really didn't just dense population there across the border anyway 90000 of those people according to the genesis of ruby being mentally displaced in the country since the revolution in syria began so i think crew simply worrying situation across the border is very important to remember that it is a vulnerable area isn't it thank you very much charles stratford. u.s. congressional democrats have issued subpoenas for 2 business men charged with campaign financing violations equating left parness and better russian igor freeman who were arrested in florida or associates of president all trumps personal lawyer rudy giuliani they were involved in giuliani's efforts to get ukraine to investigate one of the leading democratic presidential hopefuls joe biden according to the indictment both men funneled foreign money to u.s. political candidates trump is currently facing an impeachment inquiry into whether

he withheld military aid to ukraine for personal political gain alan fisher has more on this now from washington. both these men were arrested at dulles international airport on the outskirts of washington in fact it's in the state of virginia that happened late on wednesday both were on a flight out of the country although you shouldn't read too much into that they are facing a number of charges it's a 21 p.g. indictment they are accused of making false statements of falsifying records and trying to evade contribution limits by hiding the source of those contributions they made a contribution to the donald trump super pac america 1st they also made a number of contributions to kevin mccarthy who's a senior republican leadership figure on capitol hill and they made those contributions asking him to work towards the removal of the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine though she was eventually moved from her position by donald trump back in may this year now they have

a connection with rudy giuliani they were working with him introducing him to business people in ukraine but also allegedly assisting his investigation into possible corruption by joe biden and his son in ukraine but that's not the only connection with the white house both of these men are being represented by a man named john or dode and he was donald trump's personal attorney until about me 2018 and he was dealing with the fallout from the miller inquiry into alleged collusion with russia. the u.s. president on trump says that he will meet china's vice premier. on friday as talks resume to try to end the 15 month trade war between the world's 2 largest economies the site i think to narrow differences who avoid a schedule tariff rate increase next week until on a 50 $1000000000.00 worth of chinese goods if the talks break down nearly all of the $500000000000.00 worth of chinese imports to the u.s. or be subject to peanuts have tariffs. the ecuadorian human rights organization

defend soria has confirmed 5 people have died as part of a national strike against president lenin marina's austerity measures at least one indigenous protest was among those killed in the arm rest in ecuador's capital quito volunteers from the catholic university say at least 2 children and 2 elderly people also died from asphyxiation after tear gas was used by police cracking down on the demonstrators last america at its elisia newman joins us live now from quito and what's happening where you are at the moment. hello merriman it's a very very volatile confusing the sometimes situation we are right outside the culture center here in a lot of that has become in quito rather this is become the headquarters for the indigenous confederation and all their supporters thousands and thousands of people are inside and outside of the building that is behind me they've been listening to their leadership at the beginning they seem to be asking for the demise of

president lenin what annual immediately they say that he was responsible for at least 5 people who according to the human rights on between have been confirmed dead in fact at this hour they are waiting for some of the caskets to arrive here as well that they're going to hold a religious ceremony we don't know how many people were injured but right now we're hearing that that what they're demanding is for the resignation of the interior minister and the defense minister some are calling for some dialogue there's there does not seem to be unity amongst the indigenous leaders either about exactly what they want right now but they are all you dynamism the outrage they say at the way that police have acted in that they threw tear gas inside of a catholic university and another university nearby where women and children and many others had taken refuge overnight and so it is a very very tense situation you are indeed at this hour as you say you see they might not be united in precisely what they want to achieve but they are

a very determined group of protesters here and there are reports that holding tanks at least 8 police services now also we hearing about that. well we were inside we saw the police officers on the stage the question is whether they are voluntarily or not according to the government they are being detained there being held against their will be the indigenous leaders are saying that they are free to go whenever they want but we haven't been able to talk to them ourselves to find out of whether that is really the case or not there were also reports that some of the local media were being kept inside by force being asked to transmit what was being said inside so that the rest of ecuador could hear about we've just seen some of those. journalists leave so if they were ever being kept or detained as it was called then that's no longer the case latin america and it's been reporting to us on those protests from the ecuadorian capital quito. and with al

jazeera live from london more still ahead listing in his writings blocked roads is a protest of police in action over an upsurge in crime in majority arab areas. and why the winner of the 2100. in eastern europe. hello london's about to get wet it's not the only place but the wind direction sent in to the west now you get an idea the class to coming a bit said science but the trend is to split. up into different weather types that's greenland their frontal system goes up through london that means rain has started to go through northern france germany denmark and towards sweden and overnight you'll notice the line doesn't really move very much that is rather went

to 24 hours when the weather is not that 15 in persistent right but disappointing 11 in stockholm. up there. but central southern europe is quiet the sun's out by days don't take the call by not yet $26.00 in athens a lot normally breeze $28.00 in madrid with more cloud around that would be a thing ideal and that extends out to morocco as well attempt to here held at $24.00 possibly as a result further east along north coast of africa there is no thirty's to get to egypt however given there's not much of a northerly breeze even though the clouds back up 30 now dear is not certified car in fact egypt remains heart we're down to 4 or up to 42 degrees to you know us war .

and world of illegal trade what you have here is not just archaeological objects you're talking about a political dimension where the spoils of war are smuggled and sold to auction houses and private collectors and dying for selling an artifact is where finance is the beheadings and muslims in the middle east don't sound don't that's one quick solution trafficking on al-jazeera. welcome back a look at the headlines turkey has pounded kodesh positions in northeastern syria with strikes for a 2nd day sending tens of thousands fleeing kurdish shelling has also killed at

least 6 civilians including a child in turkish border towns. u.s. congressional democrats have issued subpoenas for 2 businessmen charged with campaign finance violations of pollen is about a russian igor for the men who were arrested in florida are associates of president all trumps personal lawyer to jani. and the ecuadorian human rights organization has confirmed 5 people have died during protests against president learned that in moreno's austerity measures. indonesia's security minister is in hospital with stab wounds after what police say was an attack inspired by ice still in assailants and his wife were arrested after the attack which saw a way around to who was wearing a green shirt emerge from his vehicle before falling to the ground doctors say minister were on toast suffered 2 deep wounds to his stomach but is now in a stable condition a local police chief and another person also enjoy it. a convoy of hundreds of

vehicles has made its way through israel the latest protest by palestinian israeli citizens against violent crime protesters accuse israeli beliefs of neglecting arab towns and villages high force it has more on this now from west jerusalem. in just a few weeks a growing social concern has turned into a major political issue on thursday hundreds of vehicles made their way along major roads from northern israel to deliver a message to leaders in jerusalem palestinian israelis are fed up of the violence plaguing their communities a calling for change israel's most senior arab politician using regular facebook updates from the root to make clear the demands on you know what the organized crime gangs the extortion gangs the black market gangs the weapons these 4 things if the police why they can eliminate them entirely within one or 2 months. that mubarak i think once in west jerusalem or day and other members of the parliament

or knesset went to meet israel's public security minister other protesters gathered nearby to highlight a surge in crime that is seen more than 70 people killed so far this year every few days palestinian israelis wake up to another story of another fatal crime they say the police a failing to intervene failing to investigate essentially they say their communities have been abandoned to a sense of insecurity of violence and of fear fear that came horrifically true for ayesha monarch earlier this month 3 of her sons were involved in a confrontation over money with another man $2.00 of them. were shot and killed the suspected gunman remains at large the mad man that there is no security anymore my sons were shot at noon the killer didn't consider the children who were going home from school such or das as he to open fire like this what kind of world are we living in we are sitting in a hiram's and we are afraid no security where is the law the government. the

killings in the northern town of merged oak room sparked mass protests and a pledge from the public security minister down to deploy specialist units and hundreds more officers recognising he said the responsibility of law enforcement to tackle the crime wave but many palestinian israelis say that responsibility has been deliberately shirked over many years. we have no trust in the police we call on the police to do their job to collect weapons to the police even have the intention to fight crime these are questions that are raised. 10 newly elected parliament hearings from the joint list the arab majority political parties in the knesset took the rare step of endorsing benjamin netanyahu the main opponent after last month's general election aiming to get action on crime and other priorities. but with the stalemate over attempts to form any new government protesters say they'll continue to campaign instead on the streets until the demands are met harry

for sit out his era west jerusalem irish prime minister says a brick said dale is possible by the end of october after a key meeting with his british counterpart boris johnson following the meeting they said they both believe abraxane agreement is in everybody's interests and can see a pathway to a possible tale but the irish and other e.u. governments object to proposals to bring island out of the customs union which threatens the open border with northern ireland. no she didn't start the car and britain want there to be an agreement that's in the interests of our own to the united kingdom and to the european union as a whole and i do see a pathway towards an agreement in the coming weeks. there are of course issues yet to be fully resolved the 1st is the issue of consent of democracy ensuring that any long term arrangement that applies to northern ireland has the consent of the people of northern ireland at the 2nd is the whole issue of customs and shoring that there is no cost in the border between north and south so next steps of course

are for the united kingdom government to engage with the european commission we expect that will happen tomorrow with a meeting involving steve barclay in each of our new and also we'll need to consult and engage with the commission as well but what i would hope is that what's happened today would be sufficient to. negotiations to resume in brussels. here climate change demonstrators try to disrupt operations at london city airport on thursday the group flooded the terminal in what they've called a hong kong style occupation form a paralympian james brown took us and took part by clambering on top of a british airways plane protest as have been occupying public spaces all week i mean to pressure the british government into stepping up its climate action plan now polish right i'll go to car check and austrian novelist peta hunt k have been awarded the nobel prize for literature 2 winners were named 142-018-1420 extension 19 because last year's prize was for sponge of resection

harshman scandal to car choke was recognized for her narrative imagination for 2018 while peta had k one this year 1st influential web exploring human experience. you know i do trust my work but i'm not the money tree is not the nature of. but was this a he won the nobel prize so i did i don't like this this this expression which is that we need you here you know it's a kind of a strange kind of freedom i don't know. who fredo mad's if. there's a rule book which is not the truth as it were you know so. well when housecall some controversy in eastern europe the 76 year old author has long faced criticism for his defense of the serbs during the war in the 1990 s.

he also spoke at the 2 $1006.00 funeral of former serbian need assaulted on the loss of it who at the time was facing war crimes charges critics say the award has gone to a genocide denier. now taiwan's president says china is threatening the islands nonstop which poses a major challenge to regional security in her speech to celebrate national day saing when said china is using its one country 2 systems proposal to threaten taiwan and when want to system has sent hong kong to watch it calls the edge of disorder beijing considers taiwan a row province has never announced the use of force to bring the island under its control. yes you're going to hear another year has quickly passed the world is still changing fast and the challenges are even more dramatic the u.s. china trade dispute continues and not far from taiwan hong kong is on the verge of chaos due to the failure of one country 2 systems nevertheless china still threatening to impose its one country 2 systems model for taiwan the diplomatic

offensive the military coalition that has a serious challenge to regional stability and peace. in other stories of hollowing tech giant apple has been accused of caving into political pressure by removing an app from its online store which protesters in hong kong use to track police movements l m move comes after a strong condemnation of the app by china's government apple has also remove the taiwan flag emoji for use in hong kong and macau at beijing's request for the 1st time in decades thousands of iranian female football fans have cheered on their team from inside attack iran stadium despite losing to cambodia jubilant found celebrated having access to the game women had effectively been banned from stadiums where men were playing since the 1970 s. pressure had been growing on fever to take action after an iranian woman set a self on fire last month after she was refused admission to a game delegation traveled to tehran to ensure female fans were admitted to the

world cup qualifying match. it's a very good feeling i hope will be repeated because we will need to come to the stadium for happiness and support your team. well of course there's much more on that story and everything else we're covering on our website al-jazeera dot com they are find all the latest on our top story as well a 2nd day of that offensive with the turkish military shelling also air strikes and troops moving in to northern ne syria more on that in a couple of seconds. as you say that turkey has pounded kurdish positions in northeastern syria with as strikes for a 2nd day now same thing residents fleeing turkish troops in the allies have

encircled the kurdish border towns of russell and. while kurdish shelling has killed at least 6 civilians including a child in turkish towns president has defended the turkish assault saying it will allow syrian refugees to return home. meanwhile the un security council held an emergency meeting earlier to discuss the situation there afterwards the u.s. ambassador to the united nations told turkey to protect syria citizens or face the consequences turkey is now responsible for ensuring that all isis fighters in detention in prison remain in prison and that isis does not reconstitute itself in any way shape or form. failure to play by the rules to protect vulnerable populations failure to guarantee that isis cannot exploit these actions to reconstitute will have caught consequences and there are the

headlines u.s. congressional democrats have issued subpoenas for 2 businessmen charged with campaign finance violations. parnassum better russian eagle for a man who were arrested in florida or associates of president on a trans person a lawyer rudy giuliani they were involved in giuliani's efforts to get ukraine to investigate one of the leading democratic presidential hopefuls joe biden according to the indictment both men funnel foreign money to u.s. political candidates trump is currently facing an impeachment inquiry into whether he withheld military aid to ukraine for personal political gain. also following the situation in ecuador very closely where human rights organization defense soria del pueblo has confirmed 5 people have died as part of a national strike against present and marino's austerity measures at least one indigenous protest that was among those killed in the unrest in the capital quito though there have been protests taking place in other parts of the country as well . we'll have more news for you in about 25 minutes time techno is the program

coming up next focusing on the problem with plastic they without as they're up. i have the ok and you're in the string getting justice for victims of syrian war crimes we will look at how european prosecutors in germany and also countries are building cases against suspected puppetry has now living aboard and we welcome your thoughts on how justice can be achieved share your comments with us live on twitter

or in our you tube channel. this is free to the for the kind of director of human rights watch and you were in the street. could a german national court help achieve justice for victims of syrian war crimes investigators have been attempting to track down and prosecute syrians who are believed to be responsible for torture and other atrocities committed during the country's 8 years civil war now although the alleged war crimes occurred outside german borders prosecutors are able to pursue these cases using a principle called universal jurisdiction to arrest former syrian military intelligence officers were made earlier this year in germany and the 1st war crimes trial for a high ranking syrian official could happen in 2020 so today we'll hear from those who are working to hold the syrian government accountable with us in berlin alexandra lilly kapur a legal advisor at the european center for constitutional and human rights also in

berlin kind of an homage to syria human rights activist and photo journalist and in paris valerie parlay a legal consultant with trial international and i guess it's good to have you. i want to take you back to a time that was probably the worst time in your life when you were in detention in syria as you were experiencing torture was there any point you felt that you would get justice that people who were doing terrible things to you would actually have to serve time in court. time in prison go to court was that even a concept that was possible. i don't recall it being a concern was actually possible. i mean as a relation as someone who went out in demonstrations there was always that feeling that we're going to get into jail for things we're doing not because it unjust not

because it. it's illegal but just because. we were facing was actually not ok with anything we were doing so the concept of getting into jail was in my mind doing all the demonstrations that i was going on in but the concept of getting out of jail is so hard to be thought about. the accountability that you asked me about was not something that i ever thought about when i was in jail. in jail you live for the next thing you live feeling like you're going to die in the next hour or so it was not a concept that i was thinking of following the civil war is still ongoing who knows when it will and so the concept of being out to trial war criminals right now. very unusual but that's what you know best interest and and mabel's lawyers to do

it labels for time so i actually think some justice can you explain quite simply how it works so if someone like around the torches in syria you now listen german all how with universal jurisdiction the people who allegedly tortured him or tortured many other people. well you're exactly blowing tout one of the seeing universal jurisdiction do and it's not unusual it's allowing someone that is not from the country that he's going to put that you. where and has the victim of crimes that were not committed in the he's like in the country your work has risen you broke and again. not from the same country. and universal jurisdiction will allow him to get justice in this point state. so just to be clear the goodridge was action of the state based on the territory normally they will

prosecute the crimes that are committed in that territory but prison universal jurisdiction that's. where it's exceptional if you're going to judge people that have like for example in syria. victims or syrian the perpetrator in syria and the crime were committed in syria but nonetheless they all prosecuted and. that's how it works that's a principle of universal jurisdiction and it's a level for really grave crimes crimes that we consider that or crimes against all humanity all mankind such as crimes against humanity to daughter. and that's why it's so grave that they should tackle the issue and try to prosecute the. valerie you mentioned grave crimes there and i wanted to bring up this tweet reminding us all of what some of those crimes were this from the global center for the responsibility to protect their right throughout the 8 year war in syria every

major principle of international law has been violated indiscriminate attacks on civilians sexual violence a blockage of humanitarian aid deliberate targeting of hospitals and humanitarian workers have been the hallmarks of this war so keeping that in mind is why we see tweets like this jonah says if there's no accountable government and sound judicial system in syria then it's better to have some kind of justice in german courts rather than nothing at all lily why dramedy though. germany has a quiet broad universal yours the action legal framework as valerie already explains that what's particular about germany is that in comparison to other countries like sample the netherlands the suspect needs to be in a territory full investigations even to open and in germany we don't have such a requirement and that means our federal public prosecutor he's allowed to go ahead

with the investigation even if there's no such a suspect present and i think what we need to also highlight here is that not only the trials are important of course it's really important that we are hopefully seeing the 1st ever trial addressing international crimes committed in syria next year but what's also important is that the german federal prosecutor has the tools to already preserve evidence. and they are doing this already since the end of 2011 december 2011 and since then the german prosecutor is collecting photo evidence video evidence but most importantly. testimonies of survivors that are in germany that are in europe to bring such investigations forward i'm just thinking about the refugees that are spread around europe some of them happen in your experience had some experiences to you and some of those refugees or people who are

living outside of syria some of as refugees all perpetrators as well tell us what you know about that because i think sometimes we forget the most everybody who leaves the country is something humans affect. you know i think what you bring going to know is something that i also learned that i rightwing maybe in germany util so talking about is used in a way. to talk about like not every regime is the because they need asylum they're wanted in their countries. for me as someone who was detained before and it was i was seeing all these people inside who were causing for all the cars in the furniture and like that kind of everyone was facing as the course it is traumatizing for me to see them in the street. to even hear about them. it is funny and sad to see them in germany i agree not

every not everyone in in in europe is someone who who is there because they face some some kind of torture or the need but i think we should emphasize on the idea that the largest number of syrian refugees who are in europe have faced something some kind of torture and also we should emphasize on the idea that the syrian regime is the biggest and the most. these in was criminal in syria that caused for a lot of these patients hundreds of thousands. but also there are some other flags that have been in syria and other parties who also caused some patients and. for some other but so. yeah the idea is people are here in europe seeking asylum of course people are amongst those who caused for there and

caused for lots of torture for us the main the main way to maybe like be just to also former. detainees and for these hundreds of thousands who are living right now and syrian jails and there is to take them to european courts. here not only one who believes that this is one of the ways to be just to those victims i want to play a video comment from someone named mark he's a student at mcgill law and canon and also consultant and he talks about this being a form of justice have a listen international justice has done very little for syria yet syria has done a lot for international justice that includes reinvigorating the idea of universal jurisdiction the best prospects for justice and accountability for atrocities committed in syria today don't exist in an international court and they don't exist

in syria they exist in a country 4000 kilometers away germany that's symbolism shouldn't be lost on us these are amongst the worst crimes that we have witnessed since the nazi regime in germany but we don't have the political will to achieve justice and international courts and it can't be done in syria at the very very least we can listen to victims collect the evidence that they carry and use it whenever possible and wherever possible to narrow the gap between the supply and demand for justice in syria so that he says at the very least we can be listening to victims talk to us about some of the cases that you know are being gathered right now in investigated and how you're getting the evidence for them. so the organization i work for you c h r we've been investigating international crimes committed in syria by all parties of the conflict and i think that's an important point mentioned by qur'an and we've done so since about 2012 by the end of 2016 we collaborated and really

started working with syrian activists in berlin and syrian lawyers who brought their work and they were organizations from syria to europe and continued to activism continue their political work and together with them we identified survivors who were willing to work with us on those cases so how we investigate what has happened in those quite secret detention facilities in syria is by 1st and foremost of course listening to the stories of form of detainees but also to the stories of the family that started missing their sons their daughters their brothers their fathers their husbands and what also their perspective is 'd on how they try to find them etc and then of course there are a bunch of important records by the u.n. commission of inquiry in syria but also by international human rights organizations such as human rights watch and amnesty international but also what i really would like to highlight here is the documentation work that has been done riegel is the

since the beginning of the revolution and even before that on the system of torture that's being employed as an oppressive tool by those that government against those that took the streets of damascus and beyond so the sort of the sources we are working with but a form of evidence that i would also like to speak about are the see the photos so these are tens of thousands of photos that have been taken by a former military photographer that was operating in military hospitals in syria on behalf of the government and he at some point in time decided to take those photos out of these facilities and together with the team. analyze them and then eventually take them out of syria and these photos depict really the consequences of the torture and other crimes committed and these facilities so we have quite good visual evidence off of such crimes and the photos also 'd let us assume

certain information to. command responsibility because also the dead bodies of the detainees essentially show not only what physically this person and these persons have experienced but they also show for example the place where the person was last detained and if we know where the person at the last the taint we can research who has been in charge up that very detention facility and if we know who has been in charge we know who is the person who did not only know about these crimes being committed but who and often and often cases if not always also ordered for such crimes to be committed against the detainees that have been arbitrarily to try to tame their value we've got to be you're going to say something a little bit addie go ahead would you want to add yeah i just wanted to comment on the caroms the experience and he was talking about the fact that some perpetrators some suspected criminals also hiding in the in the refute these and it's

a this was a. person who creating a real forgotten if you for universal jurisdiction for full thank like germany friends who said until you've been. to try to fight impunity and to make sure no safe haven will be a grunt you call those the war criminals who indeed in the next 5 years or so we see that the universal jurisdiction is growing a lot we thought were organization trying to the international reproduce to report on those cases of universal jurisdiction it's called a huge p.r. and we tried to to to show that actually this is up winning not only in germany you have no. and you syrians in germany and so many committees about so yeah and so many but you also have some cases in in the in sweden in france and you also have katie about every over all the situations that says a library

a wonder you have many cases around the world and it's true that in the last 5 years it's been a lot about syrian t.v. things through the through the window of opportunity that they refute you immigration labor because with the perpetrators yeah both the witnesses you also have. you have victims and as if he was saying good things either prove the evidence in your case is very hard you need to imagine like whole like prosecutors on national persecutors so real much used to work in case these international cases they are not it's more because we've been creating like it had been created in europe civil war crimes unit but not let me just had let me just highlight that are for people because what it means is that if you are a national prosecutor you may not even have a budget to travel to different places where you need to gather the evidence so you may well be stuck in your home country you will have city and not be out to go

anywhere how do investigators you can't go anywhere nice problematic kind of what we've got to say go ahead. i was about 12. i was most of my colleagues who were with me on the call about the idea. ok as a syrian i do i do actually believe in the value and the importance of international. judiciary and international law no but i tend to not believe in the flexion functionality of it we've seen international institutions international the un and all the decisions regarding syria failing so what like. what do you guys doing it comes to trying to make syrians who are in europe believing in the functionality of it are you do you get many theories who wants to talk about their cases to try to talk about the names of the people who

tortured them back in syria. maybe you take that one you stop sure i mean before i get to your question karma i think that one of the gold bits back from the narrative of among the refugees are perpetrators and you're i think that's really true but i think there are 2 approaches the universe here is the one as so many states also politically use utilising it and saying we only go after the suspects that are on our territory but actually there's another idea that we can use universe years diction for and that it's actually globally and for the international criminal law and international criminal law despite its faults and its flaws and it being embedded and of course political dynamics and i very much hear you karama and that's also all of the activists and survivors i know there is a loss of hope and increasing frustration because the body you have been established after the 2nd world war the united nations has tremendously failed syria and the syrian community in responding adequately for political reasons. but

i think what we should focus in is really using the legal tools that we have and that could work and when now that's university was the question and that's why i encourage us to really concentrate our efforts there because really we cannot change what russia thing we cannot change what china is doing or year round who's coming up where we can remain critical of it and of course we need to watch what's happening and why. but i think if if what we can do is really to use what we have but look what you're around often i think it was a really poignant question was because he's given testimony he's talking to other people who may well want to come forward why would they do that why would things that are so why would they come back to counsel things that happen to them if the process doesn't work that's what he's really asking valerie you pick up on that you know the process that she does works not every time and it's hard criminal cases in

general a really complicated national system but imagine in universal jurisdiction daisy's where as i was mentioning that the search for evidence of hooper complete katie's work with her and everything get more complicated even like finding witnesses how do you do that when your particular national quiz agrees and you have to to find witnesses for your case and then once you find some witnesses to make them to make them agree to this if i this is something again more difficult because for security reasons i mean let me just push you because come on was very brief and to the point he wanted to know does it last you say yes it does work yes it does work which in pekin some cases i mean. so now syrian cases that we are starting to see some results like of course we have arrest warrants you know friends and in germany against high ranking official of the syrian regime you had 3 persons that we are arrested 2 in germany one in france and among them at least we know one of them is

a high rank and the other one in france we we don't know exactly he's a position but we know that person from a few shows. and we need to keep in mind that other cases in situations that seems really impossible that says the center of the case it seems it's the former president of chad you think it impossible to judge him to make him and he's been very ill and yet it happened why because witnesses engineer was as local n.g.o.s and new witnesses testified we had very important and it's very hot there it's she calls about like protecting the witnesses and the victim on the ground and his wife and you are in syria or doing an amazing job and it's thanks to them that we can move forward and thanks to the great. you mentioned the victims on the ground and i want to go to you with this because there are people online who say they do have hope that this will work to your question that you're asking this

is veronica and she says that for her the important thing is that these trials in germany are victim centered with syrians being able to send a complaint to police or prosecutors and make submissions and more she goes on to say being able to contribute directly to the trials will finally allow syrians to tell their story and to face their torturers in a court of law and she speaks from personal experience as the wife of a survivor of torture and assad's regime detentions i know how important it is for my husband to see his torturer finally in prison and not allowed to walk freely in europe or syria while syrians are still facing the psychological scars left by the torture so of course kind of that's only one anecdote there for someone who feels home full but for you can you relate to what she's saying do you have hope of course they can you know of course they do hopeful. the idea is i think it was misunderstood in a way because the fact that i was going to vote is

a human rights activist really you should as people who are who you say it is a matter of just for them to build their stories and keep their limits but it's an 8 years evolution that has been go in and some people when told list for me burson really i think i always tell my story me my mom and my brother but it's i know little about. the things that we face so i do believe in the importance of telling the story and keep killing it for everyone i just feel like the functionality he explained is to normal people who are the same species because we're talking about hundreds of thousands. do i hope do i have hope that things are going to go into some i don't know like into some accountability and justice inside syria this is a very large question when it comes to the fact that everything is happening right now inside syria is a bit to the side of the regime the expansion of like this terrorist area that the

regime has taken over and also like everyone is withdrawing from that and live in it for iran russia and the regime to do whatever they want so the hope when it comes to us when it comes to the detention of some of those who tortured syrians yes hope for the future of syria is that something is going to have been and it's going to be constructive people are going to go back we're not going to stay in europe we're not going to stay outside of syria i do have that hope but in general the whole international no international system. they failed us alone we were shrill during this theory of evolution many times many red lights being crossed many many people died because no one here an international so you'll end interest to get those we're in damascus when demonstrations are here well we're going to end up on that skeptical voice the pragmatic one thank you for your time thank you to

qur'an to little al valerie many houses conversation been going down online interesting all in with this from syria justice and accountability who says a full accounting for war crimes is not possible until serious prepare to grapple with violations but this court is the last refuge for syrian victims thank you guests thank you for those who are watching c m x time. to. one simple mistake could be fatal. fishing as

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has defended the tuckers insult saying it will allow syrian refugees to return home meanwhile kurdish shelling has killed at least 6 civilians including a child in tuchis towns child strapped that is in chicago on talkies border with syria a day of intense bombardment by turkish forces targeting s.d.f. kurdish forces across the border but an increasing alarm from the international community and aid agencies about a potential humanitarian crisis unfolding in the united c.r. that's the un's refugee agency saying they're concerned that humanitarian aid might not be able to be delivered to the affected areas another 15 aid agencies have come together and released a statement saying echoing the similar kind of seeing saying that some of the staff of being evacuated along with many civilians from these affected areas the been a number of casualties here on the turkish side as well it's believed malta 5

killed what the authorities here say maybe up to 9 people including a 9 month old baby the situation increasingly tense said the united nations and the international community calling for maximum restraint from all sides involved the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting earlier to discuss the situation afterwards the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. told talking to protect syria's citizens or face the consequences. turkey is now responsible for ensuring that all ice a spider's in detention in prison remain in prison and that isis does not reconstitute itself in any way shape or form failure to play by the rules to protect vulnerable populations failure to guarantee that isis cannot exploit these actions to reconstitute will have consequences.

u.s. congressional democrats have issued subpoenas for 2 business men charged with campaign finance violations ukrainian love parnassus and by the russian eagle freeman are associates of president donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani they were involved in giuliani's efforts to get ukraine to investigate one of the leading democratic presidential hopefuls joe biden according to the indictment both men funneled foreign money to u.s. political candidates trump is currently facing an impeachment inquiry into whether he withheld military aid to ukraine for personal political gain ecuadorian human rights organization defense has confirmed 5 people have died in the protests against president menem rayna's austerity measures at least one indigenous protester was among those killed in the unrest in ecuador's capital quito volunteers from the catholic university said at least 2 children and 2 elderly people also died. indonesia's security minister is in hospital with stab wounds

after what police say was an attack inspired by eisel the alleged assailant and his wife were arrested after the attack which saw we're on to who was wearing a green shirt emerge from his vehicle before falling to the ground docsis a minister we ran to suffered 2 deep wounds to his stomach but is in a stable condition a local police chief and another person injured. for the 1st time in decades thousands of iranian female football fans have shared on that team inside tehran stadium despite losing to cambodia jubilant fans celebrated having access to the game women had effectively being banned from stadiums when men were playing since 1970 s. when pressure had been growing on fever to take action after an iranian woman set herself on fire last month when discovering she could get 6 months in prison for sneaking into the game. those are the top stories

to stay with us up next trafficking. antiquities trafficking is one of the most profitable illegal trades in the world estimated to be worth several $1000000000.00 a year it ranks off to illegal drugs precious objects plundered or discovered in clandestine excavations find their way onto the official market into using your spare time galleries. the main victims the pillage nations are now demanding the return of their stolen treasures for

a long time these demands. blood systematic ransacking of heritage sites meticulously staged by the islamic state of iraq and the levant isis has caused a global outcry and has reopened the debate with changing public opinion efforts to halt the trafficking have gained a new urgency but are nations prepared to act from berlin to beijing from rome to the syrian border an investigation into trafficking that's at the heart of an economic cultural and diplomatic war. paris february 2009 crowds flocked to the ground poly to admire the treasures

contained in the private collection of eve son of home and pierre ballsy one of the most prestigious in the world a few days later these precious works were to be auctioned off by christie's. dozens of masterpieces will be changing hands including these 218th century bronze heads a rat and a rabbit which had once been housed in the imperial palace in beijing their sale sparked an uproar in china. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. ha ha ha. but the present owner doesn't agree to that issue as can be and you probably did think he is or is there. on my shoulder shake

a fellow when one is of your own book will be tude cryptic on that lake it actually . except that these heads were stolen back in the 19th century it was an 860 june the 2nd opium war when french and british troops plundered the forbidden city and ransacked the summer palace. still today the destruction and fair ft are a deep scar for the chinese people. beyond their aesthetic value the bronze heads are considered as priceless items of chinese heritage. should p.r. barracks in their former return. to see our producer who know they will kill his own pay due to their feel like i do it their sheen were fair is it the is it a debate the g.d.

could occur if you are so guys are expected it should offer for it day if you're a fake which probably publicly think took on the issue. you could do math tourism is a letter he had to go on the boulevard to d.c. it. was so fun to share as you do. you. think you. said you can read it was. sent to show you. that. the 2 heads finally went for

a combined price of 28000000 euros the conclusive bids came from a chinese businessman who asked to remain anonymous but 5 days after the sale the mysterious bio revealed his identity at a press conference in beijing and his announcement was more than unexpected. ways. well as a city in a city that's already been well you know it's interesting to look on what it is here to that area. as the buyer refused to pay for the objects pillage from his country the big was cancelled and the 2 bronzes were returned to p.r. back. in china people continued to demand the restitution a demand which took on political dimensions beijing viewed it as a way to exercise a national humiliation but also to confirm its newfound international clout the 2

bronzes in the sun the home begs a collection had become symbols of the plundering of their country by the west for christie's it was old and to calm things down with the chinese in 2030 the owner of christie's fall swapping no himself said emissaries to directly negotiate the purchase of the bronzes with. was a good point we could see over and near. from france where pino asked this it. there. she says is for credit issuers. officially from swapping no return the heads to beijing out of friendship for the people of china but that wasn't all a few weeks after the return of the bronzes in the presence of the french businessman the chinese government finally gave christie's permission to operate in the country and exchange as described it.

the much publicized case of the summer palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillaged countries are demanding the return of their cultural assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. countries have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 1970 unesco convention signed in june the era of de colonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the pressure on renowned museums has intensified. the pergamon museum the most visited in berlin is obliged to know the origins of its collections. you start.