what's the bahraini government reasoning for prosecuting these people if indeed they were doctors helping. well the rain as you say is going ahead with the prosecution of twenty doctors and i would medical staff who were involved in treating wounded protesters during a demonstration last year now back in september the doctors were sentenced to fifteen years for incitement to overthrow the government and are complying hospital now the government and the majority public opinion among many sunni's in of the raid is that the doctors in fact worsen the conditions of the patients and in many cases they're actually caused the wounded protesters to die to try and bring some kind of discredit to the security forces but human rights groups say that this is nonsense they say that the doctors are being punished for merely trying to hope that people. are available we are going to hear about much of the rest of bahrain for the mainstream western media what do you think others. well the violent crackdown in bahrain is continuing and by and large reporting from there is going largely unnoticed in the mai

well the bahraini regime is going ahead with the trial of twenty medics who are charged with trying to overthrow the government and medics who include among them world renowned surgeons were treating wounded protesters during the violent crackdown last year now back in september a military court tried and same terms natixis up to fifteen years we do understand that the confessions they made were made and jew grace and among the charges are incitement to overthrow the government as well as trying to occupy a cross between now friends and supporters of the medics had hoped that they would be acquitted because of the international scandal of this case and also because recently none has gone on record saying and praising the recent reforms being implemented in the country he also said that they were significant and what we're seeing here is a retrial although it is happening in a civilian court it does suggest that the regime is not ready to implement any kind of reforms or any kind of concessions and it is causing alarm bells with many people saying that if such a trial hasn't happened fo

says to what the bahraini regime understudied backers perfidy against peaceful civilian demonstrators so the main theme to the meeting was a speech on the street and to near the knife against what's with her and this again didn't go it is going to just bristle shoot royal procedure. well later on in the program the same name same again a report from the lebanese city of tripoli asks if it's at risk of facing a similar scenario to its namesake in libya due to events in neighboring syria. and also a report on india's national id project the big government promises will bring benefits to the poor but critics say it's just a way of keeping tabs on the population. and story still to come first the government suspected of killing seven people in the french city of toulouse has been killed by a sniper over thirty hours of the police surrounded his apartment reports say he died with a weapon still in his hand and claim to have links to al qaeda and is believed to be a french citizen of all cheering descent suspected of killing a rabbi and three children of the jewish school as well as three s

and we are working with bahrainis from all segments of society to seize that opportunity. we're advising several steps, a continued diversification away from petro chemicals, using the free trade agreement to promote bilateral trade volume, and increased participation in the economy from all segments of the society. implementation of political and security sector reforms will address many of the root causes of this unrest. finally, i'd want to underscore that while this is a dramatic transitional period for bahrain, there are important investment opportunities out there for you, and i would repeat, i am confident and optimistic, that the government of bahrain knows what it has to do, is in the process of doing it, and will succeed in establishing greater stability, both political and social to the island which will enable economic investment to return. thank you. >> thank you. our final speaker on the panel is ambassador ensure from algeria. >> thank you very much. i think the thing to do here is start with a little good news bad news. good news is that algeria reminds me

well as you say the bahraini regime does claim it's carrying out reforms but increasingly it seems as if these reforms are happening only on the surface because what we're witnessing is an ongoing crackdown against a largely an armed protesters and we're hearing reports of fresh clashes that have broken out in this tiny persian gulf country we are hearing from the family of a woman who died on thursday saying that she died from inhaling tear gas we do know that the security forces have been using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds now at the same time activists have released new footage showing a youngster with his hands handcuffed being badly beaten and sexually harassed by the security forces is that he was later found unconscious on the street meanwhile in an effort to try and clean up their public human rights image the right police say that they're installing video cameras in several of their offices that critics say that this is not going to help the situation because most of the youngsters who are being beaten are being beaten before they even reach the police s

the bahraini government threatened to sever relations with them. so did we pay enough attention to the 17 million egyptians are 18 million egyptians as we did the 300,000 bahrainis? probably not. probably we did much more. was there something taking on more of the sectarian, by default, not design necessarily or by design from the outside, not the inside door meeting saudi arabia and iran, perhaps. i'm not sure. was iran taking a different path than we have seen just before that in yemen and -- perhaps. did we not covered? and ensure. did recover as much as i said before and others? no, we didn't. every decision we made and now we covered libya and bahrain the correct one to iraq hope not, otherwise to be divine. certainly not. i think we made a lot of mistakes. i'm not going to tell you which. but i think we made mistakes. human, right? it is 24 hours. it's not easy to fulfil all the requirements. anyway. by the way, short on the answers, can be. it's up to you. to in terms of the long-term question for egypt i came back from egypt having to spent

yesterday an estimated 100,000 bahrainis returned to the street, demanding democratic reform. it was the largest protest against the government in months. russians rallied against vladimir putin again today but in smaller numbers than before last sunday's election. about 10,000 people showed up in moscow. they charged the election that returned putin to the perez daens for an unprecedented third term was flawed. yesterday, five days after the election, president obama called him to congratulate him. still to come on tonight's cbs evening news, the invisible jobless. their plight brought to light. schr >> brown: apple is expanding its texas foot print. the company announced it's investing $304 million in a new campus in austin. the plan is to hire more than 3600 new employees for sales, customer service, and accounting, more than double apple's workforce in the state. as encouraging as the latest job numbers were in some respects, they still put the average length of unemployment at 40 weeks, barely shorter than the month before. then there are the so-called hidden jobless. bar

president and at the same time called on the king of bahrain to start reforms seen the demands of the bahraini people are legitimate does this mean the syrian people's demands are illegitimate and out about it we take into consider. in the different circumstances of each country yemen bahrain and syria we follow the same policy with all in all three countries we believe that the demands of the people should be taken into consideration and we also believe that political reforms should also take place at the same time we denounce any foreign intervention in these three states it's also our belief that national dialogue is the only solution for these countries under the government should implement reforms necessary for national dialogue the difference between syria and bahrain is that the part of the events in syria a real such as people's demands and their need for reforms. like all other out of states syria needs reforms and democracy is a greater part of the so-called events in syria is artificial initiated by foreign intervention by flooding the country with weapons manipulating regional chan

the unreported bahraini regime claiming it's carrying out reforms. european magic security is a myth but must become reality to stop words of russian president dmitry medvedev speaking in moscow also warned that nature should not live in the past the russian leader said that foreign military intervention and manipulation of public opinion and. an american soldier accused of a massacre of afghan civilians is to face seventeen counts of murder in the u.s. but the taliban. saying it has no faith from american justice some experts say that any trial in the u.s. will not be negative opinion most afghans have of america. so that turns up the dates for them i'm back with more stories another occasion fifty minutes from now the meantime taking tricks and spectacular stunts russia's famous circumscribes welcome to the show and back stage in moscow up. very nice hello and welcome to the show on this week's program delving into the world of circuses and shows in the russian capital acrobats jugglers dolphins tyra walkers you name it and of course the history he

peaceful protesters appealing for democracy but the violence goes largely unreported world wide by the bahrainiregime claims its carrying out for four. european atlantic security is a myth but must become reality the stark words of russian president dmitri medvedev speaking here in moscow also warned that nato should not live in the past the russian leader said too that threats of foreign military intervention and manipulation of public opinion must come to an. american soldier accused of a shooting massacre of afghan civilians is to face seventeen counts of murder in the u.s. the taliban. saying it has no faith in american justice some experts say that any trial in america will not alter the negative opinion that most most afghans have of capitol hill. you know those are my headlines now it's time for yours under the britons are continuing to impress on the on the formula one circuit they surely are mcclaren it's turning in to a year to remember for them. jenson button are doing everything right in malaysia but also another race there is also showing that he's still got what it takes i tell yo

undercut that because they would nont wat want to see the elements get together and come up with a bahrainy solution. in kuwait, they had the spies captur captured. they've gone all over the place, sir. they enjoy this sort of thing. i would add that in gaza, however, hamas pulling out on assad i don't know what the effect is going to be on iran continuing to fund them since they've just pulled out support from assad when obviously tehran wanted them to continue supporting assad. so we'll have to watch and see what happens there. >> what do you think that iran's reaction would be if the -- if there was a coalition forces that intervened in syria to stop the bloodshed there and the assad regime? would they sit quietly on the sidelines? >> no, sir. they would try through their proxies and surrogates to do some mischief there. i don't think you would see anything overt. i think they would try to keep their frame off because it would get them cross wired with an international organization of some kind. >> i know you eluded to al qaeda activity as opportunistic in the region. and part of their a

protesters appealing for democracy but the violence goes a launch early on reported worldwide all the bahraini regime claims its carrying out reform. european atlantic security is a myth but must become reality by the stark words of russian president dmitri medvedev speaking here in moscow also that nato should not continue to live in the past the russian leader said as well that threats of foreign military intervention and manipulation of public opinion must come to an end. an american soldier accused of a shooting massacre of afghan civilians has to face seventeen counts of murder in the u.s. but the taliban. saying it has no faith in american justice some experts say that any trial in america will not alter the negative opinion of most afghans have a question. now if i living in a house jam packed with gadgets is your dream to stay with us to check out the technology update that's right now. oh and welcome to technology update just about wherever you are you're bound to find yourself surrounded by someone either tapping or swiping one of be at a checkout the very latest in a handheld techno

peaceful protesters appealing for democracy and the goes largely unreported worldwide while the bahraini regime claims its carrying out reforms. european atlantic security is a myth it must become reality the start words of russian president dmitry medvedev speaking in moscow also warned that nature should not move in the past the russian leaders said to the threats of foreign military intervention bad manipulation of public opinion. american soldier accused of a massacre of afghan civilians is to face seventeen counts of murder in the us and it's not about revenge saying it has no faith in american justice some experts say that any trial in the us negative opinion most afghans half of america. has the headlines this hour i'll be back with more in half an hour from now in the meantime back to washington for part two of the. archives it's time for show and tell on tonight's program so road this week we spoke about the mainstream media how to give preferential treatment to certain candidates maybe like santorum and romney are big in our own heart so we want to know is that because of his c

least stick them at face value but they are saying things to syria which they do not see through the bahraini rule. or to others in the region so that doesn't strike me as something very convincing and if what it wants to do to syria is what it just done to libya then one has to see it as a replacement for sirte will not be any different separate will be a different group of people carrying out record it's really interesting to hear your perspective on the latest events there tariq ali thank you very much for your thoughts there live in london thank you and by the way you can find out more footage from syria on our website our teeth dot com as well as some disturbing pictures from another conflict scarred country this video you're about to see now leaked from pushed gadhafi libya appears to show a group of africans not in a zoo and forced to eat all flags and. also on the website google is at loggerheads with the e.u. is the internet giants ability to snoop on users raises fears that criticism is being pushed aside those stories and plenty. r.t. to come. on to putin has called on any attempts

i witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crackdown he thinks the bahraini regime is persecuting the medics in order to keep them silent and peaceful cruisers and they do which is medium and in the hospital also in. the doctors the nurses this is chaos and they were doing and running. experience from to. cook with hundreds we thought people coming in with terminal injuries from. a rules cheerio. under the theme this is you know i think i need to really listen to treatment or get in the military is because any one of the prime witnesses to really reduce our ambitions of human rights then you have a korean woman who says to walk a girl any regime barker's and. peaceful civilian against religion you know me between the medics must speak arabic and speak and communion and i think that's what's behind this agenda if you don't believe in this kind of dismissal should try on procedure. you're watching r.t. later on in the program same name same game our report from the lebanese city of tripoli asks if it's at a risk of facing a similar scenario to its namesake in libya th

they'd be caring about what the saudi arabians are doing to their people over the weekend or the bahraini government killing its own citizens you know we know that some of the correspondents in the packets that we know from wiki leaks is strapped for document is correct british troops are there now american special forces british special forces on the ground libyan money hundreds of millions of their supply routes from turkey this is. horrifying prospect this week and if so get out of all get a resolution this week at the u.n. some people talking about that very carefully would you mention covert operations and what about formal intervention cata a member of the arab league actually thinks very differently to the organization which of course is saying that both sides should lay down their arms but we've seen that the calls for diplomacy are not having any positive positive effect wouldn't a military option be better than that to stop the bloodshed isn't it not necessary now. we know that military intervention by western powers well look at libya today two hundred warring militias fighting

because the united states clearly has a vested interest in not showing the violent crackdown by the bahraini regime the united states of god's reign as its closest ally in the region and the headquarters of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet are stationed there if you look for example at an ongoing trial of some fifty riddick's who have been sentenced up to sixteen years for merely assisting protesters during the violent crackdown last year that trial has received little to no attention in the mainstream western media was by comparison reports coming out today friday of the european union slapping sanctions on the wife of the syrian president bashar assad and his family that has received widespread media attention what we do know is that four members of the sides family as well as eight government ministers will have sanctions against him that is receiving. a lot of attention or is what is happening in terms of his violent crackdown in the rain is receiving little attention to his policy reporting right there what are those e.u. sanctions against the inner circle of president bashar assad and his w

they'd be caring about what the saudi arabians are doing to their people over the weekend or the bahraini government killing its own citizens what wiki leaks is strapped for document is correct british troops are there now american special forces british special forces on the ground libyan money hundreds of millions there the supply routes from turkey this is a horrifying prospect. the light here in moscow coming up in this hour outrage in afghanistan as american forces have some major blood on their hands that comes after a u.s. soldier opens fire on civilians in kandahar killing sixteen many of them children what effect will this have on washington's quest to win over hearts and minds. operations to some collapse to others the biggest debt reduction deal in history one expressed by rating agencies the other night. israel has carried out several airstrikes in gaza killing seventeen people over three days and said worst part of the region seen in more than a year the first attack came despite an informal truce between the sides it targeted a high ranking palestinian resistance leader and

bahrain and witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crackdown i think that bahraini regime is persecuting the medics simply to keep them side of the roads and peaceful cruisers and they'd be. in the hospital also many of. the doctors the nurses just chaos and they were doing in my name. my experience resume her usual chemical with hundreds you thought people coming in with terminal injuries from. rules cheerio. things you know i think the regime is continuing formulated and it is the three or the prime witnesses to really here it is fire issues of human rights then where it. says to quote the current regime. against peaceful civilian goods through in one way the middle must be charitable speedy and communion and i think that's what's behind this agenda and if you don't usually you just bristle should be drawn on procedure. we're watching just a little bit later in the program here same name same game our report from what the lebanese city of tripoli. risk of facing a similar scenario to its namesake in libya. in neighboring syria. report on india's national project t

caring about humanitarian issues be caring about the saudi arabians are doing over the weekend or the bahraini government killing its own citizens with the leaks is strapped for document is correct british troops are there now american special forces british special who is on the ground libyan money hundreds of millions there the supply routes from turkey this is. horrifying prospect. i should return she told me a little earlier well coming up here in our region afghanistan as american forces have some blood on their hands it comes after a u.s. soldier opens fire on civilians in kandahar killing sixteen people many of them children what effect will this have on washington's quest to win over hearts and minds. also still to come salvation to some collapsed to others greece hammered out the biggest debt reduction deal in history and it's praised to the hilt by brussels rating agencies slam it as default by another name. to let me know whose interim rulers are struggling to keep the country together after a group of tribal militia leaders declared a partial autonomy for an all rich region in the

says to go to the bahraini regime. against peaceful civilian good children some in the way we deem the message must speak arabic and will speak and communion and i think that's what's behind this is. just. procedure. of the arab world that arrest has been played out across t.v. screens around the globe it seems war is good for ratings but some networks are accused of a fact being rather than a reflecting the conflict or he's outside a boy who reports from beirut lights camera action and he satellite channel broadcasting in arabic promises to give it your is a bold and impartial take on what's happening in that region. at the top of the news bulletin is protest violence and rain and no go territory for many of the industry giants who are trying to build the truth here and to send it to the to the other people and to other countries easy to be is into its second week when they are but it takes pride in already having ruffled some feathers in turns to throw spotlight on corruption and mismanagement in government but invol

square we're seeing obviously a live feed from there there are conflicting reports that electing the bahraini really the face of the opposition who people just talking about and another of his opposition colleagues were sitting in the fountain basically refusing to leave after this permit let up at nine o'clock you can see police here trying to make sure people make their way to the metro and clear the square as the snow really begins to come down there you can see the weather does seem to be worsening but also again conflicting reports that that that one of the opposition members has been arrested and perhaps even the irony of course come back to people there this was going to be a so high point to have a new source there because they apply for this permit well before the election so they knew before the board even happened that they would come out tonight and protest is that you don't want to try to describe it there i was mentioning to all of you know that the approaching rally over our shoulder there interest quite quickly kind of on the top of the two hours no to a foreign view is. what

humanitarian issues maybe caring about the saudi arabians of the regular people over the weekend or the bahraini government killing its own citizens the league says strapped for document is correct british troops are there now american special forces british special forces on the ground libyan money hundreds of millions there the supply routes from turkey this is. horrifying prospect. i should return to talking to a little earlier the libyan whose interim rulers are struggling to keep the country together after a group of tribal militia leaders declared a partial autonomy for an all rich region in the east the head of the national transitional council was quick to blame remnants of the gadhafi regime for the breakup stuff also said the country's integrity would be defended by any means including force if needed the country has real world affairs magazine spight says these comments expose the new rulers to accusations that they are operating just like gadhafi. you almost couldn't make it ultimate stuff. now the head of the national transitional council their former himself the minister of justice

says to walk the bahraini regime.peaceful civilian didn't suit him the way he did the marriage must speak and i am it was intended and i'm i think god's work was withdrawn and this is. going to be dismissed. procedure. should be on arrest in the arab world has been played out on t.v. screens around the globe and seems war is good for ratings but some networks are accused of affecting rather than reflecting the conflict are things outside of boyko reports from there were lights camera action and he satellite channel broadcasting in arabic promise to give it you or is a bold and impartial take on what's happening in that region. at the top of the news bulletin is protest violence in bahrain and no go territory for many of the industry's giants were trying to build the truth here into sending to the to the other people and to other countries eager to be is into its second week when they are but it takes pride in already having ruffled some feathers it in turns to throw a spotlight on corruption and mismanagement in gover

peaceful protesters appealing for democracy but opponents goes largely unreported worldwide while the bahraini regime claims its carrying out reforms of european atlantic security is a myth but must become reality the start words of russian president dmitri medvedev speaking in moscow also warned that nato should not live in the past. an american soldier accused of the shooting massacre of afghan civilians is to face seventeen counts of murder in the u.s. but the repayments saying it has no faith in american justice. will have to pay for it half an hour from now in the meantime it's the only show with all the latest from our washington studios. welcome to the show where we get the real headlines with none of the worst are going to live in washington d.c. now it's all we can speak of matthew hoh about the loan and you players are pushing for the war in afghanistan to go on the question we have to ask is why then do you have a twenty five billion dollars settlement with the government reach for the big banks or turns out that about twenty billion of that is really going to come out of the pocket

international festivals of television and documentaries because it's a documentary on bahrain that the bahrainivernment threatened to sever relations with them. so do we pay enough attention to the 59th egyptians or 80 million egyptians as we did to the 3000 iranians? probably not. probably we did much more. did we have access to bahrain like with access to egypt? no, we didn't. was there something taken on more of a sectarian by default, not by design, or by design from the outside, not the inside, from saudi arabia, iran perhaps, i'm not sure. was a iran taking a different path than what we've seen just before that in yemen? perhaps. did we not cover a? sure. did recovered as much as i said before as others? no, we didn't. was every decision we made in the way we covered bahrain the correct one? i hope not, otherwise we would be fined. serving a. i think we've made a lot of mistakes but i'm not going to tell you which mistakes, but i think we made mistakes. it is a 24 hour beast, and it's not easy to fulfill all requirements for everybody. but anyway, long-term, by the way, short term i will

we are working with bahrainis in all segments of society to seize that opportunity. we are advising several steps to continue diversification away from petrochemicals, using the free trade agreement to promote bilateral trade volume and increased participation in the economy from all segments of society. implementation of political and security sector reform will address many of the root causes of this unrest. finally, i would want to underscore that the dramatic transitional period in bahrain. their important assessment opportunities out there for you and i would repeat i am confident and optimistic that the government of a rain knows what it has to do and is in the process of doing it and will succeed in establishing greater stability both political and social, which will enable economic investments to return. thank you. >> thank you. our final speaker on the panel is ambassador ensher from algeria. >> thank you very much. the thing to do is to start with a little good news/bad news. the good news is that algeria reminds me a great deal of my home state of californ

opportunities driven by a perception that unrest has affected the business climate, credit downgrade of bahrainibonds, and the cancellation of some major revenue-generating events, most particularly last year the formula one race. if they don't, if they don't reach a political resolution, this climate could continue to stagnate, and causing rising unemployment and even deeper economic divide in the country. unemployment, underemployment hardship are the future without a political resolution. and while the reasons for the recent unrest are complex, they need economic growth in order to address some of these grievances. nonetheless, as ambassador pickering said, we're all constant optimistic and i am optimistic today about the government of bahrain and the reins to build to overcome the challenges that confront and realize its potential again. and we are working with our rainy from all segments of society to seize that opportunity. we are advising several steps, continued diversification away from petrochemicals. using the free trade agreement to promote bilateral trade volume come and increase pa

undercut that because they would not want to see those elements get together and come up with the bahrainin. in kuwait they have had their spies captured. they've gone all over the place, sir. i would add in gaza, however, hamas pulling out on a side, i don't know what the effect is going to be on iran continuing to fund them since they had just pulled up support from assad when obviously tehran wanted them to continue supporting assad. so we have to watch and see what happens there. >> what you think that iran's reaction with the if there was a coalition of forces that intervene in syria to stop the bloodshed they are in the assad regime? would they sit quietly on the sidelines? >> no, sir. they tried to their proxies and surrogate to do some. i don't think anything of her. we try to keep their fingerprints off, especially seeing it would get them cross wired with an international organization and coalition of some kind. >> and do you have alluded to a kodak committee as opportunistic in the region. and part of there are two videos to create such tyranny and strife and conflict. but it st