and mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released on bail. mohamed fadel fahmy was a dual citizens of egypt and canada, he had to give up his egyptian passport. there has been frustration for the journalists, but they will not give up until they clear their names. . >> south africa's army is being sent to johannesburg after a series of attacks against foreigners. seven have been killed. shops have been looted and torched. charles stratford explains how the government's inability to deliver on a promise of creating more jobs helped to fuel anti-immigrant sentiment. >> reporter: this person was eight years old when apartheid ended. he was too young to predict two decades later he and many like him would be struggling to survive. he has seven children and hasn't had a proper job in three years. >> it makes me feel like a failure in life. i'm a failure. most of the things that men are supposed to do, that i can't do. i'm supposed to support my children, first of all. the first priority is to support my children. i can't do that. >> he lives with

mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste spent more than 400 tas in gaol. in jan, peter greste was deported to australia. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are out on bail and must check in with police every day. they say the case is keeping them prisoners, unable to live their lives. >> i want to be a productive person. it's damaging my life. and i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: the journalists say no matter the outcome of the retrial, voices will not be silenced. >> police in bure undy broke up protests in the city against a president's plan. they are violating the constitution, they are saying limiting the president to two five year terms. supporters say the first shouldn't count. the debate is causing people to turn on each other. malcolm webb reports from the capital. >> reporter: protesters show no sign of backing down. they want the president to abandon his bid for a third leck. supporters say he's entitled to run again. >> they want to kill citizens. >> there's a crowd of protesters here. behind them burning roadblocks. behind that severa

mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste spent more than 400 days in gaol. in january, peter greste was deported to australia. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are out on bail and must check in with police every day. they say the case is keeping them prisoners, unable to live their lives. >> i want to be a productive person. it's damaging my life. and i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: the journalists say no matter what the outcome of the retrial, voices will not be silenced. >>> indonesia is expected to announce the execution dates of nine people, mostly foreigners on death row for drug smuggling, including two australians in 2006 for trying to smuggle more than 8 kilograms of heroin. andrew chan and myuran sukamaran could face the firing squad this week. four nigerians an egyptian and a filipino woman are also set to be executed. indonesia's president told al jazeera that executions were needed to send message. >> reporter: pleas for mercy have been sent in. during an interview with al jazeera, the leader explained why he thinks drug traffickers

on bail but facing charges mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr due back in court in egypt. and a powerful storm batters australia's south-east leaving three dead and thousands without power. and in sport find out why floyd mayweather and mani pak awe won't fight for an ordinary -- manny pacquioa won't fight for an ordinary belt >>> candidates approved by choipa will be a-- -- chippa will be allowed to stand in the 2016 elections in hong kong. >> reporter: >> reporter: the government's electoral reform plan divided the people of hong kong. it triggered months of protests, shutting parts of the city, including here in the central part of the financial district. now, today those protesters returned for another round of demonstrations. security was forced to step in as protesters verbally clashed. central to the plan is ruling out a free election in 2017. instead allowing for china or the national people's congress to vet the candidates. the city's chief executive executive said this s a milestone for hong kong, and the public needs to support democratic protest. >> this resolu

chewed out the editors, they trashed labour's economic policies two days later >>> in egypt, mohamed fadel fahmyd mohammed badr - the ordeal continues. the retrial has been set for april 28th. mohamed fadel fahmy has a passport. >> they gave it to me in the morning. >> he's a duel national. the canadian government issued him with a passport to replace the one the egyptian authorities confiscated when they you put him on trial. he was forced to renounce his egyptian citizenship. the canadians took their time refusing to issue the document because of the travel restrictions imposed by mohamed fadel fahmy by the court. that court has been ridiculed by all sorts of human rights groups. mohamed fadel fahmy and supporters said the stephen harper government did not do enough and the canadians were not as committed as the government in canberra who were vocal on peter greste who was australian >>> china gaols a journalist for 7 years for revealing state secrets. the reporter is 71 years old. this is her third prison sentence. the court did not specify what she revealed. it was a communist party paper ca

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are free on bail as they're being retried on charges they aided the now banned muslim brotherhood. al jazeera denies those charges. >>> well they became known as the san antonio four. women who served 15 years in prison convicted of molesting two young girls. they are now fighting to prove their innocence and heidi zhou castro tells us, they're getting a second chance. >> they said they spent two decades in prison for a crime that never happened. today the san antonio four are arguing for their exoneration in court. we caught up with them earlier elizabeth, christie, cassandra and anna, in 1994 the four were accused of a horrific crime raping two young girls as part of a satanic ritual. the women say they were targeted for being lesbian. they said that their accusers, sisters, age 7 and 9 were influenced by their father to make up the crime. though offered plea bargained to testify against each other the four were sent back. they were found guilty and sent to prison. then the state's case began to crumble. one of the victims recanted. a doctor who testifi

took their time refusing to issue the document because of the travel restrictions imposed by mohamed fadel fahmythe court. that court has been ridiculed by all sorts of human rights groups. mohamed fadel fahmy and supporters said the stephen harper government did not do enough, and the canadians were not as committed as the government in canberra, who were vocal on peter greste, who was australian >>> china gaols a journalist for 7 years for revealing state secrets. the reporter is 71 years old. this is her third prison sentence. the court did not specify what she revealed. it was a communist party paper called document 9, report by deutsche weller. the paper warned senior members against allowing certain western values to creep into china. gau. es u spent the last year in gaol. her confession was broadcast, which she said was extracted under duress. from the international organization of journalist, they said: a chinese foreign military spokesman said the case was handled in accordance with the law and urged others no to interfere with china's judicial sovereignty >>> britain goes to the polls

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed deny those allegations. >>> a sign of thawing relations between japan and china. the two countries' leaders met for only the second time on the sidelines of a summit in jakarta today. china is demanding an official apology for japan for atrocity ies committed during world war ii. >>> a protest today inside hong kong's legislature as government considered considered an election reform propose. the package deal allows china to screen potential candidates. thousands of people demonstrated last year demanding to choose their own candidates for office. well, it's been a century since lethal chemical weapons were first used during world war i. now almost all countries have signed a treaty to destroy their stock piles. in the u.s. engineers are working to eliminate the last supply of must arrested gas. it's a process that could take years. >> at a high tech military installation in colorado, a small army of workers in protective gear assisted by precision pro robots destroying chemical weapons. >> it's a high hazard operation. we have explosion hazards and we have

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are charged with harming national security and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. charges that they and al jazeera reject. they were freed on bail on february 12th after more than 400 days in jail. >>> to ukraine now where the military says that separatists are still using rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under the february peace deal. they said rockets have been fired at the government-held town near the rebel's stronghold of donetsk. ukraineukrainian president said that the country is still under the threat of war but urged other countries to invest so they could recover. >>> fire has swept through woods in the exclusion zone at the cher noble power plants in ukraine. the explosion at chernobyl was the world's nuclear accident and 30 kilometer zone around the plant remains off limits. >>> the finnish navy has spotted a suspected submarine. there is growing concern over russia's military exercises. >>> scientists in the u.k. are embarking on an ambitious project to under the causes of rare diseases and how cancers develop. 100,000 volu

. >>> now the trial against al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been adjourned in egypt. they're being retried for allegedly harming national security and aiding the banned muslim muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny those accusations. proceedings will presume on april 20th. >>> at least 17 people have been killed in bombings about syrian government planes in and around damascus. activists say seven of those killed were in residential areas in the suburb of douma. dozens more were injured. >>> no. at least ten people have been killed in six attacks there. opposition activists have accused assad's forces of more than 1700 strikes across syria in the past three weeks. a man has been arrested in france who they say was planning an imminent attacks on one or more churches. the interior minister said that the 24-year-old was also accused of killing a woman on sunday. the police say that the man was also planning to travel to syria. the political science stunt had lived in france for many years. an arsenal of weapons was found in his home. the french prime minist

. >>> the trial against mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed have been assured in egypt.e being retried for aiding the muslim brotherhood. meanwhile a new report has named the east african country of eritrea as the most censored nation in the world, they have all listeds the countries as worst places for reporters. one spokesman said reporters in eritrea are living in constant fear of arrest. >> they have only 5% of the citizens with access to cell phones and they have kicked out and imprisoned a lot of journalists, also used the aiding terrorism to -- in order to go after journalists. the list also includes saudi arabia and iran from the middle east which are also two countries who engage in wide censorship efforts in order to silent descend, and punish critical independent voices. the censorship effort is one of the reasons that drives up the attacks against the press worldwide, but it takes a lot of forms and shapes. one of them is using anti-state charges, so for example, aiding terrorism, national security and anything that basically justifies the government to portr

. >>> the trial of al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been adjourned. in egypt they're being retried for allegedly harming national security and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny those allegation allegations. seedings will presume allegations. proceedings will resume. >>> in damascus many were killed and dozens more were injured. northeast of the capital at least 10 people have been killed in six attacks. opposition activists have accused president assad's forces of 1700 strikes across syria in the past three weeks alone. >>> police in france say that a man they arrested was planning imminent attacks on one or more churches. the 24-year-old is accused of killing a young woman shortly before he was arrested on sunday. the man was also planning to travel to syria. the computer science student had lived in france for several years and had been flagged by security officials in the last year. the french prime minister said that the country needs to unite against terror threats. >> terrorists target france to divide us. our answer

the retrial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt has be adjourned until may 9, mohamed fahmy and baher charged with harming national security and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood, charges they and al jazeera reject. the u.n. inquiry has found israel killed at least 44 palestinians at u.n. facilities during the gaza conflict last year. it also found that palestinian armed groups hit weapons at three other empty u.n. schools in gaza and james base reports from ed headquarters in new york. >> reporter: it was part of the devastating war on gaza last summer. u.n. schools seven in total, supposed to be emergency shelters for civilians attacked in total 44 people killed, 277 injured. u.n. secretary-general banky -- ban ki-moon and there is a summary and the full report is confidential and a letter from ban ki-moon which finds israel responsible for all seven attacks. i deplore the fact that at least 44 palestinians were killed as a result of israeli actions he says. but the letter goes on to also refer to the discovery of hamas weapons on u.n. premises. the u.n. briefing i saw some clari

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. >> the trial against al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed has been adjourned again. they have been charged with harming national security and aiding the outloud muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny those accusations. joining us is the middle east and that program coordinator to protect journalists. this case again adjourned. we were hoping there would be a verdict or be free today. why do you think it is taking so long for the judge in this case to make a decision? >> i share your sentiment. i see no reason why there would be anymore trials. this has gone on now for 16 months over a year now we've heard from different people in the egyptian government that they want to resolve the occasion and we seen had the highest court dismiss the charges against the journalists. over the last few trial sessions we expected that there would be any additional evidence or anything that justifies the trial to continue, but only we heard the prosecutor claims that were already dismissed in the earlier court and that's why all the journalists involved are optimistic and think

. >> mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are free on bail charged with aiding the muslim brotherhood, al jazeera dngs the denies the charges. >> growing concern that the great resource may be in grave danger. we'll explain next. >> and cruise ship passengers make it safely to shore after spending two days being rocked by 30 foot waves in the middle of a storm. storm. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> some 2500 passengers who had been stranded on a cruise ship near sydney, australia are very happy to be back on land. the carnival cruise ship was waiting in open harbor after officials closed the harbor from bad weather. for two days they suffered. >> the tv was falling down, even trying to walk down the corridors it was very hard. >> the glass had been pushed out and smashed all over the place. chairs just turned like lollipops.

. >> trial against al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been adjourned in egypt andhey're being retried for allegedly harming national security and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny the accusations. proceedings will resume on april 28th. >>> reporting that nigerian forces have invaded the forest the last known stronghold of the armed group boko haram. nigeria niger chad, attack the stung hold where they believe were the 200 girls kidnapped from the chibok school who may be held there. >> it sounds accurate. over the last few weeks we've seen a significant decrease in the number of attacks by boko haram in the northeast where they've been active. it has been so quiet. now in the last few minutes we managed to speak to a member of the civilian joint task force those are ordinary nigerians who are supporting nigerian military operations against the group and they've been fighting with nigerian soldiers in the very reliable source we spoke to confirmed this profession that has been give by unnamed military forces. they went so far as saying t

. >>> in other news the trial of al jazeera journalist mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have been adjourned in egypt. they're being retried for aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny those accusations, of course. meanwhile a new report has named in east africa the most worst in jailing journalists. according to the report. dozens of media-run outlets were suspended in 2001. >> they are an exception around the world. they only have 5% of the citizens with access to cell phones. and they're kicked out and imprisoned a lot of journalists also useds the aid in terrorism in order to go after journalists. the lists include saudi arabia and iran from the middle east. >> well, for more on the situation in etria let's speak to an etrian analyst. thank you so much for coming in. describe for us the situation in your country as far as censorship goes. how difficult is it to work as a journalist there today. >> it's difficult to work as a journalist in etriea. this is for various reasons. one is a country doesn't have any kind of rule of law. second the administration there ther

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have been charged with aiding the egyptian security and aiding the banneduslim brotherhood charge that they and al jazeera rejects. >>> the trans-pacific partnership is poised to be the biggest trade agreement. prime minister shinzo abe is getting the treatment few receive. >> there is a reason beyond just the normal relationship of allies: : money. specifically the trans-pacific partnership, a priority for president barack obama. >> i've been very clear that ttp is good for american businesses and american workers. >> white house officials believe the key to getting into the agreement is that u.s. and japan have to settle their disagreements first based imports and exports of agriculture goods and cars. they don't believe they'll be able to come to any agreement on that. the prime minister gave the vaguest of updates. >> on the bilateral issues, we love the fact that significant progress was made. we'll continue to cooperate to lead the ttp talks to the last phase. >> some analysts say that the delays are telling. >> president obama came out of the tokyo m

. >> mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are back in court in egypt, retried or allegedly harming national security and aiding the banded muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera denied the accusations. proceedings finished for the day and will resume on april 28th >>> a man was arrested in france who place say was planning an imminent attack on one or more churches. he is accused of killing a young woman before he was arrested on sunday. police were told the map was planning to travel -- man was planning to travel to syria. he had lived in france and flagged by security officials. an arsenal of weapons was found at his home. >> a british trader accused of writing a trillion off the u.s. stock market is facing trial in the u.k. narenda singh suicide software to place orders and cancel them before they were executed. that man ipp lated the -- manipulated the market in his favour. >>> there has been a series of attacks against foreigners. seven have been killed with foreign owned shops looted. the failure to create jobs helped to fuel int immigrant sentiment. >> this boy was eight when aparth

. $170,000 invoices have remained besieged >>> the trial of mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr has been adjourned until april 28th. they are retried for harming national security and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny the accusations. >>> turkey recalled its ambassador to austria over a diplomatic row over genocide remarks. the move colling after they recognised the killing of thousands of armenians in turkey as genocide. turkey claims it will damage their relationship with austria. >> translation: we want to establish normal relations with turkey. he haven't set conditions for the turks. we haven't said we have to recognise the armenian genocide. our position is fair and instruct difficult. the turkish side set different conditions >>> nigeria's military said it invaded boko haram's last-known stronghold the raid taking place in north-east bono state. troops backed by a force launched an offensive against the armed group, and recaptured much of the territory it controlled. >> an indian farmer driven to desperation hung himself from a tree in new delhi,

. >>> mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed,'s trial has been postponed again.d journalist, peter greste, i asked him about his term in prison. >> we've got a lot of talking to do about freedom of the press for some reasons i've become closely identified with these issues freedom of speech, protect of journalists freedom of the press. i've got a platform, people seem to be paying attention i feel a sort of moral authority to be honest with you to take opportunity to talk about these issues that are very close to my heart. it's not just about us and what we went through bus the much larger issues, the freedom of the press elsewhere. >> flash backs to the time often? >> not flash backs. flash back implies a certain amount of trauma. it was difficult make no mistake but if there are memories then the memories are all strong. it was a tough experience. we -- i wouldn't go through it again in a million years but i don't feel that you ma tied by it. >> describe for us your day in prison. >> prison is never an easy experience. and an egyptian prison is never going to b

. >> there's been another delay in the retrial for two al jazeera gurns, mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed were back in court this morning but the proceedings be pushed to next week. they are free on bail and being retried on charges that they aided the now banned muslim brotherhood. al jazeera denies those charges. the pair along with peter greste served more than a year in jail. greste was deported to australia in february. >> a baltimore man suffered severe injuries while in please custody. the justice department is investigating. hundreds gathered for a rally and vigil in baltimore demanding justice for freddie gray. >> don't shoot hands up. >> gray died on sunday one week after he was arrested. he suffered a severe spinal cord injury. baltimore's police chief says he cannot explain how gray was hurt or why officers decided to chase and arrest him in the first place. >> we have no evidence physical or video or statements of any use of force. there was no physical bodily injury that we saw nor was it evident in the autopsy of mr. gray. >> demonstrators plan to rally again tomorrow in fr

. >> al jazeera journalist mohamed fahmy has been grand a passport. he had his canadian passport seized when he was jailed on false charges that he supported the muslim brotherhood. he has been working to get a new one so he could get married and move around cairo. fahmy is due in court tomorrow. >> a retrial for energy giant chevron is underway in new york. it started two decades ago with a class action lawsuit alleging the company ruined swaths of ecuador's rain forest. the appeal is called a political move. >> he's been found liable in new york for bribing a judge and ghost writing a court decision in ecuador. the lawyer denies he did any of that in trying to hold chevron accountable for rain forest contamination. >> they go after anyone who is effective at holding them accountable for their environmental crimes and fraud in ecuador. they have made a calculated decision to distract attention from their own liability to go after the lawyers. it's unethical inappropriate and i don't think it's going to work. >> at issue is billions of gallons of toxi

fellow al jazerra journalist bahar mohamed face charges including aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood and spreading false news, they deny all the charges, egyptian born fahmya naturalized canadian citizen and gave up his canadian citizenship as a conditions for any release from egypt. >>> much more coming up here on al jazerra. including the streets of guinea's cappal turn in to a battle round as protesters face-off against police. >>> and home ward bound we meet the foreign workers returning zimbabwe because they are scared to stay in south africa. >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, fragile planet >>> welcome back. you are watching the al jazerra news hour, let's recap our headlines. the captain and first mate of a ship that sanction off the coast of libya with over 800 people on board have been arrested in italy. the victims were on their way to europe but most died when the ship went down. forces loyal to yemen's president hadi s