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Efforts. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the center for stra tee teethic and international studies. Im a senior fellow here and also the Deputy Director of the project on prosperity and development. We really appreciate everyone coming out on a thursday afternoon thats gorgeous before labor day i think this is a really important topic. And a really important report that were putting out right now. So i appreciate all of you taking the time out to do this. Before give a brief summary of the report which i hope all or most of you were able to get, it will be posted online right after this event. I you want to say a couple of thank yous. The first is to the Ford Foundation that has were just completing our second year of funding with the Ford Foundation. Theyve been really great partner with us. So thanks to the Ford Foundation for believing in in us. A slightly nontraditional partner for them on this. I want to thank my coauthor who is currently in laos working for unicef. If shes watching,
The south korean speaking up to save a language at risk of extinction. Welcome to the program a lebanese businessman who spent 4 years in a rainy and prison is almost back in beirut theres a scene here on the left is also a u. S. Permanent resident he was detained in 2015 well visiting iran for a conference and sentenced to 10 years in jail on charges of spying for washington his release comes at a time of rocketing tensions between iran and the u. S. But irans judiciary says this is purely a legal matter and has nothing to do with politics. We received a request from the zakah for his release because it is Good Behavior the president ministrations supported his release after the lebanese president has blasted ported mr zaka release short of that he would not commit any further criminal acts the Court Finally issued a conditional release order all these procedures are carried out according to the purely judicial procedure and the subject is not linked to any political file or Exchange
Killed and their homes burned down. And leaving violence behind as mexicos military prepares to move on migrants we hear why many are making the long journey to the u. S. Well its now 2 g. M. T. And 10 am in hong kong where thousands of protesters have seized highways and surrounded the government headquarters. Theyre angry about a proposed extradition bill that could allow suspects to be sent to Mainland China for a trial in the coming hour politicians will be debasing that proposed law in the citys Legislative Council protests have been ongoing since sunday when a 1000000 people took to the streets to express their anger but well find out how beijing is looking at those developments with adrian brown in a bit but 1st lets talk to scott hide and hong kong. Scott you outside the Legislative Council weve already seen riot Police Deployed that this morning is there a concern about further violence especially given those numbers. Council building known as lets go is that block building be
Turn in Russia Police dropped drug charges against an investigative journalist whose arrest that sparked outrage and an italian mayor who revived his town by welcoming refugees and migrants goes on trial for breaching immigration laws. So downes Opposition Movement has suspended its campaign of civil disobedience indefinitely the countrys protest leaders launched a general strike 3 days ago in response to a military crackdown on protesters thats left 129. 00 dead the violence had engulfed the country with a feared Paramilitary Group attacking people in the darfur region but the military now says it will release Political Prisoners and both sides are set to resume talks at the same reports. This fire in darfur was retribution for allegiance to the protesters nationwide strike according to the Sudanese Professional Association the group says about 10 people were killed and stores and homes were torched by a peer military group called the Rapid Support forces or. Amnesty International Say