you know human rights defenders human rights defenders and even the un human rights council are. supporting the decision ition feel for how you know the option is a failure to act and i don't think a lot of and then a lot of the members of the human un human rights council. were never there for the to have been carlos condit thank you very much for speaking to us thank you. division next on the case of a woman who recorded her boss's sexual harassment only to be sentenced to 6 months of prison but the country's supreme court or a bottle of yourself or not has been following the story on here bring us up to speed what's going on well. nurul much in is this 37 year old teacher who was working in a high school on the island of lombok when both the principal of the high school started making sexually harassing phone calls to her or so she claims she eventually took action and to prove that harassment she recorded some of those calls one of her colleagues then use those recordings to lodge an official complaint against the principal but he then in turn took. the teacher to court himse

disproportionately affect poor communities amount to crimes against humanity last week the un human rights council voted to investigate alleged abuses in the country those abuses include extra judicial killings disappearances and police coverups authorities say those killed were crime suspects who were resisting arrest the philippines human rights commission says there could be more than $27000.00 deaths from extrajudicial killings the government denies that figure and supports in said a strong anti-drug campaign and they say that it's necessary to reduce crime so in this episode will learn about the people impacted by those territories policies and ask whether the nation's approach towards fighting drug crime needs reform but with us to discuss this in manila carlos condé a researcher with human rights watch also in manila. political and security analyst with the think tank asia pacific power. ways to progress and in hong kong al jazeera correspondent jim. we reached out to the government for a representative to join our program but they declined our request so welcome to all of you and i want to

human rights council. keep in mind the government has exploited and misused and used to the hilt this issue about the puppet art of the president of the excuse everything that has happened in this country and you hear that a lot of times in many of your conversations and many of my conversations we people from different members of the international community but just on the h.r.t. are solution i think is a very crucial step this is this is a small step but very crucial step for accountability as we've been saying because the local the domestic human rights accountability mechanisms have not been working the guards what you hear from the government it's not been working and that's precisely why the u.n. human rights council need to act now what will happen after this i mean we will leave it to the office of the high commissioner for human rights to do what is necessary or what she thinks she could do but the un human rights council does not lack for options on how to determine the situation on the ground so

if you think about the commission of inquiry on human rights in north korea, that broke new ground by bringing that case all the way to the security councilen the chinese did not step in the way of making sure that human rights was put on the agenda of the u.n. security council as a matter of international peace. the precedent has been set. you have to argue whether this is another case, where, because of its scope and exceptional nature, it needs to be brought at a higher level in the u.n. system. add, themard: if i may killing occurred october 2. since then, many governments linked with saudi arabia at hav, or say let's move on. in january at the economic demos saudig, -- davos meeting, arabia was "welcomed back" in the meeting, with the notion we can now move on. that killing is not going to disappear. my report came now, there will be more coming up afterwards. the idea of representative government, that if we hold on long enough it will go away, i doubt it is going to happen. with this particular issue, it is not going to happen. journalists are after it. actors are after it. the fiancee of mr. khashoggi is after it. she is not going

very slow to mount so hampered by the fact that the united states left the united nations human rights council and the international community is unfortunately not sufficiently united about the issue and as you can see a good part of the developing world especially countries that themselves have a very poor human rights records and even been siding with china because of economic interest this is of course you're devoting to some of the 37 countries that signed that open letter to the u.n. human rights council supporting john as actions. do you think this is reflective of china's clout and the economic power it weaves in the world at the moment yes it is about in road initiatives supposedly benign and when where is at least in part a global influence operation that's working very successfully to make countries economically but also politically dependent on china it's astounding that among the 22 countries that condemned china's atrocities in sions young which mostly targets muslim majority groups it was not a single muslim country joining this letter of condemnation however among the $37.00 cou

human rights council.keep in mind the government has exploited and misused and used to the hilt this issue about the popular art of the president of the excuse everything that has happened in this country and you hear that a lot of times in many of your conversations in many of my conversations we people from different members of the international community but just on the solution i think is a very crucial step this is this is a small step but a very crucial step for accountability as we've been saying because the local or the domestic human rights accountability mechanisms have not been working the guard what you hear from the government it's not been working and that's precisely why the u.n. human rights council need to act now what will happen after this i mean we will leave it to the office of the high commissioner for human rights to do what is necessary or what she thinks she could do but the un human rights council does not lack for options on how to determine the situation on the ground so you rea

. ♪ the use in human rights council has agreed -- un human rights council has agreed to set up an investigationstaggering number of murders in the war on drugs in the philippines, inciting violence, intimidating judges, and degrading women. we have this report from manila. these thatenes like have prompted international action. more than 6000 people killed in the three years since the philippine president launched his so-called war on drugs. those are the governments own figures. the dead, all suspected drug dealers, it says, but rights groups say the number could be five times that figure. now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical first step towards accountability. it comes after years of documentation in campaigning by political and international rights groups. the u.s. human rights council has ordered a report on the philippines and will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government during the crackdown. againstis a campaign drugs. drug users are supposed to be behind all the crimes committed. many of thew how crimes are committed by drug users, but the

human rights council has agreed to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's war on drugs it's accusing the president rodrigo tatty of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women human rights watch estimates that at least 12000 filipinos have been killed since detainees campaign began in 2016 colors condé is the philippines researcher at human rights watch and joins me now from manila good to have you with us live on al-jazeera so detailed policy and actions will now come under the spotlight will the u.n. get unfettered access to the country to investigate. well obviously the remains to the scene because all of this now of the honest with you on the philippine government to comply with the u.n. has done today and also to comply with it so you get a chance they don't want but are particularly the human rights council so really in terms of unfettered access as i said at that remains to be seen and we certainly hope that the philippine government with good access to the

the un human rights council has voted to set up a preliminary investigation into. the philippine so-called war on drugs the resolution has faced strong pushback from president. government at least 14 people have died in a train collision in. a passenger train rammed into a stationary freight train. in the southern punjab region at least 8 people have died in a car bomb. explosion happened near the city of green and benjamin netanyahu has reiterated his pledge not to dismantle even the jewish settlement in the occupied west bank they had been speculation that the israeli prime minister many african sessions on illegal settlements on the u.s. peace proposals well those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us inside stories coming up next thank you for watching. can georgia and russia result their differences the kremlin response to insults and protests with slight bans and threats against georgia relations haven't been this bad since their war 11 years ago what's behind their latest excuse this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm the stasi a

human rights council is to investigate what it calls a staggering number of murders and the philippine government's war on drugs is accuses president ford regard to test a of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women the philippines has rejected these allegations calling them offensive and one sided our correspondent tamara undergoing reports. it's scenes like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo deter to launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but why it's groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report in the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong detectives crackdown abusers campa

of leadership at the moment at the human rights council and for a while, the u.s. was quite an important actor and a deep leader on difficult issues within the with rights council president obama in particular. there is a gap and a lack of leadership and people are waiting and looking at each other over the khashoggi investigation. i could feel it during what we call the interactive dialogue after i presented my report with two or three hours where the states make their statement, two minutes each. i was told the day before that everyone was waiting to see what the others were going to do in order to determine how far they can go on their statement. there is no leadership at the moment. people are just not sure what they can do. my reading of the interactive dialogue -- and i don't know if you listen but maybe the time is not good for the u.s. -- but it was interesting to see how little support there were for saudi arabia. maybe up to eight countries made voicing theirnts, critique and rejection of the report and their support for saudi arabia's ongoing process, pro

the un human rights council says it will investigate the philippine government so-called war on drugs and empty beaches and political tensions we look at the dispute that's keeping russian tourists away from georgia. now police in gibraltar have arrested the captain and chief officer than iranian tanker that received by british marines asked week the new developments follow u.k. allegations that iranian vessels tried to impede a british oil tanker and the strait of hormuz leading to an intervention by a british warship for a challenge reports from. british shipping in the gulf is now on its highest possible alerts the u.k. moved to maritime security level 3 after its government said this ship the b.p. oil tanker british heritage was approached by 3 iranian vessels london says h.m.s. montrose a warship moved in to warn the iranians away well we're very concerned this is a very serious escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that they're all navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we w

human rights council has agreed to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's war on drugs shimon rights watch estimates at least 12000 for the peano's have been killed since the territories campaign began in 2016 those are the headlines on al-jazeera the sure revisited is coming up next. you confident that this you can see it in there so why don't we meet. with some of the microchip or. blind people thanks to this. suit backlight. liberia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. it is estimated that 3 women die every day from complications during childbirth. many of these days are preventable with simple surgery and adequate equipment however a chronic lack of doctors here means that many maternity wards are overstretched and i'm not stopped i'm down to the limits of gangs in liberia and i'm here to meet a new generation of midwives was scrubbing up and ready for surgery. my 1st stop to see be done moments and to hospital in melbourne county which has only recently overcome the devastating th

in the human rights council as well where there are particular human rights agendas that are suppressed by members of the council who are sitting on this council and don't want these to be articulated so it is power the troyan. normative concerns such as human rights such as children's interests right ok all right so simon raises an important point i think know her and empower in terms of the security council i suppose resides with the permanent 5 and there is pretty much paralysis isn't there in the security council but i mean the saudis again i mean they are allegedly responsible for dangling substantial amounts of money before the very eyes of the secretary general of the un in order to ease their way few like through some potentially uncomfortable moments both on the un human rights council and also within the u.n. security council deliberations particularly in the war in yemen so money matters here of course unfortunately money does matter and it's not just saudi arabia that has that has put the secretary general under under pressure it's you know several other countries including

human rights council voted to investigate alleged abuses in the country those abuses include extrajudicial killings disappearances police coverups authorities say those killed were crime suspects who were armed i am resisting arrest the philippines human rights commission says there could be more than $27000.00 deaths from extra judicial killings the government denies that supporters insisted strong campaign is necessary to reduce crime and they say that it's necessary to reduce crime so. in this episode will learn about the people impacted by this 3rd series policies and ask whether the nation's approach towards fighting drug crime needs reform but with us to discuss this in manila carlos condé a researcher with human rights watch also in manila. political and security analyst with the think tank asia pacific pathways to progress and in hong kong al jazeera correspondent. we reached out to the government for a representative to join our program as well but they declined our request so welcome to all of you and i want to start with our community because at the top of the show we asked peop

human rights council to investigate thousands of people and president. drug war human rights watch estimates at least $12000.00 for the. campaign in 2016. a u.s. congressional committee has voted to authorize subpoenas for a dozen current and former trump aides as part of its investigation into the president's conduct a senior white house advisor and. former attorney general. former chief of staff john kelly is on the list the democratic led house judiciary committee also approved subpoenas for documents on testimonies related to trump's immigration policy more on this will bring in mike hanna who's joining us from washington d.c. so i suppose all eyes will be on the chairman and what he decides to do next. that is correct it's up to the chairman jerry nadler to decide whether or not to formally issue those subpoenas now that the committee has approved them now why is he may wait is because there is likely to be court action following and the courts are going to demand that every attempt was made to ensure compliance before the sun is issued now congress

human rights council condemning disturbing reports australia canada and japan are among the signatories on long with britain france and germany they call on china to stop the mass detentions respect religious freedom and grant independent experts meaningful access to the region. countries that did not sign the document raised just as much interest out of the 22 nations assigned as none of them were muslim majority nations which is really quite telling because china is using their pocketbook to gain influence in many of these nations as well. china defends the practice the government says it's not about eliminating people's identity but about teaching employment skills and pushing out what it calls extremism year far surely by ceasing up locational education and training centers in accordance with the law we aim to education save those who were influenced by religious extremism and committed to mine it legal or fix it. the letter is not tied to a vote or a resolution but it will be published as an official document of the un's human rights council activists say it's a good sign but china

human rights officers edition i mean you know you can look at it any other way you but i think the government has been put on notice by the human u.n. human rights council and. you know you can you can read it as you know he's afraid or to use ott very concerned about this action but at the human rights yet it is human rights talks but also at the same time i think this push for the death penalty if you ate the president there he and his government order from a western democracies particularly you who are very very worried about the restoration of it is something this is very very important issue to them and i'm pretty sure they're looking at it very closely and this will. definitely work against him up particularly. in the days ahead being random you know i started off as a dietitian for human rights looks into a human rights abuses and it's grandma web your thoughts about this international investigation that's been requested by the u.n. human rights council into the war on drugs in the philippines how damaging would it be for president to tattle well it remains to be see how damaging is going to be i bet some skepticism because you know it was zoomin

human rights council has agreed to set up a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's war on drugs it accuses president. of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women generally and into gun reports from manila . it's scenes like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo the terror to launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but why it's groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report on the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong the tear to scratch town users campaign against drugs because drug users in the real source of cou

human rights council condemning disturbing reports australia canada and japan are among the signatories on long with britain france and germany they call on china to stop the mass detentions respect religious freedom and grant independent experts meaningful access to the region. countries that did not sign the document raise just as much interest out of the 22 nations assigned as none of them were muslim majority nations which is really quite telling because china is using their pocketbook to gain influence in many of these nations as well. china defends the practice the government says it's not about eliminating people's identity but about teaching employment skills and pushing out what it calls extremism year far surely by seizing up locational education and training centers in accordance with the law we aim to education save those who were influenced by religious extremism and committed to mine it legal or fix it. the letter is not tied to a vote or a resolution but it will be published as an official document of the un's human rights council activists say it's a good sign but china'

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human rights council has agreed to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's war on drugs. and france has passed a controversial tax bill targeting tech giants like google apple and facebook has prompted u.s. president donald trump to order an investigation into the planned levy a move that could result in the town a tree terrorists. a master's from 22 nations have condemned china's treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in unprecedented move they shoot a letter calling for an end to the detention of week of muslims here in experts say at least 1000000 are being held in camps but you know what i am has one. this fun stuff building is called a vocational center in china critics say it's more like a prison one of many detention camps run by the government. the target they say are ethnic and religious minorities mostly wigger muslims in the northwest region of change young activists say at least 1000000 people are detained in similar camps where extreme surveillance force assimilation and abuse are common the

human rights council has agreed to set up a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of mad in the philippine government's war on drugs it accuses president. of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women i mean down into ground reports from manila. it's scenes like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo the terror to launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but why it's groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report in the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong detectors crack down on users campaign against drugs because drug users and the source of course of th

the united nations human rights council is investigate what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippines government's war on drugs and accuses president rodrigo tatay of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women jimmy linda and reports from. its scenes like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo to 30 launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but rights groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report in the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong the terror to scratch down users. against drugs because drug users in the course of the.

the philippines has rejected a resolution by the un human rights council to investigate thousands of people and president rodrigo the territories drug war since 2016 thousands of drug dealers and users have been killed in a police crackdown but human rights groups say the investigation in is to what amounted to summary executions is long overdue german law and organ has more from manila. it seems like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo deter to launched his so-called war in drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but why it's groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un human rights council has ordered a report on the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jury detectives crack down abusers campaign agai

human rights council is a step in the right direction i think that there is still needs to be a lot more meaningful steps in terms of international pressure on china to ensure that human rights observers are given meaningful access to the region that people are removed from the camps that you know the ethnic cleansing that is going on the forced marriages and things like that there needs to be a lot more pressure and what would what's telling for me come on is the fact that out of the $22.00 nations who signed it none of them were muslim majority nations which is really quite telling because china is using their pocketbook to gain influence in many of these nations as well come back to that point about money in a moment but 1st of all when you talk about the pressure that needs to be put on china. it's not going to happen is it i mean. signing a letter is one thing but actually having china you know granted access and things like that i mean the chances of that happening. well i mean you know the u.n. security council can bring a resolution to the table obviously china is a permanent mem

the united nations human rights council is say investigate what it calls a staggering number of matters in the philippines government's war on drugs and accuses president we're prego tatay of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women i mean island again reports from manila. it's scenes like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo the terror to launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but rights groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report in the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong detectives crackdown users campaign against drugs because drug users and will be a source of course of

a scathing report by the un human rights council dating on a geisha use of torture and abuse by the venezuelan government. and in sports a former player returns to kickstart a new era and the english premier league club chelsea. thousands of people across it on rights on the streets once again demands in a civilian led government salts are expected to resume for a 2nd day between the protesters and the military genter the testers are demanding accountability for those killed during a military crackdown last month. reports. despite an internet blackout that curbed their ability to organize sudanese protesters took to the streets in the capital khartoum and other cities to continue to demand an immediate handover of power to a civilian led government. the african union and ethiopia are mediating between the 2 sides protesters and opposition leaders want to 72 hour deadline for the negotiations which resumed on wednesday. any negotiation has to start from the points that we cannot agree on and it is one main point the transitional council it is the point regarding the head of the council because

here in human rights council has been great to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's war on drugs. and frances passed a controversial tax bill targeting tech giants like google apple and facebook has prompted u.s. president donald trump to order an investigation into the planned levy a move that could result in retaliatory tariffs. a car bombing in the libyan city of benghazi has killed at least 4 people and wounded dozens of blast targeted the funeral of a former military commander who was aligned with a former libyan leader moammar gadhafi the head of libya's special forces which is under the control of warlord holy for have to was attending the funeral but was unharmed. at least 11 people have been killed in a car bombing in northwestern syria 35 others including children were injured the explosion happened in the rebel held city of a free in which is near syria's border with turkey observers say the blast was near a checkpoint where vehicles were lined up to enter the city. it's been a year since the syri

human rights council wants a report focusing on extrajudicial killings arrests and disappearances that are part of president will go to on time narcotics campaign. by european council president donald tusk has criticized russia's decision to ban flies to georgia as unjustified and disproportional relations between tbilisi and moscow have to tary aerated further since the visit of a russian politician to the georgian parliament 3 weeks ago task was speaking at a conference on the e.u. and eastern europe in the georgian city of but to me from where al-jazeera is andrew symonds reports. it's the annual gathering of east european states and the e.u. russia is always irritated by such familiar images. was led the kremlin to direct flights to georgia of the unfamiliar images of anti russian protests every day for more than 3 weeks in the capital tbilisi. georgia's president didn't want to talk about russia at the conference but the way you council president did in russia recent this isn't the money flying to churchill unjustified. this is from russia. that may be the case but georgia's leade

human rights council says it will investigate the philippines government's so-called war on drugs and a defiant donald trump issues an executive order to determine who's living in the u.s. legally and who is not. thank you very much for joining us police in the u.k. territory of gibraltar say they have arrest said the captain and chief officer of the iranian tanker seized by british marines last week this summit conflicting stories over what happened to another oil tanker in one of the world's busiest waterways late on wednesday iranian boats are being accused of trying to obstruct the british vessel in the strait of hormuz iran's revolutionary guard says it didn't happen tehran had earlier threatened to retaliate after its tank it was seized in gibraltar the u.k. says it's wants to know a tensions with iran but at the same time it's raise a security threat to its highest level for british ships operating near iranian waters where each allan's has more from london. british shipping in the gulf is now on its highest possible alerts the u.k. moved to maritime security level 3 after its

human taishan and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report on the philippines it will adjust series about elations allegedly committed by the government to jurong detect this crackdown this is a campaign against drugs because drug users and will be a source of course again i mean you know the crimes that are be committed now we're not going to quibble about how many of those crimes are committed by drug users but the justification for them being is not it's just not true that we are overwhelmed by the drug problem that required such. murder. the philippine government rejects the u.n. vote calling it a travesty and saying it cannot accept a politically partisan and one sided resolution it's already said it won't cooperate with any investigation critics have described to deter to drugs campaign as a war against the poor with the majority of those killed coming from impoverished communities and they're included in the government's watch lists of drug users and peddlers but the rights groups say these lists are reliable and p

human rights council has agreed to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's so-called war on drugs it's accusing president been citing violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women human rights watch estimates at least $12000.00 filipinos have been killed since to test his campaign began in 2016. france has passed a tax bill targeting tech giants like google apple and facebook the 3 percent tax affects any judicial company with revenue of at least $844000000.00 of which at least 28000000 is made in france but the u.s. says it unfairly targets their companies and president donald trump has ordered an investigation into the potential effects. police have fired gunshots and tear gas to disperse a demonstration by a shia group in nigeria's capital hundreds of members of the islamic movement of nigeria gathered outside parliament in a bugger to demand the release of their leader who's been in detention says 2015. person years at least one and a half $1000.00 trees have been destroy

treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented move they sent a letter to the un human rights council calling for the detention of weak and muslims to stop. the un human rights council has agreed to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's world war on drugs it's accusing president going to go to turkey of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women human rights watch estimates that at least 12000 filipinos have been killed since deterred his campaign began in 2016. now the consumption of sugary soft drinks and fruit juice has been linked to a high risk of developing cancer for interest searchers surveyed $1000.00 adults over a period of up to 9 years they found even a small daily serving of $100.00 milliliters about a 3rd of a can of soda could raise the person's overall cancer risk by 18 percent the popularity of sugary drinks has exploded in recent decades and are already blamed for obesity which is solved as a leading factor in developing cancer well to counter t

years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report on the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong detectives crackdown abusers campaign against drugs because drug users and will be a source of course of the many of the crimes that are be committed now we're not quibble about how many of those crimes are committed by drug users but the justification is not it's just not true we are overwhelmed by the drug problem wired such. the murder of. the philippine government rejects the u.n. vote calling it a travesty and saying it cannot accept a politically partisan and one sided resolution it's already said it won't cooperate with any investigation critics have described to deter just anti drugs campaign as a war against the poor with the majority of those killed coming from impoverished communities and they're included in the government's watch lists of drug users and peddlers but the rights groups say these lists are reliable and police have not explained how they are

human rights officers edition i mean you know you can look at it any other way you but i think the government has been put on notice by the human u.n. human rights council and. you know you can you can read it as you know he's afraid or to use odd very concerned about this action but at the human rights yet it is human rights talks but also at the same time i think this push for the death penalty if you ate the president there he and his government order from a western democracies particularly you who are very very worried about the restoration of that benefit is something this is very very important issue to them and i'm pretty sure they're looking at it very closely and this will. definitely work against him ah particularly. in the days ahead being random human eye stops at all it's a diversion for human rights looks into a human rights abuses and it's grandma web your thoughts about this international investigation that's been requested by the u.n. human rights council into the war on drugs a in the philippines how damaging would it be for president to tattle well it remains to be see how damaging is going to be i and i bet some skepticism because yo

whenever there is a resolution passed on human rights in china in the human rights council, most of the said. what can you do about it? we know that china is obviously a permanent member of the un security council. in the last 65 years at the united nations, we have seen 460 or more resolutions passed to do with the israeli—palestinian conflict. 0n tibetjust one because, of course, china vetoes. they are very powerful. what can you do? appeal to all the democratic countries. say, you say you are committed for human rights, you say you support of nonviolence, then you should support tibet issues. these moral principles that you claim should be implemented and should be shown, demonstrated... you are saying this but it is falling on deaf ears. there you are, the tibetan government in exile, and his holiness the dalai lama, in dharamsala, in india, where you are also based, even india is not supporting you. jamestown foundation research analysis group in the us, adrian zenz says, "india tends to favour relations with china at least over tibetan issues in general." your host nation is not e

the human rights council has agreed to set up a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders during the philippine so-called war on drugs the resolution brought by iceland has faced strong pushback from president rodrigo detect his government human rights watch estimates at least 12000 filipinos have been killed since the tatars campaign began in 2016 and the bastards from 22 nations have condemned china's treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented move they sent a letter to the human rights council calling for the detention of weaker muslims to stop. at least 8 people have died today a car bombing in northwestern syria the explosion happened near the city of. has more from beirut in neighboring lebanon. it's not the 1st time an explosion rocks the syrian city of africa and which lies along turkey's border is the city is under the control of turkey backed syrian rebels it used to be under the control of the syrian kurdish armed groups the right peachey now according to the opposition and the turkish government the i.p.g. is a terrorist