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oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 30 years leading the campaign group human rights watch. hes been banned in a host of countries. is it time to acknowledge his brand of human rights campaigning isnt working? kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. its good to be with you. its good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of the worlds highest profile human rights advoca...

declared in five regions, including auckland. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. across the world, freedom and democracy are in retreat. almost a third of the worlds people live under authoritarian rule. that number is rising and that has grave implications for basic human rights. its not that liberal democracies cant be abusive of rights, but generally their safeguards against oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 3...

overrespond. i hope it doesnt happen again >> former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea well have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russias invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trumps lawyer an interview...

far-fetched charges surrounding a legal nondisclosure agreement signed six years ago. according to the media mob, were watching the crime of the century. today it was o.j. simpson and the white bronco. it was john gotti being brought to justice. nobody is above the law. less than 24 hours, donald trump will be the first former president in history to be charged with a crime but for what? allegations of a mislabelled document? a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement? a case that relies almos...

surrounding what was a legal non-disclosure agreement signed more than six years ago. but according to the media mob, while were watching the crime of the century today, it was o.j. simpson and the white ford bronco all over again. it was john gotti finally being brought to justice. no man is above the law. they cheerfully exclaim in unison. now, of course, in less than twenty four hours, donald trump will be the first former president in history to be charged with a crime. but for wha...

block representatives adam schiff to eric swalwell from returning to their post on the house intelligence committee. schiff and swalwell are outspoken californian democrats who previously served as impeachment managers during the impeachment of donald trump. republicans also sought retribution against ilhan omen, the congresswoman, saying remarks she said in the past which he publicly apologized in 2019. two congressional terms ago. this is the first time republicans have been back in ...

defamation lawsuit against fox news brought by dominion voting systems. today judge eric davis asked the pool of prospects a number of questions, things like whether they watched fox news, for instance, or whether they have ever volunteered as poll watchers now once selected, the final group of jurors will be tasked with deciding whether or not fox news acted with actual malice in the aftermath of the 2020 election when fox news aired false statements about election interference thanks...

you may not have not heard anywhere else, and why so many people, even in the -- we will set the record straight then, taking apart the dangers of antisemitic attacks o manhattan da alvin bragg and george soros and later, one democrat chos the rest of his party how to get angry on gun violence an school shootings and why tha anger matters. >> good evening. i am mehdi hasan we have all heard it it is unprecedented. it is shocking to see. a taboo has been broken. the indictment of donald...

march 26. i am. velshi donald trump at his first rally of the 2024 presidential election sequence where he continued to air his grievances against the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and the justice system at large, which is emerging as one of the main themes of his 2024 campaign. as images of the insurrection played on the screen behind him, trump took the stage to the song, justice for all, which is a rendition of the national anthem sung by the january 6th prison choir. that...

all out attack on ilhan omar is anyone surprised that i am being targeted tonight the unbelievable spectacle of the monica circus and how democrats are pushing back i had a member of the republican caucus threaten my life, and you all rewarded himand you al >> another state moves to criminalize american history, and takes authors like ta-nehisi coates out of classrooms. author, ta-nehisi coates, joins me to respond. far-right politics, driving a scary cycle of violence and unrest in th...