coming to live from moscow today we take a look at the top stories of the week and our t. crew was locked up in a u.s. jail for thirty two hours after filming a protest against a controversial military training facility in georgia dubbed the school of assassins reported kalon for described her treatment as brutal international organizations can dam the use of police violence against members of the media but despite all the outrage american mainstream media has remained silent gun education has more it started off as a rally outside a u.s. training camp for latin american military and police officers which followed this nonviolent protest caught everyone by surprise dozens were arrested police targeted journalists along with the activists i'm a member of the brotherhood and i'm a member of the present sorry ok i'm sorry but among those arrested were r t

correspondent killings who are in our two cameramen john conway both there on assignment covering the protests that brought together thousands of people. giving i asked the officer to please remove the handcuffs these plastic handcuffs and at least put one on that was a little bit looser he took out a hunting knife to remove my handcuffs and that's actually part of the reason i have the cuts on my wrist now we're killing had no clue what the charges against her work we asked on the bus what are we being charged with and one of the sheriff said don't worry no charge the ride is free we're taken to the county jail and we ended up spending thirty two hours there suited to tommy were mira's who was there as an activist tells a similar story i kept asking them what did i do telling my rabbis tell me what i'm getting at wrist i kept asking them and i never got an answer and every year thousands of people gather at the gates of the training. camp dubbed the school of

assassins calling for its closure officially there to train latin american military and police it's called many of latin america's most notorious torturers mass murderers and dictators despite anger at the establishment violence has never been part of the protests so why the mass arrests now we feel like the message was look you know we really want you to be there we're going to make it dangerous you know to make you think twice to even show up despite the outcry from many at the rally that their rights of freedom of speech and assembly were trampled upon is not a story that caught the eye of the us media we can see the newspapers of this country editorialize in favor of free speech and first amendment and give stirring in passionate defenses of these core american values but when another journalist from another media outlet is arrested without charge without provocation and put onto a paddy wagon those media outlets are largely silent and i think it's because they

feel like these are stories that aren't supposed to be covered well i guess so much for covering stories in the war and by the u.s. mainstream media the incident at fort benning left some guessing what would have been the extent of the media coverage in the west had a member of the foreign press been treated in a similar way in some other country say russia the remarkable thing about a good thing you know in moscow here a b.b.c. correspondent or a c.n.n. correspondent had gone to a demonstration where there was a legal permit and was roughed up by the police in the case of our correspondent she was almost sexually assaulted those are her words that would made headlines all around the world it would have been a diplomatic row between countries but you know in the case of the united states the international community is can damned what's happened and called on the u.s. to respond even the organization for security and cooperation in europe sent

a letter to secretary of state hillary clinton calling the journalist the rest disturbing. while it is clear that police pleiku should rule in maintaining or do during public demonstrations the indiscriminate media in bringing charges against them goes well beyond what's necessary to keep the peace but the u.s. state department which is usually quick to condemn freedom of speech violations in other countries has remained surprisingly tight lipped about its own going to shake and r.t. washington d.c. well that story has raised a lot of questions about the rights of journalist while covering events like protests and later this hour the word harvest also known as the resident test the public mood on the issue on the streets of new york. we need to be more thoughtful about how we allow the press to capture what's happening so we can get a legitimate true view without encouraging people to do do things that they

wouldn't otherwise but the fact is if you're going to go someplace to protest to get that really hot story you've got to be repaired for the fact that life is going to sometimes intercede what about god for us not but if it should be a intercede if the people are being a ruling oh hell yeah what about if the press are being unruly the press being unruly same things applies you break the rules that's what happens if you're not willing to accept the consequences for your actions don't take the actions of. twenty six suspected terrorists with links to chechen militants have been arrested in europe belgium police suspect the world being part of an international terror network which was planning a series of attacks over christmas across the continent those held are also under investigation for seeking recruits and funding for al qaida linked terrorism and russia's republic of chechnya british security analyst peter power says once it's at last clear that russia and the west are fighting a common enemy the potential for cooperation is vast. let's not fool ourselves

somehow great regiments of uniformed soldiers marching over the horizon it is in fact much more of a franchise. yes there's a strong power base in the foothills between afghanistan and pakistan and there's clearly as a strong kabul now operating in yemen but we're now seeing this creeping out under this broad term of al-qaeda but it doesn't necessarily mean it's got the official stamp on it so what we've seen it's a tremendous increase in european cooperation and most crucially an increase in not just intelligence gathering but intelligence sharing. i've never quite seen it like this before but you know something really bizarre about this i went on to the b.b.c. website i found it impossible to find this story and it's been overtaken by the events of north and south korea but also by the pope talking about condoms in the royal wedding coming up in the u.k. strange enough it's called off the front page a bit quickly in the u.k.

many people see this is very significant. russian democracy is improving but its political system still needs stirring up in his latest video blog president which i mean if you have called for more opposition voices to be heard to avoid the ruling party getting complacent. or. if the opposition has no chance at all of winning a fair fight it degrades and becomes marginal if the ruling party never loses a single election so it is just coasting ultimately to degrades just like any living organism which remains static for these reasons it's become necessary to raise the degree of political competition but our main task the task of any democracy is to improve the quality of popular representation make sure that the political maturity is not just static or rather that it does not become the majority consisting of actors and dummies but we triple the kind of the united russia party says the opposition should consider this message and change as well. i

think he was trying to say that actually they should do with relates both to united russia and to opposition parties so in the united russia they have already started a lot of innovations such as primaries. the development of the interparty of discussion the size of the dissipation the open public debates and so on and so forth i think the same should be done by. born in says well and that will be very important because as we all know this long as your decision is taken by the authorities depends on the quality of greek this is they get it so they need to have very good feedback. both united russia and up the street parties that should provide this kind of feedback in order for systems to be sustainable as major republican of of the united russia party there and you're watching r.t. live from moscow still to come on the program as nato gets more help for its afghan

campaign from russia many experts question whether it's a war that can ever be won. you. see. as germany grapples with how to me to. force a surprisingly green solution details in just a few moments. switzerland is preparing to decide whether foreigners who commit serious crimes should be expelled from the country and nationwide referendum was initiated by right wing party but critics claim the proposed measures are racist test isn't zuhur for us. just a year after the swiss voted in favor of a controversial law banning the building of new minarets and mosques they're going back to the polls for another yes or no decision now this time it's relation to the mandatory expulsion of foreign criminals who have committed serious offenses such as murder or rape the proposal for the small was put forward by the

a swiss people's party people with a. heavy criminal currier there is no place for them in switzerland that is the idea they're getting a lot of support actually from the people according to initial surveys because of all these stories of swiss nationals being attacked by foreigners who may file to fight trying to get to. keep other people whose whose didn't do anything and have no respect for them one that switzerland has the highest per capita rate of immigrants that twenty percent of their population are actually foreigners so it's a very sensitive topic here in switzerland so. you can't keep them all out we need immigrants period now where we have a backlash from the european union and the wider world the government has put forth a counterproposal they amended the list of crimes it's different from a proposed by b.s.p. pete and also they are saying that it has to comply with international and swiss

was humanitarian laws it also states that expulsion must be limited to convictions of a year or more so it's kind of a softer version of the esmie peace proposal if you s.u.v.s insisting that a hard line is necessary now critics of this proposed law are saying that this is very unfair that in the eyes of the law everyone should be treated equal can you make a difference between a drug dealer who was from judio from russia from india or uses who is is a drug dealer a drug dealer a better woman so i don't make a difference between someone who's doing something wrong nor should look when. he's white black there are also questions of the separation of time be should a prisoner convicted be sent out of switzerland what happens his family if they've been living here for more than four generations for example but don't have the papers what is going to happen to them so there are a lot of questions coming from the other side the critics of this proposal and so

we're going to have to see what the swiss are going to vote whether it's going to be a yes or no. silly reporting there the economic crisis gripping eurozone continues to force worried and angry demonstrators onto the streets tens of thousands marched in dublin to protest ireland's harshest already measures protesters want to be directed at the rich and the banks not ordinary working people earlier are unconfirmed negotiating with the e.u. and the international monetary fund for a one hundred twenty billion dollar loan to save its quibbled economy elsewhere in the euro zone there are fears portugal and spain maybe next in line for a bailout german economist marcus kerber told our team that europe's biggest economies won't be able to pay the debts of other us forever. the german taxpayer is no longer willing at least is very very becoming very reluctant to bail out countries like greece. example. and we are no longer willing as neither to bail out our lives to fuel the ailing banking sector i think this is

a general incentive this umbrella which the. heads of government have created under the menace of the president of the european central bank. that everybody wants to be protected the more it's raining cats and dogs the more they want to be protected and the portuguese. prime minister and the finance minister pushed island to put themselves under the umbrella to be under the umbrella themselves as quickly as possible this is an inflation of claims to be bailout. later germany is economically nor the able to. bailout. the german taxpayer has a word to say in all that is no longer willing to do saying something like that. germany's financial support for e.u. countries was also touched upon by prime minister about the report and during a visit to berlin. just really hoping to use the experience to vote human

colleagues to things like the country clunkers program but i guess it is mostly the french who could use chief so it turns out germany would for the good of the european union again which is great. poison held talks with chancellor angela merkel were of a have made it a currency union between russia and the european union is possible and also promised to clear the path for increased business language to develop science and technology together but it also said he no longer sees any obstacles to russia's accession to the w t o and at a meeting with german businessmen he managed to widen the serious mood over. what a touch of humor. so the german community doesn't like nuclear power but don't want to make any commitments. you don't understand what you're going to use for heating. he don't develop new nuclear

power what are you going to use the wood. and what i want those are enough to get them from siberia to school. so that way because if you don't have full i would only the. has to have me this hour here in our team from basin of live to hotbed of death. after decades of mismanagement the water is in one of the world's largest land logged these went away and took what they can to the fishing industry but now coming that time when the friends join me in the aero sea in central asia. this week russia stepped up attacks to help nato struggling campaign in afghanistan have decided to allow airlines to transport armored vehicles through its territory the transit deal was confirmed by russia's foreign minister during talks with his afghan counterpart in moscow all along they want to reduce its reliance on volatile packet. jan the till so pledged more joint action to battle drug trafficking last month russia and the

us destroyed one ton of heroin at a combine and a drug operation in afghanistan despite successes like that many experts still believe the war is essentially unwinnable. my basic view is that the war is completely unwinnable russia may be making friendly noises towards nato because of that as we know there's a rapprochement between the alliance and russia but in my view it's basically formal in other words these are gestures. meant well i don't think russia is playing a double game i'm not trying to say that i'm simply saying that the war cannot be won the soviet union learned that lesson in the one nine hundred eighty s. the british learnt it in the nineteenth century and the americans are in the process of learning it although it seems that they haven't learned yet so i don't believe that a military solution could develop was the shipment of arms could pacify afghanistan no. us military chiefs also admit progress isn't even with just modest gains

against the taliban leader has been watching troops in iraq gearing up for their move to afghanistan to boost american forces there but many worry that more troops means more violence. is coming to an end he's part of the american forces who stayed behind to train assist and he quipped iraqi security forces sure there are wants to go home that's for sure no one knows whether once they hear the term it's not just movement of troops and equipment since world war two the u.s. army is moving its supplies from iraq to afghanistan certain equipment such. are in . mine resistant vehicles or are those types of equipment a lot of our rolling. rolling stock of course some generation that. yes will be dedicated towards the mission in afghanistan but

critics warn that moving troops won't help much that. when i've gone people see u.s. forces inside their country it brings in paganism and makes them turn to terrorism . so as more american troops come here from iraq it will just make things worse i don't believe the americans will leave for another fifty years they have two of the main military bases here and then building. americans leaving iraq also sends the wrong message to insurgents the afghans see the americans withdrawing from iraq and they think themselves ok they're going to withdraw in a year or two we got a hold on things will take control in a year or two it doesn't matter how real to quote she's already been told he'll be going from iraq back to afghanistan it'll be his second time there and he's not looking forward to it i would definitely say that afghanistan is

a lot more difficult and so the terrain is a lot more heavy the mountainous region we have to do a lot more walking there and whether the beefed up presence in afghanistan will help troops meet mixtures did line to pull out or make it more difficult it's still unclear the guys and just come back from the cold everything winter called the next one. and it will be discussing the american average in afghanistan where the country's foreign minister interview is coming your way in just over ten minutes time. to central asia now home of there was once the world's fourth largest like but almost disappeared half a century ago due to ambitious soviet era irrigation projects there receding waters devastated the region's prosperous fishing industry bringing unemployment and economic hardship but as artie's lindsey france reports today there are signs the sea is returning and whether some help. it starts with sun up these men

fish in one of the worst manmade environmental disaster areas ever know but all the same just sort out and then the truth turns out we have brought to see back to us. when central asia became the center of the soviet union's plan for cotton cultivation it nearly drunk dried the rivers feeding the erroll see what covered sixty eight thousand square kilometers in one nine hundred sixty around the size of southern california shriveled to a tenth of its size by the mid one nine hundred ninety s. nearly disappearing by the year two thousand here where the greater and lesser seas split there's just enough left for modern technology to make a stab at regenerating it in two thousand and five the cocoa brown dam was constructed to trap what little water still flows into the lesser sea from the searing river locked safely inside the water is growing to witness the results you must drive hours over rough sea that. then there it is bright blue the

fishing villages like being ghost towns now but groups of men in numbers of about twenty to thirty camped out at the newly rehabilitated beaches and catch the days about one hundred kilo is a day until they've earned enough money to survive and they go back home. they live in dugout hats even in the coldest of winter but this new career means food on the table for young ahmad he was born long after commercial fishing had ceased. i've been fishing for two years my grandfather was a fisherman but he died right now we all work for a month straight living at the shore and then have a week off that's when i go home to our ask we don't get a salary we had piece work payment twenty species of fish now wriggle out of the water and into the hands of the grandfathers of this industry still around to pull out the nets want to get a cart bring them hike catfish. more fishermen are returning to their

home are far and away the seas providing us with work and profit again they even say it will come back to our desk in a round the silent still stuns the locals no waves no boats yet there's more after a serve my term in the army i came back and the water was no longer here that was nine hundred seventy three zero people said that it wasn't the first time they will see had gone they see the sea will be back and maybe we will live to see the good times and life will be even better we do hope. the water has twenty kilometers to go until it's back. it's impossible to restore the entire erroll sea or to make it the way it's used to be if it pleases the northern part remains it will help solve many problems in central asia but while the industrial might of the past can all be restored in full iraq will once again become an. it may never be what it once was

but the arrow scene now boasts two thousand men who now fish for their living for them that's enough lindsay france r.t. kazakstan. and that was the latest now as here is the reports from barrel sea region and in about an hour we'll look at what impact one of the world's worst ecological disasters had and people. health. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world in a georgian owned cargo plane has crashed in pakistan killing up to twelve people eight crew members and four on the ground it went down five minutes after takeoff causing an explosion and fire in a housing complex for naval officers the russian made iles seventy six was heading from garage to sedan carrying relief supplies and one russian was reportedly among the crew the exact cause of the crash is not yet known. the u.s. and south korea have begun four days of joint military exercises in the yellow sea cording to washington the maneuvers are intended as a sign of deterrence to north korea yang has reportedly deployed surface to surface

missiles in the yellow sea as a response and south korean officials say artillery fire has been heard again near niland which was bombarded by the north less than a week ago killing four people. back to our top story now the arrest of an r t film crew in the u.s. and has fueled concerns about the way but we say in some countries treat journalists covering demonstrations laurie harvest also known as the resident has spoken to people on the streets of new york about the freedom of the press and its limits. how much freedom should the press have should they be treated differently than people on the street when covering events like protests this week let's talk about that what i think the press is how we are informed so personally i like it when i see members of the press that get in can get more information than what i as a regular citizen can get because i look up to you for my information on many

occasions believing that they should be allowed to get more access absolutely i think the public is wary of the media but at the same time i think they're doing a lot of freedom because with cell phone cameras and all kinds of video went around that the authorities are much more careful than they were in my age when they push people around a lot more so i think that today the press does have that access but i think it's very important that the press continues to have that access but the fact is if you're going to go someplace to protest to get that really hot story you've got to be prepared for the fact that life is going to sometimes intercede and about law enforcement but if should they intercede if the people are being unruly oh hell yeah what about if the press are being unruly the press is being unruly same things apply you break the rules that's what happens if you're not willing to accept the consequences for your actions don't take the actions that gives people a stage or a platform that they wouldn't have if the camera wasn't there so i think that's why

we need to be more thoughtful about how we allow the press to capture what's happening so we can get a legitimate true view without encouraging people to do to things that they wouldn't otherwise whether or not you believe the press should be treated differently during a protest the bottom line is that without them the protesters voices would go largely unheard. well that brings us up today here on our team and i'll be back with more from you shortly.

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welcome back you're watching archie live from moscow and today we'll take a look at the top stories of the week the arrest of an r t crew covering a peaceful protest in the u.s. and the silence from american news outlets leads to questions over media freedom. crisis of multiculturalism in your ass with the ones holding a referendum on controversial plans to deport foreign criminals with a proposal already being branded racist by manning. and russia's the walkers he's far from perfect but is improving that's what the country's president said in his latest video blog the bitter cold for a stronger showing from the opposition to prevent complacency from those in power. they waiters have mapped out the withdrawal of the alliances combat troops from afghanistan in four years but doubts remain over cobbles ability to.