now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police andlement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so—called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she's also talked of herself being a first generation migrant to this country. she came here from pakistan. baroness falkner, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. we've been waiting months to have this conversation, you and i, because you felt it wasn't right to speak when there was this investigation into you — an investigati

now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police andlement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so—called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she's also talked of herself being a first generation migrant to this country. she came here from pakistan. baroness falkner, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. we've been waiting months to have this conversation, you and i, because you felt it wasn't right to speak when there was this investigation into you — an investigati

masud shaja, the chairman of the islamic human rights commission joining us out of teh. mona, we're going to start with you, hope you're doing safe and doing well out there in occupied uh romala, tell us about tensions in occupied westbank, i i believe over 160 or 70 palestinians have also been killed there, over the last 35 day, and the number of palestinians who had been killed by the israeli forces since the israeli war on the gap is started here in the occupied continue to rise, today we are speak. about 183 palestinians were shut and killed by the israeli forces, some of them were killed by the israeli settlers, however the majority and the vast of those were shot and killed by the israeli soldiers and the occupied west bank all over the occupied west bank, with over 2200 others had been wonded, 2400 others had been de by the israeli forces as also what happened this morning, israeli soldiers raided ramallah and the neighborhoods of albalou and masaif, it was very close to this area where we are standing now, and we could hear the exchange of fire, it seems that cla

the spotlight i'm your host to begin with introduce in this episode chairman of the islamic human rights commission in coordinator in south africa join from cape now, welcome to both the gentlemen, let me begin with masud shajara, masud, iran and few other countries have been asking for a unified stand and concert action against israeli crimes, the question i want to ask you is, this is what of course some other countries, few countries uh... and they also agree with iran, but what does it take for this to realize? well, bis, the reality is that, it's not just end of atrocities and genicide which international community should speak, but sort of addressing this sort of the largest. that we have really noticed unleashing in front of our eyes on our television screens and such a brutality needs to be addressed is of course the first thing and the most important thing is end of the this genocide but i think unless address and the sort of those committed this and bring them to some sort of extence then what we are doing we are. not only not addressing the issue right now, but we are legitimizing this s

much for that mona candel our correspondent and ramala mas chazar chairman of the islamic human rights commission in tehran thank you for the contribution and that's it for now thank you for watching. crisis, devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby, crackdown, diplomacy, israel failure in gaza. make sure to join the show through facebook, twitter, only on press tv, they don't want us to speak. that's what occupation is about, that routine. three years of washing their minds in order how to kill, how to height, how to see the life from this. they say lightning never strikes twice, but it does, هي الابنيه محروقه كلياتها منزوعه. نهبوا اللي كل شيء فيها ماخله غير البقايا الحديد يعني اللي مبين وحروها مشان يغطوا على جرايمه شو الذب اللي ارتكبناه نحن شعب فلسطيني شو الذب اللي ارتكبناه احنا هذه كفينا 60 سنه مهجرين اننا من 48 لهلا عم نلم الليره مشان نعمر مخيم اليرموك هذا مخيم اليرموك هيك. they say the darkest hour is just before dawn, but not here in yaramuk soon on press tv. all right, now let's go live to yemen, the army spoke. has announcement to make, welcome to this open coverage which we begin w

also joining us masud shajar, chairman of the islamic human rights commission, who joins us from tehran. welcome gentlemen. let me first start with you and ask you what you think about what israel has announced through the white house, which is this four-hour pauses in the northern gaza, starting today, in order, as they have said to allow palestinians to flee hostilities. this has not been uh confirmed by hamas or the palestinian factions, i must say, at the same time. the us president joe biden made sure to say we will not agree to a ceasefire. uh, indeed, i'm speaking to you from bethlehem by the way, in the west bank, where 18 palestinians were killed today, and just an hour ago israel bombed the outskirts of the indonesiasian hospital, killing and injuring scores of people. this is what they call pose in the fighting. oppos in the fighting, maybe israel is pressure now and feels the pressure from loss of its tanks, so it is the one who could use four-hour pose so they can catch their breath, but but in terms of the killing of civilians, whether in the west bank or in gaza, this wil

thank you, ashraf, and joining us also is massud shaja, chairman of the islamic human rights commissionjoining us from mashad, hello mr. shad, pleasure to have you join us in this conversation. you heard ashraf, i hope, you had a sound open, you could hear his update with respect to uh, the hospital situation, the medical uh care. and medical facility situation there in the besieg gaza strip, mr. shad, your initial thoughts and and usually we hear about this kind of situation where people could barely do anything as a result of some kind of natural disaster, this is a man-made catastrophe that could easily be remedied, it really is outrageous, i'm really lost for words in this era, modern time as you obviously. is saying exactly that this is man-made and indeed not just is man-made, there are remedies, even in natural disasters, resources could be mobilized to address this sort of issue, here we are seeing deliberately resources are being denied, so the casualties will be maximum, the death will be maximum, the you know carnage will be sort of maximum. "this is outrageous and really thi

for everyone. all right, thank you very much for that arza morali co-founder of the islamic human rights commission from london. thank you so much. moving on with the news, daltra hospital complex has taken a center stage as the israel regime presses ahead with his bombardment of medical centers across northern gaza. claiming that they are hosting hamas forces. a palestinian doctor takes us a free tour in and around the battered al-shifa hospital. he shows us the damage of the infrastructure rendering the medical complex almost non-functional. i am standing here at the icu at al shaffam medical complex. this apartment is suffering after the shutdown of electricity due to lack of fuel. the health ministry warned about the lack of fuel. these people here were denied. life support devices, they may lose their lives because there are no support machines or artificial respiration devices. around 29 patients are facing this tragedy. here, as you can see, patients should have been connected to the devices to save their lives, but we had to evacuate this place completely, as you can see, the paramedics wer

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we have the, you in a human rights commission saying that that those strikes, if it's, each of us could amount to will times because of the sheet of civilian casualties. we, we know that the, as riley military have said that they have actually pushed past her. mazda is loved, best line of defense that they're pushing towards the now basically surrounding goals and city. we're getting close to being able to surround, call the city. and we know that some areas, some hospitals, and then the find a has in easy now inside, gone for the city as they try to in circle that main city casa and rebecca, we know that us the secretary of state, and to me, blinking is expected to visit israel on friday. what can you tell us about what we might expect from that trip? well, he'll be here again to show the us support for israel. of course they've been standing by israel family threw out these last weeks, but of course that he's also going to be here to try and show up these uh the, the that, sorry, the moved him out to terry and crossing. they've said that that is a huge priority that they want to make

fuel and massive destruction. resulted from air strikes. is the co-founder of the islamic human rights commissions, bombs that have made in the usa, provided by the... us, including what is now known for a request for position guided bombs to also be delivered to israel. um, can you please tell us the role that you see the us is playing? and what is uh genocide unfolding in front of our eyes? well, the question has always been, has the dog been wearing the tail or other way around, and it seems at the very, very least, the most charitable, if you can call it that thing anybody can say about the us is that they have given the israelis a green light to perpetrate genocide. however, as you've rightly pointed, the financing, the material, the military material that is needed for this genocide comes. straight from the us, and you know, this is not anything new, this has been going on for decades, not just with israel, we saw this in the imposed war, we saw the support of america for iraq, and so on and so forth, we can see these examples around the world, this is the modus operanda of the old world or

it is reminiscent of arteid in south africa, and now the un human rights commission is under severe pressure states and the israeli lobby, as the author puts it, the organization has retreated from commitment to international law in favor of washington's interests. where the us has influence in international organizations, it is one of such organizations, trying to resolve issues not by consensus, not by simple voices, led by the us, britain and the european state, they are called accomplices in a terrible attack, which give the israeli government complete carte blanche to act . for 30 years he did not see that the united states is the only hegemon in the world, including him, and now he suddenly noticed it. his speech. this is a disclosure a secret that is known to everyone, well, yes, now it has received such a designation, one of the offices, wrote its letter on the official un letterhead, interpreted as a call for the destruction of the jewish state, where the manifesto shows that the organization is opposed to tel aviv. it's incredible that the world has turned its back. israel at a tim

with the presence of the foreign minister's advisor and in fact the senior officials of the human rights commission and the national security commission of the parliament, as well as the professors of international law. the zionist attacks on gaza and in fact the developments in gaza should be investigated in this regard, because it is the same in other countries, that is, in addition to the support of the people all over the world, which is from palestine, and people are taking to the streets because of the zionist attacks. stop and actually support from the palestinians in canada, for example, people came to say that they want to sue four canadian officials for their military support to the zionists. in fact, the international center for justice for the palestinians has clearly given a statement about this , and the south african government has also made a request to the court . the prime minister of the zionist regime announced a criminal case for actually issuing an arrest warrant for binyamin netanyahu. this means that we have such dealings at the level of governments. mr. rosari, an internati

human rights among your boarders. specifically with regard to migrant push backs. in august 2021. the counselors commission of human rights rights are expressing concern, the people attempting to enter this idea and then the regular matter may have been summer. labor tend to batteries in violation of your legal obligations. you run the backside months say all the people are treated in compliance with lift you ideas, international commitments, several reports since then have contradicted your assurance. while the reports simply roll over, are you missing phones about the situation? well, i will have to agree, i don't know what reports you uh you refer to it, but i know what happens on my border. this is i know from 1st time so to say, and i know that it wants to be on the right. can a holidays arrange, the artificial flow of migration to make a point again, poland meeting at last we are to push them for lifting the sanctions again. it goes autocratic the channel or to, to make all the concessions because he just, uh, found the way to do so. but i mean, uh, i know what it was rented and the international con

and joining us on skype is brother reza kazim, academic and spokesman for the islamic human rights commission. brother reza, campaigns for muslim civil rights in the uk and across the world. thank you so much both of you for joining me. um, sheik, if i can start with you, when it comes to warfare in islam, you know, some people. say that actually, if you look at the history of islam, there's a lot of wars, maybe is does islam desire us to go into battle or is it something that we should avoid if possible? bismillahirrahmanirrahim. warfare is uh seen as a necessary evil in islam, you're a verse in holy quran where it says fitna or creating uh insecurity and and and strife is worse than fighting. which which indicates that fighting itself or warfare itself, you know, there is something negative. about it, um, it's almost like for again in terms of execution, in a judicial sense, you know, it's it's it's it's an evil, it's a it's a bad thing, but it is something that is necessary, and um, you know, i think war, warfare in islam is also situated in a sort of a metaphysical context, in the sense t

european powers supported, for example, the apartheid regime in south africa, and now the un human rights commissionsevere pressure from the united states and the israeli lobby; as the author puts it, the organization has retreated from its commitment to international law in favor of the interests of washington. where the us has influence in international organizations, that these organizations have outlived their usefulness, leading western countries, led by the usa, britain and the european state, are involved in the disaster in the gas sector, they are called accomplices in the terrible attack that the israeli government is giving. complete carte blanche for action. for 30 years he did not see that the united states is the only hegemon in the world. him as well. and now i suddenly noticed it. his performance is the revelation of a secret that everyone knows. eh, well, yes, now these are israeli human rights activists. that, that he wrote his letter, on official letterhead, he was interpreted as a call for the destruction of the jewish state, where the manifesto shows that the organization is oppo

the kenya human rights commission had called on charles to offer an unequivocal public apology. the group estimates the revolt in central kenya between 1952 and 1960 killed or maimed some 90,000 kenyans. another 160,000 were detained. the u.k. agreed in 2013 to a 20 million pounds settlement to the atrocities they committed. this is the grandson of koitalei samoei, a nandi chief who fought to end british colonial rule. >> we have to demand a public apology from the government a british because of the atrocities they made on our people. we also expect reparations. amy: and the michigan attorney general's office is closing its criminal pursuit of public officials responsible for the flint water crisis, including former governor rick snyder. it has been nearly a decade since michigan leaders switched flint's drinking water source to the flint river to save money. the water corroded the city's agent pipes, causing poisonous levels of lead to leach into the drinking water causing many residents in the majority black city, particularly children, to develop health problems. an outbreak

the reality is when we go to geneva, to human rights commission and each country does its review, itsd talk about human rights and countries. each country issuing any report depending on ngos and credible... i don't think you're going to regard the us state department as an unfriendly organisation, are you? i have challenged, i was kuwait's ambassador to the united states and i have challenged their data and their information. it's one—sided, they don't listen to us. they only listen to the other side and the ngos. when you come and tell them we are ready to come to talk and chat, and it is just one—sided story. isn't the truth that you come, like the trade ministers of your individual member states, you come to cities like london, you talk about the potential for huge trade deals. but what you do also is send a message that says, and i'm quoting here the uae trade minister, who was in the uk earlier this year, "that you" — western countries, including the uk — quote, "must separate politics from trade and economic matters." ie, the message is, listen, don't bother us with your human

from the images, even without a visit, it should be absolutely broadcast and used by the human rights commission at the same time demand accountability from the united states. that is completely backing up a 100 percent. this crime that israel's committee, it couldn't go on a day without the us protection whether to be chose or it's a military equipment or it's a multi $1000000000.00 funding. you could say flip this a script because what these i'm a sub been demanding. is it ross of the openings so that they could expel of the hundreds of thousands, really to 1000000 people and gone into egypt into the desert? and really, instead, what the world is demanding is that the border be open. so that aid can slow in format exist alvin gas that torches up providing the only source of light. a video posted by the policy to read president is from a hospital in con eunice, in total of 36 medical facilities have been damaged across gather with only a handful still operating. the head of the russian. butler was crossed a delegation that the international federation of the red cross describe the humanitarian

with all the international mechanisms of the security council, the united nations, the pro-human rights commissions and councils, they could not put the oppressive regime in its place until today. well, it turns out that this current world system is an unfair system. people realized this unjust system that this system is unjust. they should seek the formation of a just world system. we believe that this palestinian movement has so much capacity that it can provide the basis for the formation of a just world system for the whole world, so that that just system can actually be established. defend the oppressed and attack the oppressor, don't let the oppressor destroy the rights of the oppressed. you must know that today the whole world is waiting for such a mechanism in the world to form a just global system. that your time is very valuable, but we would like to use it more. the last question is, in your opinion, the end result of these changes and aggression, which has been going on for about a month and a half, is the war. the question is, if the circle of war expands, the position of the islamic r

davis here, director of human rights commission also available for questions. i think today is that if we could have a little bit more update and information about the data that we have requested for from dcyf. >> i apologize are, one more time. >> hello. there we go. great. hello chair chan and supervisor peskin. my name is [indiscernible] the director of strategic initiative for dcyf. we are going to provide additional information for you. we have a presentation about opportunities for all, item 1. we do not is a presentation for item 2, but available for any additional questions. so, we have a power point we provided and while that is pulled up, i am going to note we have directive davis with us today a partner, the lead of this initiative and are going to have her start us off with our first slide. then i'll come back and do the other. >> you are supposed to pull it up on your computer. >> am i? >> yes. >> no one told me that. apologies. >> while he's pulling that up, i'll say a few things about opportunity for all. 2018 the program initiative launched. the

you're saying, uh, someone living in london, i know that um, for me personally, the islamic human rights commission has been incredibly helpful, they've put up so much information, so many workshops, things that you can download, leaflets. um to kind of help yourself understand what your rights are. yeah, 100%. but also what i've seen, um, having had so much experience with these protests is that um, you don't need to talk to police. if you are um approached by a friendly looking police person, asking in blue specifically, um, and they're just asking you questions, oh, how are you doing, what, how's your day been, do you support this, do you support that? you don't need to answer that, it might not even... be as you know directors that it might just be um like how have you found the protest? you're not here to have a discussion or why you out here today? you don't need to have that discussion, that's not your job and that's not what you've come here to do, so instead of feeding into their intelligence, my um advice would be to focus on what you're doing there, focus on what your goal is, and obviou

, we will take the british government to court, and we immediately sent a letter from the human rights commission to the united nations, saying that we are witnessing that england, france and germany are violating their own laws. they leave and their international commitments underfoot they talk about the freedom of speech, to get rid of the oppressed and political thoughts, that is, the laws or rules in their legal systems, both domestically and internationally, did not require that such restrictions be created and have systematic restrictions, which the german government did at all. he said that france forbids demonstrations, and england tried to do the same. we pressured, but it was not possible, but in practice , there are many people in england who were under pressure and were threatened with unemployment. or a list was being prepared and it was prepared to include the names of university students and later they can't get a job when they finish their education, we had to form a committee of our own lawyers and lawyers of other groups to deal with and support the oppressed and even our own ad

human rights commission, or human rights council i should say, will probably with israeli agreement or not, do some sort of assessment of potential war crimes that may have been committed by both sides. and they did this with the 2014 hamas or gaza/israel war and came up with the conclusion that war crimes had been committed by both sides. at this stage, it is very hard to know exactly what happened with the death of those children. clearly a tragic event. whether the children contributed to it by throwing things at the soldiers and putting them at risk, we certainly don't know. orio i don't know at this stage. >> and where is the palestinian authority in all of this? of course they are making some comments, but whenever big decisions are made, whenever big statements are made, it seems to come from israel, from hamas, from egypt and from qatar, the u.s. how much of a player do they have in this process? >> well, this is a very good point. the palestinian authority is pretty well disregarded these days by most palestinians. it is seen as corrupt and ineffectual in protecting palestinia

l which is already apparent is from the international community, the united nations, its human rights commission gaza and palestine, they have been talking about the need to stop, have a ceasefire. the un general secretary has already supported, with 120 countries voting in favour of the ceasefire. despite this pressure that is mounting, which is also including now the pressure in those demonstrations outside the region, as far as countries such as australia, i don't think israel is going to take that into account, despite all the pressure, it's novel pressure, we are going to see a change in the way israel proceeds with this, with its so—called strategy. we proceeds with this, with its so-called strategy. we have seen the — so-called strategy. we have seen the us _ so-called strategy. we have seen the us secretary - so-called strategy. we have seen the us secretary of. so-called strategy. we have i seen the us secretary of state visiting israel, he is now going tojordan in the us is calling for humanitarian pauses but israel is not listening to the united states, is closest ally in this conflic

from the images, even without of this, it should be absolutely broadcast and used by the human rights commission. but there also was every right to demand admission and demand accountability at the same time demand accountability from the united states. that is completely backing up a 100 percent is fine, but it couldn't go on a day without the us protection. we chose or to military equipment or it's and multi $1000000000.00 funding. you know, as it's signed, the, what is it, how so many people outside the a blind eye. so we know that you've been to cairo, i guess regarding the evacuation, but process or, or something along those lines. can you tell us a bit more about what you witnessed? yes, there is a, an international call coming from gaza from medical associations from those on the ground urging people to, um, to, to as much as possible. or just the, uh, at the russell crossing the tons and tons of supplies that await their feet opened up. there are literally hundreds of trucks, a line, the road for miles that have gone to guys and yet can't cross over with their life saving equipment. now

one of the un summers senior officials, the head of the human rights commission to new office, has had enough in escaping resignation. he'd choose is well of committing genocide . you know, genocide is a very politicized term, often abused. but in this case, the hardest part of proving genocide has been proven for us with these very open statements of genocidal intent by israeli officials, including the prime minister and the president and senior cabinet ministers and military officials who in their public statements indicated very clearly uh their intention not to distinguish between civilians and combatants uh and to carry out the kinds of wholesale slaughter that we are witnessing in gaza. so they knew and was not just failing and it's easy to prevent that. but according to mccully, but the u. s. u. k. and much of europe was wholly complicit in the her risk assault. and he's not the only one in discussed at the west double standards. it's also being accused of reading, lighting, potential crime was by as well, which we have wilson today is one of the darkest hours of our times. we'r

since i am a member of the human rights commission, all of this is wrapped around in the decency of human rights. and the ability to lead nations without corruption. think of the global need that meets the values of this nation. that is what i hope i will hear. i hope we will hear from our audience. as i go to my seat, i want to thank all of the houstonians that may be in the room. thank you so very much. i thought i saw a representative ron wright was. don't sit down so quickly. he is one of our leading voices in houston and has the texas legislation caucus in the state legislature. we are delighted you're here. we hope you will have a powerful question for us. i think i see mr. davis. would you stand up mr. love? i indicated i would amplify you. maybe in your black expo, some of these presidents need to be there but mr. love has one of the most evocative and impactful expo that i have seen in the united states of america. we hope you will join him on june 24 and amplify the work he is doing. will my moderator please come so that the reason for the persons here will be elevated? you are

that you're saying uh someone living in london i know that um for me personally the islamic human rights commission has been incredibly helpful they've... put up so much information, so many workshops, things that you can download, leaflets, um, to kind of help yourself understand what your rights are, yeah, 100%, but also what i've seen, um, having had so much experience with these protests is that um, you don't need to talk to police, if you are um approached by a friendly looking police person and asking, in blue specifically, um, and they're just asking you questions, oh, how are you doing, what, how's your day being? do you support this, do you support that? you don't need to answer that. it might not even be as you know director as that, it might just be um, like how have you found the protest? you're not here to have a discussion or why you out here today, you don't need to have that discussion, that's not your job and that's not what you've come here to do, so instead of feeding into their intelligence, my um advice would be to focus on what you're doing there, focus on what your goal is, a

created the commission and i will continue to support the commission's efforts to draw attention to the worst violators of this fundamental human right. this event provides an important opportunity to reflect on the impact the commission is made on our nation and the international community as a champion of religious freedom. it is also a time to reflect on how the commission can further elevate its efforts. as we all know that far too many countries continue to restrict or deny these fundamental freedoms. the commission has been and will continue to be a powerful force to protect the rights of those who wish to practice their belief without fear of persecution. i commend the commission on international religious freedom for its continued leadership and service to the global community. best wishes for for a wondel event to all of you. sincerely, ben cardin, chairman senate foreign relations commission. thank you, senator cardin. [applause] >> with that will go to our video remarks. >> i am senator james lankford and i wish i could be there with you in the beautiful room to also celebrate with you 25 years of the international religio

one of the you and some of the senior officials, the head of the human rights commission to new office has had enough in escaping resignation. he'd choose israel of committing genocide. you know, genocide is a very politicized term, often abused. but in this case, the hardest part of proving genocide has been proven for us with these very open statements of genocidal intent by israeli officials, including the prime minister and the president and senior cabinet ministers and military officials who in their public statements have indicated very clearly uh, their intention not to distinguish between civilians and combatants. uh and to carry out the kinds of wholesale slaughter that we are witnessing in gaza. so the u . n was.

human rights council. the periodic meeting of this forum, for example, from the human rights council , yes, the social commission of the organization of the social forum, the united nations human rights council. whether it is special for palestine or not, this is again the shadow of america american politics is really the problem of the zionist regime, a vital and dangerous issue. i also mentioned that international organizations are naturally under the supervision of the american government to a large extent, but what does this mean? well , as you know, in the american political environment, lobbying is completely legal, i.e. lobbying. can operate legally and freely in the american political environment, especially after the law after the decision of the supreme court of the united states in 2002, in favor of citizen united , big companies can officially speak and spend money in the elections and to the extent of this the obvious issue is that the statistics were that 89 candidates in in the american elections, they spent more money and won the election, so these political figures are naturally contaminated by