Prison for corruption. A sudden rise in corona virus infections in sri lanka leads to Health Care Workers rushing to contain any further outbreaks. And an aljazeera investigation delves into facebooks handling of racist hate speech on mali. And its for a 2nd seems pulled out of Major League Soccers comeback torments nashville withdraw after a high number of bad players test positive for corona virus. Aljazeera Programme Makers are being questioned by police in malaysia about the documentary on Migrant Workers being locked up during the covert 19 locked out police say theyre investigating the programme for sedition defamation violation of the communications and multimedia act there has responded with a statement calling on the malaysian authorities to respect Media Freedom and desist from treating its journalists as criminals says it has serious concerns. Developments that have occurred in malaysia since the broadcast of its one o one east investigative documentary locked up in malaysia
Documentary was impartial. When i saw the documentary i thought it was a fair and balanced report and it did highlight some of the issues that we ourselves here on the ground in malaysia especially amongst Public Health specialists were actually pointing out the documentary didnt criticize it or the government or specifically the ministry of Health Treatment of migrants with him which i believe to have been compassionate and equal what we did see was highlighting issue that we raise which was that the government should have conducted these Immigration Enforcement raids and having a rested people and placed into detention dring a Public Health emergency so that is what we saw at least from our perspective what the documentary highlighted as to why the government is responding this way we believe its just a matter of were a distraction from the actual issue and have. The u. S. Supreme court has issued mixed verdicts on demands for Donald Trumps financial records for now the president s t
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Am and when i say states you something wrong i Say Something speaking up against misconduct rita police will swallow his call for more protection against retaliation. That is not just our investigation delves into facebooks had big of racist hate speech online. Turkeys Top Administrative Court has ruled that the 930. 00 s. Conversion of the highest sophia in istanbul from a mosque to a museum was unlawful and that decision paves the way for the World Heritage thought World Heritage sites restoration as a mosque you know esko had cautioned turkey against provoking the higher sophia status as a museum the u. S. And greece had also expressed concerns about any change to the site status sort of call solo is live for us live for us from istanbul so soon im just explain for our viewers why this is been so controversial. Well this has always been a very popular topic in turkish politics cambaia i have to remind that in 1934 after turkish republic was a style this by a cabinet decision the sta
A documentary about the treatment of migrants. And the dutch government is to file legal action against russia over the downing of a passenger jet in Eastern Ukraine 6 years ago. So Turkish Court has ruled on the future of istanbuls ioseph ear and it will have significant cultural and diplomatic implications on the site and the country the 1500 year old you know sco World Heritage sites been a museum for more than 85 years but just hours ago the court an old the decree that turned it from a mosque into a museum and then almost immediately the turkish president egypt time for one signed a new decree allowing muslim worship to resume the ice of fear is important in both islam and orthodox christianity it was a buys and in church for nearly a 1000 years before it originally became a mosque cynicus or is in istanbul for us she says this is a victory for turkeys president whos been pushing for the museum conversion. He was very prompt to answer that with the ritz in the green having posted