all the people of. the un special rapporteur on myanmar young he giving a news conference there in bangladesh his capital dhaka after visiting an island off bangladesh on thursday where the bangladeshi government wants to resettle refugees some seven hundred fifty thousand muslim has fled into bangladesh in late twenty seventeen after an offensive by myanmar's military that the un has said could amount to genocide joining some two hundred fifty thousand people who are already in bangladesh now bangladesh has spent some two hundred eighty million dollars transforming. china island into a camp for some of the refugees but young un special rapporteur on myanmar has called on the bangladeshi government to first allow the un to make an assessment of the living conditions on this island before allowing the refugees to be relocated there she said that she is troubled by the island's isolation she also spoke about the situation in myanmar itself for running a refugee saying that the insecurity in south east myanmar undermines the safe return of the refugees she said she's deeply concerned

where the un special rapporteur on myanmar has been giving a news conference after visiting an island off bangladesh. on thursday where the bangladeshi government plans to resettle refugees from myanmar some seven hundred fifty thousand ruhi get fled to bangladesh in twenty seventeen a military crackdown in myanmar's rakhine state let's bring in a name who is in dhaka for is a time to talk us through what we heard from the un special rapporteur on myanmar. holy the headline is really this she's saying that this is a regional problem that is fast becoming one with global implications she cited the deportations by saudi arabia and india of rohingya refugee she said she was dismayed and of course has mentioned this is a violation of international law and she said that because me and maher is has not made the democratic reforms as stated that violence continues in the country people continue to be intimidated and sort of coaxed into fleeing over the border into bangladesh people's homes continue to be burned and more than one hundred sixty two thousand people are internally displaced in m

star. the un special rapporteur for obvious hurry killings says she will travel to turkey next week to head an independent international inquiry into the murder of saudi journalist. agnes connemara look at the circumstances of the crime and the responsibility of any state or individual suspected of being involved she oh report her findings to the un human rights council in june this is a visit by a special aperture and they work independently of us and and they can follow their own guidelines in terms of dealing with topics such as in this case the topic of extrajudicial executions you're aware of the position of the secretary general about the need for a full and transparent investigation and he continues to stand by that. our diplomatic editor james space looks at the significance of the u.n. special wrapper toys investigation. let's put this into context there's been for many months a call from human rights groups for a panel of inquiry or a commission of inquiry set up by one of the main bodies of the un the general assembly the security council all the human rights council that

to other news now the un special rapporteur will. travel to turkey next week to head an independent international inquiry into the mood of the germans to kushal. had a modern evaluate the calls of the circumstances of the crime and to what extent states and individuals are responsible for the canning should report our findings and recommendations to the un human rights council and. this is a visit by a special aperture a day work independently of us and they can follow their own guidelines in terms of dealing with topics such as in this case the topic of extrajudicial executions you're aware of the position of the secretary general about the need for a full and transparent investigation and he continues to stand by that james bays explains how this investigation is different. let's put this into context there's been for many months a call from human rights groups for a panel of inquiry or a commission of inquiry set up by one of the main bodies of the un the general assembly the security council or the human rights council that is not what this is this is an initiative of dr agnes k

international investigation but it's got us and the pendent investigation led by the un special rapporteur on extra judicial executions agnes calm are entertainer in turkey for a week long mission she also wants to visit saudi arabia karl marx said on thursday that the three member legal and forensic panel would seek to establish state and individuals responsibilities for the killing i conceive of this and for it to be a necessary step among a number of others toward crucial truth telling about and formal accountability for the gruesome killing of mr. hell marc who had requested information from other authorities including the united states hopes this will help ensure accountability and transparency in this case and may open new avenues for the prevention and protection of the right to life and other cases including a charnel us and human rights defenders and accountability for their killings the turkish foreign minister says the un security council is unlikely to launch an international investigation into shows he's murder. it's time for an international investigation the security. should ta

momentum and moving on to other world news the un special rapporteur for killing says she will travel to turkey next week to head an independent international inquiry into the murder of saudi journalist. agnes connemara will look at the circumstances of the crime and the responsibility of any state or individual suspected of being involved show report her findings to the un human rights council in june. our diplomatic editor james space looks at the significance of the un special rapporteur us investigation. let's put this into context there's been for many months a call from human rights groups for a panel of inquiry or a commission of inquiry set up by one of the main bodies of the un the general assembly the security council all the human rights council that is not what this is this is an initiative of dr agnes kalamata she holds an important un position as the special rapporteur on judicial executions arbitrary killings and summary killings now under the existing remit she can visit anywhere she wants and that's what she's doing she's going to turkey she is independent she'

program by alfred desires a former un special rapporteur and we're very happy to have you sir how would you assess just firstly the un security council meeting on venice and u.s. secretary of state pompei always calls for countries to quote pick a side and reject what he called venezuela's illegitimate mafia state. well the whole narrative is so realistic it's actually op seen to invoke democracy to destroy democracy is obscene to invoke human rights to destroy human rights and by the way as far as the europeans. the treaty of must east the treaty of lisp and. commit them to promote democracy rule of law and human rights and it's impossible is incompatible with that commitment to support it could it now there was acquitted already back in two thousand and two against. google choppiness that was on the eleventh of april two thousand and two and what happened is that carmona the head of the chamber of commerce will face a common us. all to proclaim himself the new president the first thing he does besides abolishing the national assembly and is. dismissing the supreme court and ever

where the murder of took place steps so we understand you managed to speak to the un special rapporteur what was she been saying. that's right well she's not giving any official media statements or press conferences while she's here but we did bump into her by coincidence because her schedule is not being made public she was walking around here she said that she wanted to get an impression of the place she's not being allowed in at the moment this is exactly what she had to say. what is your impression of just really with the foreign minister nothing ok are you related to the saudis and are you really. made a request to the saudi government for access to the consulate. and in saudi arabia we are waiting for their response to be fair. requests to them quite quite late so we need to give them a bit more time to. question or you think you know. we just want to have a sense of it and we have respect for you calling on the authorities to give us access at some stage when we are here. or she will now be meeting with the chief prosecutor this is of course in charge of the investigation the turkish

un special rapporteur for human rights and man maher is calling for the head of the military to be charged with genocide yankie lee is investigating alleged crimes against the rohingya minority that forced hundreds of thousands to flee the country least said cases are already being compiled for future prosecutions. independent mechanism that i recommended be established last year has been formally established and funded and recruitment has started justice for victims is it's a it will see is really the question of evidence of crimes committed in the creation of case files be against alleged perpetrators these cases will be ready for press for prosecution is a credible international or national court and it's also the name following the story joining us from dakar that's in bangladesh so the u.n. special roberts were in a tough are not mincing her words when it comes to me and mars army chief. you know this is the first time that she has publicly however said that the army chief should be charged with genocide she says he and a handful of others should be charged prosecuted for geno

un special rapporteur on human rights in the inmarsat to arrive in bangladesh young really will visit cox's bizarre where over seven hundred thousand refugees live since the scaping military crackdown reckoned states in two thousand and seventeen mean mass government has ceased cooperation with lee and has refused to entry into the country the actual name now. the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has been shut out by me in march the government won't allow her access to the country and is not cooperating so her work is confined to neighboring countries and bangladesh factors in greatly the u.n. says there are now more the nine hundred thousand will hinder refugees living here the bulk of them came during a spike of violence in august twenty seventh and now they are spread across a mega i can't here in cox's bazaar now it's the dry season the monsoons are behind people and life has become a little easier but as you can see sanitation lack of access to clean water and latrines can use to new to be concerned if you look here there are workers trying to prepare the can for

later. but first the un special rapporteur for human rights to me and mars calling for the head of the military to be charged with genocide yankee leigh's investigating alleged crimes against the roping of minority that have forced hundreds of thousands to flee the country least said cases are already being compiled for future prosecutions the independent mechanism that i recommended be established last year has been formally and funded and recruitment has started just for victims it's a. really good question about the. creation of the case files against alleged perpetrators the cases will be ready for prosecution credible international or international court meanwhile yankee lease says isn't interested in allowing the room to return of a name reports in dhaka the un special rapporteur is urging the bangladeshi government to prepare to host the migrants for the foreseeable future. the ruling the refugee crisis has become a fast growing regional problem with global repercussions that's the latest assessment of the un special rapporteur on human rights in me and mark young he cited t

could be behind the attacks which killed twenty seven people. and the un special rapporteur who is looking into the murder of the journalist is due to meet the turkish foreign minister and anchor on monday will hold weeklong talks as part of our own inquiry. a prominent chinese human rights lawyer huang jiang has been sentenced to four half years in prison for subversion wang had defended political activists victims of land seizures and members of the banned religious group falun gong he was tried in a closed hearing in december one has been detained since twenty fifteen falling asleep. rights activists. thousands of protesters are rallied in the french capital to call for an end to violence and destruction caused by three months of anti-government demonstrations like the so-called yellow vest movement they're also using clothing to identify themselves but the reports from paris. a new citizens movement in france created online and now on the streets of paris they call themselves the varied scarves and they say they're fighting back against months of finance and disruption by yello

a fantasy growing pains on al-jazeera. a un special rapporteur arrives in turkey to investigate the murder of saudi journalist. follow on down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up venezuela's president nicolas maduro puts on a show of military might as his rival calls for more protests against. getting hooked in iraq high unemployment and poverty leads to an alarming rise in the heroin addiction. and thailand who cleans up its fishing out to a large scale look at what's being done to protect a valuable industry. we begin in the turkish capital ankara where the u.n. human rights investigators are looking into the murder of jamal khashoggi is due to meet turkey's foreign minister agnes column r. is due to have week long talks and the special says it's a crucial step towards formal accountability for the killing of the saudi journalist and critic of the crown prince stephanie decker joins us live now from outside the saudi consulate in istanbul stephanie so how significant is this trip by the un special rapporteur on what can we expect to come out of it. bush is con

against. jordan this is on live from also coming up un special rapporteur as to turkey to carry out an investigation into the murder of a journalist in. the philippines military says the. group may have been behind sunday's attack on the cathedral. of the high unemployment and poverty and into an alarming rise in the drug trade in southern iraq. as well as self-proclaimed president is calling for more protests against the leadership of nicolas maduro wide or has declared two days of demonstrations on wednesday and saturday is seeking support for an eight day deadline set by european nations from a bureau to agree to free and fair elections. we are calling for a mass mobilization at national and international level we will be taking to the streets of venezuela and around the world to follow and show our support for the european union's ultimatum to the madrid government head of the senate a deadline it's an unprecedented ultimatum in support of our people's demand to bring down the user reapers. australia as the latest nation to support why though he has joined the majority of countries

appreciate your take on this matter and your thoughts as well former un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the palestinian territory john do guards. thank you i'm as are a lot for now it's a check in with stacy next on live reports here on twenty four seven our team internet. i. i. i. i. was gone into a nihilistic theme. thank god it hit the road and get out the traveling across america what makes america the scholl of the. american hero this is a point. we always are on the. up . we're starting last with. the beginning heading east. we're going into the belly of the b. i think it. leave now governor getting more guns out of that it may be completely different than this. is. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be. considered to be press this is what the four three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of our. first sit. hi i'm max kaiser this is the ca's a report lots of very important things that we must get to immediately stacy

kingdom bot hasn't received a reply from the authorities catamount has the un special rapporteur on executions is set to arrive in turkey on monday she says the inquiry is a crucial step towards full accountability for the well as the executive director of the arabs and to washington d.c. and he says there is growing pressure on the united nations to pursue its own investigation. there has been a lot of international pressure directed at the particularly office of the secretary general at the un to initiate some response if you will some initiate some investigation on behalf of the international community with regards to the murders so recently the secretary general has appointed a group of three representatives to kind of represent him and the united nations are showing this inventive investigation the group is headed by again this column up as you just stated in addition to helena kennedy a member of parliament and wanted to know if the portuguese investigator and saw these people have requested if you will that group has requested access to the saudi consulate the site of the sce

eighteen as china and the u.s. launched a trade war of the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has arrived in cox's bazar in bangladesh to assess the plight of or hinder refugees more than nine hundred thousand have settled there natasha honeymoon is there. the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has been shut out by me in march the government won't allow her access to the country and is not cooperating so her work is confined to neighboring countries and bangladesh factors in greatly the u.n. says there are now more the nine hundred thousand will hinder refugees living here the both of them came during a spike of violence in august twenty seventh team and now they are spread across a mega i can't here in cox's bazaar now it's the dry season the monsoons are behind people and life has become a little easier but as you can see sanitation lack of access to clean water and latrines can use to new to be concerned if you look here there are workers trying to prepare the can for floods that are inevitable in this part of the world there is also concern about a lo

president joe at the request of the united states. for un special rapporteur on human rights and has been granted access to the brush on island in bangladesh young he leave will visit the area on thursday uninhabited the area is set to house more than one hundred thousand range of refugees but once groups compared conditions on the island to living in a prison bangladesh hopes it will ease congestion in camps along the border or house of a seven hundred thousand ringette many fled the military crackdown in myanmar's rakhine state in twenty seventeen a taliban attack has killed at least sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel southwest of kabul the suicide bomb and gun attack up on the m a gun shop the capital of war duck province has drove a truck packed with explosives into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency after the explosion other taliban fighters dressed in police uniforms stormed the base united nations is reporting a big increase in the number of people leaving saudi arabia to seek asylum the u.n. high commissioner for refugees says there are

special rapporteur on executions is set to arrive in turkey on monday she says the inquiry is a crucial step towards full accountability for the murder well let's get more on this we're joined by harry just xan who's the executive director at the arab center washington d.c. and he joins us now from fairfax virginia very good to have you with us on al-jazeera mr so as we've been reporting agnes kalamata has asked for access to the crime scene it is going to be part of the investigation she's hoping it's been more than three months since jamal khashoggi was killed there so why is this access important. well essentially throughout this whole period duckie just sort of further to that has been a lot of international pressure directed. particularly office of the secretary general of the un to initiate some response if you will some initiate some investigation on behalf of the international community with regards to the murders so recently the secretary general has appointed a group of three representatives to kind of represent him and the united nations are showing this inventive investigati

the region earlier this month another landslide and java killed thirty two people. the un special rapporteur on me on mars just completed a ten day fact finding mission in thailand and bangladesh although the government of myanmar refuses to cooperate she says it's clear the country isn't interested in allowing the rangar refugees to return as natasha going to reports from dakar she's also urging the bangladeshi government to accept the fact that it will lead to host the refugees for the forseeable future. the ruling the refugee crisis has become a fast growing regional problem with global repercussions that's the latest assessment of the un special rapporteur on human rights in me and mark young he cited the recent deportations of rohingya refugees by saudi arabia and india to me and mark a violation of international law in his memo was not working to me and conditions returned. i was in. intimidation and harassment its neighbor bangladesh has been struggling to accommodate this predominantly muslim minority since august twenty seventh t. more than seven hundred thousand have sought refuge her

washington d.c. thank you thank you. now the un special rapporteur for human rights and is in myanmar and says that the head of the military should be prosecuted if a genocide yankee lays investigating an edge crimes against the henge a minority that it forced hundreds of thousands to flee the country lace had cases ready being compiled for future. the independent mechanism that i recommended be established last year has been formally established and funded and recruitment has started just as for victims is it. it was easy to conceive is really the question about visions of crimes committed in the creation of the case files being against alleged perpetrators these cases will be ready for growth for prosecution is a credible international or international court. also said that myanmar as an interested and allow the hangar to return and she's urging the bond that they should government to prepare to host the refugees for the foreseeable future natasha the name reports from dhaka. the ruling a refugee crisis has become a fast growing regional problem with global repercussions that's the

agnes holds an important un position as the special rapporteur on judicial executions three killings and summary killings now under the existing remit she can visit anywhere she wants and that's what she's doing she's going to turkey she is independent she is international because she's a u.n. experts. so this in those terms is an independent international inquiry it's also worth noting that any special rapporteur when they go on a trip anywhere around the world at the end of it right some report to the human rights council hsu so she will be presenting a report but this is not a formal commission of inquiry having said that saudi arabia should be worried about this because she has already said in fact in an interview with me in november that given the senior figures that were involved in the killing she believes on the information that's publicly available that saudi arabia is culpable for the death in the next few hours the u.s. senate will vote on two bills to try and end the partial government shutdown president are trying to trigger the shutdown by demanding five billio

professor philip alston the un special rapporteur to or on extreme poverty and human rights traveled to the united states in order to quote evaluate and report to the human rights council on the extent to which the government's policies and programs aimed at addressing extreme poverty are consistent with its human rights obligations his findings paint a dire picture of life in the us the report states that a staggering forty million americans live in poverty eighteen point five million in extreme poverty and a whopping five point three million americans toil under third world conditions characterized as absolute poverty of the thirty five member states in the organization for economic cooperation and development the report finds the united states has the highest youth unemployment rate and highest infant mortality rate among comparable countries the us also has one of the lowest voter registration levels in the o.e.c.d. the report reads quote its citizens live shorter and sicker lives compared to those living in all other ridged democracies are radical tropical diseases are increasingly

criminal. behavior al jazeera washington. the un special rapporteur for human rights in myanmar says the head of the military should be prosecuted for genocide young needly is investigating crimes against evil hang a minority that have forced hundreds of thousands to flee the country. the independent mechanism that i recommended be established last year has been formally established and funded and when president has started justice for victims in say it will see. really the question of evidence of crimes committed in the creation of case files against the legend perpetrators these cases will be ready for prosecution in a credible international or international court. while he says myanmar isn't interested in and there will hang at every turn i go named reports from bangladesh . the ruling a refugee crisis has become a fast growing regional problem with global repercussions that's the latest assessment of the un special rapporteur on human rights in me and mark young he cited the recent deportations of rohingya refugees by saudi arabia and india to me and mar a violation of international

forces are on high alert just in case did the reaction across the country. the un special rapporteur on exit is meeting or stumbles chief prosecutor agnes and their friends who can legal tomorrow in a week long visit to turkey to investigate the murder of saudi journalist jamal. they've not had access to the saudi consular though way that's killed in october. at least thirty thousand people fled the nigerian town of ran over the weekend fearing an attack by the armed group ahead on u.n. spokesperson says people panicked after security forces who were there to protect the town left. china says it's concerned and disappointed after the u.s. justice department announced criminal charges against telecoms giant or and its chief financial officer the accusations include fraud and theft of trade secrets beijing is urging washington stop what it calls the unreasonable suppression of chinese firms who is now available for sure just as the foreign ministry said with no evidence they're using the state power to discredit and attack dissimulated companies this sort of behavior is unfair and immoral

trump is one of several leaders who stayed away to deal with domestic issues at home the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has been granted access to the brush on char island in bangladesh yanni lee will visit the area on thursday it will house more than one hundred thousand range of refugees but rights groups compare conditions there to a prison bangladesh is hoping it will ease congestion in the camps along the border that house over seven hundred thousand eight hundred many fled a military crackdown in myanmar as one hind state and twenty seventeen a memorial service is being held in kenya for six people who were killed in an attack last tuesday twenty one died when al-shabaab fight to storm the dusit hotel in nairobi those are the headlines up next this unfair again. the election of the forty fifth president of the united states raises ethical and potentially legal questions. today mainstream media can easily be disrupted and personal online data easily accessed. how can this information be used to sway the outcome off an election. and can it undermine the basic tenets of democ

to criminal. behavior al jazeera washington. the un special rapporteur for human rights and myanma says the head of the military should be prosecuted for genocide yann he lays investigating crimes against the regime the minority that of false templates of thousands to flee the country least said evidence is being compiled for future cases. the independent mechanism that i recommended be established last year has been formally established and funded and recruitment has started justice for victims is it. it will see can see is really the question of evidence of crimes committed in the creation of case files being against religion perpetrators these cases will be ready for growth for prosecution in a credible international or international court fully also said that myanmar isn't interested and allowed the hangar to return and she's in the back of a shia government to prepare to host the refugees for the foreseeable future the name reports from the. the ruling the refugee crisis has become a fast growing regional problem with global repercussions that's the latest assessment of the un

including al jazeera speaks with the un special rapporteur who's in turkey investigating the murder of john social. china demands the u.s. that stops cracking down on chinese companies after criminal charges are filed against telecom giant huawei. and in small campaigners demand urgent action after bahrain issues an extradition order for refugee footballer. now five people have been arrested in southern brazil in connection with friday's dam collapse more than three hundred people were killed in the torrents of muddy waste from an iron ore mine three of the detained work for the mine mine companies owners the other two are engineers who worked on the dams safety. has the latest from belo horizonte the capital of. where the disaster happened. the search continues around the town the broome with genial but now they're looking for bodies rather than survivors in the meantime the legal case against the company valley which owns the mine is great is gaining pace arrests have been made further investigations are taking place with the vice president of brazil hamilton saying that a full in

to deal with domestic issues a un special rapporteur on human rights and been granted access to the bash on char island in bangladesh young healy will visit the area on thursday the uninhabited area is set to house more than one hundred thousand range of refugees but rights groups compared conditions on the island to living in a prison bangladesh hopes it will ease congestion in camps along the border and house of a seven hundred thousand ranger and more of service is being held in kenya for six people who were killed in an attack last tuesday twenty one people died when al-shabaab fighters storm the dusit hotel complex in nairobi five people arrested on suspicion of assisting the attackers appeared in court. all right well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story stretching from sochi russia. they are there to keep the peace but many are killed targeted by armed groups the latest to die un troops in maui so what hope is there for u.n. efforts to keep the peace in conflicts around the world this is inside story. come to the program i'm richel

protect iran left the area. the un special rapporteur sure who is in turkey investigating the murder of the saudi journalism is meeting with istanbul's chief prosecutor. is on a weeklong visit to the country there forensics and legal team but she's not yet on access to the saudi concert where she was murdered in october. china says it's concerned and disappointed after the u.s. justice department announced criminal charges against telecoms giant who are way and its chief financial officer the accusations include fraud and theft of trade secrets beijing is urging washington to stop what it calls the unreasonable suppression of chinese firms. just as the foreign ministry said with no evidence they using the state power to discredit and attack designated companies the sort of behavior is unfair and immoral as a department responsible for the same history we consistently encourage chinese companies to act in accordance with international rules and market principles and develop foreign economic cooperation on the basis of abiding by local laws all right those were the headlines the news c