The u. S. Embassy calling on the u. S. To push through a bill that would give them greater powers to safeguard hong kongs autonomy and as i mentioned the protesters are now sending out an International Appeal for help and their efforts and jim brown has more on that part of the story obviously these protesters want global attention their target on sunday the United States. To chinas leaders this will fuel their suspicions that foreign powers a behind the 3 and a half months of unrest in hong kong the protest his message is for the u. S. Congress and the act they want passed that would lead to close a scrutiny of human rights in hong kong and u. S. Sanctions against hong kong leaders he wants to u. S. Congress to pas that hong kong human rights and you know see as as chance was about this you were so important for us because you can selectively punish those off issues who trample on our freedom riot police blocked the road in front of the consulate and were braced for trouble. As in pre
A very busy place on a sunday night and as you can see its been brought to a standstill with white police over here blocking the roads they chased the protesters 2 here from the financial district and tried to disperse them using tear gas among the shoppers and the crowds on a sunday night long long ago we saw people running with small children without any protection away from the tear gas so instead of just protesters here confronting the police what were seeing is regular shoppers and regular people trying to confront the police off them why theyre using such Excessive Force when there are people who have nothing to do with the protests this has been a constant or a fein and this has been the next step in the protests that we are seeing where people want Police Accountability for their actions this is in stark contrast to the protests we saw earlier today when thousands of people marched to the u. S. Embassy calling on the u. S. To push through a bill that would give them greater pow
Expected to make much of a difference if the oppositions strategy what is socalled successful it will give a signal to the government that opposition is growing just before the polls close the oppositions call to participate in the vote didnt seem to have been heeded similar to previous elections turnout was only around 20 percent steps aljazeera moscow. The Israeli Government has approved legislation to allow cameras and polling stations in the upcoming election the bill must now go before parliament before polling day on september the 17th opposition groups say the governments decision to allow cameras is a political tactic to intimidate israels arab population Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its the only way to prevent voter fraud. Election problems must be resolved before the election when do they want to. After the election there is no need for special arrangements no need for special training no need for special equipment any monitor to confirm with a cellphone this is wha
Thanks for joining us we begin the program in sudan where ethiopia special envoy says the opposition has agreed to suspend its campaign web civil disobedience indefinitely in turn the military will release Political Prisoners as a confidence Building Measure both sides have also agreed to resume talks on forming a Transitional Council the announcement comes on the 3rd day of a strike residents stayed indoors and businesses remained shot in much of the capital khartoum protest leaders had vowed to continue their campaign until the military hands over power to a civilian led Transitional Government doctors say the number of deaths since the military launched its crackdown on protesters last monday now stands at 129 people. Well activists in sudans war torn darfur region meanwhile say that at least 8 people were killed there on monday for refusing to open their businesses as part of the strike videos which havent been independently verified show homes and shops burned down the allegations
I have family ok and im really could be here in the stream today sudans revolution reaches a turning point after a deadly crackdown on demonstrators theres still a chance for civil government all rule here to stay but its what you think about the political crisis in sudan share your thoughts via twitter or in our live you tube chat. I am push push me to relist you are in the street. We will not allow chaos we will not allow chaos and we will not go back on our convictions there is no way back we must impose the respect of the country by loveday with. That was mohammad a. Deputy head of Sudans Transitional Military Council on june the 5th on sunday sudans military rulers said that they will be boosting the presence of armed forces in the country the announcement came after the start of a general strike and a Civil Disobedience Campaign by protest is among sudans armed groups are the Rapid Support for c s a paramilitary unit demonstrators blame for last weeks deadly crackdown in which th