s comes under that remains to be seen so what human rights watch are really looking for is clarity can the n.s.a.'s hold these people without charge in particular the fact that they let him in rights watch in the fact that they've now made this admission i mean does it told indicate a wider willingness to address sunni grievances about the terribles been going on for a while now doesn't it. it has been going on for a while and human rights violations of always been a very controversial topic here in iraq you speak to a lot of people in the security services to get you off the record what they'll tell you is that we can't fight with one hand tied behind our backs we need to be able to detain people to get information and sometimes we have to go the extra mile to be able to do that but there is also international law to be considered here there's also an iraqi law to be considered here which gives detainees the rights. to do process also to a lawyer and also to be able to go in front of an investigative judge and to plead their cases know a lot of that hasn't happened iraq says it simply

saying it didn't hold detainees and then insisting that it had the rights to do so to which human rights watch said baghdad needs to publicly clarify which will floridians have the right to hold and interrogate detainees human rights organizations here say that abuse is a commonplace and i don't know what all of these detainees are held on evidence from informants and detention centers on the outskirts of cities aren't allowed to be visited by n.g.o.s and therefore i believe it's not detention it's state sponsored kidnapping with protests ongoing there is concern from human rights groups that more people will be detained illegally and held without charge the government here says the anybody detained is entitled to due process under the law imran khan al-jazeera baghdad. a standoff at the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem is over for now off to jewish settlers left the compound with an a thousand jews were there to mount the holiday which commemorates the destruction of the ancient jewish temples in jerusalem several arrests were made after confrontations with muslim militias t

saying it didn't hold detainees and then insisting that they have the rights to do so to which human rights watch said baghdad needs to publicly clarify which all floridians have the right to hold an interrogate detainees human rights organizations here say that abuse is a commonplace and i don't want them all out of these detainees are held on evidence from informants and detention centers are on the outskirts of cities aren't allowed to be visited by ngo's and therefore i believe it's not detention it's state sponsored kidnapping with protests ongoing there is concern from human rights groups that more people will be detained illegally and held without charge the government here says that anybody detained is entitled to due process under the law imran khan al-jazeera baghdad. g twenty finance ministers and central bankers meeting in argentina are warning that heightens trade and geopolitical tensions is a huge risk to global growth according to a draft communique from the meeting in one as there is the leaders from the world's largest economies are calling for greater dialogue they also want st

s has been denying that it's held anybody however off the human rights watch investigators went into the east of motion found this detention facility they were able to confirm that at least four hundred twenty seven prisoners being held that then the national security agency service backtracked saying it was allowed to hold prisoners however the law is a little bit murky on all of this little says that the iraqi security forces can hold prisoners captured in the time of war without charge whether the national security service comes under that is unclear now human rights watch say they're looking for clarification on all of this they say they've heard some horror stories from people in that facility they say that the stories some of the stories that they've heard include people being tortured to death now all of this comes as more and more human rights violations are being uncovered as we come to the end to nearly a year off to the end of the war against it to be in mosul iraq says that it is trying to do its best simply overwhelmed by the amount of people that it arrested during the

service has admitted to holding hundreds of people suspected of terrorism for months according to human rights watch the agency has been keeping them it's of a celebrity interest to mosul which has retaken from i still just over a year ago imran khan has more from baghdad. human rights watch ones clarification on whether the national security service has the authority to be able to hold detainees without charge but it also wants to know why these detainees haven't been able to get access to lawyers why they haven't gone through the due process now since april the n.s.a. has been denying that it's held anybody however off the human rights watch investigators went into the east mostly found this detention facility they were able to confirm at least four hundred twenty seven prisoners of being held there then the national security agency service backtracked saying it was allowed to hold prisoners however the law is a little bit murky on all of this the law says that the iraqi security forces can hold prisoners captured in the time of war without charge whether the national security service comes under

so to asia where human rights watch is calling on myanmar's government to compensate hundreds of farmers who've had their land illegally confiscated and activists believe thousands of square kilometers have been seized by government and military leaders since the one nine hundred ninety s. a new human rights watch report says many rural families are on the verge of starvation and with no access to basic necessities hundreds of farmers have also been prosecuted for protesting against the seizures or refusing to leave their homes and send party the national league for democracy campaign to end the confiscations but farmers have seen almost no progress since her party won elections in twenty fifteen for robertson is the deputy director for human rights watch he says farmers lives have been destroyed. the loss of land for farmers means everything to them this is them losing their independence this is them losing their financial security earning enough to survive this is them not being able to send their children to school this is not being able to the hospital this is losing their community

syria researcher at human rights watch joins us now from beirut good to have you with us let's start with the situation of a delivery of the stand the last time i made went over the border was wednesday right at least the jordan syria border and i'm wondering what's going to happen to people if they're not able or allowed to get to jordan or israel. so this is the primary concern the human rights watch has delivery of aid into syria is one thing and that's obviously severely under capacity and under serving the needs of the population that's been displaced but then what happens when violence reaches the border when these aid convoys aren't being given permission as we've seen in an auto port in july second what happens to the people who are stranded there so the idea is for the for the jordanians and the israeli authorities to actually open the borders to people who are fleeing the violence in the province where the government media syrian government is calling on people to return is that an option. depends on who you are we've we've documented that human rights watch the syrian gove

saying it didn't hold detainees and then insisting that it had the rights to do so to which human rights watch said baghdad needs to publicly clarify which authorities have the right to hold an interrogate detainees human rights organizations here say that abuse is a commonplace and i don't i don't want them a lot of these detainees are held on evidence from informants and detention centers on the outskirts of cities aren't allowed to be visited by n.g.o.s and therefore i believe it's. not detention it's state sponsored kidnapping with protests ongoing there is concern from human rights groups that more people will be detained illegally and held without charge the government here says that anybody detained is entitled to jus process under the law iran can out of their baghdad. the glasses of grain and produce names of ice bags every year and most eventually fly harmlessly harmlessly out to sea but a huge eleven million ton but we simply came aground off the remote and us wheat fronting physical break up and cause a tsunami. as report helicopters in these parts of the lifeline for small inuit c

controversial detentions of palestinian minus rights groups including amnesty international and human rights watch have condemned such detentions after tommy meese release human rights watch his director for israel and palestine tweeted that although tommy is free hundreds of palestinian children remain locked up with little attention on their cases. many israelis see her jailing differently tommy missed critics have dismissed her as a provocateur a worse one israeli government minister dumped her a terrorist upon her release on sunday. but many palestinians have chits to mimi's actions president mahmoud abbas the cement of myra's praising her as a role model of civil resistance following her release. extreme summer temperatures in many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes at least five people have died in and furrows that are raging through northern california and the u.s. among those who perished were two small children and their great grandmother more than thirty eight thousand people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and authorities warn the f

controversial detentions of palestinian minus rights groups including amnesty international and human rights watch have condemned such detentions after time released release human rights watch is director for east row and police time tweeted that although tommy is free hundreds of palestinian children remain locked up with little attention on their cases. many israelis see her jailing differently tommy's critics have dismissed her as a provocateur a worse one israeli government minister dumped her a terrorist upon her release on sunday. but many palestinians have she has to mimi's actions president mahmoud abbas is a man tell me we said marise praising her as a role model of civil resistance following her release. to russia now where a display of military might was put on during the annual navy day parade there were forty warships sailing a parade formation through the waters of st petersburg president vladimir putin. resided over the event saying his country's fleet helped to protect russian interests what are the crowds turned out to glimpse to catch a glimpse of warplanes and summer rains. guar

exiled opposition figures but didn't attract much support because of heavy security measures human rights watch has can down the arrest coordinated crackdown on dissent saying the fit a pattern of human rights violations against peaceful advocates and dissidents. let's bring in our panel joining us from istanbul. election id in university in beirut and i mean corey a senior fellow at the american university of beirut and in london say the she hobby comest with a newspaper welcome to all. worth a scathing remarks that someone how early made in his recent book the main reason why his injury or it was just the tip of the iceberg were the crackdown on dissent didn't start with the the captive the caption the rest of suffer and how ali it started. when the crown prince started the crackdown on all the dissent on all the freedom of speech it is a matter of reform but it is a matter of superficial proof or reform what he is doing on the ground is completely contradicting what he's preaching day and night that the new brand the new cound brands is trying to bring more freedom to the to saudi arabia but

saying it didn't hold detainees and then insisting that they had the rights to do so to which human rights watch said baghdad needs to publicly clarify which will florence's have the right to hold an interrogate detainees human rights organizations here say that abuse is a commonplace and i don't know what all of these detainees are held on evidence from informants and detention centers are on the outskirts of cities aren't allowed to be visited by n.g.o.s and there. or i believe it's not detention it's state sponsored kidnapping with protests ongoing there is concern from human rights groups that more people will be detained illegally and held without charge the government here says that anybody detained is entitled to due process under the law imran khan al-jazeera. thousands of protesters gathered in the german city of munich to rally against proposals to close the country's borders to migrants police say at least fifteen thousand people took part in a demonstration against the country's interior minister or c. hoffa his conservative party have tried to stop employees of two publicly traded f

controversial detentions of palestinian minus rights groups including amnesty international and human rights watch have condemned such detentions after tommy miss release human rights watch is director for east row and palestine tweeted that although tamimi is free hundreds of palestinian children remain locked up with little attention on their cases. many israelis see her jailing differently tommy mr dicks have dismissed her as a provocateur a worse one israeli government minister dumped her a terrorist upon her release on sunday. but many palestinians have chits to mimi's actions president mahmoud abbas is a man tell me mr morris praising her as a role model of civil resistance following her release. you're watching did a billionaire still to come a closer look at the zimbabwean economic crisis that crisis of course is at the top of the agenda and the country's election that's taking place today that story coming up with your hot in just a minute. and i'll be back with more international news at the top in africa. after. in fighting for the case to take you seriously in the world of what appears

human rights watch is calling on myanmar's government to compensate hundreds of farmers who've had their land illegally confiscated activists believe thousands of square kilometers have been seized by government and military leaders since the one nine hundred ninety s. a new human rights watch reports as many rural families are on the verge of starvation and with no access to basic necessities hundreds of farmers have also been prosecuted for protesting against the seizures are refusing to leave their homes leader aung san suu cheese party the national league for democracy campaign to end the confiscations bot farmers have seen almost no progress since the n.d.p. one elections in two thousand and fifteen well phil robertson is the deputy asia director for human rights watch and he says farmers lives have been destroyed. the loss of land for farmers means everything to them this is them losing their independence this is them losing their financial security earning enough to survive this is them not being able to send their children to school this is not being able to the hospital this is

controversial detentions of palestinian minus rights groups including amnesty international and human rights watch have condemned such detentions after timeliness release human rights watch his director for east row and post time tweeted that although tommy is free hundreds of palestinian children remain locked up with little attention on their cases. many israelis see her jailing differently tahmina street acts have dismissed her as a provocateur a worse one israeli government minister dumped her a terrorist upon her release on sunday. but many palestinians have to mimi's actions president mahmoud abbas is a man to me mr morris praising her as a. of civil resistance following her release. now to some other stories making headlines around the world malaysia's government says it cannot determine with any certainty why flight m h three seventy mysteriously disappeared its official report says the pilot and first officer well rested and showed no evidence of anxiety or stress the malaysia airlines plane carrying two hundred thirty nine people disappeared over the indian ocean in two thousand and four

the conflict since december twenty sixth jonathon peled not as an emergency is researcher at human rights watch and he says the violence is pushing more people into armed groups right now we are at a tipping point when it comes to decide to asian india and of the regions of cameroon this is a situation that has been brewing for two years now we have groups of armed separatists that are becoming stronger by the day receiving support from the diaspora from abroad who have a very strong sense of what they want independence for camp for the english speaking regions of cameroon and on the other hand we have a government that is responding to this security situation in the extremely problematic manner using scorched earth tactics that have been pushing in fact the population towards the armed separatists towards the more extreme factions so this is really a problematic moment in the history of cameroon the elections are coming up in a few months and this is quite honestly a very worrying situation for us. kenyan wildlife officers have put the homes of nine dead rhinos on display to quash peculation t

ten people were killed as paramilitary groups targeted protests is in the city of misfire a human rights watchgroup says at least twenty two vehicles carrying government security forces have a arrived in the area anti-government protests of and the third month living creasing violence marianna sanchez reports now from the capital. a caravan of paramilitary forces operating in the open the masked men are backed by the government rights groups have accused them of carrying out attacks on people in the city. and the surrounding area. it's a situation without precedent we are submitted to a terror war where there is no rule of law where anyone kills you or kidnapped you we've never lived something like this before and despite this nicaraguans are showing their ability to resist what. the government says it's fighting against opponents plotting against it but international organizations say the government is condoning the disproportionate use of force against civilians. but we condemn the repressive acts we're seeing around the country including harassment individual and collective detentions house

the agent islands that has been van as bill that has thousands of human rights watch joining us from athens thank you. write to nicaragua now where forces loyal to the president have regained control of an opposition stronghold and the city of messiah police and armed pro-government civilians began advancing into member before dawn on tuesday by afternoon they gained control of the neighborhood at the center of resistance to president or figures government rights groups say two people died in the violence money on the sanchez has more from the capital. well since the early hours of tuesday the city of messiah was under siege by paramilitary forces who closed the entrance to the city which is south east of the capital people have been calling throughout the day early in the morning and into the afternoon people have been calling desperately at the television stations radio stations asking for help they said there was a lot of shooting around these paramilitary forces were in caravans going around now the chief of police of messiah said in a press conference that the order to clean up

has been denying that it's held anybody however off the human rights watch investigators went into the east of most of this detention facility they were able to confirm that at least four hundred twenty seven prisoners being held there then the national security agency service backtracked saying it was allowed to hold prisoners however the law is a little bit murky on all of this the law says that the iraqi security forces can hold prisoners captured in the time of war without charge whether the national security service comes under that is unclear no human rights watch say they are looking for clarification on all of this they say they've heard some horror stories from people in the facility they say that the stories some of the stories that they've heard include people being tortured to death and all of this comes as more and more human rights violations are being uncovered as we come to the end to it nearly a year after the end of the war against it in mosul iraq says that it is trying to do its best simply overwhelmed by the amount of people that it arrested during the war against

but first to indonesia human rights watch alleges the government is undermining the fight against hivthrough its crackdown on the l g b t community the report states that since two thousand and sixteen there's been a sharp increase in rhetoric from officials of politicians against members of the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community last year alone police detained at least a three hundred people because of their presumed sexual orientation activists say fear within the community is impacting already rising rates of h i v infection now in two thousand and seven if you look at the numbers the hiv rate among gay men was around five percent in two thousand and fifteen that figure shot appear to twenty five percent homosexuality isn't illegal in muslim majority indonesia but that hasn't stopped police from ratcheting up the pressure on the community detained and publicly shamed these men are paying the price for allegedly being gay. crackdowns on gatherings like this by police have become common supported by and the law human rights watch says this is fuelling and hiv epidemic the

education by the european union's migration agreement with turkey that's the finding of a report by human rights watch which has looked at the schooling of asylum seekers greece's gene orleans. is a senior researcher for children's rights at human rights watch he says the children all supposed to be in terms for a short time but that isn't the reality. we met kids who've been. in those camps for eleven months and they had no access to education this is appalling particularly given the scale of the amount of money that has gone into the humanitarian response to the so-called refugee migration crisis in greece this is the most expensive per capita humanitarian response ever funded by the european union more than fourteen thousand dollars per asylum seeker in greece and yet these children are being denied education on the islands what needs to happen is that these kids should be allowed to move from the islands to the mainland where they can get into school and the result now is that you know these kids are coming from traumatic situations that fled from war that had terrible experiences on the way to gr

controversial detentions of palestinian minus rights groups including amnesty international and human rights watch have condemned such detentions after timeliness release human rights watch is director for israel and palestine tweeted that although tommy is free hundreds of palestinian children remain locked up with little attention on their cases. many israelis see her jailing differently tommy mr dicks have dismissed her as a provocateur a worse one israeli government minister dumped her a terrorist upon her release on sunday. but many palestinians have she has to mimi's actions president mahmoud abbas is a man tell me mr morris praising her as a role model of civil resistance following her release. spain's new socialist government wants to remove the remains of fascist dictator francisco franco from their final resting place they were interred in a giant mausoleum north of madrid the site is dedicated to the fallen on all sides of spain's civil war it pays homage to franco but also houses the remains of his victims the government says it wants to turn it into a place of remembrance rather than

human rights watch accuses greece of violating its own education laws which it says is adding to the stress and anxiety the children and their families well bill van s.l. does a senior research of a children's rights and human rights watch in a says the children are only supposed to be in the culture a short time but that isn't the reality we met kids who've been stuck in those camps for eleven months and they had no access to education this is appalling particularly given the scale of the amount of money that has gone into the humanitarian response to the so-called refugee migration crisis in greece this is the most expensive per capita humanitarian response ever funded by the european union more than fourteen thousand dollars per asylum seeker in greece and yet these children are being denied education on the islands what needs to happen is that these kids should be allowed to move from the islands to the mainland where they can get into school and the result now is that you know these kids are coming from traumatic situations that fled from war that had terrible experiences on the

human rights watch says this is fuelling and hiv epidemic these clubs or so on others or even some of the private parties were places where a charity outreach workers would conduct education about the virus would convince people to undergo voluntary tests and teach people about prevention. police sometimes monitors social media accounts to discover event locations many have been shut down the closing down of such places frequented by the community has made it even more difficult for health workers to reach them it's also affecting their work . lower enforcement raids anyone they think is involved in homosexual conduct so that scares me i feel afraid in my current line of work. and. nongovernmental organizations play a crucial role in reaching a vulnerable groups in indonesia but the climate of fear and panic is only making it harder for one of the country's most marginalized communities. or businesses with having. now on the economic future of mexico following the election that's right phil just gave us all the details about that mexican election they're calling mexico's first elector

human rights watch has accused cameroon security forces and armed separatists of committing abuses against residents of its english speaking regions the group's warning that the situation is now a crisis many in cameron's western anglo phone areas feel marginalized by the french speaking government protests turned to violence in late twenty sixteen after a heavy handed response from the authorities human rights watch says angler phone separatists have extorted kidnapped and killed civilians as well as preventing children from going to school government forces are accused of killing civilians torturing suspected separatists and setting fire to hundreds of homes more than one hundred eighty thousand people have been displaced by the conflict since december twenty sixth seen jonathan penalties in emergencies researcher at human rights watch and he says the violence is pushing more people into armed groups. right now we are at a tipping point when it comes to the situation in the end of the regions of cameroon this is a situation that has been brewing for two years now we have groups of armed

only six million itself the country is finding it increasingly hard to cope a recent report by human rights watch suggests lebanese officials are harassing refugees in an attempt to drive them away. reedus in how bruce has been looking for safety since the beginning of the syrian war fleeing the bombs he arrived five years ago here in lebanon. a tailor he found work at a clothing shop and rented a house he began to settle down but now he says local officials are bullion him trying to force him out. and i like what i would have not a situation now in lebanon has become really bad for us refugees lebanon is pushing us to go back to syria we had to fill this application that we were asked of the area where we come from is now safe and we said it's not stable there they asked us if we want to go back i said no but they wrote down yes this could change everything happen or says it was difficult enough to find somewhere to live now he's scared of being evicted because of what he says is a lie well enough and i know that we cannot go back to syria we worry because some people went back and they were arr

exult opposition figures but didn't attract much support because of heavy security measures human rights watch has can down the arrest coordinated crackdown on dissent saying the fit a pattern of human rights violations against peaceful advocates and dissidents. let's bring in our panel joining us from istanbul. election id in university in beirut and i mean corey a senior fellow at the american university of beirut and in london say the she hobby comest with newspaper welcome to all. worth a scathing remarks that someone how early made in his recent book the main reason why his injury or it was just the tip of the iceberg were the crackdown on dissent didn't start with the the captive the caption the rest of suffer and how alley it started. when the crown prince started the crackdown on all the dissent on all the freedom of speech it is a matter of reform but it is a matter of superficial bru for reform what he is doing on the ground is completely contradicting what he's preaching day and night that the new brand the new count brants is trying to bring more freedom to the to saudi arabia but

to a country that has been accused of human rights abuses and even walk reimers in the yemen conflict by various organizations and charities from human rights watch and amnesty to the campaign against arms trade has long been a salient issue some british politicians have also expressed their discomfort with the u.k.'s link to this very bloody conflict germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisors are directing the war it cannot be right that her government this is cannot be right that her government is colluding in one of the united nations is evidence of war crimes but the u.k. government has been adamant all along that its involvement in the yemeni conflict alongside saudi arabia is both proportionate necessary and legal in order to protect saudi civilians from ballistic missile attacks by the who thiis the self-defense law and of course also taken by the saudi arabian government britain supports saudi arabia its right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including riyadh. any solution to the conflict

exiled opposition figures but didn't attract much support because of heavy security measures human rights watch has can down the arrest a coordinated crackdown on dissent saying that fit a pattern of human rights violations against peaceful advocates and dissidents. let's bring in our panel joining us from istanbul. ideal university in beirut and i mean corey a senior fellow at the american university of beirut and in london say the she hobby comest with eloquence newspaper welcome to all. were the scathing remarks that someone how early made in his recent book the main reason why his injury or it was just the tip of the iceberg. the crackdown on dissent didn't start with the the captive the caption the rest of suffer and how ali it started. when the crown prince started the crackdown on all the dissent on all the freedom of speech it is a matter of reform but it is a matter of superficial proof or reform what he is doing on the ground is completely contradicting what he's preaching day and night that the new brand the new cound brands is trying to bring more freedom to the to saudi arabia but

to a country that has been accused of human rights abuses and even walk reimers in the yemen conflict by various organizations and charities from human rights watch and amnesty to the campaign against arms trade has long been a salient issue some british politicians have also expressed their discomfort with the u.k.'s link to this very bloody conflict germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisers are directing the war it cannot be right that her government this is cannot be right that her government is true looting in one of the united nations is evidence of war crimes but the u.k. government has been adamant all along that its involvement in the yemeni conflict alongside saudi arabia is both proportionate necessary and legal in order to protect the saudi civilians from ballistic missile attacks by the who thiis the self-defense law and of course also taken by the saudi arabian government britain supports saudi arabia its right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including react. any solution to the con

not give a boost to the economy certainly not ok and we talked earlier on the human rights issues maria i mean human rights watch says that the world cup was a lost opportunity that football's governing body could have used the event as a woman leverage over the kremlin do you agree with that. well no i don't think so our i think always should look at these things separate and indeed a country any country is several things at the same time it's not totally focused on one or the other in especially a country as large and diverse as russia has all of it it has people who are really happy to will be open to the world into in jury the grand of the end to show the openness and by the way in his opening words before the world cup which instead we open our country and it would open our hearts to you in a sense this was true for those weeks but at the same time there is politics and there is domestic politics and there's a crackdown on freedoms in liberty is. of course there is a very very difficult problem of their relations with the west if the recent nato summit is any indication the perception of russia has not chan

has been accused of exploiting state of emergency laws to crackdown on opposition a report by human rights watch found the laws were abused before and after the march presidential election it accuses egyptian police and security forces of unjustly arresting journalists activists and critics of president abdul fattah el-sisi. more than a dozen migrant mothers and children stranded on a ship in the mediterranean have now been allowed into italy italy had blocked their entry into other european union states also agreed to take in some of the four hundred fifty people who were found aboard two vessels of its coast. right shall today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera let's go back now to remain near people power. since joining the european union and romania has been engaged in an unprecedented judicial overhaul special prosecutors have joined with journalists activists and romanians growing civil society to uncover and prosecute corruption at the highest levels. independent media groups like the rice project are playing an important role in exposing corrupt practices. rise is

saving medical treatment it will heal homicide is the grandson of an opposition leader in exile human rights watch says he and his family have had their passports confiscated that means the blocks from leaving the country it will him to go to his concert a local doctors can't treat him the tajik government denies the accusations and say he's free to leave it any time sky gazers around the world are enjoying a thrilling celestial spectacle the longest bloodmoon eclipse of this century would show the moon turn a red brown color as it rose the entire transition loss for nearly two hours and it was visible from europe the middle east asia south america and africa. one of the best vantage points was in kenya were katherine sawyer joined in on the spectacle and mccarthy so it's a clear sky here in my god he and we are looking at the blood moon right now it's completely in the shadow of the quiet of beautiful sight and right next to it is a planet mars another ref a nominal happening right there. planet mars in the sun won't opposite sides of the arc a phenomenon that happens every fifteen to seventeen y

will come back to you through the al-jazeera day want to get that thank you lama saka is a human rights watch and the conditions calling for more help for those displaced syrians. these individuals have a right to claim asylum to have their individual circumstances. and to be allowed across the border and if in fact they are refugees which we believe many of them many of our. current circumstances fortunately. there beats are i'm certain you know for many of them they do fear returning to reside in the areas under the control of the syrian government and the options are very limited bill is really enjoyed many governments absolutely have an obligation to not push. us on. sirius that are risking their lives including journalists humanitarian aid workers at these are the kinds of individuals that we know that the syrian government has targeted has detained has executed these people are quite literally fleeing for their lives meanwhile israel is tightening its siege on almost two million people living in goals are by further restricting the flow of goods into the territory it's planning to burn

so if you're richardson is the china director of human rights watch she joins us now from washington sophia thank you so much how prevalent is sexual harassment in china but we don't really know because it's very difficult as your setup piece suggests for. women to feel confident that they can then should report those kinds of allegations in the girls will receive a credible hearing or even if there is a commonly understood or legally operational definition of sexual harassment but i think that we're seeing some of these kinds of cases come to the fore particularly at universities suggest that it is fairly widespread but what do you think so is the biggest challenge that me to activists are facing that are unique to china. well it's everything from state sponsorship towards extraordinary hostility from president xi jinping this government to independent organizing but there's also there's another dimension to this story which is that from president xi on down there's also a renewed push to make governments part for women to stay at home raise families have children and play much more

they say visit may be part of a cool plans with other nations victoria gave him be al-jazeera human rights watch as accuse cameron security forces and armed separatists of committing abuses against residents of its english speaking regions the group is warning that the situation is at a crisis level than in cameron's western angle phone areas feel marginalized by the french speaking government protests turned to violence in late two thousand and sixteen after a heavy handed response from the authorities here in rights watch says angle phone separatists avick store did kidnap and kill civilians as well as prevented children from going to school government forces are accused of killing civilians torturing suspected separatists and setting fire to hundreds of homes more than one hundred eighty thousand people have been displaced by the conflict since december two thousand and six chain on the panel is an emergency is research and human rights watch says the violence is pushing more people into armed groups. right now we are at the tipping point when it comes to decide to asian india and the phone r

senators claim over twenty thousand people have been killed in this drug war the past two years human rights watch puts that figure at above twelve thousand the police will only admit to forty two hundred of them or so but a lot of people are getting killed the there is no justice for these people and president of territory has said just recently that families can expect no justice from him if they were even suspected of being involved the drug trade so this is an open season what's going on in the philippines seems to me it's much more of a program like inside nineteenth century russia and eastern europe less than a month rather than a modern drug war this is really about taking a cornucopia of social ills many of which are structural in nature and pinning it on to one little demographic group and saying look if we just get rid of these people just eliminate them things we want in roses again and we see a lot of autocrats and dust pots around the world use those kinds of tactics to further their own political power we've seen that in the united states for instance with president trump going after

in their report human rights watch said angle phone separatists have extorted kidnapped and killed civilians and prevented children from going to school and response to protests and violence by armed separatists government forces have also killed civilians use excessive force against demonstrators tortured and mistreated suspected separatists and detainees and have burned hundreds of homes in several villages now many people online are asking for the cameroon military to leave southern cameroon and other parts of the country be here he wrote me and said that cameroon should withdraw its troops and that he just wants to go back to normal life others here say that they want a referendum for now though the protests continue every monday since january of two thousand and seventeen towns across southern cameroon have observed what they call ghost towns it's where students teachers shopkeepers and families are asked to stay at home in protest against the inequality of the french majority government in response the government has deployed military like you see here to try to keep monday's functioni