amy: we will speak to the report's co-author, richard falk, the former u.n. special rapporteur on palestinian human rights. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on wednesday, only hours before the trump administration's new travel ban was set to go into effect, a federal judge in hawaii issued a nationwide halt to the executive order, which would have temporarily suspended refugees and people from six majority muslim nationons from entering the united states. this morning, a federal judge in maryland also blocked part of the travel ban dealing a second , legal blow to the trump's executive order. on wednesday, hawaii attorney general doug chin celebrated the ruling by hawaiian federal judge derrick watson. >> that is a big reason why hawaii brought this case, is because it is really something that hits us to the core. if you have an order that is coming out there that is taking us back half a century to a time when there was discrimination by nations of origin or by religion, tha

to see our full interview with richard falk, who co-authored the u.n. report accusing israel of imposing an apartheid regime, you can go to democracynow.org in france, thousands of people rallied in paris sunday to protest police brutality. the march demanded justice for a 22-year-old black man who was algedly raped with a police baton by an officer after being arrested in february. the man, who is known as only "theo" was hospitalized for two weeks related to the injuries sustained in police custody. onpolice officer has been charged with rape, and three more have been accused of assault. in peru, more than 70 people have died amid the country's worst flooding in more than 30 years. hundreds of cities across peru have declared states of emergency. the intense rainfall has been linked to abnormally higher ocean temperatures, which are in turn linked to climate change. in japan, activist hiroji yamashiro has been released on bail after he spent five months imprisoned on charges he cut through a barbed wire fence surrounding a u.s. base. for decades, resi