of course, the figure of bachelet is very important in chile. became one of the first presidents after the massive, huge mobilization of students -- college and high school students -- in 2011. and after that, we saw the real that is so regime entrenched in chilean society that even when you have a government that is saying it iss going toto make reforms in terms of responding to social demands, we see the demands for free education became just more scholarships. even for private higher education institutions. so the whole system of transferring public funds to private companies is still in place, even during those governments. and then in terms of the social uprising that we see today, it is basically people are fed up with the system. we can tell this by looking at the response of the people to what the government has been doing. on monday, the government announced they were going to freeze the subway fare hike, those 30 pesos we were talking about. and then people continued mobilizing in massive protest and demonstrations, not just in santiag

hi, commissioner bachelet. you have spoken out countless times against the tire human rights crisis around the world from the rohingyas in myanmar to what is happening to the syrians in their own country. and most recently you said that climate change is going to be the worst human rights violations the world has ever seen because of the potential of its scope if we don't act now. so, with all of this happening and the responsibilities you have in your poshgs how do you deal with these crises? are there some that take priority over others? but where do you gain hope that we can make progress on these issues? >> i thought you were going to ask me, why did you accept the job? >> well, i've already talked to you about that. >> no, the truth is we're living in a very complex -- i think secretary clinton mentioned it very clearly in her remarks. we see a pushback on human rights because of all this, if i would say leaders who don't believe multilateralism is important. believes every country can solve their problems

news conference in kuala lumpur, the united nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bachelet should not be used as a way to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. ban on face covering during assemblies are in some circumstances used to target particular groups to curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. so freedom of peaceful assembly, when we are talking about peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. but on the other hand we cannot accept people who use masks to promote violence. that is also not acceptable. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in hong kong — robin brant. this morning there has been a protest of up to 2,000 people, who made their way down to the premium shopping district here in hong kong. they have blocked the roads and were there for a brief period of time, but then they dispersed. there are a few hundred here now, but what do you see in that crowd? notjust mostly young people, but lots of people wearing masks, and that tells you what these protesters think about th

news conference in kuala lumpur, the united nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bachelett be used as a way to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. bans on face covering during assemblies are, in some circumstances, used to target particular groups and improperly curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. so freedom of peaceful assembly, when we are talking about peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. but on the other hand, we cannot accept people who use masks to promote violence. that is also not acceptable. earlier i spoke to bonnie leung. she's a pro—democracy campaigner in hong kong and organiser of the some of the recent protests. i asked her how worried she was. while i am extremely worried because iam while i am extremely worried because i am worried about our front line protesters. carrie lam is doing a very bad move and a very bad strategy of bypassing our legislature to impose yet another evil law. and by doing so, i believe that she is actually creating some sort of sy

the un human rights chief and former president of chile, michelle bachelet, says she has watched the started last friday. president sebastian pinera has suggested public order and security is improving. the family of harry dunn are beginning legal action against the british foreign office over its handling of his case. the teenager died after his motorbike collided with a car driven by an american woman, anne sacoulas, who then went back to the us, claiming immunity from prosecution. the family are also referring northamptonshire police, who are investigating the crash, to the independent office for police conduct. police are saying the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in south—east england were all chinese. the container had arrived from belgium overnight and was collected by a lorry driver from northern ireland. he is still being questioned by detectives on suspicion of murder. forensic teams have begun removing the bodies of 31 men and eight women from the container. essex police say the case is now the largest murder investigation in their history. ed thomas reports.

news conference in kuala lumpur, the united nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bachelet to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. a ban on face coverings during assemblies are, in some circumstances, used to target a particular group and curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. so freedom of peaceful assembly, this is peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. on the other hand, we cannot accept people who use masks to provoke violence. that is also unacceptable. earlier we spoke to bonnie leung, she's a pro—democracy campaigner in hong kong and organiser of the some of the recent protests. iam i am extremely worried because i am worried about our frontline protesters safety. carrie lam is once again doing a —— another bad mood —— move, another‘s bad strategy of bypassing legislator —— legislature to impose another unfair law and she is creating a systematic triggerfor public law and she is creating a systematic trigger for public anger which has exploded. it is counter—productive.

the un human rights chief and former president of chile, michelle bachelet, says she has watched thesince it started last friday. president sebastian pinera has suggested public order and security is improving. the family of harry dunn is beginning legal action against the british foreign office over its handling of his case. the teenager died after his motorbike collided with a car driven by an american woman, anne sacoulas, who returned to the us afterwards, claiming immunity from prosecution. the family is also referring the northamptonshire police force, which is investigating the crash, to the independent office for police conduct. a british man who fought against the islamic state group has become the first person in the uk to be convicted of a terrorism offence following a retrial. aidan james, who's 28, was found guilty of being in a camp where terrorist training was being carried out by a kurdish group, the pkk. june kelly reports. aidan james set off for syria in 2017. while hundreds of uk foreign fighters headed to the middle east to join so—called islamic state forces, he

news conference in kuala lumpur, the united nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bacheletbe used as a way to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. bans on face covering during assemblies are, in some circumstances, used to target particular groups and improperly curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. so freedom of peaceful assembly, when we are talking about peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. but on the other hand, we cannot accept people who use masks to promote violence. that is also not acceptable. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s asia pacific editor, celia hatton, who gave me her assessment of events in the territory in the past 2a hours. last night, we saw some of the most violent uprisings to mark the past four months, really. this is really in response to the chief executive‘s announcement that face masks would no longer be allowed, even in peaceful protest. so, we saw relative chaos last night in hong kong. today, it‘s eerily quiet across the territory. now, we have see

news conference in kuala lumpur, the united nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bachelet on face coverings should not be used as a way to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. ban on face covering during assemblies are, in some circumstances, used to target particular groups and improperly curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. so freedom of peaceful assembly, when we are talking about peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. but on the other hand, we cannot accept people who use masks to promote violence. that is also not acceptable. our correspondent in hong kong robin brant has been out on the streets of the territory today. this morning, there has been a protest of up to 2,000 people, the decision yesterday by authorities to essentially shut down authorities to essentially shut down a key part, in fact the key part of the transport infrastructure here, will continue today. we havejust heard from carrie lam, hong kong's most senior politician, this is what she is trying to br

international alarm the u. when commissioner for human rights and former chileanan president mimichelle bachelet said that inflammatory rhetoric c would only serve to aggravate the situation she went on to urge the government to work with all sectors of society to find solutions. and called on protesters to remain peaceful. meanwhile santiago remains on edge with thousands of demonstrators gathering in the capital on monday afternrnoon. voting began this monday in canada's election justin trudeau spacing a stiff challenge from the conservative and to share with the progressive candidate job it sink in an increasingly important third place trudeau's fighting off the bad publicity of two recent scandals one way images emerge of in in black face. on the other of allegations of corruption his bid to unseat trudeau she is promising to balancee thehe federal budget and eliminate a common tax on fossil fuels. which leaves that sing cashing in on a certain disillusionment with some canadians that the feeding right now but service canada protected b. heading for a hung parliament sings voice could yet be

been killed since the demonstrations began un human rights chief former chilean president michelle bachelet has an else the special mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses you talk of but these comical but the thought that today i want to see good news with my countryman today we signed into into congress a bill that stabilizes the possibility city held true city rose on average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this process rose which affected almost 7000000 chillum households. a vigil has taken place in london in memory of the 39 people who were found dead in the back of a truck just outside the u.k. capital on wednesday people gathered outside the home office the government department responsible for immigration holding banners in support have more open entry to the country earlier police confirmed that all the victims were chinese citizens officers have now been given more time to question the driver of the truck . well as you are saying police in britain have been given a bit more time to explore the possibilities with this investigation at lawrence lee brings

human rights chief former chilean president michelle bachelet has announced a special mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses this guy and this president sebastian pinera tried to appease demonstrators with further concessions but. today i want to see good news with my countryman today we signed into into congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity tricity rose on average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost $7000000.00 children households. has more now from santiago. it's a much calmer day on the streets of the chilean capital not the same sort of scene that we've seen over the course of the past few days with violence on the street clashes with police however it is still early there are pockets of tension that remain in the city there are peaceful protesters there once again gathering at last a value and iconic part of the city where the main staging area really for these demonstrations even though there has been unrest in other cities of today as well still it still remains to be seen whether or not the apology and t

at least 11 demonstrators have been killed in the rioting the former president of chile michelle bachelet is calling for an independent investigation into the deaths the military's been deployed to control the civil unrest against a transport fare rise that's been reversed after the protests began chile's government says extend the day nighttime curfew to cities across the country as we've been saying let's go live now to the chilean capital and our reporter manuel or apollo manuel where are you and what's going on. we're in we're in santiago chile it's kind of a tense scene that just began right now actually just before going live a good amount of tear gas just came into a sweat. this is actually a very. a very iconic part of the city this is where a lot of of political movements have started in the past and we know that these protests here in the chilean capital 8 began over an increase to the price of i'm so sorry we're getting a lot of a lot of tear gas coming into my into my throat actually quite powerful but what we just saw was about a 100 people that flood this area that we are at

at least 11 demonstrators have been killed in the rioting the former president of chile michelle bachelet is calling for an independent investigation into the deaths the military's been deployed to control civil unrest against the transport fare hike that's been reversed after the protests began the chilean government has extended a nighttime curfew to cities across other parts of the country. spain's acting prime minister has accused the president of the region of catalonia of failing to ensure peace between pro and anti secession protesters petro sanchez made the comments as he visited barcelona to meet police officers who were injured after a week of violent demonstrations rallies subpoena held in the city since one catalan pro separatist leaders were jailed last monday over their role in the failed independent spirit in 2070. abortion and same sex marriage in northern ireland will be legalized in a matter of hours but the historic changes have sparked controversy especially because they were brought in by the u.k. parliament not northern ireland's assembly as need barco reports from b

anti-government demonstrations began the un human rights chief on the chilean president michelle bachelet has announced a special mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses it came as president sebastian pinera tried to appease demonstrate as with the concessions. but the comical but the today i want to see good news with my countryman today we saw him didn't seem to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity health tricity rose on average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this project rise which affected almost 7000000 chillum households and with al-jazeera live from london much more still ahead u.k. police reveal the nationality of the 39 people found dead in a container truck also. and i'm nicholas hoult on the outskirts of nairobi in a flour exporting form find out there whether deal or no deal flour exporters here in kenya see an opportunity and directions. it is still stormy in the west and that spain's had a program flooding southern france more recently italy and the cloud is still full of thunderstorms but it's all in the west in central north

at least 11 demonstrators have been killed in the rioting the former chilean president michelle bachelet is calling for an independent investigation the military has been deployed to control the civil unrest against the transport pharaoh's has been reversed after the protests began the chilean government has extended a nighttime curfew to cities all over the country a court in london has denied a request to delay the extradition hearing for the wiki leaks founder julian assange on the 48 year old remains in custody as he tries to fight extradition to the u.s. where he faces charges of conspiring to hack into a government computer at the pentagon is legal team asked for a 3 month delay to prepare their case however the judge ruled a full hearing will go ahead in february as planned. canadians have been voting on a tightly contested election that's expected to produce a heavily divided parliament polls suggest it's a deadlock between the prime minister just intruders the liberal party and their rival as conservatives in 3rd place is the n.d.p. with jacques meet seeing at the helm making si

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