activist whose full name we won't be using to protect his identity he was at one of the demonstrations in mandalay and i asked him to describe to us what he saw. i was close to the protesters and asked me where peacefully sitting and trying to go or versus are there a security force worm normally lying. on terror is really being a city it's very it was very coordinated and systematic so we became they didn't come to us to disperse the crowd they came to us. they came to kill and as soon as they got tool near our protest area they raided 6 jory building and 2 snipers get on the roof and they started shooting random people and right in front of my eyes i could count up to 20 people were shot directly tied snipers it was really heartbreaking moment. and. moral but they use less and less teargas and more and more alive and unishe and it was something really really close to a battleground and the violate every single aspect of human rights david this is some incredible incredible brutality that you are describing to us tell me what it's like when you're in that situation i mean people must be terrified on the streets you know we we were. at 1st we didn't think it would be this severe so we were still stinging and form and backing off quite slowly and then right at the edge of the eye while cruel civilian was shot in the head at that moment we knew that there was a sniper and everybody started to move quite quickly and the police became really chaotic and. the military took advantage of the situation and they took their time and shot down you know everyone the police it and it was more like . a video game for them aiming at the hands and shooting on and on and on and i had to run i had to look after the women right there right beside me and my knee and had to flee as far we have possible and stew and it was there were also hundreds of students who were also trapped and we also had to manage really hard to get out and still hundreds of students were captured and they were tickin true. taken to a prison. david thank you so much for sharing your insights with us it must be extraordinary times and obviously you're all showing incredible bravery so thank you so much for your time. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. at least 8 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a powerful car bomb in western afghanistan the blast targeted to police station in the city of herat the government blamed the taliban but a spokesman for the group has denied responsibility. the russian police have arrested about $150.00 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a conference in moscow accusing them of links to an undesirable organization organizers said participants from all over russia were discussing plans for parliamentary and local elections in september several prominent opposition figures would you take part. it's silly will impose a nationwide lockdown over the easter weekend prime minister mario draghi said parts of the country will shut down starting on monday including the capital rome and financial center in milan it is the leasehold corona virus infections rise 10 percent in the last week. now in the u.k. police officer has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 33 year old woman wayne cousins who's 48 made his 1st appearance at a london court on saturday morning sarah ever odds body was found hidden in woodland woman a week after she went missing it's believed she was attacked while walking home from a friend's house in south london a disappearance and killing have caused a nationwide outcry and prompted a global discussion around women safety. and for more let's bring in our correspondent charlotte pill in london charlotte good to see you this isn't the 1st murder of a woman in the u.k. what is it about sarah ever odds case that's triggered such a passionate reaction and debate about women's safety. well i think that's where you'd have to mention some of the chilling details about this case which are still managing of course you described in there just now about the man who has been arrested in connection with police on the daily and alarming developments bought in this case is something that every woman certainly in the u.k. has been able to relate to she was walking home from a friend's house when she went missing and women can all relate to that they can relate to the fear of walking home alone at night women everywhere on social media or on television in parliament here in the u.k. now sharing stories of that fear that they experience everyone sharing how they would carry keys in their hands as they're walking home how they've sped up in the parts if they like someone else is following them how they've changed their route home and that is a conversation now that is happening on a national level so much as this tragic story gripped the nation there was a vigil planned for this evening that's now been counseled to to coronavirus restrictions but it is his dad donations are coming in they can foster women's charities and of course this hasn't just affected women in the u.k. this is a global issue those now global conversation with women sharing just how they felt in the cost as they will climb and of course part of that conversation is now women saying there's got to be a shift in the conversation from women to be cautious to changing men's behavior. right there is a conversation happening about refocusing the lens here not just looking at why are women getting a harassed on the streets all sexually harassed but why is this being perpetrated by by some men now men are joining in this conversation seen a lot of posts on social media where their offspring how can they help how can they make women feel more comfortable if they are do you find themselves on a street with a woman who is on their own so this is something that met on now participating in but this is about refiguring how we knew could cases like this i think a lot of men coming out on social media saying they want aware of this scale of this with a lot of women there on a regular basis all right charlotte silver forcing from london thanks so much. now preparations for the foot for world cup to be held in qatar and 2022 are in full swing the allegations of human rights abuses have dogged organizers with media reports claiming that more than 6 and a half 1000 migrant workers have died in construction projects that has prompted one dutch company which has traditionally supply the pitch a big tournament's to boycott the event. grass grown in the netherlands is used in football stadiums around the world and organizers of the 2022 world cup hope to play on sod from hendrix could have sold him but the company has pulled out of negotiations pointing to the staggering number of fatalities among workers in the run up to the tournament. the reason a report in the guardian newspaper shows more than 6500 migrant workers have died in qatar over the last 10 years most of them from south asia but the death toll could be higher reports from the philippines in kenya which included in the guardian's report officials claim there were only a handful of deaths and world cup construction sites which include. an airport roads and public transportation projects. there are around 2000000 ford workers in qatar most of them come from south asian countries but some hail from african nations like kenya. human rights organizations have repeatedly criticized the working conditions and despite new laws and they say that the conditions are still poor. and in the bundesliga the russian mention glad buff were looking to get their ambitions for european qualification back on track as they travel to uk spoke to open match day 25 of the hosts proved too strong for blood off winning 3 to one spokes under a han sealed the victory with the best of the goals in the 89th minute now looks safe from relegation while glad i was out of them this legal wind since january. now finally lockdowns around the world have sent cities into an eerie silence since the start of the pandemic a year ago new york certainly has yet to regain its buzz but one member of the city's philip monic orchestra has brought solace to his neighbors with solos on his rooftop. the mournful sound of a trumpet solo drifting over the rooftops of new york they found burns drove placed in it the spirits of his neighbors and his own to. the 1st night it came up was april 4th. and every night after that i played a difference here in for the neighbors and every night more and more people taps coming out on their balconies and on the rooftops in their windows was my. hour the trumpeter is use to a biggest stage ethan is a member of the new york from the monic the opus to his home has been docked for nearly a year. this should have been a fan's 13th season with the film the money no one knows when things might get back to normal the audiences the people that we make music for is you know a very you are the people that really make what we do worth it and music communicates and and speaks and right here i mean you hear the silence of applause a. ethan is a true new yorker and as the song almost says if you can make it through the crisis then you can make it anywhere. it what you need to laney's life from butler and coming up next it's world stories . told everyone here at the deli and much. why are people sourced to hide in trucks. player there are many names of players play and there are many cancers play. and there are many stories. playing make up your body plays . made for minds. explain. this week on world stories. new hope for migrants in the u.s. . women are fighting in militias in congo. let's we begin in germany where the world's 1st criminal trial on torture in syria is taking place the 1st verdicts have been announced for the bereaved families of the victims it is just the beginning. there always fresh flowers next to add a must if is put trait he disappeared in syria 8 years ago. the few remaining photos of him at all his daughter was 1st most precious possessions she's looked at them a 1000 times trying to conjure up his presence the day it happened what was away her mother then living in northern syria was on her way to visit her husband in damascus they hadn't seen each other in months 15 minutes before she arrived she called them and said i need to stay in i'll be there in 15 so he said that i clean the how everything is perfect and i'm just waiting for you'll. see our 15 minutes late there she i. she called him and he never responded oh oh. you know i mean to the day i was like this is according to neighbors armed men had come to take alley most of her away. her mother and sisters had to flee syria one week later and leave him behind they still don't know anything about what happened to him. they actually survived by leaving syria and not getting killed there maybe i have physically survived somehow war you cannot just get used to the fact that you lost your that day one second you know you cannot just use through the fog get used to the fact that he just disappeared for nor is a. waffle his father is one of 130000 people who have gone missing in syria investigators believe most of them were disappeared in bash prisons a german court has now convicted one former syrian intelligence officer for his role in the torture of prisoners in syria another offices trial is still ongoing when the trial began wafa held a vigil in front of the courthouse. i don't mind myself and i don't mind the whole word every day that my dad was political was against the eugene you only demanded freedom justice and the state of law and for that reason has been this appeared for almost 80 years now and this is not acceptable i'm not going to be silent about. what for feels at home in berlin but said she could see herself eventually returning to syria and rebuilding the country in the meantime it's important for her to be in germany at this historic moment we are working our best. to be. a guard. because you cannot dismiss and decide anything about. us president joe biden's plans to reform a solemn laws are giving hope to many asylum seekers who are mexican comes to enter america. every morning at sunrise certain automat crosses the bridge over the rio grande to mexico her daily mission is to help refugees to get to the other side as immigrants re fair to the united states on this site people already know her and are called somebody asking for her help. now there is a possibility again to offer a person who is being persecuted and who has a life threat to apply for asylum. after 4 years suborder is finally opening again for immigrants qualifying for asylum many of them have been waiting in mexico for years under inhumane circumstances this is what our role as a people that care about their circumstances the fact that they're here means that people their families and they need to that press is the fact that they're not alone. this is why is here to guide them and assist them in the process these immigrants came together 2 years ago and created the informal refugee camp. ever since they refused to move insisting to stay as close as possible to the united states they came from haiti central america and also from parts in mexico where criminality is high. a total of $25000.00 immigrants seeking asylum have been stuck in mexico for years president biden's administration has now allowed them to wait for the hearings in the united states. for them. this is the culmination of years of waiting and for sister norma it's an honor to be part of it and screen care the most so yeah because and finally this is so beautiful i'm tired it has been a day full of emotions and very exhausting and to free the mood for these families they have suffered a lot and now the united states is opening its doors for them. but i guess. once on the u.s. side n.g.o.s are taking care of them around 99 percent have family members or friends living in the united states but this is not the end of their trip for happiness then this long journey is just starting the goal it's not here yet but in the city they are meanwhile on the mexican side of the border more families who are forced to flee iraq big hoping that the new biden administration will let them in. we are on their threat to my family and i we had to scape because they said they want to kill us. as long as the root of the problem is not address the increase of criminal activity in mexico and central america is still going to force families to abandon their hopes. the eastern democratic republic of congo its roots by rival militias. women or remove these rebel fighters 20 of them experienced abuse as teenagers. we are on foot the beauty of the landscape cannot distract from the constant fear of kidnap or being caught up in fighting. as soon as we get close the rebel militia sends an escort to take us to that base. one of them is mummify either she joined the militia almost 20 years ago after another group attacked her village the man killed her parents with machetes 6 of them raped her she was just 15 she'd already been married the same group had killed her husband. i felt defeated my life had defeated me i saw what they had done to me and how they killed my family i couldn't continue my life like it had been i mean really so i decided to become a fighter and drive them out. given the chance she'd shoot them on the spot she says when a former teacher began recruiting people to take revenge she joined him many in her group survived similar. it's a militia of traumatized damaged young people. they killed my father they killed everyone in my family that's the only reason i became a fighter. the offer to revenge and survival they control around 20 villages in the area security for food in a deal they say is consensual that we saw local people running in fear from them the idea of consent is complicated for everyone. it's only when we are alone that says this. i hear that other people run away from the group but i think how can i run i have no one to help me i have no land i have no one who could help me build a life. she would like to trade her gun for the life she had before as a farmer negotiate the myself i would have had a good life with my husband one like other people have but that was taken away from me so when i got that. now she pours what hope she has into her children that they will have choices one day. despite its many cruel virus cases with drugs restrictions are fairly relaxed the spanish capital is becoming the new favorite destination of lockdown we return from all over europe. meeting friends and enjoying drinks in the sun a rare pastime these days but possible in madrid and that's why the spanish capital has become a refuge for young tourists from france it's so so depressing being in a country but is nothing's open it's gloomy all day you have to be back there's a curfew it at 6 you can even see your friends are no cafes there's no you know you can't sit down with anyone you literally can't do anything in in france. in madrid coronavirus restrictions are less strict than in other parts of europe and negative p.c.r. test was enough frenzy to do mind to come here she didn't have to quarantine and also brought a friend come here there's there's friends there is. it's amazing it's a dream come true. a dream that theodore stark and i you be have also precede the students live in germany and are spending a few days here they planned the trip with friends knowing that germany has advised its population to avoid traveling tyrus countries. somehow you feel bad if you travel because other people are self isolating and you're not supposed to travel at the moment. but i don't think you can stay at home for a whole year either. we want to see the world while we're in the prime of our lives . during the day the students explore the city in the evenings they stay at home they say they feel safer keeping to themselves others feel differently madrid's police sometimes have to break up illegal parties held after curfew with participants ignoring current contact restrictions which is ideal for the spread of the virus this party was organized by french tourists. illegal parties also worry dr laura's sons in the end they all contribute to more infections. in america so we already have to be very careful with family members and in our everyday lives unnecessary contact has to be avoided it. the young people we met this afternoon in the dredge think both can work being responsible and enjoying the freedoms of life we do all the p.c.r. test and everything we wear the mask when we have to we don't want to bother spanish people you know we just want to leave again and in france we're going to do that from now madrid is one of the few cities in europe that still lies some leeway though that could change at any time. to talk top. ok ok last week irish dance crew cotto are taking social 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