definitely i don't have a faith and even bahraini people don't have faith and i think free international community they don't have faith and the question is in what bases and what they choose in bahrain bahrain considered to be the capital of torture and day by day we are having the evidence that the torture is still continuing in the prison and there's so many places and it's been published so many reports by international organization the human rights organization amnesty amar swartz readers and so on just lately the invention for reports even as ladies are being tortured so i think what is. why is why is all this being ignored by the arab world who appointed bahrain to host this pan arab human rights court. as everyone knows the pan arab is consisting of the countries of governments and all of them are part of the dictatorship regimes definitely they defend themselves against the freedom seekers within their countries none of them is still approved to be a democratic country i think it is part of that bahraini government money also a humongous they pay money to try to try to to to all

and the us i think in this regard these allegations might weaken support for the bahraini regime. and put them in a very difficult situation and bahrain is supposed to be a party to the convention on the rights of a child and could its adherents be reviewed in the light of this. well it was criticized heavily in the last review of its hearings to the convention on the rights of the child it's also a party to convention against torture and its violations of that. convention are well documented increasingly bahrain as it is a state which seems to hold little regard for its international obligations where human rights were concerned regrettably. some again from human rights watch thanks much indeed for joining us here today on r.t. thank you. month has already passed since russia granted asylum to a fugitive american whistleblower edward snowden he hasn't been seen in public since then or any details of his current life revealed i call it's about let's say spoke to one season in the france for more on the mystery man. so where is this note in well that's the question everyone wants a

welcome back human rights watch claims there's evidence that bahraini security forces routinely detain and abuse children suspected of participating in antigovernment protests that is according to this press release that was issued today in his a quote from it it says bahraini authorities often hold children for long periods in detention and subject them to similar forms of mistreatment as adults detainees including beatings and threats of torture nicholas mcgee can one of the authors of this press release shared some of the alarming. it's part of a broader crackdown on bahraini society an arbitrary detentions already colman mistreatment and detention is common and it often rises to the level of torture what we found is that there was a failure to distinguish between trail detainees and adults so the children are mistreated in the same manner as as i don't i think the most alarming serenading issue is referring to in this brief research that we conducted was the children being threatened with rape children being threatened with electrocution and children being beaten one point. beating

members and local rights activists suggests that bahraini authorities often hold children for long periods in detention and subjected to similar forms of mistreatment and adult detainees including beatings and threats of torture nicholas mckeon the one of the authors of the release shared some of the alarming details it's part of a broader crackdown on bahraini society an arbitrary detentions are very common mistreatment and detention is common and it often rises to the level of torture what we found is that there is a failure to distinguish between child detainees and adults so the children are mistreated in the same manner as as adults i think the most alarming serenading issues referring to in this brief research that we conducted was the children being threatened with rape children being threatened with electrocution and children being beaten one point. getting outside of a police station was only stopped or or lessened when our senior officer was brought onto the bus and he reportedly said beat them but do it quietly the evidence that we produced would appear to be perhaps only the ti

it's part of a broader crackdown on bahraini society in arbitrary detentions already corman mistreatment and detention is common and it often rises to the level of torture what we found is that there was a failure to distinguish between trail detainees and adults so the children are mistreated in the same manner as as are those i think the most alarming in the serenading issues referring to in this brief research that we conducted was the children being threatened with rape children being threatened with electrocution and children being beaten one point. beating outside of a police station was only stopped or lessened when a senior officer was brought on to the boss and he reportedly said beat them but do it quietly with the evidence that we produced would appear to be perhaps only the tip of the iceberg unfortunately a month has already passed since russia granted asylum to fugitive american whistleblower edward snowden he hasn't been seen in public since then or any details of his current life revealed my colleague about not say spoke to lindsay france for more on the mystery. so where

activists from the so-called february fourteenth movement who was sentenced by bahraini court on sunday have accused the government of beating waterboarding and electrocuting them but the authorities say they're all part of an illegal opposition group linked to terrorists twenty of the fifty people put behind bars were tried in absentia or those present plan to appeal for more on the latest trial i'm joined by rights activists are made aware day who is part of the february fourteenth movement and i understand you were there on that day taking part as a protest to tell us exactly what your experience was or what happened. hi thank you for inviting me. on fourteenth of february the russian behind has started people were and spectating enormous force by the police guards where they were starting to shoot protesters by gunshot by tear gas by various things and this result to two people who were killed on that day and then the anger among the protest was enormous i mean as they basically. the movement started with calling for some reforms or since the regime has many of those with. extreme f

spring uprisings there also is chose to break it out with force apparently the unrest was so bad bahraini rulers had to call saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to ask for military help and a full these sunni led government ordered a demolition of the shia mosques only fueling the sheer majority of their new protests led to the authorities banning all demonstrations in october two thousand and twelve also six people were arrested for insulting the king on twitter the opposition was also decision to allow the return of the formula one grand prix race in bahrain accusing the government of using it as a cover up for abuses more than a hundred of the most prominent of its have been put behind bars in the country including. seen as the main protest figure in the country a three year sentence there. and of course you could find this story and much more on our website putting a lid on it like almost thirty years after the nuclear catastrophe at chernobyl the site is finally getting a new protective cover to storm the spread of radiation and bury the bad memories of the past on r.c. dot com

yeah the bahraini government is thrashing legal action against protests as well dot com activists or do you think say it again of course the bahraini government promises to take legal action against protesters will that move come activists. of course i mean. in the u.k. it's in the past that it is starting a problem sunday there has been number of people which been arrested here in the united kingdom only because they were accused of blocking their order or interfering with the main entrance. charges again as the activist here in the united kingdom. would with with when activists who say they are waiting poor and there are trained. so i believe this kind of action would all was. good action for the government i mean any government they have been i think people for protesting we are quite surprised. actually here in the united kingdom. right human rights activist side ahmed di thank you very much indeed for sharing your views of this. now the n.s.a. in google's closing media report such as the you are a spy agency has been gathering private data through a stealth site they allegedly d

share activists sentenced by bahraini court on sunday have accused the government of beating waterboarding and electrocuting them but the authorities say they're all part of an illegal opposition group linked to terrorists twenty of the fifty people put behind bars were tried in absentia while those present planned to appeal so you do see if after head of monitoring a bahrain center for human rights told r.t. what the group discovered about police tactics. we as a human rights group on a daily basis is the. security forces in a bigger house on a daily basis. to get people in their homes. and also what's happening on the. police kidnapping to put this stuff. in the sixth. and seventh and you know. all those people who want to be good now. they are subject to this if. they are not there now talking to their family. for a maybe a symptom from. nobody knows about. well the reform movement has been alive in bahrain for more than two years now and here is how it's been fairing over this time almost a hundred people have been killed in violence and three thousand arrested the first major anti-gov

nation of violations he want rights in bahrain after forty seven countries including allies of the bahraini government of his right the state and i really can't issue that statement so in short their government is continuing their hard line against the opposition ok job so no surprise to you i guess what can you do to help you represent your position outside of bar right how can you help the people inside the country definitely we are taking the momentum whatever our there's action in bahrain and the people in bahrain started to continue their struggle as everyone knows the last week. i mean last friday we sold this huge gap. dozens of people are armed almost half of the city's in there were marching in the street demanding the shift to democracy and we try to divert this clear message to the international community to our lines of your bahraini given her especially britain and rated states that their stability of the persian gulf the stability of bahrain and more harmonic between the all communities in bar it will be just just will be solved by. shifting toward democracy the current regime

try to to to all make a whitewash and it is so clear that this is a part of sequence movement or bahraini regime to try to move this international pressure to improve the human rights conditions. some other international stories in brief now fifteen minutes and seven forty being killed after egyptian helicopters launched an air strike on two militant strongholds in the sinai peninsula according to military officials three suspects were arrested during a ground operation i mean in warehouses and vehicles were also destroyed egypt's been trying to tackle rising terrorist activity in the region since the arab spring revolution that toppled president mubarak in two thousand and eleven. the death toll from a wave of bombings and shootings in baghdad and across iraq has now risen to forty seven a police station commercial districts and restaurants were among the places targeted no one has yet to claimed responsibility for the attacks incidents are the latest in a huge surge of violence in recent months with a number of attacks now the highest since two thousand and eight. brings up today for th

welcome back see she is sentenced by a bahraini court on sunday have accused the government of be saying and electrocution. but the authorities say they are all part of an illegal opposition group linked to terrorists twenty of the fifty people put behind bars were tried in absentia while those present plan to appeal and sayyid use of. head of the monitoring and bahrain center for human rights told aussie what that group discovered about police tactics. we as a human rights group we are appalled to go on a daily basis is the. message from security forces the house on a daily basis roky the. people inside the homes sometimes stealing money and also what's happening on the ground. in the city. center. and seven to give the building waterfalls going for all those people who are now. they are subject to this is not allowed to do you know not enough to talking to their family or. for many days something from a few hours to one week nobody knows about. before a reform movement has been alive in bahrain for more than two years now let's have a look at how it's been fairing and over that time al

so let's see this our bahraini activists find out that speaking out means getting locked up we'll look at what's behind the government's decision to put fifteen members of one opposition group behind bars. plus the past two electoral success in austria is paved with europe skeptic sentiment at the preliminary results suggest right wing parties appear to have made a strong showing in the country's parliamentary elections that's later in the program. in the u.k. fifty thousand people stage one of the biggest protests in manchester has ever seen to coincide with the first day of the annual conservative party conference protesters are furious with cuts to social spending and health services brought in by the coalition government that's led by the conservatives we talked to one of the protesters to ask what precisely got the marchers so fired up this government is in fact in real trouble of course it's been very much to do with the national health service today that actually that it's facing twenty billion of of cuts by twenty fifteen it's all but it's also shown that crystallized to so man

a bahraini court sensed 50 shiites for authorizing a clandestine route. the coalition was formed in 2011 and was a major driving force in the uprising. the chair of the rehabilitation and anti-violence ordination spent two months in prison there. she says the whole trial is a well-known top-level tactic in demonization. >> it is quite old propaganda. the whole process of demonization of the pro- democracy groups is quite an old-fashioned thing that the authorities have been using for a while. it is not working anymore. until this moment, they failed, absolutely failed to provide any evidence that these groups are involved in any terror attacks or terroristic movements. two years ago, a convicted d octor was sentenced up to 15 years. >> suicide attackers struck a mosque in baghdad. 40 dead. the blast caused the roof to collapse into the congregation below. they were mourning a man killed by militants on saturday. dozens of people are energy, -- injured, many more trapped. deadly violence erupted in a normally peaceful kurdistan province. explosions killed

it's part of a broader crackdown on bahraini society an arbitrary detentions are very common mistreatment and detention is common and it often rises to the level of torture what we found is that there is a failure to distinguish between child detainees and adults so the children are mistreated in the same manner as as adults i think the most alarming to say arming issues referring to in this brief research that we conducted was the children being threatened with rape children being threatened with electrocution and children being beaten one point. beating outside of a police station was only stopped or lessened when a senior officer was brought onto the bus and he reportedly said beat them but do it quietly the evidence that we produced would appear to be perhaps only the tip of the iceberg unfortunately. more details on that story on r.t. dot com also while you are they of a country that's home to some of the planet's largest all his a also crying out for cash find out why libya is so in need of funds on a website. for me to ride that landed outside the city of chile it's chilly being br

pro-democracy orders and to pro-democracy groups is quite an old fashioned thing that the death or it is the bahraini authorities may be using for a while and it's not working anymore i mean at this moment they feel absolutely failed to provide any evidence that these groups are involved in any to terror attacks or any. of its movements two years ago exactly at the same the same judge he a convicted doctor has almost fifty doctors for sentencing up to fifteen years it's the same thing that a beating. then arrested in bahrain has been ongoing for more than two years let's now take a look at the struggle in more detail since the beginning of the an uprising around three thousand people have been arrested and nearly one hundred killed it all began in february twenty seventh one a six thousand strong anti-government demonstration was broken out by force but with unrest continuing saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were called on to help in april anger was fueled father when the government ordered a demolition of share mosques all demonstrations were abandoned october twenty eighth twelve while six

but even goes back further to the years united states support of the bahraini regime and his the former somali dictators brutal repression and divide rule policies which upon his overthrow in a popular uprising in early one nine hundred ninety one created this power vacuum of which initially was filled by various clan militia and then with the u.s. intervention and other miscues created this power vacuum that islamist hardline islamist tried to take advantage of and sort of working with some more moderate elements like in the islamic courts the united states came down hard with drone strikes and other forums or intervention either directly or by proxy and indeed we've created this this kind of monster now and the good news i suppose is that. bob has been losing support in somalia not just from. military intervention or the early battles with the somali government but because their style of leadership is very unpopular and somalia their cultural hardline and this interpretation of islam their dark kone and their practices does not have that much popular support and indeed i think and it'

this is also a welcome back chair is a sentence by bahraini court on sunday have accused the government of basing while supporting and electric a saying that but they also say they are all part of an illegal opposition group linked to terrorists twenty two of the fifty people put behind bars were tried in absentia while those present plan to appeal and sayyid a use of. head over morning training at bahrain center for human rights told us here the background discovered about police tactics we are as a human rights group we are reporting on a daily basis is there. a mass civilian from security forces and a bigger house on a daily basis broking the doors that need to get people inside their homes sometimes stealing money and also what's happening on the ground on their protest. and police kidnapping the group is still beating the doors getting them in the city go to. torture center three and seven down your door killing them in this building waterfalls going fishing all those people who want to be kidnapped by a great. video they are subjected to unfold this is not allowed to do they are n

arab spring uprisings and the authorities broke it up with force apparently the armrest was so bad bahraini really had to call saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to ask for military help and april a sunni led government ordered the demolition of shia mosques fueling the anger of the shia majority new protests led to the authorities banning all demonstrations in october two thousand and twelve and six people were arrested for insulting the king on twitter the opposition was also outraged by decision to allow the return of the formula one grand prix accusing the government of using it as a cover up for abuses more than one hundred of the most prominent activists have been put behind bars including now bill this man has seen as the main protest figure he got a three year sentence. the central coalition looks to have scraped back into power in sunday's parliamentary election in austria but right wing parties had a field day scooping up a quarter of the overall vote as peter of reports from vienna it's part of a strong movement towards the right that is sweeping europe. but it looks likel

all this court will be independent and don't you think that buries his rights were abused by the bahraini authorities will have a chance to have a say in that court depends on the statute of this court because this is not about any issue has to be and it could be convention and it's all by laws. constitution asserted center but the record issue is not with the court so the court issue would be cause because the country that is not providing justice worldwide was going live for the abuses of the rights of the bottle for just accepting the was doing of her into this court just contributing to abuses of the human rights of the battery in the years by the out of the. think this is part of the the bigger whitewash to some of the states within the wards will still not yet brought to the wider arab nations human rights and respect and just as somebody years giving you a go at it you would users in the human rights in your country and the other operators will give you coverage on what you are doing to your citizens this is what's happening in the arab world. right. secretary-general assistant of

but even goes back further to the years the united states' support of the bahraini regime and his the former somali dictators brutal repression and divide rule policies which upon his overthrow in a popular uprising in early one nine hundred ninety one created this power vacuum of which initially was filled by various clan militia and then with the u.s. intervention and other miscues created this power vacuum that islamist hardline islamist tried to take advantage of and sort of working with some more moderate elements like in the islamic courts the united states came down hard with drone strikes and other forms of intervention either directly or by proxy and indeed we've created this this kind of monster now and the good news i suppose is that also bob has been losing support in somalia not just from. military intervention or the early battles with the somali government but because their style of leadership is very unpopular and somalia the their culture a hard line on this interpretation of islam their dark kone and their practices does not have that much popular support and indeed

sheer activists sentence by bahraini court on sunday have accused the governor of beating waterboarding and electric using them but the authorities say they're all part of an illegal opposition group linked to terrorists and twenty of the fifty people put behind bars were tried in absentia of those present plan to appeal so you'd see if a half day's head of monitoring at the bahrain center for human rights told r.t. what their group discovered about police tactics. we had a as a human rights group reporting on a daily basis is that. mass civilian security forces they are in a bigger house on a daily basis roky the. people in their homes. and also what's happening on the ground there. and police kidnapping to put this stuff. in the sixty's. and seventy's and then in this building. all those people who want to be killed now. they are subjected to this is not allowed to do they are not allowed to talk into their family. or for maybe a symptom from. nobody knows about. well the pro-reform movement has been alive in bahrain for more than two years now and here's how it's been fairing wheneve

now a bahraini court has sentenced to fifty shiites to up to fifteen percent of fifteen years behind bars for organizing a clandestine opposition group linked to anti-government militants the february fourteenth coalition was formed in two thousand and eleven and was a major driving force behind the nationwide pro-reform uprising well joining our to talk more about this if you are not a day care is bahrain really rehabilitation and anti-violence organization and he also spent two months in prison there not to thank you so much for joining us here in r.t. to discuss this so what do you know about other people have been charged. the people are charged and sentenced up to fifteen years in prison meant that all activist and they're known for their activism and their role in democracy and movement and the charges that's been floated word against them is absolutely absurd this is exactly like what happened to the doctor's case two years ago at the exact same day by the exact same judge who sentenced my group of doctors up to fifteen years imprisonment. keeps on repeating again and again so

stop the protests from carrying on no they did not the answer is always the more restrained the bahraini government the more bans they they basically issue the more people are more determined to continue i mean we have seen a last month they stopped people from protesting anywhere in manama and yet there is ongoing a protest in manama and people are determined to continue so basically the more repression they face the more they are clear about achieving the demands of freedom and democracy. into reality world out there we go let's start with mexico please stormed mexico city's central square clashing with teachers outraged at new education levels protesters have camped out there for more than two weeks and authorities used tear gas to disperse them saying they wanted to clear the square for independence day celebrations that education reforms will see new tests on teachers to judge their level of performance. and the vice president of the philippines has announced a cease fire with a muslim rebel group that's been fighting beyond me for five days the group took one hundred people hostage

they stop the protest from carry on no they did not the answer is always the more restrained the bahraini government the more bans they they basically issue the more people are more determined to continue i mean we have seen the last month they stopped people from protesting anywhere in manama and yet there is ongoing the protest in manama and people are determined to continue so basically the more repression they face the more they are clear about achieving the demands of freedom and democracy. thank you for joining us here on r.t. today fat cat bankers the money makers and how your cash isn't really yours at all the kaiser report is in just a moment. fans of the shock to your football club and kind of gonda kazakhstan believe that a certain special ritual help them achieve victory against the world famous scottish team celtic this ritual was sacrificing a sheep at the stadium and someone who lived in kazakhstan for two years i know there's a real meat eating country with deeply rooted traditions and livestock racing so this news is unusual but maybe it's not completely bizarre for the c

they stop the protest from carry on no they did not the answer is always the more restrained the bahraini government the more bans they they basically issue the more people are more determined to continue i mean we have seen in last month they stopped people from protesting anywhere in manama and yet there is ongoing a protest in manama and people are determined to continue so basically the more repression they face the more they are clearer about achieving the demands of freedom and democracy. we've got more news all along for the moment including from to would that fukushima will be crippled nuclear the situation is our control had. plagued the city. with flames. in the american state of new jersey devouring fifty businesses. is on a website. a blaze in the psychiatric clinic west in russia has claimed thirty seven lives including. trying to rescue one of the twenty three people managed to escape the four which witnesses say had been caused by one of the patients. as the details. of reportedly broke out in the evening hours and in a wooden an excess of this facility in the northwest of

well where do governments draw the line when it comes to keeping this isn't under control the bahraini authorities it seems that children are fair game on our website we tell you how young people are getting on the wrong side of the regime. also online over the past month infrequent involving updates from japan's crippled fukushima nuclear power plant my mother nature could be about to make nothings even worse he tells it all to me dot com. right to see. the search for the shooter and i think that you're. on our reporters with their. instrument. to be in the. in other international news now this hour in greece at teachers and school boards the strike action over state spending cuts the demonstrators were targeting us trying to approach a government building on going public sector layoffs are aimed at meeting conditions imposed by foreign creditors rallies come ahead of an inspection later this month on fisheries and european commission an international monetary fund. in the southern philippines around one hundred hostages freed from prison with rebel forces a large scale military opera

orders and to pro-democracy groups is a quite an old fashioned thing that's the death or it is the bahraini authorities they'd be using for a while and it's not working anymore i mean at this moment they failed absolutely failed to provide any evidence that these groups are involved in any way to terror attacks or any terrorist more of it take movements two years ago exactly at the same date same judge he a convicted doctor has almost fifty doctors for sentencing up to fifteen years it's the same thing that a beating after the break we'll look at how residents of the u.k.'s ascension island are faced with losing their homes all because of the u.s. air force. sympathize with the syrian uprising but we do not train and we do not smuggle weapons or send them. we do not do any of these things. on your comment. alex it's a. pleasure to have you with us here on our kids today on rollers you should. welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow i'm in de france thanks for joining me in the u.k. fifty thousand people stage one of the biggest protests manchester's ever seem to coincide with the

corners and to pro-democracy groups is a quite an old fashioned thing that the the authorities the bahraini authorities they've be using it for a while and it's not working anymore i mean at this moment they failed absolutely failed to provide any evidence that these groups are involved in any to terror attacks or any more of it take movements two years ago exactly at the same date saying judge he a convicted doctor has almost fifty doctors for sentencing up to fifteen years it's the same thing the repeating after the break we show you how the u.s. air force is creating difficulties for the residents of the u.k. ascension island that's up next. sympathize with the pseudo uprising but we do not train. we do not smuggle weapons or send. we do not do any of these things. it's a. pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i roll researcher. welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me in the u.k. fifty thousand people staged one of the biggest protests manchester has ever seen to coincide with the first day of the annual conservative party

orders and to pro-democracy groups is a quite an old fashioned thing that the death or it is the bahraini authorities they'd be using for a while and it's not working anymore i mean at this moment they feel absolutely failed to provide any evidence that these groups are involved in any to terror attacks or any. of its movements two years ago exactly at the same the same judge he a convicted doctor has almost fifty doctors for sentencing up to fifteen years it's the same thing that beating. after the break we'll look at how the u.s. air force is creating difficulties for the residents of u.k.'s ascension island it's coming right up. this point being an expensive car saloon. likes the new fashion show. also designer bags and shoes in the best shop windows. luxury is the school. this is the last car. on our cheap. talk i'm back here watching our t.v. live from our studios in moscow i'm lindsey friends thank you for joining me in the u.k. fifty thousand people staged one of the biggest protests in manchester's ever seem to coincide with the first day of the annual conservative party conferenc

a bahraini court sentenced fifty shiites to fifteen years by bars for organizing a clandestine opposition group linked to anti-government militants the february fourteenth coalition was formed in twenty eleven or was the major driving force behind the nationwide pro-reform uprising though tonight a judge who chairs the bahrain rehabilitation antiviolence organization also spent two months in prison herself there says the whole trial is a well known top level tactic of demonization. actually it's a quite old propaganda the whole process all the demonization of the pro-democracy corners and pro-democracy groups is a quite an old fashioned thing that's the death or it is the bahamian authorities they be using for a while and it's not working anymore i mean at this moment they failed absolutely failed to provide any evidence that these groups are involved in any to terror attacks or any more of it take movements two years ago exactly at the same date same judge he convicted doctors almost fifty doctors for sentencing up to fifteen years it's the same thing the repeating the service coalition

. >> do you have any worries about the british company dealing with the bahraini government.ore a support to the country's borders, which is entirely legitimate. >> much of the western world might be having qualms about foreign policy and who you choose to deal with with, but not here. >> this articles fair is morally obscene. people think the u.k. should no longer be getting itself wrapped up in other countries affairs. if the government wants to listen to what people think, has this show gone past its sell-by date? certainly the thegt protestors o camped out around the arms fair say there should be dialogue instead of threats. >> well, you know, if enemy was at the coast, would you then support the arms trade? i feel issued point out that it's our weapons deflecting off the coast of other countries. the question is should we be opposing that or supporting it? >> yet the head of this consultancy thinks the arms trade doesn't conflict with the public mood. >> unfortunately, it does remain the purview of the final end user to use the equipment as they will. we make our best ef

we get into an interesting discussion about how a lebanese hezbollah recruited saudis, kuwaitis, bahrainis, lebanese, and others at the shrine in damascus and later house some of the final operational meetings chaired by the head of saudi hezbollah himself to a plan by the final stages of the call will towers bombing was held at a shrine, of course today at the center of hezbollah justification for its presence in syria which it claims in large part it is doing just to protect ethnic lebanese and shrines. in fact, hezbollah has a long, long operational history with the shrine as well. if we move more recently we i was situation where perhaps because of sanctions on c-span2, perhaps because of the fall of the price of oil, hezbollah is moving out into criminal enterprises even more than it ever had before, and it has always been involved in criminal enterprises. now moving narcotics from shop america across the tenth parallel with law enforcement describes as highway ten to west africa and then laundering the proceeds of these drugs. in some cases back to the united states through used-car

we plan to meet with bahraini officials and seek further information about their policy.as we do with countries around the world, we expect the government of bahrain to share our interests in free communications and we will be making that point in the coming days with their government. week gave around 6.7 billion u.s. dollars aid assistance to pakistan over the next three years. say?u have anything to >> i do. the pakistani government has cited economic revitalization as a top prior day. we continued to support pakistan's work to stabilize the economy. i know the secretary talked someone thereh when he was there recently. we look into the support their reform effort, our ownership, and look to pakistan's civilian leadership to determine the direction of these efforts, including the agreement with the imf. the u.s.ic reforms, is going to announce additional economic aid to pakistan? toi have nothing new announce. this is a very important issue between our two countries, and if we have anything new, i will let you know. ththe president elections in e maldives -- do you hav