khatami left the d.s.e. in 2016 and was convicted of property fraud in absentia he denies the charges but was prevented from standing in the long delayed 2018 presidential elections that folks saw felix ciszek 80 elected as president in the country's 1st peaceful political transition since independence in 1960 khatami's a latest indited opposition politician to be cleared on the cheek it is administration the homecoming rejected government plans to change the constitution took place constructive politics for the future. well it's all beyond today there is a government which is in place and we have to give it a chance because we'll be a real opposition exeunt to be made it clear he won't be joining she katie's new government calling to victory richt even so he says a d c needs national cohesion to move forward. let's bring in wendy back she from d.w. africa hi wendy good to see you so casually received iraq styles welcome but how significant is he is coming back to the country politically how exactly do you k

office he's pardoned 700 prisoners including political opponents of the former president kabila moyes khatami was one of the is cleared our correspondent catherine sawyer has sat down with moyes katun be in limbo. i think what is important for us is the life of the congolese people i'm going to go and do my 2 way in the country i came by a man of peace i never killed anyone i never stolen any penny from anyone i cannot account for everything rich of god and do you still hold presidential ambitions 5 years is a lot we need to open our country to go up we need the people of 12 better life people feeling may be to be to be in the government is where you can help people. where i am today in the opposition we are going to. congratulate when we can where where you can congratulate going to criticise where you can agree and you are going to give advice when we can give some advice in the last presidential election you supported martin for you and another politician and he's been going around the country saying that he is the legitimate president do you support those issues you see i'm not the consti

elected as president in the country's 1st peaceful political transition since independence in 1960 khatami's a latest indited opposition politician to be cleared on the katie's administration the homecoming rejected government plans to change the constitution took place constructive politics for the future. well it's all beyond today there is a government which is in place and we have to give it a chance because we'll be a real opposition snow it isn't good to be made it clear he won't be joining she katie's new government calling to victory richt even so he says it needs national cohesion to move forward. let's bring in wendy but she from africa high would be good to see as so that'll be received iraq style's welcome but how significant is he's coming back to the country politically hi christine that you didn't waste goes back in court after spending 3 year in exile yet. and he had a great coming people was waiting for a special act and that this is a part of it yes and he was really happy to go back and before you get to germany said that he's going back to greatest people and you want to

dug to me it's pretty new because she was khatami and you know done so well is that with the prism you can hear most of it and you know you mean. there was really not only not. in soviet times there was no shortage of heroes like marissa but the stories were seldom revealed to the public because that might have undermined the red army's reputation for invincibility the shock to be a sort of little girl the bulls beat some a lot of the beetle a. lesson and put you on the the social with. nick ok need for a bit of a fix where you like a good behavior but you can you think you would have to switch the whole of the on of moral sibylla been like it was with the women put your word of quotes and stooping you know and i'd be no go it worked on so long or it was a mock him and we see lee at the bullish of the money if you were here most of troy he was here earlier sort of the 2 a good of the 4 with the dome what is your opponent where we will get the picture of the consortium was to be click ok to cobra sworn in port au prince the police you just don't know when there's lethal mother on top of

to get up and sad and stressed time or sourness khatami opening task because some communities. in a countersign yanis decade has no there is that on the end of the 2nd a costly that economics get. driven by outrage and spanning generations the rohinton demonstrators gathered on the very day a widely criticized repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was palpable if you don't like we're so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow they'll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow they'll send back 2030 or if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world. on counting the cost as the u.s. ratchets up the pressure on iran we look at the straits of hormuz the most valuable waterway in the world sri lanka's tourism industry takes a hit off to the east the sunday attacks and flying cars as the future just a rough. cost. i have

kathy calley peace activist voices for creative nonviolence khatami on the program. thank you. wiki leaks founder julian assange has been sentenced in britain to fifty weeks in prison for skipping bail in twenty twelve with today's developments his artie's kate partridge speaking outside said the crown court in central london. julian assange was sentenced to fifty weeks in prison for breaching his bell conditions set in twenty twelve the judge there deborah taylor she said that the case was particularly serious and merited almost the full sentence which would have been a year she rejected the claims by his defense that she should also give him leave me and say due to the fact he'd already spent seven years in the ecuadorian embassy or while he was given the sentence julian assange or she was impassive standing there in the dark but his supporters up in the public gallery chanted show you when you as a sentence was passed his sentence for seeking and receiving asylum is twice as much as the sentencing guidelines the so-called speed boat killer convicted of manslaughter was only

opposition politician ways khatami is expected to go on a nationwide tour following his return from exile on monday and to be spent almost 3 years in belgium after falling out with then president joseph kabila his arrival in the democratic republic of congo coincides with a visitor can by the french foreign minister is due to meet with the president as catherine sawyer reports was always good to ms return from exile cross his hometown of to go to a standstill. tens of thousands of supporters while the airports to welcome him. he fled the country in 2016 up to falling out with former president joseph kabila whose government accused him of corruption and herring mass neris to overthrow the states while in exile he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for property fraud that conviction was struck last month allowing him to return home was done to the ground we have video of our leaders but he thinks pleased that security from the can disposable he wanted to to to work together to fix a country that $100.00 people to on friday are. we will follow who dated him on the country's politics had to b

southeast katanga province he was once a former president joseph kabila but the pair fell out and khatami was charged with property fraud and barred from running in december as election the vote was won by felix just a caddy though the result has been disputed since just ahead he has been in office his pardon 700 prisoners including political opponents all former president kabila ways got to be was one of those key it now algiers catherine soy sat down with the tone be in mumbai she the main city in this political hot and katanga. i think what is important for us is delay for. people i'm going to go and do my tour in the country. peace i never killed anyone i never stood in the need to move from a new on. going through everything routes of good and do you still hold presidential ambitions 5 years is a lot. we needed to up our country to go up we need the people of 12 better life people think you may be to be to be in the in government is where you can help people. where i am today in the opposition we are going to congratulate when we can where way we can congratulate you are going to cri

investigation for me to mullah al-jazeera pietermaritzburg south africa congolese opposition politician moyes khatami is stu to address his supporters after returning from exile he spent almost 3 years in belgium after falling out with for president joseph kabila his return home coincides with a visit by french foreign minister joy yves le drian whose meeting the new president katie catherine sawyer reports. boys could too busy time from exile cross his hometown of lubumbashi to a standstill. tens of thousands of supporters while the airports to welcome him. he fled the country in 2016 after for laying out with former president joseph kabila whose government accused him of corruption and harrying mass neris to overthrow the state while in exile the sentenced to 3 years in prison for property fraud that conviction was struck last month allowing him to return home a scandal that we have video our leaders back he thinks police did to secure before making disposable he wanted to to to work together to fix our country that one somebody will translate. into we will follow his data on the country's politics

politician maurice katoomba he has been addressing a massive rally just hours after returning from exile khatami spent almost 3 years in belgium after falling out with then president joseph kabila buttons or joins us live now from. the crowds of come out to support the time but what are they hoping for from him. well. he hadn't yet arrived here it's been. a long. been on the road all day just trying to get him in from day out what. can an object. like to give them direction on the political direction that when they cannot be beaten many people like that and i think mickey kantor some of them i think that. the presidential election is over. and at that point i'm not yet know you never meet them on the political landscape but anyone they like here is going to. be a saloon regular. movement mode and some lines of political quietly and even people around the country maybe just talking to people not you that you're naive feel that presidential ambitions happen for them to not be. i'm. going. all i want to pose is that we seem to have lost catherine sawyer there in mumbai she but let's move on shall w

opposition he recently returned to the democratic republic of congo after almost 3 years in exile khatami is a wealthy businessman and former governor of the southeast katanga province he was once an ally of former president joseph kabila that the pair fell out and get toby was charged with property fraud and barred from running in december as election that for it was won by a fixture security so the result has been disputed since just a k.t. has been in office he has pardoned 700 prisoners including political opponents of former president kabila noise could turn b. was one of those cleared well al katharine so i sat down with him and the main city in his political heartland. i think what is important for us is the life of the congolese people i'm going to go and do my tour in the country i came by a man of peace i never killed anyone i never stolen any payment from anyone i count for everything rich of god and do you still hold presidential ambitions 5 years is a lot we need to count to go up we need the people. of 12 better life people think you may be to be to be in the in government i

southeast province he was once an hour of the former president joseph kabila but the pair fell out and khatami was charged with property fraud and barred from running in the summers elections. that vote was won by felix just the though the result has been disputed since he has been in office he has pardoned $700.00 per prisoners including political opponents of the former president kabila boys could soon be was one of those cleared catherine soy sauce down with him in lubumbashi the main city in his political heartland. i think what is important for us is the life of the congolese people i'm going to go and do my 2 way in the country i came by a man of peace i never killed anyone i never stolen any penny from anyone i cannot account for everything reach of god and do you still hold presidential ambitions 5 years is a lot we need to open our country to go up we need the people of better life people think you may be to be to be in government is where you can help people. where i am today in the opposition we are going to congratulate when we can where we can congratulate going to criticise where

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