in lebanon, parliament has elected a new president, former army commander michel aoun. lebanon has been without a president for 2.5 years. in his inaugural speech, michel aoun announced he'd send some of the 1.5 llion syan refugees living in lebanon back to war-torn syria. the free alabama movement is reporting that incarcerated organizer kinetik justice is being denied water by prison officials at the kilby correctional facility. justice was transferred to kilby from holman, where he helped launch a nationwide work strike. he has been on hunger strike since october 21 to protest his transfer. he now says prison officials have turned off the water in his cell. pastor kenneth glasgow, the outside spokesperson for the free alabama movement, said "they are trying to kill him." this is kinetik justice speaking about the prison strike on democracy now! in september. >> a work strike. --ally, around 12 clock 12:30 at night, they send for the kitchen workers, those who will prepare the breakfast meal. when those people do not report to work, they initiate a prison left down --

these are supporters of michel aoun, elected parliament yesterday. you can see how the line -- how gridlock gives way to glee. he has become lebanon's 13th president, but it was not all smooth sailing. you can read more about that in a local paper. it reports that several lawmakers tried to trip up the voting process in parliament, putting too many envelopes in the ballot box. they had to vote for times, making it quite an embarrassing spectacle. it was not very professional of the lawmakers. they made a joke of the democratic process in front of the whole world. watching, quite a historic election. they obviously do not care about the result, according to that paper. annette: turning back to france, focusing on the aftermath of the thealled cleanup of open jungle" refugee camp near calais. the government has been patting itself on the back for what they consistentn oppression. "le figaroa" said it happened after the attack. many migrantsthat from the jungle are setting up camp elsewhere. in paris, an estimated 2000 people were gathered in the northe

the parliament today elected michel aoun.s 81 years old, and a strong ally of the islamist militant group, hezbollah. the election took several rounds of voting, after extra ballots suspiciously appeared in the ballot box for the first few counts. aoun's win is a victory for pro- iranian forces in the region. turkey has opened another phase of the crackdown that began after last summer's failed coup. today, police arrested the chief editor and 11 senior staff of a major opposition newspaper. supporters rallied outside the newspaper offices-- one of the oldest in turkey. a cartoonist for the paper condemned the attempts to silence journalists. >> ( translated ): this is ridiculous. you will not intimidate anyone by putting pressure, i want to say that. it is impossible for people with conscience to endorse this scene. you cannot justify this to the world. today, i am being detained for drawing cartoons, and only for drawing cartoons. >> woodruff: just yesterday, another 10,000 people were fired from their government jobs in tu