oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 30 years leading the campaign group human rights watch. he s been banned in a host of countries. is it time to acknowledge his brand of human rights campaigning isn t working? kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. it s good to be with you. it s good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of the world s highest profile human rights advocacy groups for some three decades. did you leave thatjob with a sense of defeat? no, not at all. infact, i mean, maybe i should start with your introduction, because, you know, your introduction was the common wisdom. you know, that democracy is in decline, that autocracy is ascendant. in fact, i think it s a bit more complicated than that. i mean, we are seeing the rise of autocratic voices, you know, the trumps of the world, in western democracies. but if you look at the leading autocratic
declared in five regions, including auckland. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. across the world, freedom and democracy are in retreat. almost a third of the world s people live under authoritarian rule. that number is rising and that has grave implications for basic human rights. it s not that liberal democracies can t be abusive of rights, but generally their safeguards against oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 30 years leading the campaign group human rights watch. he s been banned in a host of countries. is it time to acknowledge his brand of human rights campaigning isn t working? kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. it s good to be with you. it s good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of the world s highest profile human rights advocacy groups for some three decades. did you leave thatjob with a sense of defeat
we start here in the uk, where more shops are limiting the sale of some fruit and vegetables because of a shortage of fresh produce. the uk s biggest supermarket chain tesco is the latest to bring in rationing, a cap of three items per customer on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. it follows similar moves by rivals asda, aldi and morrison s. extreme weather has affected harvests in spain and north africa. but some are also pointing to specific problems within the uk s food industry, as emma simpson reports. if you ve been to the supermarket, chances are you ll have seen this. a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and some other fresh vegetables and now britain s biggest retailer has joined in with placing a limit on how much shoppers can buy. here is the problem. at this time of year we rely on imports from overseas. we get a lot of tomatoes here from morocco but it is a whiteout with harvest disrupted. extreme weather is playing havoc food production. this huge business is in the
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released. what will the reaction be? airstrikes and rocket launches after the deadliest day in palestine. could the conflict escalate? the national archives reaching out to former presidents including obama, bush, clinton asking them to check for classified documents. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. the city of memphis holding its collective breath this morning. today video will be released of the traffic stop that led to the beating death of tyre nichols. the release of that deadly encounter coming one day after five fired police officers were charged with nichols murder and a candlelight vigil last night, anger mixed with tears. his mother pleading for nonviolent protests after the video is made public. when i hear it s going to be horrific but i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up our streets because that s not what my son stood for.