And had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. But maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom, but that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say, so were in the same situation. We continue to wait. The bbcs Guillermo Olmo is following events from caracas. Well, its very hard to say whats the real reason behind what nicolas maduros government does. What we know is t
Hello and welcome. Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profilejudge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. Will grant reports. Venezuelas Independence Day traditionally marks the togetherness and resistance of its people in the face of the Spanish Colonial power. Not any longer. Now it seems it is an opportunity for the two sides in the countrys unending political crisis to call for the other to back down. First, the opposition led by the self declared interim president juan guaido. He is the National Holiday to highlight profoundly damning report by the United Nations into the governments human rights record. Translat
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profilejudge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. Will grant reports. Venezuelas Independence Day traditionally marks the togetherness and resistance of its people in the face of the Spanish Colonial power. Not any longer. Now it seems it is an opportunity for the two sides in the countrys unending political crisis to call for the other to back down. First, the opposition, led by the self declared interim president juan guaido. He used the National Holiday to highlight a profoundly damning report by the United Nations into the governments human rights
The Committee Plans to hold this congress. After examining the history of the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change and the Public Health effects of Climate Change in our first two hearings, today the subcommittee turns to the impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters. This subcommittee has three goals today. First, were going to illustrate how Natural Disasters are made both more intense and more frequent due to Climate Change. Climate change is real. We are con substantiate constan of that fact. Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice in one day alone. 2 billion tons of ice lost in a day and weve got people still telling us not to worry that Climate Change isnt a problem. The American People know better and they know because they are already suffering from the effects. Michael man is here today to explain how and why we are seeing more intense hurricanes, more frequent wildfires and more devastating flooding because of Climate Change. Our second goal today is to examine how the fed
Supervisor mar good morning. The meeting will come to order. Im supervisor mar, the chairman of this committee, and im joined by supervisor brown and supervisor peskin. Thank you to sfgov. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Supervisor mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item number 1. [agenda item read]. Clerk thank you. Supervisor mar thank you. Id like to welcome helen mar and karen shoot. As you may know, Community Benefit districts, our Business Improvement districts, are officered by local law and state law. This resolution covers annual reports for fiscal year 20172018. Oewd ensured that all c. B. D. S are meeting their annual financial plan. It encompasses approximately 598 parcels. It has an initial budget of 400 million. Its set to expire on june 30, 2019 for this current term. For staff, their executive director is karen flood, and their president is benjamin horn. Our staff reviewed the following budget related benchmarks for u. S. Bid