but in darfur, for example, we were sneaking in. there and had to walk a mile in amongst the rebels. we walked around looking for displaced people, bodies, burned villages the beginning of the war in darfur. >> jon: right. what's so incredible to me is without someone such as yourself and real courage that you display, we don't know about this. >> sure. i think the role of journalism is fundamental. that's one thing people overlook when they look at me and say, why do you do this? i say, where to you get your news? don't take it for granted. when you look alt a photo in the "new york times," there's a photographer taking the picture. without journalism, we wouldn't know what's going on in these places. >> jon: it's more than what it used to be, a dangerous dangerous game. >> also. we've seen it with i.s.i.s., with foley, sotloff, all the journalists killed ransom involved. >> jon: you speak about it in a compartmentalized way. you have been kidnapped twice. >> twice. >> jon: once in iraq. in iraq it's for a day. >> jon: sure. sure.

in darfur both government soldiers as we just heard about and darfur rebels have been accused of mass rapes. in the democratic republic of congo, tens of thousands of women were reported as being victims of rape. in most cases it is used as part of a strategy of ethnic cleansing. >>> violence in eastern ukraine has marred the start of negotiations among world leaders who have gathered in minsk hoping for a ceasefire between pro-russian separatists and the kiev government. we'll speak to an individual in that regard. >>> and jewish center in argentina more than two decades ago, now they're speaking out seekingseeking answers and seeking justice. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm instead stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. up next, the captain of the costa concordia is sentenced. >>> first, high level talks to end the fighting in ukraine continue in belarus. brought france, germany and the ukrainian separatists together. many european union leaders hope a deal will end fighting and prayed president obamafightingpersuade president obama not to send additional military aid to

we went to the border with darfur. we were in chad and we said hey, can you take us across the border? and they said, well, there's a russian aircraft flying overhead and it's possible that government will bomb if they see people going over to the site the we said, well we have to go there if you want to report on what happened. and president bashir, the sudanese president was denying it saying absolutely no soldiers were killed. so we decided to go in the back of trucks with the rebels and we went there, and there were bodies everywhere as far as one could see. there were dozens and dozens of bodies, and it was an incredible sight. and that picture appeared on the front page of "the new york times" and it was impossible for bush year to deny what it happen. to be it was a perfect example of the power of photography and the power of document and being there. in 2008 i got a call from dexter, a very well-known war correspondent, and he was a very good friend and we've worked together extensively in iraq and afghanistan.

over a decade later, they have increased their genocidal attacks in darfur. as humanitarian agencies withdraw from the region unable to carry out their missions in the face of unrelenting attacks, the civilian and displaced populations in darfur are left without protection and without witnesses. in the past weeks, the government supported bashir's rapid support forces have intensified their campaign of attacks, bombings, rape displacement, and destruction. according to the satellite sen continual project, these forces are better equipped, centrally commanded, and fully integrated into the state's security apparatus with legal immunity from prosecution. according to reports by united to end genocide, since january 1, at least 20,000 innocent civilians have been forced to flea their forms in darfur. the president is bombing civilians blocking the investigation of reported mass rape of over 200 darfur women, and in the midst of the sharpest increase of violence in the years demanding removal of u.s. peacekeepers. on january 6, the united nations office for the c

york times and we were trying to get into darfur so we went to chad because the sudanese government wouldn't give visas easily to journalists. they didn't want journalists seeing what was happening. there had been a massacre of sudanese government soldiers many of whom were conscripted from south sudan. in order to report on it we had to see what had happened. we went to a group of rebels, we went to the border, we were in chad. can you take us across the border? a the russian aircraft flying overhead ended is possible the government will bomb if they see people going to the site. we have to go there if we want to report on what happened. president bashir was denying it. he was saying absolutely no soldiers were killed. we decided to go in the back of trucks with the rebels and we went there and there were bodies everywhere as far as one could see. there were dozens of bodies. there was an incredible sight. that picture appeared on the front page of the new york times and was impossible for bashir to deny what happened. it was a perfect example of the power of photography and the po

but reports of this mass rape constitute a quote, new low even for darfur. victims allege that the soldiered entered their villages looking for one of their own. soldiers came into homes, beat the men and took them away. and in the absans of many husbands brothers sons and friends, the soldiers raped the women and girls. they raped my three daughters and me a victim says. two of her daughters are under 11 years old. she continues. some of them were holding the girl down while another was raping her. they did it one by one. they beat the young children and they raped my older daughters another witness recounted. they put clothes in their mouths so you could not hear them screaming. these anonymous accounts are horrifying. yet many people aren't talking. human rights watch says it's due to a climate of fear that they could face beatings or even death. the un peacekeeping mission was allowed to investigate just once. a >> the one time the peace keepers were permitted to reach the city the firnls refused to let them interview alleged rape victims in private. to

she has been everywhere from darfur and libya. three of her colleagues were kidnapped and released.he spoke about her time as a woman documenting some of the most dangerous places. >> it was difficult when i started photographing and going into war zones to come home and reconcile the people live such separate lives simultaneously and i can be in a devastating place and go to a relative paradise. it does not seem fair that i have that luxury. my name is lindsay and i am a photojournalist. the name of my book is, "it is what i do." i never wanted to be a photographer. i never thought of photography as a profession. i thought of it as a hobby. i was interested in international relations and i realized that photojournalism was the marriage of photography and international relations. i started working in afghanistan in 2000 and made my first trip there when it was under tell a ban rule. -- under taliban rule. i was 26 euros old and no one knew who i was. i saved my money and decided to go there to see what life was like for women under the talib an. as a woman, i had access to places th

you talk about darfur and people are confused, that was so many years ago, what do you mean? this is an issue, still a problem. >> let's take syria for example, we know the failing is on the part of the administration, the assad regime, they are watching ton sphwhrant their brothers and sisters in other arab nations were doing so and some of it was a success and it didn't work out that way in syria. we know what went wrong in the beginning. but what's gone wrong with our international governance? people look to the west and to the united nations to say that's away you're here for. speaking frankly, i know you're not looking to pick fights with the united nations or member governments -- >> i work for the united nations, it be wog a little difficult if i -- it would be a little difficult if i picked a fight with it. >> right. >> but the united nations is made up of 193 countries. countries which have very different perspectives. and in the case of syria we all know that they are at the heart of the five permanent members of the security council, there is a difference of opinio

we are at the port in lampedusa and spoke to one migrant who made the journey from darfur. >> you are here in the reception center how are you treated here? >> i arrived here, i understand that here is freedom justice and equality. since i have been here from the boat and they brought me on another boat and really, they are, i understand that i am alive. i didn't think i would be alive also. they got me food, i am so happy because they brought me food and i eat and i drink and they got me a good bed last night and i slept. so really i am so happy. especially again those people, they are very kind people. they are not going to tell us any unkind words. they only tell us kind word, because sometimes there is fighting even between us. >> thank you very much. abdullah is among the thousands here at the reception center. they will be moved on to the mainland all the reception centers that have more capacity and are operational because this center was still closed when they arrived here undergoing major restoration. according to at least looking at the last couple of days, they may not be t

lampadusa and claudia is at the port at lampadusa and spoke to a migrant there who made the journey from darfureporter: how have you been treated here? >> when i arrived here there is freedom, justice and equality because this is good and they saved me from the boat and they brought me on another boat and really there i understand i'm alive. i don't see how i would be alive also and got me food and got me water and brought me on a camp right now and i'm so happy because they brought me food and i eat and i drink and a good bad last night and i slept and really i'm so happy and especially it gives the people they are very kind people. they are not going to kill us any unkind word and they tell us kind words because sometimes there is fighting between us and they support us. >> reporter: thank you very much abdullah among the thousands migrants here at the reception center at lampadusa and will be moved to the mainland and more capacity and are operational because this reception center was still closed when they arrived here because it was undergoing major restoration but according to at least wo

in 2006 i have been working in darfur for for two years. i started covering therefore in august 2004 because in august of 2,004 because i needed a break. and in 2006 2006 i was working with lidia bovary who is an incredible correspondent for the new york times and we were trying to get into therefore, so we went to chad because the sudanese government would not give these is easy to -- easily to journalists. they did not want journalists seeing what was happening their had been a massacre of sudanese government soldiers, many of whom were conscripted from sudan. sudan. in order to report on it we had to actually see what happened. so we went to a group of rebels. we went to the border. we were in chad and we said, can you take us across the border? and they said well, the russian aircraft flying overhead, and it's possible the government we will bomb if they see people going over to the site. we said, well, we have to go there if we want to report on what happened. and the sudanese president was denying it saying, absolutely know soldiers w

at the end of october the soldiered stormed a village in darfur the government limited access to tabbatby investigators. >> essentially the government of sudan denies that any rape took place in this town at the time. they went to drastic measures to blockade the town. we spoke to half a do dozen men who were allegedly speaking out for what took place. >> days after the alleged attacks, they found the area tightly controlled and information sparse. we are going to speak to the person who compiled the report, spoke to a dozen rape victims and brings this to light. we are going to tell you about cases of rape used as a weapon of war. >> stephanie sy thank you. >>> one of the last safe havens of african wildlife is located deep in the congo. varunga national park. leaving many endangered animals caught in the middle, it is the subject of the oscar nominated film varunga. >> varunga is a story of four very brave individuals battling to protect the national park, home of the last of the world's mountain gorillas. it is one of the most biodiverse places on our planet and home to the last 880

they either saw her growing up saw her walking the streets as an advocate for the people in darfur other social issues, she worked at an hiv clinic a women's shelter. there is a doctor, family friend who wanted to say this about kayla mueller. >> the daughter is one of those folks that looks for the good in everything. in that vein she goes on ahead and tries to look for her god's sinner with the way she looks in day-to-day life. >> you can see, poppy, how idealic it looks behind me. this is a charming town. it is a privileged place by world standards and it's something that this young lady wanted to spread throughout the world. she wanted to fight for social justice in places where there is no justice. poppy. >> and stay with me as we bring michael daily into this conversation. that's exactly what you wrote about. you wrote an article in the"the daily beast" saying this is isis' cru elest move yet. leaving the family dangling not showing proof of life or that she is indeed dead is their cruelest move yet. >> you thought when you saw the beheadings and the poor guy being burned alive, ho

it reportedly happened in darfur a region in sudan. bloody conflict has killed hundreds leaving some in dire straits. but they say it constitutes a new low. they allege that soldiers entered their villages looking for one of their own. believing some villagers captured or killed them. soldiers came in to homes beat the men and took them away and in the absence of husbands brothers and friends the soldiers raped the women and girls. they raped my three daughters and me a victim says. two of her daughters are under 11 years old. some were holding the girl down while another was raping her. they did it one by one. they beat the young children and raped my older daughters. they put clothes in their mouths so you could not hear them screaming. these anonymous accounts are horrifying but many are not talking. human rights watch said it is due to a climate of fear they could face beatings or death. the u.n. peace keeping mission was allowed to investigate just once one and with that there can be no actions against the perpetrators. a point br

. >> human rights workers are increasingly concerned about the situation in darfur. they say the joint a.u.-u.n. peacekeeping operation is not doing enough to protect civilians. the future of that mission is now under review. diplomats say there needs to be change claiming there is no other peacekeeping mission in the world that is so large and so ineffective. >> thousands of delegates are in south africa for one of the world's biggest mining conferences on the agenda. eric witherica wood reports there is little talk on the conditions. >> 7,000 mining executives and industry people have gathered for a four-day conference. >> international people here from china australia, south america, canada, it's truly an international event aimed as progressing the mining industry in africa. >> but much of the agenda has concentrated on the slump in commodity prices, at its lowest in year,. south africa's mineral resources minister has also tried to alleveiate fears that the electricity crisis in his country will effect the energy-hungry mining industry. >> we're taking this on a

we spoke to a migrant there who made the journey from darfur. >> how have you been treated here? >> i understand that here is freedom, justice and quality. a boat and another boat, i am alive. they got me food, they brought me out here. i am so happy because they brought me food and i eat and i drink and they got me a good bed, and i slept. really i am so happy. they are very kind people. they are not going to tell us any unkind words. they only tell us kind words. >> thank you very much. he is among the thousand migrants who are here at the reception centered. they will have to be moved on to the mainland or to a center with more capacity. this center was still closed when they arrived here, undergoing major restoration but according to at least looking at the last couple of days there may not be the last migrants who arrive here on the island of lampedusa. >> thousands have marched in the streets of budapest to protest against vladimir putin's upcoming visit to hungary. demonstrators are angry at the close relation to say russia, preferring closer ties to the european union. vl

and this is something that she did throughout her life from protesting genocide in darfur when she was in high school, to becoming a president of a college organization that was committed to ending mass atrocities around the world. she went on after college to help humanitarian organizations in india, israel, and lastly in turkey and syria, where she felt very connected to the syrian refugees who were fleeing the bloodshed and the civil war that was happening in syria, finding a connection in people's suffering and finding her place in the world was to help those who were most vulnerable fight for peace and for justice. and that is the legacy and the way her family wants her to be remembered. we're hearing from people in this community, many who did not know kayla personally who are just in disbelief that there's an organization a group of people who could be so callus as to hurt and murder such a beautiful human being. >> we lost this beautiful young woman that had her whole future in front of her, trying to give her best to other people in other countries and that sort of thing happe

in high school she volunteered for the save darfur coalition and even lobbied members of congress and staged silent protests for the cause. in college at northern arizona university she became president of a group called stand, a student-led movement to end mass atrocities. after graduation she traveled first to northern india. then to israel and the palestinian territories working for humanitarian organizations. by 2011 syria was beck on thatting and she spoke online. >> imin solidarity with the syrian people. i reject the brutality and killing that the syrian authorities are committing against the syrian people. >> reporter: in 012, mueller made her first trip to the syrian/turkish border, working for aid groups. on a trip home in may of 2013 she spoke to her local paper about her experiences saying quote, when syrians hear i'm an american, they ask where is the world. all i can do is cry with them because i don't know. she returned to the region and just about two months after that interview was taken hostage. mueller was leaving a hospital in allepo when she was kidnapped. her fam

famine and war in darfur.here, in 2011, she was bound blindfolded and held for six days with three journalists by soldiers of gadhafi. linsey addario one of four girls from a connecticut suburb traveled the world and tells her story in a mesm woirks it's what i do, a photographer's life of love and war. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> brown: you tell of an exhibition where you see photography can be art and journalism. >> yeah, it was a moment. i had no training in photojournalism or photography so i really was learning as i went along. i remember walking into this exhibition and i walked in and the prints were massive. they were just wall-size. i looked around and i was so overcome by not only the beauty of the images but the power of the images and the fact they were showing the lives of these workers. >> brown: what does it make you want to do? >> it made me want to do that. it made me want to use photograph to tell stories. >> brown: how do you do that? give me an example. one focus throughout y

small group of lawyers to provide training for sudanese lawyers representing victims of the crisis in darfur on evidence advocacy and substantive international criminal law with a focus on practice before the international criminal court. jo ann's service and impact on temple law school is made all the more impressive in light of the myriad of other roles she has taken on to advance the cause of social justice through legal institutions. in 2001, jo ann was appointed by the mayor of philadelphia to chair the mayors task force on police discipline, and in 2011 was appointed by the united states district court for the eastern district of pennsylvania to monitor the city of philadelphia's compliance with a settlement concerning stop and frisk procedures. she has a long history of service on various commissions designed to increase access to justice, including the philadelphia bar association's committee to promote justice the board of directors of the defender association of philadelphia the advisory board of the public interest law center and the pennsylvania commission for juvenile initiative

in high school mueller volunteered for the save darfur coalition and according to a local paper, even lobbied members of congress and staged silent protest for the cause. in college, northern arizona university she became president of a group called stand, a student-led movement to end mass atrocities. after graduation she traveled first to northern india and then to israel and the palestinian territories working for humanitarian organizations. by 2011 syria was beckening, she spoke about it in this online post. >> i am in solidarity with the syrian people. i reject the brutality and killing that the syrian authorities are committing against the syrian people. >> in 2012 mueller made her first trip to the syrian turkish border. she was working for aid groups supporting syrians fleeing the violence in their country. on a trip home in may of 2013 she spoke to her local paper about her experiences saying quote, when syrians hear i'm an american, they ask where is the the world? all i can do is cry with them because i don't know. she returned to the region in just about two months after t

in high school mueller volunteered with the save darfur coalition, among other organizations. she won a number of philanthropic awards and was recognized as a young leader. she told the daily courier in 2007 i love cultures and language and learning about people's cultures. after graduating from northern arizona university in 2009 she lived and worked with humanitarian aid groups in northern india, israel and palestine. >> what isis has been doing for the last year and a half is collecting foreigners for hostages hostages. as we have seen they have been executing a lot of people who are tangential to the conflict. >> reporter: in august 2013 mueller was kidnapped in aleppo where she was volunteering for doctors without borders. after the beheadings of hostages, she would be the last known american hostage held by isis. in may of 2014 the first contact was made to the family confirming kayla's captivity. since then there have been communications from her captors and of course you can just imagine how agonizing this must be for her family. >> excruciating. i cannot imagine. than

is best be described as a citizen of the world investment high school she volunteered for the save darfur coalition. according to her local paper, staged silent protests for the cause. in college at northern arizona university she became president of a group called stand, a student-led movement to end mass atrocities. after graduation she traveled first to northern india. then to israel and the palestinian territories working for humanitarian organizations. by 2011 syria was beckoning. she spoke about it in this online post. >> i am in solidarity with the syrian people. i reject the brutality and killing that the syrian authorities are committing against the syrian people. >> reporter: in 2012 mueller made her first trip to the syrian/turkish border. she was working for aid groups supporting syrians fleeing the violence in their country. on a trip home in may of 2013, she spoke to her local paper about her experiences saying "when syrians hear i'm an american, they ask, where is the world? all i can do is cry with them because i don't know." she returned to the region and in just about tw

>> reporter: in high school her local paper showed her marching through town as part of the save darfurcongress and staging protests against genocide. as a student at northern university mueller was president of a group called stand, student led movement to end mass atrocities. she joined aide agencies. she came home briefly in 2011 volunteering at a women's shelter and hiv/aids clinic northland cares. the director telling cnn, she was truly a remarkable woman. we are all very sad. but mueller could not ignore the unfolding crisis in syria. the children she told her local paper, captured her heart. in may of 2013, she spoke at the prescott kiwanis club where her father is a member and she said for as long as i live i will not let this suffering be normal. just two months later as she left a hospital in aleppo syria, she was kidnapped. her family would hear nothing until ten months later. isis demanded a ransom of nearly $7 million or they would kill kayla mueller on august 13th. as jordan begins its air strikes against isis this photo from isis and their claim that those air strikes kil

and getting security council approval to send peacekeepers to darfur. we're honored to have him with us today. and before i have him come forward, i would like to point out in today's issue, he is prominently mentioned as potential presidential candidate. for very good reason i can say from many years experience with john. john, a great honor to have you with us. [applause] >> bill, thank you very much for those kind words and thanks to you and suzanne and defense forum foundation for invitings me. it is always a pleasure to be here. i've worked with bill over the years in many capacities and with suzanne, beginning when we started on the western sahara problem, an issue i have worked on for close to 25 years now still without a satisfactory solution. one of those things that really and will himone of those things that really i think it's an obligation of the united states to help resolve, to give the people of the territory of the western sahara the opportunity to vote in a referendum on their own future. how is that for a startling proposition? [appla

whether her work with aids or work on darfur. refugees from syria she certainly seemed to believe she was doing god's work and was committed to doing it. it is a sad, obviously very sad story. not just for her parents but just for the country. it reminds us the perils of war non-war happening in syria right now. martha: i mean you think packings to steven sat laugh, jim foley to other americans that have been killed in this fight. efforts that were undertaken we learned later to rescue them, to get them away from the hands of these vicious islamist extremists who have been killing people. we've seen the scenes across all of these videos in some horrific ways. it raise as question about how we're doing in fighting this battle steve? >> yeah. i mean it is really one of the saddest stories of the past decade. if you look back at the hope that the administration had in dealing with bashar al-assad's regime, whether hillary clinton talking about assad as a reformer whether it was sending a u.s. ambassador back to damascus in january o

and getting security council approval to send peacekeepers to darfur.we're honored to have him with us today. and before i have him come forward i would like to point , out in today's issue, he is prominently mentioned as potential presidential candidate. for very good reason i can say from many years experience with john. john, a great honor to have you with us. [applause] >> bill, thank you very much for those kind words and thanks to you and suzanne and defense forum foundation for invitings me. it is always a pleasure to be here. i've worked with bill over the years in many capacities and with suzanne, beginning when we started on the western sahara problem, an issue i have worked on for close to 25 years now still without a satisfactory solution. one of those things that really i think it's an obligation of the united states to help resolve, to give the people of the territory of the western sahara the opportunity to vote in a referendum on their own future. how is that for a startling proposition? [applause] >> something the united nations failed

in high school she volunteered with the save darfur organization.and was recognized as a young leader. she told the newspaper in 2007 i love cultures and language and learning about people's cultures. after graduating from northern arizona university in 2009 she lived and worked with humanitarian aide groups in august 2013 mueller was kidnapped in aleppo where she was learning a doctors without borders hospital. >> what isis has been doing is collecting foreigners for hostages as we see have seen in the last six months. they have been executing people who are tan again shall to the conflict. >> after the beheadings of three american hostages mueller would be the last known american hostage held by isis. the family spokesperson says in may of 2014 first made contact to the family confirming kayla's captivity and providing proof of life that is isis. there have been communications from her captors. the family hoped to keep her situation quiet. >> the family did authorize the news media to release her name. show pictures of her. a sad story. pamela bro

and getting security council approval to send peacekeepers to darfur.nored to have him with us today. before i have him come forward i would like to point out in today's issue, he is probably mentioned as potential presidential candidate. for very good reason i can say from many years experience with john. john a great honor to have you with us. [applause] >> bill, thank you very much for those kind words and thanks to you and suzanne and defense forum foundation for invitings me. it is always a pleasure to be here. i've worked with bill over the years in many capacities and with suzanne gypping when we started on the western sahara problem, an issue i have worked on for close to 25 years now still without a satisfactory solution. one of those things that really i think it's an obligation of the united states to help resolve, to give the people of the territory of the western sahara the opportunity to vote in a referendum on their own future. how is that for a startling proposition? [applause] something the united nations failed to do these last 23 year