A consultancy so far so far be taking a trip online the Tourism Industry looks to technology as the coronavirus pandemic limits global travel. Im going to go with the sports world number one can fans here play at tennessees u. S. Open next month and paris and celebrate every turn to the Champions League semifinals for the 1st time in 25 years following a stunning comeback when. The government crackdown on dissent in belarus following a disputed election is intensifying another 700 people have been detained after a 4th night of protests they join 6000 already in custody some foreign journalists are also being detained in the hotels in the past hours theres been a fresh wave of peaceful protests women have formed human chains in the capital minsk and the demonstration against the crackdown the unrest was triggered by president elect on the look of shame because landslide win in sundays election which the opposition says was rigged the u. N. Human Rights Office has condemned his governments response and called for the release of detainees. We do have reports that people were treated during the process of the rest while they were being arrested also in detention and we do under school that there is an absolute prohibition in treatment and child with very concerned and what were calling for is that those that may have been a movie detained should be released immediately as we said women in minsk in forming human chains in protest of 0 step boston is among the women protesting stop whats happening. Well its not only women anymore man are also joining in whole families are here now at the protest i can say are growing by the hour just half an hour ago all the european ambassadors and the United States ambassador and British Ambassador have come here to this square where one of the protest was killed a few days ago to show their respect for the victims of this Police Crackdown they were also welcomed with cheers and nest thank you lots of people were very happy clapping that they came they feel like they got the support of the International Community they hope that they will get more support of the European Union who is having a meeting on friday in the meantime these are mostly middle class people middle class families who are all telling me we want a future for our children. They feel that on the look at the country has come to a standstill and there is no future for them but also in other places in belarus workers are striking in their factories in large trucks factory workers have put down their work so not only in one but we have heard of at least 4 factories where strikes are happening so that means that not only the middle class but also the workers are joining in this really Massive Movement now against president look for hood. Thousands of people have been detained where is the government putting all of those people where is it holding them. Yes thats a very good question that we heard really dramatic stories from witnesses who have been n. D. S. Detention center saying the situation is unbearable its overcrowded weve heard stories of torture day here people being beaten throughout the night people are lying on the floor no toilets they have no food we spoke to also a woman a mother who was looking for her son for the last 3 days she was working for a state t. V. Company and she said he always supported the government always supported the police and she was really upset that this happened to our son she said she was ready to burn the south to dad thats how desperate she was desirous stepped in reporting live from minsk for the moments that many thanks indeed. Authorities in ethiopia have arrested the mind 1000 people during recent unrest that followed the killing of a popular musician thats according to the state run Human Rights Commission which said the violence has killed 178. 00 people since june critics now worry that the country might be sliding back towards repression Prime Minister ahmed came to power in 2018 promising democratic reform bus he said to face growing ethnic tension over land and resources that. Government is. Going back to. At a feast made pets. Out of. Detaining people profile investigation yet out of a protracted period that had detained. Lets get more on this now from of zeros Catherine Sawyer whos following events from nairobi tell us more about what this human rights report details. Well this is a very. Specially coming from the countrys all Human Rights Commission and that report that says that on the 1000. 00 people have been arrested have been detained since last month one of those people the report is talking about is an activist who was pulled out of bed on july the 8th night by Security Forces while he slept. Beside his pregnant wife we also know that jour muhammad another very popular political activist an Opposition Leader is also in custody has appeared in hes appeared in court several times and hes in custody alongside thousands of other part testers of political activists and journalists as well and this report as you mentioned is primarily focused on the incidents that happened last month following the death of this very popular musician whose music also had political messages he was shot in are the survive and then sours of people took to the streets to protest they wanted him to be buried in the capital addis the government said no because of security reasons and that he should be buried in his or village in the. A region and people are very upset with that these protests went out of hand. More than a 100 people were killed buildings and businesses were destroyed in august and a region as well and weve also i had in the last few weeks from other human rights organizations Like Amnesty International who. Commission officials of ominous international are also seeing the very worried about this trend theyre seeing in ethiopia now it seems that the government of Prime Minister are the on that is taking the country back to those days of repression with Security Forces using very high handed tactics to deal with dissent and also especially coming after you know i. Promised in 2018 that hes going to lead a democratic country and hes going to respect the human rights and freedoms of the people of ethiopia Adrian Catherine many thanks indeed of 0 as catherine sort of reporting from nairobi i will oh is a senior lecturer in law at kill university and an analyst covering the horn of africa he joins us now via skype from london so in 2018 Prime Minister when the nobel priests peace prize 2 years later and 9000 people are arrested for exercising their democratic rights to protest what are we to make of this. Its a tragedy its its unfortunate the man who has been loaded globally the person delivery going to standing sort of turn around. And now became the. African dictator literally visiting the entire political opposition including the very people who brought him to power are resting in daily Opposition Leaders. Going to go to buffalo on the all of it as congress individuals leading the automotive liberation front there are of course going to parties people like linda to a yell you know these are all d leaders of Political Parties who have done nothing except to. Democratically contest. Hold abuse creep power but unfortunately the man who promised change in transformation in it you have to have them be any particular way would be extremely intolerant to a position he has now begun to put institutions to follow and it just this one was his own political interest and its very unfortunate what is how things have changed in such a short bit of time has the Prime Minister changed do you think or has he always been as he you say that he takes a very dim view of any opposition and is the country sliding back towards authoritarianism. Oh absolutely and i think the last one year later how do very consistent patents impact its and decisions that have been taken by his administration very clearly again want to straightening that he thinks that the only person who understands to press problems who could fix it to appear in the way that he sees it in his view this is a process where other stakeholders who have significant following in the country good to hear the particular the or if you have been a history particular understanding of what you have got used today and what it should be in the future he basically trying to implement that by sure you look force he used a constitutional mechanism entirely to postpone the election indefinitely and now its the money for the government coming close to expiring he has arrested and jailed on political opposition and dragging them before courts in the process of that means to me committed by political consideration what you know. He talked a lot about her mother a consolation in bringing people together. To 2 shows he had tried to reform some legislation brought opposition from abroad to the country but now he has a big plea out rested all the people he has to really do the past including those who were abroad and allowed to return to the country essentially eliminating a very credible and a viable opposition to him not only at home but also d abroad i think now with what we know now looking back even those progress made if that gets taken where basically its to to new maneuvers for him to get the support of people at a time when he didnt have enough support internally to do control the military didnt were told the Political Party that runs the country now he used that goodwill by people in broadly ill say this world because of those pows if you look and then he used that to consolidate his power and i think you know feels confident and there is no reason to respect the law to spark schools to challenge them and those principles. That he has promised could talk to so many thanks indeed. In kill turkeys president says the talks are the only way to resolve an oil and gas disappears in the Eastern Mediterranean athens and ankara a locked in a tense standoff over turkeys Energy Exploration it escalated this week with the arrival of a Turkish Research vessel accompanied by warships greece claims part of the area is of its Continental Shelf and says the turkeys action is illegal to dismiss the objection saying they have no legal basis france has sent 2 fighter jets of the navy frigate to the area as tension rises meanwhile both greece and turkey according to the issue to be raised at an even sing on friday. I thought is not were going to hear Michael Scott of the risk of an accident when so many military assets are gathered in such a contained area the responsibility lies with the one who gives rise to distant kind of stances where remained firm in our commitment to International Legality and the power of diplomacy to resolve even the most complex issues we will never be the one situation yet selfrestraint is only one aspect of our power no provocation will go on and said we have demonstrated that we will respond if necessary and we will do so again if it is required what then is the truth. The past for a solution in the Eastern Mediterranean is dialogue and negotiation a formula based on a win win solution that protects the rights of all can be found if we act with common sense and reason busy greeces attitude in the aging and the mediterranean is malicious. Im serious Charlie Angeles following this from london charlie why is this standoff particularly concerning. Well i spoke to an ex greek naval commander earlier who said that yesterday a greek and turkish frigate had actually been involved in a minor collision so the fear is that in such a crowded sees something as innocent as an accident could be interpreted as aggression and this could deteriorate into Armed Conflict of course this is all about oil and gas the Eastern Mediterranean has become somewhat of a gold rush in recent years after israel and egypt found large deposits there and on monday when that turkish ship when tend to carry out Seismic Survey over greek waters it was flanked by those 5 turkish warships the greek coast guard have put in repeated calls to their ships asking them to turn around and to leave that zone but those calls have been ignored so you heard the greek Prime Minister that saying that he would be deploying his own armed forces and calling on allies to help france perceiving that call sending in its own naval warships and 2 fighter jets so theres obviously a lot of military hardware going into a very contained area president and saying that he is but you heard open for negotiation negotiation but saying that no country will take away turkeys rights and hes referring to those over the last thing the Maritime Claims on the territory that turkish ship the site carrying out the Seismic Survey is under a u. N. Law in turkey in greek waters at the moment but turkey never signed that u. N. Door because i think its inherently unfair that because of greeces very scattered job graphy they are awarded 71 percent of the aegean sea whereas turkey only gets 8 percent so what greece is options well theyve called on the e. U. For help theyve got that emergency summit being convened on friday and athens is really pushing for some strong sanctions against ankara but turkey is such an important partner to the e. U. That its unlikely that theyll be willing to put sanctions on. In them in fact most countries effectively see this is a bilateral disagreement between greece and turkey so greece is going to have to be not being very hard for a united diplomatic solution we know that theyre trying to seek some International Support greeces foreign minister is currently in israel and tomorrow he will be meeting u. S. Secretary of state mike peo and will no doubt be bringing up this subject but luckily as we heard both sides are open to dialogue open to negotiation but until those warships leave those and that constitute aljazeera charlie anslem reporting live from london many thanks charlie joining us from london is wolf pickle the managing director of Political Risk advisory ateneo he joins us from london as we say good to have you with us wolf so president obama says that hes open to talks in fact thats the only way to solve this dispute but to have successful talks you need a mediator who would that be. Well difficult to say at this point adriane the u. Is not in the position to do that for obvious reasons is not an objective partner. And the u. S. Is simply not interested what we have seen when we had in other is kellys the most recent one at the end of july it was im going to marry killed doing that on the phone calls to bring back some common sense here but that is why overall i think here are the least of an outright confrontation remains low but certainly a solution of the matter remains a funny way because france sending a frigates and helicopters to the area of course france and turkey both members of nato you say that the chance of a full scale escalation into some sort of military conflict is low why do you think that. Because at the end of the day none of the accomplice involved has got an interest in going died that action. Hes already destroyed in syria and libya that to his cat and see is a fairly shaking these days because he said her votes count both greece and turkey and they are trying to make their mark the what is left of the Summer Season the Greek Economy again has been bought there over the last any errors so there is no interest i think theyre what theyre the one is trying to do is a control discoloration that over city or east when you are trying when you are putting lots of made up to be out of the way are in it in a smaller area but but again that east of the its got an 18 to what could be a conflict in my view remains very very low as our correspondent was saying its being seen by many as a bilateral issue here but if it came to the go ca sions who would keep the negotiating with greece or the e. U. Well i will say 1st of all that this this is not in the long goodbye laterally surely towards traditional in the past that their internal disputes india in the east med in the past were mainly between going to use cyprus and turkey now you have counties the counties are as far as a as far as away as a gulf involved there is egypt that is israel the United Arab Emirates has been supporting greece in these allies so is a mouth people regional actor or c involved in that is why i think it it was difficult at the start to play to find a solution when there were only 3 players is even more difficult now even if their reality the end to a day is that all these countries will benefit from when agreement not to mention here that they will approach it of exploiting these ghastly sources in the east med is actually becoming more and more questionable from the Commercial Point of view given their low prices of gas pollution that will be in you know to worse a Green Economy so a bit longer they wait to find the solution they hire the easier these ghastly sources will actually not be exploited really good start here wolf many thanks indeed to wolf because theyre from bottom. 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