as the so-called human rights group you mentioned has always been full of prejudice and stirring up trouble the words are not worth refuting ken roth as human rights watch is executive director he says that china's reaction to the report is not surprising . they say it's not worth refuting because they can't it's all accurate it's based on their database i mean somebody leaked an official database containing 2000 names of and weaker and other turkic muslims who were detained we simply didn't analysis of the database of course they can't refute it please that's their own words that basically show how little it takes to be detained if you are a muslim in china and you know the chinese government likes to say oh this is just a counterterrorism campaign we're just going after criminality but what this database shows is that basically they're going after islam because if you look at the how little it takes to get detained you know there was one man for example who was detained because in the mid 1980 s. he studied the koran and in the early 2000 he left his wife wear a veil that was it you know he was just a practicing muslim back got him detained and we see

amy: "moroccan security forces" -- this is human rights watch. yahdih bouchaab: very exciting. man rights watch -- is that bible? amy: no, but i'm -- are you -- yahdih bouchaab: is that qur'an? amy: are you -- no, i'm asking: are you disagreeing with this? yahdih bouchaab: i disagree completely. amy: they say -- yahdih bouchaab: they are working for an agenda here. amy: "moroccan" -- yahdih bouchaab: wait, wait. what they have said about the other party? amy: "moroccan security forces tried" -- yahdih bouchaab: about the polisario? amy: "to prevent human rights watch from entering the u.n. headquarters, stating that entry was forbidden to non-minurso staff unless it had been cleared with local moroccan authorities first. moroccan authorities' harassment of human rights watch, as well as their strict surveillance of its activities impeded the organization's ability to conduct a thorough investigation of human rights in" -- yahdih bouchaab: anything. they say just anything just to make -- to make things exciting. amy: well, let me ask you one other question, which is of concern to

the so-called human rights group you mentioned has always been full of prejudice and stirring up trouble the words are not worth refuting for more on this we're joined by human rights watch is chief executive executive director i'm sorry ken roth good to have you with us but just before we talk about what's in this report what do you make of china's rebuttal of it. well it wasn't much of a rebuttal was it they say it's not worth refuting because they can't it's all accurate it's based on their database i mean somebody leaked an official database containing 2000 names of illegal or another target muslims who were detained we simply didn't analysis the database of course they can't refute it because it's their own words that basically show how little it takes to be detained if you are a muslim in china and you know the chinese government likes to say oh this is just a counterterrorism campaign we're just going after criminality but what this database shows is that basically they're going after islam because if you look at the how little it takes to get detain them you mention a few of them in your introduction but you know there was one man for example who was detained bec

or out let's bring in sufi richardson the china director of human rights watch so i think welcome from the opposition i wonder what did you see what do you worry between the lines of this tried to you. well i think there are 2 variables here that should make everyone quite skeptical and the 1st is that the chinese government is just devoid of credibility when it comes to commitments not just for and human rights but around issues of trade or even security and this is a government that regularly signs binding international agreements and then ignores them but i think the other variable is that there is very strong evidence the use of force labor in. europe that has been acknowledged by the e.u. and the state governments and there's almost no ability to do the kind of due diligence that's necessary to check on that problem and so one looks at this agreement and really has to wonder why anybody believes that beijing will pursue any sorts of reforms i forced labor or other issues in good faith and so does that then speak to the reason why it wasn't the e.u. firm no with china in terms of a

so if you've richardson china director of human rights watch thanks so much . at least 22 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack on international airport in yemen the bomb went off just as members of the new unity government returned from saudi arabia so fog group has claimed responsibility your original blast was followed by another explosion near the presidential palace several hours later. it was meant to be a moment to celebrate. a newly formed government disembarking their unity a symbol of their promise to end yemen's long civil war. instead chaos. 2 explosions shortly after the plane's arrival broke to the airport a local security source says more time shells landed on the airport for. witnesses described hearing sporadic gunfire soon off so. how is later another explosion was reported be the presidential palace. this was a cowardly terrorist attack. the government is an audition to stay and to exercise its duties and operations with the strong will of our people. the acts of terror will not stop us from doing our work. he was you have t

remains on unknown because egypt has done several things it's denied the entry of human rights workers like human rights watchand amnesty international it just imprisoned and released because of international pressure members of a human rights organization and so this is indicating if the egyptian government can law on what's happened to an italian graduate student from cambridge university then imagine what happens the average age of the international community has remained silent on what's happening in libya for strategic reasons for example the italian government even though this is an italian graduate student it's evolved even in its relation of egypt from removing its ambassador to actually becoming a weapon sales country that sells weapons to egypt a country that's involved in a $1300000000.00 oil project with egypt and so even the italian government just like the french government just like the united states hedges its bets on is it international human rights or is it our strategic interest but what's happening with the global might act and the highlighting of cases like regina and for example the inco

so we also if you richardson the china director of human rights watch what she reads between the lines of this trade deal . well i think there are 2 variables here that should make everyone quite skeptical and the 1st is that the chinese government is just devoid of credibility when it comes to commitments not just around human rights but around issues of of trade or even security and this is a government that regularly signs binding international agreements and then ignores them but i think the other variable is that there is very strong evidence the use of forced labor in. there has been acknowledged by the e.u. member state governments you know there's almost no ability to do you know the kind of due diligence that's necessary to check on that problem and so one looks at this agreement really has to wonder why anybody believes that beijing will pursue any sorts of reforms are forced labor other issues in good faith let's take a look at some of the international stories the us say is that will increase tariffs on a range of growth in dealing winds from the e.u. it's the latest develo

human rights watch -- this is still steven zunes. he said, human rights watch, amnesty international and other reputable human rights groups have documented widespread suppression of peaceful pro--independence activists by moroccan occupation forces including torture, beatings and extra judicial killings. since -- still quoting the scholar steveening zunes, since the polisario claimed the establishment of the sahari democratic republic in 1976, 84 countries have recognized western sahara has an independent state. everybody's -- everybody agrees with this. one of the few things in foreign policy where there's no opposition. they all agree with that self-determination for the western saharan people. i was so sadden by the betrayal towards the people of western sahara for unilaterally recognizing mo row co's -- marrow co's claim but i'm colleague the unexpected results from the proclamation. if highlightings the injustice of these people pushes the rest of the world to get hem the referendum, it might be worth it. that's what i'm seeing

you know even greater paparazzi and isolation as the economic impacts go on to begin and of human rights watch thank you for your thoughts thank you. and now it is time to take a look at some of the questions about the pandemic you send us and as usual our science correspondent there growly i'm sorry says ready with the answer. you get vaccination if you had covert 1000 but we're a form to magic. the messenger r.n.a. vaccines now being approved for emergency use in countries were tested on tens of thousands of volunteers and and it's thought that between 5 and 10 percent of them had actually had covert 19 before those trials and there were no reports of serious adverse effects among those test subjects also in most other diseases there are mechanisms that would cause someone who had them once to react badly to subsequent vaccinations many experts have said they think that was coded 19 vaccinating someone who has already had the virus will act like a booster shot reminding the immune system that sars co 2 is still around and possibly even strengthening and reinforcing the immune response so if

you know even greater paparazzi and isolation as the economic impacts go on to begin and of human rights watch thank you for your thoughts thank you. and now it is time to take a look at some of the questions about the pandemic you sent us and as usual our science correspondent there are growing ems says ready with the answer. can you get vaccinated if you had covert 1000 but we're safe and to magic. the messenger r.n.a. vaccines now being approved for emergency use and the number of countries were tested on tens of thousands of volunteers and and it's thought that between 5 and 10 percent of them had actually had covert 19 before those trials and there were no reports of serious adverse effects among those test subjects also in most other diseases there are mechanisms that would cause someone who had them once to react badly to subsequent vaccinations many experts have said they think that was coded 19 vaccinating someone who has already had the virus will act like a booster shot reminding the immune system that sars totoo is still around and possibly even strengthening and reinforcing the im

from yemen and i work as a mad researcher where human rights watch. and base and. for if you could sum up the issues that civilians in yemen are dealing with right now how would you. i would say it's not a star struggle with every basic service that any human being deserves and need and life so i salute for how was it i call her on twitter she mentioned so so many problems that one person could face in yemen but it's even more terrible. who are here living in villages that really like you know human history has taught civil war isn't and conflicts but yemenis have never seen and never stating human tatty and situation as it is today. it's a struggle it's a multiple multi fronds to struggle. just in the basic thing that you can imagine like water electricity infrastructure everything is devastated by years of war and it's very important to mention from the beginning this tragic humanitarian crisis in yemen it's manmade disaster it's not natural disaster it's not out of you know it happened out of imagination or anything like that it's a manmade disaster parties to th

joining me now is an item eyeshadow senior research africa division with human rights watch helo's and i doubt thanks for your time now why are people protesting more and more against the government. you can look at it from 2 perspectives one is the fact that this government is in many that a country full of problems and those problems of you need to emerge it is a bad economy in place nor jobs. then with the stations brought about by the 19 everything is the. difficult in young people at their most popular but the difficulties and they want to go to the streets and protest the other point is that we have to admit that compared to previous presidents which was president it was a go at the center but as the law is more tolerant is allowing more people to go to the streets so all that's why you see more people on the streets you see more protests happening during dissenters no protest was allowed whatsoever now last month president lawrence mass where the representatives of angolan used to hear the our grievances as their chance to youth will get what they want it really depends on how t

joining me now is an item a shadow senior research africa vision with human rights watch helo's a night out thanks for your time now why are people protesting more and more against the government. you can look at it from 2 perspectives what i mean is the fact that this government is in any that a country full of problems and those problems are beginning to emerge there is a bad economy in place nor jobs. with the stations brought about by a known teen everything is the. difficult in young people at their most time getting by difficulties and they want to go to the streets and protest the other point is that we have to admit that compared to the previous president it was president it was a go at the center but i didn't notice it was more color and allowing more people to go to the streets so all that's why you see more people on the streets you see more protests happening putting dissenters no protest was allowed whatsoever now last month president lawrence met with representatives of angola and used to hear the our grievances as their chance to youth will get what they want it really de

or at let's bring in sufi richardson the china director of human rights watch so i think welcome from the opposition i wonder what did you see what do you worry between the lines of this tried to you. well i think there are 2 variables here that should make everyone quite skeptical and the 1st is that the chinese government is just devoid of credibility when it comes to commitments not just her and human rights but around issues of trade or even security and this is a government that regularly signs binding international agreements and then ignores them but i think the other variable is that there is very strong evidence the use of force labor in. europe that has been acknowledged by the e.u. and member state governments and there's almost no ability to do the kind of due diligence that's necessary to check on that problem and so what's at this minute really has to wonder why anybody believes that beijing will pursue any sorts of reforms are forced labor or other issues in good faith and so does that then speak to the reason why wasn't the e.u. firm with china in terms of a solid comm

human rights council western countries keep selling arms to to to egypt and the e.u. just adopted a global human rights sanctions which they should seriously think about some. officials. think of the from human rights watch thank you for joining us appreciate it take your call the trumpet ministration is pushing ahead with a planned 1000000000 dollar arms sale to morocco if approved by the u.s. congress the deal will provide robot with precision guided weapons and drones this is just a day after the white house announced a deal brokered by the u.s. for morocco to normalize relations with israel washington agreed to recognize a claim over the disputed western sahara region as part of that agreements. if the o.p.'s government says it's returning eritrean refugees to camps in the northern region they fled to the capital at a stop about during fighting into today between local forces and federal government soldiers the u.n. says their return to to go so soon is unacceptable but ethiopia insists they will be safe there are $96000.00 eritrean refugees bread just in ethiopia most actually live in which borders every trade and aid groups have announced the killing of 4 workers in the international rescue committ

get the other communist leaders to agree that human rights watch was a right for there is no questiont thes ard administration had major impact on the collapse of the soviet union and its warsaw pact allies. >> he would also invite many leaders to the white house. these became the elegant moments when the links between millions of people are focused on the relationships of a few individuals. of grand rapids became the host and hostess of an entire nation. as president, he had the pain of ordering the evacuation of saigon, and the pleasure of presiding over our greatest national celebration, the american bicentennial. 1976 was a heyday across the land in every community, every city, from san francisco and the west coast to new york city on the east coast. i'm sure the american people, who were alive, the tall ships of new york harbor, the various other celebrations in philadelphia, and in washington, d.c. it was a magnificent expression thaterica of our happiness our democracy, under a constitutional government, had worked. ford's own future would be advanced by the republican conventi

for more on this we're joined from geneva by kenneth roth he's the executive director of human rights watchken thank you for joining us here on d.w. as we mentioned the pandemic has certainly exposed inequalities in many countries across the world and you have talked about how it's important to respect human rights and that is the best public health strategy where have you seen this borne out i mean what examples of that have you seen working during the pandemic 1st i think you're correct to point out that the the pen democrats really spotlighted the social and economic divide it's poor people have less access to health care they tend to be the frontline workers who cannot work from home and so they're more exposed to the virus and they also tend to suffer more when there are lock downs the economy has stopped and that's why you need a strong social safety net to pull them through periods like this but we've seen many governments you know cite the pandemic as a great opportunity for them to entrench their power they claim you know i'm the dictator i can solve this better than anybody else a

need to do far more than just the lip service of the robber says that he didn't like to for human rights watch he's joining us now from bangkok it's good to have you back on. let's talk about this move 1st of all part of the problem as i understand it is that nobody's been allowed to actually go in and have a look at this island to see if the bangladeshi government has actually done what it says it's done which is to make this island protected against flooding. that's correct the u.n. through the u.n. country team and the u.n. refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. have repeated lee asked for the bangladesh government to permit them to go on to the island to take an international assessment team complete with engineers and others to really look over the island and make sure that it is in fact safe for the refugees to be there particularly in the case of a cycling or other major storm in the area they've also asked to have access to the refugees to determine whether the people are moving their voluntarily and so far the bangladesh government is either not answering or refusing you know the story changes dep

so-called human rights group you mentioned has always been full of prejudice and stirring up trouble words are not worth repeating. well ken roth is the executive director of human rights watch he says china's reaction to the report is not surprising somebody beat an official database containing 2000 names of and we are another target muslims who were detained we simply didn't analysis of the database of course they can't refute it because that's their own words that basically show how little it takes to be detained if you are a muslim in china and you know the chinese government likes to say oh this is just a counterterrorism campaign we're just going after criminality but what this database shows is that basically they're going after islam there was one man for example who was detained because in the mid 19 eighties she studied the koran and in the early 2000 she left his wife wear a veil that was it you know he was just a practicing muslim back got him detained hong kong pro-democracy activist agnes chao has been denied bail ahead of an appeal against her 10 month prison sentence she was jailed for her role in rallies near police headquarters last year them astray sions t

president the accusation from human rights groups is the george ministration has deliberately undermined the efforts by your own federal agents to stop deforestation human rights watch says that while federal authorities impose thousands of fines for illegal deforestation a presidential decree has allowed most of them to go unpaid what's the point of doing that now we've done comply we've seen the galaxies in the amazon by for instance our. environmental legislation say that any property in the amazon can explore 20 percent of it sadia they order 80 percent has to be preserved when you lent wheat will be as you weigh it with fines you let people get away without paying fines why almost everyone gets away with not paying well lines well. so if people don't pay fines they gave the don't pay they fight defiance their land that they have is going to be arrested but so far as today we have a problem of regulation of the land tenure we need to regulate these this is a big problem that we still have in brazil ok. we are dealing with these in the national council that i'm the head of the council and that's one of my main objectives i've been working together we sell our cul

you know even greater paparazzi and isolation as the economic impacts go on to begin and of human rights watch thank you for your thoughts thank you. and now it is time to take a look at some of the questions about the pandemic you sent us and as usual our science correspondent very girly i'm says ready with the answer. you get vaccinated if you had covert 1000 but were a friend to mask. the messenger r.n.a. vaccines now being approved for emergency use in number of countries were tested on tens of thousands of volunteers and and it's thought that between 5 and 10 percent of them had actually had covert 19 before those trials and there were no reports of serious adverse effects among those test subjects also in most other diseases there are mechanisms that would cause someone who had them once to react badly to subsequent vaccinations many experts have said they think that was coded 19 vaccinating someone who has already had the virus will act like a booster shot reminding the immune system that sars co 2 is still around and possibly even strengthening and reinforcing the immune response so if

bangladesh insists the transfers are voluntary but human rights watch says it's already recorded instances of refugees being sent to the islands against their will . you're watching news from berlin i'll be back at the top of the next hour with more meanwhile you'll find all or stories online at d.w. dot com you can also follow us on social media at t w news i'm terry martin thanks for watching. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons. there are many.

levels let's get more from jane buchanan she is the acting director for disability rights and human rights watch she joins me via skype from new york welcome to the program jane we are talking about a very diverse group of people here now facing a whole array of challenges which part of that group are you most concerned about during this pandemic. we're especially concerned about the most marginalized among people with disability is and that includes people who are segregated and locked away in closed institutions institutions or people with disabilities psychiatric hospitals as well as the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are chained and locked in prayer camps and other types of institutions. you know i'm able to lever access any service as whatsoever and how is the been impacting the care for these people. people with disabilities around the world all types of disabilities can face a lot of barriers in accessing health care and that includes even just basic things like accessible transportation because if he had get to your doctor or the hospital there's no chance to even e

for more on this we're joined from geneva by kenneth roth he's the executive director of human rights watch ken thank you for joining us here in d w as we mentioned the pandemic has certainly exposed inequalities in many countries across the world and you have talked about how it's important to respect human rights of that is the best public health strategy where have you seen this borne out i mean what examples of that have you seen working during the pandemic. first i think you're correct to point out that the the penn democrats really spotlighted the social and economic divide poor people have less access to health care they tend to be the front line workers who cannot work from home and so they're more exposed to the virus and they also tend to suffer more when there are lockdowns the economy has stopped and that's why you need a strong social safety net to pull them through periods like this but we've seen many governments you know cite the pandemic as a great opportunity for them to entrench their power they claim you know i'm the dictator i can solve this better than anybody else and

or at let's bring in sufi richardson the china director of human rights watch so i think welcome from the opposition i wonder what did you see what do you worry between the lines of this trade deal. well i think there are 2 variables here that should make everyone quite skeptical and the 1st is that the chinese government is just devoid of credibility when it comes to commitments not just her and human rights but around issues of trade or even security and this is a government that regularly signs binding international agreements and then ignores them but i think the other variable is that there is very strong evidence the use of force labor in. europe that has been acknowledged by the e.u. and member state governments and there's almost no ability to do the kind of due diligence that's necessary to check on that problem and so one looks at this agreement and really has to wonder why anybody believes that beijing will pursue any sorts of reforms i'm forced labor or other issues in good faith and so does that then speak to the reason why it wasn't the e.u. firm no with china in terms o

joining me now is an item a shadow senior research africa vision with human rights watch helo's a night out thanks for your time now why are people protesting more and more against the government. you can look at it from 2 perspectives one is the fact that this government is in many that a country full of problems and those problems are beginning to emerge there is a bad economy in place nor jobs. and with that history shows brought about by of 19 everything is the. difficult in young people at their most accurate but the difficulties and they want to go to the streets and protest the other point is that we have to admit that compared to the previous president it was president said that the centrist that is the lot is more tolerant is allowing more people to go to the streets so all that's why you see more people on the streets you see more protests happening put into centers no protest was allowed whatsoever now last month president laurent met with representatives of angola news to hear the our grievances is there a chance the youth will get what they want it really depends on how pre

or at let's bring in sufi richardson the china director of human rights watch so i think welcome from the opposition i wonder what did you see what do you read between the lines of this tried to you. well i think there are 2 variables here that should make everyone quite skeptical and the 1st is that the chinese government is just devoid of credibility when it comes to commitments not just for and human rights but around issues of trade or even security and this is a government that regularly signs binding international agreements and then ignores them but i think the other variable is that there is very strong evidence the use of forced labor in. it you know that has been acknowledged by the e.u. and the state governments and there's almost no ability to do the kind of due diligence that's necessary to check on that problem and so one looks at this agreement and really has to wonder why anybody believes that beijing will pursue any sorts of reforms i forced labor or other issues in good faith and so does that then speak to the reason why it wasn't the e.u. firm with china in terms of

. >> we have human watch right's e.u.er on skype, the evidence clearly mounting up now and the italians made that decision earlier in the week to charge four people. where could it actually all lead? i can't imagine there'll be must have much if any cooperation from the egyptians. >> yes, indeed. in a joint statement released earlier this week by prosecutors from both sides they basically say they just agree to disagree the egyptians question the credible of the evidence presented by the italians. however, the italians are determined to proceed with the trial which will most likely be held in absentia and will start in a few weeks. >> this story goes back four years now. maybe not everyone exactly remembers it. now that we hear the news that he was being monitored while in egypt, can you explain why he would have been monitored and why he was seen as a threat? >> well, the fact is, what happened what he went through is ordinary for thousands of people in egypt. it's been nearly five years, he has become a symbol, a symbol

human rights watch says authorities didn't conduct proper testing on the soil before moving thousandsof refugees to the new camp. in september, over 12,000 refugees were displaced after a massive fire completely destroyed the moria camp. currently, over 7500 people, mostly from afghanistan and syria, are living in the new camp. in the united states immigration news, the trump administration has agreed to extend temporary protective status for people from honduras, el salvador, nicaragua, haiti, sudan, and nepal until at least october 2021. the extension is part of aeal between plaintiffs and the u.s. government who have sued to preserve tps after the trump administration killed the humanitarian relief program earlier this year. this comes as immigration rights advocates have been demanding the trump administration give tps to refugees from all central american countries devastated by hurricanes eta and iota. in related news, the norwegian refugee council is warning that over 400,000 people in honduras and guatemala are in urgent need of humanitarian aid in the wake of the two hurrican

candidates say about 5 should be postponed although smudge is the central africa director at human rights watch he says rebels control most of the territory and pose a serious threat.

and needs to be discounted up right now on her behalf so if he reaches in china dirt human rights watch thank you . aside a call to sentence a prominent women's rights activist who more than 5 and a half years in prison. has been held since 2018 after being arrested along with at least a dozen other women's rights activists relatives say she has been sexually assaulted and tortured while in prison the court has suspended 2 year is 10 months of her sentence which means she could be released as early as february. still ahead here on al-jazeera new details about the man suspected in the bombing in the u.s. city of nashville what may have been behind it. because it will come up to about 50 minutes so christiane a rinaldo be another trophy to his vast collection he will tell you what it is it's . how the weather's looking pretty quiet across the middle east at the moment some pieces of cloud around you might even catch the odd sharon to the fall of west saudi arabia over the next i will say but that aside it does look pretty quiet cool enough temperatures in damascus through some 1415 degree

attack a few months ago on she was just some 3 working as a human rights activist as a human rights officer in the commission of human rights watch so when we see bees kind of target sadly these are all signs of things not not changing and in both directions we see more violence despite the child and everyone in the streets are equally speaking about peace but. the reality is our piece of. the i know well i have reports from you now the you and i are on the civilian casualties is also highlighting the 31 person page actually one part some to me so casualties are comprising children parity no one mensa women and children are also not safe from this violence and my descent is very hard to me as an afghan who was born in afghanistan lived most of my life as an afghan in afghanistan or as an issue war if i find it very difficult to explain to the future generation what the score is about who are we fighting and for what reason and let's every day sadly we are most in reich's. as a question to you when you cheer the end the people of a curious because always i think sometimes there is this for tea from people hearing about afghanistan

joining me now is a night on my saddle senior research africa vision with human rights watch helo's and i doubt thanks for your time now why are people protesting more and more against the government. you can look at it from 2 perspectives what i mean is the fact that this government is in any that a country full of problems and those problems are beginning to emerge there is a bad economy in place nor jobs. them with that history shows brought about by a known teen everything is the. difficult and young people out there most can't get by the difficulties and they want to go to the streets and protest the other one is that we have to admit that compared to the previous president it was president said that the centrist that is the lot is more tolerant is allowing more people to go to the streets so all that's why you see more people on the streets you see more protests happening today in 2 centers no protest was a level whatsoever now last month president lauren saw mass with representatives of angola news to hear the our grievances as their chance to youth will get what they want it rea

situation, because secretary of state mike pompeo has been shining a spotlight of many traditional human rights watchizations and nonprofits. there has already been a major impact on funding, for example, dealing with palestine issues, and undermining, essentially, a lot of the traditional groups that have been watching the israeli occupation of palestinian territories. where is your group with what needs to happen on that, and i should say with the abraham accords and with normalization between israel and many other arab states, led by the uae, i think part of the question would be would there be more leverage down the road, what would be like to see biden to down the road when it comes to palestine? >> yes, so, you know, that is a great question, and it is something that many of our organizations -- it is a top priority for a lot of our organizations, and when we are talking about the u.s. not, you know, providing assistance or arms to countries that are systematically violating human rights, we obviously need to have israel in mind in terms of the asks that we made of the biden administration. i c

making money dealing with the chinese market so there was no interest in democracy or even human rights watch says she and her mandela the whole world mobilized to. censor you shall call it was a sordid murder in front of the whole world who says in china it was a death before the eyes of the entire world and nobody cared i turned to. the chinese regime organized a well orchestrated funeral. the whole of you shall both family was summoned by the authorities. official propaganda tried to control both the image and the legacy of the nobel prize winner for. the regime ordered that his ashes should be scattered at sea. to avoid having a place to memorialize the you shall bow. in china you shall those name is censored when internet users began referring to an empty chair at the time was also a sense that. in 2008 the last time we met him you shall bow knew what lay ahead a few weeks later he would disappear imprisoned until he died he left us these last words to understand his freedom. awards to them i think that i made the right choices. of course the consequences are important for me but in any

taurus appearing far is an iranian researcher at human rights watch and joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you on the program mr perry far i mean you're one of many human rights organizations that will appeal to the u.s. and other governments and institutions to lift financial sanctions so that iran can buy the vaccines that it needs how successful do you really think that appeal will be. as you mentioned despite the existence of humanitarian aid exemption in sanction regime against iran banks and financial institution institutions over the years have been very reluctant to process and transactions that are for humanitarian purposes such as. purchasing medicine or in this case agreeing to a transfer of iran's funds and stored in foreign banks for the purpose of purchasing back scene we think it's extremely important for the u.s. treasury and all stakeholders to work together to make sure a dead iran can access the funds are required for purchasing back scene after the announcements of the central bank last week and the head of the central bank said that they were able to s

crimes have been ongoing and they've already been reported they've been reported by groups like human rights watch and the fact that the un inquiry is now reiterating reinforcing and has submitted this to the security council means gives it a whole nother level of authority and possible and enforcement and holding these counters these. folks accountable for their actions so so yes b. because it's an inquiry an official inquiry from the u.n. it's been submitted to the security council that shifts the playing field such that it can be used for prosecution manu how will the government deal with the findings of this report i think the government because the government has led the army it's a serious negotiation to be making against the army. if the previous speaker city this was going to go forward. into a prosecution names who start not just hearing about bill marmion army but women are names of names not be mentioned and there are people who are out of government. or the military right now it may indeed have. you know because a report. or alleging particular. chance gresham's which we already know w

as we have said the biden harris administration will stand up against human rights violations wherever they occur human rights watch says the verdict is deeply concerning it is absolutely shocking to see the saudi authorities conviction and sentencing regina have to date on that under the terrorism know what they have done is to now state to the wolves that they consider women's rights activism to be an act of terrorism now the saudi authorities have done this in the past with human rights activists which we have seen being sentence of being treated as terrorists but now we are seeing the same thing being done women's rights activists now that hashmi is the director for the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he says and how fluid sentencing may have been influenced by concerns around the incoming u.s. administration. the judge's verdict today gave her credit for time already served and so if you do all the math there's a good chance that she might be out. of prison in about 2 months and that that's not a coincidence because i think the incoming biden ministration really is weighing heavily o

making money dealing with the chinese market centers there was no interest in democracy or even human rights watch says your entire mandela the whole world mobilized. censored you shall call it was a sordid murder in front of the whole world who says yeah it was a death before the eyes of the entire world and nobody cared right engine so. the chinese regime organized a well orchestrated funeral. the whole of you shall both family was summoned by the authorities. official propaganda tried to control both the image and the legacy of the nobel prize winner. the regime ordered that his ashes should be scattered at sea shabbos name is censored when internet users began referring to an empty chair the term was also sense that. in 2008 the last time we met him you shall bow knew what lay ahead a few weeks later he would disappear imprisoned until he died he left us these last words to understand his freedom. awards. i think that i made the right choices. of course the consequences are important for me but in any case that's how we live in china there is a price to pay for from jeff if you don't choose my

in our guests in goma we have thomas fasc senior democratic republic of congo researcher of human rights watch most of all is researcher at the center for research on the congo he joins us from washington d.c. now vanda wall deputy project director for central africa international crisis group she joins us from running in in the netherlands welcome to each of you combine how fragile is the current political situation in d.r. c n n considering the unresolved issues from the 2018 presidential election do you believe that something like we're seeing now was inevitable. the free level framing is really important in december 2018 coalition must want to vote the elected leader and the result not reflect the will of the stress 'd of the college the are likely winner was declared the president still exist to katie and what we know now that there has been secret deals between camilla and felix which was signing a lot of kenya stuff africa and egypt creating this form of so-called specific transition but because of that because of the will of the proposal on this and 2 we created a constitutional crisis