would have been forced by american law to stop funding the egyptian military. there obama administration opted to continue its relationship and it's been more or less business business as usual and i think the reason i don't agree with it but i think the reason why is they perceive sisi and other authoritarian leaders to be capable of bringing about the kind of long term stability in the region that they that they desire and being able to more broadly help achieve american and other western strategic interests i think that's a miscalculation for many reasons but if you look at the last five years and i think timothy was speaking to this there have been there's been more instability in egypt over the last five years post-coup than at any other time in egypt's modern history there been more terrorist attacks more violence by vigilante groups and also by the state than in other than any other point in time so sisi has failed on that front he's failed on the economic front as timothy was also speaking to and on and in other areas as well james in brussels to really

would have been forced by american law to stop funding the egyptian military. there obama administration opted to continue its relationship and it's been more or less business business as usual and i think the reason i don't agree with it but i think the reason why is they perceive sisi and other authoritarian leaders to be capable of bringing about the kind of long term stability in the region that they that they desire and being able to more broadly help achieve american and other western strategic interests i think that's a miscalculation for many reasons but if you look at the last five years and i think timothy was speaking to this there have been there's been more instability in egypt over the. five years post-coup than at any other time in egypt's modern history there been more terrorist attacks more violence by vigilante groups and also by the state than in other than any other point in time so sisi has failed on that front he's failed on the economic front as timothy was also speaking to and on and in other areas as well james in brussels clearly he's

published a book called into the hands of the soldiers which was at least viewed by many in the egyptian government to be critical and to identify what happened in two thousand and thirteen as a coup which is and that them her to the current sisi regime so it's actually no coincidence but still even previous journalists were critical even david kirkpatrick when he was in cairo after two thousand fifteen he didn't experience expulsion so what we're seeing is a ratcheting up of press repression that is both within the country of twenty five journalists in egypt at least twenty five that are imprisoned in egypt trading as one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty at the world press freedom index so egypt is not even in a good situation with regards to its press freedom and that really undermines the government it's easier eams efforts to. increase investment and to improve its economy and indeed one of our own journalist mahmud hussein is has been incarcerated in gyptian jeff one of the two years and indeed that was highlighted it in many reports from human rights groups that have sai

leaders meeting for their first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state government are in the egyptian resort resort of sharm el sheikh talking politics and each will cooperate. and pope francis says the church will make protecting children from sexual abuse by priests and spies for r.t. this after a landmark summit on child abuse but victims say the promises are not enough. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us this year's academy awards have just been handed out in an event full of surprises and upsets the segregation era roadtrip movie green book won the oscar for best picture beating roma which had been favored going into the ceremony livia coleman took the best actress award for her role in the favorite besting glenn close who was considered the front runner and a romney moloch was the best actor award for his role as queen front man freddie mercury and bohemian rhapsody which also took most of the words in total with for us. ok our resident film expert scott roxboro here as ever good morning good to see if the scott you know looking at these these oscars and a host of

but is not my call and i think felt under pressure to show more support to the egyptian rights group. saying how grangemouth sorry to interrupt you how seriously do you take this sort of legal action i'm sure you and the other rights groups would think it's all you know completely unwarranted but the system in egypt doesn't walk around with this sort of thing either. we we take it very seriously are the we have seen these kinds of companies filed by lawyers who are very hyper nationalist and pro-government and egyptian law unfortunately permits this kind of lawsuits filled by hand by lawyers who have nothing at stake at actually but they just lie these. over pro that kids ations actually laughable of harming national to get the and spreading false news yeah and others could be the gyptian authorities to strip. activists from the egyptian nationality or to actually imprison them and we have seen the risk users acting in many cases upon these complaints and they're creating activists to court such events. to make a new mood because if you're saying you think the noise and not really no

but leaving is difficult egyptian president abdel fatah assisi boasts that migrant birds are preventedfrom selling to europe his efforts to combat migration have been praised by several you leaders but critics say it comes at the expense of human rights. when it comes to market ration and combating terrorism i think that. was trying to anything else. he respecting human rights egypt some days tawfiq can't make enough money to feed his hungry son but a new leaders would prefer him to remain in egypt rather than arriving on their shores. let's go straight to sharm el sheikh our correspondent garrett mathis good morning georg migration a key issue on the agenda at the summit what's on the table what's being discussed . cooperation is the key what you really and that was not only reiterated by donald but also by egyptian president al sees the cooperation between the countries of origin the countries of transit and the countries of destination now when it comes down to concrete action regarding this policy is a little more tricky egypt for instance would like to see a replication of the tur

in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh the goal of strengthening trade ties between the arab nationsand tackling challenges like terrorism and migration the e.u. is reliant on arab league governments like egypt to prevent migrants and refugees from crossing the mediterranean from north africa to europe before we speak to our correspondent. let's go to our next report where we meet a refugee headed for europe now finds himself stuck in cairo. for a year in ethiopia for taking part in a protest against the government in twenty fifteen he fled to the egyptian capital cairo he now lives in a poor neighborhood sharing a two room apartment with a woman a child and two other refugees. that. makes around one hundred euros a month doing odd jobs half of that goes on rent he doesn't see much of a future here but he doesn't see a way out. but. just . like. told fix wife beef two works as a cleaner for wealthy families she says she enjoys abuse on the job. they don't know that all working life experience sexual harassment and sexual assault from the man and children of the house and that is real

leaders meet for their first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics and neutral cooperation. and pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in water society francis said the church would make protecting children at its highest priority but some victims say nothing concrete was decided at a vatican summit on such abuse. and we'll talk about a worrying trend that's going global the anti-vaccination movement a french child is suspected of reintroducing measles to costa rica will explore the international community's response to a viral movement. ending the wars in syria and yemen and restarting the middle east peace process those are some of the discussion leaders are wrestling with at the first ever joint summit of the arab league and european union is being hosted by egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi in the egyptian seaside resort of sharm el sheikh the goal is to tighten relations between the two organizations the two day gathering is also intended to stren

leaders meet for their first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort town of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics and mutual cooperation. and could have netflix film winning big at this year's oscars a mexican movie roma could be poised for glory at the film awards ceremony in hollywood. spicer welcome to the program. pope francis has called for an all out battle to bring child abusers in the clergy to justice he was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to address paedophilia in the church after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence that their superiors had concealed their crimes though many victims reacted skeptically francis promised the church would end what he called its culture of silence and would decisively confront perpetrators he called them tools of satan. evil is within the catholic church according to pope francis and the time for apologies is over. no explanation suffice for these abuses involvement. in front of an audience of international bishops francis spoke not just of human sin but of

leaders meet for their first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics and mutual cooperation. pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in water society at a vatican summit francis says the church would make protecting children is highest priority but some victims say nothing concrete was decided at the meeting. and voters in the west african nation of senate go are called on to choose a new president or to give the incumbent macky sall a second term in office but there is controversy surrounding the vote two main challengers were barred from running. ending the wars in syria and yemen and restarting the middle east peace process those are some of the discussions leaders are wrestling with at the first ever joint summit of the arab league and european union is being hosted by egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi in the egyptian seaside resort of sharm el share the goal is to tighten relations between the two organizations the two day gathering is also intended

in the egyptian seaside resort of sharm el sheikh the goal is to tighten ties between the e.u. and arab nations leaders are discussing security migration the stalled peace process as well as the conflicts in yemen and syria correspondent jorgen mathis is in sharm el sheikh covering events i asked him about the key issues at the summit. i think really pressing issues also in terms of migration which is also a key issue here at the summit is really addressing the the civil wars that are taking place within that union of arab states and most of all you have syria a war that apparently is partly one now by bashar al assad and the leaders here of the e.u. but also arab leaders will have to think about how they deal with this and then you have conflicts a civil wars in yemen but also unstable very unstable situation in libya also a big issues here and the question of course for european leaders is how do they deal with these issues and how do they deal with the liberal and non democratic elected counterparts here that it was a question put to jump to the head of the european commissi

government knew and that's egyptian military the egyptian security services and i believe that that was a mistake i believe you still believe that as you stand by the way i'm in a tiny minority in that regard i think most people believe that we should have been even more in support of the egyptian military but i believe they are after killing eight hundred people in a single day in the rubble. look at the praise that is heaped on president sisi the united states absolutely and i but again and i just isn't you being right to use it because we talked about earlier you said you thought we were right this is a big instance where you would write what i said to be very clear when i say we are right i mean the orientation of barack obama's politics the vision that he has for the united states in the world i believe is fundamentally right that does not mean that every single decision that you make in the course of eight years is right jakes on the elevates the priority of human rights and reform in in the case of saudi arabia fair criticism. yeah i mean i myself was very critical of the saudis.

a summit together for the first time egyptian president. is hosting the gathering where leaders are expected to discuss security and migration the two day meeting seeks to fix to strengthen ties between the e.u. and arab nations other priorities on the agenda include the middle east peace process as well as the conflicts in yemen and syria for more on this i'm now joined by our correspondent gary mathis in shake the georg this is the first meeting of these two very significant institutions what are we expecting out of this and why is this happening now. it is indeed leaders have set themselves a rather relaxed schedule a very broad agenda of topics here we're looking at all sorts of topics everything from environment climate but also trades the e.u. being the most importing trading partners of the states of the arab league and so wonderful about said to me here in sharm el sheikh it is the idea is to start a multilateral process in a time when donald trump is putting that issue of multilateralism very much into the critique interesting of a

human rights lawyer then was arrested by egyptian security forces in november. and i'll be looking for your comments on twitter and of course in our live you tube chop there will be lots to talk about today so we want to hear from you on all of them start with a very controversial topic that already has our community talking back summations last month the world health organization declared their reluctance or refusal to vaccinate a top threat to global health are anti-tobacco making us ill stay tuned. one of the central attendance of the anti vaccine movement is to claim that the axioms the arts its. studies involving now over one million children there is a massive amount that assures absolutely no link between vaccines and autism as a vaccine scientists and as a parent now an adult with offices in sisseton which is abilities i can say we've learned so much about what autism really yes and how it begins prenatal development during evil development early pregnancy well before kids overseas vaccines it was not even on this bill it. was. according to the vaccinati

activists from the egyptian nationality or to actually improve them there and we have seen the rescuers acting in many cases up with these complaints and are creating activists to court these lawyers have strong ties with security agencies and we have seen this brother also under late president mubarak where lawyers who have ties with the government and security agencies tried complaint against writers and activists but under president these the. porter precinct hugely and the number of cases of such cases are i think coming as opposition leader has been charged with in selection and inciting violence mores come to lead regular protests against longtime president pulled by or since losing an election in october which government opponents say misfortune and if found guilty come to could face life in prison. police incident again to guns to disperse protesters calling for the resignation of the president omar bashir. hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of. sudan's second largest city angry despite a government announcement that includes release some of the eight hundred

al-jazeera is journalist mark porter saying has been an egyptian prison for more than two years he's been held without charge trial or conviction as saying was detained on december twenty twenty sixteen by gyptian north orators upon his arrival in cairo for an annual vacation to visit his family egypt has accused the consul based news producer of broadcasting false news al-jazeera denies the charges calls for the same to be released the fiance of saudi journalist is again urging world leaders to take action against his killers a teacher change gives address to human rights panel at the e.u. parliament in brussels the shoji was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last year. the moment has come for all international organizations to move forward as quickly as possible the perpetrators of this particular doc crime have to be prosecuted and justice has to prevail one might think this is a very exceptional of eight but we just contemplate that this may not be as exceptional as one thinks this type of crime may be something very frequent but we simply don't hear about it now th

al jazeera journalist mahmoud her saying has been an egyptian prison for more than two years he's been held without charges trial or conviction saying was detained on december twentieth twenty sixteen by gyptian authorities upon his arrival in cairo for an annual vacation to visit his family egypt is accuse the cats are based news producer broadcasting falls news al-jazeera denies the charges called for hussein to be released to nigeria now where the death toll from an attack on civilians in the north has doubled to more than one hundred thirty people do not state authorities said police investigations are under way after sixty six bodies were discovered in eight villages on friday governor nicea revised says the motive behind the attack appeared to be ethnic tensions in clashes between christian farmers and muslim herdsman over land and water of escalated in recent years. a report in the new york times is raising questions about whether the us president went further than previously reported to try and stop investigations into him and his close allies article again as the latest from w

the egyptian people. again the system of water to have another political system that you have a social justice. and the specter of human dignity and so on but if you look to what is going on in egypt right now most of the people have the feeling that. it was even better during. mubarak and it doesn't mean that they want to them about a commute. to come back but they don't feel the i mean you ration of the situation thousands of people are arrested and in prison and so. there is a feeling of disappointment. to reform or to change. let me ask you specifically about that because a few years ago when president was opposed to same question as i just ask you about the main achievements in egypt since the revolution he's sad that the introduction of presidential term limits was the main achievement here's exactly what he had to say let's listen. tell you something that in years gone by the idea that the ruler could be changed at all the possibility of him losing an election was unimaginable and. now it has worn

he fled d to the egyptian capitl of cairo.now lives in a poor neighborhood, sharing a two-bedroom apartment with five other people. he makes around 100 euros a month doing odd jobs. half of that goes on rent. he doesn't see much of a future here, but he does not see a way out. tupfik rashid the front door is closed, the backdoor is also closed. we are in prison. the area is not bad. daniel: his wife, biftu, works as a cleaner for wealthy families. she says she endorsed abuse on the job. >> i've experience sexual harassment and sexual assault from the man and children of the house. it's really traumatizing. daniel: cairo has become a magnet for many refugees from syria, iraq, sudan and ethiopia. the government estimates one million live in the capital. nationwide, around 5 million. they live in marginalized communities on the edge of society. many ethiopians meet here in this communal space to cook together and kill time. there is little work for them, no schools for their children and almost no assistance from authorities. the

of the egyptian parliament has approved an initial proposal to extend the president's term now the details are like this for it to take effect it would need to pass a vote in parliament within four months but if it does pass then c c's term would extend beyond its current limit of twenty twenty two so we're going to talk to me about this is an associate professor of political science at long island university she's on skype from new jersey with us now hi dahlia. one part of me sort of thinks well this is not a huge surprise that this sort of thing is well even in the works but the fact that it is it just cements. shows that egypt has actually not really gone far in the past eight years. you're right it's not a surprise at all remember this is a president came into power through a coup solving one of the bloodiest massacres in egypt's history he has systematically consolidating power around himself virtually decapitating the judiciary the security services have really purchased most of the media outlets there is no independent journalism in egypt and we're seeing right now is that the parli

three people the victims were two egyptian girls and a female german tourist who was walking past the bill at least thirteen others were injured including a german. well here in germany a leading politicians have marked the centenary of the nation's first democratic constitution at a ceremony in weimar it was in the eastern city that a national assembly founded a republic after imperial germany's calamitous defeat in war one lawmakers including german chancellor angela merkel attended a church service to commemorate be a cage. gemini's first democratic constitution was drawn up in weimar's national theatre. it was one of the most liberal and progressive ever penned at the time. german president trying to steinmeyer have pointed to me lasting importance. in that site india we live in a time when historical achievements including the separation of powers the parliamentary system and the rule of law are being challenged and questioned even here in europe. after the first free elections in january one thousand nine hundred nineteen the national assembly met environment and created germany

president gul fatah al sisi in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh the goal is to strengthen tradeties between the e.u. and arab nations and tackle challenges like terrorism and migration. the u. is reliant on arab league governments like egypt to prevent migrants and refugees crossing the mediterranean from north africa to europe and our next report d.w. met one refugee who made it to germany and who's using his talents as a cartoonist to come to terms with his harrowing experience random police violence why us the man on the ground shop says the police officer tarik nieman experienced police brutality first hand in syria. the beginning of this that you could say it's part of the daily process or the daily procedure and they are. if you endure if you did something or you didn't do anything it's depends on the officer norwood so or torturing beating it's part of the prisoners their life their tarik says he was incarcerated in a syrian prison for six and a half months for helping fighters in the free syrian army on behalf of the red cross when he got out of prison and twenty fourtee

steel construction some six meters high and it will run the entire length of the border from the egyptian border or the way up to the mediterranean sea in the north where work on a sea barrier is also nearing completion it's going to run along the same course as the underground barrier that's designed to prevent tunneling from gaza into israeli territory that is still under way as well and as you heard from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu he's saying that this is part of a wider strategy to try to to quell what he calls the ingress of terrorists from gaza there were five people who got through the border and were arrested earlier today sunday but or sets of a lot of people to try to get through just to find work in israel so it's not all. quite along the same terms that is being expressed by the prime minister the other thing is that he said there though was warning even during the selection period lections due on the ninth of april that israel stood ready to act that seems to coincide with the reports we heard over the weekend that israel had issued a very clear warning to hamas wh

without brighton i would feel hopeless i thought about but leaving is difficult egyptian president abdel fatah assisi boasts that migrant boats are prevented from sailing to europe his efforts to combat migration have been praised by several you leaders but critics say it comes at the expense of human rights. when it comes to the migration and combating terrorism i think that. was trying to anything else. here sick respecting human rights egypt some days tawfiq can't make enough money to feed his hungry son but a new leaders would prefer him to remain in egypt rather than arriving on their shores. in nigeria votes being counted following saturday's presidential election according to u.s. observer missions a turnout suffered after the poll was delayed by a wait but despite reports of some violent incidents the country's election commission says voting was generally peaceful the w.'s funny been talking with young nigerians about their political priorities. there's only one topic on people's minds this pentecostal church the election that also goes for the pastor. of the presidency. just to

leadership of the african union the egyptian chairmanship rather of the african union we have about one minute left in the program and i would like to give you the last word how can the age you do better now in protecting refugees and internally displaced people despite having at the fattah el-sisi as the chairman. our friends our brings us to the point about what sort of situation a structure can actually do with heads of state who are behaving and it is quite important to have some sort of higher level superstructure i am sure there will be with your dress the early warning systems a science arts displacements and such as extended presidencies or at mr elmore thank you very much for that and i want to thank all of our guests for this very interesting discussion that is i ching in nairobi solution in cape town and michael in london and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion do go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversat

but leaving is difficult egyptian president abdel fatah assisi boasts that migrant birds are prevented from sailing to europe his efforts to combat migration have been praised by several you leaders but critics say it comes at the expense of human rights. when it comes to the migration and combating terrorism i sings that you. was trying to anything else. here sick respecting human rights. some days tawfiq can't make enough money to feed his hungry son but e.u. leaders would prefer him to remain in egypt rather than arriving on the shores. of . reporting you watching a d.-w. news a live from berlin and see what else is going on in the world outside our window there are lots. goals in the big brother this link between don't wonder do they have a clue stay tuned to find dr who came out. of just over. the head of that u.s. president donald trump is due to fly to vietnam the next few hours for his second historic meeting with north korea's leader kim with the kids already on route two hundred aboard his official train as the truck hopes the choice of venue will inspire north korea to denuc

in ethiopia for taking part in a protest against the government in twenty fifteen he fled to the egyptian capital cairo he now lives in a poor neighborhood sharing a two room apartment with a woman her child and two other refugees. that there are. makes around one hundred euros a month doing odd jobs half of that goes on rent he doesn't see much of a future here but he doesn't see a way out either. front . just in. prison is that what this. place is that will not. told fix wife beef two works as a cleaner for wealthy families she says she enjoys abuse on the job. and all working life experience sexual harassment and sexual assault from the mom and children of the heists and that is really traumatized me. cairo has become a magnet for many refugees from syria iraq sudan and if. the government estimates one million live in the capital nationwide there are around five million they live in marginalized communities on the edge of society many ethiopians meet here in this communal space to cook together and kill time there is little work for them no schools for their children and almost no assi

two police officers have been killed in a suicide bombing in the egyptian capital cairo the officers were trying to arrest a suspect wanted over an attempted bombing at a mosque last friday when he blew herself up the blast injured at least three other people. and two bomb blasts in syria's northwestern city of idlib have killed at least twenty four people the bombs went off in the neighborhood during rush hour seen several bombings in recent months which of we didn't kill scores of people the city is controlled by the. armed group the commander of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces has called for as many as fifteen hundred international troops to remain to help stamp out the remnants of i saw the kurdish led s.d.s. commander in chief of muslim ghobadi made the remarks during a visit by general joseph total the head of u.s. central command commanding also expressed hope that america would halt its plans for a total troop withdrawal but vocal said the pullout is going ahead meanwhile kurds say they won't release the eight hundred fallen i still find is held in prisons insisting

activists from the egyptian nationality or to actually imprison them and we have seen the risk users acting in many cases upon these complaints and they're creating activists to court these lawyers have strong ties with the security agencies and we have seen this brother also under president mubarak when lawyers who have ties with the government and security agencies filed complaints against writers and activists but under president c.c. . porter afraid think hugely and the numbers of cases of such cases are i think. cameron's opposition leader has been charged with insurrection and scientific violence lauri's. led regular protests against longtime president paul buyer since losing an election in october which government opponents say was fraudulent if found guilty and will could face life in prison. the funeral of an activist who sought justice for victims of wartime sexual slavery is being held in south korea kim bach dong died on monday and was one of the thousands of so-called comfort women forced into brothels run by the japanese military joining the second world war part of can

egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi is set to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday and amnesty international fears this could undermine the organization its commitment to human rights the rights group expressed concern over the potential impact cc's chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future engagement with civil society it goes on to list some of the violations carried out by egyptian authorities and tooting and forced disappearances and mass killings during a wave of demonstrations in twenty thirteen that same year the african union itself temporarily suspended egypt's membership when sisi led the military coup against the democratically elected president mohamed morsi tuffy in hawkeye is a social and political commentator he says president cc's leadership of the a you will prove damaging to democratic ideals on the continent ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the e.u. is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly changing

published a book called into the hands of the soldiers which was at least viewed by many in the egyptian government to be critical and to identify what happened in two thousand and thirteen as a coup which is and that them how to the current sisi regime so it's actually no coincidence but still even previous journalists were critical even david kirkpatrick when he was in cairo up to two thousand and fifteen he didn't experience expulsion so what we're seeing is a ratcheting up of press repression that is both within the country of twenty five journalists in egypt at least twenty five that are imprisoned in egypt trading as one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty at the world press freedom index so egypt is not even in a good situation with regards to its press freedom of venezuela's minutes he has reaffirmed this loyalty to president nicolas maduro despite calls from opposition leader one wideout and the u.s. president to switch allegiance defense. minister vladimir padrino says the armed forces will remain in position along the border with colombia despite threats from washingto

of hamas which controls the gaza strip is melania is in cairo there is an understanding that the egyptians are saying that they will maintain the opening of the rough our border crossing if hamas continues or does more to restrain the border protests but the fact that the these protests and the situation on the border is extremely tense and could lead towards an escalation has been evidenced again today sunday with the publication of a video which showed what took place on the twenty second of january when an israeli soldier was struck in the helmet by a bullet fired from gaza and territory islamic jihad claiming that that was their action shooting that israeli soldier after he himself had been firing into a crowd of protesters the fact that his helmet protected him from significant injury or even death could be really the line between what might have been a major escalation and which what and what actually took place which was an israeli tank firing on a hamas border post killing. one palestinian so it does remain extremely delicate situation and on top of the front already according to t

was arrested by egyptian security forces in november.and i'll be looking for your comments on twitter and of course in our live here too .

egyptian president of the fatah has sisi is set to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday rights group amnesty international fears this could undermine the a use commitments to protecting human rights on the continent the organization has expressed concern over the potential impact chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future in gauge went with civil society and the state goes on to list violations it says were carried out by egyptian. also already is including in force disappearances and mass killings during a wave of demonstrations in twenty thirteen that year the african union suspended egypt's membership after sisi led a military coup against a democratically elected president mohamed morsi tuffy macca as a social and political commentator he says presidency says a you leadership will prove to be damaging to the organization's credibility ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the e.u. is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly ch

egyptian president. is set to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday and amnesty international fears this could undermine the organization its commitment to human rights the organization has expressed concern over the potential impact chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future engagement with civil society and a state goes on to list violations it says were carried out by egyptian authorities including enforced disappearances and mass killings during a wave of demonstrations in twenty thirteen that year the african union also suspended egypt's membership when sisi led the military coup against the democratically elected president mohamed morsi toughing hawk-eye is a social and political commentator he says president faces a leadership will prove to be damaging ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the e.u. is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly ch

they say egypt has not been cooperating with their inquiry the barber has more from outside the egyptian embassy in london this event was called by different groups of amnesty international but it's also been attended by personal friends and former colleagues of julio ritually and in their speeches they've not only called for the egyptian authorities to fully cooperate in an investigation into his killing but they've mentioned what they call all the other julio's they've are highlighted the fact that hundreds of people have been either incarcerated in egypt or simply disappeared in recent years people like journalists for example they've said simply for doing their job as they say julio was doing there are clearly pressures on the italian side pressures to sweep the son of the carpet as well as put it out into the open and our task as you seem to national friends of julio here and everybody concerned with basic freedoms is to make sure that it's the inquiry the impartial investigation and the evidence that wins out in the end over the attempts to cover this up. well last november italian

published a book called into the hands of the soldiers which was at least viewed by many in the egyptian government to be critical and to identify what happened in two thousand and thirteen as a coup which is and that them how to the current sisi regime so it's actually no coincidence but still even previous journalists were critical even david kirkpatrick when he was in cairo up to two thousand and fifteen he didn't experience expulsion so what we're seeing is a ratcheting up of press repression that is both within the country of twenty five journalists in egypt at least twenty five that are imprisoned and egypt trading is one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty at the world press freedom index so egypt is not even in a good situation regrets to its press freedom. journalist mahmoud is saying has been in the chips and prison for more than two years he's been held without charge trial or conviction hussein was detained on december the twentieth twenty sixteen by egyptian authorities upon his arrival in cairo for an annual vacation to visit his family egypt has accused the qatar b

side of the egyptian embassy in london. this event was called by different groups of amnesty international but it's also been attended by personal friends and former colleagues of julio rigid any and in their speeches they've not only called for the egyptian authorities to fully cooperate in an investigation into his killing but they've mentioned what they call all the other julio's they've are highlighted the fact that hundreds of people have been either incarcerated in egypt or simply disappeared in recent years people like journalists for example they've said simply for doing their job as they say julio was doing there are clearly pressures on the italian side pressures to sweep this under the carpet as well as put it out into the open and our task as recent national friends of julio here and everybody concerned with basic freedoms is to make sure that it's the inquiry the impartial investigation and the evidence that wins out in the end over the attempts to cover this up well last november italian prosecutors named five

detained under cc's roland than any other egyptian government in the past and yet we don't really see the international community. playing into cairo in any shape or form over this with this news now coming out of cairo in terms of the longevity that sisi has in terms of being president do you think there is anyone out there in any of the international capitals that's going to criticize what's going on in egypt. i mean i think that it's likely that there will be some spoken criticism of the steps when president i knew about problems and i was in a car just recently he did raise concerns about the human rights situation and argue that. that repression actually yamit it rather than answers the ability one of the key governments talking points is that it justifies its repression as for preserving stability. that said it did not appear to affect any of the material elements of the relationship whether it be the sale of arms or large trade deals and i don't anticipate frankly that many governments if any are going to take a material stand against expanding its power and pursuing as much as