A tale harrowing stories of arbitrary arrests torture and killings by the Syrian Secret Police 2 officials believed to be part of president assads regime are currently on trial in germany these are some of the victims families in front of a court in corbins a visual to remember those who were disappeared or killed in syria its the 1st time suspected perpetrators are standing trial to face charges of crimes against humanity the principle of going to wrestle jurisdiction allows prosecution to take place in germany even though the crimes against humanity were committed in syria. And is one of those who are closely following the Court Proceedings she is one of the countless syrians will families have fallen victim to the civil war thats why she left her home country and fled to germany and now she has hope for long awaited justice. Mahmud in her apartment in the german capital berlin the opponent of the regime in syria lives here on her own in exile this is she this is my husband. Says 201
Is the day. So he may not entirely be able woods yet the team and i agree that all are a valuations and most importantly his political status support the president safe return home we all remain cautiously optimistic. And on guard we have worked very closely with the walter reed team to ensure that we are looking very closely at Infection Control Prevention Strategies and the right posture so that the president can safely return to his residence we try to get patients from the hospital. As quickly as is safe and reasonable every day a patient stays in the hospital unnecessarily is a risk to themselves he has never once pushed you can anything that was beyond safe and reasonable practice that we all 1st. Also on the day by Opposition Leader took on a sky out visits germany to meet with chancellor im going to what is she looking for a bird to broker talks with alexander lukashenko. We need. Help in mediation negotiations with authorities and we think that. It is going to be extremely hel
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Upcoming election. Well share more details later on in the program. You can learn more about the initiative on wchallenge. Org 100 women. Todays event will stream live on sfgovtv. Org youtube channel, as well as the citys facebook and twitter accounts. I want to thank our colleagues here from sfgov tv for working in the backgrounds and making this event as successful as possible for everyone. You can feel free to share the links and host a watch party if you want on your preferred social media platforms, because we will be having them on facebook and twitter. This session will be recorded for future references. So lets get started. Happy womens equality day. May i kindly ask the president of the commission on the status of women to join us, bree anna swat, to officially kickstart the celebration of todays event. Thank you. Thank you so much, vivian, for the kind introduction. And really thank you to all staff for making this happen. I know we would normally be on the steps of stahl. Bu
Virus. Welcome to the show in the last few minutes u. S. President donald trump has left the hospital where he was being treated at for 19 was seen walking out of the Walter Reed Medical Center in maryland where hes been treated since friday and was driven into a waiting helicopter for the short flight of back to the white house the president had earlier tweeted that hell be quote back on the campaign trail soon. Well straight to washington then and our correspondent Stephanie Simons who is standing by for us just on a before leaving hospital a trumpet tweeted dont be afraid of cove ed dont let it dominate your life but this is a disease that has killed over 210000 people in the u. S. And impacted countless others from where you are how exactly is the virus affecting day to day life. From where i am every day between 800 or 700000 americans die from where i am thousands are out of work a 1000000 out of work 60000 people lost work just in the other few days 34 days ago airlines are shut