of the leading human rights organizations in israel stated in a report in a clear cut way that israel is a new brand of apartheid, and it is an apartheid system. and now, human rights watche of the leading international human rights organizations confirming as well that we are having, and the occupied -- in the occupied territories, in israel, a state of apartheid. it is the most flagrant situation. apartheid is a practice. and all the israeli practices in the occupied territories show in a clear-cut way this is a new brand of apartheid practice in this part of the world. of course, we seek and ask all international human rights organizations who have this same position, but most importantly, governments as well, to respect this fact and try to change it. it would be a big shame, keeping this new brand of apartheid practice in the 21st century. now, when we went through the icc, one of our submissions -- mohammed: raji, i'm sorry to interrupt you. let me get back to the point about the icc in just a couple of moments. let me go over to anne. in the context of this new report from human rights watch, just how explosive is the use of the term "apartheid," and how seriously

apartheid in israel human rights watch calls the domination of palestinians a crime against humanity israel rejects this and has ignored similar allegations before so can anything be done to hold israeli leaders accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage to him the term apartheid was 1st used in south africa to describe the systematic separation and oppression of people based on their race it's a crime against humanity human rights watch says that's exactly what's happening in israel it accuses the government of enforcing policies to maintain its dominance over palestinians israel has dismissed similar accusations before and it's calling the latest report a piece of propaganda but palestinian leaders say it's a solid account of atrocities adding it's time for international action we'll bring in our guests in a moment 1st this report by harry fawcett in occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance s

one of the leading human rights organizations and then tried to report stated in a clear cut way that is right in your brand of apartheid it is apartheid system no human rights watch which is one of the international meeting ground rights organizations. when we are having in the. state of tight. one of the most legrand. situation and where it's practice and all that is really good practices busy and if your by product the entertainer is and it is very so in a clear cut way this is one brand of apartheid practiced in this part of the world of course we seek tons of. international human rights. organization to have the same position work because everything that we said but most importantly governments as well to respect this fact to try to change it would. change of keeping this in your brand of apartheid practice. you know when we went to the i.c.c. one of our missions 'd. i'm sorry to interrupt you but i let me get back to you on that point about the i.c.c. in just a couple of moments let me go over to ann right now and in the context of this new report from human rights watch just how explosive is the use of the term apartheid and how seriously does the israeli g

that although they claim they're promoting human rights are actually working against human rights william how significant is this new report from human rights watch and from a legal perspective does the report in your opinion make a solid case that it is an apartheid that is going on. well it's not the 1st allegation the crime against humanity of our being committed by israel or by the israelis as it's been pointed out that was done by a major israeli and geo earlier in the year and the allegation has been made in the past as well in a report prepared by richard falk for the united nations some years ago but human rights watch is a very prestigious international non-governmental organization and it doesn't make a charge like this lightly and takes it very seriously i've looked at the report. i find the legal arguments are well set out they apply to the international legal definitions this is not a piece of propaganda this is an analysis that's finally rooted in the claim what apartheid is all about is about a violation of the right of equality and that's about people being treated unequally and the evidence that human rights watch that's what the

we heard in our report one israeli commentator calling human rights watch anti-semitic. we spoke with the deputy mary -- mayor of jerusalem, bear with us. >> human rights watch is an organization with zero credibility. doesn't even attempt to be balanced. when you have an organization that doesn't even attempt to be balanced, why take them seriously? last 20 or 30 years. that is kind of a cultural appropriation of the south afcan people who really lived in an apartheid state. to put this label on israel is lazy and slander. >> the south african, and your first reply, but this idea human rights watch is anti-israel or anti-semitic, what would you say? >> anti-semitism is a horrible practice, horrible form of hatred which human rights watch regulates -- 10 ounces, and we oppose -- denounces, and we oppose it. the same international standards apied to israel as evebody else. the claim we are sehow anti-israe ignores the fact that within the israel context, we report on abuses by the palestinian authority, hamas, hezbollah, we report onbuses by all of israel's neighbors, appl

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tell again i'm fully back to read the headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians that having rights organization says a discriminatory policy is eggs.

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headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians but the leading rights organization says the discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased allison in leaders have welcomed it and called on the international community to hold israel accountable harry foster has more from west jerusalem on the reaction from.

against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless ari fossett reports from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it's a new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 16 in it and across these areas is really authorities systems. in the typically privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discrimin

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prison sentences the group reportedly educated one of eisel the most notorious executioners yet human rights watch says russia should not be locking up such people for their quote beliefs right down c.f. examines what some of those beliefs are. his book that career has grand plans for all of us for you for me caliph it that spans the world north pole the south pole a world where sharia is law a world where infidels pay a tax to leave and do all of this their pamphlet claims in fine print will be achieved peacefully barely after that is they kill the jews the jewish infinity is a colossal a cost to get rid of it's his book that here is like college for jihad ists you graduate to do greater and more grisly things remember jihadi jordan the star of many of isis is beheading videos guess who helped him find himself yes reportedly a regular at his book the events before going on to do greater things other notable graduates include the mastermind behind the september 11th attacks on the twin towers and the once head of al qaida in iraq and still his book maintains that it's peaceful what sector which of

and survivable expands to everyone well human rights watch is calling on the united nations to investigate human rights abuses in china's region home to the country's weaker muslim minority in a new report the n.g.o.s chinese government abuses which it says could meet the definition of crimes against humanity under international law all of those abuses include the arbitrary detention of up to a 1000000 people in prisons and indoctrination camps often with forced labor the report also notes that some 2 thirds of shin john's mosques have been damaged or destroyed in recent years human rights watch is also calling on concerned nations to take coordinated action including sanctions. i want to bring in mail so if you are interested and she's trying to director at the n.g.o.s human rights watch she is in new york it's good to have you on the program the u.s. the european union and the u.k. recently imposed sanctions on china because of human rights abuses in. have they had any effect well i think it's going to be a while before we can actually see how those individuals are affected but certainly

one of ourselves most notorious executioners was reportedly indoctrinated by the group its human rights watch says russia should not be locking up such people for their beliefs more and as if examines what some of those beliefs are. there are hundreds of his even members in penal colonies and jails like this one across russia the problem is when you put too many of their senior figures in any one colony they full cells they begin to spread and pulleys and other inmates with their fanatical ideology their recruiters their accountants their radical preachers but inside also with the other junior members say they were misled and didn't realize what they were getting into and one of them agreed to speak to us but of course they would approach you in a mosque they would gauge you see if you're a recent convert who easier to work with his simple to condition a person to believe that black is white and white is black. this is real does a hard life play a part and that there's always a hard life does but there are many factors to it when a person experiences difficulty in life and you offer support t

organization operated without restrictions up until 2014 so imagine the confusion when the human rights watch comes out in support of his book dr members calling them quote political activists a russian military court sentenced 7 crimean tatars to prison terms ranging from 13 to 9000 years it is part of a pattern of political march of 88 prosecutions that has been happening in russia occupied crimea for the past 6 years we are human rights watch to explain how arresting here's what the. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his look at here is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and that's over there is only one solution to israel with the blessing when all muslims united we will end this problem all or nothing those who know the joint statements know roadmaps to peace of mind about will that we should find the house small to rock

extrajudicial executions all of which your government is accused of by the un human rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in its entirety i will run the did i say that there have not been instances of. some disappearances. when you talk about culture there is no documented evidence of torture to the best of my. knowledge un committee against torture is certain that it's carried out routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and went bang no i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned torture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of development yes and

prosecutions that has been happening in russia occupied crimea for the past 6 years we are human rights watch to explain how arresting his would. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a difficult thing to do one argument that they made is that his look at here is legal in ukraine so i would like human rights watch to now justify one of the leaders of the group in ukraine calling for the extermination of jews and the burning of the l.g.b. t.q. community and that's over there is only one solution to israel with the blessing when all muslims united we will end this problem nothing those who know the joint statements nor old maps to peace of mind about will that we should find the how big or small the rock on the homosexuals so 1st the wall would have to burn them and them throw rocks at them and this is the right way to punish them sometimes his butt back here is a little more conspicuous in mosques we've heard their leaders publicly call for muslims to join isis jihad distant syria and iraq we've heard promises that the caliphates army would rais

extrajudicial executions all of which your government is accused of by the un human rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept this allegation in its entirety i will run the did i say that there have not been instances of. disappear some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of starter for the best of my. knowledge when committee against torture is certain that it's carried out routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would know you would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned culture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of

extrajudicial executions all of which your government is accused of by the un human rights groups around asia human rights watch honesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in its entirety i will run the did i say that there have not been instances of. discipline some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of torture for the best of my. knowledge. when committee against torture is certain that it's carried out routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned torture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. good day bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of

human rights watch thanks very much for joining us from. thank you. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including calls for justice for injured anti-government protesters go louder in georgia. also heavy fighting in myanmar as rebels in a border area attack a military camp. and joe will tell you which players are the 1st to be inducted into the english premier league's hall of fame also coming up in sport. the world health organization says the 3 new covert 19 variants that are present in india may have contributed to the latest surge the devastating 2nd wave is overwhelming india's hospitals and credit orleans along with a shortage of medicine and oxygen new cases have stayed birth 300000 for the 6th day and the health ministry has reported another 2771 deaths the search has left families and patients pleading for oxygen outside hospitals health officials in new delhi and neighboring states have been making calls and posting appeals on twitter seeking emergency supplies the government has called for help from the military which will re

extrajudicial executions all of which your government is accused of by the un human rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in it entirety i will run be denied that there have not been instances of. some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of. the best of my. knowledge when committee against torture is certain that it's carried out and routinely it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have got it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned culture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question with a sebastian is because so many good things have happened in bangladesh. could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of development yes a

palestinian leaders have welcomes are reports accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing a par size and persecution against the palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless though are a force that has more from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but didn't you report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution he started looking to restart reality in which a single government was already area between the jordan river and transit to the 6800000 jewish israelis and 620000000 palestinian land and across these areas israeli authorities systems we asked our syrians and the fact that we privileged to . which is released the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are d

you because human rights groups are pretty much united in their condemnation of your government's crackdown on free speech especially during the current trend there make human rights watch said you arrested journalists artists students doctors political opposition members and activists who spoke out against the government's response to the pandemic or otherwise criticize the ruling party last june you even arrested a 15 year old boy for allegedly defaming the prime minister on facebook the child was sentenced to time limit juvenile detention all right thanks let me now. unctad this question as as as clearly as i possibly can you have been telling you are telling your viewers that during this period of pandemic the government did all sorts of horrible things. have you told your r.d.s. that bangladesh is one of the few in the world compared to your own in the u.k. the united states or anywhere else in the world where we have actual spendable really well with our limited resources we have one of the lowest death rates in the world we have the highest rate of recovered we have it and that our hospital to provide. one of these facts mentioned you have picked up 15 example or

israel calls the report preposterous and false and access human rights watch of having an anti-israel i spoke last hour to omar is that keir the israel and palestine director for human rights watch and i asked him about the israeli government's criticism. >> the israeli government like many oppressive governments whose human rights abuses we document around the world instead of engaging with the substance of our findings has chosen to attack the messenger. it's because they have no response to these findings. this was a report two years in the making, 21 pages that found that israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and prosecution. these are universal legal terms identified in international treaties and human rights watch spent two years undertaking an investigation connecting the dots based on 30 years of research and we found the evidence overwhelming that israeli authorities pursue a policy across israel and palatine to maintain the domination of israelis over palestinians, amount to crimes against humanity mondays the most odious crimes in inter

right. washer. your charges are with me so whole raman in doha remind of our top news stories palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the reporter's biased and baseless hari false it has more from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it's a new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 16 you know you look at it and across these areas israeli authorities systems. indians in fact at least privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discrim

let's bring in phil robertson in bangkok he's the deputy director of human rights watch. the asia division thank you for your time so as we said there are people have disappeared forcibly disappeared hundreds of them since the beginning of this coup what is human rights watch found else well what we're finding is that people are being taken away at night often when the internet is shut off people are you know obviously seen being taken away but there's no real clarity on who is taking them and then relatives as they seek to find where their loved one has been taken can get no answers and there's no formal notification a lot of times what we're seeing is sort of pass the buck mentality where the relatives go to this police bureau and they say we don't have and maybe the other police bureau and oh no maybe the military is going to mean it's a it's a game of trying to shuffle the relatives around while giving no answers obviously it's an attempt to foster a climate of fear or do you think has happened or will happen to these people who've been taken well in communities incomm

house palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians now the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the reporter's biased and baseless ari false it was more from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 16. and across these areas is really authorities systems. indians and ultimately privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against partic

again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid empress occasion against palestinians palestinian leaders have welcomed the report on the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the findings are a faucet has more from western or slam on their reaction from the israeli government is dismissing this report as something that is coming from an anti israeli motivated organization it says that the claims are proposed stress and false and don't bear any relation to reality on the ground but israel is also conducting a pretty vigorous battle on many fronts against this kind of portrayal in the international arena against the boycott divestment and sanctions movement for instance especially in the united states which it says is an anti semitic movement against the international criminal court which recently has launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes against both israeli officials and hamas officials again the israeli prime minister calling that an anti semitic move by the prosecut

year the president pardoned a soldier convicted of massacring 8 civilians including children human rights watch said it showed your government's disregard for justice for the worst abuses mr secretary you pardoned child killers the other no limits to which you won't sink. a child killer convicted child killer gets a presidential power pardon what kind of country living in well team do you do and then i'll send 500 x. beckons for pardon similarly without any trial did you know that the you know 459 child soldiers as young as 10 were not even considered as veterans but considered as victims of war and sent back to school to study with books and school bags and shoes right so we have done both so i can argue i can't comment on a decision made by the president to pardon a person and the devious regime also pardon a.t.t. hardcore terrorists so these are things happening so it is not like route i'm i come back to this you proud of living in a country where child killers are get presidential pardons you can't sing my daughter and that you're not you're not holding your own forces accountable the messa

border zone province official is being quoted as saying that one was injured during this attack human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a report published on tuesday the rights group says the discriminator we call this isn't exist in the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israel in full the ministry has dismissed the port it issued this statement in response human rights watch is known to have a long standing anti israeli agenda actively seeking for years to promote boycotts against israel their decision not to share this report for review all comments with any israeli authority is clear indication that it is a propaganda poncelet which lacks all credibility. a court in iran has sentenced british iranian aide worker nozinan is a copy of that cliff to another year in prison on the charge of spreading propaganda she was earlier released in march after serving 5 years on charges of plotting against the government the us attorney general many garlands announced an investigation into the louisvill

extrajudicial executions all of which your government is accused of by the un human rights groups around asia human rights watch amnesty international the committee against torture that's what i had and i well. i wish i could accept the allegation in its entirety i will broadly did i say that there have not been instances of. some disappearances. when you talk about torture there is no documented evidence of torture to the best of my. knowledge when committee against torture is certain that it's carried on through team lee it's received report after report that it's carried out routinely by your security forces and you would really would have us believe that they've all got it wrong and where bangladesh i would not i would not deny it and i would not say that they have it wrong but i do also want to say that as far as the government is concerned. torture is illegal and we try to make sure that carter doesn't take you know why i was objecting to the way you posed the question mr sebastian is the cause so many good things have happened in bangladesh could a bangladesh is one of the spectacular successes of develo

with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kyrgyzstan, amnesty international and human rights watch stepr calls for azimjan to be released on health grounds. he is 69 and considered to be at risk. the kyrgyz government told the bbc: azimjan was buried in uzbekistan on the muslim festival of eid al—fitr. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. hello. we may have said farewell to some of the high temperatures we saw just a few days ago, but the easter weekend has started with some relative warmth, and parts of highland scotland on saturday got up to 17 degrees. but you can say goodbye to that sort of temperature over the next few days because things are going to turn much colder and those parts of highland scotland that were quite warm on saturday could well be covered in snow by the time we get into monday. now, the change to colder conditions will come behind this weather front, this cold front, way up to the north on easter sunday morning, so for most it is a fine—looking day, quite a chilly start, but we'll see some spells of sunshine. but

hello again i'm fully back to blow with the headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased india has reported more than 300000 new coronavirus cases for the 6th consecutive day the military says it will release oxygen supplies from its reserves to help overwhelmed hospitals cope the 1st shipment of international aid has arrived from the u.k. and the situation is beyond heartbreaking w 2 is doing everything we can. providing critical acumen to stop long use including thousands of oxygen concentrator use pre-fabricated to move oil field hospitals. to resupply as a rebel group in myanmar says it's captured and burned down an army base near the thai border the outpost is an area controlled by the karen national union they've been food shortages and fountains of people have recently fled karen state after airstrikes by the un last military the rebels opposed the june which cease power in a coup in february the u.s. says it will give $31

for robertson from human rights watch has been monitoring the situation in myanmar for the past couple of months and joins me now from bunkered fairly heavy entered a phase in myanmar where the haunter is comfortable with the status quo and deliberately confident of keeping power. well i'm not sure that they're confident yet but they are certainly acting on a presumption that the protesters on the streets are their enemy and they're using lethal force against them you know they're treating myanmar cities like a battlefield and they've used machine guns and grenades and r p g's against protesters in places like by go where last week we saw more than 80 people killed in one morning and what are you hearing from protesters on the ground do they feel the international community is standing up for them. they are disappointed by the international community they want to see more action they have appreciate all the statements that have been made by various foreign ministers around the world and by the u.n. security council and others but they're calling for much more i think if they had their

a spriggan breed brody here his council spokesperson for human rights watch and joins us from barcelona thanks for being with us mr brody 1st of all interest david rohl chad for more than 3 decades how would you describe his legacy. well i would say act charitably it's a mixed legacy of course teachers debbie came to power by defeating his predecessor his'n hargrave who was probably the most certainly the most brutal of chad's leaders who committed crimes against humanity and who was recently convicted actually by a court in senegal for massive crimes including sexual slavery murder torture and he just i became in promising chaddy liberty and he established a truth commission one of the 1st in africa to look at the crimes of his predecessors became very clear that he was going to use the same tactics and he brought back many of operate people and he became more and more autocratic i mean he never reached that level of brutality and he always maintained a semblance of constitutional rule there were elections there were opposition parties there was opposition press. but these elections mo

the headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians but the leading rights organization says the discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased alethea leaders have welcomed it and called on the international community to hold israel accountable harry foster has more from westerners them on the reaction from the israeli government is dismissing this report as something that is coming from an anti israeli motivated organization it says that the claims are proposed stress and false and don't bear any relation to reality on the ground but israel is also conducting a pretty vigorous battle on many fronts against this kind of portrayal in the international arena against the boycott divestment and sanctions movement for instance especially in the united states which it says is an anti semitic movement against the international criminal court which recently has launched an investigation

while a one year old boy was injured after he was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet and human rights watch says the military has quote forcibly disappeared hundreds of people since the coup the total number of people killed now more than $500.00 here is phil robertson deputy director of human rights watch asia division who says the world needs to do more to hold me and mass military leaders to account. we need the unicef and the other groups that are working on child rights issues to really step up and be very vocal about this i mean the types of killings that we're seeing in some cases the military or the police or simply going into neighborhoods and and shooting up the neighborhood or barging into houses and shooting at anybody who's in there and colluding the case of the young 6 year old girl who died in her father's arms and other cases we have of course children you know 16 year old 17 year olds who are out on the protest lines you know trying to do what they can to defend their neighborhoods against these incursions by armed police and military you know there has to be a recognition

year the president pardoned a soldier convicted of massacring 8 civilians including children human rights watch said it showed your government's disregard for justice for the worst abuses mr secretary you pardon child killers the other no limits to which you won't sink you a child killer convicted child killer gets a presidential power pardon what kind of country living in well team do you know that 1500 x. econ beckons for pardon similarly without any trial did you know that the you know 459 child soldiers as young as 10 were not even considered as americans by considered as victims of war and sent back to school to study with books and school bags and shoes right so we have done both right so i can't argue i can't comment on a decision made by the president to pardon a person and the b.b.'s regime also pardon me hard core terrorists so these are things happening so it is not only life or out i'm i come back to this you proud of living in a country where child killers are get presidential pardons you can't sing well i don't imagine you're not you're not holding your own forces accountable the