for more, we are joined by two -- by steve goose director of , human rights watch's arms division. you talk about what is happening right now in yemen? >> we documented airstrikes involving cluster munitions on april 17 and likely on april 27 as well. we don't know if ongoing strikes are crying right now because, as you say, it is difficult to get fresh information out of many of the areas. saudi arabia has acknowledged that they are using these weapons. they want to claim they're only using them against armored vehicles, but the treaty that bans these things doesn't ban them only in certain circumstances. it is in all circumstances whether you think you're attacking armored vehicles were civilians. in the long run, it will affect civilians. that is been proven by their use in other countries prior to this ban treaty. amy: what is the role of the united states? >> with respect to the cluster missions, the was supply the central fused weapons. there are more advanced types of cluster munitions, but they are banned under the treaty. the u.s. nato allies are almost all part of this tre

human rights watch talked to 150 survivors and found many faced threats, harassment, and poor work assignmentser coming forward. earlier i spoke with the executive director of the women's rights division at human rights watch. >> reporter: the report documents a wide range of actions. survivors suddenly found themselves accumulates lots of disciplinary incidents, and underage drinking and we found a small number who experienced other forms of physical and sexual violence. so really quite widespread. we could find not one single survivor who had any form of redress through the act. the act is supposed to mean if you report rape and experience retaliation there is a process that you can activate that should offer protection, but as i said in all of the survivors we interviewed, and we didn't only base this report on survivor interviews we got a huge amount of documentation from the department of defense that we scrutinized, we couldn't find a single survivor who had help. >> what was the most shocking finding for you? >> the most shocking finding, for me the department of defense's own statistic

program and human rights watch. >> reporting sexual assault in the military is not easy. you hear these stories. they all have the same ending. never ends well for the victim. i've been in the military -- i joint in the milner 2008 before all of this happened, my initial goal was to outrank my father, who served for 33 years. >> we interviewed 150 service members and veterans across all branch's the military who experienced retaliation after reporting sexual assault. >> administrative punishment and all that. >> we're talking about serious threats, harassment, loss of job opportunities, and promotions, disciplinary actions criminal charges being brought against them. essentially for many people they found reporting was the beginning of end of their career. >> often times in the military when you report sexual assault the person who committed the crime against you is somebody who also you work with and also you live with, and so you have to share the same friends same acquaintances, same employers, same managers, and so there's no escape. >> rumors going around within my s

been a real point of convention, but you also mentioned here, directly that just yesterday human rights watch, for example put out a report, and they were encouraging her to open up her investigation broodier, into what they say are current war crimes taking place in the lick yeah right now, so far resisted that, she says she is focusing mostly narrowly on the crimes from 2011 yob heard her mention gaddafi there she says that because of the bad security situation in libya and lack of resources she is unable to get in there and open up a broodier investigation, but human rights watch says that's not necessarily an excuse. they are enganged couraging her to do that, so far though, a lot of what she is saying just in the first few minutes or so, is very skim to what she said last november, which is that the situation is very bad on the ground, and it is preventing her teams from really being able to expand any sort of inquiry into crimes happening in libya. >> we mentioned the bad security situation, do we expect her to bring up the situation with the migrants which is also in part linked to tha

program of human rights watch as well as victoria phipps, retired captain of the u.s. tor of protect our defenders as well as a women's rights researcher from human rights watch. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] grammar >> for coming today further by report embattled retaliation against sexual assault survivors in the military. we appreciate you coming today. i would give you an idea what to expect. we will start with the video which will be five-minute and then make inroads researchers and the human rights division will summarize nine and a member randa peterson his program and post policy there will give a few remarks after that phipps from the time he would get her perspective as someone who is a commander and also witness retaliation herself and at the end we have sharon urges who will do most of her speaking in this video but also be available to as the pressure about her experiences in the air force. >> reporting sexual assault in the military is not easy. you hear the stories. they all have the same ending. and never a

we speak to a researcher with human rights watch, and he joins us live from paris. talk us through the growing use of barrel bombs and chlorine gas. what is going on there? >> well human rights watch documented for a long time that the government forces have been using barrel bombs. what we have seen last year increasingly this year as well is that some of these barrel bombs seem to be filled with some sort of toxic chemical particularly since government forces watch over idlib city and other parts of the northern syrian government or idlib. we have seen them retaliating with this kind of weapon. we have investigated this and believe there's strong evidence that the barrels contain toxic chemicals in violation of chemical weapons. >> why do you think they use these weapons in particular? why this rather than any other type of bomb? >> it's difficult to say. what we have seen in the course of the conflict is that the syrian government used any kind of weapon available to them. barrel bombs was a new invention in syria. we have seen it in other countries, and they have

human rights watch has documented murders and crimes and torture committed by both the iraqi central government forces directly or by shiite militias affiliated with it. >> the refugees here say they are caught between multiple armed groups -- from isil to the shia militias, and they don't know if they will ever be able to go home. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> the peninsula, in arabic, is aljazeera. our logo represents courage. fiercely independent quality reporting. >> to take as much aid as possible... >> and standing up for the voiceless. when you see this symbol respected around the world it means you too can now count on all the things we stand for. aljazeera america. >> near the end of our trip to iraq we came across shia militia fighters from asaib ahl al haq. >> they were recapturing a village from isil in the eastern province of salaheddeen [sa-la-ha-deen]. none of them would speak to us on camera. but their allies in this battle kurdish peshmerga fighters -- agreed to take us to the front. >> this is daesh. >> this is the villag

. >> how about human rights watch if i may read to you a report may six which says protestors and organizers have frequently been arrested and harassed, equipment confiscated permits unfairly denied. one of their leaders is on -- these are their words trumped up terrorism charges. can you have free elections when people don't have the right to freely assemble and protest or is human rights watch wrong, as well? >> baseman the same but only the timing and factors will change. the government that tried every effort to verify allegations made by whichever organization which is based in the west, but that did not come true. there are issues, every country that is duty bound to protect the safety of its citizens and both countries in africa union and in the united nations have also anti terrorism laws and any country is duty bound to the safety of its nations. >> all right we'll leave it there, thank you very much for your thoughts. >> a leading aid agency warns the humanitarian situation is reaching an alarming state with my health centers destroyed and distribution of much needed aid suspended

program human rights watch. last year we saw those huge numbers, thousands of children crossing into this country alone from mexico. we'll start with you mr. slack are those numbers dropping? >> yes, the border patrol has reported about a 45% decrease. it is not entirely clear why that is happening. technically i.t. seems to be due to a number of factors. one being mexico has an increased interdiction of people crossing. we saw mexico move towards the position of allowing central americans more safe passage through their country and now they are cracking down in a milt triedtriesmilitarized manner, we don't know how they are getting in. >> what about the prison system that is housing these children and their families? >> yeah, there's a lot of money to be made in detaining immigrants. and in fact over the last year one of the big policy changes we've seen is the obama administration instituting a massive system for holding thousands of family units ploghts andmothers and chirp. now two prisons in texas and anoth

. >> human rights watch also says there needs to be international pressure put on the myanmar government to sop the persecution on the rohingya people. it's feared many more will perish in trafficking campletion or attraffickingtrafficking camps orat sea. florence louie, al jazeera myanmar. >> iraqi security forces are advancing towardsen beijing towards beaj. baiji. >> i.s.i.l. have set off at least nine car bombs killing dozens of iraqi security forces and shia militia fighters. be iraqi security forces say the destruction is hindering their efforts to recapture the refinery. >> translator: we are about two kilometers radius from the refinery yet it is in open terrain in which i.s.i.l. has rigged it with booby trapped trenches and bombs. we are hoping that our forces will overcome these obstacles. thereforethey are trying different rks ways to combat our advance. >> it is unclear why i.s.i.l. would set fire to it. we have seen i.s.i.l. use these type of tactics before particularly the car bombs in ramadi when they took that city just over ten days ago. this might be a direct push to tr

i would like to recognize the incredible work of human rights watch human rights watch and shining the light of this devastated issue. we have been honored to work with them on this report. i'd also like to acknowledge survivors who were here today and who contributed to the report for demonstrating so much strength and shared stories of retaliation and reprisal. this report exposes the grave reality for the majority of survivors of sexual assault in the military. retaliation is the norm and is often severe. superiors either look the other way or are engaged in retaliation as well. this report affirms what we see daily through our pro bono network to a servicemembers who face retaliation have nowhere within the system to turn and most likely no one will be held accountable. this leave survivors with two practical survivors solutions. you can either suffer in silence or leave the military that you love. last year as you heard according to the pentagon, 62% of the victims who reported their assaults experienced retaliation and that number has gone unchanged over the past two years. you w

human rights watch reports say that there is credible evidence that cluster bombs were used. >>> the syrian army head of logistics has escaped a rebel attempt on its life. the al-qaeda linked al nusra front has claimed responsibility. >>> one person has died in an attack in afghanistan. the explosion happened early on monday. the bomber targeted a bus returning from returning from the attorney general's office. 15 others were injured. >>> military in the south china seas are being fought over once again. they are claimed by taiwan, vietnam and the philippines. the islands where filipinos say they're being harassed by chinese fishermen.s,hitu one of the largest islands in the south china seas. they're controlled. around 200 people have been living here since the early '70s. it's a community that is relatively self sustaining. there is a health center, a school, a police station and even an airstrip and residents say they have been living peacefully here for many, many years. but that is slowly starting to change. these are troubled times. he said that fishermen like him are being hara

human rights watch military personnel who report are 12 times to see retaliation than see their attacker>>> california based oc raw dog is recalling its turkey and produce raw frozen canine formulation. the sell by date on that product is october 8th. the frozen product is distributed in four states. the closest to us is pennsylvania. it covers colorado, minnesota, and missouri. >>> a new law that goes into effect that allows food trucks to park on most virginia state roads. right now, an old law does not allow some trucks to park on some roads. >> in virginia on v dot roads you were not allowed to have these food trucks. i couldn't understand why. >> you still have to get the necessary permits, pass health inspections. as far as traffic is concerned, as long as they don't block the roads during morning and evening rush everything should be okay. >>> we learn more information about the project to make your commute on i-66 less stressle. we'll provide updates on the construction project. that project is intended to ease commutes along a 25-mile stretch of 66 between haymarket and the belt

programme from human rights watch. thank you both for being with us. last year we saw huge numbers, thousands of change crossing into the country. we'll start with you. are the numbers dropping? >> yes, the border patrols reported a 45% decrease. it's not entirely clear why that is happening. technically it seems to be due to a number of factors. one being mexico and this is something that is - can be a little troubling. we are seeing mexico moving to a position where they are allowing central americans to move and now they are cracking down in a militarized manner. >> this is big business. who is getting rich off the problem? is it the coyotes that we here about the people bringing them into the country. what about the prison system housing the children and their families. >> there's a lot of money to be made in detaining immigrants. one of the big policy changes is the president obama administration instituting a massive system for holding thousands of family units, moth exercise children. now to prisons in texas and another to pennsylvania are holdi

. >> reporter: human rights watch also says there needs to be international pressure put on the myanmar government to stop the persecution of the rohingya peep. until the rohingya feel safe enough to stay in myanmar it is feared that many more will perish in trafficking camps or at sea. florence louie, al jazeera pearla state malaysia. >> a taliban siege underway in a town of nauzad in afghanistan's southern helmond province. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> heavy fighting has been going on for hours there. the taliban has captured most of the area, seven afghan army soldiers and 9 afghan policemen have been killed. if his forces don't get help they might use lose the headquarters themselves. we know the fighting has gone on most of the i today and they have the headquarters surrounded. >> meanwhile at least five people have been killed in a suicide bomb in afghanistan's zaba province. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters have reportedly set iraq's biggest oil being refinery on fire, be beiji, to retake it. from baghdad imiran khan's reports. >> reporter: iraq's largest refinery in baiji burns.

according to human rights watch.try are sentenced to probation managed by private companies. in alabama it's a vicious sign of fines, fees and gaol time. teresa's sons struggled to make jcs payments. >> they mail you notices saying you have to pay this much by this date or we'll put you in gaol. they mail you postcards. it's a bombardment. they are bill collectors. >> reporter: john got a speeding ticket dismissed but owed court costs and jcs fees. >> this is wrong, it's a racket. they win regardless of what happened. innocent tore guilty. >> elvis's neighbour loss more jcs receipts than he can count. and helen fell into debt when she was 16. >> august of last year i had a no seatbelt ticket. >> how much was it for? >> the ticket was $25, and court costs 16, which was 41, i didn't have the money, they put me on j c.t. probation. >> that cost hayley $300. she paid it off. she is back at town hall saddled with a debt because her mother can't afford a tag for the family car. >> i have to drive the same car that has an e

. >> reporter: human rights watch says there needs to be pressure put on the myanmar government. it is feared many more will perish in are migrant camps or at sea. >> no mercy was shown to the migrants. >> what we know is that there is appalling torture of these smuggled victims. finally the finalist transport place before they get into malaysia. torturing them beating them getting them to call their families in great distress. if a family can't pay they simply let them die. we in iom have treated over 60 people for beri beri, a disease where you're a walking skeleton. we are talking about the same situation of the nazi death camps of world war ii. people starved to the point they can't even support their own body. no humanity, treatment of these victims these migrants whose only offense is to seek a better life has been absolutely profound and shock and the coni'veconnivance of local authorities. reduce the qualities and give them a chance to be stay. >> i.s.i.l. has set fire to be be anbaranbar province's largest oil refinery. >>> fighting in yemen's third city ta'izz has kille

. >> we spoke to an expert on the country also senior researcher at human rights watch.ere is what she told us. karina: the situation is really tense. it has been for several weeks now. demonstrations began at the end of april against the president's decision to stand for a third term. tensions have been escalating, and in the last couple of days after what appears to be a failed coup attempt, what we are worried about is that there will be or could be an increased repression and reprisal on the part of the government of people close to the president against not only those who participated in this coup attempt but also other opponents, critics, demonstrators, people who have nothing to do with the coup attempt that may all get tarnished with the same brush. >> that's the latest on the situation in burundi. 800 people were brought ashore in indonesia today. the migrants were from a muslim community in burma. they face persecution back home. thailand is also -- often the first stop and the countries have been cracking down. our team has been wallowing thai forces -- follow

. >>> coalition spokesman has denied it's using cluster bombs human rights watch says there is credible evidence the weapons were used. one person has died in a taliban sue side bomb attack in afghanistan. the explosion happened early on monday in the capital kabul. the bomb came from south and 15 others were injured. u.s. authorities say they're investigating links between gunmen shot dead in texas and groups such as i.s.i.l. they opened fire outside a conference in texas displaying images of muhammed. >>> police say grenade was thrown at them, after president nkurunziza decision to seek another term of office. >> more demonstrations in suburbs of the city that haven't seen demonstration he before and also three provinces outside the capital. no sign of things calming down any time soon. meantime in the rural areas u.n. say nearly 3500 people have fled, a lot of those people say they have been threatened for either opposing the third term or threatened because of their ethnicity. people are concerned that if the peaceful political resolution to this isn't found soon, then burundi will

human rights organizations so document barbaric violations by the houthi rebels against a defenseless population. some of the worst fighting in yemen has been in the southern port city of aden coming as human rights watch accuses houthi fighters of committing possible war crimes. two women were shot and killed and two aid workers were held. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the saudi arabia capital to discuss the connight in yemen, he's meeting the yemeni president who fled to saudi arabia. kerry says he's deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation. kerry spoke during a visit to djibouti before he left for riyadh. >> the situation is getting more dire by the day. we are concern beside that. we urged all sides, anybody involved to comply with the humanitarian law, and to take every precaution to keep civilians out of the line of fire out of harm's way, as well as to provide the opportunity for humanitarian assistance to be delivered >>> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is now in the saudi arabia capital riyadh to discuss the conflict in yemen. let's go distraght to mohammed val with the latest. he's in the saudi capital. a call for a pause in the fighting, how likely is that to b

i would like to recognize the incredible work of human rights watch human rights watch and shining the of this devastated issue. we been honored to work with them on this report. i'd also like to acknowledge survivors spoke here today who contributed to the report for demonstrating so much strength and shared stories of retaliation in reprisal. this report exposes the grave reality for the majority of survivors of sexual assault in the military. retaliation is the norm and is often severe. superiors either looked the other way or are engaged in retaliation as well.

. >> as the cease-fire begins in yemen, human rights watch are demanding that the houthis stop recruiting child soldiers. the group accuses the houthis of intensifying their efforts to get children to join their fight. the international community helps that the cease-fire holds long enough for aid to reach the millions of people who need it, and for all sides to start political talks to put an end to the fighting. al jazeera riyadh. >> iran's president has been talking about what's going on in yemen, stressing that both sides should put down their weapons to allow in the help which is so badly needed. >> we witnessed today in yemen catastrophic conditions. there must be a real truce not just political words. people of yemen need all kinds of aid medicine, food supplies and other forms of aid. yemen's crisis is not regional or political. it's become a humanitarian one. everyone in the region and the world should listen to the voice of those listening to the voices of injustice in yemen. >> a serious of airstrikes by forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. one of the strikes targeted a market w

human rights watch say that military reports reports the victim are subject to retaliation and only 15% of suspects were court-martialed. >>> in the support port of seattle, the goal to block a drilling rig from getting to the arctic. what is happening there right now? >> john henry, a bit of dance party right now. this group of about 300 or so split into two different smaller groups. we're seeing performances at either end of this stretch of highway about a quarter mile leading into the port of seattle. the port of seattle is enormous and stretches around the waterfront and has a lot of different locations. they have come to the entrance of the terminal where the enormous shell oil drilling rig has been tied up since last thursday. they would like to stop it if they can. their idea today after getting done with the environmental rap and songs by the raging grannies, folks songs and, etc. in terms of work on the rib they'rerig, they hope to shut it down. >> they're draining our earth dry of this precious resource, and we need to stop it for the generations to come. if we do not stop thi

. >> human rights watch also says that there needs to be international pressure put on myanmar government to stop the persecution of the rohingya people. until the rohingya feel safe enough to stay in myanmar it's feared many more will perish in trafficking camps or at sea. al jazeera malaysia gentleman. >> isil fighters have reportedly set iraq's biggest oil refinery on fire. it is on the road between mosul and the capital of baghdad. it is now advancing towards beiji to retake it. >> iraq's largest oil refinery burns in the distance. fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant who are inside the refinery have set fire to parts of it in a bid to stop advances by iraqi security forces. isil have set of nine car bomb killing go dozens of security forces. this is showing machinery inside the areas that they control. the iraqi security forces say destruction is hindering their efforts to recapture the refine. >> i it is an openfer rain, in which isil have ridden it with boobie traps trenches, sand barracks and roadside bombs. we're hoping that our force also overcome these obstacl

human rights groups say that since 2013 as many as 41,000 people have been jailed. amnesty additional said that short trials and mass sentencing violates people's rights. human rights watchay that they're convicting without establishing guilt. in two verdicts 1200 were sentenced, most of them given the death penalty. >> the egyptian courts during the last two years in this specific case there are many legal bounds to refute. the judiciary itself is unconstitutional. also many other things like this testimony given by the former chief of staff during the trial of former president mubarak in which he negated all the allegations of hamas the borders, and breaking free the prisoners. >> he's referring to a recording of the chief of staff. inhe now denies there were any borders crossings by hezbollah or hamas. the death sentence has been referred to egypt's graft mufti who is due to rule on it. in just over a week egyptians have seen the man deposed by a popular up rising, freed from jail and an elected president sentenced to death. al jazeera. >> the head of the egyptian revolutionary council and organization uniting several groups that are opposed to the egyptian military's

. >> reporter: as the ceasefire begins human rights watch are demanding that the houthis stop recruitinghild soldiers. natasha ghoneim, al jazeera. >>> saudi arabia proposed the ceasefire in yemen, so allow in humanitarian aid 10s of thousands of people are suffers because of a shortage of food water, and fuel after the six weeks of fighting. the u.n. is urging all sides to stick to their proposed ceasefire to allow the aid to reach yemen's most vulnerable. we have jamal with us from djibouti. how will that aid get to people in yemen jamal? >> reporter: well we're here in djibouti as you say, so far the aid has been several cargo planes coming from qatar, via qatar, over 200 tons worth of aid has arrived here. they are dispersing it mainly to the refugees but roughly 70 to 75% we are being told is being put on to cargo vessels and they will pass over to the port of aden in the next 24 hours. a lot of that depends on that truce holding tight. because the main hindrance has been that nobody has been able to safe gourd a humanitarian passage. but we have seen food and clothing be distribute

the region to pay back trafficker fees. >> it's a sad fate to have and phil roberterson with human rights watch you so much. turkey foreign minister says two people have been killed after a turkey cargo ship was attacked off the coast of libya and the ves was headed to the port of tubrook and two were killed and others wounded and we are live from istanbul and she on the phone from istanbul and give us some perspective for us the dynamics at play here. >> reporter: as far as we know we rely much on what the foreign ministry says more than anyone else at the moment and this happened on sunday and this vessel is not actually the vessel itself is flagged under the cook islands and carrying cargo for construction and was on its way to libya to tubrook and the vessel came under artillery fire 13 nautical miles by tubrook and had canon fire and was attacked from the air as well well. >> we are having a difficult time with that connection there with bernard smith speaking to us from istanbul but we will continue to follow developments on the story. ten groups of fighters in central african republican

. >> reporter: as the ceasefire begins in yemen, human rights watch is demanding houthis stop recruitingoldiers. the group is accusing the houthis of intensifying their efforts to get children to join their fight. >>> hashem ahelbarra is live in the saudi capitol riyadh. hi hashem. is the ceasefire holding? >> reporter: basically it's holding across most of the country, except for some sporadic clashes taking place. but in general there is a ceasefire which has so far been respected by most of the different feuding factions. the saudi army says there has been some shells landed in saudi villages, but the saudi army is observing self restraint so the ceasefire holds. sources close to the houthis say there has been some -- they have heard saudi-lead coalition war planes flying over some areas, but we couldn't get any confirmation of that from sources here in riyadh. >> hashem ahelbarra live with that update. thank you. >>> now yemen is likely to be on the agenda as leaders from gulf nations gather in the united states for a summit on regional security. u.s. president barack obama has welco

. >> reporter: the human rights situation here is repeatedly criticized by groups like amnesty and human rights watchnd the united states have tried changing his ways with a variety of sanctions but the abuses activists say continue. >> first of all this is still using death penalty and second this is a political prisoners in prison and six persons in prison and also other type of limitations of most political and civil rights through freedom of expression. >> reporter: this independent bookshelf and publisher recently felt the hit and hit with a fine of $60,000 in january for a year's turn over. the court said it didn't have a license. the book shop's owner said their applications were repeatedly turned down. >> translator: i think it's the circle of authors we work with we work with writers who are not members of the official union of writers which is loyal to the government and express opposition to what is happening in the country and we are an open state where people can meet freely and for authorities it's a dangerous, suspicious activity. >> reporter: to save themselves from closer they launch

human rights watch talked to more than 150 survivors and found that many face threats or harassment andents after coming forward. the report finds only a small number accused face discipline. human rights watch member joins us. this was your study. tell us how did you identify the people that you interviewed? >> we spent a long time trying to build trust with various individuals in groups that work with veterans. we worked with a number of groups that are providing different types of service to say veterans and they introduced us to survivors of sexual violence. >> talk to us about the forms of retaliation that you found. >> the report documents a wide range of retaliatory action, some related to their careers so survivors who report it suddenly found themselves accumulating disciplinary notices, some were themselves charged with minor infractions like underage drinking. we found a small number who experienced other forms of physical and sexual violence, quite pervasive and widespread the retaliation they experience. >> i assume most were women although we know males have been victims o

. >> reporter: human rights watch also says there needs to be international pressure put on the myanmarnment to stop the persecution of thero ro rohingya people and it's feared many more will per rish -- perish at camps or at sea. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters reportedly set iraq's biggest oil refinery on fire and north of the town on the road between mosul which is i.s.i.l. seat of power in iraq and the capitol baghdad and security forces are advancing there in an effect to retake it as we report. >> reporter: iraq's largest oil refinery burns in the distance and fighters from islamic state of iraq and levante in the refinery set it on fire to stop advances by iraqi security fores and i.s.i.l. set off at least nine car bombs kills security forces and shia fighters and this video is said to show them burning machinery in areas they control and iraq say it's hindering efforts to recapture the refinery. >> we are 200 kilometers and it's open terrain and i.s.i.l. have rigged it with booby traps and roadside bombs and hoping our forces will overcome these obstacles. the enemy is desperate and lost

human rights watch says it has evidence that cluster bombs have been used twice in the here comes and denies reports after sending .round troops to yemen more than 20 injured and dozens rescued during protests i israel's ethiopian jewish community against police brutality. police say they were attacked by rocks and bottles and responded with pepper spray, flash grenades and water cannons. ae protest was called after video emerged of a a deal b in man beaten up by police. flooding killed six in australia. five died when their cars were swept away. a six-year-old boy was swept to see in northern new south wales. three sydney apartments were evacuated. this flooding is set to cost insurers more than $100 million. business literally on the streets of hong kong for the new apple watch. or gadget combined with in miss demand in china is driving a burgeoning secondary market. stephen engle investigates. markup, never mind the this woman is stocking up on apple watches from resellers in this computer ball to give as gifts back home. >> the watches are more expensive in china. plus, i couldn't

human rights watch has accused saudi arabia of using cluster bombs in its bombing campaign against pro-iranian rebels in yemen. the bombs, reportedly made in and supplied by the united states, pose a long-term risk to civilians because bomb fragments spread over a wide area and often don't explode immediately. more than 100 countries signed a treaty in 2008 agreeing not to use cluster bombs. the united states and saudi arabia are among the countries that have not signed that agreement. more than 1,000 people have died in fighting in yemen in the past five weeks. in germany today an event attended by both holocaust survivors and some of the american veterans who liberated them from the dachau concentration camp 70 years ago. more than 40,000 people were killed there. german chancellor angela merkel laid a wreath to commemorate the anniversary. >> ( translated ): they all admonish us not to forget. no we will never forget. we'll not forget for the sake of the victims, for our own sakes and for the sakes of future generations. >> sreenivasan: traveling overseas today, secretary of state john kerr

human rights watch has evidence that cluster bombs have been used at least twice.ve also denied reports it said ground forces into yemen after witnesses say saudi troops were seen near the airport. more than 20 people have been injured and dozens more arrested during protests by israel's --opean jewish community ethiopian jewish community against police brutality. police say they were attacked with rocks and responded with pepper spray. words after showing and is really ethiopian man being beaten by police. the u.s. city of baltimore has lifted a nighttime curfew following violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody. the mayor says the situation is now, enough to lift restrictions national-- withdrawing guard. charges will be brought against six officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray, including one count of second-degree murder. let's get a head start on what we are in this week. joining us from singapore is steve davis, ceo of javelin management. thank you for joining us. we are seeing some of the year's most popular market stock comp

i would like to recognize the incredible work of human rights watch human rights watch and shining the light of this devastated issue. we been honored to work with them on this report. i'd also like to acknowledge survivors spoke here today who contributed to the report for demonstrating so much strength and shared stories of retaliation in reprisal. this report exposes the grave reality for the majority of survivors of sexual assault in the military. retaliation is the norm and is often severe. superiors either looked the other way or are engaged in retaliation as well. this report affirms what we see daily prayer pro bono network to a servicemembers who face retaliation have nowhere within the system to turn and most likely no one will be held accountable. this leaves with two practical survivors solutions. last year as he heard according to the pentagon, 62% of the dems -- the dems who reported their assault experience retaliation and that number is gone and changed over the past two years. you would think these numbers would be raising alarm. the pentagon seems intent on downplayin

an egyptian human rights groups said that since 2013 as many as 41,000 people have been jailed. amnesty international said that human rights watchesays that many have been convicted in mass trials without establishing individual guilt. in april and may of last year, more than 1200 people were sentenced. most of them were given the death penalty. >> the mass death sentences there are many grounds, for example, the judiciary itself is unconstitutional. >> saturday's mass death sentence has been referred to the grant musty who was due to rule on june 92. june 2nd. hosni mubarak was freed because he had already spent time. and the elected president was sentenced to death. >> amnesty international said that the court is a charade. what do you make of this verdict? >> well, these trials were charades. the fact is mohamed morsi never had a chance of a fair trial. the authorities detained him for months and questioned him without access to a lawyer. and it's deeply disturbing to see that the court is willing to hand out a death sentence based on these flawed proceedings and on this flawed evidence. this looks like a mockery of justice. >>

. >> john shiff, executive director of the asian division at human rights watch. >>> now, burundi's presidentddressed the nation for the first time. pierre nkurunziza says his country is at peace and now all borders are open. he thanked his security forces for stopping the coup. the general who led the plot to arrest him has been out out ousted. >> the attempted coup has failed. authorities around key locations announced on the streets some people have tried protesting, tried to make roadblocks. people who have been protesting in the past weeks against pierre nkurunziza's move to run for another term in office. trying the hide in foreign embassies they are fearing for their lives and expecting a much more violent and ruthless response from the government. the government says those arrested in connection with the coup will face jumptsz and justice and trials. >> coming up. a political storm in lebanon. and politicians need to be fighters to survive but find out why mitt romney is getting into the ring for real. now there have been more violations of the saudi-proposed ceasefire in yemen. in th

. >> reporter: human rights watch says there needs to be pressure put on the myanmar government. until the rohingya feel safe enough to stay in myanmar it is feared many more will expire in camps such as these or at sea. >> joining me be live from geneva. thanks for being with us. tell us what you think might have been going on at these camps. >> what we know is there is appalling torture of these smuggled victims. when they get there to probably the last transit point where they get into malaysia, that's where the final spaiment due. payment is due. if the family can't pay then they simply let them die. let them -- and we in iom have treated over 60 people for beri beri, a disease you are a walking skeleton. so what we are seeing in the excavation of these mass graves is the result of the appalling bad treatment of the victims of the smugglers. >> we know the similar camps have been discovered on the thai side of the border recently. is it your impression we are just getting the scaifl this? how much more of this can we expect? >> i think if you cast your mind to the camps of th

the dia and human rights watch were working together to translate the documents and get the word out about the genocide and i remember seeing pictures i had left. i had gone to one of the sites and i remember seeing the pictures taken out of the grave and she was still frozen holding her baby, both of them frozen in time. i thought this guy is beyond the detail. there was revolution after resolution and saddam thought that he could drive the west and the russians and by and large he was right and he dated for a long time. >> i want to open up to questions from the audience and for the interest of time i will try to group together two or three. >> okay we can start opening things up. so please, ask a question so that we need enough leave enough time for everybody to have a shot at this. i would like to start? >> i came here expecting to hear more about your problems with the deceit and the pressures you felt when you were trying to report on weapons of mass destruction. in other words, it is as important for us to understand ourselves and our own deceit and that's what i was hoping he

. >>> human rights watch is demanding the houthis symptom recruiting child soldiers. the group accuses the houthis of intensifying their efforts to get children to join their fight. the international community hopes the ceasefire holds long enough for aid to reach the millions of people who need it. and for all sides to stop political talks to -- to start political talks to end the fighting. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera riyadh. >> fighting along the lebanese border today. syrian government troops added by hezbollah battled with syria's nusra front and retook the hill recently taken by a rebel group. >>> a u.s. marine corps helicopter haste disappeared the helicopter has just dropped off supplies near the hard hit rule town near kathmandu. on board were six marines and two nepalese. >>> in the rubble of nepal's cities and towns rescue teams continued their difficult tarveg, at least task. the earthquake of yesterday. >> later a look at how france could now be washington's best foreign policy ally. ojudge an attempted military coup is now under way in burundi. today a s

but human rights watch say they have found 450 i wants of barrel bombing in ten towns and villages. this is an area held by rebel groups and then after what the group said is a barrel bomb attack. in is a satellite of the hospital before and then after the barrel bombing. they say they've seen evidence of over a thousand barrel bomb attacks. let's go live now to the author of the syria dilemma and the director of the center of middle east centers. he joins me on skype. thank you very much for joining us. why this use of barrel bombs? >> primarily because of the devastating effects that they have they're indiscriminate weapons and wreak havoc on the population but also bashar al-assad has complete control over the skies of syria. there is no country no rebel movement. it's an easy way of perpetuating a series of massacres and demoralize the population with full knowledge that no one is going to stop him. >> i wonder why this rather than traditional weapons. i know they have been using chlorine gas as well. it has a real psychological impact. >> it does. president obama was recently q

. >> human rights watch, other reports have said, you know, members of your battalion, members of other battalions here, were responsible for a lot of killings after december 15. >> i completely disagree with those who say that it is the presidential guard who do that. because that day, everybody was carrying a gun. >> so who do you think did those killings? >> well, of course, everybody who have a gun. there are forces from different unit, not the army, because there are other people also who are not army, who are carrying guns. >> just armed civilians? >> armed civilians and also organized forces. the political rift between the leadership immediately exploited ethnic divisions. president salva kiir is from the dinka community and former vice president riek machar, is a nuer. betim madol says dinka forces loyal to the president went door to door, asking questions in their native language to test people's ethnicity. >> what they do, they just talk to you, using the dinka language. you don't respond they just take a pistol, tuff. i feel like i'm already dead, a living dead. i'm alive but

human rights watch said it has evidence that cluster bombs have been used at least twice in the campaignthey have also denied that they send ground forces. more than 20 people have been injured, dozens more arrested during a protest against police brutality. police in tel aviv say they were attacked with rocks and bottles. the protest was called after video emerged showing a man being beaten up by police. the u.s. city of baltimore has lifted a nighttime curfew. the mayor says the situation is now common enough to lift the restrictions. welcome back. you watch the fight over the weekend. i am not talking about the manny pacquiao fight. i think the one between the ecb and the troika is a lot more impactful as to what is going to happen. >> it has been going on a long time. was it the fault? neither are ideal. -- was it default? it doesn't end now. what do we still get for grexit? it's a big issue for the whole of the euro zone. it should make us focus on when you try to fix market whether you are trying to rig it so everyone has to buy the debt there are consequences down the line. it's n

this comes from human rights watch that say that mentally ill inmates are routinely abused across the u.s. last year in california there were orders to make changes. jennifer london is in los angeles with that story. >> al jazeera has been following the treatment of mentally ill inmates in california for the past year and a half. we'll take you inside the prison's largest prison system and show you how those inmates are being treated. be warned that some of the images may be difficult to watch. >> they call this a forcible extraction. inmate a as this mentally ill inmate is called refuses medication. he screams repeatedly after being doused with epidemicker spray. and this is inmate i. he, too, refused medication. this is joey durant, a mentally ill inmate doused with pepper spray for allegedly disobeying orders. hours later he was found dead in his jail. >> we thought he was safe in jail then we found out it was not so safe after all. >> who do you think is responsible for joey's death? >> i believe the guards and the warden and everybody there. i blame the system. >> what happened t

human rights watch and amnesty international condemned the law, it is seen as a sign of stifling dissent in russia. >> when voters in spain go to the polls for local and regional elections it could provide a sign of what is to come on the national ballot. the ruling conservative party faced a series of scandals. as patricia reports, the regional races will offer a reading on how fractured spanish politics has become. >> the anti-austerity. upstart political parties poised to test how fed up spanish voters have become with politics as usual. >> senior parties have little in common from an ideological perspective but share a distaste for the dooup oply of power. >> political power traded hands between the center right ruling party between current prime minister and the opposition socialist party. but high unemployment punishing austerity and a series of sandals transformed the political landscape. bringing support. bringing support to a center right party founded in 2006, opposed to nationalism. but the biggest beneficiary of discontent with the two party system is pordemo. founded 16 mont