for leeper, it was a significant step forward.s been working on nuclear disarmament for more than 30 years. >> i'm very happy about that because this is the success of the rebellion. the non-nuclear world is successfully creating international law. >> reporter: leeper's activism started in the 1980s when he came to japan as a translator. he was working in hiroshima when he read a survivor's account of the bombing by the u.s. military during world war ii. it included the memories of a girl forced to abandon her mother who was trapped under rubble, so she could escape approaching flames. >> that one made me think about how horrible the experience was for those children. so then i realized that the bombings were really a war crime. >> reporter: leeper gained prominence for anti-nuclear activities. he became the first foreign chairman of the foundation that runs the hiroshima peace memorial museum. during his tenure, he helped organize the first atomic bomb exhibition in the u.s. americans were able to see with their own eyes the full

in a burnt out camp in bosnia-herzegovina in freezing weather a fire this week destroyed much of leeper camp near the town of be hutch that's near the croatian border the camp was meant to be a temporary shelter for the summer was set to be closed on wednesday but politicians in bosnia haven't been able to find anywhere else to send the people staying there at least 10000 people from asia the middle east and north africa stuck in bosnia hoping to reach western europe. we are living like any most human and well new like mentor us so please a request. your know our us all and yours to help us because if they cannot help us we really don't. so please help us. now despite appeals from leaders for a pause during the pandemic the united states has continued to deport central americans back to their home countries this year alone more than 20000 watt somalians have been returned they found conditions there even worse than when they left out as it was just home and reports. it's been a desperate homecoming for me gail said he was deported from the u.s. in september after 2 years of working ille