human rights activists have alerted to the ongoing human rights violations in bahrain why has there been so little reaction from the international community so little media coverage worldwide well i like to call it the inconvenient revolution behind of course is a country that's a member of the gulf cooperation council and the gulf cooperation council has a sense of goals basically everywhere in the world whether we're talking security was or economically and does internationally speaking or regionally we're talking about a situation where most people don't want to take a stand against the ruling gulf monarchies that exist today and so politically security was an economically it doesn't make sense for a lot of these countries who say that they support human rights and democracy in other places to actually take a stand when it comes to behind they would rather turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to the situation you know unlike in syria or egypt or any other arab country the united states hasn't said much about bahrain critics connect it to the strategic positioning of the american fifth

government simply ignoring the human rights of people as and when it suits them right out is pointed by go live in london paula thank you so much thank you. without election a less than two years away things cameron has learned a useful lessons from the success of the united kingdom independence party that's because the idea of abandoning the human rights convention is not a new one and was first floated by you kept under the chair on button and the people are the party believes it's time britain took matters into its own hands we now come under the jurisdiction of the european court of human rights which is the response constable for many decisions the british were very unhappy with like our inability to get all soren terrorist suspects for example i'm going to said that we have to give prisoners the vote i've said that we cannot have life sentences for criminals but they must be reviewed so our worst and most approach killers will now have the rights to have their life sentences reviewed we have their own courts which have been established over the last eight hundred years we have

by the united nations and human rights groups. they say that the human rights groups are worse in scale. but they also blame opposition forces. human rights watch has called for an arms embargo against the group that they say is responsible. and they want donors to stop funding them. it's all too late for him, he knows who killed his wife and son. the graffiti from one of the rebel groups reads, "we are coming." >> the winner of this year's nobel peace prize. >> all those who have continued making the chemical universal knowledge. i look forward to accepting this ward in humility for past and present. >> the award to the opc deputy was a surprise to many. only recently has the organization been in the spotlight because of syria. explaining more about what they do. >> reporter: for the second year in a row, an organization won the peace prize. >> the nobel peace prize for 2013 is to be awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, opcw, for its extensive work for eliminating chemical weapons. >> it was a surp

the future calls for all of us to be human rights heroes. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> miss evans, if you would stand up and accept your award. got it? all right. thank you so much. >> well have photographs taken of all the awardees and the honored guest before we go to the reception. next in the individual leadership category we have don marco who is the executive director of mission hiring hall south of market employment sector. [ applause ] >> good evening, commissioners, chairperson. when the staff told me i was supposed to report to city hall to get an award, i said, yeah right. when i looked at the person and property, i noticed -- person, i noticed he was serious. when i asked what kind of an award am i getting and he said hero award. i said yeah right. i was thinking maybe community worker of the week might fit me better. i didn't know way i was feeling that i was a hero and i never connected the event with this moment until this morning when i saw president obama making his speech before i stepped out of the house and as i g

not a prime minister david cameron hinted he wants to withdrawal from the european convention on human rights it's long been the subject of it we take brits with such measures as insisting u.k. prison is should have the right vote and allowing foreign criminals store main in the country indefinitely takes up the story. the british home secretary theresa may she told the conservative party conference that the current immigration system in the u.k. is like a never ending game of snakes and ladders and that questioning the european convention for human rights might be a route that the government chooses to go down now we know that they're serious because that david cameron has already indorsed that option at the opening of the tory party conference now the reason they are so worried about this is that at the moment suspected foreign criminals well they have seventeen different routes to appeal if they are meant to be deported under the proposed plans the home office would fast deport suspected foreign criminals and then hear their appeals ofter they've been deported and i think we can take a lis

was founded, universal declaration of human rights. everyone said it's when international law started to look at human rights issues. in my book, i say no it was earlier. it was in connection with with the slave trade. in the early 19th century starting in 18 -- britain was another -- and began to spread throughout the countries that had been engaged in the slave trade. this is no longer a practice they wanted to participate in. it was perceived as violating natural rights. same idea of rights that underpin the u.s. revolution and the revolution in france. the declaration of independence. we hold the truths to be self-evident. all main are created equally. obviously there was a tension between that and the existence of slavery. the ideas of natural rights were spreading throughout the atlantic world. and also there were religious revival movements. the quakers among others were active politically and they perceived slavery in the slave trade to be morally wrong. as those group became more active in civil societies, they started to put

america's a man killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international human rights watch who conclude that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen should be classed as war crimes. and the syrian government submit to its plan to destroy its chemical weapons to world powers well nineteen opposition groups refused to attend a long awaited peace conference in geneva. this is already coming to you live from moscow i'm reading josh welcome to the program. the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to a leaked anis a document obtained by german media that follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders and a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust if confirmed she also said that spying among friends does not work obama reportedly claimed to have had no four knowledge of such practices however germany's billed newspaper goes as far as suggesting he actually encouraged the bugging of merkel's phone leaked documents now show that her number was on the n.s.a.'s w

but what is really interesting is people think that international human rights law is the product of the 20th 20th century. in most hoff the congestional comes people say it was right after world were 2. so he holocaust happened. as news of that came out a butch of things happened right after world war ii, the nuremberg trials, similar trials in the far east. the u.n. was founded, universal declaration of human rights. that's the moment when people said this is when international law started to look at human rights issues. actually it was earlier in connection with the slave trade, that international law was first used for human rights purpose, and in the early 19th century in 107 and 1808, when countries like the u.s. -- britain banned the slave trade around then -- and it gap to spread throughout the countries that had been engaged in the slave trade that this is no longary practice they wanted to participate in. it is perceived as violating natural rights, same rights that underpin the u.s. revolution and the revolution in france. the declaration of independence says can we hold th

we are urging these groups to release the hostages. >> reporter: human right watch says five groups including al-qaeda linked groups were behind the planning, funding and carrying out of the attacks. and it's part of a pattern of abuse that amounts to crimes against humanity and the rights groups found an image in a video what looked like his son lying in bed. it showed the picture to a resident who confirmed it was him. and shelby has an idea of what killed his wife and son at the back of the home and the graffiti reads we will win. al jazeera. >> reporter: mentioning in our story that the human rights watch group wants to see this case referred to the international criminal court is a controversial body. the african union debating whether to pull out altogether. a little bit of detail, icc is a treaty based court to prosecute crime against humanity and they have one central argument, the icc they say is based -- biased beg pardon against africa, these are icc investigations in the world including those at the primary stage. you can see that the vast majority of them are on this continent an

commission in its fight for human rights in the face of discrimination. the history landmark initiatives and subsequent legislation generated by the san francisco human rights commission are not less than historic if not miraculous and too numerous to numerate. if i maybe so bold allow me to suggest that neither today's observance nor what we celebrate, a call to action from those we honor and upon whose shoulders we stand. they were not nostalgic figures in this history but with courage and action. if they ever look back was to stand on justice and discrimination. were these simply nostalgic people and not conscious in action, i dare say we would not be remembering them at all today. to effectively honor dr. king's memory words and civil rights movement. we must emulate his inspired example. for history will be our judge of worthiness as well. today we are challenged to ask ourselves in 50 years, what will history say of us. it's my -- sincere and humble hope that as these challenges today, the laudable accomplishments of those who came before us on this

government simply ignoring the human rights of people as and when it suits them. and of course there's more news ahead including leaving a disastrous legacy as the pull out of nato troops for afghanistan approaches we take a look at how the drug industry in the country is now spreading across the globe. israel's prime minister has urged the u.s. president barack obama not to fall for what he called iran's sweet talk benyamin netanyahu is adamant to run remains committed to its nuclear program and the destruction of israel is being spurred into action by the saw in relations between washington and tehran after the leaders of both nations finally talk directly to each other in a partner i reports. he will be the last speaker wrapping up the united nations general assembly debate but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will likely not offer the same harmonious tone heard last week from iraq's president who is expected to argue that israel and the world at large should continue to be on guard against tehran's nuclear program even insisting that the international

example is that this is pertinent to spanish law and its relationship with the european court of human rights you said earlier yes you agree this sets a precedent so there you are in london could we then see that sort of interference or some would say from the european court of rights occurring in other european countries and seeing. that we can no doubt at all about it we absolutely can if other countries within the european convention area also change their karole and predation systems in a way that the european court of human rights considers. unjust as they did in this case then the european court of human rights will strike it down and will people people released they've done it they've done it today and they can do it in other cases too and they will thank so much for explaining that so clearly a complicated case as you say very interesting developing their alexander of course live in london great to talk to you on this as always here on r.t. thank you. well we're bringing more after the break including the chilling eyewitness accounts of the terrorist attack that shattered the peace in

we are urging these groups to release the hostages. >> reporter: human rights watch says five groups ing al-qaeda linked groups were behind the planning, funding and carrying out of the attacks. and it's part of a pattern of abuse that amounts to crimes against humanity. in the investigation the rights group found an image in an opposition video of what looked like hassan shelby's son lying in bed and showed the picture to a resident who confirmed it was him. hassan shelby has a good idea who might have killed and buried his wife and son at the box of their family home and the grafitti on the walls says we will win, al jazeera. we are in beirut and when rights group accused the regime of abuses they called on them to respond and act, what is human rights group calling on rebels and backers to do? >> well, what they want really, we heard from the human rights watch representative is that the individual, the donors, those funding the rebel groups to stop giving them weapons and for the united nations to impose an arms embargo. what they are calling for really is justice but this cannot

they made their appeals at the meeting in geneva of the united nations human rights council. >> humanrights! >> council members reviewed records of 192 u.n. member states once every 4 years. this year, china was among those under scrutiny. the delegate from poland called for an investigation into the chinese government's crackdown on journalists and activists. he said authorities should stop restricting freedom of expression immediately. the french envoy turned his attention to the situation in tibet and the autonomous region. he asked chinese leaders to ask u.n. human rights monitors to visit those areas. china's delegate said leaders in beijing have made improvements over the last four years. he said they've taken measures to protect people's rights to freedom of expression and religion, but he said attempts to split country disturbed tranquility of society will not be permanent, even under the banner of human rights. council members will write up their recommendations then present them to the chinese government by next march. >>> one man who has kept china's human rights record in

human rights groups. that you know are known by everybody in washington you're watching international human rights watch which are cited by u.s. officials. all the time u.s. the members of congress when talking about crimes of a crucial enemy so you know you know and i think one thought about iran or syria or some other country that they're putting a target on they would leap to approach human rights watch and amnesty international no question of these are going to sources these are these internationally recognized. us rick no human rights groups are accusing the committing war crimes with the strong through and documenting specific incidents that are recognized internationally to be more so for example in in the in the summary that we just gave talking about so-called secondary search where a targeted hit. so millions gather more on own people gather in on own people are assumed to be civilians unless otherwise others gather you help the wounded and then there's a second strike that is a war crime that i

government simply ignoring the human rights of people as and when it suits them or not right now hundreds of thousands of unemployed in britain could go to work for free or lose their benefits you can head online for more details on how london is planning to tighten the screws on welfare. and bahrain's decision to jail fifty activists shocks the human rights community on the web site of the moment and find out why opposing the government of the gulf kingdom is labeled terrorism and you can read about the international outcry over the accusations. the u.s. and its allies head out of afghanistan next year but they leave behind a deadly legacy since the start of the war on terror twelve years ago the drug industry that has thrived and it's not only for internal use afghan made narcotics are appearing the world over is going to con investigates. a war that kills without weapons silently with heroin its production has increased forty times in the galveston since the medo started its war on terror in two thousand and one before that the taliban as brutal as they war heading forced the ban on po

convicted terrorist free in spain following a european court ruling apparently it's all in the name of human rights. protests sparked by that controversial decision in bringing you some of the latest analysis right after this break. down on the final. day. and the rest. is really. good lumber tour. to build. anything. to teach me why you should care about. why you should care only. in madrid thousands of people are taking to the streets to protest against a court ruling in favor of the separatist movement the european court of human rights has ordered spain's release of the tories member of the group. who've been in jail since the late eighty's and rolling twenty three killings the spanish government accepted the call. decision but warned that it sets a dangerous president john laughlin from the institute of democracy in cooperation told us the stroudsburg court is doing the opposite of what it was created to do. it's incredible isn't it that a european court of human rights should intervene in this way to alleviate the sentence of a woman who has been convicted after due process of the murder of m

prime minister david cameron hinted that he wants to withdraw from the european convention on human rights it's long been the subject of irritation for many brits with such measures as insisting the u.k. prison is should have the right to vote and allowing foreign criminals to remain in the country indefinitely auntie's party boy takes up the story. david cameron has said clearly that he wants to know that he can keep the country safe and that means being able to chuck out as he said anybody that doesn't have the right to be in the u.k. and who threatens the u.k. way of life now we don't have to look very far for examples of where the european convention for human rights has been a real form in the side of the british government there's the very famous case of the radical hate preacher abu qatada now he famously avoided extradition from the u.k. for over a decade because his lawyers argued that it was against his human rights to return to his native georgian where he could face torture there and it's not just abu qatada there's all the criminals who have tried to use the european conventio

consider pulling out of the european human rights convention with senior politicians claiming rights rulings are standing in the way of justice. and israel's prime minister uses his meeting with barack obama to warn against iran's charm offensive after washington and tehran broke decades of silence for the phone call last week our top stories this hour. live from austria said here in moscow where it's just turned eight pm this is r.t. the us government has partially ground to a halt for the first time in seventeen years squabbling democrats and republicans couldn't find a way to agree a new budget clashing over. the current administration's high profile reform of the health system now the essential elements of the government such as the military and national security will continue to operate but eight hundred thousand workers have been put on unpaid leave and over a million are being forced to work despite their pay being delayed experts estimate the political stalemate could cost the economy up to fifty five billion dollars now that is as much the effects of hurricane katrina in two

also this hour britain considers pulling out of the european human rights convention with senior politicians claiming the rights wordings are standing in the way of justice. and these are as prime minister uses his meeting with barack obama to warn against iran's charm offensive after washington and tehran bro decades of silence with a phone call last week. international news and comments live from moscow this is the with me you know thanks for joining us the u.s. government house partially ground to a halt for the first time in seventeen days schooling democrats and republicans couldn't find a way to agree new budget clash over obamacare the current administration's high profile reform of the health system the essential elements of the government such as the military and national security will continue to operate but eight hundred thousand workers are being put on unpaid leave and over a million are being forced to work despite their pay being delayed experts estimate as to the political stalemate could cause the economy up to fifty five billion dollars that's as much as the effects of hurr

britain considers pulling out of the european human rights convention with senior politicians claiming rights rulings are standing in the way of justice. and days rose from ministry uses his meeting with bronco bama to warn against iran's charm offensive solution to an end to iran brogue decades of silence with a phone call last week. this is going to live from moscow and a very warm welcome to the program. the u.s. government has partially ground to hold for the first time in seventeen days schooling democrats and republicans couldn't find a way to agree a new budget clashing over obamacare the current administration's high profile reform of the health system. is looking now at ramifications of a shutdown. better all air traffic controllers will remain working so will the majority of the department of homeland security everything from the u.s. coast guard to the transportation security agency will keep operating federal prisons will stay open the state department will keep processing passports but there may be delays social security and medicare payments would keep coming food stamp b

human rights watch criticized u.s. drone strikes in yemen. on wednesday, and pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif urged u.s. president barack obama to end drone strikes in pakistan. >> pakistan and the united states have a strong counterterrorism cooperation. we have agreed to further strengthen this cooperation. i also brought up the issue of drones in our meeting. emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes. >> during his public remarks with nawaz sharif, president obama did not directly address the u.s. drone war. >> we talked about security and the concerns that both of us have about senseless violence, terrorism, and extremism. we agreed we need to continue to find constructive ways to partner together, a way that respects pakistan sovereignty, the concerns of both countries. i am optimistic we can continue to make important strides in theng forward because both pakistani people and the american people have suffered terribly from terrorism in the past. >> one day after the pakistani leader met with president obama, the "washington p

chair of the san francisco human rights commission. it's my honor and privilege to welcome you all to tonight's special meeting of the san francisco human rights commission which we have called to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the march on washington and martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech. now it's especially nice to give our hero awards and not only do we have a number of wonderful recipients here but some great qualified nominees and a number of our honor reese from prior years. after the meeting we will have an at some point to have a special reception downstairs where we'll also -- down the hall. 201, where we'll take some time to celebrate this wonderful occasion. i would like to call the meeting to order and ask the commission secretary to please read the roll. >> michael sweet, davis, kel her, not present at the moment, i -- lee, todd davis not present. you have a quorum. >> thank you, madam secretary. the first item on the agenda is public comment that will enable to you speak on miss the issues. if you wish

government simply ignoring the human rights over people as and when it suits them. and of course there's more news ahead in creating a living as a legacy of the pull out of the nation on the sun approaches we'll take a look at how the drawing industry in the country and is now spreading across the globe thanks and a bunch more aftershocks right. good leverage or curb it was to build on the most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about you and. this is why you should watch only on the. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. we're strong. and i think. this is all she welcomed back. to us president barack obama not to fall for his cold iran's sweet talk they mean netanyahu is adamant tehran remains committed to its nuclear program and the destruction of a zero his being spat into action by the saw in relations between washington and tehran after the leaders of both nations finally chalks the record to each other in a fortnight a re

-- human rights watch. some 20 groups took part in the predawn strike. in some cases, entire families were gunned down as they fled. >> you conceivable of holes where my son was killed. here is the blood. look here. you conceivable it marks here and here. >> human rights watch says the scale and organization of attacks suggests organization, making them crimes against humanity. >> opposition fighters who came in routinely killed all of the adult males that they saw. they also killed anyone they saw that was -- including women and children. >> five rabble -- rebel groups publicized their involvement with videos and statements. less clear is the role of fighters from the free syrian army. >> individuals or countries that are supporting these groups are now on notice about the types of violations they are committing and could be complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity if they continue to support them. >> the rebels are battling to overthrow bashar al-assad. rebels and government forces have both be

america's a man killing machine is still condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch who say the drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. and the syrian government presents its full list of its chemical weapons now and its plans to destroy them while nineteen opposition groups refused to attend that long awaited peace conference in geneva. over a given for me kevin owen if you're just joining us this is r.t. it's a weekly roundup of the top stories of the last seven days eleven pm here in moscow and first the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to that leaked n.s.a. documented tain by german media it follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders in a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust if confirmed she also said that spying of among friends simply doesn't work well of barmer apparently apologized and reportedly claimed to have had no knowledge of such practices before. however germany's build newspaper goes as

terrorist has walked free in spain following european court ruling and apparently some of the name of human rights so we'll be looking up the protest spot that by that controversial decision and bring in some analysis on it right after this break. they're doing whatever they want in syria these days and even the obama administration can do nothing to rein the saudis in and i think the sad answer is that the united states doesn't have the power that it once had it doesn't have the leverage that it wants tries to work through allies through international organizations and occasionally on its own and deal with the court of public opinion . the best america can but there are there is a lot in the toolbox right now they're not many tools live. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others who refused to notice. the faces changing the world rights next. to the picture of today's leaves. from around the globe. brokenly. alone again in madrid thousands of people are taking to the streets to protest against a court ruling in favor of the bar separatist movement etter the european court of human rights has o

they inserted in human rights terms that women are equal to men and deserve the same dignity. now, before the march took place, she gave interviews on afghan tv, and subsequently, received threats via e-mail, facebook, and over the phone, but she refused to give up, the only fear was that she would put other women in danger. they held the march, and it was a success. fifty women and a few male supporters walked through the dusty streets of kabul, passing out fliers against street harassment. now, all along the rout, they were harassed and cat called at various points. some supported them. she saw it as a victory, and one thing in particular that really struck her, and this was that the afghan prelim, assigned to monitor the protest, a bit skeptical, when they saw the harassment, they were affected by it taking the pliers from her and passed them out, and, in fact, shouting back at those who were heckling the women. now, she was very worried about the future of her country and what will happen when international troops leave next year, and there's good reason to be worried, and

migrants, human rights, huge issue. he political explosive nature of that issue in many countries, where you divide humanity and people between us and them is set at this. the tragedy of the situation of the huge inequalities is demonstrated by those as rrible, people drowning a mile off tehe shore. we went down to the general assembly and i suggested a moment of silence, at the least we can do, but there has to be action taken. if we do not take into the migration to mention in the post -- 2015 development, we do a major mistake. i hope that member states will note in that issue because we cannot disconnect from that from the 2015 work. same thing goes for other issues that are growing. we need to focus on the more, like the urbanization, which is the potential and a promise. now in theis mostly big cities. 60% of humanity live in big cities. where you have problems of sanitation, no infrastructure, poor people will begin to poor countries'big cities. we had a collar and at break in sierra leone -- we had a cholera outb

migrants, human rights, huge issue. the political explosive nature of that issue in many countries, where you divide humanity and people between us and them is set at this. the tragedy of the situation of the huge inequalities is demonstrated by those as absolutely horrible, people drowning a mile off the shore. we went down to the general assembly and i suggested a moment of silence, at the least we can do, but there has to be action taken. if we do not take in the migration to mention in the post-2015 development, we do a major mistake. i hope that member states will note in that issue because we cannot disconnect from that from the 2015 work. same thing goes for other issues that are growing. we need to focus on the more, like the urbanization, which is the potential and a promise. sanitation is mostly now in the big cities. 60% of humanity live in big cities. that is where you have problems of sanitation, no infrastructure, poor people will begin to poor countries' big cities. we had a cholera outbreak in sierra leon

they have a terrible human rights record. so i know that y'all are looking at trying to negotiate some relief, if you will, relative to the sanctions but the fact is that the way the sanctions law reads, they've got to not only dismantle their nuclear program, but also renounce terrorism. and i just wonder how those negotiations are going simultaneously to these others and what you're doing to ensure. again, the way the law reads, these sanctions cannot be undone unless all of that occurs, and it seems to me we're only moving on one track, a very good one track, but i'm just wondering how you might be addressing the other. >> we have been clear with the iranians that we are talking here about their nuclear program and the sanctions that relate to their nuclear program and that the sanctions that exist are regarding human rights sanctions. they're terrorist actions. it's exactly what you say, which is that they need to make progress, considerable progress around human rights. they have to stop their sponsorship of terrorism. t

two top human rights groups say the u.s.ttacks in pakistan and yemen have killed dozens of people. many civilians. a lot of americans aren't too happy with the gop. following the government shutdown, new polls suggest republican approval ratings are at a 30-year low. hundredhundreds rally in supporn alleged teen rape victim. the missouri case attracted nation al tension after the prosecutor dropped charges against a high school football player. and a new military academy is being created in afghanistan. it's the first step in building leaders for the nation's future

high commissioner for human rights. what is the connection between human rights and climate justice, climate change? >> i came to the climate issue from a human rights perspective. i am not a climate scientist, though my foundation very much relies and keeps true to the science. but for me, the shocks of climate change are going to be, and already becoming, the worst a mysterious human rights issue. it is about the future of the world. we have to understand if we go to four degrees celsius, and many people think that is where we are heading -- translate that. >> it would be catastrophic. released able to cope. i found after my work is high commissioner of human rights was finished, i went to new york and had colleagues in washington and geneva focusing on african countries right now and decent work and security. was, things are so much worse. we no longer predictable rainy seasons. our village, where we grew up we had enough food but now we have flash flooding. that brought home to me, this is essentially a human rights

obviously it happened and couple that with the human rights watch the reports that came out about them and also one day before pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif came into town why did you guys decide to release this report on this specific day well this is the time when it's necessary to press the obama administration you know we've seen a lot of other important stories come out over the summer including about the n.s.a. surveillance scandal there's so much secrecy going on with the obama administration's counterterrorism policies with the u.n. pressing this we thought it was high time for us also to bring forth the new evidence that we have of potentially unlawful deaths do you think that there's any kind of potential repercussions that we're seeing in this potential warm up between pakistan and the u.s. in light of these two reports you know one thing to note is that the pakistani government itself has obligations for some of the human rights violations that are occurring we not only documented u.s. drone strikes we've documented a cruel nature of the abuses that are occurring by

union and civil rights groups asking, what will be the human toll of this? al jazeera, doha. >> reducing the government's foreign migrant population. cut access to free health care and housing for people who can't prove they have the right to stay in britain. but opponents of the system think it will put lives at risk. lawrence lee reports. >> for almost 70 years health care for everyone has been one of the things that britain has been most proud of yet it's difficult for migrants to get medical support. they reported that doctors are increasingly demanding a passport and proof of residence before they agree to treatment. as a result they say people like this young man from vietnam are unable to see a doctor. in some cases the results are life-threatening. >> people who are pregnant, not receiving are natal care, until very late. an example of a mother who gave birth by herself on a bathroom floor. >>> under the plans some migrants would have to pay up front into the health service. more dramatically, the same service would deport people convicted of a crime

and off the whistleblower edward snowden is put on the short list for a european human rights prize the former n.s.a. chief jokes he should end up on a very different list of top stories this hour. live from our studio center here in moscow where she just turned ten pm this is. barack obama has called on the republican opponents to show some common sense warning that if congress is not able to agree a budget there is a very real risk of a national default mean one an estimated three hundred million dollars going down the drain every day the government is shutdown. has more now from washington d.c. . last night at the white house between president obama and congressional leaders failed to yield any deal to end the government shutdown now in its third day and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president and congressional leaders want to include an increase in the debt limit and i'd like to end a government shutdown as well because the debt limit is the real serious issue here this government shutdown is having effects on our economy the longer it goes on the more effects it will ha

america's man killing machines to a condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch you say the drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. and the syrian government presents a full list now of its chemical weapons that it plans to destroy them while one thousand opposition groups refused to attend the long awaited peace conference in geneva. hello very good morning if you just joined us money was kevin zero in it's live from moscow just after midnight here now and this is our weekly top stories the last seven days first the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to a league tennis a document obtained by german media it follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders in a phone call to president obama merkel said it would be a breach of trust if the monitoring is confirmed she also said quote spying among friends there she goes doesn't work a bomber apparently apologized and reportedly claimed to. no prior knowledge it was going on germany's build newspaper though goe

government simply ignoring the human rights of people as and when it suits them. and some other international news making headlines this world up for senior members of greece's far right wing golden dawn party have appeared in court on charges of being linked to a criminal group stabbing him and he racism activist almost two weeks ago public outrage at the government's failure to contain violence by golden dawn supporters the link to numerous attacks on immigrants and the young rest has pushed the government into preparing a bill which would outlaw racist hate speech. a suicide bomber killed five police officers and wounded more than seven others in iraq's northern city of tikrit the attack came a day after a series of blasts in around baghdad killed at least fifty five people and al qaeda linked group claimed responsibility for violence in iraq has reached its highest level since two thousand and eight. brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with more news with the news team in just over half an hour from now in the meantime let's kaiser and stacy her but b

gone through leadership development classes and now three years later he's our leader human rights we'regoing to answer my job is to is to keep trying to wake up the messes you know and keep you know exploit you know stay with the system is doing. it right now my personal hero and i think all. the time general. and the reason i admire him so much as the reason i admire so many people. he's really somebody who grew.

we deemed them our enemy, and human rights generally of my people.mnesty international said, "we may disagree with what the people say, they have the right to say it as long as they are not violent." we were revolutionaries, attempting to bring about military coups rather than target civilians. amnesty international's stance impacted me that it opened my heart. where the heart leads, the had the mind will follow. i spent four years looking at the leaders, the as assins, all the way through to the leader of the muslim brotherhood, who i spent evenings with. i spent four years debating, discussing and reading and i essentially grew up. >> that growing up is interestingly portrayed in the book by the way you reacted to 9/11 and years later to 7/7, the terrorist attacks in london. >> you did your research. when 9/11 happened i was on the outside in egypt. since i have spoken at the memorial and visited the site on the last anniversary. visiting the site. a lot has changed. at the time is indifferent to suffering other than muslim suffering. it's an unhum

based human rights organization bahrain watch. so why do you think the government could be placing an order for vast quantities of tear gas. well bahrain's been leading a campaign of spiral spiraling repression since two thousand and eleven and the number one technique or weapon that they've been using for the repression is the use of tear gas and i'm not surprised starting to run out because they've been firing. an estimated one hundred shots a night. villages civilians on civilians on protestors men women and children under disabled like you said we've recorded over thirty nine deaths from the excessive use of tear gas and part of these deaths are direct body shots on the head and neck so you say you're not surprised they're running out the fact that they are ordering more does that suggest that they're actually battling to contain the protests and more protests are on the way is that what they're anticipating. well what we've recovered is the time the documents of a proposed shipment of one point six million tear gas kind of ki

civilians and took hostages, so says human rights watch. the group claims it has strong evidence of abuses committed during an offensive last august. in some cases, entire families were gunned down as they fled. >> [speaking foreign language] >> human rights watch says the scale and organization of a tax -- attacks suggest premeditation , making them crimes against humanity. >> opposition fighters routinely killed all adult males they saw. they also killed anyone they saw that was [indiscernible] >> they publicize their involvement through videos and statements -- they publicized their involvement through videos and statements. >> individuals or countries that are supporting these groups are now on notice about the types of violations they are committing and could be complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity if they continue to support them. >> the rebels are battling to overthrow the shah al-assad. rebels and government forces have both been accused of of -- of abuses throughout the conflict. >> there is a light at the end of a t