and if they're guilty they were punished it's a surprise that and with all due respect amnesty international their opinion does they say that the trials are inherently unfair it doesn't matter because it informs public opinion and public opinion around the world as you know is not exactly trusting what goes on in saudi arabia do you think played on the shelves by the same advice organisations who give accurate information about every country in the world or a state that has everything to lose if it admits to these human rights abuses i disagree with those willingness and we're going to believe i think that we have great relations with them with a large number of countries we have the presidency of the g 20 we're doing a lot of major projects and said we were doing a lot of reforms and to a great deal we're improving the standard of living of our people we're becoming quite of the global so what are you saying you don't care about what people think about your human rights say we don't have a problem with human rights we have a legal system we have laws that people have to obey if they don't obey th

coalition amnesty international says the men are being held on false charges calling for their immediate release. coming up. business as usual why some latin americans say they have no choice but to defy long sounds plus. it's the 50th anniversary of the apollo 13 mission one that became a story of survival against all odds. hello there still some very heavy rain across areas of indonesia particularly borneo out tools to marcia and i guess the last few days you've seen a fair amount of rain pushing across much of thailand cambodia and also these coastal areas of it am a similar story on monday some very heavy amounts of rain really throughout the gulf of thailand and you can see these dock abuse across much of sumatra and again across into borneo similar stories we go through tuesday again these rains across the areas of thailand not quite as heavy as we have seen monday and the rain a little bit like to choose as well across much of the west and then australia and new zealand will release new zealand bearing the brunt of the weather over the next few days a lot of clouds and storm syste

their abusers. that is why, we, in partnership with amnesty international and the international planned parenthood federationrotect the rights of women and girls during this crisis. it is important to know that these are obligations that are not suspended because of the crisis and countries and states must observe the most, because if not half the population is not going to receive effective protection. so one of the issues that the government ‘s address is the right to live free of violence, specifically taking into account that the lockdown measures can expose women and girls to more violence, including sexual violence, including sexual violence, for example, so in the list of measures we have included, we recommend, for example, that the judicial authorities consider an extension for protective measures, such as restraining orders, and also that there must be mechanisms or resources available for women to file complaints if they suffer from any kind of violence. and, selene, what kind of things are you seeing during this lock down? what kind of cases and what kind of statistics are using in terms of a ris

barbaric style executions en route math what do you make of their increase in executions in 21000 and do you think that amnesty international counted your friend jamal khashoggi in those figures for the year before. well a very good point indeed this regime in saudi arabia has cut the heads of 800 people in the short reign of the current king but it also caught my friend jamal khashoggi into little pieces not just being made but to cut them into little pieces but they haven't suffered any qualms or reputational. with the people the governor's the crown prince m.b.a.'s who everybody knows gave the order to trump up jamal khashoggi has just been given permission to buy an english premier league football team you console united so he's going to be swarming around in england taking the applause of the crowd whitewashing the terrible blood stain of his regime he's also still a bosom buddy the drummer but perhaps even closer as close as you could get without committing an offense with the president's son in law john cushion or he and the n.b.a.'s the crown prince of saudi arabia literally could not be closer this despite the fact

coalition amnesty international says the men are being held on false charges it's calling for their immediate release in jerusalem worshipers are unable to gather for easter sunday and passover services or cultural sites have been closed regardless of their religious affiliation and the easter service has taken place behind closed doors at the church of the holy sepak or one of christianity's most sacred sites or a force it is live for us in occupied east jerusalem sir harry even for a place which is no stranger to trouble like jerusalem this is a particularly somber easter. that's right i mean and of course jerusalem is very much the focal point of easter around the world it is of course according to the christian tradition the place where christ was crucified died and was reborn on easter sunday so for this easter to be being played out in in quite such an odd ways is certainly very jarring we were at the church of those earlier on on sunday morning built on the site said to have been where christ died and the custodian of the key was their idea a role that his family has played for some 85

have criticized his remarks with amnesty international calling them heartless and unjustifiable gloriously al-jazeera. still to come here on out as iran. forced from their homes by the dead's the ecuadorian city where there are just too many bodies to bury. and calls for the release of people how bright charges the coronavirus it's indian administered kashmir. how it's still ready or should sight reading again in turkey that has its effect in northern syria eventually cause the caspian in fact that area produced quite a deep layer of low pressure just east of the caspian sea as you say but we're probably more interested in the more populous areas in turkey the old syria north iraq which will see rain again but it's not as cold as it was a central iraq of example is 20 degrees and we're $22.00 in tehran south of all this where tempers are rising meccas at 40 the breeze is less than it was no i think will stay that way but the hint of it increasing it's more of a normal lose means it will feel a little bit colder cooler suppose in bahrain and qatar has come saturday and the rain is gone by that time also they were a sunny day throughout syria and most of

coalition amnesty international says the men are being held on false charges and has called for their immediate release. pakistan's military says 6 civilians have been injured during an attack by the indian army near the line of control in the disputed region of kashmir it says india launched artillery and mortar attacks causing it to respond fighting at the line of control has increased this week on sunday the indian army said it killed 5 pakistani backed fighters during a gun battle in which 5 foot soldiers were also killed both india and pakistan claimed the entire region now saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 13 space mission the one that was intended to culminate in a lunar landing but an explosion aboard left 3 astronauts fighting for survival it was what nasa called a successful failure on the lessons learned have inspired a new generation of astronauts why can't a house more. a barely audible occurring was an iconic phrase that became part of popular culture. say again please can we have a problem. the launch was routine this was to be the 3rd moon landing and t

year it's the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of a still if he's lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shalah ballasts. amnesty international has really is what it says is evidence of a u.n. arms embargo in south sudan is being violated the organizations and investigators to 12 military camps in siberia and sound new weapons concealment of arms and the continued to use of child soldiers all violations of peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir rebel leader right from the unity government in february after a 7 year war has killed hundreds of thousands of people. protests have been held in several lebanese cities for the 3rd straight night as people voiced surface trace and over the worsening economic situation demonstrators in the southern city of sidon threw a petrol bomb at a branch of the lebanese central bank its chief has defended the bank's role during the collapse of lebanon's currency. still ahead here on al-jazeera the surprising reason a cave of 900 that scene being developed in britain might be delaying. the manufacturer boeing feels the pinches demand for global aviation grinds to a halt those s

year it's the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of a still if he's lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shalah ballasts. amnesty international has released evidence of multiple violations of u.n. arms embargo in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february and found new weapons concealment of arms and continued use of child soldiers all violations of a peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir and rebel leader right which are formed a unity government in february after a 7 year war in which hundreds of thousands of people died. been protests in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight night has crowds voiced surface trace and over the worsening economic situation demonstrators in the southern city of sidon threw a molotov cocktail as a branch of the lebanese central bank its chief has been defending the bank's role during the collapse of lebanon's currency. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the surprising reason the covert 19 vaccine being developed in britain might be delaying it. and as a grapples with rising covert 19 exactions qatar starts producing its own ventilat

their neighbours dundee, who did a u—turn and backed the proposal. but partick thistle plan to take legal action, after being relegated. amnesty internationally to the prospect of newcastle united being taken over by a consortium including a large saudi arabia interest. they say the reputation of the club — and the city — could be brought into question, given saudi arabia's appalling human rights record. they're concerned that the deal may not be given the appropriate level of scrutiny, with attention diverted by the coronavirus crisis. we know that the saudi arabian government has been attempting to use the glamour and prestige of sport for over a year now to distract and detract from their terrible humans write record, and thatis terrible humans write record, and that is what we call a sport washing, so a reflected glow of high profile events shining the light away from the kind of things they get uppity in their country. we would call an app slightly everybody involved in this deal, the premier league, newcastle fans and the current owners to be completely aware of who they're going into business with, and what saudi arabia represent at

but 2 it turned out their being black mercenaries who were african guest workers that gadhafi had invited to work in libya these were not mercenaries at all in fact amnesty international which initially had all disli were delayed or stayed there was no evidence of black mercenary this lie was important the candidate didn't think one it helped pave the way for the intervention which destroyed it or not of civilians to days like stir which killed the house has to be but also this law and help it's just pouring on an anti african and it anti black sentiment military and so during and after the nato intervention used to offer genocide against africa and to ask for african guest worker to hold and they will you change the entire black towns were to obvious laded by the forces of the us the warden and he and they had to just protect that these were a legit black person aires meanwhile as we know on the streets to libya for the 1st time in memory african guest workers in other african brought into libya are being stalled on the streets before $100.00 of being just as slate this was the result of the humanitarian intervention carried out by the u.s. under obama and encouraged

their movement restrictions which relied heavily on tracking technology so how far should we be willing to give up rights like privacy and freedom to associate for the greater good. he is amnesty international's a deputy director for europe welcome to day w i want to do the speed and severity of the various movement restrictions are around the world of course understanding problems. well indeed that i mean if the international law is serving with a lot of. recourse and those are worrying about the new measures that are being introduced that this let's be honest i mean these it's measure of the not come as a surprise on this year's launch today it's a 2009 the. border for europe and we can already see this science of what this coming through in the report because they the companies that have been the more. the most affected they are more. prominent in that as of late interview she is surveillance measures and restricting the freedoms at the time of the virus have already being identified in the course of 2015 and in the in the past years in some cases in fact excuse all for introducing health measures as being a tool tool or a strict individual freedoms freedom of the press to undermine the ju

declared their closure and said the oil revenue was going to what i called militias in tripoli the fields under blockade account for more than 80 percent of libya's oil production. amnesty international's released evidence of multiple violations of a u.n. arms embargo this is in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february and found new weapons concealment of arms and continued use of child soldiers 'd all violations of a peace deal that required disarmament president salva kiir the rebel leader in the shower formed a unity government in february after 7 years of war which killed hundreds of thousands of people germany has banned the iranian backed group hezbollah and made it a terrorist organization police have been conducting early morning raids across the country and detained suspected members of the group germany's been facing pressure from the u.s. and israel to ban has a law we spoke to rami khouri about the senior public policy fellow an adjunct professor of journalism at the american university of beirut who says this raid shouldn't come as a surprise to has below. germany in all of europe kept an eye on hezbollah and its allies on this membe

their plans especially after this set back they suffered in the worst of libya especially after they lost control of several strategic cities along the highway linking the capital tripoli to the borders amnesty international has released evidence of multiple violation of a u.n. arms embargo in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february they found new weapons can film and arms and continued use of child soldiers all violations of a peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir of the revelator it was shuffled to unity government in february. in the news ahead why brazil's supreme court has blocked the president's choice for the top job of police chief to fly past in a promotion for british war veterans it turns 100 captain tom moore who raised more than $37000000.00 for the national health service. how the weather is looking fine and dry for good parts of northern china now and pushing up across the korean peninsula and over towards japan still a chance of one of 2 showers into the fall north of japan nothing too much to speak up but they will be there nevertheless temperatures responding nicely to the sunshine tokyo getting up to 25 celsius asako similar v

committed their crime amnesty says there are $184.00 executions in saudi arabia that's a rise of more than 20 percent executions also rose in iraq south sudan and yemen. well watson is an international lawyer and legal advisor on the death penalty for amnesty international report on the global use of the death penalty indicates that new executions continue to decline globally we also saw a lack of transparency on the use of the death penalty in many retention is countries and there are positive signs you know it was global operation of the death penalty despite traits by some retentions countries to undermine this all the decline of global executions known executions e'squus in china decreased by our 5 percent from. 690 executions which we recorded in 28 in 2657 executions in 20 nights in these continues a year on year reduction since june of 15 and it's reflects a 10 year. it's also important soon to emphasize that it's because it's getting countries remained the same at 20 and you know this decrease accords you know despite significant increases in 2 major exporting countries iraq. and saudi arabia . in saudi arabia for example it's a 4 executions where carried out in 21000 this w