gray to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing in the region ethiopia declared victory there after launching an offensive against the 2 great people's liberation front back in november but since then they have been reports that eritrean soldiers and other forces have been fighting in that region well according to an amnesty international report eritrean troops killed hundreds of people over 2 days there in late november the report says unarmed men and boys were targeted in the city of axum a priest says at least 800 people were buried the number of deaths can be verified though as communications have been blacked out and access to the region restricted but an estimated 60000 people have escaped to neighboring sudan well earlier i spoke to review the shamdasani she's a spokesperson at the un human rights office she says there needs to be accountability from the ethiopian government. we as well as several other organizations have managed to establish you know through corroborating infor

gray to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing in that region ethiopia declared victory there after launching an offensive against the people's liberation front back in november well it's now speak to malcolm webb he's across this for us from nairobi malcolm obviously access to t.v. has been incredibly incredibly limited reportedly because there is a large deployment of eritrean troops there what do we know about what's going on on the ground at the moment. well in the weeks and months that followed that declaration from the government of ethiopia in early december that its military operation was over and it claimed a victory against the to graeme people's liberation front over those following weeks and months have been more reports and allegations of atrocities against all of the different sides involved in the conflict just last week the rights group amnesty international published a report it said based on dozens of testimonies. documented what it said was indiscriminate shelling o

gray to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says there are continuing reports of killings and sexual violence in the region ethiopia declared victory after launching an offensive against the great people's liberation front back in november that's now crossed malcolm webb he's in nairobi welcome access to t.v. has been so limited and by some reports that's because of a proliferation of eritrean troops who are also committing atrocities like these huge civilian massacres we've been hearing about talk us through what we know about what's happening there on the ground. the days and weeks have passed since our declaration of victory on the part of the government which came in early december last year then more and more information is being gathered and pieced together and we're hearing growing reports of atrocities committed by all sides just last week amnesty international published a report alleging a massacre in the town of axum that occurred in late november conducted by eritrea and troops that report also documented described as indiscriminat

doing i'll give you an example of you must have heard the united nations human rights chief michelle bachelet when she says she was saying recently that should government is consistently breaking promises about the need to bring about those who committed atrocities in your own country so simply does not trust your government well he doesn't trust the government he is not here to live and sit there yet and i've heard that previously is it going these are this problem this problem was and some are shadowed it would be very from somebody are that obvious bodies would have not miley rightfully so it's not a grown up media giving what we can get because we were completely now i think look at the lock up we have a small open wide but you know so we are working. ringback outside our other country. the sense that we be in love apparently the source so many we are all interested in him i'm so weak it is our country it is obviously it is our brothers our writers here point now let's move to regional affairs here particularly as with india you have said in the past that india is going to be top priority

rights chief michelle bachelet has just been reporting at least 29 journalists have aponte been arrested in recent days how concerned are you that support for the protest is going to start to thin out as people get more scared. you know right now the arrest speed taking place talca teen the leaders and organizers of the protests so usually what happened was the security forces rounded up the protests in the daytime and they kept them all night and in the investigate them and usually they release some protester who are not. the organizers but the continue to raid places where the thought the organizers may be hiding as well so are we also. see that some of the journalists are also a arrested some of them were released as well so it's a difficult to define my the extent because of the lookee situations but one thing what we can tell is there really is quite different might you break it down and talk it to the organizers of the protest and also the leaders of the deal who would take you part in the parallel government challenging the regime we've heard a lot about the international criticis

the ethiopian government to let monitors investigative uses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says there are reports of killings and sexual violence in the region if he appeared declared victory after launching an offensive against the tikrit people's liberation front in november but since then there have been reports that every transource jurors and other forces have continued fighting in the region supporters of senegal's leading opposition figure have been fighting with police in the capital dhaka there demanding that those men sign could be released after he was arrested for participating in an unauthorized rally he was due to appear in court to face of rape charges which he denies and says is politically motivated nicholas hock has more from back at they want to see the opposition leader out of police custody and that's where he's being held since yesterday. has refused to answer any of the questions that the investigators are asking him to have another 24 hours to charge. he's going to be charged well it seems for the prosecutors in charge of the case with public disorde

the ethiopian government to let monitors investigate abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says there are reports of killings and sexual violence in the great region if he appeared declared victory after launching a.

high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelet has called on authorities to release people unlawfully arrested in protests. but its government has outlined plans to overhaul its asylum system which it says is not working refugee rights groups agree but they say the new policy is hugely worrying for many genuine asylum seekers but in baba reports from london. 16 years ago arrived in britain after fleeing torture in his home country in central africa he later helped create a support network for refugees like himself receiving an award from queen elizabeth his route here was precarious and in the words of a government illegal when you fleeing when you were running and tried to save your life nothing's illegal. the most important thing for you is to find some way you yourself you're protected and you find sanctuary and i was my kids and i was a kid of many many many people it's people like him being targeted by the u.k. government's new plan for immigration announcing major changes home secretary pretty patel said the main resettling refugees at urgent risk more quickly or making it tough

the united nations human rights chief michelle bachelet has been authorised to collect and preserve evidenceel group, which ended in 2009. anbarasan ethirajan reports. i understand that the delegation of indonesia would like to take the floor. a decisive move by the un human rights council to fix accountability for the civil war era crimes. the resolution gives more power to the un to gather and preserve evidence of alleged atrocities during the country's ethnic conflicts. a devastating war ended with the defeat of the separatist rebels in 2009. thousands were killed and disappeared during the brutal conflict. the families of those killed in the war have been holding protests demanding answers. some of them here say their sons and daughters just disappeared after surrendering to the army in the final stages of the war. the government denies the accusations. western nation say human rights are under threat in sri lanka once again. under threat in sri lanka once aaain. ~ , , under threat in sri lanka once auain.~ , , ., again. we bring this resolution in the hone — again. we bring this resolut

out daily in ethiopia's temporary region the un human rights chief wants monitors to be latin michelle bachelet he says the allegations that war crimes need to be investigated aid groups journalists and criminal investigators are all struggling for access that's as fighting continues between federal troops and eritrean forces on one side and soldiers of the region's former ruling party on the other. and these are the people caught in the middle to cry and say they're being blunt town by soldiers who act with impunity they say they're being forced from their homes and worse more than 136 cases of rape were halted in 2 great hospitals in december in january many more likely to be unreported but washington's ambassador to the united nations has echoed the un's call to end fighting into growth she says he's human a tarion a crisis must be addressed be honest to prevent further atrocities and human suffering oh squarely on the ethiopian government shoulder we urge the ethiopian government to support any immediate end to the fighting in tikrit and to that end the prompt withdrawal of eritrean forces

the monitors into to agree to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing in the region ethiopia declared victory after launching an offensive against the people's liberation front in november thursday's us house of representatives session has been canceled reportedly because of fears of an attack security has been ramped up since donald trump supporters stormed the capitol building in january law enforcement officials have been facing criticism for a delayed response yet in southern separatist say a car bomb has killed and injured people it exploded in aden and is said to have hit security belt forces of the u.a.e. back to southern transitional council. noiseless paramilitary groups in northern ireland have told british prime minister barak's johnson they are temporarily withdrawing support for the peace deal they say it's because trade and commerce between northern ireland and britain has been disrupted by breck says the 1908 good friday agreement ended the 3 decade conflict between catholic nat

joining us is sad how mahdi of amnesty he joins us from colombo saad un human rights chief michelle bachelet has called for an immediate independent investigation into which took meds death what do we know about his time in jail and what his death avoidable . when you have a person in detention for 9 months effective teacher of attention for 9 months. what can you expect of the state of mind of that very soon and that too has been detained soley for exercising his right to freedom of expression of cherry polls of facebook how much of this is a crime in the constitution of the human rights law is something that is investigated it's also important to analyze and explain why this person had to be detained for such a long time is a 53 year old man has been in detention away from his family simply for exercising his right to freedom of expression simply for posting on facebook or whatever he has although it could be critical of the government which is that which is what legal documents say that he has been critical of the government in lagos hopes on the government's response to the court 90 lb o