His father mohammad says asif was targeted for this article he wrote about an anti india militant. Translation everyone knows he is innocent. I he is a professional reporter and was jailed for his writing about the militancy. They wanted to make an example out of him. So otherjournalists dont dare to cover topics the government does not approve of. At the time of his arrest, asif s daughter was six months old. Areeba might have been reunited with herfather when he was given bail last year. But on the day of his release, new charges were brought. Asif was kept in jail. Its part of a troubling pattern. Journalist Sajjad Guljailed for a criminal conspiracy. Well known Magazine Editor fahad shah arrested on terrorism charges. Whenever theyre granted bail, new cases are filed to keep them in custody. Most recently, irfan meraj, who has worked with international outlets, jailed for alleged links to terrorfunding. This complex, which now houses an office of the kashmir police. Until last year
And also caused vast economic damage. what has also shocked many there is that the floods struck parts of the country that re not normally subject to these types of disasters. chinese scientists are blaming climate change, warning that extreme weather events are hitting the country more frequently and with greater devastation than ever before. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell visited luoxingdun island in the country s flood plain in the south, and also to the town of zhuozhou in the north, which is normally flood free. here is his special report. china s recent floods hit hard in parts of the country not accustomed to them. and its meteorological administration says both extreme temperatures and precipitation have definitely increased in recent decades. it s one thing to talk about climate change in the abstract, quite another to consider real human impacts. this whole town is having to rebuild after the recent floods and all these businesses, they ve been
I lost everything. it s hard to calculate. then in the south, where flooding is supposed to happen, there are fears of a drought closing in. this man grew up next to poyang lake and drives a boat out to luoxingdun island when there s enough water. translation: this year s water level is very low. i old people say this has only occurred once before, in the early 1950s. since the song dynasty 1,000 years ago, the temple has been surrounded by water during the rainy season. recent droughts have exposed it much earlier. a couple of months ago, all of this was underwater. but as the waters have receded, the island behind me has become accessible by land. and this historic site has become something of an environmental barometer to measure whether water levels are where they should be at any given time of year.
Coaching staff quit in protest at the president s behaviour. a vigil has been held, after a white man who shot dead three black people, injacksonville, on saturday, in what police are calling a racially motivated attack. the shooter has been identified as a 21 year old, who had no previous criminal record. jacksonville s sheriff says the shooter s weapons were acquired legally. two women and one man were killed during the attack. the shooter then turned the gun on himself. the recent heavy flooding in china, which claimed 81 lives, has shocked the country, especially because it occured in areas not usually prone to such a disaster. chinese scientists are blaming climate change, and are warning that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more dangerous. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports now on the country s changing climate. he visited luoxingdun island, situated in a southern flood plain,
Translation: i can t describe how i felt when i saw this. - our life s work, it s over. every year, china s flooding seems worse, and official statistics appear to confirm it. in 2011, the country recorded around six floods a month during the summer. but this year, there are ten times as many. the impact has even struck china s overall food supply. in august, 40% of the famous wuchang rice crop was wiped out by flooding. translation: i ve never seen floods here in all my life. - this is the first time. translation: when i saw the water hit here, i cried. | oui crops are gone. i lost everything. it s hard to calculate. then in the south, where flooding is supposed to happen, there are fears of a drought closing in. li chunshui grew up next to poyang lake and drives a boat out to luoxingdun island when there s enough water.