from the streets of canada. corporation. thanks for joining us tonight were you watching around the world this is r t live from moscow and these are all top stories for you afghanistan's president tells us a lot see that security in the country is under control despite incessant violence and the plans of key nato members to pull because a little. more than other states where the alliance left its footprints human rights group wants nato to be brought to justice over claims that dozens of civilians in libya were killed after a military campaign. and serial number of sparks three days of deadly clashes in neighboring lebanon while in syria itself terror groups try to drive the

opposition's point home with a series of suicide bombings. the difficulties in establishing the truth in troubled arab nations is what we focus on next on this channel as we get informative insight from media monitor sharif nashashibi. today i'm talking to sheriff nashashibi he's the chairman and co-founder of an organization called arab media watch it's an independent nonprofit what stock which works towards the independent and objective coverage of arab issues in the british media sharif nashashibi thank you very much for talking to us today now let's start by talking about the arab spring in general how much diversity have you seen in media reporting of what's going on. well i think for the for me the major issue has been the difficulties which the media faced in reporting the arab spring. in all

the countries where there have been protests and regime change the. very strict kind of attempts to stifle media coverage to stop journalists getting in. to stop them doing their work once they're in. i think that's been that's been the kind of overriding factor the commonality between all these countries is that it's been very difficult for the media to cover and that has meant a reliance on citizen journalism on opposition movements and things are but the problem with all that is that it's difficult to verify all these things so a lot of a lot of what's going on is based on hearsay on sources whose. you know news and opinions you connoisseur to verify. and this is a real problem and i it's ironic because the governments that are. experiencing these protests constantly complain that the media are relying on opposition movements to get their news but that's because the government are stopping the

media from going in and doing the job themselves but that does presumably mean that it has been very diverse in terms of who is reporting and what they're reporting has it presented a range of the point yes it has i mean just like in any conflict there you know you are witnessing a propaganda war between the various opposition movements the governments that are fighting. both doing their utmost governments have really stepped up i mean the media freedom record has always been very bad in that region but it is really going up and not doing these arab spring. but also the opposition movements have been very adept at using social media. to get their point across. certainly there has been misinformation on all sides and again this is not something. new and conflict but the social media has played an incredibly important role because the mainstream media has been unable to do the job properly because of

all the restrictions and the physical dangers that they face so this is really kind of star kind of facebook and twitter wars that you know if you look at the populations of these countries a lot of them are very young they're quite good at using these social media outlets and the much more difficult for the government to control so in a way the governments at times of strife in the media is actually shooting themselves in the foot because they are they are giving opposition movements the ability to use other means which are more difficult for the government to control and yet there have been a lot of underreported issues haven't there is these conflicts of progress racism in libya the feeding of the syrian armed opposition by by foreign governments the entire revolution in bahrain really yeah the problem is is that media due to budget constraints and other factors that really there are a kind of one story machine so you'll have you'll have a flashpoint somewhere in the media will focus on the flashpoint and everything

else kind of falls off the radar and then when that incidents over they'll move on to something else so this is necessarily any conspiracy the media's. enabling but it's you know they're just unable to cover more than one big story at a time. so yes has been has been overlooked until now the grand prix has been happening and then once that was being worked out something else as it was not being moved so this is a problem and because there is so much happening in the arab world right now in the spring is just as a fact of so many countries it's impossible for the media to give all these incidents the coverage they deserve and they do all deserve the same amount of coverage and we seem to get a picture in the western media of the uprising as the opposition always being right and the government always being wrong but isn't the situation actually much more complex than that. well i mean i am not a spokesman for the government or the opposition i think if you look at various

countries i think opposition movements have gotten things wrong i mean the you know there have been credible like he's oceans of misleading. and propaganda but likewise the governments have done exactly the same thing i think if you look at the on balance it is the governments that are wrong because these springs these revolutions wouldn't have happened. you know people have gotten fed up with the fact that they cannot express themselves freely they cannot live in democratic systems they don't have the basic human rights and this is been going on for so many decades of people who just simply had enough to the point that government's proposing reforms was too little too late. violent ways in which the governments put down these protests meant that you know any talk reform was was pointless but does this revolution by its very definition a not gain a sort of impetus all of its into the even if the governments in these countries are offering credible reforms that this sort of this revolution continues

nonetheless yeah but this happens when when governments are either do not react in a new way to the revolutions they don't listen to them or you know what we see in these countries is governments trying to propose enough reforms to try and placate the revolutions without actually meaning that those regimes will give up power and people now see through this and they're like these are just cosmetic steps thing this is a problem if the if the demands of these revolutions were met early on and then the sufficient way it wouldn't maintain the kind of momentum and there's been a lot of talk about democracy but recently you wrote about an electoral law which has been introduced in tunisia egypt and libya a law which says that anyone who's been involved with the old regimes in those countries can't run for election now is that democracy no it's not a. and i was very vocally against this because i think what these electoral laws are doing in

a way just the same as what those regimes that was barring candidates from running and that that is inherently antidemocratic. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support that the officials from the former regime has had if they don't have any support then let them fail electorally rather than make them political martyrs and if they do have significant support then it is unwise and dangerous to alienate sections of the populations that that support those candidates so you know democracy is not a case of you know. you know only allowing people to be elected who you want to be elected you have to listen to the will of the people and i think it is you know it is you know this is a whole mark of the performer jeems to say well these people are not allowed to run you have to vote for the for the people that we that we let you vote for so i don't think i think this is very dangerous. and since i wrote that article i see libya

has passed another law that parties based on religion are not allowed to run which i find very strange because libya is almost unanimously sunni muslim so i find this is a very odd thing to parties to run on the religious basis people should have the choice if they want to vote for parties or the then fine the danger again here is that you're going to make political martyrs out of these movements that feel that they should. have parties represented by religion and they're going to be driven on the ground and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism that wouldn't occur if there if people are allowed to express themselves the only way for these transitions to go smoothly is if you have as much of the population as possible the feel that they are in franchised if you disenfranchise them even a small section of population it can be really dangerous if you look at iraq i mean . the wholesale exclusion of a section of the population led to catastrophic what happened in iraq lessons and

all being well and you talk about the will of the people and let's talk specifically about syria for a moment there's sort of movements in some international news networks where experts are claiming that syria the syrian people do want an international intervention have you seen any proof of that. well there's different forms of international intervention i think there is there is a consensus that you know they don't want foreign troops in syria where you have disagreements now is whether whether the opposition should be armed or not or whether there should be safe passages in corridors and syria that's where the debate is i don't think i don't think anyone wants foreign troops on the ground it's mainly about arming the opposition and i think the the problem i see i understand the concerns of people have with arming the opposition because there isn't that kind of accountability you know you don't know what those weapons will be used who will use them against who you who they'll use and you don't really know

who these people are right in syria no but the problem i feel with with not arming them is at the moment you have a government army that is not on the any arms embargo it is allowed to bring as much weapons as it wants and into the country and we've seen shipments of weapons coming in and you have an opposition that is you know if they are armed they're very lightly armed so what i fear is that those who are against arming the opposition kind of almost fueling the imbalance because the government can only if it wants to can only get stronger militarily and the opposition will only have a finite amount of weapons to fight with is a solution not then an international blanket international arms embargo for both sides i would think this would be a better option it's a less dangerous than the militarized further militarization of the revolution but unfortunately given the viewpoints of various parties and security council i don't think that will ever happen russia and china will not agree to an arms embargo on syria not just because they're allies but they are suppliers of arms to the syrian

government so that what happened. this is my worry is that the disagreements on the security council you know they are emboldening the government to act in the way that it's acting and this is i think will only. fuel increasing desperation among the opposition movements and syria now you are seeing car bombs and things out that you want seeing before all right what's the future particularly for reporting in north africa in the middle east particularly with them escaping power as a result of these uprisings it has improved i don't think the rise of islamic parties in those countries necessarily has a bearing on the levels of press freedom it's only to tell because you know a lot of these countries because they're never been press freedoms it's this is a process that's going to take some time to build institutions to try to train journalists properly you know to to allow just journalism to function in the way that it should and it never has in those countries so it's difficult. where things

will stand but i think i think it's it's head of the art direction whether they're little so that was a different matter but i think the important thing now is that people under us are acutely aware of their rights and how long they've been denied them and i think it will be much more difficult now that the genie is out of the bottle to put it i can't. thank you very much. steve.

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and thank you for joining me for the latest sports news at the top stories. not my fault russia coach take out the can't play was russian football cheese for his decision to quit after this summer's european championships. plus all change your probability of us when i already becomes the new spartak moscow manager of the larry copping side of the red wine next season's champions league. all we crushed heartbreak hotel scott as the moscow side loses basketball's year only final by a single point in the last second to the greek side and their p.r. card. but first take out the guard has blamed the russian football union for his decision to stand down as russia coach later this summer the sixty four year old dutchman says the union has relied on a deal that would have seen him lead the side until twenty fourteen which is on

court records the media packed the headquarters of the russian for the union wages undercount spilled the beans on his short departure and the dutchman certainly didn't pull any punches explaining he was bitterly disappointed to stand down after the euros and accused the russian football union of going back on their word why not offering him an extension does contract before the european championships. i'm very disappointed about the way it went ahead of him pres was signed of four years due to close to. article death in april has to say yes or no and i respected that but the federation wanted to wanted to wait till after the tournament and again they can do that by an experienced coach the nerves not by a go to prove themselves more levels however he will guide russia for the euros and in terms of his squad selection the media talking point was his decision not to

include in your belief dino. the russian has been an ever present for the national team over the last five years however the twenty seven year old didn't do enough to convince the dutchman to pick him because all respectfully do you know. he didn't play well that didn't he didn't he didn't even play. even most part he was not always a regular. have to choose between. between our supreme goal goon or known for me as well to pull one of the major surprises was brickell of monitors my love the twenty nine year old hasn't put on a russia shirt in eight years however advocates say is a sporting lisbon for its excellent club form convinced him to pick him up see the four or five times you reckon are biased by sporting. high level and he's playing the last couple of months of every game. despite their just going to.

play a little with the russian season just finishing players will have a week off before the squad gets together to stop their preparations for the euros on the twenty first of may undercut believes but germany spain and benevolence of a main favorites convince russia as potential to spring a surprise but other thing we can become overly. interested outside a play to where we can play then we can beat everybody russia have a vastly experienced squad which is already been together for a number of years and advocate will be determined to wendy's reign on the high notes by trying to at least repeat the country success of the previous european championships four years ago when they got to the semifinals richard dunne portly dancey in moscow. oh meanwhile in the russian premier league despite leading sponsor moscow to runners up spot and therefore champions league football manager larry copping will step down as planned with form about the abbas you know emery

taking charge with immediate effect the four year old span his appointment was confirmed just after sparta one to know that latif in moscow dobby to leave and secure european top flight football well during four years at the lengthier emery guided the spanish team to third place in the league at three times in a row and he was also a player may also see that along with competence in that move up stairs and take overs general direct response like overseeing all the transfers while a change at the helm has also been confirmed that locomotive coaches love until it has signed a three year deal with the railway man but what only take over after the euro's in july the forty three year old was in charge of croatia at the two thousand and eight tournament where his team failed as he danes and three two in a qualifier at wembley she hummed russia a place in the finals with places outgoing manager is a good set up to become fourth coach in two years or. so spots like unlocking what he faced each other on the last day of the season with spartak rolling out to no

winners which as we said in second place behind the need in the sporting next season's champions league check to find that magic suki nodded in spot x. first we do a few the first half and autumns you back double their lead five minutes before the break aiden mcgeady the assist the photos go. well to finish second spots are also needed says got to lose it twice former champions rubin and the army men played into their hands as they squandered a one goal lead to go down three wanting his own city home that put the visitors in front right before the interval but it was all routine after the restart nelson others came off the bench to immediately grab the equaliser. and then got the nice car the nice was first to the rebound to get the home side to want to leave with eight minutes to go. and the ones before you turn provider to set up the man and woman to make it three one phone cup winners' rubin denying tesco champions league football next season. and this guy will be joining you weren't bullied by angie

despite a two no home defeat at the hands of champions in need first that is out of the heart of the holiday and they are shut ins cross right after the break and then the heart of assisted in savant has these late goal of the same piece his backside wrapped up their title defense on the high. while last goal by inform is best done the same of it helped fourth place to manage all one wanted to go on the home side stocks were seen a try i think after ten minutes and they clung on to that lead almost to the end but some of it sounded the draw deep into injury time the bosnia midfielder was first in i cried the woodwork then kept his calm to find the back of the people i met. so this is how the top of the table finished as in each was already champions for the second year running and are joined in the champions league by spot sacked while you're a police places cater to sky then i want to see things and she and russian cup

winners rubi. while over in england manchester city fans celebrated throughout the night after their team were crowned champions for the first time in forty four years on a stunning final day city scored two stoppage time goals to win three two at home to ten monkey p.r. and snatch the title from rivals manchester united on goal difference well one one after fifty five minutes q.p.r. captain joey barton was sent off for violent conduct but rangers then took the lead to jamie martin to stun the phones if he had stadium and that's how it stood and ninety minutes gone when late late goals from edin jacket and secular a go at out sent a packed ground from despair to delirium a city grabbed the title from under the noses of united he'd won one zero at sunderland also finished third in taunton fourth while bolton relegated along with morton blackburn. but the day belonged to city and long overnighting supporters. taking that days to the club does not this is the final like this. that in that.

i am very proud for my players because i think that they wanted to win this title they walked out of for the reason they want to win this that will be the last second of the last game. so joyful mancini but aston villa have signed their manager alex mcleish after eleven months in charge the fifty three year old scott leaves off to the villains finished in sixteenth place just two points above the drop zone they managed just seven wins out of thirty eight matches and racked up that west ever tally is thirty eight points malaysia had join the problem somewhat from city rivals birmingham who won the carling cup but were later relegated. basketball now and there was hope break that says guy in istanbul the moscow side missed out on a seven year early title after losing the final by a single point to n.p.r. cos well the all the men had led for much of the game for a three pointer by milosz they had off each item in the school twenty five thirteen

in the middle of the second quarter and his side were nineteen points clear in the third pots olympiacos claw their way back and they rode their luck to some missed a golden chance to clinch the game as the mess she's casque us failed to score twice from the free throw line in the dying seconds of the amen clung on to a one point lead but we less than a second left on the clock that were hit by a sucker punch george just playing tennis racing down the other end to sink the winning boss case to give the greek side a stunning sixty two points to sixty one victory and say scott star forward andrei kirilenko said his team only have themselves to play. disappointed was. a played great game in the first before one of jordan overs where there was very lax in the way we start saving ourselves in the fourth quarter but there's no fourth quarter you know what we do remember one way and that's why we want to do in . order to find the ones i don't think we have

a problem with us today we'll probably would often say in a word or even first off everything was falling in our hands you know very great difference going to go to the no friends. who are second which is what it's one of the ones. now american not to share has one goals richest tournament the players' championship after a two shot victory over scotland's malton lead at sawgrass gave himself a straight shot cushion after rolling in this body part on the sixteenth and even though he bogeyed the next the american was cool and collected at the last sinking a regulation pole for victory and a prize of one point seven million dollars the win also moves him up to six in the world rankings while. luke donald missed the chance to reclaim the number one spot from rory mcilroy after finishing outside the top four in six. and finally with just over two months to go before the london games the greatest olympian of all time michael phelps says it will be

a tall order to emulate his swimming success from beijing four years ago i know it won't be a go but her eight medals again. you know if you guys want to compare me to that that's your decision and. but i'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that i have and. in my mind that in my heart and you know if i can do that and i can have fun and that's really all that matters to me. that's when the support for this bill is a hyphen.