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
Many beans and resist chickens and when i. Were living in an era in which we dont need to think about wealth but about survival if you have enough to buy shoes you can produce food which are the essentials along with health you can live well. Chicle is one of the founders of a Sustainable Development settlement hearing on a pool there are 160. 00 families who live off the forest without destroying it but this oasis is being increasingly ravaged this is what the untouched amazon rain forest looks like almost impenetrable and just across the road here is the perfect example of what brazils president calls opening up the amazon for Economic Development and progress protecting the forests trim illegal loggers and cattle farmers is dangerous she could takes us to see the charred remains of what was the settlements Community Center the bank came on the land grabbers wanted to take our land and thought if they burned down our Community Area we wouldnt be able to rebuild again and leave 1000 p
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
See the charred remains of what was the settlements Community Center the bank a mob ilang grabbers wanted to take our line and thought if they burned down our Community Area we wouldnt be able to rebuild again and leave. 1000 people have been murdered here in our pool in killings related to land disputes she shows us where he was stabbed a few years ago the knife pierced his lung this with only 3 Environmental Agency officers assigned to an area larger than all of england its almost impossible to protect the community or the Forest Service past a prosecutor will be that than a set that. The legal activities that impact the environment such as mining and logging are done in the most remote areas where the local power structure is linked to criminals and now we have a severe budget cuts for policing along with the government discourse that encourages illegal activities. Most of the members of the community would too afraid to appear on camera but she remains defiant even so you dont have
Files for hurricane survivors in the bahamas even as emergency supplies are rushed in. And continues to go on to here is the latest bout well hear from him in sport with john. Told us that ahead but 1st a day of protests that started peacefully in Central Hong Kong has ended in more chaos demonstrators set barricades on fire block major roads and vandalized the metro station earlier thousands marched peacefully to the u. S. Consulate calling on congress to pass a human rights legislation allowing sanctions to be placed on hong kong leaders. And with this update now from hong kong. This is one of hong kongs main shopping districts usually a very busy place on a sunday night and if you can see its been. Brought to a standstill with white police over here blocking the road 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 not long ago we saw people running with small children without