that did not stop demonstrations breaking out last year in the capital and lasting for weeks. amnesty international season and echo of events in tunisia and egypt -- sees an echo of events in tunisia and egypt. >> it is not surprising that the situation in north africa spilled over into other countries fear the underlying factors are often the same, including the government using a security apparatus to clamp down on people. modulation, discrimination, people living in poverty. >> the government reacted with brute force. securities used water cannon and fired into crowds, killing at least nine people. opposition leaders and hundreds of their supporters were arrested. >> the problem is that many of the rulers in africa have not learned much from their peers in north africa. their reaction was the same. they are also repressing criticism and dissent. therefore, we saw very much in 2011 leaders in africa being part of the problem and not of the solution. >> for his part, the ugandan president says he is going nowhere. he was reelected last year in a disputed contest and will serve at lea

when there is human rights abuses, like we are seeing in syria, the veto cannot be allowed. >> amnesty is accusing the government of failing to show leadership to match the courage shown by protesters during the past year. negotiations this july for a treaty on the global arms with all the human rights organizations. amnesty calls the past year truly tumultuous, millions of people taking to the streets to demand freedom, justice, and did indeed, putting their lives on the line. dictators have fallen, but not a dictatorship. for that reason, it is warning that the gains remained vulnerable. >> you are watching newsday and. the protesters shining the spotlight on the human rights record. at thes take a look stories making headlines around the world. the front page describes angela merkel and francois hollande's meeting as confrontational. the two leaders on how to lift the euro zone out of turmoil. the south china morning post gives implications of europe's financial woes. it is largely due to sluggish demand in europe and the u.s. more bad news for facebook with concerns about the white

a new report into the crisis in syria by the human rights group amnesty international has placed the blame for violence there on the regime of the president bashar al assad also singles out russia and china for criticism after they blocked previous u.n. resolutions on the issue of clashes in the country continue despite a u.n. peace plan let's now talk to professor joseph churning through analysts from hong kong city university thanks for joining us here on r.t. the amnesty international report is quick to pin blame on russia and china but not all other foreign powers how do you view this assessment. well basically it is very difficult to claim a domesticity crisis or the failure of a region with inside a country on foreign powers after all russia and especially china they do not have much capacity much production capacity in this region obviously one may criticize russia and china for supporting. and undemocratic and hide the repressive regime but western powers often do just as well be certainly support saudi arabia and the areas that are conservative gulf states who cannot which c

. >> three is company along the amnesty san francisco as thousands of tourists arrive on a >>> check winning numbers from last night's super lotto plus. mega number was 6. no one got all six numbers so wednesday's jackpot is estimated at $17 million. >>> three princesses will be along the embarcadero today. take a live look. the island princess. three giant cruise ships are arriving in port for thousands of visitors to the city. sea princess and star princess will be at pier 35. island princess is at pier 30. as a result embarcadero is closed between kearny and bay streets along the pier 35 cruise terminal so the passengers can safely leave and come back to the ship. that closure goes until 2:00 this afternoon. a cruise for mother's day how does that sound? >> it sounds pretty good. it will be pretty good if you like the cooler weather. we have that coming in not only today but tomorrow. it is temporary, we have a system offshore that is providing these gusty winds and that generous onshore flow. just a couple of 80s out towards concord and livermore but we will see sunshine in oaklan

and they're always not bringing back the book waiting for the amnesty to come and that's what the debate is right now. nobody in their right mind would bring in the money with who knows what's going to happen after the election? even if you thought you had to bring the money home, you would be waiting right now so this is a debate which my hope would be that the clarity comes more in the direction of internationally collaborative efforts to tax this income rather than the avoidance of this income. but clarity in a different direction would be better than the current place which assures that the money will not be brought back and doesn't tax it and generates all the extra complexity. >> we would have to persuade every other industrial country to give up the territorial system and to crack down on their companies. this seems very unlikely. can i say one other thing about -- larry was very careful to say something about short run versus long run in terms of corporate executive. yes, the profit offense a corporation in 2012 are not going to depend on the corporate tax rate and that's probabl

." >> "and we're going to defy the amnesty." see, because when the guatemalan... the guatemalan army basically could dictate... the un peace accords basically dictates the terms of the peace agreement, right? and among the things that they insist on is that there's going to be an amnesty. in other words, of the 200,000 or more murdered civilians in the war, the vast majority of them killed in the 1980s... >> hinojosa: 200,000 people. >> civilians killed. they say there can be no criminal prosecutions or investigations, right, of these countless tens of thousas of homicides. it was basically one of those horrendous... you know, the 20th, late 20th... the 20th century invention, almost of making the civilian population bear the brunt of the fatalities, you know, in a war against insurgency. that was taken to a real extreme in guatemala for so many reasons, part of them i'm sure, you know, a kind of genocidal rage and desire to sort of cleanse the country of these sort of... >> hinojosa: so the catholic church, through gerardi... >>

they will not have the authority to prosecute anybody there is a 1979 amnesty law. it has shielded them from being brought to court. >> the commission will not have the power to prosecute any perpetrators it may find. >> yes. this is heavily criticized by the families of the victims -- the survivors themselves. they said they wanted not just a truth commission, but a truth and justice commission. also, the military, the veterans have complained a lot about this commission which they see as attempted revenge by the government. some were arrested and tortured during the dictatorships. she is perceived by the military as somebody from the other side. >> even if she was tortured, it is not about revenge. >> yes. that is what all members of the commission say, it is not about revenge, but about establishing true. she says it is not about hatred, but about trying to establish facts. there is little hope in brazil that any charges will be brought because of the 1979 amnesty law, which has recently been in the supreme court. there are 140 people more or less than simply disa

. >> in response to the events taking place in syria, amnesty international blasted governments around the world, saying they have failed to show leadership equal to the courage shown by the protestors. amnesty called the un security council tired, out of step, and increasingly unfit for the purpose. for more on the international response and the fallout, the author of "the syrian rebellion clause could join me from new york. i want to pick up on that package. he raises the point that the international community has left a vacuum in syria and there is a chance that islamists would come in to fill it. >> you have it right. that is the proper way of thinking about it. for 15 long months, that is where we are now. the syrian people waited for the reign of mercy and did not receive it. they waited for the democracies to come, they waited for the cavalry, if they waited for the united states to make the decision and the united states hid behind the opposition of russia and china at the united nations security council. now we find ourselves in this desperate moment. i'm very dubious about th

immigration we tend to get mired in the debate of what part of illegal do you not understand and the amnesty conversation and all the parts of the debate that tend to be very polarizing and emotional. and the part of the picture that i believe we're missing is rooted in demographics. and i want to share a couple of things with you that sort of help make that point. number one, we all know many of the baby-boomers have begun to retire. we have between 77 million and 82 million baby-boomers that have begun to retire. unfortunately, there's only 67 million people behind them entering the work force, so that leaves 10 to 15 million more people that are leaving the work force than are entering. we're going to experience major shortages and we're beginning to see some of those taking place. the second thing i want to highlight is our national fertility rate. most countries, well, all countries have to have a fertility rate of 2.1 children in order to maintain replacement level. so that means every adult female needs to have on average 2.1 children. right now the united states is at 2.1 and we cont

with regards to the real objectives of such organizations you know the human rights commission or the amnesty international who today accused the un of being not fit for purpose for failing to have a decisive action with regards to syria now the un has taken a decisive actions with regard to libya but was that for the benefit of the libyan people now tens of thousands of dead libyans would tell you know was that for the good of libya itself perhaps libya will not exist anymore so the objective was clearly only to topple the regime now is the objective of toppling the regime in syria would be good for the syrian people probably almost probably you would not also these organizations seem to be a little bit manipulated by the opposition so for example the report talks about his student who is friend from the falls flat in university and there is a sort of it is asian of the syrian forces. of committing such a crime but this person called years in our blood was actually a government supporter or so it's a working step the knowledge that there are armed groups but they need to take it a little bit

the immigration the amnesty that he that he did the aids. that's not libertarianism it to the size it's going from where they were it was near nineteen percent of g.d.p. and it's been as high as twenty three percent over the last one hundred years i mean it's actually we're spending less now as a percentage of g.d.p. that we were sixty years ago we're collecting less in taxes to government has gotten smaller but you know it hasn't seemed to improve anybody's life michel your thoughts are well yeah you know first of all i think you're right that was a rant and i agree you know you took a lot of stuff and you put it all together and you mischaracterize what libertarianism leads to me i consider myself a constitutionalist and a libertarian that means i'm not for small government at all costs but i'm looking for government that's authorized and limited by the constitution which makes sense because the constitutionalist and a libertarian you can't you as a living how do you explain the job general welfare clause the general welfare clause because

that no books are ever going to come back there are was not bringing that the books, waiting for the amnestyand so you never get the money. that is that the u.s. debate is right now. no one in their right mind would bring in money inc. in who is going to know what happens next to be some kind of repatriation. even if you thought you ultimately have to bring the many home you'd surely be waiting right now. this is a debate, which my hope would be that the clearer it becomes in the direction of internationally collaborative efforts to tax incomes rather than avoiding seven pounds. the clarity in a different direction would be better than the current place, which ensures that the money will not be brought back and doesn't tax it and generates all the extra complacency. >> would have to persuade every other country to give up the territorial system and to crack down on their company. this seems very unlikely. >> can i say one other thing. larry was very careful to say some thing about short run versus long-run in terms of the corporate executive. yet the profits of a corporation in 2012 are not

but they won't have the authority to prosecute anybody. there is in 1979 amnestyaw that so far has feuded all the accused and the dictatorship from being brought to court. >> major convoys between pakistan and afghanistan. >> the pakistani chairman appears to be on the verge of listing its six-month blockade on the transport of goods through pakistan into afghanistan. it will be seen as something of an improvement between washington and islamabad. but there is opposition among many pakistanis. >> there are hundreds of oil tankers with field meant for nato forces in afghanistan sitting idle here. their drivers anare desperate to get back to work despite the risks. >> just days before pakistan imposed its blockade, he said his nephew was on the way to deliver his cargo appeared he was shot dead by militants. mohammed himself as a driver and he still wants the nato supply route reopened. forget politics, he says. we're thinking about how to feed ourselves. it is poverty that forces us to do this job. but there are huge numbers of pakistanis who feel he should never t

even though it makes so much sense the word is amnesty and it gets no attraction with the campaigning mentality. this country is great if we continue to be a nation of immigrants. one of the biggest travesties is the bill year of the immigration reform. >> what is the role of money? [laughter] i know some of these splendid senators left the senate because of big money. this was in 1994. we have seen a lot of openings house members bring the culture of the house with less of a spirit of compromise. >> the more time spent campaigning the more money counts. hubert humphrey said it is demeaning and degrading and disgusting. it has got worse because if it is 24/7 fayyad everyday is election day you can use money to buy the election time. -- television time the root of the problem is not money but the permanent campaign that many greases the wheels and now not just what romney collor obama's can raise but the super pac which is hundreds of millions of dollars. >> they suggest a time limit? >> i fake it could pass but it is a part of the problem. you point* out we have the institutional refo

and they will always and not bring back the book waiting for the amnesty, and you never get the money. nobody in their right wind -- right mind would bring in money right now when they do not know what is going to happen in the next election and there might be some kind of repatriation. my hope thawould be that there a clarity of effort to collect and taxed as income rather than avoid this in come. but clarity in a different direction would be better than the current place, which assures that the money will not be a drawback -- not be brought back and it does not ? it and generates all the complexity. >> you would have to persuade every other industrial system -- country to give up this territorial system and crack down on their companies. larry was very careful to say something about short run verses long run in terms of the corporate executive. yes, profits of corporations in 2012 will not depend on the corporate tax rate, pretax profits, and it is probably true in 2013. and therefore, it is not surprising that if i'm the ceo of a corporation i would like to see those profits taxed

. >> more now on the conference with a representative from the imf amnesty international and the bill and melinda gates foundation. this is about an hour and ten minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. i know we have the daunting task of doing this while you're eating so but we thank you for your attention. our session today is entitled the evolution of multilateral institutions in a globalizing world. the brent more institutions like the united nations, the international monetary fund, and the world bank are clearly evolving to become more inclusive of new stakeholders from new donor countries to societies and individual citizens. other global bodies such as the g-8 and the increasingly the g-20 have filled leadership gaps and they are increasingly shaping the direction of global development. now, the question that we ask, is there an argument to be made that this global -- that this global architecture needs to further evolve to advance a more equitable and sustainable world? how should these institutions be reformed to better advance human well-being and development? in what way can

the victims and their family? >> they are very upset. they have largely said they are in favor of amnesty, which would allow the former prime minister to come back. it would allow the military to control its own affairs without oversight, and they are fighting. there are hearings right now where victims are demanding justice. the government has offered fairly generous compensation to victims, but the family is saying that is not enough. they want the facts to come out. they want prosecution, and they want justice, and it is very important for thailand, which for decades has allowed the military to act with impunity, to make sure this time there is justice. >> what must be done. what should be undertaken to expedite this justice? >> it was a people's movement. there were over 100,000 protesters, many of them camped out for months at a time for a variety of reasons, and i think it is going to require public mobilization again to get the attention. give we are seeing a joining of forces between former enemies of the elite level, military, politicians on both sides, and i think it is going to

supporting the concept of amnesty or letting illegal immigrants become legal immigrants without any punishment for breaking the law is a big no-no in republican primaries. but binnie has consistently said he opposes amnesty including in the union leader op-ed he wrote. for their claim, the ayotte campaign points to this sentence which said plastics entrepreneur bill binnie favors a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. note he wasn't quoting saying he supported a pathway. that's all ayotte had to back up their claim. is our second claim true or false? it's also false. at one of the first forums featuring all four senate candidates in january, binnie was asked whether he would support the t.a.r.p. program back in 2008 at a time when many people felt the american economy was on the brink of ruin. some called this the bank bailout bill. here's what he said that the forum. sitting here today is not the honest answer. i'd like to think that i wouldn't have, but i know an awful lot of people and done many billions worth of transactions myself who thought it was the right thing at the right tim

no trials will result from the findings is due to an amnesty period. >> [speaking foreign language] >> after decades of silence and unanswered questions, brazil is finally facing the truth with the inauguration of a commission. he is among the thousands of brazilians who were arrested and tortured during the military dictatorship. >> [speaking foreign language] >> brazil deserves the truth. the new generation deserves a truce. above all, those who lost friends and relatives deserve the truth and the facts. >> he had the support of three other former presidents. for some in the military, the deep involvement in this issue is further evidence that the truth commission is an attempt at revenge. victim's of the regime also criticized the commission, because it will have powers to investigate and in people and crimes -- investigate and the name people involved in crimes, but will not be able to punish anybody because of a 1979 amnesty law. the commissioners sworn in today will have two years to carry out increase -- to carry out increasinquiries. it will at long last bring some closure for

classified as low priority cases could be granted a stay at a chance to apply for a work permit the back door to amnesty and i don't believe the american people support that the department of homeland security will suspend deportation proceedings on young undocumented immigrants who pose no threat to public safety or national security the obama administration has announced a plan to deport illegal immigrants on a priority basis we're a country of laws where we believe in the rule of law. and the bottom line is that they are you legal aliens entering our country this sends a green light to everybody on this planet that if they can get the united states and not be convicted of a crime they get to stay seventy nine percent of these people who would be affected by this new policy have done nothing wrong no criminal record will threat to public safety so why not set them aside and deal first with the people who do pose a threat convicted felons for example would be among the first important. all right so just before that announcement that new policy about sixty two thousand people were deported and ninety fo

even within some of the mainstream groups including amnesty, you know, we recognize we have to change, so our focus now is an effort that we're undertaking under the rubric of closer to the ground, which is really about taking amnesty's traditional strength in western europe, canada, the united states, australia, and investing resources that we build there to develop the movement in the global south. so india, kenya, nigeria, brazil. you know, it's not an immediate process, but there is at least a recognition that that is necessary, that that's the future of the human rights movement. you know, one trend -- i know what you're saying is very much the case in the humanitarian arena having had the humanitarian portfolio in the bureau of international organizations. at the state department, it was very striking to me just to, you know, see this incredibly symbiotic relationship between the aid community and the u.s. government, you know, as real partners and critical partnerships in so many parts of the world but that the multilateral conversation and the role of the u.n., you know, was r

the un has issued new warnings about the risk of all-out civil war. amnesty international claims the continuing crisis in syria is the most telling example why the u.n. security council is looking tired, out of step, and on for a purpose. redundant as the guardian of global peace. >> thousands of people died in syria. we have made a case out of many of these. what has happened there constituted crimes against humanity. there was no action from the council. what we're asking for now is when there is grave human rights abuses as we have seen in syria, [unintelligible] cannot be allowed without a clear explanation as to why it is happening. >> they are accusing the government of failing to show leadership to match the courage shown by protesters during the last year. negotiations for a treaty on the global farms strategy will be an acid test for leaders to put to rights above profit. millions took to the streets to demand freedom, justice, and unity. some of them to securing memorable victories. the view of the impact of what has been a remarkable year for popul

on that issue, governor romney has shifted with the times. >> amnesty is a magnet. en we have had in the past programs that have said that if people have come here legally are going to get to stay legally, that will encourage more to come here legally. >> those that have come here illegally should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship but they should not be given a special pathway, a special guarantee that all of them get to stay here for the rest of their lives merely by virtue of coming here illegally. >> joining me now to discuss governor romney's proposals and the impact, charles gonzalez, chair of the professional spanish caucus and now al. let me start on the last point. george w. bush and john mccain called it immigration reform. they said it would help republicans with the latino community. a path to status and citizenship. governor romney has evolved. is he now in the wrong place when he said no. >> our beloved ronald reagan in 1986 thought the best way to solve the problem then in a compassionate way was to grand citizenship and amnesty

of the friends of syria group which aims to remove the syrian leader and is funding the opposition political amnesty of revolution finds the circumstances of the recent spike in bloodshed suspicious probably some of the families go. further. though the syrian regime. so it doesn't make much sense to accuse the. syrian army that they have committed these crimes and fuck these crimes have come at a point when a political solution is slate the for the syrian question each time an international envoy is about to come into syria or as close to having some kind of resolution in the security council some of those massacres suddenly amar's i think the political timing is always very suspicious it would not make sense for the syrian army to commit these massacres and withdraw and then just let the rebels come and take photos and make documentaries about them. first recently returned from syria now explains what she witnessed firsthand in the conflicts development. there is no cease fire so i see it simply doesn't exist this crisis that is just becoming increasingly militarized and having this devastatingly h

ever going to come back -- [laughter] and they're always not bringing back the book waiting for the amnesty which never comes, so you never get the money. and that's what the u.s. debate is right now. no one in their right mind would bring in money right now with people thinking who knows what's going to happen after the election, there'll be some kind of repatriation. even if you thought you ultimately had to bring the money home, you'd surely be waiting right now. so this is a debate that my hope would be that the clarity comes more in the direction of internationally-collaborative efforts to tax this income rather than the avoidance of this income. but clarity in a different direction would be better than the current place which assures that the money will not be brought back and doesn't tax it and generates all the extra complexity. >> we would have to persuade every other industrial country to give up the territorial system and to crack down on their companies. it seems very unlikely to happen. can i say one other thing about -- larry was very careful to say something about short run v

with the event just two weeks away, the president says the accusations by amnesty international and human rights are part of a shameful campaign to tarnish his country's image. >> homes ripped apart in historical bacu linked to terrorists. thousands of people evicted unhappy with the compensation offer. this man is still living the rubble. he told me one night a demolition gang caved in his roof as he slept with his wife and son. amidst the destruction, a brand-new concert hall, bacu is hosting you're vision and the government is using ---your-ing vision and the government is using it as a showcase. it has also brought an unwelcomed spotlight on to the country's poor human rights battle. ♪ >> this man himself a singer was arrested last month for insulting the president and then he says he was beaten. ♪ >> i had a bag on my head and handcuff from the bag and i was sitting on the chair and they were beating me in my heels with a stick. with that stick. for three hours for the first time and two hours in the second time. >> in a hospital, we found a journalist with severe concussion and two

with them during the reconciliation event towards the end as well. >> as we speak here near the nato summit, amnestytional is holding what they are calling an alternative summit. madeleine albright is addressing them. they have these adds up that basically congratulate nato, talking about continuing the progress with women in afghanistan. what is your response to that? >> that is a ridiculous joke. there are not there to liberate afghanistan women. you can that liberal women through the occupation, war, bombs, tanks, weapons. that is not how you do it. it is quite offensive to me as an afghan woman. >> how do you do it? >> many to be empowered. they need to focus their priorities on basic human needs. education, health care. those would be the top two. we also need to focus on reconciliation efforts and reparations as well. >> when did you sign up for the military? >> after 9/11 in the summer of 2003. >> when did your view start changing of what were you were doing in afghanistan? >> during the deployment we saw that what we saw in the television in the chow hall about the war was much different fro

is the white house pushing a plan for amnesty for illegal immigrants that goes around congress? that is question this morning. we'll take a look at it. bill: also a new warning about the military budget. defense secretary leon panetta warning against any pet projects. as republicans say the automatic cuts will decimate our military at a time of war. >> there is no free lunch here. there is no free lunch here. every dollar that is added will have to be offset. martha: search teams finding 12 bodies at the crash site of that russian passenger jet in indonesia. it has been very tough going with the search teams climbing almost vertical slopes of the side of a volcano where the crash happened. the crews can see other victims but that the rugged terrain is preventing their recovery. the new russian-made passenger jet was doing a demonstration flight for potential buyers when it crashed on wednesday. what a story that is. all of the more than 40 people on board are believed to have perished in that accident. bill: national tragedy. defense secretary leon panetta warning congress that p

in regard to the issue of amnesty, the next president of the united states, mitt romney, is not goingi think his position is solid. >> so what exactly is his position on what marco rubio has been presenting as his version of the dream act? >> well, of course i have not seen marco rubio's version. it's not a bill. it's certainly not law. i will look forward to hearing his proposal but this idea of a dream act started back in the mid '90s and i guess most prominent bill that was introduced in 2001 by dick durbin. luis g luis gutierrez will speak of that. it hasn't passed the senate and the american people are generally opposed to it. >> i'm always worried, congressman gutierrez, when someone says my good friend because usually something will follow when you talk to elected officials that will be but. weigh in on what you think specifically on this version of the dream act that marco rubio would like to see become a bill and governor romney's support or lack of support he's been unclear of that. i want to talk to you about president obama and what's not been done on immigration that the

if immigration -- the later one that failed, amnesty was included with opportunities to become citizens. the two really competing principles people on each side really rejected wasn't that they found common ground, it is that they agreed to principal and piece of legislation that had their principle expressed but one they hated in the legislature. wasn't common ground. it was messy and unattractive and it succeeded in the early 80s with simpson and mazzoli because it wasn't what they trusted and these were two partisans who had credibility because they were partisan and could without losing their base compromise. it failed even though you have arlen specter and other respectable people on both sides. it failed to determine campaigns completely taking over. >> i don't think major immigration reform is possible in this country. in the context of the campaign. even though it makes so much sense, the passwords are amnesty and taking away jobs from american workers. when you meet -- we are nation of immigrants and will lease a great if we continue to be a nation of immigrants. one of the big