That. Need while Trump Supporters protested the vote count as his campaign mounts legal challenges in several crucial swing states. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program votes are still being counted in several key swing states in a tense u. S. Election at this hour democratic challenger joe biden is leading the quest to secure 270 Electoral College votes that would take him to the white house now the Associated Press agency says that biden has taken arizona it puts him had 264 votes although other News Agencies have yet to call it as Donald Trumps potential path to get back to the white house narrows his thinking fraud and has launched legal action in 3 states to have the vote count stopped. Frustration spilling out onto the streets in new york and t. Trump protesters demanding every vote be counted. In other cities like here in seattle a similar story. In portland a sign that many here have had enough of u. S. Politics all together. But in phoenix arizona pro Trump Supporters make their voices heard outside an election center. This is a country divided. I believe personally as a republican that trump won in a landslide but because of culbut and the ballots that 300000 ballots overnight were found in every city in the swing states for biden im just overwhelmed im so stressed out yesterday it was like you know insanity but this morning i broke down and cried because of the possibility that trent might be in office again. Across several states votes are still being counted the majority of them have been sent in by post and in this election costing a vote by mail has been favored by Many Democrats every vote must be counted i know its going to take our democracy away from us not now not ever. America has come too far there is far too many battles americans endure to march ever let that happen. But republicans claim these parties to votes amount to electoral fraud with donald trump accusing democrats of trying to steal the election from trumps top lawyer is promising legal action we think were stupid if people are moved because the democrats do think its good they do think youre fools thats why you get called the poor both jobs. Go were going to stick with this were going to win this election with actually one just a matter of counting the votes where. It may come down to the courts to decide who wins this election the closest fought battle for the white house in 20 years. And heres a look at the results so far with some closer attention to states that have yet to declare a winner as we said earlier our figures show biden currently on 264. 00 and President Trump on 214 Electoral College votes wisconsin has become the latest state to fall into the biden column its 10 electoral votes which won in the last election now go to his democratic challenger and according to the Associated Press news agency which is our main source for election data here at the news biden has taken arizona please keep in mind other major outlets have yet to call that state and its 11 electoral votes now going to nevada which has exactly 6 votes on offer that is what joe biden needs in order to get to the white house he currently has a slim edge in that state and in georgia 16 electoral votes are on the table there with trump leading the way but his margin has narrowed in that state the top campaign has filed a lawsuit alleging that in alice. Late absentee ballots may have been added to the count and pennsylvania is the biggest prize still up for grabs with 20 electoral votes the president currently holding a narrow lead there but again remaining mail in ballots are expected to favor the democrats so with votes still being counted the paths of victory for donald trump appears to have narrowed states in red or blue have either declared winners or either trump or biden are leading in that those States States in lighter blue shading or pink shading are leading toward biden or trump respectively lets get more of the view from washington where d. W. Is carla alike are is standing by so we just saw the latest on the state of the race just walk us through what is going on in these individual battleground states right now while if we start looking at georgia President Trump was or still is in the lead here but as you mentioned his lead is shrinking this is a states that he won 4 years ago a republican state but joe biden is catching up here. 16 electoral votes at play and while biden could win the election and make it to the white house without georgia see it once a couple of other States Donald trump needs the states to really cross over 270 electoral votes and win the election meantime in arizona some outlets have been calling the state for biden but it is still looking like it might be pretty tight here. It is a very close race and other outlets like c. N. N. For example have not called it yet. We have 11 electoral votes here and bidens lead is shrinking so if we look at Maricopa County for example thats the most populous county in the states where phoenix is and here his lyf his his lead has shrunk by about 11000 votes from last night until this morning but votes are also still being counted in a lot of counties that usually lean democrat so that is better news for biden and not so good news for trump pennsylvania the largest states still at play theres a lot of votes left to count there are 20 electoral votes also at stake yes pennsylvania is proving to be really interesting as as many experts experts have said before the election so here trump is in the lead as well with the biggest margin of all of the states still a place. But here again it is it is shrinking steadily and has done so ever since the polls closed it is likely that we wont know which way pennsylvania will go for quite some time because theyre still counting a lot of mail and ballots and they in fact accept mail and ballots they were postmarked by election day until tomorrow until friday republicans have to challenge that but that right now is how it stands and mail in ballots of course as we have heard more likely to favor biden so were going to have to be patient for a little bit longer to find out how pennsylvania voted carla bleicher thank you. Throw now into the 2nd day without a conclusive results in the u. S. Election states have until december 8th to deliver certified results that is supposed to help guarantee that all votes have indeed been counted that day is called safe harbor day because any state result after that which is delivered can be challenged at a less time this all came into play was 20 years ago an election that was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court. November 2000 republican president ial candidate george w. Bush seems to win florida but the results are so close that the rules demand a recount the whole election hangs in the balance democratic candidate al gore request a manual recount in certain counties. Recounting by hand took a long time a legal battle slowed vote counting down and the state overshot the safe harbor date december 8th this allowed the Bush Campaign to ask the Supreme Court to stop a new statewide recount which it did bush was declared the winner by a margin of just a few 100 votes. Fast forward to this november another election without an immediate result the established law in some states is that counting early and mail in ballots can only start on the election day and this year the corona pandemic meant millions of people voted that way counting all these ballots takes guess what a long time. We dont know how long yet but that december 8th safe harbor deadline is starting to become visible on the horizon. President trump has already said he intends to use lawsuits to slow down or stop state counts which could push them past the safe harbor date and make them vulnerable to challenges his 1st comments after polls close pointed towards this he falsely said counting votes after election day was illegal. We were getting ready to win this election frankly we did win this election. Is a major fraud in our nation we want the load to be used in a proper manner so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court his democratic opponent joe biden had been expecting this and tried to take the wind out of trumps sails we knew because of the on precedent early vote in a maryland vote is going to take a while were going to have to be patient until the hard work of talent votes is finished if under cleared states miss the safe harbor date while theres still no overall result the u. S. Congress and Supreme Court could get involved bringing back memories of the bitterly divided 2000 contest. And lets get more on that we are joined now by list shelter in berlin she has worked for several democratic campaigns in the u. S. Shes a policy analyst welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us compare what we are seeing right now in 2020 to what happened back in 2000. I think the main difference here is the mail in Vote Buying Campaign had a very strategic push leading up to the election stay say mailing your vote so this is less about a razor thin margin and more its just taking time this is no longer an election day this is an election week and as these votes get counted the margin grows so i just dont see that same 500 votes actually coming into play i see the margins in pennsylvania tipping to where its by growing in arizona and growing in nevada to such an extent that you just cant have an argument with the Supreme Court i mean that assumes though that the votes continue to be counted the campaign we know taking action against counting ballots in several states what is the legal basis for that is there any legal basis for that. Theres not a great legal basis for that just sent to the lawyers that have been really instrumental in for example leading up to the election getting votes counted in Harris County in texas theyve been tweeting that these these lawsuits just dont have a legal leg to stand on this is about how many votes that were already delivered or postmarked by the election day depending on the states rules and thats democratic and these are finding votes that are based on it these are fraud this is just about counting every single vote and i dont think that there is any legal basis really for what hes trying to do to stop that count liz take it to the big picture for us because biden we know right now has the most popular votes of any u. S. President in history a record here but the u. S. Calculates based of course on the Electoral College still how high are the calls for reform of that system could we see it if biden potentially wins this presidency. Were already seeing it i think after 2016 there was rumblings because at that point we had in 2000 we had 2060 and now im seeing it really high level figures talking about reforming this system i believe colorado signed on to as a state that would vote for getting rid of the Electoral College they need just like the election 270 electoral to reform this and that puts them somewhere in the 1000 970. 00 rage i think and so as state legislators themselves are starting to say this is dissent british izing millions of americans and its putting us into this chaos where instead of looking at popular vote that would have decided the election on election eve were talking about these this this tension is just rising in just very few very specific states so i think this is gaining real traction and becoming a real possibility tell us a little bit about the demographics the these trends that were seeing emerging you know as as the votes are tallied because trump appears to have lost some ground with white men who have until now been his principal base but there were more minorities voting for him and many expected were you surprised by that why is that. I mean taxes and so a little bit surprised but quite actually no Minority Group is monolithic and most especially not the latino and hispanic vote they come from around the world and so were seeing that reflected in cubans in venezuelans in florida voting for a trump in mexicans in colorado overwhelmingly voting for by so were going to see that grow as population gains a stronger and stronger voice in the american elections as far as white men i remember hearing in our interview with folks from restaurant states West Virginia texas michigan not texas pencil. They were saying we voted for change we voted for our jobs and he didnt see that and so i think were seeing that reflected in folks that gaze trump his chance and 4 years later their lives arent any better elka thank you so much policy analyst has also worked for several democratic campaigns we appreciate your few thoughts thank you its so the election outcome hanging on just a few final states with pennsylvania a must win for donald trump it is feared his um says unsubstantiated claims of fraud could potentially stare civil unrest now despite the painstaking work ahead of them electoral officials in the state of pennsylvania are determined to ensure that the democratic process prevails for enormous pressure is falling on the shoulders of this man the republican Election Officials responsible for overseeing the vote count in philadelphia in the key state of pennsylvania he and democratic colleagues have vowed to Work Together to ensure an accurate count. We have really no choice but to get it right right our the foundation of our republic is based on our electoral system much like yours and much like many others and its important to maintain the integrity of that process and to count every vote and to make sure every one of those vote counts philadelphia was and still is prepared for any reaction the National Guard has been watching over government buildings and stands ready in case in green voters should take to the streets. I feel a little nervous but i trust the process frame for by the way i dont like trump declaring victory already i think this. Truck like to do and then i just pray that everything works out we nobody today im so optimistic that this country is bigger than trump we can whatever happens in the long run will be fine while election teams on the inside are busy counting outside its business as usual these workmen disagree politically the 3 have been working together harmoniously for years. Ever since it started it was going to be a neck to neck race and whoever lost going to fight it its going to happen. We have nothing we can do we do know we did our job we voted. Yes absolutely voted you know we all voted 1st no i look i do that sort of for mr his colleague who comes from puerto rico and is a convinced biden voter you know no thought at all so who are really good friends here we dont care which party anyone votes for its just about voting because. We know what most pennsylvanians are taking the delay in stride meanwhile the governor and secretary of state say accusations of fraud are unfounded. It is never been so transparent after youve got counties Live Streaming youve got party and candidate representatives watching every step of that process its just not happening theres no evidence of any anything like this alleged. These workers continue to patiently tell you the votes terms campaign has demanded county be stopped but the local republican election commissioner vows not to bow to pressure. Its important for us no matter what we hear on the outside to stay focused on our goal to count every vote thats cast by an eligible voter in philadelphia we cant really spend day and night combating all sorts of nonsense that we hear on the outside we have to focus on counting the votes like many Election Officials he hasnt slept a wink and he suspects long days and nights could still be ahead. Of get a check of some other stories making news around the world the president of kosovo hushing toci is stepping down to face war crimes charges at the International Court toci was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army joining the kosovo war in the late ninetys hes accused of committing atrocities against civilians he told a News Conference he is traveling to the hague to face trial. The un has expressed alarm over reports of armed clashes in ethiopia on wednesday at the o. P. s Prime Minister ordered the army to confront the Regional Government of the province which has its own militia all sides are well armed and observers are warning of a possible civil war in the war of africa. Hurricane thats a is losing some steam across Central America people in low lying areas of one door us are being evacuated as the storm brings heavy rains at the devastated parts of nicaraguas coast on tuesday now residents of cuba and the u. S. State of florida are on alert as the storm heads north toward the week but. This time zone has reported a significantly higher 3rd quarter loss than expected in germany a carrier lost almost 2000000000 euro surpassing analysts estimates a pandemic and travel restrictions have seen ticket sales plummet the airline lost 5600000000 euros in the 1st 9 months of the here. The u. S. Has registered almost 100000 cases in a 24 hour period. It in a new record in the corona virus pandemic their infections have been surging across the country but as a percentage of the population the midwest is currently hardest hit and in addition to rising cases hospitalizations are also soaring north dakota says that it has only 6 free intensive care beds in the entire state with and 230000 people have now died in the u. S. After catching the virus. Earlier we spoke with peter tin hong a professor of medicine at the university of california San Francisco and an Infectious Disease expert he told us that the election and in particular nonsocial the distance rallies may have worsened coronavirus in the country. Wouldnt mind dated in voting facilities in the United States during the season in fact even if your state has a mosque mandate the federal law didnt permit or didnt mind it or in force mosque going on the sites im also concerned that the activities around election time the buses of supporters particularly from President Trump theyre not Wearing Masks theyre in an enclosed space theyre writing up and on these all promote potential super spreading Events People are not writing mass in these rallies theyre huddled close together as shouting and screaming theres a lot of emotions and these are the states where theres a lot of coronavirus happening right now so you know pretest probability of getting an infection in these communities is actually higher Infectious Disease expert Peter Chin Hong speaking with us earlier and here are some of the other developments in the pandemic germany has set a new record for daily infections in the country almost 20000 positive cases registered in the past 24 hours. In england a 2nd nash nation wide lockdown has come into effect tough restrictions on social contacts are in place all nonessential businesses will be closed for 4 weeks groups has announced that it will we enter a lock down from saturday the measure is due to last 3 weeks according to the Prime Minister and denmark is set to call all of the countries farmed menkes more than 15000000 animals thats after a mutated corona virus from him named farm infected at least people. 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This is the news live from berlin heres a reminder of our top story as vote counting continues in the u. S. Election democratic candidate joe biden says that he is confident that he will take the white house some projections show biden just 6 Electoral College votes away from the 270 needed to weigh. It up next on news it is conflict so this weeks interview features zimbabwes a foreign minister suppose you saw more oil i will post that in just a couple of minutes if you want more you can always check out our web site t w dot com you can also follow us on social media i think having issues im sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching karen stay safe. Into the conflict zone for syria charlie my guest this week is involved boyce minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade cboe see slowly as a former army chief he was also the face of a military coup that amnon babatz of power. The seat of a political and economic. Looks. 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We have a book to take painful decisions to the left side the economy more than 2 years ago zimbabwe and its long time grueling xantia party appeared to be turning a corner when amberson and nongod what took office and promised a break from nearly 4 decades of Robert Mugabes brutal authoritarian rule and economic mismanagement but hopes for a quick recovery have been dashed the country now faces the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in a decade and critics question the political will to stamp out rampant corruption and human rights abuses my guest this week is involved. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 2 more you as a former army chief he was also the face of the military coup that propelled and now god what to power whos involved way ever be able to see genuine political and economic reform. Foreign minister see both see you so more oil welcome to conflict zone thank you. You were the face of the military overthrow of Robert Mugabe back in 2017 as a commander you got on television in your uniform to assure the public of a stable transition back then you were the heroes of the hour now you have an economy close to collapse with fuel food electricity shortages where is the hope in zimbabwe right now world thank you very much sara yes the change in 27. And the advent of the current government which is the said good dispensation was as a result of a lot of issues. But among those was the issue of the economy and the disappeared the public to call that a new quote of me which had been in distress for many years for Different Reasons some of this is could be sanctions and then some of the reasons could be that of management but this me say that there was hope and they still hope. Because we have to painful decisions to the 5 economy from where it was these decisions are the ones which appear as if theyre making people lose hope but in reality. Get 2 teams right and i want to talk about you mentioned sanctions you mentioned management those are certainly issues that were going to address but right now the i. M. F. Is saying that youre in an economic and humanitarian crisis the worst economic crisis in more than a decade against that backdrop id like to talk about the priorities of your government right now because you have recently made headlines for splurging millions to purchase top of the range vehicles for nearly 50 ambassadors across the globe while the state is failing to pay Civil Servants a living wage how can you justify such a spending spree when millions are facing hunger. No the whole issue. Is is is is best on the fundamentals this economy has got very strong fundamentals and if that strong of sentiment those done what was that before and all of the issues which we obviously forming at the moment as the economy is concerned is the. Is the is the currency it has been the patterns which has caused inflation but as you are well with the auction system but mr foreign minister just to bring it back. Because ultimately you purchased these vehicles just to give our viewers a bit of context they were between 40. 00 and 50000. 00 per view a call when were talking about the average Civil Servant this is the middle class in your economy they are making the equivalent of 1. 00 an 0. 80 a day and youre purchasing 40. 00 to 50000. 00 vehicles on you not out of tune with the priorities and the needs of your population with that money have been better spent elsewhere not our most show us that are which theyre talking about the variables which the one thing i announced for the your laments very primitive words we have had to ensure that our own diplomats. Are more well. And that was quite a serious issue when we took over because the conditions of our diplomacy externally was. That of. Collapse because they were moving with as they were moving with. Something which is not. Appropriate for a deployment was assigned for admission and therefore buying variables for the diplomats was quite one of those measures which you were talking to address the situation of our diplomats before you had made it doesnt look good boy it doesnt look good in economy where were 63 percent of the population live below the poverty line yeah but the whatever the cost of those there calls was not to necessarily the issue which is caused the economy to be way tease the quantum it has been like this we are changing we are forming a we are undertaking specific key decisions which are oriented to the economy and among them is the double as they should of the extent of it but were also doing a lot of the economy to the forms which ensures that even the Investment Development community is free to come in within the much our month of open for business lets talk a little bit more about that mantra and those reforms that you have been making in order to get the economy back on track because as you mentioned you promised that the economy would be open for business id like to begin on the economic front with your currency reforms because a really big source of tension right now has been the reintroduction of your local currency. Last year after a decade of official use of the u. S. Dollar very quickly that local currency rapidly lost value would tend prices rocketing raising fears of renewed hyper inflation but you have been. Quoted as saying the following that the return of the zimbabwean dollar is basically stabilizing the economy from what it was. Is that really a message thats appropriate to send to the people of your country when the price of almost everything has ballooned a loaf of bread can essentially gobble up a few expansion sell the scenario which is happening on the ground is that this economy had norm wanted a policy. Way of fixing it it only had to discover the fiscal side and therefore the to work on systems of success in the economy both the fiscal and the Monetary Policy had to be. Adjusted and thats why we head to introduce our own currency and our own currency is critical for our own people in terms of economy planning and in terms of the expenditure years we are facing challenges because of the changes weve had to do in place and the they did challenges it has been that our currency was not stable in a day therefore we had to have been took him a shows such measures which are to stubble as all but i mean this year with introduce the. The foreign minister i just want to follow up with you and ask you because to address some of this criticism though in the way that you rolled out this currency because we have a condom a saying that you rushed to reintroduce it without the backing of a foreign currency the i. M. F. Cites missteps in Foreign Exchange and monetary reforms that have failed to restore confidence Chatham House also saying that it has had limited results do you have any regrets not at all in fact. It is appropriate and it was an appropriate decision that we introduce to our currency so that. You can side with Foreign Exchange operations and the that has been the desire of this government so we are not only trying to eliminate remember we have been in this dollar that should be good for some time before this. Ended up with there was a shortages when there were issues a lot of issues which would put outside the control independent of the. Authorities because of that it was important that we introduce our currency and our currency which is ok supposed to. Be a u. S. Dollar just briefly foreign minister id like to ask you because you mentioned in the beginning of our conversation that one of one of the ills that is affecting your economy is sanctions weve actually had your president saying that their impact on our daily lives is a measurable that the consequences are dire but are they really because. Or is your just your government just continuing to perpetuate a false narrative here as a convenient scapegoat the United States for example says they only have 141. 00 individuals or come for companies singled out in your country right now in a country of 16000000. Not at all sara do all government of sanctions it to this country has caused the serious and unintended consequences i have always called it a weapon of mass destruction because this is it dead out which exists now is. A study instrument or act on zimbabwe specifically that it shall not access in external support from either the i. M. F. World bank or other International Financial institutions and the because of that its means that the risk of. Perceived risk of this country whenever these that hinging aspect of assumption means that it is higher it to deter is investors would lend to come into this country despite the fed but as the mo was open for business which has been propagated by president of muscle now governor and therefore we believe that these sanctions are now is relevant it is far as the situation is about with its content but there are causing untold sufferings not probably to the even literature but particularly to the. Must population of the people and thats what is refuted by the European Union in order the United States however i would just like to ask you because youre continuing that with this narrative and by blaming the west for your countrys problems arent you actually shooting yourself in the foot i mean you mentioned that you need foreign capital because the truth is you need very engaged in order to improve your economy which is saddled with billions of dollars in debt at the advent of the 7 the public prism the global clearly articulated use Foreign Policy objectives and that was a reengagement engagement basically you are saying we must. Be a friend to everyone and that we must be and then made to no one and that zimbabwe was open for business and the whole objective of that process was to ensure that we are members of the family of nations who can and who can. d allow the companies particularly from the west to come in and invest in zimbabwe and the west is encouraging and that has been the objectives and our drive to ensure that company is from the u. S. From the European Union from all of these countries from germany should come into the bubble so that they can be able to invest and opportunities that have been say that zimbabwe is probably presenting. The best events with the between to promote investment which didnt just fall in the movers in the International Community however now that is. That investment for Many International partners one of the precursors for that is the fact that many want you to tackle corruption in your country on july 11th president and he once again he declared war on corruption as he did in 2017 post his takeover speech and in his inaugural speech after the 28000 election so i would like to ask you why should zimbabweans and the International Community believe that these are more than just shallow phrases i mean theyre phrases that have been around for a while these are not just phrases. The president do when he. Particularly made his document on the undercutting day was clear and in terms of direction in which were talking of corruption and a quarter option is something which we are at to mourn and not just. Something which is the radical and you are aware that already. 2 cabinet ministers have been reined. In the not irrational inevitable how is it not there radical mr foreign minister when youve had when youve had more than 2 years in office and several arrests have been made but there have been no convictions to date no convictions to date and even the president acknowledges that there is a socalled catch and release system in place yes but remember we have what separation of powers between did so the deval selves and the judiciary and therefore when people have been arrested and will be charged and everything it is then that is the responsibility of the judiciary to handle the cases but that is the process of genocide so that if they do this with the cases. They are being given court dates and did they have been appearing in court of moment and do we believe that we. Should and the not theorizing of the whole process is when many people believe in fact it is the 1st time that she has been handled head on in this country than ever before ok so lets look at a very high profile case a concrete case on corruption and that is the case of coulda tog theory he is the boss of such a holdings it is said to have purchased buses from a Chinese Company and then resold them to the government at twice the price its costing your citizens a lot of money he apparently made a 54000000. 00 profit here tell us. Is this an example of the type of business practice that needs to be investigated because theres talk that he got this contract without a proper process of procurement i think that is a misinformed position as far as were concerned and if theres been any. Such kind of complaint it should have been the body to do this mobil and the Corruption Commission but that is what has been reported by the end the ravishing information your former youth leaders in fact reported it to your anti Corruption Commission the i. M. F. Reportedly also privately warned zimbabwe that the state payouts of sequential were quote undermining trust in the economy you are pushing it and you are talking hiving fears if you have the highest levels of government why not just investigate. Earth. Because hes politically connected. Not at all in fact if you are talking about the issue of buses those buses. A way of bought from. Is the this of of and it was a deal of the bus company here in zimbabwe not even. Out of china that it but through the agent we had supplied buses be full into this country and with bill is there were would contract and these buses were bought when ordered and ordered and it delivered that our transport system is efficient morsel on that because its not easy it was there because like there wont be an investigation there are things above them. So mr foreign minister then let me. Just let me ask you about another case where everything does not appear to be above board we also have to mention this high profile case which is currently ongoing that your Health Minister who would fire this month for Inappropriate Conduct after he was accused of illegally awarding a multimillion dollar contract for covert 1000. 00 medical supplies and just to give a Reference Point these masks were apparently costing the government 28. 00 per mask theres been public uproar over this hes facing 15 years in prison if convicted will your citizens see real consequences while that does exist the the testimony all for how the and the corruption drive in this country is because he has been arrested and he has been charged and therefore it means the people and what he says. No no no no its not being caught and released remember this just in this country hes going to appear in court and of the of of it is going to be presented and then it to be up to the judiciary. To convict him or not but thats does not is not the disposability of of of this sort of. Ok mr foreign minister id like to turn to another issue now and that is the issue of human rights particularly the issue of freedom of assembly has been criticized in your country the president has said that everyone in zimbabwe has the right to express themselves freely to criticize to protest but i just like to bring in one example because these are the protests back in early 2019 Security Forces responded reportedly with lethal force killing at least 17 people raping at least 17 women shooting and injuring 81 people or arresting over 1000 suspected protesters during door to door raids that doesnt sound like an ideal condition for people to express themselves freely or does it to you. Well let me assure you. And all the viewers that this government and the constitution of this country clearly article is old the rights rights all through the. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion and so on and besides that theres been a lot of emphasis in terms of. Embedding these rights among the people but there is no freedom in the constitution or in demonstrations or protest there is nor freedom. Bending peoples cars and there is a delayed that but it must be this which respects other peoples rights as well lets talk about peoples rights out of interfering and also just to acknowledge the violence in this case was against the protesters they were the ones who experienced the face challenges but lets talk about the rights of others and and turn to another case. A crackdown on dissent and this happened in may when 3 female opposition activists were on their way to participate in a peaceful protest organized by the opposition they were reportedly stopped at a Police Checkpoint in harare subsequently abducted by state agents tortured sexually assaulted a very high profile case in your country is this what opposition leaders can expect in your country theyve subsequently been arrested themselves they havent even received an investigation into what happened to them. Set out its must you must be very careful when you. Are sessions because in the 1st place we were in the closet period and because of the cost 8. 00 you cannot have done with sessions of or symbol for about 50 people in town now if you breach but the law in that regard and you then cause a danger to the rest of the population in terms of the instructions it is you are fitting other peoples rights to life which is not in up it which is not appropriate and the other 2nd issue is that. You believe at the moment that that is that those women but this is a must which is under investigation and this if you are going to start this i have truly been produced. For being produced by the minister of home affairs which to me is clear that this could be leading to one of those issues which is that managed to while a particular nation or redone event ok but yes the United Nations is calling for their release its also not my assessment its my assess the assessment of the un but id just like to ask you generally speaking because international n. G. O. S they describe a lack of political will when it comes to instituting reforms in your country i just like to quote Human Rights Watch it says the following zimbabwes failure to decisively deal with cases of abductions disappearances and torture severely undermines the standing of the country within the International Community the country needs to end impunity if symbolic way is to be respected failure to do so undermines the countrys reengagement efforts with the International Community how can you possibly convince the International Community thats involved race open for business when these assessments are so damning. Appreciate that but you must understand exactly where these are being provocative from and the way that they coming from mainly the opposition in this country has got this strategy of attracting attention by stage managing events which we should add up to the International Community. Eyes and content and in the reality when theres not been any of such an abduction the example is the mobile bay the doctor and even the current lead is something which is under investigation which i dont want to do continue really delving in in it but i can assure you of that we have made reforms and this is the reforms i have to give place you are aware that the the west has been very concerned about the pasta and that process has been repealed the west has been concerned about a plan and has been repealed and this progress in the forms and we are saying that this is the reforms in the study being undertaken for the for the sake of. The International Community or the western. Capitals but theyre also being done for the benefit of all on people so that they should benefit our own people and that this government the 2nd the public zimbabwean foreign minister genuinely pursuing zimbabwe in foreign minister says hes a lawyer we have to leave it there thank you for joining us on conflicts are. Thank you all. Thanks. Fighters are back to africas most successful in radio drama series continue. The stories focus on. Prevention and sustainable production. Are Available Online and of course. You can share and discuss on africans Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Crime fighters tune in now. Ok. Can you hear me now yes yes we can hear you and how long standing gentleman sounds that way bring you im going out man call and youve never had to have a surprise to self with what is possible who is medical really what moves that m. R. 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