Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

A beach in demeans the. Protesters in south africa accuse a leading pharmacy chain of posting racist advertisements. And timely harding with your sports news Novak Djokovic is disqualified from the u. S. Open after hitting a ball that strikes a female line judge in the throat. Thanks for joining us they were convicted for their part in the murder of saudi journalist. But less than 2 years after his killing in turkey 8 men have had their sentences reduced the announcement was made by the saudi Prosecution Service which also declared the case closed last year 5 of them were given the death. For the killing but that has been cut back to 20 years in jail the others have been given sentences ranging from 7 to 10 years was murdered by a saudi had inside its stumble consulates in 2018 and saudi arabia refused all coals for the men to go on trial in turkey lets discuss this is that i mean hes the director of Global Engagement at the American University of beirut and the nonresidents a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy school hes joining us from cambridge over in massachusetts thanks very much for your time and i mean who is so this closes the case privately and publicly thats according to a statement by the Public Prosecutor but certainly the friends and family of jamal and perhaps even the International Community wouldnt agree. Thats right i think theres a lot of concern and the International Community which has been very clearly expressed by the u. N. Special. Investigator for extra judicial killings agnes. And other bodies the cia said last year that they think that theres a direct link to the office of the crown prince and so to arabia for this killing that it was meditated already organized so there are serious concerns people in the u. S. Senate people all over europe all over the world have asked questions to get the real answers and the lead asone judicial system in its current form like many all across the region in the 3rd world doesnt really give enough protection to the accused or information to the public the trial was a done secret and close trial that there was no International Observers in the hands of the victims or the accused were not a published. And theres no more. Appeal possible so the nature of the evidence although you know every technical part of the trial almost has been questioned by. Internationally accepted judicial standards so this is not only a judicial issue its a political issue as well and theres concerns that one of the key persons so the customer who was sitting here. To the crown prince of saudi arabia why he was not. Charged and he was let off and hes still working in saudi arabia in different capacities so there are many many kinds of questions political right as judicial and otherwise that are going to continue to be raised yes a lot we dont know as youre saying and not least of course on are who these people are that have now begin been given reduced sentences and also the big question that remains unanswered is what happened to cause of this body. Well lets assume the puzzle just body was dismembered by the team that came from saudi arabia with a bone saw and other equipment to get rid of the body so that it can never be found thats an assumption that hasnt been proven thats one reason people want a more. Credible public trial based on International Standards of criminal law. And the issue of who actually ordered it thats still a big question the cia and agnes come out another say that well there was a direct link to the crown princes office and maybe to the crown prince had been some and thats an accusation it is not Proven Guilty but its a serious accusation when it comes from people like the un special investigator who carried out a very thorough investigation and the cia you have to think that there may be some evidence that makes us credible so theres a lot of questions that need to be answered and the issue of course is not just why was one person killed like this there are other accusations that the so these other people across the region Government Agencies and officials are following their critics and tormenting them and terrorizing them in some cases you know spying on them and trying to bring them home and put them in jail or in the worst case kill them as i write to her shoulders so there are many dimensions to this and i mean while i have you with us let me just tell you what the u. N. Special reports are agnes calmar has just tweeted this is part of a series of tweets but she said at the saudi prosecutor performed one more active day in this parody of justice but these verdicts carry no legal or moral legitimacy they came at the end different process which was neither fair nor just or transparent i mean your reaction. I think thats the prevalent opinion among serious interested parties around the world whether theyre legal scholars criminal investigators political personalities or institutions and organizations like the un or the u. S. Senate or others and this is a accusation that. Against the saudi criminal system that has been constant for many years and others to be fair around the world not just the saudis but in this case of such a big public event and it just doesnt go away people keep raising it people keep asking questions theres a big documentary coming out early in october thats been in the works for 2 years that theres going to be probably have some more information thats going to be relevant to this case so the reality is that this is a. Judicial and a political question and both of them are important to so these are very powerful they carry a lot of weight theyre using their weight their military might their economic might their social religious cultural power all around the world and not everybody is happy with what they do some people are some people arent so they are not just a little in consequential 3rd world country in the corner somewhere that doesnt have an impact they have huge impact all over the world and thats why i think this case has resonated because if there is as charged a possible link to the office of the crown prince of even to the crown prince of self and hes going to become king and the u. N. Agency and the cia and others think that he ordered this premeditated assassination of Soda National thats pretty serious stuff yeah so the real issue is how can we find out so hes innocent till Proven Guilty the other people that have been charged we dont even know who they are right on their sentences are almost certainly going to be reduced this this this will go on and on ok i mean what are we thank you for speaking to us on aljazeera. Now the European Union has condemned bella recent government for what it calls repression of the people after the disappearance of 3 opposition activists maria calas nick over who has spoken at many major rallies as missing after being taken away in a van by an identified people shes been a Campaign Manager for opposition politicians and a vocal supporter. Taken of us kaya who is now in exile in lithuania this is completely unacceptable to you it was very very clear in our statements that to be considered the actions of the authorities in belarus unacceptable we are deeply concerned about the continued repression and intimidation of the population by unexplained artists very often arbitrarily arrests arrests of artists which are motivated politically this is unacceptable we call on all people who have been detained based on political reasons and arbitrarily to be deterred to be released immediately lets bring in Bernard Smith his joining us from neighboring leith we know his monitoring those developments so what more do we know about this alleged abduction and any clarity on where she is. Well Maria Kolesnikov a was the last of those 3 main Opposition Leaders to be still able to move around freely in mens it seems not anymore we know the witnesses that they saw of being bundled into a van earlier today she drops a mobile phone they say during the scuffle about was picked up by one of the people who shoved her and so. They drove off shes not been heard of since on a couple of colleagues havent been heard of since i. Was one of these main Opposition Leaders she launched a Political Party last week cold together and she knew and it spoken all of the risks of what she was doing of the risks of standing out from the crowd on the wrist that she might be detained by the authorities so this was always a concern of callie. Who is here in vilnius she has said this is the regime she said is it is engaged in terror. She says the regime to derail the Opposition Coordination Council and also here in the in salinas. Sees the foreign minister he has said that the outgoing leadership he strives to shank this government is cynically eliminating opposition warmed by war and he says whats happening is reminiscent of the stalinist secret police. And bernard what about the protests that have been taking place in belarus are they still a strong as they have been. Well despite the intimidation that you would imagine the government is hoping will put people off it out if anything it hasnt put them on the numbers on some day of the protest we saw would easily as big as any of the protests theyve had over the last 4 weeks the intimidation housing creased as those protests and did on sunday much demand wearing civilian clothes and police started picking off protesters as the crowd started getting out seemingly arresting people running them and taking them by away for questioning but it hasnt affected people in but one cafe that was smashed up yesterday by the police trying to drag protesters out of it well its been a picture on social media today of huge shoes outside the cafe as people support the owner whos got to try and fix the glass table because together so still no indication that people have been put off protesting all right thank you very much for that update from lithuania. The russian Opposition Leader alexina vali is now responsive after being taken out of a medically induced coma thats according to doctors at the hospital in berlin where the vollies been treated since last month german experts say he was poisoned with nerve agent navi chocolate for a domestic flight in russia and doctors say his conditions improving but its too soon to tell what the long term effects will be. There with the news hour on aljazeera coming up. An inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing is due to begin as survivors seek answers as to whether it could have been prevented. Played football with judy holmes. Fighting extradition and the wiki leaks founder Julian Assange refuses a u. S. Request to have him extradited to face trial on espionage charges in sports Le Bron James leads the lakers to victory in game 2 against the Houston Rockets well have the action a little later in sports. But 1st nearly 300 Rohingya Refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting it seemed for 6 months at least 30 people died on the journey from bangladesh those who survived have been moved to a temporary shelter but its not clear if theyll be allowed to stay in indonesia just a washington reports from jakarta. After 7 months at sea these children are exhausted and traumatized they survived a dangerous journey to safe in an asian province of. Nearly 300. 00 bridging the refugees disembarked in indonesia but at least those who died on the long trip from bangladesh will be a natural fortunately we came to indonesia indonesian people are really hopeful towards us local authorities are working with the uns Refugee Agency to provide support including medical care. That. I couldnt stretch my legs when i slept we were just sitting so it affected our legs so much that we almost got paralyzed some of the group told al jazeera they were trying to get to malaysia not into a lot of fun at the bridge i have my sisters in the can. So i wanted to go to malaysia to earn money to support them i have come here from the camps of bangladesh they came ashore at beaches along on chinese coast overnight huddled together in darkness not knowing what would happen next hours later they were moved to a temporary shelter. Hundreds of thousands of for him to have fled from myanmar where they face violence and persecution to bangladesh from then many tried to reach Southeast Asian countries by boat to escape poverty in crowded refugee camps. Community groups are trying their best to help with food and other essentials coming up but i know they said they were from bangladesh and going to malaysia but the boat became broken so they stranded and akshay at chinese welcomed them with open arms. As they get Health Checks announcing its not clear if theyll be allowed to stay here in indonesia thats the i think that theyll be kept here for the time being in tents and in the building the u. N. H. C. R. And government when we just each of them. Many of those we spoke to have made the same plane after the english out of it if the indonesian government allow us to study we will stay and if they dont allow us then maybe america or australia or canada want titles they desperately hoping they can make a new home for themselves wherever theyre accepted to School Washington aljazeera jakarta. West African Leaders are holding a summit in his share that will focus on talks to form a civilian government in neighboring mali the 15 nation regional bloc ecowas has imposed sanctions on mali and closed its borders its pressuring the military leaders who took control of the country last month to hand over power to civilian rule the military leaders who overthrew president to bring him. Say they will step down after a transition period so if you take a closer look at what happens in mali after months of protests led by officers and groups soldiers seized power and all. 18th and forced mollys president Ibrahim Boubacar ikeda to resign he was detained for 10 days before being released to get medical treatment his advisors say he is now in. West African Leaders initially called for it to be restore its office but have since dropped that demand and theyre now calling for a prompt transition to civilian rule. Military leaders have pledged to give up power after a transition period and are now in talks with opposition groups lets get more on these talks and bring it on the other 3 cities joining us from the nigerian capital so what are the main points of discussion then with the opposition omnes. And there in its about how long this transition would last and who and who would be part of the Transition Program remember the Economic Community of West African States had insisted that the Prime Minister and president of the Transitional Government must be either civilians or retired military personnel but not serving military officers so initially the for such of talks for support stuff started more than a week ago but what quickly abundant after the m 5 the main opposition that spearheaded the come pain to push it kate out of power was rejected and said that it was not fully involved in the process and the military did not consult widely so right now since saturday the military government in mali has been spreading its wings at cross the various regions of mali a consulting various take orders to come and be part of the process they insisted since the start of talks with the Economic Community of West African States that the issue of transition how long it will take and the who will be a member of the Transitional Government is entirely the responsibility of money and not. It has nothing to do with outside as the they were fighting to the Regional Economic group they could have a community of West African States so this is where they are now and the talks i understand will continue over the next few days before they reach a decision and what else is being discussed at the summits. Well the summit looked at the various issues confronting the region 1st of all the escalating violence in the region in the sahara in the Lake Chad Basin i remember there are many countries in the region mali burkina faso nigeria and. Also cameroon by the way are suffering from a touch by armed groups some linked to isis some linked to al qaida and the homegrown book. Group in nigeria and theyre also looking at the single currency some countries in the region have already announced their decision of go ahead with the cole the regional currency to introduce it to replace the c. F. A. The funk of the been using in west africa ask in the other members to join and if theyre not ready they are willing to go ahead apart from that theyre also looking at they also discussed in the coming elections parliamentary and president ial elections in countries such as ivory coast faso. And a host of others that have their own elections coming up from this month and sort of from october to the end of the year countries like guinea countries like ghana and broke in a fossil so we discussed all these and heads of states that were responsible for these brief other heads of state at the meeting including the nigerian president who leads the west african effort in curbing 19 so they all briefed t

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