Warning the Public Health emergency is quickly becoming a human rights crisis how many limitations are people willing to accept to fight a threat like coronavirus. I. Canot roth welcome to conflict zone. Thanks for having me. There are very immediate needs amid this coronavirus pandemic hundreds of thousands have already died a qana means have been hit hard many people are losing their jobs some are even trying to figure out how to put food on the table in these extraordinary times how do you put human rights at the top of the agenda. Well i think its important sara to note that human rights allow certain extraordinary governmental powers in time of a genuine public emergency or crisis like were facing now so you know nobody objects from a human rights perspective to the efforts to limit our trouble to inforce social distancing to do the things that are necessary and proportionate to our Public Health needs but when autocrats say oh we need you does violate your human rights left and r
On his undergraduate course on the topic of ordinary lives in the American Revolution. And his book, stolen five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their journey home, which tells the true story of five boys kidnapped in the north and sold into slavery in the deep south and that during attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, is being published by Simon Schuster in october. Thank you once again for joining us this evening, and without any further ado, please join me in welcoming dr. Rick bell. [applause] dr. Bell thanks to heather, thanks to cspan for covering this. Those of you who might have been to the Smithsonian Associates before and heard me give other programs wont be surprised to hear my strange accent, which is not exactly a maryland natives accent. I was raised in england yet find myself teaching about the American Revolution as part of my job, which let me tell you is a blessing and a curse, an undergraduate classroom to teach with an accent like this. Im very
Hong kong and tokyo reporting record tallies. And singapore heads to the polls for an election overshadowed by the pandemic. Voters will be asked to wear disposable gloves at the ballot box. How marketscheck of are trading. U. S. Futures plan at the moment, after a mixed finish in the new york session. The s p 500 and the dow fell. Viruse news of resurgence, not to mention to tensionsnot to mention escalating with china. Financial shares drag to the index. Dragged the index. The Energy Sector was down for a third consecutive session with the worst three days in about a month. Take a look at what oil is doing, because we are seeing it continue to dip slightly and below the 40 a barrel level. Key libyans that a oil field resumed production, threatening more barrels into the oversupplied market. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Could beppetite fitting this friday with asian stocks mostly lower. This has we are seeing violence concerns virus concerns you raised in
Million. America saw 60,000 cases in a day for the first time. Hong kong and tokyo also reporting record tallies. Singapore heads to the polls for an election overshadowed by the pandemic. Disposable wear gloves and observe distancing roles at the ballot box. Lets get to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for the latest. Sophie after u. S. Stocks closed in the red, we are setting up for a lackluster start to this friday morning. Futures are mixed. Kiwi stocks added. 4 so far this morning. S p eminis nudging slightly higher with rising virus infections in focus in the u. S. As well as in asia and on the ecoagenda today, we are watching out for japanese pbi ending acree output and the philippine trade plus chinese credit growth data for june could be released from today. Singapore offline for the elections to be held. Asian stocks could pare the weekly advance but still set for the best five day stretch given the chinese stock rally we saw this week. Flipping the board, china futures have se
Im Richelle Carey this is how it is there live from doha also coming up shops reopening in the epicenter of the pandemic despite a Record Number of crown of our stats in brazil plus. On polar east and stockholm where the investigation into the murder of Prime Minister all of palma has been laid to rest after 34 years with no prospect of anyone being brought to justice. And just one day after george floyd was laid to rest his brother has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and Police Violence and United States delays floyd called his brothers death a modern day lynching in broad daylight and urged politicians just stop the pain castro reports from washington. Mr killen is cloyd travel directly from his brothers funeral in houston to the u. S. Capitol join us call for him and he was ignored please listen to the couch im making to you now to the cause of our family and the calls ringing out the streets across the world people of our backgrounds genders in rac