because for them for reporters without borders for amnesty international human rights watch and many other rights groups he's a journalist and what he has done is in the public interest and that they're fearing if there is if there is still a risk of exhibition for people like him that that could be in the words of reporters without borders have chilling effect on press freedom and on journalism across the world so they are thinking that this verdict today is basically for the wrong reasons and that might not protect future whistleblowers of future journalists who would who would publish material that they argue is in the public interest in coming back to julian assange and what happens next for him. well we're we're waiting because there is a decision to be made whether he could be released on bail we don't know whether this decision will be made today possibly that could still happen soon so there is a possibility that he might go out and he says supports have told me that they are hoping that this can happen that he could be released on bail even today even though they are saying

he's he's a hero he is a modular of press freedom and amongst these many groups are amnesty international human rights watch report is without borders and most of them are really concerned about press freedom for example reporters without borders say that this is politically motivated and that if julian assange she was to be extradited and was to be facing charges in the u.s. that could have a chilling effect on press freedom around the world and that the very future of journalism and of press freedom was at stake there is a really it's a matter of principle for for many of these rights groups to say that julian assange actually acted as a journalist and should not face these these severe charges that the u.s. might be preparing against him the handing of the decision from the court today in london is on likely to be the final act in this extradition drama where will it go from here. if if this court does rule that julian assange should be extradited to to the yes which of course we don't know at this point it's definitely not the end of the. julian assange just lawyers could appeal to the supreme court in

considered extraditing him to the us because for them for reporters without borders for amnesty international human rights watch and many other rights groups he's a journalist and what he has done is in the public interest and that they're fearing if there is if there is still a risk of extradition for people like him that could be in the words of reporters without borders have chilling effect on press freedom and on journalism across the world so they are thinking that this verdict today is basically for the wrong reasons and that might not protect future whistleblowers of future journalists who would who would publish material that they argue is in the public interest in coming back to julian assange what happens next for him. well we're we're waiting because there is a decision to be made whether he could be released on bail we don't know whether this decision will be made today possibly that could still happen soon so there is a possibility that he might go out and he says supporters have told me that they are hoping that this can happen that he could be released on bail even today even though they are sayi

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helping to breach the espionage act now there are many rights groups human rights groups like human rights watch amnesty international and reporters without borders who say that age julius haunch was indeed extradited to the u.s. and if he was to face these charges that would be a chilling effect on press freedom is was reporters without borders was saying that it would it would be against the principles of journalism for him for he's right for these rights groups julian assange is a journalist and what he has done is what they argue in the public interest and breaking of the judge's ruling today is probably not going to be the end of this question of extradition so where could it go from here. possibly not the end of the legal journey if the if there were if there was a verdict to extradite him to the to the u.s. julian assange his lawyers could go to the supreme court in the u.k. or possibly to the european court of human rights. to have his spoken mass reporting for us there in london outside of the courthouse where a ruling is expected soon a mass thank you so much. to football news now and in the bonus league on

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hard for us to independently confirm what is happening but we have spoken to the human rights watch amnesty international and they too are trying to trying to determine. if it's. sorry sorry it seems that. they have to move back a bit of that. so as you can see the situation here. adrian this has been going on for 4 days now and people are not fazed by the fact that 5 ammunition. and it's not clear how this is going to be contained. there's a lot of anger. a law. out of the young men who have lost their jobs who don't have . and who work in informal labor so when you look around the country and there are the coronavirus restrictions they don't work they don't make an income and they copied their kids so this is why they are here in the states. not just to lift the coronavirus restrictions but to tell their leaders the politicians who are governing this country that enough is enough they need to take action and improve their economic situation and give them a better life. or i'd say we'll leave it there for the moment many thanks indeed it is reporting live from tripoli. well lebanon has faced a number of

human rights organisation amnesty international. welcome to you also, agnes, and to my questioners, and to you, of course, wherever you are watching thisn't forget you too can join the conversation at #bbcglobalquestions. let's get down to our first question from alexander from texas in the united states, but is currently here in london. alexander, what do you want to ask our two panellists? thank you for having me today, zeinab. . i think my question is, - does big tech pose a danger to society, and if so, _ what should policymakers do to solve this potential problem? ok, let's just keep this one simple, then, at the outset, kara — does it pose a danger to society? well, it is a little broad a question. lot of things pose a... do cars pose a danger to society? in some cases, they do and in some cases they don't. but the first thing i'd like to say is there is no such thing as big tech. i think it's sort of a shorthand that media and regulaters use. there is a lot of big tech companies and some are more dangerous than others and some are more problematic than others. each of these companies, depending if it's facebook or apple or googl

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