activists say he was tortured to death. although the official demonstrations were peaceful, there were reports of heavy violence elsewhere. in the central city, the site of a brutal crackdown by the president's late father, activists say at least 34 people were killed when the military opened fire. the syrian government says the demonstrators set fire to government buildings and injured around 80 members of the security forces. meanwhile, outside syria in neighboring lebanon, protests were held by both sides. the pro-government demonstrators held up pictures of president bashar al-assad and chanted in support of the syrian regime. although the international pressure is growing, the president is showing no sign of leaving power just yet. all the while, the shelling and gunfire in in the embattled cities continues almost a week after the military operation began. >> the former bosnian serb army commander ratko mladic has made his first appearance at the war crimes court in the hague. he refused to enter a plea on the charges

saying that they don't need no stinking congressional approval so who is right then we'll speak to an activist whose home was raided by the f.b.i. last year that's fighting back but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media is covering all missing the bigger stories. well it seems like there is no happy ending for wiener gate see this morning all knew it was interrupted on every single channel for a breaking news announcement. if you future as the question of the ocean liner i won't be answering any i have made this statement so i'm going to make my understanding of that later in the day he will be having a press conference and after that i will have a statement available and just tell you that up front are we go back to that what let's just say the breaking news this morning was the fact that congressman anthony weiner was going out to resign and that was the culmination of everything of the media had been hoping for dr incessantly pounding the war drums about a text message of a congressman's underwear after slaving away for weeks to bring the story of amends and moral and ethical

terrorism investigation twenty three subpoenas were issued for activists to appear at a grand jury in chicago and investigators reportedly were examining possible material support to colombian and palestinian groups designated as terrorist organizations by the u.s. government something which the supreme court ruled illegal last year in the case of holder be humanitarian law but obviously activists being targeted soley for their political beliefs it's a practice that seems to be becoming more widespread as human rights organizations take note and perhaps all the more important to highlight as the f.b.i. is issuing new guidelines that loosen the rules on who and how they conduct investigations so activists are fighting back earlier i caught up with meredith abbey with the committee to stop f.b.i. repression her home was raided by the f.b.i. in september of two thousand and ten so i first asked her to recall the radar on her home that morning. well on september twenty fourth i was already up i was ironically home with claire and i said ironically because i've had to do like a lot of publ

not just people but twenty thousand activists to come here to the state in an effort to make it a freer and better place and apparently you're you're already you've already accomplished your goal at least becoming the freest state in the union according to the mercator center recent study about that right new hampshire with there's a vote taken and new hampshire won the vote and people started moving to new hampshire already is in some ways freer it's certainly not free by every structure that's like seating. why don't you start with new york. some rocks are too big to push up. and the major has no income tax no sales tax there's big gun laws and so many of those reasons why is there such a thing as a good gun laws. well put. so you have two was chosen and people start now people don't have to move to reach twenty thousand but enough people said enough is enough i'm moving now and we have about a thousand people here in state are you making a huge difference here in new hampshire all right stephen lawrence now tell us a bit about gives you some good about your personal background becaus

the flip to the participants will be european peace activists and american peace activists and others presumably not interested in violence and will quote present a more difficult public diplomacy challenge so not even the israelis believe that this flotilla is a threat and in fact it's a mistake to reduce this to an issue of humanitarian aid because for example the u.s. boat to gaza is not carrying humanitarian aid it's carrying only letters written by americans directed to people in gaza letters of solidarity and aboard the u.s. boat to gaza is eighty seven year old holocaust survivor had the epstein pulitzer prize winning american novelist alice walker and a number of other americans all of whose names and faces are available on the u.s. boat to gaza website so we have the absurd situation now where israeli commandos are training to prevent an eighty seven year old holocaust survivor from reaching the gaza strip and the real problem here is that israel is trying to present the flip tilla as a military threat to the military situation when absolutely nobody not even the israeli gove

you have the activists and we've seen these activists in all of the countries we visited working togetheroid government censorship. they use various tools to keep the government from being able to logon and steal their pass codes and figure out who they are. and they are really uniting in all of these countries to train each other on how to continue to push this battle forward online avoiding any type of censorship from the government. we get into that in detail in our documentary. it's kind of a how to start an online revolution 101. >> and the obama administration was behind the change advocates in tunisia and egypt but more muted when it comes to bahrain where the united states has an alliance and key military base. do the young people there see a double standard? >> they do see a double standard. i've become active in following tweets f

state is openly recruiting activists in cuba one of the other likely targets that. well syria right now is on the hot burner and you know there's a russian naval base there that makes that a real interesting situation for the entire planet because here we have a direct conflict with the q superpowers obviously iran is that is the key they try to do what they called a color revolution couple of years back in iran during the election process there and failed to do so it was called the green revolution and my gosh you know i think that if they can take over iran i think the whole ball game is going to change and so i mean if if you have syria and iran both shiite. as a bloc and they're looking to break that apart and create a new middle east israel likes to say you know. greater middle east but tempered with that but that's just looking from an historic perspective that don't post attempts to spread democracy in parts of the world suggest future success is very likely with this initiative. i have to agree with you i think the go ability of the population extreme there'

that a hundred miners activists and environmentalists marched at blair mountain to demand an end and mountaintop removal. technique that blasts right to get a call seems within which environmentalist say send debris rating down i think flooding in contaminating rivers water going to water the retrace the steps of more than ten thousand coal miners who in one thousand twenty one took up arms for the right to unionize and survive to fifteen thousand coal miners forming an army and marching up the mountain that's right behind me you know and fighting you know against an army paid for by coal operators chaplain his great grandfather led to charges the president of the west virginia miners union but it's a history he didn't learn from textbooks this is a history that has been concealed from west virginians the only time you see the word union in the book is really used union carbide the chemical company my great grandfather micro my grandfather i thought it bob schulz worked in the mines for thirty seven years. that's what we need his house in the city. i got it from the very same call th

. >> anti-nuclear activists celebrated the results, cluding having italy being a nuclear-free country >> the only possibility -- >> this puts an end to berlusconi's plan to restart the nuclear power plants that were shut down. with benjamin netanyahu, he accepted the "no" to nuclear power. >> with what they are taking to the referendum, we will have to say goodbye to nuclear power ans. >> this is a second blo after the poor showing of his party and allies in local elections. this covered the issues of nuclear power and asked if they wanted the government to privatize the water supply. the embattled prime minister would smile for the cameras, but his grip on power may be slping >> mor mtingon dealing with greece's debt. >> and just how to help greece out. concensus is building among eurozone member states is a soft restructuring of greece's debt. there could be effects in the eurozone with a default in the debt. it would involve bringing in private banks for new los. th finance ministers will meet to solidify plans. a final decision is set for the end of the month. >> this is a worst-c

activists demand authorities ban imports of products from the occupied palestinian territories. plus we need a car crash victim who made a heroic wheelchair journey from the far east to moscow in a bid to draw attention to the daily challenges faced by disabled people. colonel gadhafi has said he will not leave libya despite mounting pressure he used a chess game against the visiting presidents of the world chess federation to reinforce his defiance meanwhile nato made its move and allison plans to expand military strikes in libya and hit could offer forces in the northwestern part of the country there were reports of rebels seized the city of zawiya just thirty kilometers from the capital tripoli but those claims were later than. by the levy and government yes radio host and peace activists ralph schoenman says that the west has hijacked the libyan uprising to serve its own interests. the united states is spending two million dollars a day in a billion and a half dollars just been handed to these so-called rebels usually the leadership of these rebels how do you follow his star

sentiment spreads across europe as activist. israeli occupation of the west bank call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. with the media craze in america flaring around. questions are being raised about whether . international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight. at fukushima city to measure radiation levels there and here's what he's discovered. here we're. kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher are really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility that's plant number one whe

pro palestinian sentiment rolls across europe as activists to model for using stop ignoring views really occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. with the media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving a senator questions are being raised over whether news outlets are turning into. you with r.t. live from moscow where it's now a just after seven pm i'm wrong research and welcome to the program a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element strong has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen eight. thomas has been at food. in my city to measure radiation levels and here's what he discussed. here were eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area many many places in many instances. really close because if you look at a map.

the most articulate activists were subject to torture and execution. since tunisia and that harry g. have their jasmine revolution, there has been an improvement in human rights. but the same people who profited from the police state remained in their jobs. this keeps in asia from moving forward in their quest for more democracy. >> this has a collection of books on dictatorship, democracy, and human rights. these were unabvailable before the revolution. the book she is looking at is "the fall of the dictator." bin-ali with a hitler m ustache. she has been persecuted and nairlrrowly survived two murder attempts. this bookshop ois a vocal point for her and other activists. >> this was once only possible in secret. people would hide them under their clothes. >> five months afte rthr the revolution, protesters gather daily in central tunis to talk about their anger with the slow pace of change. the police and security forces or the same as before the revolution. and there are hit -- serious human rights infringements. her visitor suffered severe and repea

last year a similar humanitarian aid flotilla resulted in deaths among activists it is ready true it was a global scandal how will that affect you think this legislation. well certainly no one wants a repeat of what happened last year in these radio parties are at pains to try and make sure that all the ducks on the road to prevent the same kind of incident occurring that first attempt happened on may the thirty first they were six ships involved they had six from turkey and the largest of those ships known as the mother mama cane in conflict with israeli commandos who were lowered into the ship via helicopters from helicopters they was fighting that ensued both sides blaming the other in the conflict but the fact is that nine turkish activists who were on board with killed now the israeli government has said again and again that it will not allow any ships whether this fits into or tame to another one to actually reach gaza it says it has made the israeli port city of ashdod available as well as the egyptian port and we do understand that cairo is party to this agreement and that th

and about twenty minutes we'll speak to a greenpeace activist who shares his impressions about the war being carried out near the nuclear crisis epicenter. but i like visiting another universe in a way that on one. city and then you go with. it and you can especially see that all over the sports but it's like thirty to fifty times increased. ideation and then a public places like the playgrounds the school yards. or kids go to the school that holds up to five hundred seven hundred times about what is normal. this is just unbelievable. they call him the butcher one of the last surviving r.t.s. as harvesters who has been convicted of war crimes but who remains at large the families of his victims think that putting him behind bars is their last chance for justice but they face a race against time and german law. reports this is where the man told the nazi executioner lives german media is banned from revealing his address but we know he's been he has a message for the families of his victims. do you have a message for. those from the clause carol for volunteered for the nazis in world wa

depart from greece it's reportedly made up of one i should say ten vessels with some five hundred activists on board israel warns that its military is gearing up to intercept the aid a modern art has dropped earlier threats against journalists that they could be banned or deported for covering the events. reports now from television. israeli government says it is rethinking how it plans to handle foreign journalists that are on boil ball with their freedom flotilla two exits from european waters and heads towards gaza makes it this week what we do know is that earlier the israeli government press office said that any journalists on board would face arrest would face detention and would also face a band of up to ten years that would not be able to return to israel for at least a decade we are now hearing that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu first heard of this only this morning monday on the news and he is said to have said it is problematic he has urged his cabinet to rethink it and he's also said of the way journalists are dealt with it's different to the way so-called infilt

activists say it's the last chance to jail the butcher of the ball the new bush will see. log on to our website r t v dot com to discover how similar cases to that one have been you know you can find out more on the john demjanjuk trial including his victim's evidence and of course there's plenty more on the site . seen or read as well officials have denied that. the country's president of the chavez has cancer this comes after a report citing a u.s. intelligence source saying a staunch anti-american leader is in a critical condition after undergoing surgery in cuba author and researcher ariane saluki thinks the u.s. is driving the reports in an effort to destabilize chavez's government but what we are seeing the generalized change promoted by the united states britain france and even israel behind the scenes in north africa the middle east as a whole will now be coming very likely to latin america so i would not be surprised to see a wave of us promoted regime change in various countries in latin america from their point of view a logical country to start with you going t

both sides blaming the other question is starting the conflict but the fact is that nine turkish activists who were on board were killed navi israeli government has said again and again that it will not allow any ships where this fits into a time for another one to actually. each gaza israeli authorities saying that they systematically saw to through all the goods on board to make sure that they are no great prisoner and missionaries and that once they'll set aside that there isn't they will be personally responsible for transferring herbal goods to gaza it is important to note that the reason why the activists are carrying out the second fratelli in as many years in two years is that they do believe that the blockade on gaza is facilitating a humanitarian disaster we are hearing reports of increasing shortages in food supplies in medical supplies in basic items that people need to keep on living and so this is the second attempt by activists among the world to draw attention see gaza. and you can find footage of last year's israeli aid flotilla sold on our web site r.t. dot com there are

final push to put him behind bars this week they applied to have him say the sentence in germany activists say is the last child to kill the western wall stuff then you bush will see him go start. log on to our web site r t dot com to discover how similar cases to that one have been handled and you can find out more on the john demjanjuk trial including his victim's evidence as well as comments from his lawyer all that and much more is just a click away. senior venezuela visuals have denied to the country's president about chavez has cancer this comes after a record signing a u.s. intelligence source saying the staunchly anti-american leader is in a critical condition after undergoing surgery in cuba chavez has been in cuba for more than she weeks treated for public abscess and the official say he's going to be back in venezuela by the fifth of july author and researcher adrian so gucci things the u.s. is driving the reports in an effort to destabilize charges his government. what we are seeing the generalized rejean change promoted by the united states britain france and even to israel be

in germany activists see it's the law to jail. or to see english. log on to our website r.t. dot com to discover how similar cases to that one have been handled. can find out more on the john demjanjuk trial including his victim's evidence as well as comments from he's a lawyer all that and much more is just a click away. see or read as well and officials have denied the country's president of the charges has cancer this comes after reports citing a u.s. intelligence source saying the stanch fully anti-american leader is a critical condition after undergoing surgery hugo chavez has been in cuba for more than two weeks but him as well and officials say he's being treated for a pelvic abscess and that he will return home and around a week author and researcher adrian so gucci things the u.s. is driving the reports in an effort to stabilize chartists government. what we are seeing the generalized change promoted by the united states britain france and even israel behind the scenes in north africa. as a whole will now be coming very likely to latin america so i would not be surpr

does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal and activists won't be european union support all the money the exports of the occupied territories close fruit they full of human barricades it's a use a ploy to oppose still gets in through the control look at israel's carmel brand market settlement produce and pockets that profit but the point forces can move in their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention. sure is bearing fruit it's a lease biggest grocer co-ops food grown in the occupied territories the world's largest security firm g four s. has stopped work with these really check points on the west bank saying it breached human rights shareholders forced belgium's pyxia bank to sell its israel over a million euro loans to settlements activists next target is the true links between certain months and jerusalem e.u. transport giant veolia protesters are also seeking to file charges on the international law against israel over its construction of settlements which the authorities are investigating belgian police will pass these

still to come on the program and today israeli sentiments gathering steam in europe activists demand authorities banned imports of products from be offered by palestinian territories. plus a car crash victim who made a road will tear a journey from the far east to moscow in a bid to draw attention to the daily challenges faced by disabled people. thousands have been out on the streets of athens in protest against the second round of the stereo measures debated in the greek parliament people don't want new taxes or wage cuts but without them the country will not receive international bailout money is an athens. when hale's in fact missed there you can see just how many people that turned out in the fresh air by the name calling and building pages began here are certain measures that have been paid by the government that would be speaking to people here and they said the sanctions many been building for a year they already had been. very strict thirty matches they say that the government has really achieved anything by that and so with the knee pain that hit . a lot of sanctions almost

activists will be european union to. the export of the occupied territories. through the full of human barricades it's a use a ploy depose stopping getting through. israel's. settlement produce and. to profit occupying forces when moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing fruit it's a lease biggest grocer co-ops food grown in the occupied territories the world's largest security firm g four s. has stopped work with these really check points on the west bank admitting it breached human rights shareholders forced belgium's dexia bank to sell its israel over a million euro loans to settlements activists next target is the rail links between certain months and jerusalem e.u. transport giant veolia protesters are also seeking to file charges on the international law against israel over its construction of settlements which the authorities are investigating police will pass these complaints on to the courts judges must rule if firms who buy food from occupied palestinian land or complicit in war crimes iri

back to normal life without creating safe enough conditions for it that's the view of a greenpeace activist who is part of a team conducting an independent investigation into the fukushima health effect his interview is coming up in less than half an hour but here's a quick preview. but essentially what it disturbing because on one hand you see the japanese are three peace forcing people and the society to be back to normal kind of so that people will do the work again kids go to the schools farmers start to actually plant your fields because it's a growing season and yet at the same time there are still extremely high levels of radiation and the contamination of both in the soil but also potentially in the food this is three months after the accident started but the japanese these japanese are very few sexually we can hold information they don't tell people the rules and they don't provide them with any kind of support. they call him the butcher one of the last surviving nazi s.s. officers who has been convicted of war crimes but who remains at large the families of his victims thing that

what activists are demanding from the grocery store chain. and later,. >> check this thing out, taking water sports to a higher level. a look at the latest way to catch a wave. >> i'm bill wier. hope for amanda knox. the exchange student convicted of a murder in italy. could new dna analysis set her free? it is free diving taken to a new level. we go underwater with human torpedos onli t >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> animal rights activists are stepping up pressure on safe way and costco one day after the abc7 news i team first showed undercover video from a farm that supplies pork to retailers. >> the activists wants stores to push suppliers to make life better for pigs before they go to slaughter. dan noyes has the latest developments in tonight's i team report. >> mercy for animals held news conferences in three cities to play the video we showed you last night and make the case against yes station crates -- gestation crates that confine the fouls for most of their lives. >> animals with legs should ha

responsible for transferring early goods to gaza it is important to note that the reason why the activists are telling out the second to tell it in as many years in two years is that they do believe that the blockade on gaza is facilitating a humanitarian disaster we are hearing reports of increasing teachers in food supplies in medical supplies in basic items that people need to keep on living and so this is the second attempt by activists around the world to draw attention to gaza. and you can find footage of last year's israeli aid flotilla assault on our web site r.t. dot com there are also plenty of other stories waiting for you in addition to what you see here on screen including the latest news politics and culture blogs and expert analysis if you log on now here's what's on one of the moment a couple of examples of some stories if you're a vampire or a goblin or an elf and feel your rights are under represented one group is aiming to defend your cause find out about russia's growing youth movement for human rights. battles are having their rights protected to find the story of a mo

even before 1964, civil-rights activists, the housing. he had not seen them and of jim crow. for him to imagine the possibility to move for him to imagine the possibility of an african american president is also unimaginable. >> host: robert gooding-williams, what do you teach? >> guest: political theory, a variety of courses, some having to do with the american political thoughts. i also teach more systematic courses. nineteenth century german philosophy, and right now. seminars. >> host: social. i just finished teaching a course on the cali an african american jewish political thought. next year i'm teaching another course on heidegger. so a range of courses. most of them have to do with either political thought in manson century german political pot or having to do with african-american critical thought. >> host: also the author of another book. >> guest: a collection of essays present representations of race in film. a few other essays as well. so, for example, i have an essay on representation of race. a movie that many of us saw long time ago. i have an essay on the rep

a lot of it with a lot of red meat to the activists that are here. don't know if he is flirting with it, but he hasn't closed the door on jumping in at some point in the future. some words he made are raising people's eyebrows. i don't know if we can say we heard the last of it yet. >> mike huckabee is not going to run? appreciate it. testimony in the casey anthony murder trial sound like something out of the show csi. she is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. how a hair is at the center of the prosecution's case. first, i want to tell you about a special show coming up sunday night. it's a gps special on how innovation is needed to get our economy moving. one aspect is governmental innovation. we will highlight a team of scientists that has a history of success. they are providing technology for soldiers in combat to create the best technology in the world. >> they're simply must work and all of the situations and death. that kind of urgency focuses on the mind and inspires greater genes. >> most recently they funded the first ver

supplies in basic items that people need to keep on living and so this is the second attempt by activists around the world to draw attention to gaza. these are policy where you can find the footage of last year's israeli assault on our website it's all to talk by there are also plenty of other stories waiting for you including the latest news politics culture blogs and expert analysis and some of the items are lined up for you online right now if you are a vampire or an l. through your rights represented one. your calls find out about russia as a growing youth movement for human rights. and animals are having their rights defended to find the story of a monument to a dog that raised thousands of dollars to help stray animals all across russia. the japanese government is starting radiation checks on millions of people living in near the fukushima nuclear plant it's been revealed that fifteen people living over forty kilometers from the facility showed signs of internal radiation exposure when examined last month and sean thomas found out many no longer trust the safety warnings. in a cultu

so did government censorship ever stop you or any other online activists? >> no. as they censor, as much as they help anger be amplifiedamplified, little buy little they censor. >> reporter: meet slim, a specialist in the art of fighting internet censors. >> they censor everything. >> reporter: one of his tools -- tor, a network of virtual tunnels that enables its users to be anonymous online. >> it help me access censored information so it's like you circumvent the central service of censorship by using a computer from somewhere else in the world. >> reporter: the cyber war with the tunisian censors climaxed two months before the revolution broke out in the streets. through wikileaks, astrobal collected a series of cables detailing ben ali's corruption and exposing the revolutions of the tunisian government. >> they are sucking tunisia. they are suck tunisia. the money of tunisia. the wealth of tunisia. >> reporter: the scale of the corruption on tunileaks -- >> after reading wikileaks reports, we became certain about what was being done in tunisia. >> we have an