live from islamabad r.t. our correspondent eric mohi you then be keeping you posted with the latest details as we have them thank you terry. now more demonstrations are expected and by her raina after hundreds of shia activists rallied to demand equal rights from the sunni monarchy and the release of political prisoners government crackdowns on protesters have been taking place for a year and a half with reports of torture and abuse by the regime loyalists had accepted most of the un's human rights recommendations pledging to suppress ethnic violence and improve its treatment of political activists but the ongoing crisis has attracted little global attention to itself despite taking dozens of lives as laura smith reports some countries seem very selective one condemning violence in the region. but also find out why. this conflict only oppression and brutality of the regime one. takes there will be a day of reckoning for this dreadful regime. about syria and they've put their money where their mouth is giving

from islamabad right straight to the u.s. capitol now for reaction from antiwar activists back here bright and early evening more than a week since the anti american protests flared up across the muslim world is still no sign of a dying day and this is all still because of the controversial film drive in the future or is there more to it. well i believe the film is offensive and as disgusting as it is should be understood as nothing but a catalyst or a trigger as your reporter mentioned the pent up frustration anger i would say rage that exists not only in pakistan but throughout the muslim world that's accumulated over the past decade as a consequence of beijing of iraq the invasion and occupation of afghanistan the endless drone attacks against pakistan the killing of nineteen pakistani soldiers. by u.s. forces there supposedly allies at that border year ago all of these elements are contributing to a picture an atmosphere where there's great rage in the film is disgusting as it is could never have triggered these protests

of the riots in islamabad. as he's standing here around one hundred fifty meters from the diplomatic area where the american embassy and the french and british embassies there are these professors are determined to exist in restrictions i head that they were in that area where the security forces actually has very tight security army and when you're morse's are the powers that be have here some protesters are burning the american flags. they're burning tires we would. be able to break and i would show you how anger these are tires that the band american flags. here and i think i guess the american. i guess that america begins. the american. makers the empty measures and i guess this is propaganda and the american government has. made your advertisements on t.v. and here we're going to look at seven hundred thousand dollars. what if you had nearly. run pakistani cities through the local channels a correspondent there in islamabad the reaction from middle east expert dr yunus about u.b.s. joining us on the line l

places where in the city which is the look twin city of islamabad in order to. stop the protesters who are coming from the other cities this is the wish of his grave the there are situations also in other cities but show or quit i'm karate the sentiments of the head of the gal's the american is high in pakistan because there is one reason one very major factor here is the pakistan especially in the tribal are very angry against the americans where the drone attacks are occurring in the tribal belt these attacks actually according to the cia and american. officials that they target terrorists kills also civilians among the pakistani population. bordering afghanistan all these factors actually it is buying up. france to for a new cartoon of the prophet muhammad in a satirical magazine of death from sit with heard in the iranian and afghan capitals of crowds gathered around the friendship seems to voice their grievances paris is closing its diplomatic missions twenty countries fearing raids while police in the capital of protests near the city's main mosque. financ

study police clashed with protesters trying to storm the american embassy in islamabad in response to the u.s. make film the boxes. while aggressive french slogans grow louder across the muslim world as a car to the prophet muhammad in a paris based magazine sparks fresh protests. plus a gruesome leak footage of prison guards in georgia viciously abusing inmates on leashes public during the demands of president saakashvili punish those responsible . eleven pm thursday night this is r.t. live from moscow with me kevin and welcome if you just joined us first pakistani police have reportedly used tear gas buttons and fired warning shots to push protesters away from the american embassy in islamabad eight offices aside have been injured in those clashes demonstrators vented their anger at the u.s. made film the pokes fun that is about the protests flared up across the muslim world last tuesday after a trade of the film was translated into arabic and put online american diplomatic missions or come under attack in several countries after the us ambassador to libya was killed last week corre

university sacramento in london we have charles cook he's a writer with the national review and in islamabad we cross to solomon hyder shake he is the c.e.o. of i.q. ventures across the grows in effect gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want charles one year on the occupy movement would you say it's a lot of heat but not much light. yes and i think it was from the beginning i went down there right at the beginning i covered it for a few months and it's funny if you look back at the first thing i rode i said this is a collection of progressives who've had these ideas for a very long time there's nothing particularly new about it. and it would go nowhere because it was encouraging it was diffused and there wasn't anything new in there offering and i think a year later it has fizzled with the exception of the line one percent in ninety nine percent that has stuck around that and that is now part of the conversation but in terms of the other things i heard that they wanted it was a pretty standard ragbag of progressive wishes ok joseph jump in what do you think . well i think as a

nhk world's hideki yui reports from islamabad. >> reporter: pakistan declared friday a national holiday called a day of love for the prophet. in the capital of islamabad, the prime minister called for international laws that would make such religious insults illegal. >> translator: an attack on the holy prophet is an attack on the full 1.5 billion muslims. therefore, this is something that is unacceptable. >> reporter: the film has aggravated anti-u.s. sentiment in pakistan. demonstrations against the film have been occurring daily. at least four people have been killed and many more injured in clashes with police. on friday, protesters in the northwestern city of peshawar became violent and set fire to movie theaters. the u.s. state department says it will air a video on pakistani television. it features words from president barack obama and secretary of state hillary clinton intended to calm the situation. washington needs the cooperation of pakistan in its fight against terrorism. it's keen to avoid any further escalation in anti-american sentiment. prime minister ashraf called for t

ambassador to libya was killed last week let's go live to journalist tariq maki you then in islamabad to rick what is the latest you're hearing there. well i lurve for experience. actually between the police and the courts if there are get in there and the police is there really failed to start here or if. it's caught on video of the trafficking plea there is it which is the hope. that can be good looking and british of the people who are going to be there is that a liberal objective for your beard and if your shoes are in right now if you're stopped you have or. appear to be those employees look if they do so. look at least i will try and all the options. if. you watch. the. most that we see. it. it seems like we're getting a very rough connection from you terry to wreak if you can still hear me tell us how likely it is these protests are going to be escalating in pakistan and across the muslim world. well as i do you can hear too much t.v. but the thing is that to be focused and. it's going on in couple of days i took the one day before grades friday and it should to morrow there ar

in deadly clashes between police and protesters who are trying to reach the american embassy in islamabad a sixteen people have reportedly been killed and more than one hundred wounded across the country security officers are using tear gas and firing warning shots to disperse violent mobs they chaos comes despite the government declaring friday a public holiday and encouraging people to protest peacefully rallies are also taking place in other muslim countries here's our choose policy player with the latest from. they're of course protesting against this american made film and the recent publication by a french magazine of caricature of prophet muhammad on thursday we saw two thousand protesters take to the city of islamabad today friday there was a standoff there between the police and protesters who were trying to make their way to the u.s. consulate building the army has been called in at the same time we're keeping a watchful eye on lebanon with tens of thousands of people are gathering in heat of a call by the his ability to run an astrologer now those protests are happening in the

and we haven't hear witnessed any violence in islamabad today friday but certainly there was a standoff there between the police and protesters who were trying to make their way to the u.s. consulate building the army has been called in at the same time we're keeping a watchful eye on lebanon where tens of thousands of people are gathering in heat of a call by the his ability to hassan and this trial or now those protests are happening in the east and live in these the city of rome big as i say they are being organized by hizbollah but later today friday they will be in another protest organized by sunni clerics there hasn't been any violence in lebanon but no doubt tensions are running high all french schools in lebanon as well as the ambassador's residence has been closed today lebanese security on high alert now we're ten days into the protests and the fury still rages across the muslim world what is driving the marlins. while the main reason for this violence is of course this fourteen minute trailer that appeared on you tube it is cool to the innocence of muslims and it depicts the

you're saying that proves that the occupy movement hasn't done anything so many if we go to you in islamabad what do you think about this. sure i would have to agree with joseph here because if you look at it overall the american system of the society was basically based on the entrepreneurship and the growth that came from that entrepreneurship and equal opportunity well today if you look at the unemployment rate in the u.s. i was in the u.s. about a month and a half ago i lived there for fourteen years i worked there for about ten years and i worked on wall street so i know exactly what the occupy wall street movement is all about and i would have to agree with joseph here again that it's only been a year and a movement has to do it's only started so we have to give it some more time and not only that i mean just the concept itself if you look at the jobless rate increasing and the number of foreclosures also increasing and you and you and there's no relief in sight even even with the elections there's really no i mean when i when you look at the campaigns there's not much there so the so

a small fraction, 1,500 here in islamabad, protested. the pictures are dramatic, and it's this mirpt that's going to make the headlines, unfortunately. >> so, reza, what's the motivation here? is it back to that u.s.-made video, or is it related to the cartoonist in the french publication? >> my impression is that most of these protesters are still angry about the movie, and they don't even know about the cartoon. what's remarkable is a week ago we contacted some of these hard line religious groups. they didn't even know about the movie then. it was only when the publicity came out that they were aware of it and these protests came out. there's others who say it's not about the movie, it's bnt the cartoon. it's about a u.s. government many people don't like here. many don't like u.s. foreign policy in the region or afghanistan or the drone strikes, and oftentimes people link the u.s. government with the corruption they see in the pakistani government. a lot goes into the anger here. it's not always easy to explain, fred. >> thank you so

we also know that back in 1989, in one people, seven people died on the streets of islamabad, so this was very much riding on the wall, for which neither the government nor the police was prepared at all -- this was very much writing on the wall for which neither the government nor the police was prepared. >> thank you very much. >> satirical cartoons of muhammed in a french magazine this week further stoked anger. france banned all protests on the issue and closed many of its schools and embassies in muslim countries. >> germany did the same today. the government in berlin is considering whether to ban a public screening of that anti- islam film, which unleashed massive violence last week. we asked german muslims in berlin to tell us what they think. >> mahomet is a gem and tunisian and imam -- german- tunisian and imam. he says he would not watch the controversial video. p>> it is painful for me. i would like them to say they are banning it because it demeans and a tax part of our -- demeans and attacks part of our society. >> this by supporting a ban, he does not want local muslims

on the streets of islamabad this was the streets of islamabad this was the response.y tried to push forward, towards the high— security diplomatic quarter. trouble has just broken out here with their last few minutes. police have opened fire in this direction to was protesters who managed to come to the barricades. for the second day running they have gathered in this area, attending to reach the us embassy up the road. four hours, a battle raged. for many here the attack on their profit is an intolerable and personal affront. there were ready to risk life and limb to make their point. up ahead, keeping watch, we found the de facto interior minister. he defended a decision to make today a public holiday, he said it reduced the numbers on the streets. if i had not said it reduced the numbers on the streets. ifi had not made said it reduced the numbers on the streets. if i had not made their holiday, schools would be open, shops would be open, transport would be running. who could have handled it? the least the police have one priority, to handle these protesters. many

in which a bomber and hillary clinton denounce the film is are to be with me from islamabad . as you sending here around one hundred few meters from the diplomatic area where the american embassy and the french and british embassies there are these protesters are determined to exist in frustration ahead that they were in that area where the security forces actually has a very tight security army ranger morse's the power that they have here some pretty stars are burning they have american flags as well as their burning tires we would like to be able to break and i would show you how anger these are tires that the band american flags down. here and i think i guess the american was and. i guess that america was the only way to america and they had the big majors the empty majors and i guess this propaganda and the american government has one. big tour advertisement. and here i want to know what kind of. thousand dollars. would be if he had. to. run pakistani cities through the local channels a correspondent in islam about all further rallies are also taking place across the musli

president obama was also out with a tv ad today in islamabad, pakistan. in the ad, mr. obama and secretary of state clinton denounced that american-made anti-islamic film that has touched off riots throughout the middle east and the muslim world. the u.s. will spend $70,000 on these ads. >> since our founding, the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. >> pelley: the embassy ad is running on seven pakistani tv channels. and here is why that ad campaign seems like a good buy: in islamabad today, more than 1,000 students, armed with sticks and stones, tried to reach the u.s. embassy. they were stopped by riot police and army troops, who used tear gas to break up the crowd. the first reports from libya last week said it was a similar protest that ended in the murders of the u.s. ambassador and three other americans there. but today, for the first time, the white house called the assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi a terrorist attack. elizabeth palmer has been investigating in bengh

their deadly clashes between police and protesters who are trying to reach the american embassy in islamabad at least fifteen people reportedly been killed and more than one hundred wounded across the country security officers using tear gas and firing warning shots to disperse violent mobs the chaos comes despite the government clearing friday a public holiday and encouraging people to protest peacefully washington's promoting a video on pakistani t.v. two in which obama and hillary clinton denounce the film his artie's terry what he did with more from islamabad. as the sending here around one hundred few meters from the diplomatic area where the american embassy and the french and british embassies will stand there these professors are determined to exist in restrictions i head that they were in that area where the security forces actually has a very tight security army and the ranger morse's are the following that they have here some for this ours are burning they had american flags as well as their burning tires when we would lie would be able to break and i would show you how anger thes

and in the pakistani capital, islamabad, police battled hundreds of protesters to keep them away fromembassy. protests were largely peaceful in indonesia, egypt, iraq, bangladesh, and sri lanka, but no less anti-american with crowds burning flags and effigies of president obama. in washington, u.s. officials kept a close eye on events, as secretary of state hillary clinton met with the pakistani foreign minister. >> i want to thank the government of pakistan for their efforts to protect our embassy in islamabad, and consulates in lahore, peshawar and karachi. and i want to be clear, as i have said on numerous occasions- - the violence we've seen cannot be tolerated. of course, there is provocation, and we have certainly made clear that we do not in any way support provocation. >> brown: that provocation took the form of an online trailer for a film made by a california man mocking the prophet mohammed. new fuel was added this week when a french satirical magazine published crude cartoons of mohammed. hoping to ease the tensions, the u.s. embassy in islamabad began airing an ad on paki

and cnn's reza sayah is watching all of this live in islamabad. reza, for starters, this holiday proclaimed by the government, this was not supposed to be a holiday. this comes at a time, exactly a time when perhaps the government might have been doing something to stop this kind of activity. >> yeah, i expect that decision by the pakistani government to be scrutinized and questioned and criticized in the days to come. because, i think it was an effort to sympathize with the muslims, in pakistan, to show them that the government is on your side, and they're condemning the movie. but in many ways, it was a call for people to come out and protest and that's what they did. the demonstrations started very early this morning. by midafternoon, when friday prayers was over, when everybody had gotten out to the streets, the protests had grown in numbers, intensity, they were all over pakistan and major cities like lahore, karachi, islamabad, peshawar. at one point we had an incredibly difficult time keeping track of everything that was happening. that's h

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but first let's go to the capital, islamabad. and reza is joining us from islamabad.res being given right now. what's the latest as far as americans and pakistan are concerned? >> reporter: wolf, just to be clear, this is a renewal or a reminder of a longstanding travel warning been in place in pakistan for a long time right now. the u.s. embassy, the u.s. state department telling americans, if you don't need to come to pakistan, do not do it. essential travel only. the fact they're reminding americans of this warning is a sign of the growing tensions. that follows more anti-american protests in the capital of islamabad today. it's critical to point out that despite the dramatic pictures and violence, this was a relatively small protest. 1,500 demonstrators approached the diplomatic enclave. this is a walled compound, a highly secured compound, where you'll find the u.s. embassy, the french embassy and other embassies. it's an incredibly difficult place to penetrate. even so these protesters tried to do it. once they got there, the clashes started. protesters throwing

embassy in islamabad. protests have also spread to the pakistani cities of bashara and ka rach chi where there have been reported deaths. also another rare demonstrated dispute in cashmere. mostly women there and the police were able to disburse it using tear gas. now anti-american demonstrations are expected across the middle east including here in afghanistan as this rage against the film mocking of prophet muhammad shows no sign of dying down. charlie? >> charles gagata, thanks very much. >>> while the united states is trying a public relations counter offensive to calm the anger and stop the violence, margaret brennan has that story. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. the u.s. government is trying to stop that anti-american violence by buying ad time on pakistani tv to spread the message that it did not endorse the controversial internet video made by an american filmmaker to ridicule islam. >> reporter: it cost the u.s. government $70,000 to broadcast these ads on seven different pakistani tv

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here in the capital of islamabad, protests are dying down. here is what it looked like earlier today. friday prayers have just concluded. what we're seeing are some of the largest and most intense protests yet here in pakistan. now what you see over there are shipping containers. police are using them to block off the path to the diplomatic enclave. that's where the foreign embassies are, u.s. embassy, french embassy. now what you seem to have here is some people urging protesters to rush police officers and others saying don't go. stay put. and they can't seem to decide what to do. so at this point, it's basically a free for all. what you see is these protesters just teeing off with objects. and police just holding up their shields and blocking the objects. now police officers are starting to throw rocks. and i think it's time for us to move back a little bit. now what often gets lost in these dramatic pictures is the actual numbers. how many people are here. and if you do a quick count, there's no more than, at most, 400 or 500 people here.

president obama was also out with the tv ad today in islamabad, pakistan. in the ad, mr. obama and secretary of state clinton denounced that american-made anti-islamic film that has touched off riots throughout the middle east and the muslim world. the u.s.edly spend $70,000 on these ads. >> since our founding, the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. >> pelley: the embassy ad is running on seven pakistani tv channels, and here is why that ad campaign seems like a good buy. in islamabad today, more than 1,000 students, armed with sticks and stones, tried to reach the u.s. embassy. they were stopped by riot police and army troops who used tear gas to break up the crowd. the first reports from libya last week said it was a similar protest that ended in the murders of the u.s. ambassador and three other americans there. but today, for the first time, the white house called the assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi a terrorist attack. elizabeth palmer has been investigating in benghaz

both islamabad and washington taking extra steps to ease the rising anger. on friday morning -- cell phone service in parts of pakistan was cut off. an apparent effort to hamper the rallies. on pakistan's radio and television airwaves, in ads paid for by washington, featured president barack obama and secretary of state hillary clinton calling for calm. >> since our founding, the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. but there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. >> the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content, and message. america's commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. >> elsewhere, in iran, a senior cleric reportedly upped the bounty for the killing of author salman rushdie, whose book "the satanic verses" sparked global protests more than two decades ago, after the late imam khomeini declared it an insult to islam. >> yes, it was a st

this is reza sala in islamabad. >> reporter: in several previous blasphemy cases in pakistan, the accusedfaced vigilante justice, and the authorities did not want anything to happen to the girl, and some of the police officers had the guns drawn and ready just in case with someone holding her and covering her face with a green scarf, she was whisked away to a helicopter and taken to undisclosed location to be with her family. this is a girl who just last month lived in one of the poorest neighborhoods of islamabad and with neighbors and suddenly became the subject of blasphemy and now this exit from jail in the helicopter. no doubt that her lawyers say that she was terrified after all of this. and a judge granted her bail after she spent three weeks in an adult jail. last month one of her neighbors saying that she burned pages of the koran and her lawyer saying she is an innocent girl with a low iq who was framed by a local cleric. last week this case took another twist when that local cleric was arrested and accused of planting burned pages of the kor flan in bag she was carrying. the ca