unidentifiable bodies on the floor. >> this was one of 56 attacks with insend uary weapons that human rights watch documented. the rights group accuses the syrian air force of using weapons. these weapons, like napalm and foss ferrous. they are difficult to treat. >> what i saw in syria in august stands alone in terms of the cruelty, the expense, the devastation, the severity of the injuries that i saw. >> human rights watch wants the international community to condemn syria as they did for the government's use of chemical weapons. >> the red line and bar has been set too high, on chemical weapons. implicitly saying that anything below that is - is not such a big problem. it is a big problem. we have documented abuse after abuse in syria. >> insend uary weapons are classified as conventional, causing more death in syria than chemical weapons, which the government is believed to have used on august 21st. that was a major turning point in the conflict. >> it led to a deal to get rid of chemical weapons stockpile. that has not stopped the war and men syrians criticised the deals, feeling removing che

the human rights watch says those coming forward aren't being intimidated. >> reporter: initially theovernment response was very positive. they set up a technical committee to investigate the allegations. but very quickly we have seen both in terms of how the investigation was carried out at the technical level, but also in terms of the lack of information about the investigation by the government has basically shown a lack, really, of will to make sure that this investigation is carried out effectively, transparently, and we really get to the truth of these allegations. there needs to be very strong political messaging from the government in high positions that harassment, intimidation all individuals who are coming forward and reporting on this very serious issue are not going to be intimidated during the investigations. >> four somali international related to kenya's attack on westgate mall will appear in court. the group al-shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in nairobi. the unite united nations highest has ruled in favor of cambodia against thailand against a nation's t

human rights. it is taken the lead in documenting human rights violations carried out by the drug cartels and the mexicans did seared -- security forces and provide support for victims. she recently received human rights watch013 award for tornier activism, which brings her to the u.s. in our studio here in new york. ,ossi joined by nik steinberg human rights watch a senior researcher for the americas. he also helped author the report, "mexico's disappeared: the enduring cost of a crises ignored." welcome to democracy now! audience thethis problem in mexico. it is just when the president decides to resolve the situation violence, [indiscernible] watching a very high number of violations of human rights and the violence increase. at the beginning, we have a program on drugs, i say, but after we start having serious problems and especially, one that is very committed very [indiscernible] people who have been disappeared. hasexico, the government accepted the release of 26,000 people who have disappeared and this number is just a little number, but the reality is very, very big. >> i would say a little more than a year ago, we had on this show a former foreign minister of mexico. we asked him about the drug wa

at least nine people are up fourteen cents that's according to human rights watch and hospital sources aol's they say is that more than a hundred other people have been in six the management has opened fire on a large crowd of protest as hundreds of demonstrates that a cabinet in the gondola distinctive chicken outside the headquarters of the ms ride to minister to demand that they need the canadian capital. eyewitnesses say amen then set fire to the mission's headquarters let's get more now from corresponding to a marine captain and center in the statement the latest information on the situation in return the heat. he heard the mantra it will inhibit the like. the get go and enter into and will get you in crete. i came it in the housing problems than on the a line to trip and irene castle is some reports are we trying and i'm adding in the new relate to stand as he speaks. we're all meeting on and it's been a week now since the massive typhoon high and wreaked devastation on the philippines. despite the huge international aid and that many people that are still struggling to survive h

for letting us know your thoughts on this issue there adam kugel middle east research from human rights watch live on r.t. thank you thank you typhoon haiyan may have left up to ten thousand people dead in the philippines that's according to local officials although the government says that cannot be confirmed. and named and that. just yesterday i was ok the storm is the fourth most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded and the strongest to hit the region central city of tacloban was ravaged by the disaster leaving thousands of homes without a roof the red cross has only been able to confirm one thousand two hundred deaths so far but believes many more have lost their lives and in the worst hit areas remain cut off for the rescue operations china has now also ordered a state of emergency in its southern regions right now the storm is moving northwest and has already reached vietnam's coastline thirteen provinces there are being evacuated with over eight hundred sixty thousand people forced to flee coastal areas the storm could reach the capital hanoi on monday morning when i asked earlier m

deadline all for an amnesty was told mourners to adam khoo the middle east for such a from human rights watch us your reaction on the way the authorities dealt with these protests today and tell us what you make of the way it was handled by the police and authorities that. from what we've read in the divinity and what we've seen the videos it seems that it was. did you know. here's hostage in a summary of us that we don't we stop because of what happened exactly. right now because of the river. and so we are just part of a larger picture of what's going on. authorities is nice to know what a rabbit rabbit day. migrant workers and thousands possibly tens of thousands who do not have computers that were either they don't have a residency permit if they don't have a permit for the tough for me to not working for their official legal spot the situation i can seventies much of what this to say some of them an advantage he can be no plea and the gimme a humble one of the conditions that than having to face to the mobile step life well the problem with one of the four wheelers the review committee t

human rights circles. tuesday afternoon i spoke to a representative of human rights watch that organization was critical of the election of russia china saudi arabia and vietnam saying those countries have not permitted. un investigators inside to check on alleged human rights violations. now for its part in china's domination paperwork they said their government has made consistent efforts for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms for the chinese people and a china earnestly fulfills its obligations under relevant international human rights treaties. the other big story with saudi arabia they had expected a bit of resistance in particular after turning down a seat on the un secity council earlier this fall the un received official notification of their rejection of that seat. on tuesday as well. jordan initially had decided to run against saudi arabia within their own regional bloc has since withdrawn and indeed george is now considered the frontrunner to replace saudi arabia on the security council a bit of diplomatic musical chairs. now while the council is considered a p

it's difficult to impose people now to go back home. >> based on what you see from human rights watch, does it appear is that egypt is moving backwards. >> it appears to us that things are not looking goods on the human rights front. they are not looking good on the continuation of military trials on civilians and laws that it is studying, restricting the work of nongovernmental organizations. there is a line itself with the official idea. things are not looking good for a country in 2011. a country acting with impunity and moving to a right's-based system. >> thank you tamara alrifai, joining us via skype. >> vice president joe biden heading to china. china declared an air defense zone extending over a disputed area in the east china sea. the zone including ireland, china and japan. the u.s. became involved when it flew bombers through an an airspace. >> it may take a tiny miscalculation or misunderstanding, and these islands could become a center of a large international conflict. to the japanese, they are the s sending , to the chinese the diaoyu island. they are the most talked ab

even so, human rights watch says the government has violated international law. are al jazeera beirut. >> well a thousand people who have fled syria to yeept have been told to get out. egypt had detained more than 1 1500 refugees from syria pf. thawsh only alternatively is to go to lebanon, around 300 syrian and palestinian refugees are still being held behind bars. jeff.stohl is reporting. >> we are talking about a subset of about 1500 people, including a lot of children, several hundred children who have been detained by egyptian authorities because they attempted to leave egypt by boat, to be smug smuggd into egypt. broken a law by leefg, attempting to leave egypt you know irregularly, but what we're we're complaining about is the fact that they're held without charge in are police stations, in terrible conditions, precisely in order to force them to, quote unquote, voluntarily go back to syria. >> agreed to cooperate with the international nuclear watchdog to allow greater monitoring of its nuclear sites. give you inspectors what has been described managed ac

human rights groups condemned the trial and sentenced. >> the sentence has been given under an older law from 1923. we as hume yn rights watch and other -- human right watch and other groups considered restrictive. this is seen this the larger framework of restrictions on the rights of people to protest in a country where things have changed. in recent weeks, both the government and the courts have clamped down on protests. just over a week ago, 12 students from the university were gaoled for 17 years each for attempting to storm the hours of the institution: this week has seen the imposition of a new law to regulate protests causing opposition from political groups. the government says it will implement a new law protecting the rights of protesters and citizens. the severity of the sentences given to the women and girls has shocked many people here, and led them to question the independence of egypt's judiciary. >> a union worker in brazil is blaming supervisors after an accident at a construction site. the worker told managers that the ground was unstable before a crane collapsed. the company said it received no warning. t

. >> human rights watch says he has been implicated since his coup last year. a decision to promote him to general was controversial. judge.eing held now by a >> french parliament is looking into a bill that would make it illegal to have sex with a prostitute. this puts france on a different course from other european entries, where they are looking to regulate rather than outlaw the trade. they will initiate a 1500 euro fine for the clients. toy would also be forced attend classes highlighting the harms of restitution. aparis court has ruled private company broke no rules by firing a woman for wearing a headscarf. it is being seen as a test case in france about the ban on wearing the full islamic veil. that is currently being reviewed the court of human rights and its complaint it restricts religious freedom. >> the childcare worker first attended court in 2008. she did so to defend her right to wear an islamic headscarf to work. employers sacked her after she refused to remove it. a previous court hearing ruled she had been discriminated against on religious

. ♪ now human rights watch is calling on international community to condemn the syrian government forncindary weapons and some were going against civilians in areas and we have details from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: august 26, 2010, aleppo, syria and victims and teachers at school and said a jet dropped a bomb. >> translator: all i saw was people on fire. i was on fire. my friends were on fire. and there were bodies on the floor. >> reporter: this was one of 56 attacks with insendiary weapons they documented in the last year and accuses the syrian airforce of using weapons in residential areas. these weapons like nepalm and white phosphorus cause burns that are different to treat. >> i saw in syria in august it standalone in terms of the cruelty, the extent of the devastation, the severity of the injuries that i saw. >> reporter: human rights watch wants the international community to condemn syria like they did for the government's use of chemical weapons. >> the red line and bar is too high and set only on chemical weapons. implicitly saying that anything below that is not s

changed so that human rights watch released by the critically defaults on us drone strikes are not given. that said some of the attacks may have violated its festival which guards the white house tonight. meanwhile the duplicity of august on shooting in the stands exposed to the strong reaction. with this set . i hate you. after the break many of the outdoors and videos on its toes arms. al all to pray. the ticket would bomb disposal school in top would be too is giving salsa fitting about the process of apples and even teaching of god's good intricate nuances of defusing i improvised explosive devices. more than one thousand people have died in ied explosions and even boasts of being a challenge from don forces to deal with it. and i. i ate most of the preaching of god's orders using this or did the deed most kids. it provides explicit advice on ep improvised explosive devices on the use of the single biggest kid of gov dot com blog. according to woodward and recorded fifty three percent decrease victims mostly children all staff wahid is caused when a tug of civilian casualties in the

human rights situation in north korea is of the cost and international scrutiny by amnesty international human rights watch and the united nations the un general assembly has adopted a resolution condemning north korea's human rights record. every year since two thousand three kevin identities the announcement the economy medicine plan for twenty fourteen in mid december finance minister on swap bot through this economic policy for next year he said that the focus will be on boosting slumping domestic demand and achieving a higher rate of economic growth and the global average thirteen mg l ast more with signs of solid recovery in exports korea asia's fourth largest economy is projecting a current account surplus of nearly sixty nine billion us dollars this year policymakers and economists worry that sluggish domestic demand served at the track on the economy. responding to such worries korea's finance minister caught us up said tuesday. the couple will do its best to adjust the balance between exports and domestic demand in the coming year. he said the couple will take steps to create jobs foster investme

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activists with human rights watch have been calling on saudi arabia to put a stop to the practice for years. >> saudi arabia -- allowing legal workers -- illegal workers to return to the legal system. they had become illegal because they were freed from the system of patronage. not a regulated system at all. locks them tot their employer who abuse and split them. >> after a million migrant workers find themselves without a sponsor by the end of amnesty, those who have not left the country faced being hounded by saudi authorities. the labor and interior ministries already deployed patrols throughout the country to raid suspected businesses. undocumented workers face around two years in prison and a 20,000 euro fine. >> an old turkish proverb says for every turk is born a soldier but being -- but being in the army is often dramatic. 166 committed suicide the last year, more than double the number killed on the front. our correspondent sent us this report. >> saturday night in the suburbs of the stumble. he is preparing for departure for military service. this traditional celebration mar

yes there were a lot of critical voices campaign against arms trade amnesty international human rights watch all gave evidence home range of groups from bahrain human rights groups democracy groups from bahrain gave evidence because the report was also covering bahrain as well. and fortunately with saudi arabia it's very difficult for critics to actually openly criticize so i'm not sure there was very much evidence from there but we did with a range of academic and other experts who knew these countries very well and they gave some very critical evidence one of our problems was a lot of that evidence wasn't published two months and months later it was finally published around june this year but it was a long time after the first set of evidence. right at the committee says the bahraini and saudi monarchy is that making progress on human rights and that such progress must be recognised and encouraged is that at last. well i don't see very much progress in saudi arabia's human rights there may have been a few small things but on the other hand just this year there were people who were publicly

secrecy with relatively little information about who the victims of the attacks actually are but human rights watch managed to study six strikes and found the majority of those killed in them have been civilians including women and children aunties lucy kevin all traveled to a yemeni village devastated by the u.s. war on terror. it says no faith for the one who has no trust but both are now in short supply in this part of yemen for months the class has been without its mouth teacher and this pupil without his father this is the big show about a charity i didn't ask his name is still on the staff schedule but i leave hasn't been here since signing out of class on january twenty third the last the day the finality the father of three was killed by a u.s. drone alongside his twenty year old cousin salim a college student who drove them in a borrowed to yoda they picked up two strangers who turned out to be suspected al qaeda militants witnesses reported a whirring sound in the sky and missiles struck their car. the smell of death was everywhere some of the bodies were burned beyond recognition the res

many human rights activists are saying this simply doesn't go far enough to quell the large number of forced abortions infanticide and involuntary sterilizations nicholas backlund of human rights watch in hong kong told the washington post that quote the whole system needs to be dismantled what they're doing is just tinkering with it allowing one specific category of people to have two children the system is abusive and generates so much pain for so many but there is far more encouraging announcement that was also said by the chinese government today the country's long standing rib . cation labor camps are so to be abolished now exact numbers are impossible to know but according to china's state news agency approximately one hundred sixty thousand inmates have been held in three hundred fifty of these labor camps throughout the country these camps have been in place to harbor chinese political dissidents since the one nine hundred fifty s. and while the conditions are largely hidden according to former inmates that type of treatment in these camps includes regular beatings sleep deprivation forced labor work barely edible food no freedom to go to the bathroom and a lack of basic nee

human rights watch has expressed outrage over the recent law which will be viewed as another setback after the recent compromise women's rights and a bit of recent rise in beating winning writers. roman has never authorized a lot of it said penalties for child marriage or hide it as it turned out to first union canal to someone in your attorney's office conflict. since entering afghanistan in two thousand minus one and a coherent more teams of nato forces in the dish if human rights in particular the women's rights the us led coalition forces to china by september two thousand fourteen and the recent rise in violence and the new meat off to the non americans trying to allow close to fifteen thousand troops to remain beyond next year kenny president karzai has denied the security agreement which would in the years chips to stay states to be decided after next year's elections . mm the survey conducted by the european union speech it's the fundamental rights to live to seventy fifth anniversary of crystal tonight of terror against shows that anti semitism in europe scotland the idea is

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looks like the obama administration is just in pervious to any kind of investigation i mean human rights watch and other organizations i mean these i mean by any definition of international law these are war crimes and they are just impervious to you know these claims of these are very serious claims that are being made. yes but here we have to look into the basically dipali or ticks around in the wrong water in pakistan the problem with the drawn lot is in pakistan with the us is the problem of politics and it's the problem of transparency no one knows what's the nature of pakistan u.s. relations and what has been the agreements made in order for the u.s. to be allowed to conduct these drone strikes within pakistan so this is one thing that is the inaccessibility of the area you cannot go do that and investigate. the information coming out of the tribal areas is very much unconfirmed one appear to experiment i agree with you a little this is one of the rationales it or use that these are very distant places no man's land it's called but this pakistani family went to washington d c i mean does

up by the thousands folly and of an amnesty deadline adam kugel middle east researcher from human rights watch thinks that employers in the kingdom have unchecked power over their workforce. problem with the ford labor center saudi arabia is really the way that in which the country regulates the presence of workers on its soil. all the foreign workers in the country are governed by was known as the sponsorship system whereby they are under one direct employer employer has an inordinate control over that of the side you have is a difficult country to convert so isolated. rarely access to the international. international human rights organizations and the like and i think it's just difficult to to get information out of it that being said i mean the crackdown that we're seeing right now is why it's we. i think that this is just the beginning of what's going to be a long series of frankly stories emerging from that country more than a dozen detainees remain on hunger strike at guantanamo bay protesting indefinite detention and alleged use of torture at the facility and the other side of the barbe

files and following the end of a deadline of an amnesty m kugel his middle east researcher from human rights watch told me employers have unchecked power over their workforce. problem with. the radius really the way that in which the country regulates the presence on its soil. all workers in the country are governed by what's known as the sponsorship system whereby they are under one direct employer employer has an inordinate control over there beside you it is a difficult tree to cover and so isolated in the story so rarely get access to international. human rights we're going to. the right and i think it's just difficult to get information out of it that being said i mean the crackdown that we're seeing right now is why it's really i think this is just the beginning of what's going to be. a long series of frankly stories emerging from. typhoon haiyan may have left up to ten thousand people dead in the philippines and that's according to local officials although the government says that cannot be confirmed. and then let me. just. look at the storm is the fourth most powerful tropical cyclone ever

government cronies in preview it's a big hit in the express that they were eager to cooperate with human rights watch and eager to make some of the recommendations set forth in the report. this time we get to speak on the legal changes in this situation. my co workers the criticism of the conditions does not sit well with county officials. a successful one copies in the great crises both my tenth of july leaving him there is no question about it on structural capacity to hold we will come. because the coolest thing of the financial clout to build top of the range facilities the truth of this the form of a spoon to her that i got at his expense the town's reputation for human rights i can even told what to think these in the eye the team's confidence. head back there to cheer and politics and time is running ads for germany's two biggest political parties to form a new coalition government fundamentals consensus in the social democrats are aiming for a deal by the end this month. but all two weeks of talks a lot of the biggest issue still on the cell today was the last minute to meet a new type of tea

adam khoo the middle east researcher for human rights watch said employers making him have unchecked power over their work folks the warnings that the radius the way in which the country regulates the presence of workers and soil day to all workers in the country are covered by with the sponsorships system whereby they are under one direct employer. it is implemented in order to control over that time due to difficult the company so isolated. so when we get access to your natural ice going back to him right for his dishes. and like i mentioned difficult to get information out of it being saturday that the crackdown that we're seeing right now it's quite sweet bean. i think that this is just the beginning of what's going to be. a long series of friendly or stories the emerging from depression typhoon hey i may have left it to ten thousand people dead and the philippines according to local officials of the government says that number can be confirmed yet this is ideal it is he stormed the fourth most powerful tropical psycho never recorded the strongest in the region central city of ch

the thousands following the end of an amnesty deadline adam kugel middle east researcher for human rights watch things that employers in the kingdom have unchecked power over their workforce problems with the foreign labor center the radius really the way that in which the country regulates the presence of workers on its soil. all one workers in the country are governed by was known as the sponsorships system whereby they are under one direct employer employer has an inordinate control over they have to beside you it is a difficult country to convert so isolated rarely access to the international. rational human rights we're going to patients and the like and i think it is difficult to to get information out of it that being said i mean the crackdown that we're seeing right now is wide sweep. i think that this is just the beginning of what's going to be a long series of frankly are stories emerging from the culture. typhoon haiyan may have left up to ten thousand people dead in the philippines according to local officials all the government says that number can't be confirmed yet. named now tha

will you say to democracy promotion but recent human rights watch correct me if i'm wrong accused turkey of. allowing terrorists to deprive didn't say um it seems is the it's it's not quite that simple but actually techies supporting home groups in syria which in all looking to promote democracy than dental looking to set up a democratic regime hostess sat us that the situation there when the pasta one year term to be a terribly complex to it on the stamp and an all for the board of the ndp and steely and until he is quick to you it's not easy to control the knowledge base and turkish army the good looking in all state control of the board of ed to prevent day that it was in cabo. it turned to move some corners that no one wants to. what about this later of democracy promotion and it's something that we don't care about very much in the west but given some of the result is well with the prime minister has a name you will view trying to do that. a recent example is the it of his relations with it in the cookie there the dem referred to to lock up and in egypt as a call different from the

however a recent report put out by human rights watch showed that many fronts rights were not hearing to those policies. in fact when it comes to yen and the report showed that between two thousand and nine in two thousand thirteen eighty two people were killed but at least fifty seven of them being civilians and those victims included innocent women and children we got there so those loved ones away with it once it last night with dancing with us enjoy if that were deemed as being a cut to pieces by by these business. it's that reality and i'd run advocates say has created a climate of fear and the gun to terrorize local community stinker that was constantly overhead are always living in fear that a drone strike is going to happen they don't know when where and who will be hit and this they say has created a new problem for the united states and that instead of eliminating enemy's ground use its only creating more it makes us more vulnerable to terrorism because of blowback because when people see their loved ones getting killed by drones and the rescue is being killed by other drone

by the thousands after the end of an amnesty deadline adam kugel middle east researcher for human rights watch thanks employers in the kingdom have unchecked power over their workforce problem with the foreign labor center maybe it's really the way to go in which the country regulates the presence of workers on its soil. all on workers in the country are governed by was known as the sponsorships system whereby they are under one direct employer as employer has an inordinate control over they have to beside you it is a difficult country to convert so isolated and so rarely gets access to the international ice for international human rights organizations and the like and i think it's just difficult to to get information out of it that being said i mean the crackdown that we're seeing right now is wide sweep the i think that this is just the beginning of what's going to be a long series of frankly horror stories emerging from that country. more than a dozen detainees remain on hunger strike at guantanamo bay protesting indefinite detention and alleged use of torture at the facility on the other s

will be killed or injured the highest standard we can set however a recent report put out by human rights watch showed that many drone strikes were not at hearing to those policies in fact when it comes to yemen the report showed that between two thousand and nine and two thousand and thirteen eighty two people were killed with at least fifty seven of them being civilians and those victims included innocent women and children we got there and we saw those loved ones who. last night what dancing with us and joy of the wedding being cut to pieces by these missiles it's that reality and drone advocates say has. dated a climate of fear and begun to terrorize local communities they hear the buzzing constantly overhead they're always living in fear that a drone strike is going to happen they don't know when where and who will be hit and this they say has created a new problem for the united states and that instead of eliminating enemies through drone use it's only creating more it makes us more vulnerable to terrorism because of blowback because when people see their loved ones getting killed by dron

human rights groups condemned the trial and sentences. and said egypt must do away with laws and punishments reflective of old egypt. >> this is from an old law of the 1923. we as human right watch and others consider restrictive. >> this is seen in the framework of restrictions imposed on the right of people to protest in a country that for the first three years changed a lot of things. >> in recent weeks the government and the courts clamped down on protests. over a week ago 12 students from the alasar university were gaoled for 17 years for attempting to storm the headquarters of the institution. this week has seen the imposition of a new law regulating protest, drawing w e widespread criticism. the government says it will implement a law protecting the rights of the sfit zens and the protesters. >> the sentences given to the students shocked many, leading them to question of independence of the judiciary. >> china sent war planes into the disputed ablaze in the east china sea. the area is over a croup of islands. it might take one tiny miscalculation or a tiny misunderstanding, and these islands could become the center of a large international conflict. to the japanese they

will be killed or injured the highest standard we can set however a recent report put out by human rights watch showed that many drone strikes were not at hearing to those policies in fact when it comes to yemen the report showed that between two thousand and nine and two thousand and thirteen eighty two people were killed with at least fifty seven of them being civilians and those victims included innocent women and children we got there and we saw those loved ones who once last night what dancing with us and joy of the wedding being cut to pieces by dismissals it's that reality anti drone advocates say has. created a climate of fear and begun to terrorize local communities they hear the buzzing constantly overhead they're always living in fear that a drone strike is going to happen they don't know when where and who will be hit and this they say has created a new problem for the united states and that instead of eliminating enemies through drone use it's only creating more it makes us more vulnerable to terrorism because of blowback because when people see their loved ones getting killed by d