more now i'm joined by killeen long she is in london and she is with the human rights group amnesty international she is a researcher on me in mart's good to have you on the program amnesty says that this is an option is moment for me and more what are your fears for the people there to not libya and the bit broader political crackdown they concerned about human rights defenders in general about activist civil society and generalists as well as the humanitarian situation in the country where over 300000 people are displaced and we're not sure what the story is yet with aid access under the military. we understand world leaders they have condemned the military's actions what can the international community do at this point what do you expect them to do we're hoping that it will stay strong action and obviously we had a. good and security council convened yesterday and didn't fail to come out with a statement and we hope to see something stronger than that we're calling for i.c.c. referral for the situation in the entire country and these are really extraordinary circumstances and they were in a very s

now i'm joined by kaylee long's she is in london and she is with the human rights group amnesty international she is a researcher on me and bards good to have you on the program amnesty says that this is and in this moment for me and more what are your fears for the people there to know well being and the broader political crackdown they concerned about human rights defenders in general about activist civil society in general as well as the humanitarian situation in the country where there are 300000 people are displaced and we're not sure what the story is yet with 8 accents under the military. we had to stand world leaders they have condemned the military's actions what can the international community do at this point what do you expect them to do. we are hoping that it will take strong action and obviously we had. it and security council convened yesterday and didn't fail to come out with a statement and we hope to see something stronger than that we're calling for i.c.c. referral for the situation in the entire country and these are really extraordinary circumstances and they were in a very s

and let's bring in kelly long who research just me on march amnesty international she joins us now from london thank you so much for joining us on the program we're seeing these fresh protests and demands for release of aung sang suu kyi how do you see the situation developing and do you have any more information about 60 very dangerous situation in myanmar at moment and it deserves top billing in the international community in terms of our sons who she was delusional where she's being held as is the case that many others there's been this pains and they've been sleeping or it's at least $220.00 and there were reports or overnight which was seeking to confirm at the moment so the number of people who have been detained is isn't very high and the situation there is very combustible as we've seen the use of intentionally lethal force against purchases and it's really just an example. tell us a little bit more about that because the military for its part it denies that lethal force is being used systematically but you know we we've heard in our piece that your organization amnesty says tha

still fresh in people's minds and let's bring in kelly along who research just me on march amnesty international she joins us now from london thank you so much for joining us on the program we're seeing these fresh protests and demands for release of aung sang suu kyi how do you see the situation developing and do you have any more information about sochi very dangerous situation in myanmar moment and it deserves top billing in the international community in terms of our sons who she was delusional where she's being held as is the case that many others who have been to spain's and they've been sleeping or it's at least 220 and there were reports of the night which was seeking to confirm at the moment so the number of people who've been detained is isn't very high and the situation there is very combustible as we've seen the use of intentionally lethal force against purchases and it's really just unacceptable. tell us a little bit more about that because the military for its part it denies that lethal force is being used systematically but you know we we've heard in our piece that your organization a

military rule is still fresh in people's minds frank a long who research as me on more for amnesty international she joins us now from london thank you so much for joining us on the program we're seeing these fresh protests and demands for release of aung sang suu kyi how do you see the situation developing and do you have any more information about switching it's very dangerous situation in myanmar moment and it deserves top billing in the international community in terms of our sons that she was delusional where she's being held as is the case that many others there's been this seems and they've been sleeping or it's at least 220 and there were reports overnight which we're seeking to confirm at the moment so the number of people who've been detained is a very high and the situation there is very combustible as we've seen the use of intentionally lethal force against purchases and it's really just an example. tell us a little bit more about that because the military for its part it denies that lethal force is being used systematically but you know we we've heard in our piece that your organization

more now i'm joined by keeley long she is in london and she is with the human rights group amnesty international she is a researcher on me in mart's good to have you on the program amnesty says that this is and in this moment for me and more what are your fears for the people there tonight libya and the bit broader political crackdown they concerned about human rights defenders in general about activist civil society and generalists as well as the humanitarian situation in the country where by the 300000 people are displaced and we're not sure what the story is yet with aid access under the military we understand world leaders they have condemned the military's actions what can the international community do at this point what do you expect them to do we're hoping that they will say stronger action and obviously we had there has been security council convened yesterday and didn't fail to come out with a statement and we hope to see something stronger than that we're calling for i.c.c. for a feral situation in the entire country and these are really extraordinary circumstances and they were in a very

and let's get more now we're joined by kaylee long she joins us from london from the human rights group amnesty international says she's a researcher on me on mar welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us and we understand that amnesty says this is an ominous moment for me on maher what are your fears for the people there people on the ground obviously communications has been patchy then people are really worried and man man has such a history of racial military dictatorships and so there are a lot of people that it's serious a lot of bills and you can see that in the response from the international community and it's the situation as always this is fluid and kind of unclear at the moment that this is definitely cause for concern for a new military that has such a bad track record with human rights into unity indeed you've mentioned the reaction world leaders have of course condemned to the military actions but what can the international community really do. this is really going to be a critical moment and a big test for the international community that we see in. international accountabili

deportation and speak to katrina jury in more of who is the executive director of amnesty international malaysia she's vice kuyt from kuala lumpur thank you very much for being with us so the temporary stay that was granted by the court earlier came as a surprise to many people what is your reaction 1st of all to the malaysian government's decision to deport these people back to myanmar in defiance of the court order i think you so much for having me on so we believe that with a court order to be deported would be seen if you're shocked to be horrified at the government when the deportation i think to me it is absolutely cross to do so before any scrutiny of the decision human rights groups community the u.n. has been calling. for access to the people on the list so that they can determine if they are anyone who will be at risk. and so it is this is absolutely devastating so a total of 1086 people i understand deported to myanmar who exactly are these people and what's the reason the malaysian government is giving for sending back this specific group are they bred fiji's people with refugee status amo

well katrina jury and the executive director of amnesty international malaysia she says it's unacceptable that migrant detentions and deportations have been happening there under a shroud of secrecy. it is absolutely cruel to do so before any scrutiny of the decision human rights groups are international community the u.n. has been calling for over a week for access to the people on the list so that they can determine if they are anyone who will be at risk. and so you know this is absolutely devastating so the question of who is on this list are has been exactly what we have been demanding so the authorities have said that no one is at risk of it how have they me that i'm an asian when they have not of the u.n. to access the individuals on that list are they denied you would need to access for one and a half years to detention centers and so we have information that there are people on the list with you when documents there are children who are maybe separated from their families and they're also asylum seekers and so i mean the authorities are insisting that those who are deported agreed

international condemnation and open disobedience jamar as military appears determined to undo the course of the country's past to change. earlier we spoke to caylee long she's a myanmar researcher from human rights group amnesty international we asked her about her fears for the people in myanmar and about what she expects from the international community will be and the bit broader political crackdown they concerned about human rights defenders in general about activist civil society and generalists as well as the humanitarian situation in the country where over 300000 people are displaced and we're not sure what the story is yet with aid access under the military really hoping that it will take strong action and obviously we've had there has been security council convened yesterday and didn't fail to come out with a statement and we hope to see something stronger than that we're calling for i.c.c. referral to the situation in the entire country and these are really extraordinary circumstances and they were in a very serious response. hospitals across portugal have been overwhelmed by what has become one of the world's worst kovac 19 outbreaks now a team of german military medical staff has traveled to the c

she's baking traditional uzbek food for azimjan. with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kyrgyzstan, amnesty international and human rights watch stepazimjan to be released on health grounds. he is 69 and considered to be at risk. the kyrgyz government told the bbc: azimjan was buried in uzbekistan on the muslim festival of eid al—fitr. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. hello there. the weather is going to be turning increasingly wet across western areas of the uk, thanks to an area of low pressure. this area of low pressure, in fact. and this cloud you can see here associated with the low is a weather front, a particularly slow—moving front. it's going to be bringing rain for some for the next couple of days. rainfall totals building up, then, but the wettest weather will always be over high ground — so the moors of southwest england, the brecon beacons, snowdonia, the cumbrian fells, northern ireland generally, and across southern and western scotland, particularly the highlands and the southern uplands. so we could see some localised flooding building in. the rain is beginning

she's baking traditional uzbek food for azimjan. with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kyrgyzstan, amnesty international and human rights watch stepimjan to be released on health grounds. he is 69 and considered to be at risk. the kyrgyz government told the bbc: azimjan was buried in uzbekistan on the muslim festival of eid al—fitr. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. hello. much milder air is now moving in across the uk. just a massive difference from what we have had for the past week. it has not been good weather for ducks because a lot of stuff has been frozen, but now it will be this week because, well, it is back to rain. radar picture, which has so often been full of white for snow in the past week, shows the milder air is coming with outbreaks of rain. and there will be more to come as we go through the week. as we go on through the night, the rain becomes confined to the east and south—east of england, showers to northern ireland and western scotland. those really strong winds, particularly in western scotland, that we have now slowly easing. initially quite chilly across

scenes a myanmar researcher from the human rights group amnesty international we asked her about the fears for the people in myanmar and about what she expects from the international community. and the big broader political crackdown they concerned about human rights defenders in general about activist civil society on generalists as well as the humanitarian situation in the country where over 300000 people have displaced and we're not sure what the story is yet with aid access under the military we're hoping that it will stay strong action and obviously we had. been security council convened yesterday and didn't fail to come out with a statement and we hope to see something stronger than that we're calling for i.c.c. referral for the situation in the entire country and these are really extraordinary circumstances and they were in a very serious response. embassy national scale a long hospitals across portugal have been overwhelmed by what has become one of the world's worst cope with 19 outbreaks now a team of german military medical staff has traveled to the country to help and its battle against a fierce 3rd wave of the coronaviru

this is especially true for female politicians a study by amnesty international india states that the more visible a politician is the more abuse she receives the human rights organization had analyzed tweets directed at $95.00 indian female politicians and found that every 7th message was offensive or abusive. a german news magazine recently found that 64 percent of women in the german parliament have been targeted by hate speech most of it online and in europe 58 percent of all women who participated in the survey had encountered threats and abuse on social media on the whole women across the globe face much heavier attacks the men when he spoke about it asked me against women we talk about blackmailing we talk about invading privacy we talk about sexual harassment this type of harassment are not experienced by men clearly there are huge differences in how women are targeted as opposed to men what can women do as i have to learn how to cope with the hateful messages now she gives advice to other women in online courses 1st of all. try not to drown and that hate because once you start reading you want to read more and then friends

she's baking traditional uzbek food for azimjan. with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kyrgyzstan, amnesty international and human rights watch step to be released on health grounds. he is 69 and considered to be at risk. the kyrgyz government told the bbc: azimjan was buried in uzbekistan on the muslim festival of eid al—fitr. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. hello. the temperatures in the isles of scilly reached ten celsius on saturday evening — the first time we've had double figures in the uk in a week. so the sun is now setting on this spell of bitterly cold weather. for all of us in the week ahead, things will be much milder. we'll notice it by day and by night. but it means the return of spells of rain on what will be quite a blustery week. already as sunday begins, milder air is nudging into western parts. for many of us, it's one last cold morning as temperatures hover close to freezing. there is a bit of wet weather moving in from the atlantic, and for scotland and northern england, there's a chance of seeing some freezing rain, rain that freezes instantly as it hits

she is baking traditional uzbek food. with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kurdistan, amnesty international and human rights watch stepbe released on health grounds. —— kyrgyzstan. he is 69 and considered to be at risk. the kyrgyz government told the bbc: azimjan was buried in afghanistan on the muslim festival of eid. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. hello there. for most of us, this weekend is going to feel bitterly cold. that's because we'll have very strong winds. it's going to be windy, pretty much both saturday and sunday. but by the end of the weekend, we'll start to see some milder air making inroads, particularly across more western parts. but we start this morning off on a settled and bright note across eastern areas. windy and very cold, mind you. further west, for northern ireland, some disruptive snow to move in through the morning period. accumulations up to 5—10 cm and that snow will be blowing around and the strong winds drifting in places. the snow will then slowly move eastwards, affecting western parts of scotland, into wales and the south—west o

well let's get more on this now from gigo she's the director of amnesty international nigeria and joins us live from a booth via skype skits have you wear this on the news there is quite an alarming surge in violence that we've seen over the last few months how do you explain this what's happening what's causing the surge in violence. it's quite a worrying trend very sad because it just shows how desperate 3 the security situation is in nigeria at the moment what is and what tends to stress right now is that the latest abductions have not when. or not the nigeria while in the pa abduction of school children women and girl has been vocal in areas controlled by boko are on when not a lot of kidnappings and not the hottest mean in other parts of mother nigeria and what this tells us is that the general is security situation which we have to last many times with the authorities but when you find. in some part of the. 27th you think he literally you need to display the community that creates have all that the response the security reform that is needed has not been adequately provided and th

this is especially true for female politicians a study by amnesty international india states that the more visible a politician is the more abuse she receives the human rights organization had analyzed tweets directed at $95.00 indian female politicians and found that every 7th message was offensive or abusive a german news magazine recently found that 64 percent of women in the german parliament have been targeted by hate speech most of it online and in europe 58 percent of all women who participated in the survey had encountered threats and abuse on social media on the whole women across the globe face much heavier attacks the men when you talk about us and against women we talk about blackmailing we talk about invading privacy you would talk about sexual harassment this type of harassment are not experienced by men clearly there are huge differences in how women are targeted as opposed to men what can women do as well given the had to learn how to cope with the hateful messages now she gives advice to other women in online courses 1st of all. try not to drown and that hate because once you start reading you want to read more and

this is especially true for female politicians a study by amnesty international india states that the more visible a politician is the more abuse she receives the human rights organization had analyzed tweets directed at $95.00 indian female politicians and found that every 7th message was offensive or abusive a german news magazine recently found that 64 percent of women in the german parliament have been targeted by hate speech most of it online and in europe 58 percent of all women who participated in the survey had encountered threats and abuse on social media on the whole women across the globe face much heavier attacks the men when he spoke about it us against women we talk about blackmailing we talk about invading privacy we talk about sexual harassment this type of harassment are not experienced by men clearly there are huge differences in how women are targeted as opposed to men what can women do as well given i had to learn how to cope with the hateful messages now she gives advice to other women in online courses 1st of all. try not to drown and that hate because once you start reading you want to read more and then frie

this is especially true for female politicians a study by amnesty international india states that the more visible a politician is the more abuse she receives the human rights organization had analyzed tweets directed at $95.00 indian female politicians and found that every 7th message was offensive or abusive a german news magazine recently found that 64 percent of women in the german parliament have been targeted by hate speech most of it online and in europe 58 percent of all women who participated in the survey had encountered threats and abuse on social media on the whole women across the globe face much heavier attacks than men when you talk about us or against women we talk about blackmailing we talk about invading privacy you would talk about sexual harassment this type of harassment are not experienced by men clearly there are huge differences in how women are targeted as opposed to men what can women do as well given the had to learn how to cope with the hateful messages now she gives advice to other women and online courses. first of all. try not to drown in that hate because once you start reading you want to read more

let's get more on this joining us now is serene todd ross in new york she's the deputy director of advocacy at amnesty international shereen tad ross how should people with vested interests in gauge with what's going on inside the country they should take the situation extremely seriously because we have seen this play out before and this is not the 1st time the military in myanmar have executed a coup we saw what happened last time we saw the widespread violence the extrajudicial executions that took place under the hands of the security forces there are hundreds of thousands of people across the country right now whose lives and whose liberty are extrinsic and there is a very small window look at unity for the international community to finally do the right thing and exert the pressure that it shouldn't done years ago on the military to bring them back in line what countries have got more leverage with the military . there's no doubt that we've seen countries in the region including china have a direct line to authorities in myanmar and that's why it's really important when you look at forums like the un security

this is especially true for female politicians a study by amnesty international india states that the more visible a politician is the more abuse she receives the human rights organization had analyzed tweets directed at $95.00 indian female politicians and found that every 7th message was offensive or abusive a german news magazine recently found that 64 percent of women in the german parliament have been targeted by hate speech most of it online and in europe 58 percent of all women who participated in the survey had encountered threats and abuse on social media on the whole women across the globe face much heavier attacks than men when you talk about us or against women we talk about blackmailing we talk about invading privacy you would talk about sexual harassment this type of harassment or not it is. clearly there are huge differences in how women are targeted as opposed to men what can women do as well given i had to learn how to cope with the hateful messages now she gives advice to other women in online courses. first of all. try not to drown and hate because once you start reading you want to read more and then friends tha

this is especially true for female politicians a study by amnesty international india states that the more visible a politician is the more abuse she receives the human rights organization had analyzed tweets directed at $95.00 indian female politicians and found that every 7th message was offensive or abusive a german news magazine recently found that 64 percent of women in the german parliament have been targeted by hate speech most of it online and in europe 58 percent of all women who participated in the survey had encountered threats and abuse on social media on the whole women across the globe face much heavier attacks by men when we talk about women we talk about blackmailing we talk about invading privacy we talk about sexual harassment these type of harassment are not experienced by men clearly there are huge differences in how women are targeted as opposed to men what can women do as i have to learn how to cope with the hateful messages now she gives advice to other women in online courses 1st of all. try not to drown and that hate because once you start reading you want to read more and then friends that sending you thin

amnesty international's decision was correct or not. hundreds of top academics have signed an open letter demanding that a french minister quit after she called for an investigation into so-called islamic left in education now the tamas becoming an increasingly popular way to describe an alliance between progressives and muslims that some believe we can society. i think that this lama left his muse eating a widow society as a whole and universities are not immune and a part of our society well she also highlighted that the investigation ng to determine the difference between academic research and militant activism or opinion and universities the minister's remarks come on the back of legislation that critics say is anti islamic including a new law against radicalism that allows greater oversight of wasps and religious schools in october another french minister claimed islamic leftism was wreaking havoc on the country's higher education facility is what we asked people in paris what they thought about the proposed inquiry. the more. we have to i think the government is open least lama folded the media all say the same the bitterness tow

in news from honduras, amnesty international is calling for an investigation into the death of 26-year-old nursing student keyla martinez. sheed in police custody on saturday night after being arrested for breaking a covid-19 curfew. police claimed she died by suicide but federal authorities are now investigating her death as a murder. the associated press reports federal prosecutors have requested seven police officers be turned over to investigators. in labor news, amazon workers in alabama are continuing to vote on whether to become the first unionized amazon warehouse in the united states. "the intercept" is reporting amazon is paying a consultant with ties to the koch others $3200 a day to thwart the unionization drive. the consultant, russell brown, is the president of the koch-backed center for independent employees and the head of rwp labor, which claims it helps companies with "maintaining a union free workplace." amazon is headed by jeff bezos, one of the world's two richest men. anti-nuclear activist clare grady reported to prison on wednesday. in 2018, she and six other plowshares activists broke into the kings b

she is also the united nations rapporteur on extrajudicial executions. and in march, agnes becomes secretary general of the human rights organisation amnesty international.me to you also, agnes, and to my questioners, and to you, of course, wherever you are watching this programme. don't forget you too can join the conversation at #bbcglobalquestions. let's get down to our first question from alexander from texas in the united states, but is currently here in london. alexander, what do you want to ask our two panellists? thank you for having me today, zeinab. . i think my question is, - does big tech pose a danger to society, and if so, - what should policymakers do to solve this - potential problem? ok, let's just keep this one simple, then, at the outset, kara — does it pose a danger to society? well, it is a little broad a question. lot of things pose a... do cars pose a danger to society? in some cases, they do and in some cases they don't. but the first thing i'd like to say is there is no such thing as big tech. i think it's sort of a shorthand that media and regulators use. there is a lot of big tech companies and some are more dangerous than othe

amnesty international. we also invited the spokes person further prime minister that since person is on the road right now we've been communicating via whatsapp and she sent me a pretty substantial statement which you included in this conversation and also a few on huge you of course you can be part of the show any time jump into the comics section in utica be part of this show didn't start with the 1st part of the statement from the prime minister's spokesperson and this i said the psammead i split a tear gas and and she's talking about any armed confrontation it is bound to destabilize the license civilians box the federal government is supporting provisional administration and functioning systems and service delivery so that civilians are being taken care of said expecting civilians to be in a diet situation but the government is there to help them let's 1st of all talk about the situation sick or rice as far as you can tell come straight still happening in the north of ethiopia. yes there is there are mounting reports that fire thing is indeed ongoing across the region in different parts of the great however and this does contrast somewhat with t

she was a powerful advocate for women's rights and releasing her was the right thing to do. reporter: washington also says in no mugger shares intelligence with the saudi led coalition in yemen. amnesty internationalnd human rights watch state long-overdue reforms are a bittersweet victory, when the women who champion government in prison, or facing unfair trials. in the latest reforms announced by the crown prince, he acknowledged that the judicial system had created pains for women. he did not mention her or other specifically. she may be out of prison, but according to her sister she is not yet free. she will remain on probation and is not allowed to leave the kingdom. anchor: the world health organization has backed the use of astrazeneca's covid-19 vexing after questions about his effectiveness amongst older people and against new variants. experts say while it may offer less protection, they are confident it guards against severe disease. south africa suspended use of the vaccine just this week. >> we recommend for the vaccine to be used in people 18 years and above without an upper leg that change limit. that is people over 65 years of age should be given vaccine. the recommendation. even a

to britain and fight to get her citizenship back she remembered them ran away to syria as a teenager and married and i still find. amnesty international says a massacre of civilians during last year's conflict in ethiopia is a great reach and could amount to a crime against humanity a report by the rights group says soldiers from eritrea systematically killed hundreds of people in the city of oxen in november ethiopian government says its human rights commission is investigating crimes during the conflict john baptista gallopin the roach the amnesty reports he says witnesses have described the harrowing scenes. the killings took place in retaliation for an attack by his ball group of prove the p.l.o. fighters are supported by the local use. and rockets. and team response to this attack the imaging forces called reinforcement and then proceeded to shoot pointedly at civilians on the streets using sniper rifles and machine guns people describe harrowing scenes of of people running and being shot in the back or people being you know no one behind the other and executive executive by every trained soldiers in addition we train soldiers ca

she was throwing stones at the riot police. the military also says the bullet that killed her is not the same ammunition used by police. amnesty international accuses police of firing live ammunition into the crowd. they investigated this photo from afb news agency and says it was taken across the road from protesters. according to amnesty's reporting, a police officer is holdsing an oozy. cnn cannot independently verify the image and it is unclear what killed her. the police will handle the investigation. supporters lined the streets of her funeral procession sunday. a symbol of the pro democracy movement. her sister said she will be back out on the streets after the mourning period and has a message. >> translator: we do not hate the individual soldier. please, don't side with the thieves, with the civilians. don't bully us even if you can't join us. >> reporter: she is the first casualty in myanmar's fight for democracy. two more deaths over the weeken. >> reporter: the state media has reported on the case as well saying there was a state administration council this week leader, and they discussed this particular protest. they're pointin