no, the truth, mr taneja, is that amnesty and indeed other human rights groups, but let's focus on amnesty, cos they're the ones that, in the words of amnesty‘s senior director rajat khosla in delhi, he said, "we have faced an onslaught of attacks, bullying and harassment by the government. it has been completely systematic." and the truth is, you've done that because amnesty continued to report on what you were doing in kashmir. that is the continued detention of hundreds... let me... hang on. let me finish. ..hundreds and hundreds of people in kashmir, ever since you revoked their special autonomy status. many of those people have not been released. the human rights abuses continue. also, amnesty pointed out that you have utterly failed to bring to justice the police who were involved in aiding and abetting the violence committed in riots in february of this year. amnesty catalogues all of that. you then freeze their accounts and you close them down. the question again is, what are you so scared of? in our country, we are very transparent country. you've got a big bureau in delhi. ask

paris we asked the french government to respond to amnesty is charges so far no comment. a french rights defender says the way protesters have been treated has undermined trust. the french government of the past. to repress to practice for 2 years now to call them do you know best. the president micro used the police. very strong strength to to stop the protests using force which was not necessary but in fact he was using force to dent the people stay home don't go back to grow this industry they were not dance there are delinquent people they were just upset of the leaving of the level of living in france i think the people are. in their skin they're hurting their soul and there is no account let's not trust president and i think it's going to be very hard to lead to. these 2 years before the new presidential election there is a mist of trust of you know i think from from the french people. their case says it's poised to impose tougher and takeover measures as the infection rate there spirals with over $7000.00 and factions registered in 24 hours there is only one way of

and rights group amnesty international condemns friends for allegedly exploiting the pandemic to roll out repressive measures against its people. thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. armenia and azerbaijan have both flat out rejected calls for a ceasefire peace talks are still ities over disputed border territory now and to the 5th these are the latest images that have been released by azerbaijan they show the destruction of armenian military vehicles in the go in the car about creech in both sides have released a string of videos to back up their claims of military conquest. of his in the heart of the conflict zone and reports now on the impact the hostilities are having on local communities. nagorno karabakh is sandwiched between the territorial ambitions of armenia and azerbaijan but as commanders in chief are deploying platoon after platoon to the frontline it's often civilians who end up in the crossfire on both sides or in a small town in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region the front line is about 5 to 7 kilometers that way and thereby johnny shell flew from over t

rights group amnesty international condemns the french will vote for it has branded draconian crackdown on peaceful demonstrations. more than welcome this is our internet. armenia and azerbaijan have both rejected calls for a cease fire and ruled out peace talks over disputed border territory and to the 5th day these are the latest images being released by azerbaijan they show the destruction of armenian military vehicles in than a go in a region both sides are released a string of videos to back of their claims of military conquest standoff is in the heart of the conflict zone a report on the impact the hostilities are having on local communities. nagorno-karabakh is sandwiched between the 2 rhetorical and bishan zorg armenia and . as there by john but as commanders in chief are deploying platoon after platoon to the frontline it's often civilians who end up in the crossfire on both sides or in a small town in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region the frontline is about 5 to 7 kilometers that way and is there by johnny shell flew from over there and made this crater and well that was a

amnesty international has issued a damning report condemning the french government's brutal crackdown on protestors and also alleges that the pandemic is being exploited to bring in rob press of measures artie's charlotta been skiis across the story. amnesty international doesn't hold back in this report accusing authorities of using oppressive laws in the period pre and post the code 19 locked down thousands have been arbitrarily fined arrested detained and prosecuted for peaceful activities which should not be considered defenses peaceful protests have been banned under draconian kovan 1000 powers and hundreds of protesters find the report says that despite the covert lockdown ending in may a barrel all public gatherings of more than 10 people remained in force it claims that this was disproportionate given that other launch gatherings in open spaces were permitted yet even though it was deemed illegal protests did take place including ones linked to the black lives matter movement was a. good. thing was. the burn was eventually overturned by francis highest administrative court but

organisations such as yours, such as amnesty international. you of course closed or in the office today. the indian home ministry said you were circumventing rules restricting foreign funding, which is what led to this post what is happening in your understanding? what has happened to amnesty india that has led us to take the very sad decision to cease our operations in the country, at least for the time being, is that this is the culmination of years of harassment and intimidation and smear campaign from the government against amnesty‘s work. the allegations they have turned against us have never been substantiated, there are no challenges against us and yet we have had office raids, we have had staff and board members interrogated forup to staff and board members interrogated for up to eight hours at a time, and this is sort of culminated to the point where our accounts have been frozen. we did not even hear about that from the government directly. we heard about it from the bank. and u nfortu nately, we heard about it from the bank. and u

rights group amnesty international condemns the french forty's for their code in crackdown on peaceful demonstrators. good morning thanks for joining us here on r.t. and. media and azerbaijan have both rejected calls for a ceasefire and ruled out peace talks are still ities over disputed border territory and 5th day these images here were released by azerbaijan they show the destruction of armenian military vehicles in the golan account about region both sides of released a number of videos to back up their claims of military conquest. is in the conflict zone and reports now on the impact the hostilities are having on local communities . nagorno karabakh is sandwiched between the territorial ambitions of armenia and azerbaijan but as commanders in chief are deploying platoon after platoon to the frontline it's often civilians who end up in the crossfire on both sides or in a small town in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region the front line is about 5 to 7 kilometers that way and thereby johnny shell flew from over there and made this crater and well there was a bus staying right here h

going to the burn was eventually overturned by francis highest administrative court but amnesty says that dozens if not hundreds of protesters were fined for participating in small public gatherings over the past few months it says in the cases that it has documented the fines imposed appear to constitute a disproportionate restriction to the right to freedom of peaceful assembly that includes the case of eleanor a health worker took part in a protest calling for support for the public health system they say the police stopped eleanor who was alone at the time in front of the closing stores are law enforcement officials checked eleanor's backpack which contained a gas mask and a pair of goggles they told her that she would be fined for participating in the band protest they subsequently arrested her and placed her in a pre-charge detention for participating in the group with a view to preparing violent acts in 20182019 amnesty says that more than 40000 people were convicted on the basis of vague laws the yellow vests movement was hit particularly hard. but it's not just protesters wh

crimes from southeast asia to that in america and beyond on 4 weeks of a london old bailey hearing that amnesty international claims could end global press freedom and why nato nations media appear to have tried to cover it up all the more coming up in this special episode of going underground with one of the world's greatest journalists and filmmakers john pilger who has been present at the extradition trial of wiki leaks founder julian assange is that has been taking place at london's old bailey john thanks for coming back on before we get to the testimony before we get to the amnesty international 40 n.g.o.s being barred the cia the burgling of lawyers if no one knew anything about julian assange to wiki leaks they might have known about the collateral murder video they just see in the soldiers american soldiers killing journalists why is julian assange is the one who is at the old bailey being tried not all those people all around the world that whose war crimes he exposed it with the leaks to bring about china or russia or one of the official enemy is but fine but this was about us he gave

amnesty has been forced to shut down in india because amnesty hahas literally been an eyesore for the indian government for speaking about human rights, speaking about poverty in india. this is a government that wants to talk about the farmers issue, which is why organizations like amnesty india have been forced to shut following the lockdown. it is the same amnesty india which gave a damming report on anti-muslim -- in february when the pandemic i just about started maintaining a strong force. there was a press coverage in new delhi. -- conference in new delhi. india put out a report saying how the government was complicit in the attack on muslims and that is what has been happening in india. in india come everything but the pandemic has been taking care of. the centers are being taken care of, human rights activists are being incarcerated. india whoicons of are being by students -- smoking marijuana. that is what the government's priority is right now. our news media -- it is not asking the questions you and nermeen are asking to me right now. i wish i could go to answer ththose que

government off using new goals to stifle all forms of dissent including peaceful assembly we'll talk to amnesty international after this report. under list who has been drawing crowds across tanzania but he says that's made him a target. in this footage from september the opposition leader's convoys tear gassed the presidential hopeful believes current president john mica foully is doing all he can to thwart his campaign. the police have been views abusing their authority with complete impunity. you know all the national electoral commission suspended me for 7 days. all completely party has dropped completely bogus. heard anybody and everybody the mayor packer president maggie fully is also pulling in the crowds he was elected in 2015 on an anti corruption ticket and now he's promising his supporters some big projects. united. the law gives me an hour to officially announce well we're going to build another international airport in this region of mandela this will help boost the economical tourist activities in the region. but over the past 5 years it's claimed microphone his government has bee

rush limbaugh turn the whole effort into a single word, amnesty. and republicans have use that to poison any attempt to rationalize border patrol between us and mexico. if there is any step that regularize is the presence of undocumented people of the united states giving residential status then that is amnesty and that is completely the completely the any of those that are on the west should be seeking amnesty for mexico city since we took that land for mexico in a war of aggression despite the fact president clinton showing how to transcend the two parties , and one memorial day on arlington national cemetery never brought a war of aggression to achieve territory of gain. so in his official speeches talking with his cabinet and his diaries makes it very clear that is exactly what the war with mexico was and the gulf of tonkin realities to stage of scrimmage between the mexican troops and american troops to rationalize going to war. >> in a few minutes we will open this up for questions with our viewers. a quotation from a passage in the book to h

amnesty international says at least 12 were killed. the manufacture of a powerful painkiller that helped set often opioid epidemic in the u.s. will plead guilty to come in all charges as part of an $8 billion settlement. purdue pharma makes the prescription drug oxycontin, which is linked to an addiction crisis that has killed more than 400,000 people in the past 20 years. almost 40 million people have already voted in the u.s. presidential election. president donald trump will hold a rally in north carolina, while former president barack obama is making his first campaign appearance on behalf of joe biden in pennsylvania. a volunteer in the clinical of a coronavirus vaccine has died in brazil, but authorities say testing will continue. brazilian mita -- media are reporting the volunteer received a perceive out. it is being -- received a placebo. they say there are no concerns about the safety of the trial. it is one of two potential vaccines facing clinical trials in brazil, one of the nation's worst hit by the virus. more than 154,00

and i'm now joined by amnesty international's roland bowler he researches the ten's and you're welcome to day to every news africa roland thank you action in tanzania is 2 weeks away you've just raised to report warning that president before his government is and the mining civil freedom said this about the timing of this report of course more about what's in it so this report is basically a follow up to a lot about reported they called it the price we paid to get it for decent but it turns and in state and if you put this into action over an extended period of time we do each you know human rights violations have been continuing and especially with new lows what i mean went to all the laws and also blanket ban such as on political rallies how popular is president john michael flatley we've just watched the report we've seen and they have packed a whole like stadium almost off supports this. he is obviously the person who is pushing these reforms just give us a sense of his popularity of course the kinds of human rights situation that you are observing. yes maybe on popularity a know t

security forces fired at protesters late on tuesday drawing international condemnation the rights group amnesty international says at least 12 people were killed that night blaming the violence on the military the government has not confirmed that but the nigerian parliament speaker says it's clear. there were casualties it's been more than 2 weeks since young people began demonstrating against police brutality after a video of a man being beaten by officers allegedly from the special anti robbery squad known as sars went viral and address reports from the capital abuja. and early morning fire set by arsonists burns parked vehicles at a government bus station in lagos officials say 30 process were destroyed. in lucky why security forces opened fire on protesters the previous night the standoff continues. the latest state governor who visited victims of tuesday's attack in hospital said more than 2 dozens have been hospitalized so you know sense. that we have not any fatalities. he's the one stinks sick he needs to do some media but protest his dispute that i can't really see who was shooting we

amnesty international is accusing the tanzanian government of cracking down on dissent ahead of this month's general election the rights group says the law is being weaponized to target opposition figures and journalists and the main opposition candidate says he doesn't believe the vote will be free or fair as catherine saw him now i too lisa says he's worried about his safety while campaigning he's also concerned about the independence of the electoral commission that barred him from can painting for 7 days last week electoral fishel said his conduct while on the campaign trail had been polarized lisa who recently returned to tanzania from belgium to run for president he left 3 years ago when he was seriously injured after being repeatedly short by an identified gunman he's told al jazeera he does not believe that the election at the end of the month will be free fair or transparent we are not going to accept stolen election. we accept every election we call millions of people onto the streets. democratic action piece action to defend the integrity of the election their votes if it

forces as demonstrations against police brutality threaten to paralyze the nation the rights group amnesty international says at least 12 people were killed on tuesday night leaving the violence of the military up and it drew support in the capital abuja. and early morning fire set by arsonists burns park to be coarse at a government bus station in lagos officials say 30 buses were destroyed. in lekki while security forces opened fire on protesters the previous night the standoff continues. the latest state governor who visited victims of tuesday's attack in hospital said more than 2 dozen have been hospitalized so you know chance . for. you. well. we have nothing to do any fatality. used. to some media but protesters dispute that i can't really see who was shooting we know who was the get i can't give you the afternoon because i'm not god i have to run my life we're running for their lives within the going to be was it so i. might want to. i'm listening to national agrees say there appears to be credible evidence of fatalities but the pictures have not been independently verified. the uni

security forces fired at protesters late on tuesday drawing international condemnation the rights group amnesty international says at least 12 people were killed that night blaming the violence on the military the government has not confirmed that but the nigerian parliament speaker says it's clear that there were casualties it's been more than 2 weeks since young people began demonstrating against police brutality after a video of a man being beaten by offices allegedly from the special anti robbery squad known as sars went viral i mean address has more from him which are. security officers are still out on the streets so are some individuals many of them we've seen over the last few hours we've seen videos of some people even going into people's house trying to break into their cars break into homes apart from the violence we've seen earlier today there was reports of a section of the nigerian port or forward to building in a set on fire and we've also seen how a television station was burnt a large section of it was a set of beliefs by some people and then the and identified people protester

statehood, amnesty, isaac is a power grab. am i wrong in my observation he seems weak to you, frail to you as he does me and cognitively that he struggling? is that a fair observation because they said it about mccain, ronald reagan, fair question for them. >> i don't want to assume that he's in decline, but i do think it's fair for people to ask whether such a lack of clarity and coherence in his positions. this is really a blunder of the first order come on refusal to talk about whether you're going to take this destructive step in the courts. ruth bader ginsburg before she passed spoke against this proposal as something that will destroy the institution that she loves. >> sean: by the way, and q to the fox family. i appreciate your insight. we come back, judge amy coney barrett's confirmation hearing started day and democrats wasted little time doing what they always do and that's politicizing it. senator lindsey graham sharing of the preceding and he will join us. at lawrence jones, 2020 correspondent on the ground speakin

amnesty, 50 million people. they expect people to be loyal to their party if they grant them such a gift as that. you look at ending the legislative filibuster. i don't know if people fully comprehend, this has never been proposed. they are telling america, elect us and we will make this one party rule throughout the whole country with little chance republicans ever get back in. >> i think that's their end game. you see that. people are acting like the dictators. they are shutting down the speech of those that they don't like. the people burning books in the streets. looting and rioting in inner cities across the country. those are the biden voters. that's the democrat party today. that's what people across america have to recognize. this is not your grandparents's democrat party. it's a socialist and marxist party. they don't care if they shutdown your business. we will put you on a government program and you will be a democrat voter for life. this is about captitalism versus communism. they are know pretending

in the history of p the country, and if you add four democratic senators, if you pack the court, if amnesty is something of value to attract people to your party in perpetuity, seems to me, lindsey graham, i don't know if we'll see another republican president in our lifetime. >> well, they'll do away with the electoral college, which means new york and california will pick the president forever. they will go from 9 to 13 members of the supreme court to wash away our conservative majority, do away with the filibuster in the senate, meaning anything coming out of nancy pelosi's house will go to joe biden's desk. we've got to win for selection. we got to get president trump elected, got to keep the senate. they are going to spend $100 million to take me out and all of my colleagues. what can you do? if you can help me, i'm going to be up here all week, i want the at home, lindseygraham.com, joni ernst in iowa, tom tillis, they are going to be on the committee, whatever you can give will help us get our message out, and we're going too take this, not goinger to let them te our country, i've go

amnesty international says at least 12 people have been kill. the united nations is calling on nigeria to calm the situation. protests against police brutality are continuing, and they are continuing to be met with violence. >> a day of shock after a night of shooting. as wednesday dawned, nigerians were left to count the human cost of the previous evening. >> everyone, sit down. >> according to seral witnesses, hundreds o people were gathered in lagos when soldiers began firing live ammunition at around 7:00 p.m. local time. >> the military came from nowhere opening fire, shooting unnecessarily. look at my legs. i almost lost my legs. >> amnesty international reported that several protesters had been killed by security forces. this was later denied by lagos' governnor. -- governor. the nigerian army denied allegations that soldiers had been involved in the shooting, labeling them as fake news. sporadic gunshots could be heard in lagos throughout wednesday, but the round-the-clock curfew enforced by police, smoke erupted from buildings. the pres

-- and amnesty for 15 million americans. something of great value, i would assume in the hopes they would forever vote democrat. if those things happen, would we ever in our lifetime see a republican as a president again? >> i think we would. you think we would come back from it. but you focussed on the top priority for democrats. it's not even the crazy stuff they want to do. it's trying to entrench their power. pour into concrete they will be in control. they it would add voters to the rolls by granting amnesty to illegal aliens and they will pack the court. joe biden and kamala harris won't answer that question because the answer is yes. i urged the senate to take up legislation that would prohibit the democrats from packing the court. either a constitutional amendment. >> sean: that's a hard process. >> but there is an easier process. i also introduced a bill to create a point of order in the senate for any legislation changing the number of justices, it would take two-thirds of senators to move that forward. i hope in t

amnesty says most of them died when soldiers opened fire. reports vary, but at least hundreds of people had gathere at the tollgate as part of protests against police brutality that have known in recent weeks. these pictures show protesters running to take shelter and you can hear the sound of gunfire. the shooting lasted for up to an hour. >> they are shooting at us. they are shooting. >> i want to show you another video that has been widely shared. it is dark, but you can see -- you cahear protester sending the national anthem among gunfire. youanear the voice of that man cracking a little as the gunfire begins. here's an account of another man on the street last night. >> i saw over three dead bodies. shot last night. i saw them. these people, -- >> authorities are downplaying the incident. the twitter account put out a series of tweets labeling the protesters as fake news and claiming that there were no soldiers at the scene. our correspondent has tweeted the truth is that nigeria always -- the reality is they killed more than 300 people

a name government is a being accused of political oppression ahead of this month's general election amnesty international says the law is being weaponized to crackdown on opposition figures and journalists u.s. president don't trump says he no longer has quote a virus and believes he's in you he made the comments a day before resuming calm campaigning gabrial elizondo has more from washington d.c. . given that they can from a shooting or lack of information from the doctors and giving no more information on on sunday it's left donald trump to tweet he's basically saying that he has find that he can no longer get the virus he's claiming he's immune and that he can no longer give the virus to anyone as well now that's a very problematic or suspect statement and even twitter had to mark that tweet by the president of the united states is a tweet that in twitter's words is misleading and could lead to a negative consequences when it comes to coronavirus. president has won reelection with more than 90 percent of the votes the country has no term limits on the has been in power since independence

amnesty means that -- that what you did was right. pardon means that what you did, whether it's right or wrong, you're forgiven for it. and i do advocate a pardon for -- for draft evaders. i think it's accurate to say that in two years ago when mr. nixon -- mr. ford put in this amnesty that three times as many deserters were excused as were -- as were the ones who evaded the draft. but i think that now is the time to heal our country after the vietnam war and i think that what the people are concerned about is not the -- pardon or the amnesty of those who evaded the draft, but whether or not our crime system is fair. we've got a sharp distinction drawn between white-collar crime. the big shots who are rich, who are influential very seldom go to jail. those who are poor and who have no influence -- quite often are the ones who are punished. and the whole subject of crime is one that concerns our people very much, and i believe that the fairness of it is a major problem that addresses our leader and this is something that hasn't been ad

amnesty international also reports azerbaijan h used banned cluster bombs in civilian areas. some fear a regional war is imminent, with turkey openly supporting azerbaijan while russia has a mutual defense pact with armenia. turkish-backed syrian mercenaries are also reportedly fighting in the region. for more, we are joined by two guests. in california, stephan astourian is tirtoheof decher tia armenn studies program at the university of california, berkeley and professor of the politics and history of the caucuses and armenia. his forthcoming book is titled "at the crossroads of the armenian-azerbaijani conflict: history, territory, nationalisms." and in yerevan, the capital of armenia, roubina margossian is a writer and a photojournalist who writes for evn report. she has been reporting from nagorno-karabakh. we welcome both of you to democracy now! i want to start with the professor to get context here. trigger for was the this latest conflict and explain the history of armenia and azerbaijan and how this has ignited at this point. >> the origin of this pblem goes back to

want according to amnesty international at least 5050 people have been killed while the government is talking about one person killed and several others injured they're still in shock about the situation that the nigerian army was actually shooting at peaceful protesters so as a result you don't hear as much from them ever now with this prison break in and the chaos that is unfolding on the streets of lagos they are seeing the are demanding justice must be happening here in lagos and all those who are responsible for these killings they need to held need to be hold accountable and they're seeing the quote going to continue with these protests if they don't see significant change on friday for sharp reporting from lagos nigeria on the latest on the unrest there thank you very much. how far could plastic waste become a part of underwater life all that's the central premise of swiss director pascal shell glee that he set out to explore and has a short movie the beauty it's an imaginative take on one of the most pressing issues facing our planet that of plastic pollution well now a shell

all right let's get some more insight on this i'm joined now by saying because with amnesty international nigeria he joins us tonight from a budget it's good to have you on the program we've got alleged violence against protesters security forces in the country say that is not true do you have evidence to the contrary. we as another musician enough conducted. on the ground investigation and our own investigation us constraint that. the government is not telling the truth when it sais that there were no casualties as a result of. the shooting into a crowd of protest that was that took place at the nec you tollgate just today we have been able to consent and that at least 15 school protest that has died in that incidence and the number will be i know but that is what we've been able to confound from speaking with a witness see a straw man and ice in video full day and also from reviewing the last bits of records a lot of this conflict between 6 45 pm just the other night. the nigerian military actually opened fire on brits of people who were peacefully calling for good governance and an end

london's old bailey john thanks for coming back on before we get to the testimony before we get to the amnesty international 40 n.g.o.s being barred the cia the burgling of lawyers if no one knew.