retaliation for supporting and treating opponents of the government according to nicaragua's association of human rights at least four hundred forty eight people have been killed and thousands more injured. there are ports only seventeen people have been killed in central mali ahead of sunday's presidential election tensions are high ahead of the vote which will see twenty four contenders for the presidency including the incumbent bring him tater last week campaign team for the opposition the stimulus he said was attacked by a gunman in timbuktu. and wildfires in northern california have killed at least two firefighters and forced thousands of residents to flee while fighters say the blaze is only partly contained hot weather and high winds are fanning the flames well those are the headlines the news continues here on the al-jazeera after each stage of that sort of. young man joining us she bad in the battle for somalia. many never return. to try to understand. from the north and with mr. viner the capital of communist cuba with this revolutionary past the city itself and spoken of as though frozen in t

at a news conference nicaragua's association of human rights said it had tallied ninety seven killings in the last two weeks alone and four hundred and forty eight deaths since april eighteenth when i walked out. with scene operations outside of the framework of law by groups paramilitary thugs who are carrying out detentions torture terrible selective assassinations as well as writing homes destroying private and public property motivated by political party and ideological fanaticism . human rights leaders tell us that in these one hundred days in the rubble has become a part of their state of siege to the country everywhere you can see on the road for example it's only at this hour but it's home to the traffic but instead if you come to see there are buses to get up before it gets dark. a small group of students nevertheless came out to mark the anniversary of the civil uprising ok we say to the government that we aren't afraid they say they want peace but they are killing us the president daniel ortega blames the killings on alleged terrorists who want him out. his wife and vice pre

association of human rights says more than four hundred people killed an anti government process over the past three months it accuses security forces of detaining opponents of president daniel ortega in secret torture centers america and it's only seen human as the story. it's been one hundred days since the began burying their loved ones killed in a conflict too reminiscent of the country's civil war in the one nine hundred seventy s. this week at least three more people were killed in the northern city of reportedly by pro-government paramilitary forces while in an aga a brazilian medical student sympathetic to student protesters was gunned down by unidentified sale it's. at a news conference nicaragua's association of human rights said it had tallied ninety seven killings in the last two weeks alone and four hundred and forty eight deaths since april eighteenth when i walked out. was seen operations outside of the framework of law by armed groups paramilitary and thought this who are carrying out detentions torture terrible selective assassinations as well as writing homes destroy

not the end of the fight right now comes the challenge of tracking down the deported parents and giving them back their kids castro al-jazeera mccallan texas. nicaragua's association of human rights says at least four hundred and forty eight people have been killed in anti-government protests over the past three months it's accusing security forces of detaining opponents of president daniel ortega in clandestine torture centers from managua alyse and human reports. it's been one hundred days since the garage began burying their loved ones killed in a conflict too reminiscent of the country's civil war in the one nine hundred seventy s. this week at least three more people were killed in the northern city of reportedly by pro-government paramilitary forces while in managua a brazilian medical student sympathetic to student protesters was gunned down by unidentified assailants. at a news conference nicaragua's association of human rights said it had tallied ninety seven killings in the last two weeks alone and four hundred and forty eight deaths since april a teenage. girl. was seen operations outside of the framework of law by groups paramilitary in fogs who were carrying o

at a news conference nicaragua's association of human rights said it had tallied ninety seven killings in the last two weeks alone and four hundred and forty eight deaths since april eighteenth when i walked out. with scene operations outside of the framework of law by groups paramilitary and fogs who are carrying out detentions torture terrible selective assassinations as well as writing homes of destroying private and public property motivated by political party and ideological fanaticism. human rights leaders tell us that in these one hundred days in the rubble has become a part of the. state at sea given the country everywhere you can see it on the road for example that's normally at this hour but it's home to traffic but instead if you come to see there are buses to get up before it gets dark. a small group of students nevertheless came out to mark the anniversary of the civil uprising after you look at it and we say to the government that we aren't afraid they say they want peace but they are killing us the president daniel ortega blames the killings on alleged terrorists who wan

retaliation for supporting and treating opponents of the government according to nicaragua's association of human rights at least four hundred forty eight people have been killed and thousands more injured since april. there are reports at least seventeen people have been killed in central mali ahead of sunday's presidential election tensions are high ahead of the vote which will see twenty four contenders for the presidency including the incumbent brain boubacar cater last week a campaign team for the opposition leader he said was attacked by gunmen in timbuktu while fires in northern california have killed at least two firefighters and forced thousands of residents to flee by thought to say the blaze is only partly contained with hot weather and high winds fueling the flames. the longest bloodmoon eclipse of the century has thrilled millions of sky gazes around the world the moon turned a red brown color during the event the entire transition lasted for nearly two hours. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after with this stage and that's what it. i wanted to. but. elon

human rights all over the world and we've successfully campaigned for the release or shorter sentencing of detainees just ten days ago the vietnamese human rights activist fund was awarded the german association of judges human rights prize and he was released because of the work of one or make a hand and these are precisely the success stories we need to illustrate these issues to the public is a team of mentions for the highest so you're saying human rights policy is about much more than tokenism definitely we've reached the end of our interview twelve minutes go by fast five to wrap up we'd like you to complete three sentences museums in. human ism is our european heritage and i'm fighting for. the us for europe not to throw this humanist heritage away when my wish for germany in ten years time is the introduction of the right to vote at the age of sixteen. and i'd like to take up this issue again more trust in young politician but it's necessary because. by because otherwise we are jeopardizing the political future of germany. to get in some thank you thank you. we may come oh but we want tons of food that one does but to. the simple services. they want to shape the continent's future it'

treating opponents of the government in the past three months of civil unrest nicaragua's association of human rights reports that at least four hundred forty eight people have been killed and thousands more injured since april. there are reports of at least seventeen people being killed in central mali ahead of sunday's presidential election tensions are high head of the vote which will see twenty four contenders for the presidency including the incumbent ibrahim boubacar cater last week the campaign team for the opposition leader it was a male as he said was attacked by gunmen in timbuktu. and the longest bloodmoon eclipse of this century has thrilled millions of sky gazers around the world the moon turned a red brown color during the celestial event the entire transition lasted for nearly two hours and was visible in much of the world. well those were the headlines that is going to news here on al-jazeera after witness station that's what it by. the british film tom lookalike could not. he began to remain out of. school. and he gave. the communists came fifty concerts in london. this got to put us

at a news conference nicaragua's association of human rights said it had tallied ninety seven killings in the last two weeks alone and four hundred and forty eight deaths since april. when i walked out i. was seen operations outside of the framework of law by groups paramilitary and fogs who were carrying out detentions torture terrible selective assassinations as well as writing homes destroying private and public property motivated by political party and ideological fanaticism . human rights leaders tell us that in these one hundred days in the rubble has become a part of the. state to see to the tension everywhere you can see on the horizon for example and so on live this hour but it stopped traffic but instead if you want to see there are lessons to get a reply kept. a small group of students nevertheless came out to mark the anniversary of the civil uprising. and we say to the governments that we aren't afraid they say they want peace but they are killing us. president daniel ortega blames the killings on alleged terrorists who want him out his wife and vice president. went furthe

this is the report that came out today by that association it was presented by out of the labor he is the executive producer of the association of human rights who by the way just received a human rights award from the french government and indeed tales the names the ages the cause of death the place of death and the dates of four hundred and forty eight nicaraguans who have been killed since april the eighteenth today in fact is the one hundredth anniversary marks one hundred days since the conflict began and most of these people it says were killed either by the police or by paramilitary groups or gangs that are loyal to the government although it does also detail some twenty four policemen and about forty other people that are loyal to the government who were killed it also talks about clandestine torture and detention centers and about seven hundred or more nicaraguans who have gone missing after having been grabbed from their homes by these kind destined groups. says working outside of the loss of a pretty damning report. as you were saying it's been a hundred days since the uprising started in that time we've seen some terrible picture

was in retaliation for supporting and treating opponents of the government the crowd was association of human rights says that at least four hundred forty eight people have been killed and thousands more injured in the past three months of unrest latin america and its use in human reports. students doctors and residents like protest against the government outside of the university hospital of nicaragua's second largest city. will you take care of me now i have cancer just by the only oncologists. at least thirty five doctors nurses laboratory workers and even cleaners received this letter friday morning four lines saying only that they've been dismissed. for taking part in the peaceful marches and support groups and students against the massacre carried out. during three months of civil unrest doctors and nurses helped medical students tend to thousands of people wounded during clashes with police and paramilitary groups doctors say many protestors and even civilian bystanders shot in the conflict would have survived had they not been to do weigh in public law spittles. have the hospital's chief sur

instead in a plea bargain or so hard francis is the director of human rights lawyer of america pretty prisoner support and human rights association she is saying there isn't enough parental involvement allowed during court proceedings it's very limited and restricted to specially on the time of the end total geisha and so most of these children would be ending up investigated and into the gated for long hours without being able to meet the lawyer actually according to the military orders the. lawyer for a meeting with the child for up to twenty days the next like most of the period of the integration families of course are not allowed to visit and they can communicate just in the toyman very shortly in the time of the extension of detention which means most of these children confess at the end of the day without getting the proper legal advice before in total. meanwhile a boat loaded with aid for gaza has been intercepted by the israeli navy and is now being escorted to the port city of ashdod it was one of two boats attempting to break a twelve year blockade of gaza by israel and egypt it set off from pelham a in italy a week ag

local human rights organizations have repeatedly called out the military for doing this and the military would mean the intelligence agencies that are associated with the military and. this field of human rights organizations and i'm quoting them i mean quoting them on those that diffuse the ball of too much power over the civil demoed government a democratic government a democratic set up and the awful real this power to get the you know really. something that serves i don't want to speak more about those. issues to be on the safe side in pakistan the generals have always pulled the political strings and dictated the red lines that journalists trust in peril but talk to human rights activists and they agree that the degree of meddling in this election is unprecedented they made it clear that recorder often deferring and each and every election that has been held in pakistan this is part of her. plan to regulate everything. we wanted to confront the military with the accusations but our interview requests were turned down in the past the generals have tonight any involvement in pakistani politics and with the d.t.i. and give mélanie neck and neck the outcome of the elections is f

targeted under the society's ordinance a piece of legislation that has been previously criticized by a un human rights body for unduly restricting freedom of association calls for hong kong's independence have grown louder in hong kong after a wave of pro-democracy protests that brought the city to a standstill twenty four team failed to achieve its goals but was then activists seeking more autonomy or all out independence for the city have been barred from running in elections or even detained but many chinese city that has prided itself on the unique freedoms enjoyed by its citizens alarm bells are already ringing as concern spreads over whose freedom will have to be limited next in the name of national security when the silver zero let's get more on the seller joined by patrick per in china researcher for amnesty international and his joining us via skype from hong kong very good to have you with us on al-jazeera as always and i know that you've called this a chilling day for freedom of expression and freedom of association in hong kong why. is very chilling to see unlike the government now even use laws to try to stop some groups to register and a

of detainees and sexual abuse has been well documented by a number of international human rights organizations as well as the associated press so this there will there is strong evidence and clear evidence that the u.a.e. has been committed crimes against yemenis run in secret detention kidnapping people and people who you know oppose their policies in yemen and bringing them to secret detention torture and them sexually abusing them committing all kind of violence against yemenis and so this is this is the time to end that kind of program not only that i think that is an obligation right now toward the yemeni government there is a moral legal and ethical obligation application that the yemeni government should and the bresson's of the united arab emirates and yemen given the these kind of crimes the a lot of violations are committed by these forces in yemen so it is time to end their brothers and yemen. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges that's over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund while he was in office and the job is facing three coun

of the powerful agri businesses in the distant government goes on. their zero to zero state brazil let's now speak to richard pearce house he is the associate environment and human rights director of human rights watch on the author off the report he's joining us from geneva thanks very much for speaking to us in your reports you're recommending this that brazil should impose a moratorium on aerial spraying and create a buffer zone for ground spraying near a sensitive sites yet we know from the report we just watched that brazil has very powerful agri industries so how likely is it that more forceful safeguards will actually be implemented. i think that depends on the response of the brazilian authorities we've made a very clear call that there are media steps they can take to keep people safe and that one of those would be a buffer zone on the ground spraying between where pesticides are applied and sites like rural schools or or where people are living the response from the ministry of agriculture on that particular point was positive which is obviously a good thing and that would be an immediate improvement on to people's lives but more generally our concern is with

of detainees and sexual abuse has been well documented by a number of international human rights organizations as well as the associated press so this there were there is strong evidence and clear evidence that the u.a.e. has been committed crimes against yemenis run in secret detention kidnapping people and people who you know oppose their policies in yemen and bringing them to secret detention torture and them sexually abusing them committing all kind of violence against yemenis and so this is this is the time to end that kind of program not only that i think there is an obligation right now toward the yemeni government there is a moral legal and ethical obligation application that the yemeni government should and the brazilians of the united arab emirates and yemen given the these kind of crime the a lot of violations are committed by these forces in yemen so it is time to end their brothers and yemen malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a state fund while he was in office nigeria's facing three counts of criminal

of detainees and sexual abuse has been well documented by a number of international human rights organizations as well as the associated press so this there were there is strong evidence and clear evidence that the u.a.e. has been committed crimes against yemenis run in secret detention kidnapping people and people who you know oppose their policies in yemen and bringing them to secret detention torture and them sexually abusing them committing all kind of violence against yemenis and so this is this is the time to end that kind of program not only that i think there is an obligation right now toward the yemeni government there is a moral legal and ethical obligation application that the yemeni government should and the brazilians of the united arab emirates and yemen given the these kind of crime the a lot of violations are committed by these forces in yemen so it is time to end their brothers and yemen. some yemenis fleeing the war in their country are starting new lives in ethiopia officially fifteen hundred have moved there but the number could be as high as four thousand one hundred out of some of them in the capi

targeted under the society's ordinance a piece of legislation that has been previously criticized by a un human rights body for unduly restricting freedom of association calls for hong kong's independence have grown louder in hong kong after a wave of pro-democracy protests that brought the city to a standstill twenty fourteen failed to achieve its goals. was since then activists seeking more autonomy or all out independence for the city have been barred from running in elections are even detained but many chinese city that has prided itself on the unique freedoms enjoyed by its citizens alarm bells are already ringing as concerns spreads over whose freedom will have to be limited next in the name of national security when the silver al-jazeera. at least three people have been killed and six others have been injured in shelling by the rebels in southwestern yemen locals say the iran backed fighters fired a missile targeting a residential area in ties who has control the outskirts of the city elsewhere in yemen the battle around the port city of how data is intensifying relentless airstrikes and a lack of aid are already making a dire q monetary and cr

under the society's ordinance a piece of legislation that has been previously criticised by a un human rights body for un julie restricting freedom of association these kind of conditions would have a chilling effect on the. oh because now we don't know what it means in national security in the government sense that actually anything any groups can be accused of endangering national security calls for independence have grown louder in hong kong after a wave of prodi mock. protests that brought the city to a standstill in twenty four team failed to achieve its goals. was then activists seeking more autonomy or all out independence for the city have been barred from running in elections or even detained but many chinese city that has prided itself on the unique freedoms enjoyed by its citizens alarm bells are already ringing as concern spreads over whose freedom will have to be limited next in the name of national security when the silver zero. nine north korean movies are being shown and south korea for the first time they're part of a film festival in blue china after its organizers applied for a special permit to screen them as the hours away

of alaska? .uest: by the scads and the official is right. the nongovernmental organizations like national and conservation association and the humane society are expert masters at churning up public comments, and flooding the channels with commentary. regulations.gov, and review the 77,000 comments, of that, the majority are identical, and are opposed to the change in the rules. that is just an observation great question. i am not of the 200 24 million acres are owned by the federal government. i don't know the percentage of that. it would be illuminating to know, i am not sure. my state has historically sent more dollars to the federal government than these terrorist states, including alaska. i don't care if i live in alaska, i should be heard, my opinions should carry more weight than these people sitting heref that have contributed nothing to this. project southwest was funded by eastern money. my state, new york and a few others. so i am tired of hearing about this. i do want those animals protected. i want people to be taught to be humane. you can do it like a human being. not some kind of idiot. i am tired of these congressmen who aren't

of detainees and sexual abuse has been well documented by a number of international human rights organizations as well as the associated press so this there will there is strong evidence and clear evidence that the u.a.e. has been committed crimes against yemenis run in secret detention kidnapping people and people who you know oppose their policies in yemen and bringing them to secret detention torture and them sexually abusing them committing all kind of violence against yemenis and so this is this is the time to end that kind of program not only that i think there is an obligation right now toward the yemeni government there is a moral legal and ethical obligation application that the yemeni government should and the bresson's of the united arab emirates and yemen given the these kind of crime the a lot of violations that committed by these forces in yemen so it is time to end their bread and yemen some yemenis fleeing the war starting new lives in ethiopia officially fifteen hundred to move but the number could be as high as four thousand and deserves mohammed atta met some of them in the capital at his audible. th

of detainees and sexual abuse has been well documented by a number of international human rights organizations as well as the associated press so this there were there is strong evidence and clear evidence that the u.a.e. has been committed crimes against yemenis run in secret detention kidnapping people and people who you know oppose their policies in yemen and bringing them to secret detention torture and them sexually abusing them committing all kind of violence against yemenis and so this is this is the time to end that kind of program not only that i think there is an obligation right now toward the yemeni government there is a moral legal and ethical obligation application that the yemeni government should and the bresson's of the united arab emirates and yemen given the this kind of crime a lot of violations are committed by these forces in yemen so it is time to end their bread and yemen some yemenis fleeing the war are starting new lives in ethiopia officially fifteen hundred have moved there the number could be as high as four thousand one hundred out of some of them in the capital addis ababa. this is sort o

targeted under the society's ordinance a piece of legislation that has been previously criticised by a un human rights body for unduly restricting freedom of association these kind of conditions would have the chinese on the suit. on the zero because we don't know what it means in national security. government censors don't actually get anything any groups can be accused of endangering national security calls for independence have grown louder in hong kong after a wave of pro-democracy protests that brought the city to a standstill in twenty four teams failed to achieve its goals but was since then activists seeking more autonomy or all out independence for the city have been barred from running in elections are even detained but the chinese city that has prided itself on the unique freedoms enjoyed by its citizens alarm bells are already ringing as concerns spreads over whose freedom will have to be limited next in the name of national security when the silver al-jazeera. south africa's been marking the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela the former leader known as the father of the nation a ceremony in johannesburg was held in r

targeted under the society's ordinance a piece of legislation that has been previously criticized by a un human rights body for unduly restricting freedom of association these kind of conditions would have a chilling effect on the society. because we don't know what it means by national security the government censors. and any groups can be accused of endangering national security calls for independence have grown louder in hong kong after a wave of pro-democracy protests that brought the city to a standstill in twenty four teams failed to achieve its goals the was the then activists seeking more autonomy or all out independence for the city have been barred from running in elections or even detained but many chinese city that has prided itself on the unique freedoms enjoyed by citizens alarm bells are already ringing as concerns spreads over whose freedom will have to be limited next in the name of national security which won the silver al-jazeera and the first ethiopian airlines flight to eritrea in two decades is due to depart today that's wednesday this is the latest move to restore relations between the african countries after two decades of host

of alaska? >> guest: by the scads, and the alaska official is absolutely right. the ngos like the national parks and conservation association and the humane society of expert masters at sending a public comment and flooding the channels with commentary. if you look at regulations.gov and review the 77,000 comments, a vast majorityat of them are identical and are opposed to the change in the rules. that, just as an observation, from the perspective of the federal officials who will be weighing these comments, simply count the number of identical word, worded petition type form letters does not provide a lot of useful information or data. >> host: do these then carry any weight? >> guest: they carry some weight, but as we saw with the vastly come for the vast public comment. with regard to the administrations desire to scale back certains national monument, i believe 2 million plus were opposed. the shrinking went ahead regardless. i'm not in a position to give advice but ifsi i were, to peope coming on any public rule, it is to provide substantive data-driven, statistically valid and useful evidence as opposed to simply opining on the basi

of the robert f. kennedy human rights association she recently visited the rink accounts in cox's bazaar and described the shockingly terrible condition she saw there. it's been working on human rights and for thirty five years i've been refugee camps all over the world liberia to jordan to i just all of the and this nothing prepared me for were the degree of horrors heard. just now a rape and the. killing children in front of their family raped in front of parents divorced was horrible made thing is that they cannot return until we return to ricky in state is saved and they secure it coming or. that cannot happen as long as the perpetrators of the ins. of this genocide are still three and so the first thing that has to happen is that those perpetrators have to be held accountable and there has to be investigation i.c.t. needs to be involved. and the people of myanmar call who are these perpetrators to be. the families of the victims of the ferry disaster in south korea and to get two hundred million dollars in compensation three hundred four people mostly schoolchildren were killed when the sable cap

of putin. human rights activist was kidnapped in 2009 and shot on the side of the road. she was a frequent associatetwo of the activists i mentioned earlier. then the russian tax lawyer who was arrested and died in custody in 2009. severe beatings and mistreatment allegations are blamed for his death. he allegedly found tax officials bilking citizens. authorities dropped the investigation into his death but his name lives on in the act which sanctions russian officials with connections to vladimir putin. meanwhile, in moscow, top putin critic and political rival was gunned down within sight of the kremlin. he was once seen as a success are to boris yeltson. >> okay. joining us now, the atlantic counsel's dan freed. ali went through the list. that did not include attempted killings. there's a long list of businessmen. obviously, none have been directory traced back to vladimir putin. you know, similar to mob bosses. you can't often get to the top. but why do so many russians critical of vladimir putin seem to end up dead. you could draw, loads of companies here don't do business, especially money man

fruit, one of the casualties of the association between right-wing politics and christianity is the fact that if right-wing politics says climate is not changing and humansare not responsible, a large number of christians who agree with their other values politically will go along with other saying about climate change. the reality is that a thermometer decided us a different number depending on if we are democrat or republican. climate is changing whether you believe it or not. i believe that if you take the bible seriously, caring about what is happening to our planet which is a gift to us from god and caring about what is happening to our brothers and sisters around the world, especially the poorest and most vulnerable of them, that is exactly what we are called to do. we have a topic called global we're doing,, change, politics and religion. we have these videos that you can find if you google global we're doing. we have these videos to serve as conversation starters because i believe through thousands of conversations i have had that we can have positive conversations about climate, politics, and even about religion. how? with one simple secret. ins

of disappeared persons. is an associate professor of international peace and american university and a nonresident fellow at the brookings institution who building totate democratization, human rights, and police and justice for. conducted field research in central america in the balkans, haiti, and afghanistan. from 2012 to 2014 as senior advisor in the state department's conflict and operations, he will keep me in settlementves in a for displaced persons in el war,dor during the civil 1988. i'm sure this will be a terrific conversation with the leaving experts. we will jump right into the conversation for about 45 , then we will take questions. i will start with you. you are based in washington. i'm curious if you listened to the debate we are having a moment again about the root causes of why creation from central america, what comes to your mind? what are we getting right about what is happening in your missingand what are we in terms of the conditions driving violence from else tell the door to make the journey to the united states? and thanksmichael, for organizing this really interesting conversation. about migration from central america, what comes to my mind is we're looki

of mr. ortega's closest associates, including the head of the national police, for alleged corruption and human rightstions relations. end" saidl not be the ambassador michael kozak. our independent line, hi. caller: how are you doing this morning? ask the people try not to be democrat or republican. the like they are asking by criticizing the guy cheating on his wife, calling him a disgrace. ok, the president did the same thing, but he is not a disgrace like what they are trying to do is if you are a republican, you can do whatever and you are ok with it. but if you are not a republican, and you do these same things, they want to put you in jail, discredit you for what you said or did. but if the republican does the exact same things -- and the president has done these things, but he is all right. but you are a disgrace. i can understand the difference. somebody needs to call in and canain why this one person do something and, being a republican, they are all right and did nothing wrong and are not lying or anything. host: ok give the lead story of a vocal usa today" looks at the funding of election