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most of these voices the couple little all for violence were thefts. of the window climbed in an untried started. we pushed it a little way and here we were drunk. and soon who you're an alcoholic or nearly all of them are homeless orphans no money or relatives. are you going to live without me. for a moment by there until i was back with those street hooligans are going to beat me up at any moment of the. year that i turned my back i couldn't help wondering about my safety. isn't a warden is there the father you could say that slobber raises he makes normal
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people out of ugly duckling. again live from moscow this is the weekly our brand of the top stories of the last seven days russia became a target of worldwide criticism this last week over a recent law against the promotion of homosexuality to young people some activists even called for the boycott of the sochi winter olympics next year well one of russia's most famous athletes meantime spoke out in support of the law saying its
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background is rooted in the country's history and culture a live picture is above also said trying to boycott the games would be unfair to the competitors it's the respect told to our country at some respectful to our citizen because we are russians maybe we are different than european people then other people from different lands we have our law which everyone have to respect and if some police and if some person who are not and not just try to make us such a problem as they does. to been called big ears because of these because because of our law so i think it's unfair front of their outlets. well listen by his comments through widespread media furor over with gay rights activists branding or a homophobe meantime ben harris quiney who spoke to from britain's boat group think tank agrees that the olympic should not be turned into an arena for political games . bearly her english was slightly broken she clarified what she was trying to say
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in that nation's travel to international sporting events they should respect the that because of the laws of the host nation and i think so absolutely right if you're going to take part in international sporting events as any country i think you have to go there in recognition of the fact that the country may well be different from your own it's a point of international engagement with russia because there's a there's a major international tournament that's that's going to take place next year i don't think it's appropriate to their political views in that forum clearly there are many athletes that feel the same way it's far from just russia we were in beijing in two thousand and eight hopefully we're going to be in qatar in twenty fourteen as well and it's about going to those countries and focusing on the sport not focusing on the differences between the between the culture and laws in those countries intense coverage of the row over gay rights has been filled by those upcoming winter olympics in russia in the wee courteousness now and discuss the
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frenzy surrounding the law with a panel of experts. we are it international community bonded by the homophobia that affects all of us and what we have to do is take a stand against the fact that the government is actually preventing education rather than propaganda that is desperately needed feel people who are growing up lesbian and gay growing up with prejudice this cause this day it causes distress anti gay bullying is terrific but it also is deep in issues because of the huge fines it imposes an organization and individuals who even mention gay rights but i'm going i just you know i think i constantly as a journalist here in suicide put you know i constantly as a journalist here go on about gay rights in russia on this channel i've spoken various networks around the world about this i've not been penalized or find out or i'm just trying to keep people at home the reality of the situation here i posted on facebook or something i say been abused and face for others to protest and as as
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a basically a scouse journalist here i know the reality of life and i just wanted to put to stop the styria you know it doesn't snow all year round there's a simmering active thriving gay community in russia and indeed in sochi when i was filming the last week there was one that said i just wanted to actually get my car on humble mature opinion regarding gay life in russia and i was nothing short of i was assassinated with are a whole lot for having possibly you know you know pro you know thoughts on russia which is seeing as as evil russia want to talk about it's a political commentator. there london as well as the recent levada poll recently saying that more than half of russian support the law and conservative traditions alexander your thoughts on that well i think first of all i've been asking some people here what is it the exactly the british athletes are planing to do and sort your other going to. get lifestyles are they going to compete they're actually in
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the games themselves look at me tell you something about believe the. the lord be here and the game will be as well witchcraft. none none the existing debate about gay marriage same sex marriage the debate was suppressed by the liberal elite nobody was allowed to say and you think the moment you questioned you know whether it's a wise thing to do you would immediately accused of being called before i think and studying for the gay community to realize you cannot prevent the people for having their own views and in london you know of what those who are on computers and i think it's total intolerance dolan's by the good by the liberal elites that know to love this political correctness has turned into censorship all of the countries and i think this gets forgotten have signed in a lympics charter which states that there is no kind of demonstration or political religious or racial propaganda allowed at any olympic sites venues or other areas is the l z b t community going to allow this olympics to become about gay rights
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and not about the olympics and also what about other minorities that feel like they need to have their say at the olympics how many protests are we going to see we're going to have a gay pride protest and then a protest about western countries that want russia to intervene in syria and then another protest from the environmentalists they don't think the olympics should be held there at all everyone is going to want to have their say. relentless western media efforts is here to turn this into a political scandal of known fury to the rush's leading gay activist he says he won't be talking to western journalists anymore because his words are being twisted and used to paint the country in a bad light is anger was sparked by an article in britain's guardian newspaper that suggested the russian government plans to take children away from home a sexual couple's. young chechen man who was killed while being questioned by the f.b.i. might have been shot in the back of the head while lying face down on the ground that information came from private investigators hired by lawyers for the victim's
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father because u.s. intelligence is keeping everything under wraps he told r.t. and this is it churkin why he's lashing out at the f.b.i. for trying to cover up the details of his son's killing. a quaint residential neighborhood in florida and a father who can't hold back his tears. nothing will bring me peace as long as i live from the moment it happened i haven't been able to forget about it even for a second barely containing his grief. takes a moment several times during our interview. a few days ago he arrived in the u.s. from russia to seek answers for his son in brigham's tragic death this is the entrance into the condo where twenty seven year old greg lived minutes away from disney world it was here that on may twenty second after reportedly being questioned by officials for hours he was shot and killed by the f.b.i. under circumstances most of which remain murky. from reminiscing about ibrahim as a child who was very much into sports. to looking through graphic images that
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a parent should never get to see images that will haunt him for the rest of his life which four or five shots right into the heart i've never seen things like this even in the movies not in the u.s. not in russia nowhere. such violence from law enforcement nowhere have i seen anything like this i mean. the morning father's on a mission to uncover the truth behind the f.b.i.'s killing of his son and he's even willing to say. this but i want justice honestly because an unprecedented intentional murder of my son took place. ibrahim came to the u.s. in two thousand and eight to study english and ended up staying to pursue a career in martial arts this spring he was questioned in connection with a triple homicide in massachusetts as well as the boston marathon bombings as
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officials believe the chechen young man had been friends with the deceased suspect a milan sir. the father says the only connection his son had to the tsar knives was a chechen background that had once prompt a. them to exchange phone numbers were given received multiple fatal gunshots to the heart and head during the night of the questioning the f.b.i. claimed a violent confrontation took place but has been blocking autopsy results from going public some reports suggested breggin was armed with a knife others a broomstick but there are also claims that he was not armed at all demands from the american civil liberties union and the council on american islamic relations for florida authorities to hold an investigation were declined while the f.b.i. claims to be conducting an inquiry of its own as we know they would never be able to prove his guilt in anything but because they killed him if they kept him alive tried him that would be a whole different story. showing us the postcards from american sending condolences to his family he hopes those behind his son's killing would show some heart as well
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. maybe the f.b.i. will have some kind of guilt resurface and it meant that they committed this fatal mistake for several years prior to his death ibrahim was not able to leave the u.s. while waiting to be granted a green card he eventually received permanent residence status and had plans to visit home on may twenty fourth but he died two days earlier. i'll never get tired do what i can i'm just not able to leave this. and r.t. orlando florida. i'll be back with week's headlines news in just a few minutes. liz
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claiborne live. live live. live . exactly what happened that day i don't know but a woman got killed. piers later when i got arrested for. for
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a crime i did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results. innocent people to confess the police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse and they were they could get what they wanted they could say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what they did or what they said. he'd. be interviewed. her. appeal to.
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spirals the deadliest week since the revolution sees more than eight hundred people die clashes between protesters and security forces. while the u.s. government the global condemnation of egypt cracked down and stopped short though suspending military aid worth over a billion dollars a year. in the week's headlines a saudi princes defected from the royal family slams the monarchy for widespread human rights abuses and violently suppressing the opposition in his exclusive interview he gave to us. london spying trash cans these wife i waste units are causing a heap of trouble by scanning the smartphones of passers by without their permission.

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