my guest is meaza ashenafi, the first woman to be appointed chiefjustice of the federal supreme court of ethiopia. now there is hope of making progress in the peace talks taking place, but will there be justice for the victims of war? chiefjustice meaza ashenafi in abbas ababa, welcome to hardtalk. look, you ve got violence across many parts of ethiopia, you ve got an acute food crisis as well, which means that 30 million of the country s 100 million population are in urgent need of help. this is a tough time for you to be a senior official in ethiopia. you are absolutely correct, zeinab, and this government and the people of this country have embarked on a very promising transition. but unfortunately we re facing the harsh realities that you havejust mentioned, and this has been a combination of conflict, drought, and other gross violations of human rights. and, yeah, it is a reality, but i am hopeful that we will come out of this difficult situation. what gives you cause to
Africanamerican film director ava duvernay and her powerful new documentntary 13th. Off13th is the jumping point of a wideranging conversation, and tour through history of racism, especially in subjugation in this country. Is the first time a documentary opened at the new york f film f festival in its me than 50 year history. We will speak to director ava duvernay and see clips from her new film, which shows our Justice System h has been driven by racism from slavery to mass incarceration today. Y. The 13th mm and t to the constitution exit unconstitutional to be held as a slave. There are excxceptions includudg criminals. Courts the loophole was immediately exploited. What you got after that was a rapid transition to a mythology of black criminality. The we will speak with director as well as the love the film malkia cyril of the center for media justice, professor kevin gannon of grand View University, and lisa graves about alec in the private system from the cca to the american veil
Point of a wideranging conversation, and tour through history of racism, especially in subjugation in this country. Is the first time a documentary opened at the new york Film Festival in its more than 50 year history. We will speak to director ava duvernay and see clips from her new film, which shows our Justice System has been driven by racism from slavery to mass incarceration today. The 13th mm and to the constitution exit unconstitutional to be held as a slave. There are exceptions including criminals. Courts the loophole was immediately exploited. What you got after that was a rapid transition to a mythology of black criminality. The we will speak with director as well as the love the film malkia cyril of the center for media justice, professor kevin gannon of grand View University, and lisa graves about alec in the private system from the cca to the american veil coalition. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Along with the one count of homicide, roberts counts of driving under the influence resulting in serious bodily sentencing for this case has been 27th. Jenna Ethiopian Community here in downtown sioux protesting recent action ethiopian government. Justice justice for our land for our t land we need we need Justice Justice for our students protestors were raising attention of local state representatives and leaders, to recent atrocities committed overseas in the Oromia Region of ethiopia, where a currrrt annex of the area is being taken by the government to expand the capitol of ethiopia. Protestors in sioux city shared alarming and graphic images found on social media as evidence of the crimes being committed against students in ethiopia. Tim today inside the Capitol Building in des moines, group family leader publicly endorsed texas senator ted cruz for president. Tim bob vander platts, of the crus challenges the establishment while also holding true to many of the groups values such
Tw weeks until christmas. I got to tell you im feeling good this morning. A got a lot o of shopping done yesterday. Wow. That is portant. Good for you. Youre luc because im like a third of us, i wait till the last minute. I havent bought anybody any gifts ye you might not wantt to do that this year because of the big alert from u. P. S. S. And fedex. Theyre behind right now. Christmas in january. Whoo no, no . All right. We have a lot of in us to get to. Well begin with some Severe Weather battering the northwest hit by that tornado and torrential downpours triggering mudslides and flooding. The storms moving east and aditi y is in battlegrgrnd, washington, where dozens of homes were damaged by that twister. Good morning to you, aditi. Reporter good morning, amy. Im snding right in the path of that tornado that tore through this town. Take a look at the pies and piles o debris on the ground here. The windsere racing up to 10 miles an hour, 36 homes damaged called battleground. Wow repo