sandman will be arriving here to argentina capital and this is happening at the same time that human rights watch has asked the argentine judiciary to initiate an investigation of the role of mohammed bin some money in war crimes torture in yemen but also the killing of journalists. what we know right now is that in this request the human rights watch is saying that the crown prince attendance at the g twenty summit in one a scientist could make the argentine courts an avenue of redress for victims of abuses unable to seek justice in yemen or saudi arabia what we know right now is that this request is with the prosecutor who is investigating right now the possibility of whether an investigation can happen here in argentina but also the possibility of an arrest warrant we have spoken to many lawyers who say that this is and likely because of the short period of time available mohammed bin for man is expected to arrive here and we may be in argentina just for a few days but the argentine cost situation gives a very important place to a universal jurisdiction especially in cases of torture and war c

while i was at human rights watch there were there are policies and there's a very explicit policy of human rights watch about when they can make such an endorsement and i know that that policy was going to heat of the discussion and it is on the record. everybody can check it out but what i wanted to ask you why have they indeed you as a u.n. official do see any problem with a house of a major human rights organization endorsing a military attack against a country in circumvention of the united nations. as a u.n. official it's not my job to apply in. human rights organizations they can take positions that i find to be wrong and they do on occasion they disagree with my office and we disagree with them that's free expression now. are there human rights organizations that support positions that i think are antithetical to human rights or anti human rights if they were to do that then yes of course we as an organization would be able the same way we do with governments to say you know we think you're going in the wrong direction on that and that's part of why interjected on this issue b

on this issue which i think we're talking about the period where i was at human rights watch at the time there was an incredible debate and maybe your viewers might be surprised here but there was a big debate within human rights watch about what was the morality of those conversations and what should happen from a human rights perspective is there ever a time when use of force is is justifiable on human rights i'm getting the recent history or for his quite a few examples of why many human rights community believe that it was justified series no one example there was libya before the what i would call misuse humanitarian intervention so i do think that those recent wars have all for it and i don't know humbling when it comes to the human rights advocates who are usually people with good intentions but do they. do they always understand where there was intentional you talked about syria right after you talked about libya and i think that answers your own question i think there were many who fairly quickly supported the humanitarian intervention in libya because they saw it as this is a r

let's get on to the real problem with getting back to the real problem which is the human rights abuses human rights watch which you've dealt with for many years has just produced this latest report compiled over two years which features credible reports of shocking human rights abuses by your security services your view something to the women rights for space flight they invest based their investigation on one hundred and forty seven years as you know what appears as you know well. shocking abuse they say that there are violations of international humanitarian law and contravene the legal obligations that you took when you signed up to human rights treaties over the last five years torture extensively documented may amount to a crime against humanity and you're telling me your democratic state we are you out torture on a daily basis and we are we are a lot of them who are talking about a gun laws look at the human rights watch is a respected organization by the way in the new legs again elected exert a committee of the p.l.o. we formed a department for human rights we took that report very seriously the

actual facts what backs do you have about what's going on there well we're human rights watch have written an in-depth report about the camps but also about the broader campaign of repression against turkey muslims especially weaker is inching john and one thing that the person who tweeted made a really great point is that we face a lot of denial from the chinese government and so we have to present facts we've brought forward satellite images we've dug through government procurement contracts to really just put together a paper trail that shows that we can really believe that almost a million people are being kept in camps without any process often without even being charged for a crime just on a suspicion maybe they talked too much about one of the suspicious countries that china has identified they have a list of twenty six maybe they trade five times a day maybe they did something else to arouse suspicion and then they were forced into living in a camp and being put through political reeducation exercises but also in some cases torture and mistreatment it's deeply concerning no way let

the pressure group human rights watch is saying that sexual abuse against women in north korea is somon it has just become part of ordinary life. researchers interviewed 5a women and eight former party officials who recently defected from north korea. they said unwanted sexual contact and violence is pervasive and there are few ways to report it. heavy rains have brought chaos

to deal with right now but in spite of this and even though this investigation requested by human rights watch goes nowhere this is part of a major strategy a strategy to lead no the saudi crown prays that wherever it goes there could be legal troubles waiting for him all right to his boat live in buenos aires thank you . no of course in russian controlled crimea has ordered some of the ukrainian navy sailors captured by russia to be held for two months the sailors are accused of illegally entering russia's territorial waters they were seized after russian forces opened fire on three ukrainian ships at the weekend in response ukraine's parliament voted to impose martial law for thirty days well the new restrictions will come into force or wednesday in ten selected regions of ukraine those regions border russia to the north and east. russia annexed crimea and the black sea in the south and moldova's breakaway russian troops supporting transnistria region to the west part of the hunts and the next regions that were placed under martial law have been under russian control though since twenty four

human rights watch released this clip of one of the women they spoke to. iolence with little concern for the consequences. heather barr is a senior researcher on women's rights who worked on this report. we have heard consistently from people that we interviewed that there is absolute impunity for sexual violence and that it is very commonplace to the point where it is, sort of, part of everyday life for many women. according to north korean law, these are crimes but as far as we can tell women almost never report these crimes because not only do they have no hope at all of seeing anyjustice, particularly because many of the perpetrators are police and members of law enforcement, but also there is a real fear of retaliation if women do report these crimes. two categories of women that we found seemed particularly at risk are women who are market traders and women who are in detention. in the late '90s, there was a bit of a liberalisation which permitted some women to sort of go out and work as market traders, selling things in markets and earning a living t

thorough examination of the facts of the evidence that has been presented not only of course by human rights watch but by various organs of the united nations including the panel of experts at the security council including the investigative commissions appointed by the un human rights council you clued in by the un high commissioner for human rights which have repeatedly found that the saudi led coalition has committed grave violations of international monetary many of which very strongly couldn't mount two were crimes for that reason alone there's an extremely strong basis for argentino to closely examine a very broad record of documentation and facts in this regard if they are fortunate enough to have the crown prince's in them and i suppose the worry is if mom had been summoned does travel to argentina for the g twenty how much could this legal submission by human rights watch cause political embarrassment for the argentine government. well we hope it's not a source of political embarrassment but rather source of political pride for the argentinean people that they hold very important keys for

rights organization human rights watch requested an arc in time to open up on the investigation in. yemen but also into the killing. scene right now what we know is that the prosecutor will decide this wednesday whether or not. he will take the case we're expecting to. hear come on there's not information about what he's not going to do in fact he's a rival for decided came in as a surprise because nobody was expecting him to arrive early however he. heard you coming friday it will continue but we can and that's all the information we have right now about when he's going to be here so clearly is. a concern that must be a sense the feeling perhaps that the saudi delegation will the world was focusing in on saudi arabia's relationship with g twenty member countries instead of which the world of spoke of singing on the aftermath of the murder of jamal khashoggi. well most definitely and that's what most people here in florida fight is credited for but i want to. retain. this has not already precedent so no it's not not any any type of why not ok but it's not clear yet who is going to be

real problem because if you listen to doing it properly you actually which is the human rights abuses human rights watch which you've dealt with for many years has just produced this latest report compiled over two years which features credible reports of shocking human rights abuses by u.s. curity services you want to so many of us in the animal rights for space for a very first place their investigation one hundred and forty seven years as you know computers as you know well. shocking abuse they say that there are violations of international humanitarian law contravene the legal obligations that you took when you signed up to human rights treaties over the last five years. torture extensively documented may amount to a crime against humanity and you're telling me your democratic state we are you out torture on a daily basis and we are we are we out of the mcarthur all of the lawyers look the human rights watch was a respected organization by the way in the newly elected executive the new law we formed a department for human rights we took very important very seriously the next morning the prime minist

he's arriving here at a moment when human rights watch has asked the argentine judiciary to investigate him for war crimes in yemen torture of saudi nationals and the killing of the journalist. right now a prosecutor is evaluating the possibility of beginning an investigation into who say asians and allegations for human rights watch we do know that he is requesting more information from several embassies among others but what many here are wondering is whether there will be enough time for that prosecutor to do anything at all mohammed bin so much is expected to be here between three and four days and maybe more be enough time we also spoke to several legal advisers and they're saying that he's case he's a representative of a head of state that he has immunity and that his case should be treated by the supreme court about two weeks ago we were told that a bilateral meeting between him and been and president might be was going to happen while what we know right now is what they're saying is that it would only happen if there is enough time and this is not something that's happening with

a human rights watch has filed a legal complaint against the crown prince and we're going to come to that shortly let's start though with jim in tunis what's been happening today john. well come out there was loud protests. took place in the heart of the city in the book people streets which isn't a center of the capital that was after a dozen or so and she holds rights groups and unions called for people to take to the streets to demonstrate against the visit of the crown prince mohammed bin saddam and it was louder than it was large in terms of numbers however the fact that it did take place is significant considering that the three previous thus the nations of the crown prince were countries or capitals and cities where by freedom of expression is either limited or non existant particular considering when you look at for example the what's considered to be a military rule in egypt or obviously the fact that the united arab emirates somebody has been criticized by human rights groups of not allowing for protesters there obviously those countries are also very friendly to the crown

thorough examination of the facts of the evidence that has been presented not only of course by human rights watch but by various organs of the united nations including the panel of experts at the security council including the investigative commissions appointed by the un human rights council you clued in by the un high commissioner for human rights which have repeatedly found that the saudi led coalition has committed grave violations of international monitoring many of which very strongly couldn't mount to work rhymes for that reason alone there's an extremely strong basis for argentino to closely examine a very broad record of documentation and facts in this regard if they are fortunate enough to have the crown prince visiting them the international community people around the world are desperate to see real accountability of people who are getting away with terrible crimes and this is a great opportunity for the argentinean people to stand as leaders in the world to show that they will not go let crimes like this go unpunished that they will seriously investigate them and prosecute them if po

twenty summit human rights watch has filed a submission with the court somewhere in the zire is calling for him to be held accountable for suspected war crimes by saudi forces in yemen sarah leah whitson who's the organization's executive director for the middle east and north africa says prosecutors are looking closely at the submission. it is up to the prosecutor to do to decide how to proceed with this investigation we are very hopeful there he will do a very careful and thorough examination of the facts of the evidence that has been presented not only of course by human rights watch but by various organs of the united nations including the panel of experts at the security council including the investigative commissions appointed by the un human rights council human clearing by the un high commissioner for human rights which have repeatedly found that the saudi led coalition has committed grave violations in international monetary many of which very strongly couldn't mount to work rhymes for that reason alone there's an extremely strong basis for argentino to closely examine a very b

but later in the week mama been some on will travel to argentina for the g twenty summit human rights watch has filed a legal submission with the courts there to try and hold him accountable to allege war crimes committed by saudi forces in yemen as constitution recognizes universal jurisdiction for war crimes and torture kenneth roth the executive director of human rights watch says the crown prince's attendance at the g twenty summit in buenos aires could make the argentine courts an avenue of redress for victims of abuses unable to seek justice in yemen or saudi arabia. now ukraine and its allies are demanding the return of three ships seized by russian forces up the coast of crimea in the worst flare up of tensions between both countries in several years ukraine's parliament has approved a decree signed by the president to impose martial law for thirty days in the wake of the crisis well the standoff has been the subject of emergency meetings at nato and the united nations or russia is accusing ukraine of deliberately provoking the clash to bring about more sanctions against moscow the

authorities here are taking mohammed when months as security that he's arriving here at a moment when human rights watch has asked the argentine judiciary to investigate him for war crimes in yemen torture of saudi nationals and the killing of saudi journalist. right now a prosecutor is evaluating the possibility of beginning an investigation into who say asians and allegations for human rights watch we do know that he is requesting more information from several embassies among other but what many here are wondering is whether there will be enough time for that prosecutor to do anything at all mohammed bin so much is expected to be here between three and four days and maybe more be enough time we also spoke to several legal advice or stand there saying that he's case he's a representative of a head of state that he has immunity and that his case should be treated by the supreme court of the doubt and to me and saying anything about this i mean as a poured out it's a g. twenty summit it's supposed to be about a whole lot of leaders i suspect they don't really wanted to become just about one man. most def

economic analyst and joining us on skype from washington so if you richardson china director of human rights watch a warm welcome to you all max let me start with you just how much pressure exactly can the u.n. human rights council bring to bear on china right now. it's a good question one which i think that perhaps so fewer people who are directly involved in the human rights community might be able to answer better than i am but taking a step back and looking at the current situation more broadly i think this is we live right now in a moment where it's easy to be quite cynical actually about the power of journalism about the power of academia about the power of human rights organizations to raise these issues and actually affect change on the ground especially in places like china which are seemingly very powerful and and a very immune to global criticism but i think that the situation that has been unfolding in syndrome actually is is breaking that mold to some extent it's really been the efforts of journalists places like al jazeera organizations like humans right human rights watch the work o

the g twenty summit human rights watch has filed a legal complaint in argentina and wants an investigation and. well into malcolm. and human rights abuses during the war in yemen. right now a prosecutor here in north side is evaluating whether or not to begin an investigation and we will know when that happens this wednesday it's not clear yet what mohammed bin feldman will be doing in the next few days here in argentina but what's certain is that makes many many people uncomfortable especially the argentinean government was not sure how to treat him he will be whether he will participate for example in the traditional g. twenty picture whether any type of bilateral meetings will be happening here well those are the things that we will find out in the next few days or saudi arabia will be the focus of a briefing to u.s. senators later on wednesday the director of the cia is not expected to take part in the meeting which will likely include discussions about the murder of jamal khashoggi the cia has pointed the finger at the saudi crown prince for ordering the killing on the second of octob

human rights watch has filed a legal complaint in argentina or activists in tunisia are asking the courts to stop him entering the country meanwhile u.s. media reporting that donald trump's son in law pushed department of defense officials to inflates the value of arms deals with saudi arabia to increase their perceived importance a.b.c. news successfully had a fifteen billion dollars deal recategorized as being worth one hundred ten billion dollars after a presidential visit in may of twenty seventeen that order has not yet been fulfilled. ukraine's parliament has approved thirty days of martial war in response to russia opening fire on its navy the military will take over daily functions from weapons stay in ten regions which border russia or they're on the coast. the u.s. president's former campaign chief has been accused of breaching a plea bargain with federal prosecutors the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election says paul manifold lied to f.b.i. officials need expected to receive a light's a punishment for cooperating with the investigation and a

one rights watch asking the argentine judiciary to initiate an investigation into human rights abuses torture war crimes in yemen but also on the killing. right now a prosecutor here in this is evaluating whether or not to begin an investigation and we will know when that happens this wednesday it's not clear yet what mohammed bin feldman will be doing in the next few days here in argentina but what's certain is that makes many many people uncomfortable especially the argentinean government who is not sure how to treat him he will be whether he will participate for example of the traditional g. twenty picture whether any type of bilateral. the meetings will be happening here well those are the things that we will find out in the next few days ok many thanks for the update there from what us aires saudi arabia will also be the focus of a briefing to u.s. senators later on wednesday the director of the cia is not expected to take part in the meeting which will likely include discussions about the murder of jamal khashoggi the cia has pointed the finger at the saudi crown prince for orde

joining us from boston loan and we thank you very much for your time exactly what is human rights watch calling for with regards to mohamed bin selman in argentina human rights watch presented a submission to an argentine federal prosecutor outlining the information we have on war crimes committed by the saudi led coalition forces in yemen as well as torture in saudi arabia we outlined the possible links between the crown prince mohammed bin solomon and these crimes and we asked a prosecutor to open an investigation given that. the crown prince is due in argentina in a few days and how does that work i mean you've chosen argentina just because that's where he's going or is there something in the judicial system which would work in your favor i'm just trying to understand how the whole process works sure. well under the principle of universal criminal jurisdiction the pinto chait principle remember when general pinochet was travelling in london and was arrested on a warrant from a spanish judge for crimes committed in chile argentina has universal criminal jurisdiction under internationa

conflict there who feel led side has also been accused by the un by amnesty international by human rights watch of serious human rights abuses including blocking foreign aid torturing detainees hostage taking using child soldiers shelling civilian areas that's a pretty damning pretty horrific indictment of your quote unquote government isn't it i would not call an indictment of our government or our authorities during the wars any war things happen and as i said we are open and transparent we would like to see these things correct and in mr wings it is a that we are one hundred percent thinks happened during the war so again we are trying our best to limit any incidents that is coming from our side but you are talking about planes that are throwing hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs on civilians if you speak up. to us the national salvation of our military we are trying our best to limit any incidence of killing or as he said. but human rights groups don't agree with you you say things happen as if it's some sort of accident or natural disaster when amnesty human rights watch the un have do

fault of hamas that there's a lack of health care or or the blockade but on the other hand human rights watch has a report out recently which pointed out to both in the west bank and in gaza the palestinian factions hamas and the p.a. have been carrying out abuse torture deprivation of right how do people in gaza feel about the fact that they've got these really is oppressing them from outside and in many ways of suppressing them from inside. yeah unfortunately no one can deny that and unfortunately nobody is surprised by such such findings of raf such records by both sides realize that. are not be accountable to their people and they are not they're not helping as they should be and these violations are being frighted against by the civil society in both areas but there is a lot a lot. of resistance from these factions. absolutely and it's of political these rallies always say that all the problems in gaza are the fault of hamas which is obviously absurd but in your experience in your view you were in gaza very recently you've written this book about gaza how much has made things worse on th

human rights groups for cracking. down on freedoms and not long public protests in tunisia may not be the only bad publicity for the crown prince on tuesday human rights watch announced it had filed a submission with a federal prosecutor in argentina where he's expected to attend the g. twenty summit in a couple of days this submission requests that the court's investigate been set amount for war crimes and his role in the murder treaty signed by such a claim can indeed be pursued just as the crown prince is trying to prove that he isn't isolated internationally his critics are doing everything they can to ensure he's brought to account even if it's only in the court of public opinion and i just . well more now on that senate briefing on saudi arabia in which some reports say that the cia chief is unlikely to appear let's bring in glenn collins a former cia officer joins us live from boston massachusetts den call how significant is it that the white house possibly would be able to block the director of the cia from appearing before the senate i mean clearly some people say that trumps trying to protect mohamed bin sound but this is pretty unprecedented isn'

the courts there to stop him from visiting human rights watch wants him investigated for his death and also the war in. the ukrainian parliament has approved thirty days of martial law in response to russia opening fire on its navy the military will take over daily functions from ten regions which are on the coast border russia. the us president's former campaign chief has been accused of breach of the federal prosecutors the investigation into suspected russian meddling in the twenty six election says. the f.b.i. . a british ph d. academic jailed for spying in the united arab emirates this thank the u.k. government for getting him home safely he's matthew hedges he landed in london on tuesday after flying from dubai he was sentenced to life in prison last week after a five minute hearing before being pardoned on monday paul brennan joins us live from london support he spent at least six months in solitary confinement in his wife who clearly need some time to come down from this. indeed in the arrival at london's heathrow airport just after six twenty this morning was deliberately low

he's arriving here in the middle of the some news that surprised everyone and that is that human rights watch has asked the argentine judiciary to investigate muhammad inside man for war crimes and torture and the killing of a saudi journalist. right now a prosecutor is evaluating whether or not to begin an investigation whether the case of universal jurisdiction applies specifically to this case universal jurisdiction is a legal tool that can be used that has been used in the past for example with when he was detained back in one thousand nine hundred eight in the united kingdom so right now a prosecutor is evaluating whether a situation like this could happen it is extremely difficult we have spoken to several experts and they're saying that first there would have to be a proof that to crimes against humanity have been committed by the other situation that makes it difficult is that he is considered a representative of the head of state and thus the supreme court of argentina should be the one that should take the case but how much of a shadow is this visit and the case of jamal khashoggi g

women in north korea routinely face sexual abuse by officials that is according to human rights watch the rights group says the problem is so widespread that some women are not even aware that they are being violated activists claim the country's human rights record is being ignored amid an international push to improve relations ethiopia has sworn in its first female supreme court president human rights lawyer we often. own her appointment builds on efforts by reformist prime minister. to achieve gender parity in government ethiopia recently elected its first female president and approved one of the world's few gender balanced cabinets or divers in indonesia have located a black box from the lion air passenger jet that crashed on monday it's hoped the device will shed light on the cause of the tragedy in which one hundred eighty nine people died the boeing seven thirty seven went down thirteen minutes after taking off from the capital jakarta. the heat is on for indonesian aviation authorities there are under huge pressure to explain watch went wrong on the line if lines and this cou

criticized by human rights groups for cracking down on freedoms and not so long public protests in tunisia may not be the only bad publicity for the crown prince on tuesday human rights watch announced it had filed a submission with a federal prosecutor in argentina where he's expected to attend the g. twenty summit in a couple of days the submission requests that the courts investigate been said amount for war crimes and his role in the casualty.

fault of hamas that there's a lack of health care or or the blockade but on the other hand human rights watch has a report out recently which pointed out the boats in the west bank and in gaza the palestinian factions hamas and the p.a. have been carrying out abuse torture deprivation of right how do people in gaza feel about the fact that they've got these rallies oppressing them from outside and in many ways have got hamas suppressing them from inside. yeah unfortunately no one can deny that and unfortunately nobody is surprised by. such findings of raf such reports by both sides realize that. are not be accountable to their people and they are not they're not helping as as they should be and these violations are being fight against by the civil society in both areas but there is a lot a lot. of resistance from these factions. absolutely and it's all political the israelis always say that all the problems in gaza are the fault of hamas which is obviously absurd but in your experience in your view you were in gaza very recently you've written this book about. how much has hamas made things w

she will be followed by tom porteous, deputy program director for human rights watch .lly from the director of research and analysis of the arab center washington, an odd harb hill who will follow with more on the political implication of the crisis and the panel will conclude with andrew miller, our friend from deputy director for policy project on middle east democracy. each speaker will speak for about 12 minutes and then we will spend the balance of our time about 30 minutes on wednesday. there are cards on your seat or the seat in front of you if you're sitting on yourcart and pencils . and if you could write your questions or comments on that and pass and raise your hand, staff will pick them up and bring them to me up here to read later. lee's write legibly, otherwise i will begin to read your question or your remarks. at this point i would like to invite him to the podium unless you'd like to speak seated. that's fine. he denies, is that okay to speak seated? please do can everybody hear me okay? great. thank you very much to the arab center for holding this tim

jamal thank you a crown prince is also expected to travel to argentina for the g twenty summit human rights watch has filed a submission with the courts a miniseries calling for him to be held accountable for suspected war crimes by saudi forces in yemen sarah leah whitson who is the organization's executive director for the middle east and north africa says prosecutors are looking closely at this mission. it is up to the prosecutor to do to decide how to proceed with this investigation we are very hopeful there he will do a very careful and thorough examination of the facts of the evidence that has been presented not only of course by human rights watch but by various organs of the united nations including the panel of experts at the security council including the investigative commissions appointed by the un human rights council you clued in by the un high commissioner for human rights which have repeatedly found that the saudi led coalition has committed grave violations of international home turf many of which very strongly couldn't mount to work rhymes for that reason alone there's an extrem

among them the presence of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salomon and the request by human rights watch to investigate him over the murder of journalism i casually. skilling has changed relations between saudi and the western world. in one way mark owen says he's ready to talk to the crown prince about what happened should usually take a sure i have always been very clear in the case of saudi arabia and i will inevitably have the opportunity to discuss it with the saudi crown prince on the margins of this g. twenty meeting we will have the opportunity to discuss it among european leaders as i requested before the g. seven donald trump arrived in when a site is on thursday evening ready to discuss the trade war between the united states and china he's cancelled he's meeting with russian president vladimir putin after the seizure of crane and ships by russia at the crimean peninsula. these protesters came all the way from the united states carrying a baby trump. he's been an activist opposing the u.s. foreign policy since the vietnam war we would like the president of the united states th

twenty summit human rights watch has filed a legal complaint in argentina it wants an investigation into mohamed bin so man's alleged role in jamal khashoggi is murder and human rights abuses during the conflict. the director of the cia will reportedly not take part in a u.s. senate briefing on the murder of. the secretaries of state and defense will brief senators on weapons stay on the saudi journalist feeling. russia says it's planning to deploy more four hundred surface to air missiles to the crimean peninsula ten regions in ukraine are on the martial law for the next thirty days after russia opened fire and see just ukrainian naval boats in the black sea. investigators in indonesia say the budget airline plane that plunged into the sea last month killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board should not have been flying the lion air boeing seven three seven max it experienced technical issues on a flight the day before. from jakarta. it was in the knees just second worst in a disaster the lion air boeing seven three seven crashed into the java sea just thirteen minutes after ta