jane: the united states has renewed its call for a cease-fire in ethiopia after the united nations human rights counciled an independent investigation into violationsy all sides of the conflict. state department spokesman ned price said he was gravely concerned by reports detailing domestic tensions and killings of ethnic people. there is a large and vocal ex-pat community in the united states and they are divided on the same ethnic lines that fueled conflict, as barbara has been finding out. >> ethiopia's civil war is 7000 miles away. and it is right here in this kitchen, on this canvas. gabrielle's family is from the northern region of the epicenter of the conflict. a theme that consumes her art. >> it is like opening up a channel in this passageway taking us back there. but what better way to create beauty with your pain? there are so many other things i can do. >> for more than a year, the ethiopian army has been battling rebels and their allies. thousands are dead. human rights abuses committed on both sides. parts of the country pushed into famine. in the u.s., they are desperate. the ethiopian g

this is the united nations human rights council agree to establish and international commission to investigate alleged abuses in the country. the un says it's receiving credible reports that all sides in ethiopia is conflict to committing severe human rights violations. if you're dismissed. the counsel statement is politically motivated, philippines, as counting the cost of typhoon ry, which has killed $12.00 people and left a trail of destruction. when you close to 200 kilometers an hour, destroyed thousands of homes across the central and southern philippines, forcing hundreds of thousands to seek safety. it's now heading towards vietnam and china. up front is next looking at the growing movement in the u. s. to abolish prisons and the police. ah, it the united states as a world's current leader in incarceration with almost 2000000 people serving time in u. s. jails and prisons. that's an increase of 500 percent over 40 years. according to the sentencing project in india, working to promote humane responses to crime. in recent years, voices calling for police and prison. abolition have grown

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on to other world news now in the united nations human rights council has agreed to set up a commission to examine alleged abuses in ethiopia. investigators say they've received credible reports that all sides in the conflicts are committing human rights violations. the united states has called on all sides in the long year, long war to renounce and, and violence against civilians. the estimates are shocking. according to information i our disposal from november 2020 to june 2021. over 2200 survivors reported sexual and gender based violence to health facilities across the gray region. one of go, one stop said this reported that the victims in over 90 percent, the faces were miners and estimated the visits to the center had quadrupled since the complete iraq a year ago. it is important to keep in mind that this figures are most probably an underestimation of the true extent of the sexual and gender grapevines being perpetrated al jazeera is malcolm where, based following the situation from nairobi, kenya some average breast concern is european union. the code for this extraordinary sess

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the united states has renewed its call for a ceasefire in ethiopia, after the united nations human rights councile conflict. state department spokesman ned price said he was gravely concerned by reports detailing the mass detentions and killings of ethnic tigrayans. there's a very large, very vocal ethiopian expat community here in the united states, and they're divided along the same ethnic lines that fuel the conflict. as barbara plett usher now reports. ethiopia's civil war is 7000 miles away and it's right here in this kitchen on this campus. ——canvas gabriel's family is from the northern region of tigre, the epicentre of the conflict, the theme that consumes oui’ art. it's like opening up a channel and a passageway taking us all back there. but what better way to create with painting? there's so many other things i could do with that, i could destroy myself with it. for more than a year the ethiopian army had been battling rebels and their allies. thousands are dead. human rights abuses committed on both side. parts of the country pushed into famine. tigrian�*s in the us a desperate. the eth

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the united nations human rights council has agreed to set up a commission to investigate and lead to abuses in the country. the un says it's receiving credible reports, sent all sides in the conflicts are committing human rights violations. the estimates are shocking. according to information at our disposal. from november 2020, to june 2021. over 2200 survivors reported sexual and gender based violence to health facilities across the gray region. one of the one stop centers reported that the victims in over 90 percent of cases were miners and estimated that visit's to the center had quadrupled since the complete iraq that a year ago. it is important to keep in mind that this figures are most probably an underestimation of the true extent of the sexual and gender baselines being perpetrated al jazeera malcolm web has more from nairobi. some i've expressed concern is the european union. that's cool. so this extraordinary session of the you and human rights council, you've heard that some of the biggest economies in the e. u of actually been quite reluctant. it's other members of the y

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this is the united nations human rights council agreed to establish and international commission to investigate alleged abuses in the country. the u. n says it's receiving credible reports that all sides and a few peers conflict to committing severe human rights violations. if you can dismiss the council statement is politically motivated and the philippines is counting the cost of typhoon rye, which has killed at least $12.00 people and left a trail of destruction behind him. winds of close to 200 kilometers and now it destroyed thousands of homes across the central and southern philippines, forcing hundreds of thousands to seek safety. now heading toward vietnam and china . and that's it from myself, from the team here in london. see you tomorrow counting, the cost is coming out next. it's one year until the 1st real world killed in the middle east. talk to al jazeera meets, must cembura 1st ever female secretary general the 1st to share her journey and discuss the routes to cut her 2022. 0 no, just 0. i . hello, i'm come all santa maria. this is counting the costs on al jazeera, your weekly

the united nations human rights council has agreed to set up a commission to investigate alleged abusesthe country. the u.n. says it's receiving credible reports that all sides in the conflicts are committing human rights violations. >> the estimates are shocking. according to information at our disposal, from november 2020 to june 2021, over 2200 survivors reported sexual and gender-based violence at health facilities across the gray region. one of the centers reported the victims in over 90% of cases were men and estimated visits to the center had quadrupled since the conflict erupted a year ago. it is important to keep in mind that these figures are most probably an underestimation of the true extent of the sexual and gender-based violence being perpetrated. anchor: al jazeera's markham web has more from nairobi. reporter: some have expressed concern it's the european union who has called to this extraordinary session of the human rights council. some of the biggest economies in the eu have actually been quite reluctant as other members of the eu are the driving force behind this. th

the united nations human rights council is launching an international investigation into ethiopia's 13month conflict that's left thousands of people dead and millions displaced. the resolution passed despite objections from the ethiopian government. the brutal conflict between northern tigrayan forces and the ethiopian government has led to a devastating humanitarian crisis, as well as likely war crimes and crimes against humanity. this comes as the ethiopian government has announced its army has recaptured several more towns from tigrayan rebels. the organization of islamic cooperation has vowed to establish a humanitarian trust fund for afghanistan in hopes of averting the worst of a humanitarian and economic crisis. the u.s. froze billions of dollars worth of aid and afghan assets after the august taliban takeover. pakistan hosted the major emergency summit of islamic states. this is pakistani prime minister imran khan speaking sunday. >> i have to say, and i speak to the united states specifically, the taliban government for the afghan citizens, even if they have conflict with tali

believe in international human rights -- to recognize that as they begin to play a bigger role in the international scene, as they participate in the united nations human rights councilther bodies, there are some important things on what these rights mean internationally and not letting them be redefined as any country sees fit. yvonne: having said that, you are seeing more and more countries rate diplomatic relations with taiwan -- we talked about nicaragua, the latest cut those diplomatic relations. i think 15 have done so in terms of favoring china, which goes to show economic interests still reign supreme over any kind of human rights issues. is there anything taiwan can do about this? >> first, i think it is great that taiwan has a seat at the table at the summit. if anyone deserves a seat, it is taiwan. it was an authoritarian country for decades, had its first election in 1996 and really is a beacon for showing how a country can move from authoritarian rule to democratic, and the state department is clear on its website that it is just participants. it does not say participating countries, so there is no change on official relationships. with respect to taiwan

human rights applicants but not enough to block beijing. chinese dissidents are calling on president biden to be tougher on china. they want u.s. to refer china to the united nations security councilrights council and punish the communist chinese economically. >> they're trying to expand their influence, infiltration, all parts of the world, not just their neighboring countries but in the united states as well. so they need to be stopped before it is too late. eric: he is a leading uyghur activist for the chinese muslim minority persecuted by beijing. reports say one million uyghurs have been imprisoned in chinese concentration camps, prompting the u.s. and others to accuse china of genocide. >> at this rate it is simply not enough. china is continuing it engage in genocide. they are blowing off sanctions that have been imposed. boying off boycotts. it is significant. eric: he and others fear china will denominate the global system, deploying totalitarian tactics to crush critics. do you think a diplomatic boycott of the games is enough. >> that is the bare minimum that country should do. eric: brian says he is dedicating his life to freedom a 27-year-old graduate student, he was

human rights groups are demanding the united nations reopen an investigation into atrocities committed in yemen after the u.n. human rights council voted in october against extending an independent war crimes investigation. dozens of organizations, including human rights watch and amnesty international, said in a joint statement thursday that saudi arabia and the united arab emirates bribed, coerced and arm-twisted council members to win a 21-18 vote ordering an end to the war crimes probe, which was set up four years ago. agnÈs callamard, the secretary-general of amnesty international, said all parties to the conflict in yemen, including saudi and houthi forces, have committed atrocities with impunity. >> no ended site for this war. there is no light that we can see at the end of the tunnel. for that rson, we ve to act nobecause every day that goes by far more people are bei harmed and killed. could save millions of lives is not an exaggeration. amy: the u.n. estimates about a quarter of a million people have been killed as a result of yemen's war, with some 4 million yemenis displaced since the u.s.-backed, saudi-led coalition

united nations charter to the universal declaration on human rights. and those do not cool or what are those do's and don'ts? don't the wasn't the security council between 999 and there we have a place that was built after the 2nd or 2 to build, to maintain peace and security. and there we regularly criticize those countries. and among the permanent members of the security council, or charter of the united nations, we couldn't find is the united states for a embassy there because it's violating a un security council resolution. we criticize your country, russia for the invasion of ukraine, because this is also against the un trucker. and so this is what we criticize and we say, please obeyed by international law. go and accept binding security as well. you make it sound that you disperse this criticism evenly in fairly, but from the other interviews, i got a sense maybe i'm mistaken, but i got a sense that you tend to associate germany with one group of countries who supposedly respect all those and norms of behavior. and then there is another group of countries, presumably russia and china and all the rest who supposedly don't. is that the wron

united nations says all sides are committing severe human rights violations. this is more than a year after the conflict started. in a special session friday, in geneva, the u.n. human rights councilion could interior rate into genelized violence. the u.s., which has been involved in mediation attempts, has the largest ethiopian community overseas in washington dc. our north american correspondent barbara pratt usher has been hearing from s of them. barbaro: the ethiopian civil war is 7000 miles away and it is right here in this kitchen. brielle's family is from the northern region of tigray, the epicenter of the conflict and the theme consumes her art. >> it is like opening a channel through this passageway taking us all back there. but what better way to deal with your pain? there are so many things i could do with that. barbara: for more than a year, the ethiopian army has been battling rebels and their allies. thousands are dead. human rights abuses, committed on both sides, parts of the country pushed into famine. tigrayans in the u.s. are desperate. the ethiopian government has blocked most aid and communicions to the north. many have lost contact with relatives. >> i can't

human rights. and also there are about 100 countries, including very important countries, like china and russia, both permanent member states of the united nations security council, which have been deliberately turned outside of this meeting. i think these are the states has no qualification to put itself as if it is the preacher of democracy. why should it? because they don't have a perfect record at home about democracy, about human rights, and they are infamous about the violation of the minority is right. for example, there is huge discrimination against the rights of the american people in american people, asian american people, you name it us is facing his highest annual inflation rate and 39 years with price increases seen across many sectors for 6 months in a row. in november prices for us, consumers g m 6.8 percent compared to the previous year. the acceleration triggered by the corona virus pandemic, mainly is spread to almost all spheres from food and industry to house rentals and cars. but the u. s. federal service still hesitant to take serious measures to tackle it, like raising interest rates. i spoke to pedro oil of the american institute, free c

united nations security council to pass a, an arms embargo which would play a key role in limiting, limiting the military's ability to access and secure the weapons that they need to commit human rights abuses and oppressor on people. but beyond china and russia, there are other countries that are also playing a key role. for example, thailand has been resisting efforts to target into a sanction, the military's access to their $1000000000.00 gas revenue. so it's not just russian in china, although they're key players. it's thailand and it's other countries who are not cooperating with the international efforts that are being led by the national unity government. the representative body of the people of myanmar who are calling for international sanctions or calling for the charting the targeting of particularly these billions of dollars and gas revenues that the, the military currently has accessing control over. so russia and china, but also thailand in particular. thank you very much, paul donna, let's fair joining us there at from washington. thank you. watching the news, our life from london still had on the program be looking at the death of u. s. senate giant. we look back at a

human rights issue. and america must lead. and just as we hold other nations to account, mr. speaker, we must hold ourselves to account as well. because the united states is not immune to these trends. the council on american islamic relations has documented over 500 complaints of anti-muslim bias nationwide in just the first half of this year. that includes things like hate crimes, harassment, school bullying, and anti-mosque violence. sadly, this uptick is part of a larger trend. a poll conducted by the a.p. and released this year ahead of the anniversary of 9/11 found that 53% of americans have unfavorable views towards islam. this is the reality of what is happening in america today. and to be honest, mr. speaker, we have even heard disturbing rhetoric from some right here in this institution. a member of this house has told a completely fabricated story again and again that implies a muslim colleague is a terrorist just because they are muslim. it may have rolled off her tongue like a laugh line, but this is a deadly serious matter. because it led to our colleague, representative omar, who has already been the victim of years of anti-muslim bias, receiving even more heinous voice mails and