Theres china. Which is in a league of its own when it comes to human rights violations. Also coming up tonight will it be three strikes and youre all for teresa mayes breaks at play in or third time lucky in the British Parliament the scene is set for a friday vote but i do carry on or and right on of the mandate to support this measure and perhaps. We can leave it in the way. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with chinas disappearing voices of dissent chinese president xi jinping has launched a campaign to root out corruption and disloyalty in the communist party but human Rights Groups say the state is cast. Its net to catch more than just political dissidents and a disturbing pattern has emerged those whom the state considers problematic are simply vanished last september the chief of interpol main hunger way went missing while visiting his home country china he later resurfaced but only when he was kicked out of the communist party and the Chinese Government launched Legal Proceedings against him accusing him by the way of misusing funds or tonight in a exclusive we introduce you to someone caught in chinas web of detainment and disappearance a man out of sight but for now not out of. The detention room is like a cooling chamber with a metal door you can escape from this room is impossible. Thomas. Was one of two hundred human rights lawyers chinese authorities rounded up in july two thousand fifty. Three thing inside is wrapped in soft material the walls the table it so you cant kill yourself. I didnt see daylight for half a year bright light is on twenty four hours a day you dont know if its day or night. It feels like youve been locked up in hell. Youre completely cut off from the world and. You dont know anything and youre terrified. All. I can. See and he was called to the administration of his apartment complex he didnt suspect anything. There are several Plainclothes Police were waiting they blindfolded him and shoved him into a car. With his wife and children were wondering why you didnt come back then later that day twenty Police Officers came to search their partner and could have had to eat and i was absolutely terrified nobody told me he trying to taint the police such a high spot refused to give any information or to join russia was hot enough force disappearances have become increasingly common in china the head of interpol former canadian diplomat an exiled writer a canadian businessman and activist and a photographer a lawyer booksellers. And a billionaire just a few of those who disappeared in the last two years. Facilities all from inside military compounds they are secret but activists have tried to find some detainees are not in the judicial systems database sienese wife and his mother herself a lawyer then did everything to track him down but without success. Kuga you why its hard to draw out how she was even more terrifying than i was she kept asking when have they taken my son. In she said yan you might never come back. Could enjoy twenty two days after my husband disappeared she said to me died. The uncertainty is intentional or thirties use the sites to extort confession. To guards a presence of around the clock. The register every movement you make. They observe you to find your weak spot and find out what youre most scared of. They dont allow you to change positions when you sleep with. Them and they deprive you of your slightest freedoms. If you have to ask even if you want to drink water thats why. They make you sit on a wooden block for sixteen hours until you cant feel your limbs anymore. You cant even go to the toilet because your doeuvres seem dead. The whole detention facility is designed for you to understand that you are under their control. Are for if they want you to live you will live if they want to die you will die if they want you to suffer you will suffer. If they want you to be happy and youll be happy. Sienese whereabouts were unknown for six months later he was transferred to a regular Detention Center and jailed for two years after his release he wrote to detailed account of the secret detention even had his license to practice law revoked but he is do refusing to keep quiet. Well for more on this i would like to bring in he is a chinese human rights lawyer and activist his fight for human rights inside china has landed him in hot water with the Chinese Communist party he joins me tonight from new york where hes a visiting fellow at in why you welcome to the show we appreciate you talking with us tonight i want to ask you what is the story here is chinas policy of forced disappearances is this a recent development or is this a practice that the west is just now giving its attention to its nothing new its how these Companies Used force if you say if your is. You know many many years ago for example nine hundred ninety s. Was disappeared when he was twenty six years and out and. Welcome author femurs. Was also disappears and many. Human rights lawyers bloggers doing in its appearance so you know you come to our i. Know its you know. Ninety eight. Cartons criminal law so ridiculously criminal are no. Bigger lies in farsi disappearance and tell me. All your fight for human rights and mean it put you on the radar of chinese authorities they know who you war with this threat of force disappearance is increasing what about your case would you dare to return to china now. As an activist. When i was in china i was kidnapped and disappear flow three times. The second time i was kidnapped by the secret police and tend in. A place where i didnt know and follow seventy days i was. Started three confinement and create and mentally concert i was also banned from teaching and. By the university and also and my family members were also targeted so. I cannot go back to if i go back to ten times a day i repeat that the sentence long term well tell me when you disappeared in these times that youre talking about did you know that you would be released a la eve or did you fear that the authorities were going to try to kill you. I didnt know. He scratched. It experienced was crass similar so i didnt know anything i couldnt write i couldnt reach and they never. Tell me why and they. Released me. And i was also transferred from. Place to another and i was so scared that i may. Meet so theres a nest there. Theyre theyre intimidated yeah yeah it mustve been a horrible experience you are aware as we are that the United States the European Union they have been very vocal about their concerns over chinas growing global influence a menu we know about who way and the five g. Networks story the french president microland warning about chinese investments in europe how do you explain the silence of the west concerning what is going on inside china at the moment. You know your house Different Reasons briefly speaking in the first one. West. Doesnt want to loose they call creation and participation of the Chinese Government in terms of their nuclear contour tar is a south korea they say they want. To call for east and from chinese comments and second they dont want to do. Sanctions market through western governments western companies the earn a lot of money. Trunks from china so they want to keep goods are released and is sending these comments and the third is the propaganda of Chinese Communist party is. Working so. Most of western. Democracies adopt a policy of engagement so the thought that Chinese Government will keep its promise why didnt they. All wondered. How. One of the twenty fives wanted twenty five Rights International to match treaties actually hes government didnt keep his promise so thats the major reasons. In chinese human rights lawyer an activist joining us tonight from new york we appreciate you sharing your story with us tonight and sharing your insights thank you. She thinks we should they should resign if it helps get brecks it through paul and its frankly i couldnt care less. Well it is it is it is the british people who have to make up my mind and im really tired of thinking about what should help and what not sorry. Or to do with. Board with that was the kind of reaction that reporters got today here in europe the events in the British Parliament late last night only added to the high level of brags that fatigue and frustration and there is more to come tomorrow the lawmakers will once again debate and vote on Prime Minister teresa mayes divorce deal with the European Union now keep in mind they already rejected it twice by huge margins perhaps a third time is what it will take time by the way is running out quickly the European Union has given the u. K. Until tomorrow to pass to rescind mays plan in exchange for a delay if that does not happen britain crashing out of the e. U. Without a deal could become reality e. U. Leaders tired and worried tonight teri schultz has more from brussels. Brussels gave the u. K. Until midnight here or eleven pm london time to pass this directive deal once and for all or face being kicked out of the e. U. Deal or no deal by april twelfth Prime Minister may solution was quite creative to just vote on that withdrawal part of the agreement and thereby allowing third vote but the problem remains that she has so little support its very unlikely to get passed so the most likely scenario is that in twenty four hours we here in brussels are sitting here yet again saying the ball is in the British Court and we have no idea what they want to do next now having a plan put forward would be required for yet another extension of article fifty patients in sort supply here in brussels these days on one hand e. U. Leaders would like Nothing Better than to see brets that abandon all together and Council President doesnt this mean that clear yet again yesterday and reaching out to all of these u. K. Citizens who are marching in signing petitions against article fifty on the other hand no one wants a heart for exit so it seems that yet one more night one more day were going to be watching that feed of the British Parliament waiting to see what they want to do next teri schultz there reporting in brussels a level of political simon what he is Deputy Director of u. K. In the changing edu that is a bracks that think takes i mean its good to have you on the dais so i guess were all looking to friday arent we we know that parliament is going to get a chance tomorrow to devote a third time on teresa mayes for exit plan talk to me about the numbers here do you see any way of Parliament Passing the deal to more. Well as it stands i think you have to doubt the governments chances as you were saying the government has already lost two times on this votes and even a slightly different proposition to be considering today what were looking at is a government. Doesnt have a reliable majority so during the softening the Northern Irish policy d. E. P. T. The supplies the majority to the tory government has said that it will vote against this. So if we assume the opposition parties im going to carry on with their opposition largely in the heart of the this will bring about the end of the government its really hard to see how its reason i can get this over the line. What will happen if mays deal then is indeed rejected again let me ask you should theresa may should she still result. Well this is i think a really uncertain area the deal that she made with her posse yesterday was that if they got this deal through and approved an interfax that then she would step down before we moved on to the next round of the negotiations so if they cant do that for her if they can find a way of building a majority getting those extra votes to get up and get it through then i think she would feel that shes within her rights that she should stay in post and. I think really from her perspective that given her time as Prime Minister is going to be entirely collards by the brics it issued i think she feels very adamant that she needs to see this through that she cant just leave it was a job three quarters done shes negotiated the deal shes brought its a parliament and now she wants to get it actually on the statute books and in effect so for her i think shes going to want to stay in place because she how best to for making sure that this actually comes about because as we know the m. P. s yesterday and again on monday have been voicing a bounce of the different alternative options that might be out there you know a bit this is why shes brought time you let me ask you about that we know theresa may has a credibility problem because of braggs it but it seems the that the lower house of parliament does as well i want you to take a listen to what happened last night in the house of commons we call this the highlights of a night full of neys take a listen. Have a. Have it so the neighbors have it. Is have it. Have they. Have it so the net is having. I finish it. I mean you what you want to laugh right simon but you dont know if you should laugh or if if you should cry i mean eight alternative breaks of plans last night not one received a majority and correct me if my math is wrong but the one alternative they got the most votes was the confirmatory vote which is basically a second breaks at referendum. And i think i think its important to unpack this a bit because what yesterday was about wasnt about trying to get pollens to make. A choice about what it wanted to do it was about testing the water so the m. P. s were being hasta for each of those eight options do you think its acceptable or dont you. As we know you and weve known for a long time there isnt a reliable majority for any of those things but what were going to see on monday next week is another round of voting which i think they still have to work out the details of this but with should try and force m. P. s to think about compromises where they might be able to move to what they could live with this they couldnt get the first choice and i think that youre likely to see something get over the line and as you say i think its quite striking firstly the idea of another referendum did as well as it did because until now the indications havent looked. Good for that and i think that reflects the frustration of the house of commons that theyre not sure what to do there were losing the confidence of voices and that this might be a way of reconnecting with people but framing it very much as we want you to confirm that the choices weve made for you in this long process are the ones that fit with what you wanted rather than framing it as we think you got it wrong the first time back in twenty sixteen and wed like you to try again and see if you can get the right answer i mean i see what youre saying so im a but you also have to admit that what we saw last night was a parliament that is really struggling to find consensus to find Common Ground and that begs the question should there be a decision made to return this issue to the british people is a general election going to be the solution to the brics impasse. Well thats something that looks more on the cards i think what weve seen in the last couple of weeks is a collapse in the Governments Authority a lot more m. P. s feeling that they dont have to follow the instructions from the government on how to vote on one key pieces of legislation not least the ones around brics it so i think there is a science to reason my is at the end all the time in office whatever happens and that that might open up an options here for a general election the thing that holds it is a real concern about what that election looks like whats the the manifesto of the conservative party going to be hes the leader going to be is treason my guns bailouts to lead them into another election after that disastrous showing few years ago and also from the labor policy side the main opposition they also dont have a clear policy they have real concerns about what they say so i think there are lots of challenges before we get there and it might be that many m. P. s in governments like being in government so theyll hang on as long as they can yeah thats a very good point simon simon to share with the brits it think tank u. K. And it changing. You we appreciate your insights and we appreciate you looking in the crystal ball with us tonight simon thank you. And. Forces have taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by. Rescued at sea the turkish vessel has maltese ports with military personnel on board we understand five people were handcuffed and escorted off the vessel about one hundred migrants and refugees had been rescued in the mediterranean off the coast of libya some of them took control of the ship when it was ordered to return to libya theyve been forced it to head towards instead. The arrival of the turkish and multi multi as armed forces with the help of speed boots on the helicopter that brought it under control on the open sea. For hours migrant hijackers had been at the helm. The crew rescued around one hundred migrants and refugees among them twelve children off the libyan coast after the ship was apparently ordered to return to libya some of those rescued then took command and forced the crew instead to head towards europe. Italys interior minister material salvini views it as an act of piracy. This is about criminal organized people trafficking criminal because they hijacked those who had previously saved them who had taken them for polkas to ways. But refugee organizations called for sympathy for the migrants citing the near total absence from the mediterranean of rescue ships if youre quite worried by the fact that in this moment since there is not enough presence of rescue ships at sea with a good season if there are more departure we will see more. Police arrested five migrants while the remainder were brought to Reception Center its unclear whether they will remain in multan. 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