A revisits the men once celebrated as National Heroes and asked how this ordeal changed their lives chilean miners after the rescue on a jersey. Murdered for defending the environment the rights Group Global Witness says a Record Number of activists what killed last year so why arent environmentalists being protected this is a pledge to. Hello and welcome to the program i mean wrong kong around the World Environmental activists are being arrested jailed even killed for trying to protect our planet the u. K. Based Group Global Witness has recorded the highest number of murders since it began its annual survey a decade ago 212 People Killed in 2019 for campaigning against issues such as illegal logging mining and deforestation Global Witness believes the rise may be due to activists becoming more outspoken about Climate Change colombia had the highest death toll at 60 fall this activist survived and involve grenades and automatic weapons for resisting illegal mining in her community. All
That this group was trying to advocate an independent hong kong now this group is are all students theyre very young the ages between 16. 21 the leader is said to be 19 years old and was arrested and according to a video that was going viral and social media and being shown on local media a Police Officer planes clothes Police Officer went into this young mans home and said that he was a new officer from the National Security team and arrested him saying that hes accused of fermenting secession and trying to introduce an independent hong kong now the group had had been an organized group prior last month and they disbanded just before july 1st when the National Security law came into place but according to their social media post according to the police they continued to pose for a hong kong to breakaway from the rest of china calling for all independent groups to come together not just in hong kong but also overseas now the National Security law has no boundaries anyone who advocates
Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. The countries vary. The kidnappers have a wide range of motives and the hot tadges have hostages have varied. Some escaped some were murdered by their captors, others killed by military efforts to free them. Through all these variations the u. S. Governments long standing policy has remained consistent. Al jazeera am lisa stark takes a closeer look. For decades, the rise of terrorism, the u. S. Has had the same official policy, when it comes to americans taken hostage overseas. The u. S. Policy is rooted in tradition and doctrine. Which the premise is, no concessions. No trades, no payments. Reporter but in the last year the horrific beheadings of two american journalists and an aid worker by a group known as the Islamic State and the deaths of other americans held captive have created and uproar. The administration is now reviewing its hostage policy including how it coordinates Recovery Efforts and communicates with families. The review is not
This just in the Golden State Warriors are good. They took game two of the nba finals against the cleveland cavaliers, final score, golden state, 132, cleveland, 113. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, june 5th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you all. We start things off in london. British investigators say they know the identities of saturday nights three attackers. But are not yet releasing them. Memorial is growing, near the area where seven people were killed and 48 were injured. 21 people are in Critical Condition this morning. London bridge and the train and subway stations near it are reopening this morning, earlier than expected. It is a sign that london is trying to get back to normal. The scenes there from the London Bridge at this hour. We begin with abcs aerial rusheff. Reporter saturday evening shattered by brutal acts of terror. We heard a crash almost. Loud noise. Lot of loud noises. Reporter white van veering into a crowd