kenneth roth is the executive director of human rights watch and hejoins me now. some of director of human rights watch and he joins me now. we saw some of the protests a nd he joins me now. we saw some of the protests and tough treatment from the authorities in russia but what does it say about political dissent that this actually did go ahead? frankly if i were vladimir putin, i would be terrified, because to see this kind of outpouring of protest despite the kremlin‘s utter dominance of television, which is the main way that russians get news, shows that under the superficial appeal of putin, there's enormous discontent and of course the most difficult issue for the russian government is corruption because there's massive corruption around putin and his cronies. you mentioned 500 arrests in moscow, which is the official figure, mentioned 500 arrests in moscow, which is the officialfigure, we mentioned 500 arrests in moscow, which is the official figure, we are getting a figure closer to 530, a local group very reliable in recording this kind of thing for many y

human rights watch... knowing zimbabwe... hang on. let's just lay the facts on the table. ts watch 2009 wrote a report where they interviewed a number of miners in one of zimbabwe's biggest minefields. they said to human rights watch, "we named a portion of the diamond fields after mrs mujuru, they called it mujuru's ant hill because on several nights trucks would go there and we were told by the police that the portion there belongs to the vice president, mrs mujuru. if you go through the cabinet if you had a chance it came to the cabinet and because next to chiadzwa i was running a community programme, which was producing horticultural produce which was being sold here in london. these weren't gardeners. no. these were diamond mines. no, no, no, no. i'm telling.... and the part of the mine that they worked on was known as mrs mujuru's ant hill. i'm telling you the joke... i'm telling you the joke about the ant hill. it's a joke, because after they had heard that i had that they went to investigate as a cabinet team, which was set by the whole cabinet, and they discovered

world that gives juveniles life without sentences and saying it's a crime against humanity, the human rights watch california senate bill 9, or the fair sentencing for youth act, gives some 300 inmates sentenced to life without parole at juveniles the opportunity to petition for resentencing. wallace says human rights watch has helped him do that, and he has been transferred to the jail for the court hearings that can some day result in parole. >> what we're saying is, every single juvenile offender should have a chance to get out. every single juvenile offender should have a chance for rehabilitation, but it's nothing that's guaranteed. and even if they reduce your sentence to 25 to life, it's still not a guarantee you're ever going to get out, but there's a chance. >> my claim. >> ah -- >> wallace acknowledges his role in the crime that occurred at age 17. he was the only juvenile among five co-defendants all of whom were convicted and sentenced to prison as well. >> i was charged with murder/robbery, special circumstances, which means that i wasn't the trigger man but i went there to commit a r

we will be hearing from human rights watch about the protest.ces are intensifying their assault against so called islamic state, as they try to drive the militants out of western mosul. thousands of people have left the city in recent weeks. and there are conflicting reports about who was responsible for scores of civilian deaths in a single incident last week. the us says it's investigating but has stopped short of taking responsibility. with the city still divided between is and the iraqi army, our correspondent orla guerin has been to a field hospital in the south of mosul. 11 years old, shot in the leg. behind him, a boy of the same age, hit by a mortar. brought together in a field hospital by acts of war. uday and mohammad, children of mosul. not safe at home, not safe when they flee. the beds are filling up here. ambulances have been arriving every few minutes. most of those we've seen being brought in are children. they've been injured by air strikes and also by shelling, but the staff here tell us they've also received a lot of patients

kenneth roth, reporting there from human rights watch.stressed the need for unity in a celebration marking 60 years since the treaty of rome was signed. that to the founding of the original european union. 27 eu countries signed a new declaration, but significantly, the uk was absent. damian grammatik as reports from rome. this gathering was the eu's concert to brexit. 27 leaders from across europe returning to rome, to where the first steps to the creation of the first steps to the creation of the eu were taken, to reaffirm their vows the eu were taken, to reaffirm their vows of unityjust as the uk prepares to quit. i do think that brexit, the exit of britain, is a tragedy. the leaders were marking exactly 60 years to the day from the signing of the treaties of rome, in the very same room where they stood now. back then, just six nations match to create an economic partnership. countries who had fought each other putting aside differences to rebuild europe. today, in a lastly expanded union, 27 prime ministers and presidents signed a new

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confession, is that "don't follow illegal orders and follow your conscience." >> reporter: in 2009, human rights watch the philippines' human rights monitoring agency traced 1,000 deaths tied to the davao death squad. they attempted to pursue a case against then mayor duterte, for at the least tolerating these killings. but no one was willing to take the witness stand, and no case was filed. now throughout the philipines, the body count continues to soar as murderers remain on the loose. for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: mark shields and david brooks analyze the latest political news, and new revelations surrounding the death of emmett till-- a 14- year-old killed during the civil rights movement. but first, it's a battle playing out around the country that you may not know about: lawmakers are targeting protesters' tactics in many state capitals, setting up debates over free speech versus public safety. john yang has the story. >> reporter: clashes over a north dakota oil pipeline, demonstrations after a minnesota police shooting, the wo

you have human rights watch saying prime minister lee is imposing a mix of absolute control and repressionit was such a miserable place, you wouldn‘t be interviewing me. you would be going down the street and getting vox pops and all sorts of people would be saying terrible things about their government. and some of them would have emigrated, but the fact is, the singaporeans are happy. they have chosen this government. we are governing the country and the people to the best of our ability. and millions more would like to come in, if we allowed them. well, let‘s talk symbols, then. about the identity of singapore today and what you wanted to look like in the years to come. there‘s been a lot of discussion, shall i say, inside the citystate, about your oppressive law on homosexuality. it is still technically illegal, thanks to, i think, statute number 377a, for two consenting male adults to have sex. it is a criminal offence. now i know that the singapore judicial authorities choose not to prosecute men for doing it, but why not, as a symbol of change in this country, get that off the statu

acting state department spokesman mark toner said: kenneth roth is the executive director of human rights watchd the bbc why president putin would be worried by the protests. frankly if i were poo, i would be terrified. because to see this kind of outpouring of protest, despite the kremlin's dominance of television, which is the main way that russians get news, shows that under the superficial appeal of vladimir putin there is enormous discontent. the most difficult issue for the russian government is corruption because there is massive corruption around vladimir putin and his cronies. you mentioned 500 arrests in moscow, which i guess is the officialfigure. we get a figure closer to 930 according to a reliable local group who have been recording demonstration arrests over the years. our people on the ground noted that while the demonstration was peaceful, the authorities clearly have no intention of allowing it to go forward. 0stensibly, the protesters were supposed to be outside the city centre. they weren't going to go along with that so instead of having an official protest they had a publi

things like human rights watch, the big global network ngos can get it, but the big corporations withhains have been working on that frontier for some time. david: great to see you. she is the president and ceo at new america. she talks about the chessboard strategy. i want to talk about the daily press briefings. sean spicer at the podium, donald trump has been on the phone with scores of lawmakers. he will continue meetings on health care throughout the day. they were meeting earlier at 11:15 with the freedom caucus. he thanked the freedom caucus members for their willingness to talk, and president trump saying he looks forward to the health care vote tonight. up next, we are from pete sessions when you think the president can get the health care bill passed. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: this is bloomberg markets, trump's first 100 days. i am david gura. the white house has made its final offer to the freedom caucus on the health care bill. the chief washington correspondent spoke with texas congressman pete sessions about how he anticipates that vote going. >> the vote will be hel

to conclude, by the end of reagan's presidency, human rights watch executive director argues, reagan's administration had quote, accepted that promoting human rights was a major goal, that the united states and -- had to be evenhanded in condemning abuses. state department official george lester, who -- his personal papers are here at the university of texas if anyone is interested in learning about him more, argued that over the course of the eye -- reagan administration quotes, human rights policy had become institutionalized. neither trupin exposed its contrast from the early days of outsider hayes with the early days of george h.w. bush's presidency writing quote, it is unthinkable that secretary of state james baker would propose replacing a concern for human rights with a concern for any other cause. i argue that progress on human rights was made in the reagan years. i think the extent to which a positive evaluation can be formulated however, people should look very closely at the influence of george schultz. reagan's administration -- because chelsea's entry into the administrat

on thursday, human rights watch called on trump to continue funding human rights programs worldwide. many conflicts have their roots in human rights violations and abuses. for the u.s. to pull back with innsbruck -- instability coming to an increase in abuses. congress has t the opportunity o step in and certainly they should stetep in and make sure e u.s. does not shy away from the commitments that it is had to maintaining internrnational humn rights system that has been in placee since world war ii. including the u.n.. the community development block grant program, which partially funds among other things meals ,n wheels to feed the elderly the poor, veterans, and disabled people. we will have more on trump's proposed budget with ralph nader after the headlines. president trump is continuing to stand by his unsubstantiated claims president obama tapped his phones at trump tower durirg the 2016 election, even as top legislators from both parties continue to reject the allegation. on thursday, senate select committee on intelligence chair richard burr and vice chair mark warner issue

human rights watch reports as many as 600 people were killed in the badush prison massacre. in syria, a pair of suicide bomb blasts tore through buses transpororting iraqis to a cemetery near damascus saturday, killing at least 74 people and injuring scores of others. most of the dead were shia pilgrims. a sunni rebel alliance called the fatah al-sham front, which was formerly allied with al qaeda claimed responsibility. , the violence came as the united nations children's fund reported 2016 was the worst year yet in syria's s 6-year-old civl war. unicef found child deaths jumped at least 20% over the prior year, while the rate of child conscription doubled. in ethiopia, at leleast 46 peope were killed after a landslide swept through garbage dump on the outskirts of the capital city addis ababa on saturday. among the dead were residents of a series of shanty homes on the perimeter of the landfill. the disaster also claimed the lives of some of the hundreds of waste-pickers who sort through trash looking for valuable scraps. in haiti, at least 38 people are dead after a bus t

. >> sreenivasan: richard pearshouse of human rights watch has made regular visits to hazaribagh and the lead author of a 2012 report on the district. >> each time i would spend a period of time in hazaribagh, i would fall sick with some of the illnesses i was witnessing in the people who were living there and working there. it's hard to overstate how polluted hazaribagh is. it's a residential area, where tens of thousands of people are living, but it's a cluster of about 200 leather tanneries who are operating sometimes 24 hours a day with huge amounts of hazardous chemicals. >> sreenivasan: the bangladeshi government has acknowledged that 21,000 cubic meters of untreated tannery wastewater is dumped every day into the buriganga river that runs through dhaka, one of the world's most densely populated cities. we were granted permission to visit inside six tanneries t0 see firsthand what conditions were like. unlike workers here in the u.s., the dhaka tannery workers wore no gloves, goggles, respirator masks, or boots. at some locations, they were found inside vats filled with chemica

one from the human rights watch campaign.lay a little bit of that. >> gorsuch repeatedly saw legislation that would strip courts of habious jurisdiction. he also played a lead role in the litigation strategy in the case where the government argued that the president has the power to disregard the jeneva conventions and that the courts are powerless. these were the defining legal debates of our time and judge gorsuch was on the wrong side of them. >> she's from human rights. your response? >> on this issue i have to tell you judge gorsuch served as the department of justice. he was a lawyer there, his role there. but judge gorsuch took the lead with working with senator mccain on legislation at the time that was really important to bring forward detapee treatment act through the congress. and you have to understand also that that case -- that legislation went to the united states supreme court on the issue of habious, so there was a supreme court decision that came down after bipartisan legislation was passed by the congress.

human rights is liberal capitalist democracy. this belief in the role of market forces persist well beyond the boundaries of the bipolar world. this has been supported by human rights watchnd the chamber of commerce. based onalliance widely held assumptions among --tern nations that both economic systems bring with them "ecosystems based on democracy and individual freedom. more cubansat the see the benefits of u.s. the more that telecommunications is opened up, and cubans are getting information uncensored, the more you are leading the foundations for bigger changes that are going to be coming over time. marco rubio has countered this point by charging the entire policy shift, saying it is based on a lie, but more commerce and access to money and goods will translate into political freedom for the cuban people. all of -- all this is going to do, rubio charged, is give the the opportunity to manipulate these changes to perpetuate itself in power. it is a hypothesis that will be tested in the coming years, as cubans -- as cuba opens its border more. i think it is worth noting that the strained debate over normalization is human rights. those against lifting the embargo us

human rights level. i know at the end of the day vladimir will be at the meeting in oslo which provides for a kind of coordination to human rights activists. un watchn geneva as an annual human rights meeting which does something like that. >> i think we support that and i think you now have a tool with the internet and social media to try to strengthen that coordination and make it regular and it should also involve common actions, coordinated actions to try to free political prisoners. >> i think the united states has done the least on your fourth point in terms of legislation. >> and it is a great deal more that could be done beyond, the relatively weak sanctions. >> it's an emerging issue i think and i think there's a readiness now to take this issue seriously and i call attention to the quick talk or see in washington, that work of charles davidson, alex bullock, ben judah, all these people becoming really specialist that we are documenting the problem. >> and tom, do you have those questions? >> coming on the sanctions, i think it is extremely important that the sanctions be sustained and i think there's a little complacency about that right

the united nations and report the united states government for violations of human rights and racial discrimination. ♪ watchinger. close attention to elections in the netherlands of this week, as well as drama and france's presidential campaign. >> let's talk about france. france, fillon denied any wrongdoing and announce the investigation as a plot by his political opponents. is this enough to sink him? >> probably not. we knew this was coming. fillon gave a press conference saying he had been summoned in this case of hiring family members as parliamentary aids. he said he expected to be charged after that investigation. i think that damage has already been done. he was the front runner before the revelations about this affair broke. back quiteing quit a bit. 7 wouldn't make the may runoff. he has to get these revelations behind him. that's always spoken about for the past month. liberalism has won the day lists, a voteopulac against extreme party. parties will form a government here in the hague. the liberals, they are the victors . of thect the formation government, but it could take up to 200 days. was up,

watching american history tv on c-span3. next come historians discuss u.s. foreign-policy on human rights during the latter half of the cold war. chileters focus on iran, and cuba. they also examined the american stance on women's rights, torture and oppression in the developing world from the 1960's on. this session was hosted by the american historical association at their annual meeting. it's about an hour and a half. >> thank you for coming to this session on human rights in the late cold war era. my name is amanda moniz. on the curator of philanthropy at the smithsonian national museum of american history. until recently, i was associate director of the national history center of the american historical association, which sponsod

watch. >> in the san francisco you will find the human rights film festival.ures a thought-provoking thought-provoking work about human rights abuses and issues around the world. the three day event is hosted by the university of san francisco. sunday the rock and roll half marathon. it begins at ocean beach and crosses the golden gate bridge. on the east side of the bridge you will find the oakland running festival. winners can choose from several distances. volunteers and spectators are welcome. there's also the good guys get together car show in pleasanton. you will you'll be able to view thousands of american hot rods muscles classics and trucks. and the hello kitty cafi is rolling back into santa fe from 10:00 until 8:00 selling sweet treats. the 2017 fairfax a brew fest is happening this weekend. over 60 different brews will be offered. warriors are at home as a sharks are on the road and it is the opening night at qsar stadium. >>> a southern california firefighter is a miracle worker going above and beyond to save the life of a dog after an apartment f

and report united states government for violation of human rights and racial discrimination ♪ erik: you are watching'm erik schatzker. frexit negotiations were not the only important political story in europe this week. investors play close attention to elections in the netherlands, as well as drama and france's presidential campaign. >> let's talk a bit about france. -- was charged with misuse of permanent funds, casting a shadow over his bid to become the next president. keep the night and have the investigation is a plot by his opponents to undermine his candidacy. >> we knew this was coming. this news should have broken today. it came out yesterday. a press is ago, in conference where he said he was summoned to be interrogated by membersnd hiring family for parliamentary a, he expected to be charged after the investigation. the damage probably has been done. he was the front runner several months -- back in january before the revelations about the affair broke. he has fallen back quite a bit. he is now in third place. he would not make the may 7 run off. he just has the these revelations behind

., and we will report the united states government for violation of human rights and racial discrimination. ♪ ♪ erik: you are watchingtain's brexit negotiations were not the only important political story in europe this week. investors paid close attention to elections in the netherlands, as well as drama in france's presidential campaign. >> let's talk a bit about france. in france, francois fillon was charged with misuse of permanent funds, casting a shadow over his bid to become the next president. he has denied any wrongdoing and announced the investigation as a plot by his political opponents to undermine his candidacy. is this enough to sink him? >> probably not because we knew this was coming. this news should have broken today. it came out yesterday. about 10 days ago, in a press conference where fillon said he was summoned to be interrogated by the judges in this affair of getting, giving up work -- hiring family members for parliamentary aide, he expected to be charged after the investigation. i think the damage probably has been done. i mean he is already -- he was the front runner several months back in j

watch scarlett hosting "snl" this weekend. >>> of course, today is it all, amal clooney. a human rights lawyer married to an icon.mal says her new fame helps her with the serious work that she's doing. >> most of the work i do happens behind closed doors. if people understand what is happening about isis, this is a good thing. >> can you imagine what george and amal's dinner conference is like, when they say, hey, honey, how was your day? talking about the president of the united states has been a ratings bonanza for stephen colbert. he has won the late night world for the last five weeks. >> since the inauguration of donald trump of the united states, steven colbert has been on a roll. >> big news today out of the kremlin. sorry, misread that, the white house. >> year to date in is up 9% or 10% in the ratings to a year ago. jimmy fallon declined by about 17%. >> is stephen colbert the new king of late night? that's too early to call but he is hiding away. >> america is trance fixed by this new administration. politics is where colbert made his name on comedy central. that is the type of comedy that he specialize

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watched by foreign leaders that rex tillerson is going to visit with or angela merkel? guest: very closely. there was an article in the diplomat saying tillerson needs to bring up human rights on his first trip to asia as secretary of state. first of all, that is not something this administration has shown it is really interested in doing abroad. it doesn't see that as part of america's place or role in the world. there is happening here domestically that the u.s. -- that one could make the argument that the u.s. does not have the same standing to do that as perhaps it once did. it is being watched very closely by leaders abroad. merkel in her first call to trump after his inauguration reminded him that as a signatory of the geneva convention, the united states has an obligation to accept refugees. that was in direct response to his first attempt at a travel ban. they are watching this very closely and i do believe that it impacts the way in which foreign leaders interact with our president. host: in massachusetts, barbara. good morning. hillaryimagine that clinton, barack obama and bernie sanders were sitting around a table in a sixth-grade classroom explaining their posit

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and before you answer, watch this latest edition of the cnn series "mostly human" hosted by my colleague, laurie segall. >> reporter: so rightach other well. but even texting with him for a little bit, he's the kind of guy i would love to meet. how are you feeling? he says, i'm good. i say, that's good. will we ever meet? he says, hopefully. when? next week. just kidding. so that joke actually has a lot of dark humor if you know the truth. i'll never be able to meet him because he's dead. >> talk about a cliffhanger. spoiler alert, i was not texting with a dead person, i was texting with a chatbot, based on someone who had passed away. an entrepreneur's best friend died. she took all their text messages, they had over 30,000 together messages, their facebook and twitter interactions. she used artificial intelligence to almost recreate a digital version of her best friend. this roman bot, i have to tell you, i spoke with it for 30 minutes and i felt like i knew roman, knew some of his deepest fears, his taste in music. it was this really eye-opening experience. it's like, this is what you can do with technology. one other thi

human rights, transitional justice, national reconciliation and economic renewal. i've seen this. over the years, i worked with the women of northern ireland and watched as they reached across sectarian divides to forge a lasting peace. when that process started back in the 1990's, who would have ever predicted that martin mcguinness, who just passed away , would ever shake hands with queen elizabeth? we've seen the women of liberia force an end to a bloody civil war. if you've never seen the movie "pray the devil back to help," i highly recommend it. hellray the devil back to ," i highly recommend it. went ton of liberia where the men had been talking about ending the conflict for weeks and weeks. a hotel in ghana. they surrounded it and would not leave. they would not let those who had met to negotiate a peace out of a window or a door. until they came to an agreement. of course, they ended up electing ellen johnson sirleaf as the first woman president on the continent of africa. [applause] womenlinton: i have seen in the democratic republic of congo survived the most horrific, almost unimaginable abuse and cruelty. and then some in the resilience t

community, humanity and love that we will defeat the poison and division of but watching on television worried for the safety of their hatred. >> prime minister. >> thank you. first may i join the right honorable gentleman in expressing our gratitude to the support and solidarity which the french government have shown us at this diffict time. like a number of other countries on the continent obviously fratches itself has felt the hurt and trauma of terrorist attacks and we are grateful to the french government for the support they have shn us. the right honorable gentleman is absolutely right in his description of our police officers. every day when they put on that uniform they don't know what they are going to confront in the course of their duties that day. it is a fact often forgotten when people see the police officer walking on the streets that actually they do put their life on the line for our safety and security. they show enormous bravery and we are grateful to them all. we're also grateful as the right honorable gentleman said to all those from the emergency services to those from the hospitals who -- and others who rushed forward to give aid and support to those who had b