director of human rights watch in tunisia from washington d.c. cosima rashid is not goods of the comedy a muslim community in america and joining us also from tunis loire riyadh of folly welcome to inside story all of you am a let's start with you despite criticism from the region's religious leaders and scholars this move to allow tunisian women to marry outside their faith has been hailed by many as progressive and revolutionary is it. it's definitely a very positive step for women's rights it's a step that was preceded by several other you know progressive legislation that were enacted recently such as a low on violence against women that is meant to prevent all sorts of domestic violence and i think it's really a very symbolic move from the tunisian government to. to rescind this decree this ministerial decree from one nine hundred seventy three that encroached on many of the principles for which tunisian women fault and for which the tunisian people fought as well such as the principle of equality the this decree. you know installed thoughts

you know set the line of course there is debate in tunisia there is disagreement and the disagreement will be very very you know heightened and very tense when it will come to discussing the issue of inheritance law because this would require a change in the nation's lieschen it would require a reform of the code of personal status and of course there are different streams and different you know categories or parties in the in the parliament that would imply they don't want to have a reform of this kind of getting away with all the discriminatory provisions of the personal status code such as the discrimination in inheritance but still i think the debate is really very important ok and there are ways to overcome some of the you know reluctance and some of the resistances that exist and right a conservative. constituency ok i want to come to the issue of inheritance that you raised in just a few minutes but first cassim president essentially argues that she needs to to fight discrimination to modernize i just wonder is it possible to to shape or reinterpret ancient islamic laws to mode

director of human rights watch in tunisia from washington d.c. cosima rashid is a net gets of the comedy a muslim community in america and joining us also from tunis lawyer riyadh farley welcome to inside story all of you emma let's start with you despite criticism from the region's religious leaders and scholars this move to allow tunisian women to marry outside their faith has been hailed by many as progressive and revolutionary is it. it's definitely a very positive step for women's rights it's a step that was preceded by several other you know progressive legislation that were enacted recently such as a low on violence against women that is meant to prevent all sorts of domestic violence and i think it's really a very symbolic move from the tunisian government to. to rescind this decree this ministerial decree from one nine hundred seventy three that encroached on many of the principles for which tunisian women fault and for which the tunisian people fought as well such as the principle of equality the this decree. you know installed kind of

a signal that the top of the state in tunisia is greenlighting corruption and tunisia has struggled a lot with corruption it's made a lot of democratic progress but remember this was a police state under ben ali and remains largely controlled by shaped by the put the old police state and mafia networks associated to it so to make people want to invest their money in tunisia you have to send the opposite signal which is that tunisia is clearly fighting corruption fighting impunity this law does not do that is there a possibility for this to be of a tunnel at this point. there's a there's a slim chance there are a number of opposition m.p.'s in parliament who abstained from the vote of two hundred seventeen m.p.'s only one hundred seventeen voted for it a huge number were absent and there abstention was a vote of protest in the in a big way and civil society is very much against it so tunisia has very young not sent democratic institutions like courts cetera we'll see whether they stand up to old regime impunity ok monica monica thank you so much for your time. now police in malaysia

. >> hi, we will start off in tunisia.hthis is where a decades-old bn on muslim women marrying non-muslims has been abolished. >> this band has been around since 1973. it says that muslim women cannot man,,a non-muslim men, -- foreigners. it is the president of tunisia who wanted to do away with this band. he announced that about one month ago. they have published an article from the huffington post tunisia, calling this a step forward toward equality between men and women. the president is that more needs to be done to promote equality .etween men and women another thing he wants to do is make men and women in what comes to inheritance. all of these things have ruffled a lot of confederate -- of .eathers amongst conservatives many people consider 22 to be a leader in the region when it comes to reforms, women's rights -- 20 to -- tunisia to be a leader in the region when it comes to her forms and women's rights. earth, isn'ton that a quality? it is actually 51%. asia, we will cross to where we have seen another missile la

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tunisia's parliament has passed a disputed law giving amnesty to thousands of people linked to corruption before the two thousand and eleven arab spring these are the people who serve in the government under the former president zine el abidine ben ali of the. opposition members disrupted the session with the chanting before walking out they have been demonstrations against the bail. for months now and opponents are calling it a setback for democracy or what happens in tunisia will always be important in the arab world it was after all where the so-called arab spring began that was believe this nearly seven years ago now december twenty ten when this man mohamed bouazizi a fruit and vegetable seller set himself on fire after a dispute with local authorities it led to protests spread across to tens of thousands were demonstrating against corruption and unemployment protests which only intensified after a busy actually died on january fourteenth two thousand and eleven it happened presidency in a lab in ben ali fled the country went into exile to change forever as did in many ways the rest

your are of of the no i mean what is applied in tunisia today except because it is in the religion but it's. is applied because it is very dated by the state where token is state where the principle of the autonomy of the religious laser is also a fundamental ruling tunisia i mean i appreciate the lots of what had been said by you. by your guest of the last one who talked and i mean a lot of very reasonable argument but where i do absolutely no agree is that we are just defining the journal all the modern state the modern democracy by religious by religious arguments i appreciate very much what what he said about the psyche of our indeed that's a haven i mean created what we can say today even a secular a secular state i mean the prophet was the head of state not because he's perfect but because his power was very dated by lots of tribes jaywalks muslim etc but what does disturb me here is that we are building an argument ation that is base it on the religious argument and i mean when i said the question is about basing revenue in a second or two ways about it yes please come in i'm so

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i decided to fight for a different tunisia with democratic values. in the wake of the arab spring and his fellow campaigners founded what they called the alternative youth network known by its french acronym r. a j. they campaign for environmental protection jobs and political change there are big problems in the country economic growth a slow and terrorism is still attracting too many young people youth unemployment stands at more than thirty percent in tunisia and the political situation remains unstable. convinced that n.g.o.s can bring about as much change as a political party. with politics get tied up in the election process. takes so much effort. into new zealand's have just had enough of politicians. especially after the revolution when we had more than one hundred and twenty parties. today the activists and other n.g.o.s are meeting with the minister of the environment. that discussing preparations for the un climate change conference in november embalm germany. ziyad says this never happened under the dictator politicians actually discussin

tunisia is a country that started the arab spring. the democracy that had successfully transitioned with the cooperation of islamic righties to a new government. it's a country that has enormous potential. my view from a u.s. perspective is that if we were to invest seriously in the success of tunisia, it would do more to conquer isis, al qaeda and all similar groups and many of the other tactics that we've been trying for many years. it has been very hard for the u.s. to coordinate a strategy like that. >> i think you have a question. >> i'm a student from germany attending university. thinking about the future of terrorism, i think it's important to address the issue with children. my question goes to kristin. when you look at the isis propaganda, you see children having rifles and shooting. i think we all agree children are most susceptible to what they see happening around them. those children who live in these areas will most likely carry on these acts. so when we talk about combating terrorism, how do we go about addressing the

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still to come — the lost roman city of neapolis is found off the coast of tunisia.ce prize for her work with the poor and dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: report said president trump will ask congress to release around $6 billion to help with the recovery effort in texas after tropical storm harvey. the french government has unveiled plans to reform the country's labour laws, trade unions have pledged to block the changes. vast underwater roman ruins have been discovered off the northeastern coast of tun

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still to come for this half hour landmark victory women in tunisia celebrate being allowed to marry non muslims after a decades long lorries overturned. and the children who were orphaned after last month's floods and landslides in sierra leone. hello there the weather is generally quite quiet across the middle east at the moment on the satellite picture you can see a little bit of cloud there around parts of afghanistan and that's threatening to bring a few more showers around kabul but generally as we head through into sunday the shouts of pulling away towards the north and kabul should be draw it twenty seven degrees will be our maximum look at the temperatures in kuwait they have been incredibly high recently now they have eased finally we're down to forty one degrees and that's the way we're expecting them to.

moving to tunisia now the president vera has overturned a decades old banta now allow women to marry non muslim men the move has sparked debate on both sides of the spectrum women's rights activists have hailed it a victory but religious leaders say it's a violation of islamic law. reports. this is to new zealand president. a subsea attending a gathering to commemorate national women's day. what he said is he said he was committed to lifting a decades long ban on women marrying the muslims on thursday he fulfilled that promise and overturned in one nine hundred seventy three law paving the way for women to choose whom they want to marry regardless of their partner's religion the decision is unprecedented in the muslim world we look at gender equality has been in shrine in the constitution but what we call for you quality that doesn't mean we are against religion our constitution stipulated we are a secular state majority people are predominantly muslim. although to the most progressive country in the region conservatives have gained ground since the two thousand and eleven revolution

two months ago he and his wife immigrants from tunisia living in san francisco tenderloin neighborhoodshe did not like the place. it was so noisy. it is not safe.>> reporter: an amazon worker his wife an employee at mcdonald's entered an online affordable housing lottery to live in the mission bay district. >> mission bay.>> >> reporter: today city leaders unveiled the 200 unit building with two bass courtyards a fitness center and 10,000 square feet of retail space. >> i'm proud we were able to accomplish this housing project. >> reporter: most of the units are for families of four with the combined income of less than $50,000. >> unless there is something wrong in your dna you have to feel good about that. when you see kids and families who you know have struggled. to be in the city at all.>> reporter: related to the chinese community development corporation were in charge of developing the $75 million project. funding was provided by the city and use the fs which will give units to families of ill children treated at the nearby hospital. >> i went through an eviction with my family.

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for the terror group in syria from abroad the lion's share of foreign i still recruits came from tunisia russia france germany and the u.k. are also among the countries where a significant number of citizens left to fight. many of those who went to syria and iraq to fight for islamic state brought their families with them but with the terror group suffering a string of major defeats the wives and children of a large number of killed five his have wound up in refugee camps with uncertain futures and also he was forced to talk to some of the widows of foreign extremists in iraq where hundreds of families. the location and identities will not be disclosed their safety. is such a dumb was it is. illegal fate of the wives of his is not yet clear meanwhile in europe last year around six hundred people were put on trial for terrorism with more than three hundred fifty prosecuted for ties to jihadism now should the wives of beisel fighters be treated in the same way as the most extremists we discussed this with and no one saw. well i think the most important thing we have to do is avoid these pe

to fight for the terrorist group in syria from abroad the lion's share of the recruits came from tunisia russia france germany and the u.k. are also among countries from where a significant number of citizens left to fight for i still now many of those who went to syria and iraq to fight for islamic state brought their families with them but with the terror group suffering a string of major defeats the wives and the children of a large number of killed fighters that they've ended up in refugee camps with uncertain futures r.t. was the first to talk to some of the widows of foreign extremist there in an iraqi camp where hundreds of such families are stranded the location and the identities we're not disclosing for their safety i think you are watching us for that does this say. anything. maybe people would like you guys to the realization. that. your son wasn't hurt with. all the legal face of the wives of isis fighters isn't clear yet meanwhile in europe last year around six hundred people were put on trial for terrorism was on three hundred fifty prosecuted for ties to jihadism so shoul

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question of migrants isn't solved the chancellor tried to find similar agreements as was turkey with tunisia was and was morocco but they haven't borne fruit so far the trade conditions under which the european union is trading with these countries have to be changed because the. the strength of the european union was very detrimental for the development of local and regional economies and only if these economies are developed and. recreate a livelihood for the people there will be in the final event see the stop of this immigration from these countries they're both merkel's anshul his parties are talking about the importance of better ties with moscow both call for partial lifting of sanctions if moscow complies with minsk agreements what's your prediction shall we expect russian germany's relation to become warmer or is this is this a sincere to fix relations with moscow or do you think it's about winning over the votes of russian germans. no the russian german vote is not the decisive pop the decisive pop in this question is really where will we go with germany and europe go with russia i

you have a younger leader in tunisia. they're coming!his interview, have consistently tried to be extraordinarily positive, despite opening up with the statement about the ticking time bomb of population growth. i am an optimist by nature. let me quote to you your own book. quote, "those who depend on the old order," and we've just talked about the leaders who represent the old order, the old crony elites, "those who depend on the old order can immediately see the writing is now on the wall. "and they, the old order, will fight viciously to defend the status quo." that's a quote from the book and doesn't sound optimistic. that is optimistic. "a vicious fight to maintain the status quo?" stephen, the old order is disappearing. only recently, they have decided to bow out. what i am saying is those who are older, who have decided to stay, will be left behind. if you do not leave power, power will leave you. that is what i am saying. if anyone has decided to die in office, then leave him, he will die, and then won't carry the office away. bu

for the terror group in syria from abroad the lion's share of foreign i thought recruits came from tunisia russia france germany and the u.k. are also among the countries where a significant number of citizens left to fight for i still. a new soyuz spacecraft mission is ready to make this six hour flight to the international space station at a joint media conference cosmonaut alexander miss working together with nasa astronauts joseph and mark funda hey shed their expectations over the upcoming expedition artie's remand casa referee ports from baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan . they saw you spacecraft has rolled into the launch site to take another space trio on their journey to the stars the final tests have now been passed and the crew is all set to leave earth for over one hundred sixty days two flights engineers from nasa and their russian mission commander have been training together since july so by now they must know each other's strengths and weaknesses pretty well if you went on a road trip together somewhere here on earth who to drive i think would be sitting the route. loosely.

we know libya and tunisia. we know that's a safe haven. they are going to look at the hot spots. >> places like philippines where you don't think-- >> even in the caribbean we're seeing al qaeda and isis elements, you wouldn't have thought of before. >> a few questions and then from the room. i want to talk about resources. it's hard to get one's arms around the magnitude of the investments and we've had expert folks saying too much, can't be sustained and how do you think about the resource commitment and where it's directed? to what extent do you think there will be a shift away from kinetics, i eight to use soft power. how do you think it's enough in this congress. >> congress has been good, and really not so great at prevention on the front end that, or the we respond to crises and that's how the homeland security department is put together was in response to a crisis. i don't want to be in a reactive mode in the congress, i want throwback in terms of protection, to protect american lives and so on. i forgot the second half. >> a bill

for the terror group in syria from abroad the lion's share of foreign ice all recruits came from tunisia russia france germany and the u.k. are also among the countries where a significant number of citizens left to fight i saw. so with suffering a series of significant defeats in iraq and syria in a moment we look at what will happen to the. terrorists story in the mix of your headlines just a thought. joining us today here on oxy international islamic militants have been recruiting foreign fighters in syria and iraq for the past few years many of those who went to fight brought their families with them but with the terror group suffering a string of major defeats the wives and children of a large number of killed five of wound up in refugee camps with uncertain future. he was the first of all to some of the widows of foreign extremists in one iraqi town where hundreds of families off. the location and identities will not be disclosed safety. it's a shame that. there is such a dumb as if it is. people like. you have to do. something please that many of the guns used to teach us that. th

for the terror group in syria from abroad the lion's share of foreign i thought recruits came from tunisia russia france germany and the u.k. are also among the countries from where a significant number of citizens left to fight for i saw many of those who went to syria and iran to fight for islamic state families along with them but with the terror group suffering a string of major defeats the wives and children of a large number of killed fighters have ended up in refugee camps with uncertain futures auti was first to talk to some of the widows of foreign extremists in iraq where hundreds of families are stranded the location and identities will not be disclosed for their safety i just know it's not important for us for the visually people should. negotiate with. someone cut off wasn't hurt so it was illegal fate of the wives of isel fighters is not clear yet meanwhile in europe last year around six hundred people were put on trial for terrorism with more than three hundred fifty prosecuted the ties to jihadism should the wives of ice or fighters be treated in the same way as other islam

terrorist attacks which are similar to attacks it carried out it's already inspired in paris or in tunisia or elsewhere but now in iraq and syria maybe you're going to see more and more of these attacks the more isis loses power is going to turn into a terrorist group which focuses on you know launching or targeting civilians. meanwhile two children who were rescued from arsenal held territory in iraq have now been reunited with their relatives back in russia it is believed the youngsters immediate family were killed in the battle for the city of mosul here with r.t. we've been running a campaign called bring them home and it does help authorities track down the relations of health and russian speaking children well this is adland he said to have been rescued from the basement where he had been hiding with his mother she brothers and sister as the fighting raged he was the sole survivor from his family and the little girl. r.t. first met the kids in an orphanage in iraq and after a long journey they have made it would please to say back home to chechnya and i with their relatives. i. know

i've been to tunisia. that is a safe haven. it will look at afghanistan as a safe haven. now you are seeing like the philippines, where you would not think al qaeda -- or even the caribbean, we are seeing al qaeda and isis elements in place. and in latin america. one more question and we have time for a couple from the room. it's hard to get one's arms around the investments, but it has been tremendous. we have had expert focusing, frankly too much, it can't be sustained. others say it is an adequate. how do you think of the resource commitment and where it is directed? to what extent do you think there will be a shift away from to the state department and dod? is not socongress great at prevention on the front and. -- front end. we respond to crises. that's how the homeland security was put together was in response to a crisis. i don't want to be in a reactive mode. i want to be proactive in terms of prevention to protect american lives. the second half. >> where resources go and how we divide between the kinetics side of the equation -- >> oh, the soft power. the soft p

is still attracting too many young people youth unemployment stands at more than thirty percent in tunisia and the political situation remains unstable. convinced that n.g.o.s can bring about as much change as a political party. with politics get tied up in the election process. takes so much effort. into new zealand's have just had enough of politicians. especially after the revolution when we had more than one hundred and twenty parties. today the activists and other n.g.o.s are meeting with the minister of the environment. that discussing perpetrations for the un climate change conference in november germany. ziyad says this never happened under the dictator politicians actually discussing things with young people. they have only grown to play and galvanizing other people so that they finally take notice of climate change. it has to become part of public discourse and every single citizen needs to be aware of what. the ad says people's relationship with politics is still far from what he thinks it should be. the country is still in transition. at least we can discuss things directly wit

. >> that is part of it but it is indeed jean these countries where you find this happening like tunisia, jordan, saudi arabia and day our allies but a large number joining these groups to be better at governance to protectingng your citizens. my colleague says you just cannot look at the group's but the states that terrorize their own people vdt use whatever leverage that we can nobody has the leverage of the united states to push policy with job production and goodod governance with reduced levels of corruption. >> host: if you do moments away from observing the of all but silenced ahead with your question or comment.pr >> caller: the date you for presenting facts so many people in america have conspiracy theories so they give for presenting the facts i appreciate it. have a great day. >> host: republican line go ahead. >> caller: and i read somewhere that families get rewarded and then to seize the assets because he knows his mother will wind up in poverty. >> if you go those specific policies to seize those assets. and unfortunately that can generate more terrorist activity. with tha

you have a younger leader in tunisia. they are coming.pite opening up with the statement about the ticking bomb of population growth. i am an optimist by nature. let me quote to you your own book. quote, those who depend on the old order, and we havejust talked quote, those who depend on the old order, and we have just talked about the old crony elites, those who depend on the old order can immediately see the writing is now on the wall. and vague, the old order, will fight viciously to defend the status quo. —— and they. that is a quote from the book and does not sound optimistic. that is optimistic. a vicious fight to maintain the status quo. the old order is disappearing. 0nly recently. they have decided to bow out. what an am saying is those who are older who have decided to stay will be left behind. —— what i am. if you do not leave power, power will leave you. that is what i am saying. if anyone has decided to die in office, believe me, he will die, and won't carry the office away. but as this unfolds, many african people are living

along side our military, our diplomats in the most conflict affected including iraq, afghanistan, tunisia, south sudan and ukraine. eliminating the u.s. institute of peace would hamper our efforts to stabilize these areas and to prevent further outbreaks of conflict. the institute works with local leaders and other partners to find solutions to religious freedom and mitigate the rise of extremism and persecution. let me point out, too, that the staffer the gentleman just mentioned in his remarks is no longer with the institute. she's gone. and so, mr. chairman, i urge a no vote on this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. lewis: mr. chairman, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. granger, a member of the appropriations committee. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. granger: i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. as a former chairwoman of the state and foreign operations subcommittee, i worked closely with the u.s. institute of peace. from firsthand of experience i can tell you how important t