human rights watch, just is one example. there are credible reports of people who say that the congress army has supplied armed groups with aid and weapons. one f l. our fighter, for example, told human rights watch in october 2022 that he himself witnessed for transfers of ammunition. and he says that it's the government quote that would always provide us with ammunition. he was specifically referring to the troops. he said they also gave us uniforms and then we will have these level of reports of armed groups getting support from the congress army. how do you respond to this? oh no, i don't see. don't let, let's, let's be clear on that question. there is no chord aberration between army and in the nation. so non take for granted that don't give credit to all those people. oh, some of them can be by there under strategy to make sure they are like complicated because right. i know that here are you, are you disputing or are you hearing human rights watch? we have often criticized. we will want in government as have other people in your government. one of the places that they have looked to, to just to verify their claims of the v

and all the best to you too, now, in fact , the report published by the organization human and right watchhere that about 50 people were injured, who were just walking somewhere from the mines that were scattered by ukrainian militants. and with this heavy fake, they figured it out. let's move on to the next one. and here, how does he sound russian mobilized, allegedly handed over defective balaclavas with defect. and such a video is being circulated on social networks, the head of the city of pechora distinguished himself by sending help to the mobilized. interestingly, he imagines what balaklava is. i don’t know timofey saw it. you are this video. yes, i saw this story. e is a rather funny thing, because it is clear that it has nothing to do with reality, especially with some mass cases. it absolutely does not. we now know that indeed at the beginning of mobilization there were problems with electric power. hmm, some part of the ammunition there, that is, something else enough. now we are absolutely sure that everything is equipped with everything, and the enterprises that are engaged in

human rights watch time england and accused the united states of committing a crime against humanity oving the indigenous population in the chagos archipelago in the indian ocean. britain and the united states denied this charge, but human rights watch , relying on dozens of witnesses and official documents, emphasizes that this persecution racism is a crime, colonialism, representation of the population, a few thousand people have come from their motherland, a half-day visit to the knife islands in the middle of the indian ocean, the natives of knife have been expelled from their land for 3050 years. straight knife yalat united states will lease a 50-year contract, which was extended for another 20 years in 2016. the americans built a military base on the largest island of knife, diego garcia. during these years, united states has supported the air base of this island. when they came, all the natives of the region became to the south of england and on a neighboring island of mauritius, the population was about 5 thousand people, it behaves like an animal . in 2000, the british court

and the united states of moving the indigenous population in the chagos archipelago. indian ocean committed crimes against the humanity of britain and the united states denied these accusations, but the human rights watch relied on dozens of witnesses and emphasized that this racial harassment is a colonial crime and against human rights . let's see a report about this together, representing a population of several thousand. some people have come from their motherland to see the knife archipelago in the middle of the indian ocean for a half-day. it has been 3,050 years since they were expelled from their land. it all started in 1967 when england decided to rent one of the most attractive islands in the united states on august 6. a 50-year contract in 2016 for twenty years it was also extended. the americans built a military base on the largest island of knife , diego garcia . during these years, the united states has supported military operations in iraq and afghanistan from the air base of this island, and all the natives of the region have moved to the south of england. and the rest to the neighboring island of mauritius, their population was about 5 thousand people. britain should return the knife i

advanced weapons, which were, you know, previously considered off limits and their accusations against ukraine, from human rights watch to save it. keys military has been using band, angie, personnel, land mines. and one of their said about that you are right. i mean, these are serious allegations now, ukraine's foreign ministry has reacted it has said that it's investigating the findings of this report. it's called the use of these anti personnel mines, which indiscriminately maim and kill, it's called them into men. we've also seen a statement from the queen and deputy minister to human rights watch. he said jo quinn is adhering to international humanitarian law. but you know, he said authorities could not commend on specific weapons till after the end of the war. we have to remember that this is not the 1st time that ukraine has been accused off off why leading the rules of law in this war? last august, we saw amnesty international suggest that your queen had committed war crimes by placing weapons to close to 7 in areas. but the, but the group, little, you know, back trapped on those conclusions and ukraine's gove

and human rights watch has published a new report, calling on key f to investigate ukrainian. military's apparent use of rockets launched la mines of the house previous reported only threats these mines posed to the people of the dom bus roman casa, has more the story. the report issued by human rights watch does not mention the, the victims here in de nest republic. their investigation is based on the harko region alone. however, it is still fact based according to h r. w on their interviews with more than a 100 people, including witnesses to land line use, victims of land lines, 1st responders, doctors and ukrainians. miners as well. the h. r w's arms division director. steve goose says ukraine's defense ministry has failed to address an inquiry from human rights watch or regarding their report. on november 23rd, the defense ministry provided a written response saying that the military abides by its international obligations including the prohibition of the use of any anti personnel mines. but without addressing any of the questions about p s m. mine use in and around is im noting that

mohammad ali basiri, a senior expert on african issues , accused britain and the united states of human rights watch of committing a crime by moving the indigenous population in the chagos archipelago in the indian ocean. against britain and the united states denied these accusations, but the human rights watch relied on dozens of witnesses to arrive at the picture, emphasizing that this persecution is a colonial crime against human rights, a report about this, and let's see how many thousands of people came. it has been 3,050 years since they were expelled from their land. it all started in 1967 when england decided to lease one of the most attractive islands of the kano from the united states . a contract of 50 year that in 2016 for twenty it was extended for another year. the americans built a military base on the largest chalos island, diego garcia. during these years, the united states has supported military operations in iraq and afghanistan from the air base on this island. when the americans came , all the natives of the region were deported, some to the south. england and the rest to the ne

and the wider world? no, not at all. i mean, first of all, you know, the israel—palestine situation is one of 100 around the world that human rights watch so, you know, it's a tiny percentage of the organisation's work. and even within that, as a matter of principle, you know, we talked about this earlier, we look at all sides. so we look at not only israeli government abuses, but also abuses by hamas, the palestinian authority, you know, hezbollah when there's a conflict in northern israel, southern lebanon. so, you know, we follow the same principles in israel—palestine, the same investigative methods, apply the same human rights standards. right, but do you actually apply the same level of focus? and what you've just said, that actually, in the global terms, it represented a small, small portion of what hrw is doing is an interesting point, but, challenge this if you want to, but a group called the un watch, ngo based in geneva, which i think it's fair to say, has a pro—israel slant, they analysed 18 months of ken roth's personal tweets. they looked at the different countries you'd made allegations of illegal behaviour about, and the

and finally, human rights watch has accused the u. s. on the u. k. of committing colonial crimes against humanity on the gulf islands in the last century and says it's regrets the tragedies but rejects the organizations characterization of events you case today committee napoleon, colonial crime treat and all she go sans as a people without rights the u. k. and the u. s. who together expelled that she go sans from their homes should provide full reparations for the harm they have cost we respect the work human rights watch is around the world. but we categorically reject this characterization of events. on wednesday, human rights watch issued a report monday, reparations for the people of the che, got islands from the u. k. on the us. more than 1000 sugar options were forced by the british government to leave the land in the 1900. 67 is to make room for building a u. s. base, which was called diego garcia. the indigenous population was forced to malicious, on the se, shelf facing object to poverty and having every since being fighting to return home .

omar shakir, who is the israel and palestine director at human rights watch, said the move "suggests for the state department believing that palestinians deserve basic rights disqualifies one from serving on a human rights body. shameful and yet u.s. foreign policy in a nutshell." james cavallaro has become just the latest figure to lose or risk losing a position due to his iticism of israel. last year, the dean at harvard university's kennedy school of government vetoed a fellowship for former human rights watch executive director kenneth roth over his criticism of israel's human rights record. under public pressure, harvard recently reversed its decision. ken roth is at harvard now. we are joined now by james cavallaro who is joining from los angeles where he is visiting professor at the ucla school of law. can you explain what happened? first, they are praising you and then they are withdrawing your nomination from the inter-american commission on human rights that you had previously served as president of. >> it really was quite a turn of events. many thanks for having me on your

this is anita a wang, she's a researcher with the africa division for human rights watch. and, and yet i want to ask you about some of the concerns that human rights watch has expressed in these past few days. and it said that is concerned about impunity and insecurity in these elections. why is that the case? well, thank you for having me, michael. first and foremost is important to highlight the fact that these elections are taking place against going back to a wide spread insecurity across the country. so quite from the book around conflict in the north east, you've got a valid vanity crisis in the northwest. that is spiraling out of control and has displaced entire communities and rendered them inaccessible for voting. you also have the situation in the southeast to where they're valentino government agitators who in the lead up to the elections have a tax to pulling units and n attacks. police stations and offices of the national electoral commission, and this is really created a climate of fear that may very well, i'm discourage people from going out to votes to day whil

humanity . britain and the united states denied this charge, but the human rights watch emphasized, relying on decades of witnesses and official documents, that this abuse and racial harassment is a colonial crime. how many thousands of people have come from their motherland to see the knife archipelago in the middle of the indian ocean for one day . it has been 50 years since they were expelled from their land. the knife visit the united states lease a 50-year contract, which was extended for another twenty years in 2016. the americans built a military base on the largest island of knife, diego garcia. during these years, the united states supported the air base of this island. when they came , all the natives of the area were exiled. to the south of england and the rest to the neighboring island of mauritius. their population was about 5 thousand people, but they behave like animals. in 2000, the british court decided that the knife islands should be returned to the island that is in the hands of the americans . some time later, this was the ruling. england agreed to pay compensation, but denied the

previously with amnesty international and human rights watch.ming up, we speak to human rights attorney reed brody about the european commission's plans to set up a special center in the hague to prosecute russia for the crime of aggression for its invasion of ukraine. what has been the u.s.'s response of setting up a special unit to look at the crime of aggression being war? stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "99 red balloons" by nena. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the european commission has announced plans to launch a center to prosecute russia at the hague for the crime of aggression for invading ukraine nearly a year ago. >> russia must be held accountable in court for its crimes. prosecutors from ukraine and the european union are already working together. we are collecting evidence. and as a first step, i am pleased to announce that an international center for the prosecution of the crime of aggression in ukraine will be set up in the hague. this center will coordinate the collection

and a military run company. but his old is enough helping me answer that is fin robertson, deputy director for human rights watch fil, for 2 years you and other rights activists have been demanding sanctions against the hunters. oil and gas companies opt use their sanctions by the us. you can canada enough well, we're finally getting somewhere with these sanctions and they've sanctioned individuals rather than the overall myanmar oil and gas enterprise. but this is a start. this is a beginning building on what was done previously by the european union, which sanctioned the, the entire enterprise. so i'm hoping that we're going to now see some real progress . this is a real shot across the bow for the men military who said that their financial lifeline is really risk. but one needs to ask why the, why the western mission needed to wait 2 years to initiate this action? well, it's an excellent question we were calling for this in the 1st month after the military coup, because everybody recognizes that the oil and gas revenues are the most important financial lifeline for the military junta. so, you know, all they,

rights of people in me in law, continues to be repressed. and as long as political opponents remain in prison. in a peer sensation director with human rights watch and we appreciate you being with us mom, and i'll just, you know, thank you very much. indeed. thousands have turned out to watch. pope frances lead mass in the congress capital kinshasa. he's the 1st roman catholic, needed to visit democratic republic of congo since the 1980 is a life pictures from them. as the pope condemned to suffering and exploitation taking place in many parts of africa, lock and wives joining us live from can shop. so what kind of reception has there been oh, landed tuesday afternoon, people lined the road home in the presidential ballot from his medical release. president felix just to get a buzz here on the podium right now. over there, it's been on an apple runway in just the crowd of thousands of people who gathered attendance by granted, i started a couple of the guys in the mid day. now. here's the thing down, but that hadn't put off the faithful who was still here waving, taking communion, and praying seems the judge go is here to say, i understand the p

that russian soldiers came and shot the mines on the streets in order to detonate and destroy them. human rights watch has documented russia's use of other kinds of anti personnel mines in ukraine, but has not verified claims of russian forces using p f m minds. in the armed conflict. following the mine use residence, said that russian soldiers and forces from lou ganske republic came and shot the mines on the streets and on the private property of civilian homes on request to detonate and destroy them. there are thousands of these rocket fired mines all over the next republic bow. ukraine uses miss styles that release hundreds and hundreds of these miles high up in the air. now they land in civilian areas on the ground, on rooftops near people's homes in ports such as this one hand discoveries of such minds. i'm made here in the nest republic, on a daily basis and oversee asian, our economy is on the rise as the latest data suggests, that india and china are weathering the global economic storm, somewhat better than some of the western counterparts. now, india's economic growth this year is at an est

hello, one of the influential women, i'm glad to see you my name is darin, and i am a human rights defender, human rights watch, which is affordable in ireland , but i myself, all my work is investigating the human rights situation in the middle east, south america, europe, and also ireland. this is the first time i have come to iran and tehran, and i hope it will be the last. my trip has made the queen proud, i came here and i am very happy that i can see this country with my own eyes. i am an educated person and that is why i always knew that iran has a rich culture and once there was an empire of iran that you are proud of, we should be proud of it . you know, ireland is a common history with iran, mother ireland is preparing for 800 years, we have revolutionized many times against england, this revolution finally came to an end in 1950, my grandfather was present in this war, then in 1922, a civil war was formed, and this war until 1923, in which executions were widespread . regarding social and political issues, you also had a successful revolution, and for this reason, i congratulate you, iran and irelan

and human rights watch has published a new report calling on cab to investigate. the ukrainian millet military's use of rocket launch land mines, breaking news. russia's top diplomat survey, lab roth is due to sit down with but neck for an interview on key issues of foreign policy and the current international agenda. let's listen in or something we do have a discussion with you about the functional, relevant issues in international affairs. and i think that there are just acute matters left on the international agenda. not which of these interviews being broadcast hamilton usually into 34 in languages you can use to either english, french and spanish by foreign ministry employees. you here we are. see what this has been broadcast on the, on the ministry website. and it's been carried over by rti and he's putting agency here will be broadcast with such him on their resources. the 1st question, i guess one, be a professional one, but whether it's asked from a human point of view, still that is of interest to millions and billions of people around the world. when wi

avalanche and its aftershocks have killed more than 41,000 people in turkey so far, and according to the human rights watch of this country, 470 people were injured last night and nearly 6,000 people were injured in syria after the earthquake. they lost their lives last week. the mother of the film of the us president's visit to ukraine. the republican representatives of the congress criticized him. taylor green, the representative of georgia , chose the president of the united states in the cyberspace in the situation of ukraine instead of the united states. forced to pay for the government and war in response to the message, scott, the other republican representative, should have written that the bag is in his heart. he wrote that the delicious south america was in the heart of the president and he did not travel there . it was mentioned that the incident was the best , and the audio version of the story of colonialism was published. this 15-volume series, in the form of various stories , explores the roots of colonialism in the world for young audiences . when history is told in the language of teenager

right about iraq. and of course it's not. he doesn't take a genius to see what's going on. human rights watch is the case. the us and the u. k. of committing colonial crimes against humanity on the change of silence in the last century. london say that regrets the tragedies but rejects the organization's characterization of events the case to they committed a napoleon colonial crime, treat an alter your sense as a people without rights. the u. k and the u. s. who together expelled that, she goes, hands from their homes, should provide full reparations for the harb coast. we respect the work human rights watch is around the world, but we categorically reject this characterization of events on wednesday human rights war to issued a report demanding reparations for the people at the chunk us islands from the u. k . and the wes, well, the 1000 that i go see ends with forced by the british government to leave that land and the 1960 s and seventies to make room for building us based diego garcia. indigenous population was supposed to be malicious and the se, shells facing outtakes policy and having ever since been fighting to re

nick: ida sawyer directs the crisis and conflict division at human rights watch. >> this attack at thetation, clearly a violation of the laws of war and an apparent war crime. these are people desperately fleeing war. we've seen extensive war crimes, crimes against humanity being committed over the past year. and it is it's just one thing after another. nick: in so many ways, russia has taken a page from its own playbook and targeted ukraine's most vulnerable. this used to be a psychiatric institution, hit by four russian rockets. one of at least eight hospitals in this city alone, struck by russia. part of what independent researchers call a nationwide campaign against ukrainian medical facilities. physicians for human rights mapped every attack on a medical facility between february 24 and december 31. they counted 707. if you think this is new, you haven't been paying attention. russia has used the same tactics in syria for eight years. but, russia is now committing a new crime. these children might look happy for russian propaganda cameras. but each is ukinian, stolen from their ho

any accusations against ukraine quotes lubinets our site espresso tv go read and watch us there international neu the human rightsatch organization, which is engaged in the protection of human rights, published a report on the use of anti-personnel mines , and on the map marked crimea as part of the territory of the russian federation, this is also emphasized by dmytro lubinets, of course, the map has now been removed from the site , but the fact remains, so volodymyr, is this story being discussed in izyum itself and what do you think about this report huminrightswatch please good morning and definitely since yesterday we have been discussing this report and we have to say that we are here ourselves they gave testimony, human strike eyes, talked to them a lot about this matter, and hmm, i'll tell you. so, for some reason, what is not taken into account is that when these actions of the russian federation to mine the territory of our city took place all the time, it was always said that uh, these illegal weapons was used by the russians just for that uh-uh exactly including and with provocative uh-uh such conside

and the amount of time you spend on the phone is an acceptable amount . i'm glad to see you, my name is torino human rights defender, human rights watch, who is affordable in driver's seat with me, all my work is for a human rights situation in the middle east, south america, europe and also ireland. this is the first time i came to iran and tehran, and i hope my last trip will make me proud. queen, i came here and i am very happy that i can see this country with my own eyes. i am an educated person and that's why i didn't know that iran has a homely culture and it was once the empire of iran, which you are proud of. turkey, you know, ireland has a common history with iran . mother inland has been preparing for 800 years we made a revolution against england. the revolution finally came to an end in 1916. my grandfather was present in this war and in 1922 the civil war was formed and this war lasted until 1923 . the revolution was successful, and for this reason, i congratulate you, the culture of iran has been linked together, and i know that there is a street named babi sandeh in tehran . he was a great irish hero. they use it to defend themselves and whe

quake relief efforts in syria without breaching sanctions that the government of best shot and human rights watch is called the humana care and response in syria. inadequate, at least 73 people trying to reach europe are missing and presumed drowned following a shipwrecked off the libyan coast. on tuesday, the un migration agency say the boat was carrying 80 people when it left earlier that day, 7 survivors were taken to hospital and what they say were extremely dire conditions . at least 130 migrants of di trying to cross the central mediterranean already this year alone, a bus load of migrants is crushed in panama, killing at least 39 people. it's the worst accident involving migrant fair in at least a decade. the bus collided with another vehicle before falling off a cliff. 20 others were injured. the passengers had made it through the dangerous dorian gap, reaching columbia, and were being driven to a camp near the border with close to rico. nato defense ministers have met in brussels for a 2nd day to discuss more support for cheve b. u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, outline just how

human rights attorney reed brody. he is the author of “to catch a dictator: the pursuit and trial of hissene habre." he is former counsel for human rights watch joining us. i don't know if people caught the shift right now for exactly what vice president harris, and i expect tomorrow president biden in poland, will be saying. >> well, vice president harris basically said what we all know to be true, which is that russian forces are committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. secretary blinken -- in fact, they both used the legal definition, which is crimes committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack a civilian population. we all believe the bombing of hospitals, schools, the torture, sexual violence, attacks on civilian infrastructure, the deportation of children, these all amount to crimes against humanity. i'm not sure, to be honest, why the statement was made, what legal significance it has that the u.s. has determined that crimes against humanity have been committed. she also talked about how the authors of these crimes will be held to aount. of course, as we have discussed before, there is a massive justice mobilization in

counter and iranian propaganda, it trolled to you as journalists, human rights activists and academics who they decide to. one, wholesale enough sits are on the even that's have human rights watch for looking into the had the price of un sanctions on iran. the project was exposed, people were sought and the 1000000 and a half dollars taken from their taxes went down the drain. basically, state department has been funding a semi covert. sy ought to smear in harass u. s. citizens who oppose. pompeo. bolton, f, dd, maximum pressure, anti iran crusade. see the state department uses taxpayer money to fund online attacks on human rights watch because the organization is researching the human cost of us sanctions in iran. is this even legal? follow them money indeed and attract your sources? because if it's coming from america or as late to america, we may have a problem. and it's thanks to elan mosque that all these allies and links are now being exposed, considering how much money and power seems to be behind a little known group. so what is new c e o may have only 2 options to run or create a new disinformation project for the us itself, though some would argue it has already begun

and then a human appears. rice watch, uh, international human rights organization. and what does he say? a number of cases when ukrainians really fire at them. yes, there they say, the russian-occupied territories of minami petal, that damage is done to civilians, etc., so to speak. but the worst thing the most terrible thing is that the russians, it turns out, open announcements of both dangers. and you can imagine such places of accumulation of these same mines, something will happen, something will happen. thank you for your attention. till tomorrow. alexander killed vika but i didn't kill her in this case. she is with him i must have some kind of motive , she takes the extension cord very much, throws her arms around her neck so that she can’t do this noose, how to loosen it correctly? i'm not to blame for anything. you will prove it to the court. damn, i don’t need it, i’ll prove before your eyes that your daughter is being killed and you have long wanted to do it together , there was no conspiracy. i loved my daughter, yes, that is you