this is a case about a young man who was a young age anwar ibrahim and he alleged that he was forcednonconsensual sex with his employer that is a very serious charge. that's why the prosecution took it seriously. that's why there is a prosecution at all. it isn't just the prosecution for sodomy. it was because it was sexual assault. that is why it went so far. that is why it went through the allegation was first made in 2008. the trial has been going on from 2010 until now and it's finally went through the whole process. >> when we have amnesty international and human rights watch within the last few hours saying this is a traverse city of justice and politically motivated and australian government among others saying that there has been a conspiracy here have they been hoodwinked all of these people by anwar ibrahim's case and talking about his innocence? >> i think that generally internationally there is an eagerness to accept the case that the opposition has been putting not just in this but everything. i mean the narrative really has been the same since 1998 when anwar ibrahim's

of charges of having sex with a male assistant and anwar ibrahim say it's politically motivated anded the court of being partners in crime for the murder of judicial independence and integrity, he vowed to continue his struggle. and we report. >> reporter: hundreds of people arrived at malaysia top court on tuesday morning, chanting their slogans and waving party flags in support of anwar ibrahim, the convicted leader of the opposition. the former deputy prime minister arrived with his family friends and party officials. together they heard the five meniscal led by chief justice dismiss anwar ibrahim's appeal and court ruled there was overwhelming evidence he sodomized his personal assistance in 2008. news of the victim and the upholding of the five-year sentence angered his supporters. >> i'm just disgusted by how they will do anything in the power to bring down one man in the country up to like raping the whole judiciary system. >> some say that we need to have a good argument good evidence and it's up to the judges. >> reporter: the government issued a statement, the police repor

anwar ibrahim jailed after a conviction for sodomy. the ruling party bjp the anticonstruction adne party. plus. >> i'm imtiaz tyab, in the occupied settlement of hebron imposing taxes on their palestinian neighbors. >> pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine says they have surrounded a town called debaltseve. many believe are strategically important. fight arers have caught off the main supply road into this government-held down which is in between the separatist towns of luhansk and donetsk. the ukrainian army denies this happening. says there is still fighting going on. charles stratford in the opportunity of ooglegorsk, i don't know if you can determine if the town is taken over by the pro-russians but there is a battle going on i would guess. >> just to clarify we are in a town yanakev-e near the town of debaltseve. we have just spoken to a separatist commander here, and he indeed tells us that debaltseve is completely surrounded by separatists. the ukrainian military are denying this and saying there are ongoing battles in and

malaysia's opposition leader anwar ibrahim lost an appeal against sodomy. after being accused of having sex with a mail aid in 2008. the top court upheld their conviction. and anwar and his supporters say the allegations are politically motivated. the government released a statement, it goes like this: live to kuala lumpur. it's not just ibrahim saying it was politically motivated, we have a statement from human rights watch, saying it was a corrupt process. in political terms and where he goes now, it's pretty much over. >> indeed. at the age of 67, anwar is headed to the prison about 30km north of kuala lumpur. that's where he will certainly now live out the next five years of the sentence that he's been handed down by the federal court, which is behind me about an hour ago. the decision was made. they were somewhat surprised by supporters and family that gathered. there were many hundreds that gatherred, coming from all over malaysia to support anwar and his family. as soon as the deliberations began from the 5-man bench, it became evident that a guilty

anwar ibrahim jail for five years after losing his final appeal against a conviction for sodomy. and once a contender for french president, dominique strauss-kahn takes the stand for on charges of aggravated camping -- pimping. welcome to the show. tensions are high and talks are aimed at the escalating the ukraine crisis. the german foreign minister saying he hopes there will be no explosion of violence in the hours before the wednesday meeting. next the leaders of russia, ukraine, and germany will be in that city to hammer out what they hope will be the details of a lasting cease-fire for eastern ukraine. just ahead of the talks, both separatists and government troops launch new offensive to gain territory. ukraine's president has called the minsk talks the last chance for a true cease-fire. >> separatist challenge the ukraine headquarters. a second salvo struck arrested until area more than 50 kilometers from the front line. >> the noise was just terrible. i looked up and thought it was a plane firing. the shelling lasted probably about 10 minutes. >> the clashes have raised d

. >> reporter: this is anwar ibrahim. he has been walking in and out of court for over a decade trying to clear his name. his previous acquittal was overturned in march. now guilty of sodomy and sentenced to prison for five years, he's been on bail tending to the final appeal.

ann waanwar ibrahim has lost his rm appeal. upheld the conviction, anwar and his supporters insist the allegations are politically motivated. south of the malasian kuala lumpur. >> made it very clear there was overwhelming evidence to dismiss the appeal made by anwar ibb him. supported the ibrahim. there had been no political interference. this had been a actuality case for malaysia to deal with and for ibrahim an his team it is the end of the road. he has now been found guilty and he will go to jail, certainly as a minimum of five years and upwards from that. there were tears of everyone, he managed to hug his granddaughter before he was led away but now the debate will begin in the largeer malasian circles politically and in society about where the opposition goes now. it is frurd, there is fractured, there is no shattered cabinet. it will be interesting how they progress with this scenario to a full conclusion. >>> national security advisor has told united nations that nigeria will fracture all of boko haram. >> mean while niger's parliament has voted t

. >>> malaysia's opposition leader anwar ibrahim has lost his appeal on the crime of sodomy, having been accused of sex with a male aide in 2008. anwar and his supporters insist the ruling is politically motivated. sahaal raman has more. >> anwar ibb hiv's appeal has been overthrown, he continues to say he is innocent and the fight continues. those were his words in court. he was flanked by his family and friends and party officials but the larger questions now remain as to how the malasian public will react to this verdict. what happens to the loose coalition that he heads and will his wife be able to take on the mantle of leading the political party that he is a part of? these are all questions that will be answered in the coming days and weeks. more importantly this case has received great criticism internationally. it will be interesting to see how the international diplomatic community react to this verdict and how if turn the prime minister's office here in malaysia reacts too. they were very quick to issue a statement on the result of that verdict and prime minister's office has g

human rights watch saying this of a politically motivated persecution of anwar ibrahim.tom line is that the appeal which was put up by the government to overturn an earlier decision which acquitted anwar has been uphealth. so the appeal was upheld and anwar will spend the next five years in prison. the prosecution was trying to increase that sentence to eight to ten years if he was found guilty. the court which is the highest in the land keeping it at five years. remember even when he comes out, he will be banned from actively standing in politics for another five years. so it's another ten years before anwar, consider actually standing in elections. he is seen very widely as the most credible by the long shot. described as really the only man who can break the stranglehole of power that the ruling powter has had on ma library since its itsits -- has had on malaysia. he's been effect ill silenced once again. >> so it seems obvious he will want to continue some kind of political behavior from behind bars. you wonder how much he can really do but as a charismatic leading f

. >> we're waiting to hear whether opposition leader anwar ibrahim will return, anwar returned to court, he says he's innocent and sodomy acts are politically motivated. homosexual acts are considered illegal in malaysia. >> this is anwar ibrahim. he has been walking in and out of court for a decade trying to clear his name. his previous acquittal was overturned in march. now guilty of sodomy and sentenced to prison for five years, he's on bail pending the appeal. being removed from office, it was 1997, and he was the deputy prime minister. charged and convicted he spent several years in jail until the verdict was partially overturned in 2004. whether he was released on -- when he was released on appeal. he is a charismatic and divisive figure in malasian politics. >> as long as this case is pending and hanging over his head he probably wouldn't be able to focus 100% in leading this country towards change. he is still seen as the most significant political leader to bring this country to a better place. >> he has been a traditionally plan figure among young people and those disaffected

. >> reporter: this is anwar ibrahim. he has been walking in and out of court for over a decade trying to clear his name. his previous acquittal was overturned in march. now guilty of sodomy and sentenced to prison for five years, he's been on bail tending to the final appeal. allegations of sodomy were raised already falling out with the ruling party and being removed from office. it was 1997 he was the deputy prime minister. he spent several years in gaol in 2004 when he was released. he is charismatic and divisive figure in politics. supporters believe the government will be concerned if anwar clears his name. >> as long as the case is pending, he wouldn't be able to focus 100% in leading the country to a change. he is still seen as the most significant political leader bringing this country to a better place. >> reporter: he has been a traditionally popular figure among the young people and those disa-affected with a government for the past 20 years. speaking about the change thousands are willing to listen to him at

in a few hours' time the malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim will find out whether he'll have to go back to prison. mr. anwar was imprisoned for six years on what he says are trumped up charges. since his release, he has organized three separate parties. but he's been charged for a second time with breaking malaysia's law against sodomy. the verdict will be finalized on tuesday morning. our correspondent, speaking to mr. anwar and sent this report. >> reporter: he's been a fixture of malaysian politics for two decades. and for almost as long he's been battling the same charges. a politically motivated vendetta, say his supporters. 16 years after anwar ibrahim was first arrested sporting a famous black eye from a police beating, and igniting a pro-reform opposition movement he once again faces the prospect of a prison sentence. there's too much ever to consider putting me to jail. i'm innocent. but it's a political decision to putting me in jail. and i have served time as government. eight years in prison. two years, and six years in prison. i'm, of course my age and my physical c

the court on tuesday rejected anwar ibrahim's appeal to overturn his conviction. r denies the charge. and after the ruling he told cnn he will keep fighting for freedom and justice. >>> let's return now to the crisis in ukraine. the e.u. has delayed new sanctions against russia to give diplomacy a time to work. the kremlin says russia will not be bullied. russian president vladimir putin is now in cairo. and that's also where cnn's ian lee is. ian, the u.s. decision on whether or not to supply arms to ukraine is on hold as is the option as we mentioned, to apply tighter sanctions on russia all in an effort to give diplomacy a chance. russia's president doesn't appear to be responding to this form of pressure. so what's his likely next move here? >> reporter: we know that he's coming to this region to get greater support, to really cement other relationships outside of the region. with the u.s. and the e.u. playing hardball with the russians he's looking for allies and support in other areas. here in egypt he's receive a very warm reception from the egyptian preside

. >> this is anwar ibrahim. now guilty of sodomy and sentenced to prison for five years he's been on bail pending this final appeal. allegations of sodomy were raised shortly after falling out with the ruling party. it was 1997 and he was the deputy prime minister. charged and convicted he spent several years in jail until the verdict was partially overturned in 2004 when he was released on appeal. he is a cares maltic figure. the government will be concerned if anwar clears his name. >> as long as this case is pending and hanging over his head he probably wouldn't be able to focus 100% in leading this country towards chain -- change. he is still seen as the most charismatic political figure to bring this country to change. >> those disaffected with a government that's been in power for over 50 years. often speaking about the change he can offer thousands are willing to listen to him. at gatherings like this in the capital. >> students are future leaders if i'm not going to be here to help them to defend them wh

. >>> malaysia's top court has rejected an appeal by opposition leader anwar ibrahim over his sodomy conviction. the court's decision effectively ends the political career of anwar, once seen as a rising star in the ruling party. malaysia's federal court on tuesday upheld anwar's five-year prison sentence. he was viewed in the 1990s as the likely successor to then pima their mohamud. it disqualifies him from running for election for the next 100 years. hundreds of his supporters gathered outside the court's building. >> translator: we had high hope that's an war would make changes. but if he is imprisoned, who else can we count on? >> sodomy is considered illegal in muslim majority malaysia. in an interview with nhk in december anwar criticized the trial, saying it was about politics, not justice. >> well of course it is fabricated, politically motivated charge. as in the previous charge of sodomy, only applicable to me. >> anwar was deputy prime minister under mahathir. he was driven out of office over differences in economic policies. he was later convicted of abuse of power and sod

she made the plea after her husband anwar ibrahim began to serve a 5-year sentence. supporters insist the charges are politically motivated. >> police in the philippines show that d.n.a. test results show a senior member of a group linked to al qaeda has been killed. marwan was the tart of a raid that ended in the death of dozens of commandos. there was a report on the end of a police hunt that lasted a decade. >> reporter: he was one of south-east asia's most wanted men. known as marwan. he was a member of a group tied. they set a bounty on his head. he was a u.s. educated engineer who spent time in afghanistan and pakistan. wanted for the murder of a member of parliament in malaysia he was one of the suspects behind the bombing of tourists in bali in indonesia. he has evaded arrest by hiding in the southern philippines. >> this woman has been following the movements and says it was the perfect haven. >> zon eeshia malaysia the southern philippines were similar enough. he spoke the languages, he had three filipino wives, won whom was the of the leader. so this means

malaysia 's opposition leader anwar ibrahim loses his appeal in a trial that has lasted 15 years. >> welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. i'm shilli gauche. nigeria says they will destroy all boko haram camps in six weeks. president obama says he doesn't whether to arm ukrainian forces

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malaysia's top court on tuesday morning, chanting their slogans and waving party flags in support of anwar ibrahimrmer prime minister arrived. together they heard the five-man court lead by the chief justice dismiss anwar's appeal. the court ruled that there was overwhelming evidence that he sodomized his personal assistant in 2005. news of the verdict and the sentence angered his supporters. >> i'm just disgusted by how they will do anything in their power to bring down one man, you know in the country, up to like raping the whole judiciary system. >> some say that we need to have good argument good evidence, but, again, it's up so the judges. >> reporter: the government issued a statement: the authorities were taking no chances with security. when we spoke to anwar on monday at his final support rally, he was upbeat. >> there is no basis for them to even consider the slightest possibility of a conviction. i'm innocent and i expect to be freed. >> reporter: that's something human rights campaigners had always -- also expected >> it shouldn't be a crime first point. and second point it's selective

. > >>> anwar ibrahim gaoled for five years after losing a last-chance appeal against his conviction for sodomy >>> good to have you with us on al jazeera. coming up in the next 30 minutes - setback for india's ruling b.j.p. facing a rout in the state elections in delhi. at the hand of the anti- anticorruption party. allied worses will destroy all

it is inevitable that a new chapter is about to be written in the anwar ibrahim story. the reaction of its people to this event. sahil raman, al jazeera. >>> calling for an end to the unrest that has killed at least 70 people in the last week alone. transport blockade transportation ministers gather at the university for a sit in. >>> fukushima nuclear plant. the international nuclear agency is reviewing the decommissioning. the energy company tepco said it would not be able to decontaminate water at the site before a march deadline. >>> dealing with population growth is a major challenge for governments around the growth. there are still other places that population decline is an equally important problem. al jazeera went to portland, maine. >> for 80 years this paper mill gave the people of bucksport maine, shut down forever giving 80 -- putting 80 people out of work. >> you think of bucksport they make paper that's what they do. that's what bucksport was about. now we have to find something else to be about. >> this compounds its demographic dilemma. more deaths than

. >> in malaysia protesters have been rallying demanding the release of anwar ibrahim. he says that the charges are politically motivated. >>> one palestinian couple separated for years by the israeli occupation will be spending the day apart yet again in the occupied best bank. we have their story. >> it's become a routine for rashe and dalia. nearly every morning they log on to their computers and video chat with each other for at least an hour. they've been doing this for almost four years after a meeting in a conference in jordan where they quickly fell in love, and soon after decided to get engaged. >> she's so affectionate and climb. dalia is very loving. that's why i want her to be the mother of my children so she can teach them how to be like her. >> but he lives in the occupied west bank while dalia lives in the gaza strip. they need permission to see each other, a request that has been denied. after nearly four years of trying to be united, i asked if she ever feels like giving up? >> at times i get depressed. i feel like i don't want to go on. i think to myse

a malaysian court sentenced anwar ibrahim to five years imprisonment. hundreds demonstrated outside the courthouse and they say it's politically motivated. they added support to the argument calling the move disappointing. the united states followed the trail of the opposition leader. the decision to prosecute him and his trial raised concerns regarding the rule of law and independence of the courts. >> anwar was convicted in 2012. this case was launched by a provide individual not the administration, and today's conviction was a matter of due process. the main opposition party is looking for new leadership. >> now for a story off the radar, an usual u that is not getting a lot of media attention. it takes us to nepal. >> they knock them out, steal their organs and steal them on the black market. >> reporter: people here in this village in central nepal say that this man does not have much longer to live. one kidney nailed and the other stolen from him a decade ago. >> translation: my friend asked me to go to india with him. he said i would be fine. i w

. >>> the five-year prison sentence the opposition leader anwar ibrahim has been met with protests.dreds of protesters demanded his immediate release. he is serving a five-year sentence after his appeal against a sodomy charge was rejected earlier this week. his supporters say the charges are politically motivated. >> a hong kong ferry captain has been guilty of manslaughter. he was acting captain of the sea smooth a passenger fellly that collided with another in 2012. he has been convicted in the deaths of 39 people. the accident has been called the city's worst maritime disaster in nearly 4 decades. >> an overloaded ferry carrying at least 100 muslim pilgrims has capsized in bangladesh. some passengers managed to swim around away to the banks of the pyra river. but at least five people were killed. some passengers are still missing. >> at least 16 people have been killed and 22 injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a freight train in mexico. the crash happened early on friday in the town of anawak near the next co/u.s. border. officials are investigating whether the b

ibrahim's wife was then the president, had it altogether for the six years that anwar was in jail. i think she will do the same thing again with the help of the leaders of the coalition partners. i'm confidence, because it was done before, and a very difficult conditions, possibly even far more challenging and difficult conditions compared to what we are now experiencing, and she pulled it off. i don't see any reason she can't do it again. we have seats in parliament, we run three states and are in a far more stronger entrenched political condition than we were. >> ok, thank you very much indeed for talking to us, live from kuala lampur. >> a woman in hong kong found guilty for abusing her domestic made from indonesia. her mr.er was found guilty of 18 charges including assault and failure to pay wages. the case sparked protest among more than 300 dom stack workers in hong kong. >> i will get the justice from hong kong. >> there's ban surprise election win for the common man party in india that stunned the ruling hindu party. the leader was congratulated and anti corruption campaign