stephanie mcclellan, a senior manager, asia, and initiatives for human rights watch and tehran, hamad and professor of political science at tehran, university, and import russian, northern ireland, inwards author of surviving execution, a miscarriage of justice and the fight to end the death penalty. a welcome to you all, i'd like to begin in tehran with the hamad, you actually support the death penalty. why do you think it makes such a terror? and? well, i think the 1st issue here is we have to look at every country separately. i don't think we can have a general rule for the entire globe regarding capital punishment. the latest data on iran, the world values survey which was actually conducted in 2020. so. 'd it's very recent, ask the iranians, what they thought of capital punishment would. it was on a scale of $1.00 to $10.00 with one to be never suitable, and 10 being always suitable over 80 percent of iranians actually chose a number of 5 or over. so a majority of iranians, including myself, support the capital punishment system, and i think it does act as a deterrent for potenti

chairperson, most of achim hamad, appealed for an immediate cessation of hostilities and called on parties to respect human rights and ensure the protection of civilians. the government, however, is adamant that it won't talk until the opposition achieves its objectives of bringing the to great leadership to justice and confiscating or destroying artillery and other arms. the group has, it's in possession. what we know was they had some missiles which could go 2300 kilometers. that means they could to strike a marriage and they could also strike our followers. they could strike us matter. that's easier. it was in their brain. so that's why the government asked us to destroy it. hundreds of people have already been killed in the conflict. that's been mostly causes treated in western to grey, close to the border with sudan and eritrea. according to diplomats, a large number of refugees, including troops are said to have already crossed into sudan. there are fears this conflict could trigger a civil war in the most populous nation, in the horn of africa. to grant account for 6 percent of ethi

algerian say the changes don't go far enough will bring in our guest in a moment 1st this report from hamad evolved. for nearly 2 years millions of of judeans have been demanding change they say they want to move the system of polish hailing a stronger popular representation and got auntie's of social individual rights. president of the machine to boon promised to address those demands through amendments to the constitution. if approved then limits presidents to serve only 2 terms in office and. give the president the ability to appoint a prime minister from his own party if it wins in a dorothy and crucially it will give parliament the power to remove the prime minister through a motion of no confidence. the government says the amendments respond to people's fundamental aspirations by stablish in a genuine democracy there are more changes planned on social and individual freedoms we don't recognise this system in power and this constitution if passed will plunge us into the abyss just as the predecessor of those in power plunged us into the abyss we do not recognize them but a form is desi

he's the uncle of bahrain's king hamad and was receiving medical treatment in the us shakily felt was in power for almost half a century and was accused of brutal repression during the 1990 s. and against protesters during the arab spring uprising in 2011. but supporters praised them for transforming bahrain's oil dependent economy into a banking and financial center all of hong kong's 15 remaining pro-democracy. politicians have resigned from the city's legislature after china passed the resolution disqualifying 4 of their colleagues. the government says they're a threat to national security, but critics accuse china of silencing the said the bigger palin reports from hong kong. oh, they say the fight is far from over. their resignations are a show of solidarity. we cannot simply afford to stay on because minus our full colleagues who are ousted the 15 of us simply don't have the minimum number to a protest also from being unseated. eventually one by one by the beijing type. the group resignation came after china's highest decision making body disqualified for pro-democracy legislato

says it's identified the parents of a newborn baby found in a bin hamad international airport. the infant's mother left the country and is counting the cost now. hello i'm adrian finnegan. this is counting the cost on al-jazeera. a look at the world of business and economics this week. as the cost of the pandemic pile up zambia defaults on its debts. as private investors wrangle over who should take losses on their loans. and the debt tsunami means that central banks are considering the unthinkable negative interest rates, but are investors prepared to pay governments for the privilege of lending to brazil is no longer one of the world's top 10 economies. many brazilians face a painful financial future. with soaring food prices and house prices, the g 20 rich countries club struck an historic agreement on restructuring debt for some of the world's poorest nations. the move goes beyond the current deal to freeze debt repayments until june next year. that is significant because it includes china. beijing has been reluctant to sign up to any deal that would cancel or restructure d

carter says it has identified the parents of a newborn baby found in a bin hamad international airport. the infant's mother left the country carter's public prosecution office says it's working internationally to have her arrested. she could face 15 years in jail. it says airport security are also to face sentences of up to 3 years for forcing female passengers to undergo physical examination. before being allowed to fly after the baby was discovered, police in colombia say, an attack that killed at least 8 people on saturday is linked to drug trafficking. they say a group of heavily armed men opened fire in a dormitory at a coffee plantation in the region. a separate attack on sunday in the southwest region of coca left at least 5 people dead. colombia has seen a rise in attacks. rival gangs battle over control of the country's lucrative cocaine. trade. environmentalists in pakistan are warning a government plan to develop 2 islands in the arabian sea could create an environmental disaster. the islands are situated near karachi. they're known for their mangrove forests as they provide

ghattas says it has identified the parents of a newborn baby found in a bin in doha's hamad international airport. in france, mother left the country, cut as public prosecution office says it's working internationally to have her arrested. she could face 15 years in jail. it says airport security software also to face sentences of up to 3 years for forcing female passengers to undergo physical examinations before they were allowed to fly. after the baby was discovered, the baby is being cared for by authorities. i, tourists in pakistan are warning that one of corruption is few remaining natural wonders is under threat. they say plans to devote to islands could begin to destroy mangrove forests that provide natural cover from storms and pollution. there are concerns. it could create an environmental disaster as priyanka. gupta explains they are known as karachi's green lungs. but these mangrove forests on the shores of one of the most polluted cities on earth, are shrinking fast. and now environmentalists say they are also tightened by a $50000000000.00 housing project planned by the gover

hamad out o. is an added sabur. he says the plans to surround the scene very advanced. the government forces i yet to reach the outskirts of the city of mccullough couple of the to grow region. but they are already talking about their plan on how they want to see start city, which is not only the biggest city in the to great region, but also the stronghold of the t.p.s. leaders. prime minister these government does spirit to see that cup should. now they're saying to finish the wall that is going to happen in the mountainous areas surrounding mackellar, there will be needing tunks and also living fired into this city, targeting military installations there on the defenses of the t.p.s. . they're saying there will also use franks and drone attacks against the defenses on its outskirts before. if you have been national defense forces can advance towards the field or fields on the outskirts of the city. they have been dropping overnight and lift. let's warning civilians not to go anywhere near military installations and to stay at home. but it's not known what the civilian

we shut up hamad karzai in pakistan. we never dealt with pakistan. they said, we fought the same year, one, two tours. now we're trying to do the negotiations without leverage. we lack the ability to deal with pakistan. so, you know, when the joint chiefs and the secretary of defense tell the president, look, don't pull the troops out, it doesn't meet the conditions we set, they're absolutely right. there's no assurance we'll ever get those conditions met because the taliban are rolling up the government forces in various provinces. it's going to be an ugly situation no matter whether you pull the troomz out now or you wait until president biden takes over and it becomes his problem. so if you pull out half the troops now and you give people warnings, it goes over a period of month, you'll do damage. but it's going to be an ugly ending in all probability. >> is president trump doing the right thing now? >> i don't think he's done the right thing from the beginning, but the military is trying to salvage what they can out of a negotiated honorable exit

to a huge chairperson, most of achim hamad appealed for an immediate cessation of hostilities and called on parties to respect human rights and assure the protection of civilians. the government, however, is adamant that it won't talk until the operation achieves its objectives of bringing the to great leadership to justice and confiscating or destroying artillery and other arms. the group has, it's in possession. what we know was they had some missiles which could go to 300 kilometers. that means they could strike a marriage and they could also strike our followers. they could strike us matter. that's easier. it was in syria. and so that's why the government has to rush to destroy it. hundreds of people have already been killed in the conflict. that's been mostly causes treated in western to grey, close to the border with sudan under the train. according to diplomats, a large number of refugees, including troops are said to already crossed into sudan. their fears, this conflict could trigger a civil war in the most populous nation in the horn of africa, to go and account for 6 percent o

and al jazeera says, hamad bin job as harry, capital bamako. he explains the peace deal and what it means for civilians. as the deal is being signed between the armenians, the a very independent of the russians, the turks will not be present inside nagorno-karabakh. the turks will be part of the peacekeeping centers, but will be established close to the line of control the line of actual contact. and that is where they will be based. many of these details are still emerging. how many will they be? what will be their remit? what can they do? what will happen if they find something which is not in accordance with what others by john or the armenians want? so a lot of that is being thrashed out the other even the armenians are not take directly talking to each other and the, talking to each of the wire intermediaries. so, yes, it is slowly unfolding, as we see what we know is deadline, is that this 3 surrounding areas around the going to karbala, have to be vacated by armenian forces, have to be handed over to azerbaijan. russian peacekeepers are

he's the uncle of bahrain's king hamad and was receiving medical treatment in the u.s. . shakily fellow was in power for almost half a century and was accused of brutal repression during the 1990 s. and against protesters during the arab spring uprising in 2011. but supporters praised him for transforming bahrain's oil dependent economy into a banking and financial center. palestine's chief negotiator, saeb erekat, has been laid to rest in his hometown of jericho a day after he died. hundreds attended his memorial ceremony and funeral procession which began in her ma in the occupied west bank. and a cat died from covert 19 related complications. he negotiated with israel on behalf of the palestinians for more than 20 years. neither abraham is in jericho. she says atika was a firm believer of using nonviolent means to achieve the 2 state solution. that accords family is mourning the loss of one for many palestinians here, the leave the big void in the political policy and fear there are mechanisms to replace some of the positions he was feeling. but it's hard to match his

tootsies in just a few months during the genocide in 1904, bahrain has named crown prince solomon bin hamad, as its new prime minister. it follows the death of haile 5. been sad. he took power in 1970 and was the world's longest serving prime minister had been receiving medical treatment in the united states. still ahead in sports these formula one drivers take a spin around based on board ahead of the turkish promptly chose the next the earth, the oh, come back environmental groups say indonesia's komodo dragon could be threatened by a major tourism project. the u.s. coal world heritage site is one of the few places where the world's largest species of message can be found in the wild jesica washington before subject matter. in the center of the vast indonesian archipelago, hundreds of giant lizards roam islands. fossils indicate that they've lived here and on some neighboring islands for millions of years. the komodo dragon is the world's largest, a lizard known for its venomous bite and aggressive behavior, as well as its size. the majority live here in the komodo national park. the vuln