sarah batch is waiting to hear from her partner phillip wood, ag passenger bound from china. >> as far as we can see from what has happened throughout the situation, there is abject corruption and incompetence at the highest levels. and i am very clear to separate that in from the average malaysian or average malaysian airlines employee. i think that they are victims in this and have done their best. >> she is not the only one looking for answers. this malaysia airline pilot whose identity we hid for security reasons reflected the feelings of many working in the aviation industry. >> we are asking: what happened? what actually happened why malaysian area line? that is the question everyone is asking. >> all of the people here can do is show their support, both young and old light candles, say prayers and sing. ♪ hope can that the light they hold will guide mh-370 back home to malaysia. >> okay. we have some news just coming in from nigh year gentleman there has been a suspected boko haram suicide attack. at least 10 people, we are told have been killed. some reports even suggest there

woods, al jazeera, south africa. >>> did trial of a prominent human rights defender, rafael perez, barnaby phillips reports. >> the second co-winner is rafael. >> timing is significant with marquez trial about to begin in angola. accused of defamation, after he wrote about killing in the diamond fields. he says his trial is a rare opportunity to put angola's human rights record under scrutiny. >> i'm not a victim here. i'm a proactive citizen and i've raised these issues knowing what the consequences are. i'm prepared to face these consequences. that's why i say it's a privilege to go to court challenge these seven generals and tell them no matter what the outcome is i will win. >> reporter: ah goele ah's president has been there since 1979. and his party mpna has ruled the government since independence. since the party won in 2002, there have been regular elections. but the mpna has a tight grip on power and controls many institutions. >> whether a free trial is going to take place in angola, is a challenge. judges can make bizarre judgment so it's really up to angola to showcase that it has the judiciary that ca

prosecutor said phillip chris'm stabbed the teacher multiple times before dragging her body to the nearby woodse judge's reasoning is that he watched the confession and said he cannot be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the teenager understood his miranda rights. have you heard of such a thing before? >> it is rare, but i have. it is rare for a judge not to it allow the prosecution to use a confession. it shoes and tells us something and how strong the evidence was that this defendant did not understand his miranda rights. judges are extremely hesitant to take away the state's case especially a confession. i don't think they needed a confession. and i am sure the judge factored in that decision. >> if she is right, it sounds like the judge putting the scale on the justice and figuring they are going to get a conviction. >> it could be an issue on appeal. the police found the guy with a box cutter with blood and asked whose blood he said the girl's blood. they have him on video with the teacher going into the bathroom and only him coming out. he has a huge uphill to climb in his defense