they are victims of the government present shushan and what they call fines against humanity barbara so these are going to be an agreement on that the sea in human are latin america editor of the thank you north korea is demanding the return of its cargo ship that was seized by the united states kyung says the takeover. goes against t

her henschel muslims 2 years ago are being accused of committing more war crimes recently amnesty international says ethnic rebels are under attack by the man maher army's western command soldiers from the same units were suspected of genocide as 3 quarters of a 1000000 mainly minority rahel fled to bangladesh in 2007 writing has forced another 30000 people to leave this year. and kenya patients needing emergency care are often transferred to hospital by taxi or even bicycle rather than ambulance and the situation is worse and roll areas where medical services are in short supply and the latest in our series on 1st responders catherine sawyer reports from orang where motorcycles are now being used to help save lives. yet in the town of moore this lance has got a call the service is run by a local nonprofit organization that operates in remote villages across the country today the team starts off i join nina why removes home she's 6 months pregnant with her 2nd child and she's getting an ultrasound scan for the fust time. i'm happy to see my baby it's alive healthy and so playful next door sever

easy americas director of amnesty international joins us via skype from mexico city welcome to the program tell us more about your findings which focused on these attacks in january. well as international has been documented a great human rights presence is that as well as our experience you know in the last year we had 2 entities so it's tragic each other executions the use of torture are tainted dishes for quite some time now but particularly the 3 should the human rights violations there happen at the beginning of the year general the 1st time general to see if any american decisions of some of the east conflict france in terms of the greece of their response i am a horrible government adequate resources what we've seen the sign is there to practice an extrajudicial executions to cornish to ask who are opposed to it not remember well who are perceived to be opposed to the most of the people where executed by my forces particularly the special forces of the early bird police were targeting young people or even marginalized communities that were pretty spiky actually in some ways this is

it's been used repeatedly against human rights defenders including one of my colleagues at amnesty international so yes we are supporting the case to revoke and its export license until it has a better due diligence in place until we can get accountability for past violations . and hopefully get to make yes we get accountability for these kinds of kinds of nasty attacks ok so then what's your reaction to that to the news that. has been infiltrated by spyware. yes well this is a very tricky piece as i was going to talking for a little while but having a 0 collect possibility that this is a really important development around the vulnerabilities of human rights defenders and to be targeted by this stuff so it used to be that you need to you need to be sent a link so you would only get a text message of some sort of a bait content which is really social engineering and you get a link and you have to click on that link what's particularly scary about this new development is it's basically just a missed call on your whatsapp and this really invasive spyware could be on your phone now not all 1500000

they lived in exile the government has repeatedly denied responsibility for the disappearance amnesty international is now calling for an independent investigation into the alleged the killings let's go live on the web site about al-jazeera morgan is there let's start with the talks about what's the latest. are and closed session mean. in trying to resolve their issues we know that there's supposed to be a unity government rebates lies unity government that has to be formed on may twelfth this year but the opposition team which our site said that they needed six more months his team say that they're not sure that the security arrangements currently in place can guarantee his safety if he comes of course we remember intend to sixteen when war broke out when fighting broke out between the government forces and rick much us forces he had to flee and he's where even his camp is worried that this would happen again so at the moment they're not close they're meeting the government has invited direct much are to come back and from the unity government in time he says that he's not ready to do that if the

and b. $52.00 bombers through the region warning of an iranian threats the advocacy group amnesty international says it has evidence war crimes may have been committed in libya the war lords 24 have to has waged a 6 week long offensive to capture the capital tripoli from the un recognized government the group is calling for an international investigation why way has criticized the u.s. government decision to place its and 70 if its affiliates on a trade blacklist calling it unreasonable earlier president donald trump already us for and some using telecom equipment made by companies that he says threaten national security. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera we'll have more news for you in less than 30 minutes time that's coming up after the street. just a few months after journalist jim on a special she was killed another arab dissident was under threat norwegian security officials had to take him from his home and also know to a secure location after a tip that the saudis were targeting him. human rights activist. challenges iraq. ok and your in the strain today how can the so-called

this week amnesty international issued a report saying it had found evidence of extrajudicial executions arbitrary detentions and deaths and injuries due to excessive use of force by new class matilda's government especially earlier this year when venezuelans took to the streets demanding regime change. in january and february received many reports from working class areas where people fled their homes when the police special forces group arrived because they are an extermination camp people run for their lives because they aren't afraid of being arrested but they are being assassinated. them a little government is adamant that it does not persecute or exterminate opponents . but this 30 year old activist who asked not to be identified says she's terrified to appear before a judge next week in her home state of sulia where she is being accused of political crimes. when you're a political prisoner the treatment is much more harsh there are reports with foreign objects i've heard horrible testimony a police officer warned me that since my kids was political i had to prepare for the war so

have been accused of supporting the persecution off homosexuals one of those is uganda where amnesty international says the country's community is commonly harassed and silenced by the government and now we're going to talk to an l g b t campaign an advocate they in a moment but 1st let's listen to what people on the streets of kampala have to say about homosexuality the government of uganda should create a safe space for people who have the traits of homosexual viable most sexually tv's be uneasy and all those who are maybe maybe quia but i think they should create for them it's safe space exactly or not because. you cannot compare month to month when that is. man to woman good shouldn't have created a man and a woman to have a living society tomorrow i know is there will be no one see what good are you gonna what you know i don't like it's a tool when people support him his sexuality in uganda ugandans watching us we do not like it when we support homosexuality which is really bad i usually see them visit the prime minister and i'm told they want to meet the president i really don't support homo

and 12 months after the arrest of prominent women activists in saudi arabia amnesty international says it's been a year of shame. and sports staff curry has put in another game winning playoff performance for the golden state warriors scored $36.00 points against portland trailblazers in game one at the western operates finals. on the u.s. state department has ordered all non emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately the water follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups last week u.s. deployed warships to the gulf in a move it said was a message to iran and so will be speaking to us robbie in tehran. in just a moment 1st let's talk to rob matheson who is in baghdad so rob what is the latest with this this embassy warning. i'm not hearing our. so we at this point walt talk to the same bus ravi who is an tehran right now and we will try to establish a connection with robin just a moment so say what if with all this rhetoric that's going around what is the latest that we're hearing from iran. well supreme leader of the of the of come in a m

joining us now is omar waraich with amnesty international now omar after the april attack prime minister imran khan visited the has our community in quit and said the government was responsible for their safety but violence has been going on for years there and nothing seems to have changed why. well though this is exactly it we often get governments making these promises going to consult with victims and they actually only go because the victims purred sense that the treatment however we have seen of the government's kind of see them as a community they can be ignored. they aren't willing to confront their attackers. and so therefore they capitulate those business noise and in this little way what we read from the parson government easy comprehensive strategy on how to protect our community courts and its name by heriot's so it's just a lip service and you talk about the need for a comprehensive plan what do you think are some of the things that the government can be doing well i mean 1st of all it can begin by only holds in the perpetrators accountable we have not seen that we know who

have been accused off supporting the persecution off homosexuals one of those is uganda where amnesty international says the country's community is commonly harassed and silenced by the government and police we're going to talk to an l g b t campaign an advocate they in a moment but 1st let's listen to what people on the streets of kampala have to say about homosexuality. the government of uganda should create a safe space for people who have the traits of homosexual homosexuality and it's be uneasy and all those may be may be quite yeah but i think they should create for them is safe space instructor not views. you cannot compare month to month when that is. month woman shouldn't have created a man and a woman to have a living society tomorrow i know is there will be no one see what good are you gonna what you notice i don't like it's a tool when people support homosexuality in uganda ugandans watching us we do not like it when we support homosexuality it is really bad i usually see them visit the prime minister and i'm told they want to meet the president i really don't support homosexuals a.b.c.

legal advisor with amnesty international. thank you, jamie. >> thank you. >>> dozens of tornadoes are tearing through the american heartland and more destruction could be on the way. we'll have the forecast ahead. >>> derek will be by with that. a touch of politics. and a new winner. highlights from a new eurovision champion in tel aviv. tter peopl. and there's no better place to listen than audible. with audible you get a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. and now, you'll also get two audible originals: titles exclusively produced for audible. automatically roll your credits over to the next month if you don't use them, and if you don't like a book just swap it for free. enjoy 100% ad free listening in the car, on your phone or any connected device. and when you switch a device pick up right where you left off. with our commitment free guarantee, there's never been a better time to start listening to audible. the most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories, the best place to list

ago saudi arabia beheaded 37 citizen most of them minority executions across the country and amnesty international pointed out it's nothing more than a sham trial a young man convicted for a rally during the era of the spring and i have here a headline report michigan university a young man was beheaded in saudi arabia. a man who was a teenager was part of the democracy movement imprisoned by the authorities he had been attending one of the universities and he was beheaded. you also find they are detaining a number of citizen nationals for their activism on human rights they were seeking freedom in saudi arabia and so rather than holding the regime accountable, this administration is determined toe move forward n a secret way with providing nuclear assistance. they talk about providing the authority of the companiese to engage in the conversations even though they talked about acquiring nuclear weaponsri and raised the possibility of the nuclear fuel from their reactors on the border of the neighboring countries. so, madam president, instead of helping the saudis with their nuclear program and inc

and 12 months after the arrest of a prominent women activists in saudi arabia amnesty international says it's been a year of shame. the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately the order follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups last week the u.s. supplied warships in the gulf in a move it said was a message to iran well we'll be speaking to zain ravi in tehran but 1st let's go to rob matheson who is in baghdad rob do you have any lace any more for us on the this embassy warning that's been issues. at the moment the warning is as you mentioned before it's to all non-emergency stuff in the embassies here in baghdad which is a few 100 meters away from where i am but also to the consulate. as well the point is that the emergency stops are being asked to leave but all the other stuff the stuff for the deployment for the embassies and for the the consulate in bill are remaining and the other important thing to note is the fact.

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human rights watch amnesty international and belacat have found that the u.s. weapons have been used in these unlawful air strikes. there is evidence that the coalition has used banned and inherently indiscriminate weapons like white phosphorous and cluster bombs. the military conflict has produced staggering human rights abuses. the app international organizations and a special expert group established by the u.n. human rights council have found that all parties in the conflict have committed grave violations of human rights and the laws of war. houthi war crimes and abuses are staggering. however, reports indicated our -- are also engaged in abuses including widespread torture. for all these reasons, it is imperative that there be a speedy and peaceful conclusion to the conflict in yemen. it is clear, however, that this will not come from our military involvement. we must instead focus our efforts on supporting u.n.-led efforts to foster dialogue, a cease-fire, and humanitarian access. it is critical to prevent an expansion -- it is critical to prevent expans

and the rights group amnesty international says it has evidence war crimes may have been committed in libya. the warlords have to or has waged a 6 week long offensive to capture the capital tripoli from the un recognized governments of the state has gathered witness statements and compiled satellite images which it says reveal unlawful rocket attacks on a neighborhood of tripoli the group is calling for an international investigation well earlier we spoke to mark dillon i'm a crybaby who is deputy director of middle east and north africa at the city international she says several attacks have been launched on civilian areas and migrant attention censors. we believe best then szell area residential neighborhood where no obvious military target was identified where being targeted with unguided and precise. rockets we've also looked at 2 attacks that have struck my ground tension center. including an airstrike at a warehouse the city located in ringback the immediate vicinity of an immigration detention center as well as a direct attack against migrants and detention and refugee sorry be

just one camp how is those numbers and situations changed the numbers are much water snow amnesty international can confirm the number of i.d.p.'s in iraq is over 3000000 now there aki government has unfortunately been a part of the problem many of these internally displaced people who are displaced because of the actions of the iraqi government and militias affiliated with the iraqi government and their conditions. be bad because of the actions of the iraqi government many of the internally displaced people are taken through screening procedures would families are separated many of them are addressed to under suspicion of collaborating or walking for isis there are tens of thousands of iraqis who have been addressed the last few years with no due process with no access to any. mostly based on a tip from an informant or other suspicions so there are for government is definitely a part of. the problem in many cases it is the reason behind the problem and the reconstruction effort that was promised has not even started in many cases tell me about outside influence and i'll also ask you about this

as kaitlan collins now explains, amnesty international has another word for those policies.go, first time here. >> reporter: the last time hundred karyn prime minister victor orban met one on one a american president, bill clinton was in office. >> well, i am delighted to welcome prime minister orban. >> reporter: but orban, heavily criticized by human rights organizations, returned to the white house. >> it's a great honor to have with us the prime minister of hungary. >> reporter: both presidents george w. bush and president obama shunned orban, who was once seen as a promising reformer. his reputation changed as he pulled his nation closer to china and erected a razor wire fence. >> probably like me, a little bit controversial, but that's okay. that's okay. you've done a good job. and you've kept your country safe. >> reporter: under his leadership, amnesty international has criticized hungary for its systemic crackdown on the rights of refugees and migrants, its rollback on human rights, instances of excessive use of force by police at the border, and insufficient recogn