Hello and welcome to the program im dennis now this year is in the lowest number of journalists killed around the world in almost 20 years the annual review by Reporters Without Borders says most of the 49 reporters killed while covering the wars in afghanistan in syria and yemen well hear from our guests in just a moment 1st say some of the Main Findings from this paris based watchdog at least 941 janice have been killed over the past 10 years now this years historically low figure is a shift away from the past 20 years when around 80 journalists were killed every year Reporters Without Borders say while few a jam this a being killed in the field more of being imprisoned Reporters Without Borders says 389. 00 journalists were locked up this year thats an annual rise of 12 percent almost half of them in china. It and saudi arabia at least 57. 00 journalists are currently held hostage most of them in syria yemen iraq and ukraine many others are facing just as much danger in countries th
This is the problem with issuing test you yourself cannot pass. Candidatesdemocratic held their final debate of the year in lolos angeles. Was009, go back and look, i on the opposite side of that with the pentagon. The only reason i can speak to it now is because it has been published. I am the guy from the beginning argued it was a big mistake to surge forces to afghanistan. You are also the guy who helped lead us into the disastrous war in iraq. What we need to rethink is the entire war on terror. Amy we will play highlights from the democratic president ial debate and host a roundtable discussion on what the candidates were asked and not asked, which candidates were included in the debate and which were excluded. We will speak with immigrant rights activist Erika Andiola, investigative or reporter azmat khan, Heather Mcghee, kristen aarke, and alan minsky progressive democrats of america who pushed for the d debate to address poverty. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democra
A new trade pact to replace nafta. While myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi has literally arrived at the International Court of justice where she is beginning her remarks defending her country against allegations of genocide lets listen in the 948 Genocide Convention one of the most fundamental multilateral treaties of all the time invoking that 940 age Genocide Convention its a matter of a most gravity. This is a treaty that we made following this is to match it killing of malls and 6000000 year jews and thats my country wholeheartedly signed as ferdie assertiveness december 949 and ratified on food since march 956. 00 genocide is a crime that the International Criminal tribunal for rwanda applied in response to the mass killing of perhaps 70 percent of the 2 chief in rwanda. It is a crime that is not applied by the tribunal to the former yugoslavia for the displacement of approximately 1000000 residents of course civil in 1909 neither was it applied by that tribe you know no by this co
Carol and a different type of crisis that asks if homelessness is a crime. Jason all of that and more. But first, our top story this week. Natos 70th turned out to be less of a Birthday Party and more like a thanksgiving dinner for a big, dysfunctional family. Carol thats right. Not all of them got along. A few snide remarks were made, but in the end, everyone seemed to accept they were stuck with each other. Thats according to mark champion, who covered the summit outside london. Lets talk about nato and what a week it was. Mark it was. I mean, the buildup was pretty extraordinary. This was supposed to be a celebration. It wasnt a real summit. They do that every two to three years. This one, they felt they had to do because it was the 70th. They kept it really short because they specifically didnt want to create a big target for unscripted problems with president trump, which theyve had before. So, and then all of a sudden, in the weeks before, you had the french president macron comi
Laureate aung sun suu cine rejects accusations of genocide against the rowing machine leads me and miles defense of the uns highest court. Britains Prime Minister retreats into a fridge to avoid a live t. V. Interview on the last day of Election Campaigning while labors leader has problems of his own plus. The real danger is when politicians and see on making it look like real action is happening. As teen activists cretan burke to cry is a lack of action on Climate Change Time Magazine names her person of the year. The upper house of the Indian Parliament has approved a controversial bill that will grant citizenship to minorities who face religious persecution in pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan opposition politicians and human Rights Groups say it excludes muslim refugees from the 3 neighboring countries as part of the governments hindu nationalist agenda they have also been violent protests in the Northeastern States of. Reports now from new delhi. I was i they chanted slogans aro