michelle fernandez reports now on colombo. they say they're taking a stand to protect their way of life. fishermen from the town of military would instantly lanka sale to the northern tip of the island. they're demanding, the government stops. what they see is illegal fishing by indians and the use of band fishing methods, inter lanchen territorial waters joined by boats along the way. the flotilla had a key message, save our fish. and when i got on like a baby, yeah, well, the indian trawlers can be easily seen and they come very close to the coast. they're not being punished at all. as even this suited shot mileage is 0. you years ago, the trawlers have big wooden planks which i used to scrape the ocean flow. while a large net scoops up everything in their wake. the fishermen not angry and frustrated. they say the indians both are not only fishing illegally, but also damaging the marine environment and future fish stocks, as well as their livelihood. their main demand that the government implement the law to stop this. there

al jazeera michelle fernandez reporting live from colombo and albany. thanks indeed sir. bernice will taking place in paris to mock 60 years since the massacre of algerian independence protests us. emanuel mccall has become the 1st french president to attend such a memorial event, but has stopped short of issuing a formal apology. the precise number of victims is unknown, but some historians say that several 100 people were killed. sonia gay ago reports 60 years on from the paris massacre and the wounds run deep. one day before the anniversary, president mccoy attended the official commemoration alongside relatives of the victims. he paid tribute to them, yet no word of an apology from the man who was running to keep his job in next year's election. not even a public speech. in a written statement put out by the president's office, mccomb observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the bloody repression of october 17 1961. he admitted the facts. the crimes committed that night under the authority of molly's papa are inexcusable. for the rep

michelle fernandez explains all of that from colombo. to be quite frank, the people are still waiting to hear more details because while we've heard about the appointment of this presidential task force or the actual sort of task it is supposed to achieve is still a little bit ambiguous. we had a, essentially the gathered to which was promulgated by the president under the presidential directive, you know, listing out the 30 names of those who will make up this task force. essentially the sort of job entrusted to them is to come up with a draft. so that gives a sort of credence and detail to the whole concept of one country. one law. now in terms of the president got albert roger poxy his election of promises. and his campaign, he talked about bringing everybody a sort of under one law and for the minorities of this country. that was what the rallying cry was. obviously it's a real, a sort of a rainbow fabric here. interlock gate has been for decades for centuries. and what the minority parties had said is that every single community sho

let's go lived out a color bar al jazeera michelle fernandez sir. is that what exactly? but how are they protesting about here? what they demanding as the the shalanda, the authorities enforced the law and the law on the shall, arkansas, that's basically has a different areas that bands essentially bottom trolling, which is an illegal practice of fishing as well as it requires any foreign fishing boats. the company, what did i to up in the license to take spoke a majority of the if book get live, think can what i wanted to put the picture it. sorry man l a we are, your signal is breaking up. we'll try and get back to you a little later in this policy. for the moment, sir. we'll move on many thanks. mano that as well as government is suspended talks with the opposition after a member of its negotiating team was extradited to the u. s. alex saab was arrested in cub bird last year. he's now been sent to the united states to face money laundering charges. talks between venezuela's government and the u. s. backed opposition was set to resume on sunday and mexico venezuela. i

michelle fernandez has more now from the town of humbug tutor. the angry slogans being chanted by hundreds of angry farmers, basically demanding what they say is vital to their next planting season. the mar season here in shall anchor. they said that chemical fertilizers, which they're not getting is something that they've been used to for 50 or 60 years . the soil is used to it. the crop lines are used to it and they cannot get a proper harvest unless and until they are given these chemical fertilizers and agro chemicals. now, as you can see, there are hundreds of farmers taking part in this protest today. it's, and part of a series of protests, the chill anchor has seen right across the country in all the districts over the last few weeks. the main thing is that the government has imposed an input band on chemical fertilizers, an agro chemicals, and this, the pharmacy is really destroying their potential livelihoods, like boast of the protests, around the country. and here today in hm banter to most of these matchers end up outside the administ

michelle fernandez with more now from caliber at the root of it. it's about livelihoods about she lankin fishermen struggling to make ends meet and what they see is mass scale. poaching by indian fishing boats that come into sri lankan waters and take valuable fish dogs away with them. now this has not been a new phenomenon. it's been going on for years and the fishing of community right across. 5 the coastal boat from the east of sri lanka right through the north and going even into the north west of the country has been complaining over the years. some of the most valuable stocks are the stocks of shrimp that these trawlers carrier when one of the problems is the fishing methods of use. it's called bottom trolling where these massive trawlers have huge planks that the left right down to the bottom of the sea bed. and essentially the scrip, the sea bed as they go along. and following our massive net that scoop up everything that's been kind of whipped up into those nets. the problem being that it also causes a huge amount of environment, destructi

michelle fernandez reports hang on the streets of hum, bundled in southern sri lanka, the hot land of the governing roger bucks. a family. farmers here said the government's move to make farming 100 percent organic, threatening their livelihood, ma'am, but an idea that the government wants us to listen to ministers, not agricultural experts, but experts say this won't work. it's been on the government ban the importer fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals earlier this year. after a foreign currency shortage. it warns farmers to use organic or genitives across the country and polar narrower, one of the biggest drives producing years. 81 year old diva paley, goodwill, hunger is impatient. he's bad if he is our overgrown normally, he says the soil would be tilled and ready by now of her. when you stop supplies, all of a sudden that whether it's vegetables obey genes or chillies, they have worms, potatoes don't grow properly. these products are essential. this is why farmers angry or dividend present got up a roger boxer says that change is needed to reduce the health risks paused

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and in simi valley, california, michelle neff fernandez has turned her profound grief into sustainingalked away from her beverly hills private practice to save women from dying of preventable and treatable cervical cancer. on l.a.'s skid row, shirley raines brings dignity and respect to thousands of homeless people every week rain or shine. and in nigeria, zena mustafa educates orphaned children from both sides of a violent extremist conflict providing support to more than 2,000 boys and girls a year. congratulations to the top ten cnn heroes of 2021. now it's time for you to choose who inspires you the most. who should be named cnn hero of the year and receive $100,000 to continue their great work? go to cnnheroes.com right now to vote, and watch the 15th annual all-star tribute as we announce the hero of the year and celebrate all of this year's honorees live sunday, december 12th. >> and you can help decide who will become cnn hero of the year, go to cnnheroes.com, and you can vote ten times a day every day for the heroes that inspire you the most. that's the news. reporting from w