people earlier we spoke to tom andrews the un special rapporteur on human rights and he's been giving evidence to that human rights council meeting in geneva and says that efforts to suppress the protests could be considered illegal. we now have incredible access to video footage and documentation of what's going on so we've seen live ammunition being shot being used we've seen people falling we've seen the harassment of individuals the people going into hiding journalists going into hiding. significant arrests that continue so we're watching very very closely and i wanted to make sure that the council had a true appreciation of the of the reality on the ground in the indian model which is quite horrific the representative from the in march talked about not interfering with their progress toward democracy i mean it's just absolutely stunning and saying that you know we have to the protesters have to stand back in order to preserve democracy the tatmadaw the amazing thing is that they are violating the very constitution that they themselves wrote even their own rules they have violated making this coup completely illegal f

human rights council. received a letter from 300 m.p.'s in myanmar accusing the joints of the of gross violations the un human rights council has unanimously adopted a british e.u. resolution on me calling for the release of almost sons suchi and others really detained it urged the military and minamata lift all restrictions on internet telecommunications as well and to exercise restraint with protesters let's bring in a story chalons who's been following this meeting from brighton in the u.k. rory what more do we know. yeah well i mean the the the human rights council was meeting in a special session that was called by the u.k. and the e.u. together acting in concert and we have been hearing a whole range of voices the different ambassadors from many countries giving their perspective on what's been going on in the end mark recently throughout the day. the draft resolution which had been orally amended. to take in certain concerns that china had had was was adopted unanimously it was 47 member. agreement essentially with a few voices of

consistently denied these accusations with foreign minister one ye telling the ongoing un human rights council in geneva that quote there has never been so-called genocide or religious oppression in the region he also invited human rights. to visit the region herself . he's always open to people from many countries who visit the province of learn the facts on the ground china also welcomes the high commissioner for human rights to visit. joining me now as president of the congress dokken isa mysteries i welcome. has been seeking unfettered access to for over 2 years now this invitation from the moment to the un has been waiting for. but secular thought for the pope heavenly this more than actually this is the middle aged promise it is not the 1st time in the past also we had the chinese sneeze you know chimes of his show and gives such a promise but never any law is the same say and chain as. open but it does have it being all to in a might and the sprit their propaganda even future china overnight the propaganda ploy of the plus also but the goal that they join now is so but china has been bl

consistently denied these accusations with foreign minister one ye telling the ongoing un human rights council in geneva that quote there has never been so cold genocide or religious oppression in the region he also invited human rights. to visit the region. he's always. opened people from many countries who visited the province of learn the facts on the ground china also welcomes the high commissioner for human rights to visit change i'm. joining me now as president of the world we were congress talk when he saw mr you so welcome michel bashir has been seeking unfettered access to shoe injuring for over 2 years now is this invitation from one ye the moment the un has been waiting from the secular thought for the powers heavenly this more than actually this is the very empty promise it is not the 1st time in the past also we have been trying to sneak you know chinese off the show and give such a promise but never any longer it is the same say and china. are open but it is a victim all too in a might and the sprit their propaganda even china overnight the propaganda ploy of the plus also but yo

to by the succession of voices western voices standing up and saying their piece at the un human rights council so as with the un often you do get that division between china russia and the western states thank you very challenge skipping an eye on those human rights council developments now to other news and in the coming hours former u.s. president donald trump's lawyers will present their defense on charges of inciting an insurrection democratic impeachment managers have wrapped up their case in trump's senate impeachment trial and official has more on thursday's proceedings in capitol hill there was no dramatic video from the impeachment managers on thursday instead there was a warning donald trump had a history of political violence and if he wasn't convicted then there would inevitably be more the attack was done for donald trump and his instructions and if ifill his wishes donald trump had sent them there we love them we love you bro know you'll be happy what do you mean we're fighting for jobs. all of these people who have been arrested and charged they're being accountable held account

venezuelans etc are lone voice is really in what has been a pretty unified position from have the human rights council and many of its members which is essentially the what what has been going on in myanmar is a gross violation of human rights. well inside friday saw one of the biggest protests against the. sky high level ports. as they tap their creativity for the marches for a 7th straight day the antic who protesters across myanmar continue with their movement calling for the return of democracy and the release of their civilian leaders the now that what we are asking international football fans on twitter facebook instagram to save our country and share what is happening. and not just premier league football fans in yangon. in the eastern city of mean police broke up a protest arresting several people for the last few nights security forces have rounded up people who have taken part in the growing civil disobedience movement. and as myanmar's military celebrated union day in the capital which marks the anniversary of the nation's independence facebook announced it would reduce the distribution of

the human rights council was meeting in a special session that was called by the u.k. and the e.u. together acting in concert and we have been hearing a whole range of voices the different ambassadors from many countries giving their perspective on what's been going on in the end mar recently throughout the day. the draft resolution which had been orally amended. to take in certain concerns that china had had was was adopted unanimously it was a 47 member. or agreement essentially with a few voices of objection there was russia which says that it wants to disassociate itself with the with this resolution draft resolution and there was venezuela that has all also said the same and unsurprisingly me and mar itself what the resolution essentially does is is say that the situation in myanmar as it currently is. is unacceptable that the. military authorities there have to release people that they've been detaining that they need to roll back on the take over of power essentially and then they they have to let in. and to do more work that the u.n. human rights councils special rapporteur

human rights council at pressure on the military over the coup. in a disturbing trend on the us west coast a rise in attacks on asian americans. hello everyone donald trumps a 2nd opinion trial is nearly finished with a final vote in the u.s. senate expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense describing the trial as unconstitutional they say democrats pushing for a conviction are only seeking revenge trump of course accused of inciting the riot on january 6th on capitol hill and when fisher has our report. that some team took on a markedly short time to wrap up its defense just under 4 hours it argued that the proceedings were unconstitutional were rushed and were driven by a hatred of donald trump this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts the evidence and the interests of the american people the senate should promptly and decisively vote to reject it far from promoting insurrection against the united states the president's remarks explicitly encourage those in attendance to exercise the

and now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body the human rights council passed a unanimous resolution urging me and mars' military to release aung san suu kyi and other civilian government leaders. our office is tracking more than 350 political and state officials activists and civil society members including journalists monks and students who have been taken into custody several face criminal charges on dubious grounds some remain missing with no information as to their whereabouts or wellbeing. 4 the military's crackdown on dissent is getting harsher by the day. the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the south eastern city oh yeah oh. they arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. and meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of good will the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests. and for more let's bring in m

human rights council is holding an emergency session to discuss that unrest in manama u.n. investigators say there is now growing evidence that security forces have used live ammunition on protesters but china which is an ally of myanmar has refused to condemn the violence on the envoy from the law says their country is going through a delicate transition here are some of the highlights from that meeting. to the international community i expressed my concern that any sanctions on the consideration should be carefully targeted against specific individuals who are credibly alleged to have violated people's rights leaders of the school are an appropriate focus of such actions your mind is undergoing complex extremely complex challenges and delegate transition we do not want to stall the more graphic transition in the country we therefore look forward to receiving a better understanding of the prevailing situation in the country and contractors and and cooperation from the international community you know i will continue to engage with the united nations towards lasting peace s

more protests against the military coup in myanmar, as the un human rights council calls for the immediateelease of aung san suu kyi. donald trump's lawyers have closed their defence arguments, concluding he was not responsible for inciting the riot at the us capitol on january 6. michael van der veen, one of his attorneys, claimed mr trump couldn't incite "what was already going to happen." he argued the former president was simply exercising freedom of speech when he said the election stolen. jon sopel reports. —— the trial has now moved to the question stage, with senators sending written questions to the managers, the president there reading one of the questions. just to give you an idea, there are four hours of questions, they are into their second hours, and one the previous questions asked was, donald trump not care about mr penn's? let's listen to the latest question —— mr pence. just waiting... i am -- mr pence. just waiting... i am not quite — -- mr pence. just waiting... i am not quite sure — -- mr pence. just waiting... i am not quite sure which _ -- mr pence. just waiting... i

human rights council. that's right nic it's been sort of building up in the sort of recent weeks as they look to its geneva human rights council sessions obviously be high commission of the un high commissioner for human rights the report which was released a few weeks ago has been quite clear in terms of the concerns that it is voiced about sri lanka it goes as far as asking for targeted sanctions against this country for essentially feeling to ensure justice and accountability even in 12 years since the end of the war with the tamil tigers way back that was in 2009 so having had a number of sort of resolutions the issue being revisited time and again at the united nations this time it seems that the un sort of mechanism has taken a tougher stance warning in pawling for sanctions we had the sri lankan foreign minister actually yesterday in his address to the council this missing it as soon as the report was initially released the public domain sri lanka said they were rejecting the report and even yesterda

consistently denied these accusations with foreign minister one year telling the ongoing un human rights council in geneva that quote there has never been so-called genocide or religious oppression in the region he also invited human rights. to visit the region herself . he's always open to people from many countries who visit the province of learn the facts on the ground china also welcomes the high commissioner for human rights to visit. joining me now as president of the congress. so welcome. has been seeking unfettered access to for over 2 years now. from the moment the un has been waiting for. well secular thought for the pope heavenly this more than actually this is the very empty promise it is not the 1st time in the past also we have been trying to sneeze you know chimes of his show and 'd gives a promise but never any longer it is the same say and chain as are open but it is evicting all too in a might and the sprit their propaganda even future china overnight the propaganda ploy of the plus also but to go that jordan out is so but china has been a lot an independent international findi

human rights watch says more needs to be done on an international level. it is time for the international community to really step up. i mean, there have been special sessions of the un human rights councilbiden in the us has placed sanctions on the myanmar military, but it is not enough. what the myanmar military needs to see right now is coordinated international responses from the european union, united kingdom, the us, japan, south korea and others, all saying that there are going to be tough economic sanctions placed on the military leadership if they don't release political prisoners and restore civilian rule. 0k, how confident are you that those economic sanctions on those individuals in the military will make a difference? we are confident they will make a difference if they are done in a coordinated way. the united states has gone ahead and made their designations, and they have more to come. the european union leadership meets on 22 february and we hope they will also impose sanctions. but ultimately, what needs to happen is that concerned governments need to tell the corporations and banks that do business with the military leadership that they have to cut those ties and seize

human rights body. the human rights council passing a unanimous resolution urging manaus military to release on the sun suchi and other civilian government leaders it was i think a reflection of the very strong view of the world looking at this outrageous act by the tatmadaw the military of overthrowing a developing democracy a fragile democracy is and then the aftermath of this with a massive. task and the very heavy handed us of the military. and the military's crackdown on dissent is getting more heavy handed by the day. the red cross reports 3 people were wounded when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of milan me i am now out 6 of that that arrested protesters were taken off giving the 3 fingered salute and defiance. meanwhile the military regime announced the release of more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of an amnesty. i must clear writing of the country's jails as authorities step up their response to the unrest shows no sign of her baiting. and let's get the latest from journalist ayman thought and yang gone a as we just heard at 23000 inmates were released from myanmar as

really have a hint of the difference here is that might interest you in human rights council so that you need to address what's happened in the past and in fact it says that you are in denial about past crimes. no and i mean exaggerations and the figures are and not what has been brought to the human rights commission a report to mean challenge confidential reports released in london makes it pretty clear that the british here on the numbers are wrong we have placed on these before the commission everything that has to be playing even now by any international money could come to the human rights. course here that we are following out of our constitution under the head of a supreme court judge as for you pledge to implement it does started so one cannot agree to a one sided very biased which is not well it's not just one sided it is it several countries around the world did leak a candidate germany they've all submitted this resolution it's not just one sided it's a combined effort of research letter the letter of the resolution is one but the figures that i'm talking more of being th

. —— human rights council. how normal will valentine's day be? hello and welcome to bbc news.d trump's lawyers have closed their defence arguments, concluding he was not responsible for inciting the riot at the us capitol onjanuary 6. michael van der veen, one of his attorneys, claimed mr trump couldn't incite "what was already going to happen." he argued the former president was simply exercising freedom of speech when he said the election was stolen. jon sopel reports. chanting: fight for trump, fight for trump. . .! - much of this impeachment trial has turned on one section of donald trump's speech before an angry crowd onjanuary 6. we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. ..the presentation of the case for the former president... the trump defence team, though, aren't in the least bit defensive. good afternoon, senators. this is ordinary political knock—about, they say, and produced their own campaign—style video to highlight how democrats use the exact same language. does one of us have to come out alive? fight that

human rights council secretary of state anthony blinken says the u.s. will return as an observer despite acknowledging the body is still flawed and in need of reform former president donald trump pulled out of the rights council 2 years ago accusing it of bias against israel the u.s. can't automatically rejoin and will have to wait for elections at the end of this year or president jordan has more from washington d.c. . the u.s. is going to be an observer member of the human rights council and that will give diplomats at the council the ability to engage with their counterparts to make the u.s. argument for reforms within the human rights council as well as be able to speak out on issues coming before the body the state department's view and the biden administration's view is that you can't get change unless you are actually engaged in the organization and of course this is just the latest in a number of steps that the biden ministration is taking to reengage with international organizations there isn't any clarity as to what the secretary means by looki

president joe biden's administration plans to rejoin the un human rights council earlier this week biden promised to put an end to trump's isolation his policies and declared diplomacy as back pulled out of the human rights council in 2018 calling it a hypocritical organization that was hostile towards israel. with all the headlines more news here on al-jazeera that's after inside story. anger grows against the man mars military coup as protests spread foreign companies are under pressure to cut ties with the army's vast business empire but what will drawing investments be enough to bring back civilian rule this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm how much i'm jerome threats of arrest and internet shutdowns have not deter people from denouncing last week's military coup in me and more in fact protests have now spread to several cities tens of thousands of people rallied for a 2nd day in myanmar as largest city yangon they want the army generals to release . and restore her democratically elected government she's been charged with violating import export laws something h

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the 47 members of the united nations' human rights council have adopted a resolution without a vote whichemands the restoration of the elected government in myanmar and the immediate release of all persons detained. this as a military takeover continues to attract huge crowds of demonstrators for this friday's protests, the biggest to date. >> a message of defiance aimed at me's military leaders. -- myanmar's military leaders. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have heated calls to demonstrate across the country. they are determined to show they are not afraid. >> [speaking foreign-language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> in the southeast of myanmar, a tense standoff between police and protesters turned chaotic. that as the united nations said live rounds may also have been used against protesters. >> there's photographic evidence that myanmar secury forces used live ammunition against protesters. >> a letter sent by hundreds of lawmakers sent to the united nations human rights council called for the investigation of human rights abuses. >> since february 2021, grave human

they are not getting any because the united nations human rights council says the highest levels of the sri lanka government are in denial about past crimes. we -- it it -- the independence of the judiciary, the human rights commission of sri lanka, the national police commission and now key bodies have been deeply eroded by the 20th constitutional amendment. reporter: his brother was the president at the end of the civil war. 100 thousand people were killed in a 26 year long war between tamil separatists and the government. both sides are accused of crimes including murder and torture. now, the u.n. says minority groups are facing his termination. this protest in february was a rare combined march of muslims and tamils with a long list of complaints. sri lanka's government rejects all the allegations made in the report, including claims it uses divisive rhetoric. >> the constitution guarantees us fundamental rights and anyone can canvass under the fundamental rights. sri lanka in the last few years has realized today we have all of our programs, economics, social, other beneficial prog

and now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body the human rights council passed a unanimous resolution urging me and mars' military to release on san suu kyi and other civilian government leaders. our office is striking more than 350 political and state officials activists and civil society members including journalists monks and students who have been taken into custody several face criminal charges on dubious grounds some remain missing with no information as to their whereabouts or wellbeing. the military's crackdown on dissent is getting harsher by the day. the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of mommy yang and oh arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of good will the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests. and for more let's bring in amal z

human rights council secretary of state heads need blinken says the u.s. will return as an observer despite acknowledging the body is still flawed and in need of reform former president donald trump pulled out of the human rights council 2 years ago. dozens of people are still trapped in the tunnel a day off to part of him himalayan classic collapsed it fell into a river causing a massive flood at least 20 bodies have been recovered 200 more people are missing well those are the top stories stay with us witness is coming up next 36 has been in turmoil in your life police cars are. not like your. brother make a political hole in my city are your arms with a representative back in 1901 to me it was out of our game i wanted a gun without a gun my brother was killed my who don't look no dear friend the other that out here the michael brown was killed me i saw my son in 15 years and i felt like you know it's just my time to stand. this is the most and bill i'm just not willing to accept the word substantial legislation can i get through that's going to speak to

security council there was a a statement put out which required unanimity but it was a watered down to the supporters of human rights democracy have not pushed for a strong resolution at the u.n. security council which would then you know put china to the test are they going to allow it or are they going to be too it would allow them to it would really force them to take a position in public rather than use their pressure behind the scenes to water things down similarly at the u.n. human rights council in geneva on last friday there was a special session there was a tough resolution proposed china watered down i'm claiming that they what they wanted a consensus resolution in the backers of the resolution went along with that you know fearing that a public break by china would bold and the hunter in myanmar then what china did is after it got its watered down resolution it backed away from the resolution anyhow as well we don't really support that so enough of this i think it's time to push strong statements and make china to stand in public we'll have to leave it there kenneth roth executive director of human rights

wants to see changes is to have more countries that have good strong human rights records sitting on the council rather than having countries that have poor human rights records some of whom have been elected to the council in recent years. and the state department has also been talking about yemen has the u.s. lost leverage with the. well that is certainly a question that has come up in recent days the us quickly undertook a review of the trumpet ministrations decision to put the who tees on to groups true group lists i should say designating them as terrorist as a terrorist organization however the. ministration is reversing that does it nation because of concerns that doing so would make it much harder for it and for humanitarian organizations to get necessary aid to yemeni civilians who are living in perhaps one of the worst human humanitarian catastrophe in the world now the u.s. is arguing that it not only does this mean that it can provide aid to yemeni civilians but it does not undercut their ability to try to get the hutus to lay down their arms and to try to agree to a political end to

reversal of donald trump's foreign policies joe biden's administration plans to rejoin the un human rights council earlier this week to put an end to trump's isolationist policies and declared to privacy is back trump pulled out of the un human rights council in 2018 hypocritical and self-serving organization and u.s. president joe biden says he will not lift economic sanctions against iran until it complies with the terms agreed under a 2050 nuclear deal but iran supreme leader maintained that iran would only return to compliance if the us 1st lifted economic sanctions. to talk to al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks. with coverage beyond. the villages that we can see on the side of the people who live on this side that they can hear. from around the world. he is one of the leading figures in the world of classical music he's conducted all the major orchestras and performed at some of the world's most prestigious concert venues maestro daniel barenboim was born in argentina his 1st performance came at the age of 7 back in 1952 years later his family moved to salzburg and then to israel where

officials already involved in a regularly scheduled meeting of the human rights council on monday he also did suggest that is very important to make certain that the seats on the council are filled with representatives of countries that have good or strongly human rights records not filled with representatives of countries that have engaged in human rights violations egregious human rights violations that was something which the previous administration of dol trump did vigorously criticize i'm you've just come from a briefing from the state department and they made an announcement on yemen we understand what more can you tell us. well essentially the situation with the yemeni civil war is that the biden of ministration wants to end it but late on sunday the administration released a statement criticizing the 2 things which control most of the territory inside yemen for continuing to will launch attacks on civilians not just in southwestern saudi arabia with which it shares a border but also continuing to attack yemeni civilians things which the ministration says simply cannot stand th

and now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body the human rights council passed a unanimous resolution urging me and mars' military to release on sense hoochie and other civilian government leaders. our office is striking more than 350 political and state officials activists and civil society members including journalists monks and students who have been taken into custody several face criminal charges on dubious grounds some remain missing with no information as to their whereabouts or wellbeing. the military's crackdown on dissent is getting harsher by the day. the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the south eastern city oh yeah oh arrested protesters pave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. meanwhile the military regime began beliefs in more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of goodwill the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests. and for more let's bring in mile zarine h

human rights council. there are growing reports and photographic evidence that mean more security forces they used live ammunition lethal force against protesters this violates international arbitrary detentions and intimidation are also on the rise not only are political leaders targets where community and civil society leaders as well a man must meet a has demonstrated has to act with them if they want democracy he is releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners and we have the military says it's consistent with establishing a new democratic state scott highly reports. as they tap their creativity for the marches for a 7th straight day the antic who protesters across myanmar continue with their movement calling for the return of democracy and the release of their civilian leaders so now that we are asking international football fans on twitter facebook instagram to save our country what is happening. and not just premier league football fans in yangon. in the eastern city of mean police broke up a protest arr

arrest for the biggest demonstration against agenda since the coup on february 1st the un human rights council has adopted a resolution calling for soon chains for elites and a british human rights lawyer has been elected as the international criminal court's new prosecutor after weeks of debate member states voted for the court war crimes genocide and other atrocities those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statements watching. the health of humanity is at stake a global pandemic requires a global response. w.h.o. is the guardian of global health delivering lifesaving tools school supplies and training to help the world's most found people uniting across borders to speed up the development of test treatments and a vaccine working with scientists and health workers to learn all we can about the virus keeping you up to date with what's happening on the ground in the woods and in the land advocating for everyone to have access to essential health services now more than ever the world needs w.-h. and making a healthier world. for everyone. all of. us. all. off

but don't get any because the united nations human rights council says the highest levels of sri lanka's government is in denial about past crimes the spaces were seen as crime and the media. is now rapidly. they independence already the sorry the human rights commission of. the national police commission another key warning as the needly eroded by the recently about the apprentice constitutional amendment president got a buyer rajapaksa was defense secretary at the end of the civil war is brother mahinda was president 100000 people were killed in the 26 year long war between tamil separatists and the government both sides are accused of crimes including murder and torture. and now the u.n. says minority groups are facing more discrimination this protest in february was a rare combined march of muslims and tumbles with a long list of complaints including trying to get education in the tamil language and oppressive police surveillance of muslim lanka's government rejects all the allegations made in the report including claims he uses divisive rhetoric. calls constitutional guarantees as i

president joe biden the ministration plans to rejoin the un human rights council earlier this week biden vowed to person and to trump's isolationists policies and declared diplomacy as back pulled out of the human rights council in 2018 calling it a hypocritical organization that was hostile towards israel. well president biden says he will not lift sanctions meanwhile to get iran back to the negotiating table during an interview biden suggests the move would only happen if terrans stops in which the new raney and former president donald trump withdrew from 2050 nuclear deal which led to iran rolling back its commitments and iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali hum and they said iran would only return to compliance if the us 1st left at all is economic sanctions we. had heard from the one that has the right to set conditions for continuation of the g.c. is iran because from the beginning iran has met all of its commitments they violated their commitments we have the right to set the conditions if they want iran to return to the chase e.p.o. commitments the u.s. must remove all sanctions a

night obviously comes at a time when sri lanka is facing a lot of pressure the united nations human rights council and its needs as many friends as it can get now obviously in terms of islamic countries we did hear quite a few of this from a country speak in support of sri lanka but within less support was also reference to the issue of areas so these are all sort of interconnected there are lots of lair upon layers of the centrally negotiations and wranglings and behind the scene agenda but at the end of the day for all those families of victims of covered 19 percent. something that has. go ahead with the right. to. form a u.s. gymnastics coach john get out has taken his own life it happened after he was charged with crimes against young gymnasts that include sexual assault and human trafficking get a tour as head coach of the 2012 u.s. women's olympic team for years he worked closely with disgraced team doctor. pleaded guilty to sexually abusing female gymnasts 3 years ago. song about hardships of the communism has gone viral in cuba something that would have been on the hurdles when federal fid

human rights body. the human rights council passing a unanimous resolution urging manaus military to release on sunset she and others civilian government leaders it was i think a reflection of a very strong view of the world looking at this outrageous act by the tatmadaw that the military of overthrowing a developing democracy a fragile democracy is and then the aftermath of this with a massive protest and the very heavy handed ness of the of the military. and the military's crackdown on dissent is getting more heavy handed by the day. the red cross reports 3 people were wounded when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of my love me and now of that. arrested protesters were taken off giving the 3 think that solution defiance. meanwhile the military regime announced the release of more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of an amnesty. and mass clearing of the country's jails as authorities step up their response to the unrest shows no sign of beijing. and let's get the latest from journalist ayman thought and yang gone a as we just heard at 23000 inmates were released from myanmar as prisone

situation where you have states like saudi arabia as an example sitting on on human rights panels the u.n. human rights council you have the situation with the u.n. security council where that one a little off i attended many of us has the ability to get the a referral to the international criminal court for example and in a situation in which one of those family members may have been actively involved in the commission of international crime so the difficulty that you have is that there is no infelicity mechanism one of the issues that was raised recently by the un special rapporteur. on this kind of when we were looking at the the brutal execution of jamal khashoggi was that there there is no standing mechanism to do with this particular type of situation. particularly as far as genesis human rights defenders of consent and so i think a lot of the frustration comes from sentiment on approach as a as a human rights lawyer to to to act for a victim because you know what can you do to bring about any any resolution to my particular problem and that that is always the biggest frustration you know you have into.

president joe biden's administration plans to rejoin the un human rights council earlier this week biden vowed to end stripes isolationist policies and declared diplomacy is back trump pulled out of the human rights council in 2018 calling as a hypocritical organization hostile towards israel. or president biden says he will not lift sanctions to get iran back to the negotiating table and it's been suggested the move would only happen if to stops and rich iranian former president withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal that led to iran rolling back its commitments. in washington d.c. she says biden has bipartisan support on his decision. the white house official told al-jazeera today that president biden quote certainly will not be removing these sanctions from iran just to get iran back to the negotiating table and republicans are supporting president biden in not lifting these u.s. sanctions 1st senator lindsey graham saying that it must be 1st iran that changes its behavior so certainly the stalemate continues even as we know that the background of all of this is that the by the administr

human rights council has adopted a resolution calling for sue cheez release the text was watered down to get russian support but china still didn't back it the resolution also condemned the use of force against protesters and called on security forces to use restraint. for a u.n. envoy says international sanctions are making venezuela's humanitarian crisis worse un special rapporteur oh and then to do one has been in the country for the last 12 days she's urging the u.s. u.k. on portugal to give the government in caracas access to friends and funds a lot of america at its embassy in yemen sent this report. it's no secret that the news well is experiencing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe every day more venezuelans join the more than $5000000.00 who've already fled the country the majority to other parts of latin america the u.n. high commission for human rights has consistently accused president nicolas maduro of overseeing grave rights violations but a un special rapporteur tour has issued a new damning report arguing that international sanctions are also responsible for making v

obviously comes at a time when sri lanka is facing a lot of pressure at the united nations human rights council and it needs as many friends as it can get now obviously in terms of islamic countries we did hear quite a few of this from a country speak in support of sri lanka but within that support was also reference to the issue of burials so these are all sort of interconnected there are a lot of layer upon layer of essential in negotiations and wranglings and behind the scenes agendas but at the end of the day for all those families of victims of covert 19 it's essentially something. that has been sort of a victory for them they can now go ahead with the rights that the i use to and essentially want to for their loved ones. in me a lot of supporters of the military coup marched in the largest city yang gong and faced off against opponents of the power grab a lot on this program and in some parts of the city the tensions calm as facebook has banned me and was military from its platforms skeletal reports. early on thursday about a 1000 marchers took to the streets of yangon voicing their suppo

human rights groups who say his presidency expires on the sunday. in another reverse of doldrums foreign policies joe biden's administration plans to rejoin the un human rights council earlier this week by the invalid to put an end to trump's isolationist policies and declared diplomacy is back trump pulled out of the un human rights council in 2018 calling it a hypocritical organization that displayed an ending hostility towards israel. president biden says he will not lift sanctions as a means of getting iran back to the negotiating table during an interview biden suggested the move would only happen if tehran stops enriching uranium for president donald trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal which led to iran rolling back on commitments well around supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei said iran would only return to compliance if the us 1st lifted all economic sanctions we . had. the one that has the right to set conditions for continuation of the j c p o a is iran because from the beginning iran has met all of its commitments they violated their commitments we have the right to set the conditions if they want iran to return to the chase e.p.o. commitments the

and now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body the human rights council passed a unanimous resolution urging me and mars' military to release on sense hoochie and other civilian government leaders. our office is tracking more than 350 political and state officials activists and civil society members including journalists monks and students who have been taken into custody several face criminal charges on dubious grounds some remain missing with no information as to their whereabouts or wellbeing. the military's crackdown on dissent is getting harsher by the day. the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of mommy and oh. arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of good will the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests i. let's get the latest from phil rob

human rights body. the human rights council passing a unanimous resolution urging manaus military to release on sunset she and other civilian government leaders it was i think a reflection of the very strong view of the world looking at this outrageous act by the tatmadaw that the military of overthrowing a developing democracy a fragile democracy is and then the aftermath of this with the massive protests and the very heavy handed ness of the of the military. and the military's crackdown on dissent is getting more heavyhanded by the day. the red cross reports 3 people were wounded when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of miami i am now on that. arrested protesters were taken off giving the 3 things that solution defiance. meanwhile the military regime announced the release of more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of an amnesty. and mask leering of the country's jails as authorities step up their response to the unrest shows no sign of replacing. the. former european central bank chief mario draghi will be sworn in as the new. prime minister of italy today 73 year old economists said h

obviously comes at a time when sri lanka is facing a lot of pressure at the united nations human rights council and it needs as many friends as it can get now obviously in terms of islamic countries we did hear quite a few of this from a country speak in support of sri lanka but within that support was also reference to the issue of burials so these are all sort of interconnected there are a lot of layer upon layer of essential in negotiations and wranglings and behind the scenes agendas but at the end of the day for all those families of victims of covert 19 it's essentially something. that has been sort of a victory for them they can now go ahead with the rights that the youth to and essentially want to for their loved ones european leaders holding virtual meetings for a 2nd day this time with a focus on security nato chief and stoltenberg opened the summit by laying out the top defense priorities facing the alliance for nato the main tall school during this upon them a cause being to make sure that. the health crisis doesn't. turn into a security crisis because so the threats we are faced wi