r.t. . now our recent tweets to suggest that donald trump wants new trade talks with china it does appear that beijing is a little more hesitant with talk of trump's impeachment growing ever louder reports to say that the chinese could wait until after the u.s. midterms to see how things pan out for the american president to have more pain explains. frayed talks between the usa and china have failed again now trump would like to push all the blame on to beijing however the situation don't mess to clean might have more to do with it chinese state media is openly arguing the trump is using the trade wars and tariffs as a gimmick in order to win political support trump likely to feel it's a coordinated midterm elections the meet term elections are one of the key reasons the u.s. has maintained a tough stance towards china needless to say china is not eager to play into trump's hand officials there and reportedly said that they're suspending the talks until after the midterm vote it makes pretty goo

to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . now with eleven school shootings already this year the u.s. is planning to spend almost two million dollars and training people to respond to emergency situations with more his kind of more pay. the u.s. department of homeland security has just approved a grant to create a trauma training program for high schools around the country essentially one point eight million dollars is being offered for those who could create a long term self-sustaining mechanism for the safety of high school students teenagers are being taught how to treat gunshot wounds and deal with dangerous situations in ohio tactical grade pepper spray is being placed around the schools now when a canister is removed alarm will sound alerting the authorities here's how one politician described the pepper spray system. this will stop anyone in their tracks . in north dakota the police are asking that high powered rifles be stored on school grounds meanwhile texas is jumping on the bandwagon of giving teachers guns we need ou

well again you with r.t. now let's return to our developing story this hour from yemen where over forty civilians reportedly being killed by a saudi led air strike most of them children a word of warning you might find the following images upsetting the strike hit a school bus many of the victims were under the age of ten around sixty were injured and taken to a nearby hospital the strike hit the north of the country which is under who the rebel control the saudi intervention against them started in twenty fifteen well the saudi led coalition has issued a statement saying the attack was a legitimate military operation and was carried out in accordance with international humanitarian law the saudis also accused the rebels of using children as human shields saudi arabia is being assisted by the united arab emirates in its incursion. now in other news give back what you stole over a hundred years ago a tribal living on easter island one of the most isolated places on earth want wants to negotiate the return of a sac

former presidential candidate and former and pay levy to have you with us thank you for coming on r.t. now according to different sources the taliban now controls anything from fourteen to about fifty percent of the afghan territory now given that it controlled only one percent off to the us invasion in two thousand and one what is going wrong here . actually these numbers are very very arbitrary numbers in my view they don't control places for too long they just come and disrupt if we say that they may be able to destruct large percentages of the country yes but they have never been able to control any given city for more than maybe one or two days or three days at most of the guys these cases unfortunately a bit longer but having said that they are able to disrupt and of course the government's hold on those territories are also ten years because because of poor proper or poor governance and improper services so nobody controls those areas in the sense of the word really control that's that's that's and in my view the case some critics the knowledge warring parallels between afghanistan

under many people are questioning why it should negatively impact one's profession donald corder r.t. . now we have breaking news here not international because most of the videos and images have been surfacing online showing what appears to be an explosion. in the vicinity of blown your airport in italy police have confirmed the explosion but has not yet named the course of the pictures a huge explosion as you can see the reports from local media though do you claim the blast was coming from a gas tank or this is not yet been confirmed but of course that will keep you updated then in new information we receive over the coming hours so that's how the news is looking so far today here in r.t. we're back with the headlines and more updates for you in just over half an. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamping each day. eighty five percent of global wealth if you want to be ultra rich eight point six percent market soft thirty percent minus one is pure some with four hundred to five hundred

r.t. it has now been ten years since the war between russia and georgia broke out after georgia attacked in the autonomous region of south us out here in two thousand and eight the russian army intervened after five days of a full scale conflict and fourteen hundred civilians killed a cease fire agreement was reached and in fact russian troops remain in the region to this day acting as peacekeepers over the u.s. calls it an occupation. our position on the russian occupied georgia regions of the and also south ossetia is unwavering that remains unwavering today the regions are part of georgia they are not part of russia and the united states continues to support josh georgia's sovereignty its independence and also its territorial integrity like despite western politicians putting the blame on russia for the two thousand and eight such a war the e.u. is a fact finding mission to stop georgia was in fact the one who initiated the conflict however it also fell but both sides violated international law in

to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . now a russian court is placed on house arrest a teenage girl detained for being part of a gang allegedly plotting a similar request is currently being heard for a second girl the pair were arrested for their role in a group calling itself new greatness and have been charged with plotting to overthrow the russian government from outside the court is within a quarter of a. imo school court has decided to transfer one member of the new greatness movement which is accused of forming an extremist organization under house arrest she is forbidden to use mobile phones or internet or talk to the press now earlier the prosecution itself asked the court for such a decision and at the moment who are waiting for the court to announces the citizen on the fate of the second detainee whether she's going to be transferred under house arrest as well and now both of these the detainees are the youngest participants of the movement one is eighteen years old and she was just seventeen at the time of her arres

to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . now a military intelligence compound has been attacked in the afghan capital kabul two gunmen were killed by security forces offices were able to take control of the building from where the gunmen had been firing at the compounds and thereby university was placed on lockdown no group has yet claimed responsibility though for the attack this latest assault comes as the country's security services struggle to deal with a spike in terror attacks. my friends and i were sitting and examined plants first period finished we went out break time afterwards all the students returned to clots two minutes later the bombs suddenly went off when i heard sound good feeling. the nominee i mean. you know nations continues to meet with no military. victory over our. political analyst mushtaq rahim believes that the new rise of militant groups in the country is a direct consequence of the failure of the u.s. and afghan governments. the u.s. and international community has mentioned many mistakes over the co

here with r.t. now russia's defense ministry has claimed that terrorists in syria are preparing to stage a chemical attack in order to provoke a western military intervention. according to information confirmed by several independent sources terrorist groups to hear sham is preparing another provocation aimed at implicating the syrian government in the use of chemical weapons against the civilian population it was a province. of. the provocation which is being organized with the active help of british intelligence services is intended to serve as yet another pretext for a missile strike by the u.s. the u.k. and france again state an industry facilities in syria we now see plans for the syrian regime to resume our phones of military activities and it would prove that. we are obviously concerned. about the possibility that it may use chemical weapons again if the syrian regime uses chemical weapons we will respond strongly i think washington is preparing for a strike in the region and for all the wrong re

welcome back here with r.t. now it has been ten years since the war between russia and georgia broke out after george are attacked the a tone of this region of south assessed here back in two thousand and eight the russian army intervened in after five days of full scale conflict and fourteen hundred civilians killed a cease fire agreement was reached and in fact russian troops to remain in the region to this day acting as peacekeepers however the us does see it as an occupation our position on the russian occupied georgia region. and also south ossetia is unwavering that remains unwavering today the regions are part of georgia they are not part of russia and the united states continues to support josh georgia's sovereignty its independence and also its territorial integrity despite western politicians putting blame on russia for the two thousand and eight assessing a war the use of fact finding mission did establish that georgia was the one who initiated the conflict but it also found that both sides violated inter

with r.t. now barcelona is legal messy and real madrid says you're an ass plus other club captains in spain's top football league are poised to go on strike that after the league's officials signed a deal with an american company to play regular games on u.s. soil spanish fans they want thrilled either at the prospect of having to fork out and fly out this election reports. shocker in spanish football real madrid and f.c. barcelona are not loved as much anymore by their home fans the opening games for the giants saw the lowest stadium attendance for both in a decade with ryall you can try to attribute this to a certain number seven leaving the club for italy but leo messi is men are not used to seeing dwindling support a company or maybe fans voted with their feet because both games kicked off very late quarter past ten pm on a sunday night madrid's german superstar twenty cross could not hide his feelings on twitter to boot the timetable of the game so late. even later worked. and thus too late fo

to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . now and military intelligence compound has been attacked in the afghan capital kabul two gunmen were killed by security forces offices way take control of the building from where the gunmen had been firing at the compound and thereby universe he was placed on lockdown no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack this latest assault comes as the country's security services struggle to deal with a spike in terrorist attacks. my friends and i. sitting and exam in class first period finished we went out for break time afterwards all the students returned to clots two minutes later the bombs suddenly went off when i heard the sound i could feel uneasy. and i met. united nations continues to meet a big no military solution to the country. our. political analyst mushtaq rahane believes that the new rise of militant groups in the country is a direct consequence of the failure of both the us afghan government. the usa and international community has mentioned many mistakes in the course

welcome back to r.t. now it has been ten years since the war between russia and georgia broke out after georgia attacked the autonomy in the south a setia back in two thousand and eight the russian army intervened and after five days of full scale conflict and fourteen hundred civilians killed a cease fire agreement was reached and in fact russian troops do remain in the region to this day acting as peacekeepers however the u.s. sees it as an occupation our position on the russian occupied georgia region. and also south ossetia is unwavering that remains unwavering today the regions are part of georgia they are not part of russia and the united states continues to support josh georgia's sovereignty its independence and also its territorial integrity well despite western politicians putting blame on russia for the two thousand and eight thirty year war the fact finding mission did establish that georgia was the one who initiated the conflict but it also found that both sides violated international law in a new

facebook account and sign off your facebook info to the alliance in the process and so i say turkey now r.t. london. now concerns are being raised over the use of iris scanning technology as a means of unlocking aid for refugees in jordan it's feared that should there biometric data get into the wrong hands the refugees may find themselves the targets of foreign governments and intelligence agencies the redfish group went to investigate . really. using a body part is extremely invasive in two thousand and thirteen the un announced its partnership with british jordanian ira spying metrics company i restored they began rolling out and i respect ignition and payment system that meant refugees could withdraw money and shop with the blink of an eye refugees jordan's two biggest towns. have to biometrically register their irises in order to receive eight fundamental principle that we go by is informed consent. for iris guard to deal meant access to millions of refugees huge market to try lots technology and while it gives the technology to the u.s. for free iris card make a cool one percent from

r.t. moscow. now with eleven school shootings already this year the u.s. is planning to spend almost two million dollars and training pupils to respond to emergency situations with more details is callup more. the u.s. department of homeland security has just approved a grant to create a trauma training program for high schools around the country essentially one point eight million dollars is being offered for those who could create a long term self-sustaining mechanism for the safety of high school students teenagers are being taught how to treat gunshot wounds and deal with dangerous situations in ohio tactical grade pepper spray is being placed around the schools now when a canister is removed alarm will sound alerting the authorities here's how one politician described the pepper spray system trust me this will stop anyone in their tracks. in north dakota the police are asking that high powered rifles be stored on school grounds meanwhile texas is jumping on the bandwagon of giving teachers guns we need teachers to be armed we you know when you have wh

r.t. international now this week the canadian government acknowledged a disturbing practice dating back to the postwar period when single mothers were forced to give up their babies the children were then given to married couples in the bid to promote traditional family some women were even tricked into giving up their children we spoke to one of the victims. as soon as they found out i was pregnant they mark my records b.f.a. baby for adoption. i was a fifteen year old girl pregnant i was pregnant from a sexual assault. and. there was no conversation about with me about how i got pregnant all they cared about was the fact that i was. pregnant and that i had a baby that they could. take. a healthy born haired blue eyed beautiful baby. you will forget the child go home get married and have other children or if not get a puppy. that is what i was told get a puppy. it was a very abusive and there. we were isolated from our mike i was isolated from my family and my community my sisters my parents i was completely left alone. my parents were not canadian citizens they're there from europe and m

r.t. international now our top story this hour more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across weeden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated. takes a look at the time of the arson attacks and how they are staking tensions ahead of the electoral race. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train of thought the locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. thinks . their next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smash up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it the our team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out pieces of metal police have made a number of arrests but basically the country still in the dark about who's behind the menace was overthrown for it. you can think. it through there. in about three weeks swedes will be voting for their n

r.t. international now this week there was another twist in the latest alleged russian spy scandal in the u.s. the russian embassy in washington says that marie is being subjected to conditions that are tantamount to torture she's been charged with being and i'm registered foreign agent recently transferred to a different prison meanwhile a crowdfunding campaign has been launched to pay for her legal fees her lawyer updated us on her condition i was unaware that she was transferred until last night at around midnight i received a collect. call from her at home and the phone was disconnected before we could get through but i knew it was from alexandria jail so i drove down and tried to get in last night and could not but i was able to get in this morning and visit her so she is in alexandria detention facility at least for now for this weekend it's a smaller facility than the d.c. jail as respected facility but it's hard to know why the move was made where there was made for medical or other reasons or in response to complaints about the conditions in d.c. she does have arthritis in one of

r.t. international now change the word white to black or jewish and you could find yourself in trouble on twitter that's what one conservative activist in the u.s. confirmed as she tried to highlight the platform's alleged double standards. as more. candace she's from turning points usa conservative organization in the usa what she did was she took tweets from new york times journalist sarah job and simply replaced the words white with the words black or the word jewish the response of twitter was to shut down her account candace owens says that twitter was right to take down her posts and ban her for making hateful comments regarding black and jewish people she says however the outrage is that sarah johnson was not banned for making these comments about white people on the surface i actually agree with twitter's assessment i believe that what i said what i tweeted was wrong you should not be able to tweet about any race or any group that you want them canceled that they should live underground i don't know why suddenly people think that white people are excluded from that scenario that p

well we're now joined live by a movie at thirteen is noir let me just the mr driscoll thank you for joining us on r.t. international now we've just received information that your client to reappear to now has been transferred to another prison away from washington can you confirm that that is correct and if so why has that been done i can confirm that's correct i'm not aware of what the reasoning was i was unaware that she was transferred until last night at around midnight i received a collect call from her at home and the phone was disconnected before we could get through but i knew it was from alexandria jail so i drove down and tried to get in last night and could not but is able to get in this morning and visit her so she is in alexandria detention facility. at least for now for this weekend and but i'm unaware of what the reasons were for the transfer and i'm trying to find that out right now i could be possible that is a different category of prison. it's really not the united states federal government uses local jails to house their pretrial detainees and so the marshal service has the abilit

r.t. international now the kremlin has denounced new u.s. sanctions against russia calling them unacceptable and not conforming to international law on wednesday america unveiled fresh penalties for what it calls moscow's poisoning of double agents. and his daughter in the u.k. back in march russia has consistently denied the claims. discuss the new sanctions with initial. the united states sixty two thousand and eighteen determined that the government of the russian federation has used chemical biological weapons against its own nationals despite any new evidence coming to light the us wants to impose sanctions on russia and this is in regards to the form of poisoning of form of double agent sake a script and his daughter back in march now the sanctions will be implemented and two sets the fifth set will ban licenses for the export of sensitive national security goods to russia including electronic items and these kind of exports have been previously allowed on a case by case basis the second round of sanctions there will be more severe thi

r.t. international now with a general election on the horizon in sweden tensions have been growing on the streets of the capital on saturday hundreds of members of an e n r c movement rallied in central stockholm and were met by outraged counter protesters refreshing or was there. we are in central stockholm right now in sweden at the gathering of nordic resistance movement in the tabloids and nordic organization but here in sweden it's also a political party and they are running for the upcoming elections here in the country as sad that this gathering is a chance for them to make their message heard our message today is that we want to take back to conquer from the traitors in the parliaments in twenty and thirty percent of the inhabitants of us europeans twenty and thirty percent it's already too late for just stopped immigration we must take them back the politicians within the government today they are traitors towards our people because among many all their fairness they open our borders sign for. for a year millions of me and you're. holding the long wrong. road we will become a min

r.t. international now with a general election on the horizon in sweden the battle for power has moved to the streets earlier today a party called the nordic resistance movement held a rally and was met with an opposing crowd objecting to quote the nazis marching in central stalker the leader of the movement has been open in his praise for hitler as written reports. i was. we are in central stockholm right now in sweden at the gathering of nordic resistance movement. nordic organization but here in sweden it's also a political party and they are running for the upcoming elections here in the country and the sad that this gathering is a chance for them to make their message heard our message. that we want to take back to counter from the traitors in the parliaments. for two percent of. europeans for two percent it's already too late for just stopped immigration we must take them back the politicians within the government today they are traitors towards our people because among many other films they. open our borders sign for. for a few millions of foreign jerseys and you know. hold your lo

r.t. international. now the death toll from a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital has risen to forty eight and is likely to rise further according to local health officials sixty seven others were injured in the attack on an education center in a shiite neighborhood of kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility the taliban denies it's behind the assault where this comes after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacked a military camp north of kabul local journalists. reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in northen afghanistan but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve soldiers have been killed and three are missing but in babylon province specifically in. in that location were still it's there are conflicting reports that you know all forty five people or afghan security forces have been killed but speaking earlier to a spokesperson for the north and corpse he didn't confir

r.t. international. now washington has announced the first round of sanctions against iran which it hopes will weaken the country's leadership however the move may not be going as. the u.s. hopes let's find out why and speak to a couple of our correspondents american is in washington and peter oliver is in berlin for us let's start with you just outlined them what these sanctions mean and just what effectively specifically will be affected. well the first round of sanctions will take effect tuesday around midnight u.s. eastern time now president from has been slamming the iran deal since his campaign days so when he officially with the true from the agreement i'm a of this year that actually pave the way to reimpose think but what we're going to see on tuesday is the first round which means. trading metals including precious ones limiting the flow of iranian currency it's going to target iran's automobile industry but the second phase which is going to hit iran even worse will hit in november and now this wi

r.t. international now video has emerged of a british police officer slapping a fourteen year old girl during an arrest the images soon spread online and fired up reaction from both the public and the police now please be aware that the video rogers he does contain violence. thank you but your god i was going to. buy her i was right i don't know it was ok. thank you so much mind you it was a guy that was your question. and police say they have responded to a disturbance involving you this fighting while officers attempted to get the girl under control the male officer struck the teenager in the face it is claimed that was in response to her trying to grab the officers taser and radio as a result the girl and a fifty two year old woman were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer two officers had to receive medical treatment for bite marks and cuts to the head and the officers actions have divided opinion in britain with some calling for him to be sacked while others praised him for doing a difficult job why would a fully grown man police officer need to palm strike a fourteen yea

r.t. international now our top story this hour it has been one year since we first reported on russian speaking children found in an iraqi orphanage following the brutal military operation there against islamic state after the report was we launched a campaign to find relatives of those children and several people reached out to us too saying that they recognized some of them well this allowed those orphans to reconnect with their family after their parents left with them to join i saw our correspondent dina courtin never spoke to those families to find out whether they've managed to move on after the tragic experience. so. if. a year ago two small sisters high diesel and freight t.-mo were brought back to their grandparents who at the time lost all hope of africa seeing them again they say they feel safe here and this house the sister salue can behave like any other child of their age despite their traumatic experience their playground is now the two rooms upstairs that were once home for their parents their grandfather on of our hasn't changed a thing since they left and now the girls play su

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often you jerk reactions no i don't agree with that it now seems that the first amendment is the first thing that many americans want to be amending. r.t. new york. now toto whose bite you had this in syria has been turned into a monument dedicated to those who helped defeat the terrorists because like colossus had night scope on the walls of the former hi dad. on. watch out international still to come for you this hour pro-life campaigners were arrested after clashes with police in argentina's capital that among the stories we've got for you just after the break. the game has national camera. roughly once the showed some moves before them. to joan cool videos and sell them with the roughly string of ads. going down more on string i don't rightly dot tv. when lawmakers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final merry go round be the one percent told. it's time to ignore middle of the room signal. during the room clean real news is. the world. again the people of easter island demanding the return of a sacred sacred statue taken more than one hundred years ago by the british

facebook account and sign off your facebook info to the alliance in the process as they say turkey now r.t. london. another social media platform twitter has again found itself at the center of a censorship debate the latest controversy comes after it suspended austin peterson a republican candidate in the u.s. state of missouri senate race for what. described as abusive behavior his twelve hour ban came after he responded to accusations of colluding with russia petersen posted this image of phone former soviet leader joseph stalin as a reply to his critics some users flagged that post as offensive and it was subsequently deemed to have violated the platform's rules but there's a catch here this image actually came from twitter's own collection and can be found on its database now here's what twitter had to say in response it claims the image of stalin amounted to targeted harassment which it says is often used to silence voices on the platform but austin peterson says there was more to his suspension three different e-mails were sent to me about this saying that i had not done anything wr

thing is certain election season and brazil hasn't senate sloss twist just yet and then the question now r.t. well the x. presidents lawyer told us that lula da silva is a chink to get back on the campaign trail. it is hard of course he's in prison. during the weekends for instance he's a nice elation because there's no contact even with with any of his lawyers he's not allowed to have contact with his family there and he's only allowed. visitations for week. friends it is hard but he's writing a lot he's sending directions in writing of course it is hard because he's not he's doesn't have access to interviews he's not able to answer any of the exemptions that other candidates make make against him is not able to defend himself to tour the country which is what he really desires to be with the people and to explain he's a he's you know new ideas of for the future of the country. the migrant crisis is once again causing to visions within the air with its play now threatening to hold its payments to the blog it comes off to italy refuse to allow a migrant ship to dock in sicily while demanding

is a facebook account and sign off your facebook info to the alliance in the process i say turkey now r.t. london. and other social media powerful twitter is again found itself of the central debate over censorship the latest controversy comes after it suspended peter said a republican candidate in the u.s. state of missouri senate race. what it described as abusive behavior is twelve came after we responded to the accusations of colluding with russia now peterson posted this image of the former soviet leader joseph starlet as replied to his critics simply as some users flag the post as offensive and it was subsequently deemed to have violated the platforms terms there's a catch to this but actual it means that thing there came from twitter is own collection it can be found in its own database but here's what twitter to say in response anyway it claims that the image of standard amounted to see the wording there targeted to rassmann which it says is often used to silence platforms voices on the platform but dostum peterson says he thinks there was more to his suspension the meets the eye

is a facebook account and sign off your facebook info to the alliance in the process i say turkey now r.t. london well twitter has also found itself at the center of the beta over a century ship the latest controversy comes up after it suspended austin peterson a republican candidate in the u.s. state of missouri senate race. for what it the scribed those abuses of behavior peterson received the twelve hours after he responded to an accusation linking campaign funding with alleged russian hacking well peterson posted the gif of former salvi at leader joseph stalin this one was a reply to his critics some users flagged the post as offensive and it was subsequently deemed to have violated the platform's rules even though the image actually came from twitter's own collection on appears first on its database when you type stalin but twitter is holding firm that its bond was not a mistake it claims peterson's reply amounted to targeted harassment and could be seen as an attempt to silence voices on the platform but austin petersen believes using the stalin image was not the main reason he was

one thing a certain election season and brazil hasn't senate twist just yet and then the question now r.t. well the x. president's lawyer did tell us that they were to silva is it ching to get back on the campaign trial it is hard of course he's in prison. and during the weekends for instance he's in nice elation because there's no contact even with any of his lawyers he's not allowed to have contact with his family there and he's only allowed. visitations bru week. friends it is hard but he's writing a lot he's sending directions in right. of course it is hard because he's not he's doesn't have access to interviews he's not able to answer any of the exemptions that other candidates make make against him is not able to defend himself to tour the country which is what he really desires to be with the people and to explain he's a he's you know new ideas of for the future of the country. that from russia collusion stories are again gathering momentum but now even a u.s. .

facebook account and sign off your facebook info to the alliance in the process and start in turkey now r.t. london having a whale of a time by the looks of it well another social media platform twitter is again found it's over the center of debate over censorship the latest controversy comes after suspended austin the republican candidate for the u.s. state of missouri sent. rise for what was described as abusive behavior is to ban chemistry responded to the accusations of colluding with russia so what did he do well peterson posted this image of former soviet leader joseph stalin as reply to his critics that caused some outrage some users flagged that post as offensive and it was subsequently deemed to have violated the platform's rules but as each catch here the image actually came from two of his own collection it can be found on its own database so what did twitter have to say in response well let's take a look at that in a bit of detail shall we it is it claims the image of started amounted to targeted harassment as it put it which it said was often used to silence voices on the platf

r.t. and is now available on our website and you tube channel. human rights watch and amnesty international are reporting that two prominent women's rights activists have been arrested in saudi arabia. the arrest of some our production we and the seem to die signaled that the saudi authorities see any peaceful dissent with the process of present as a threat to their autocratic rule this unprecedented level of persecution of human rights defenders in saudi arabia is a disturbing sign that the crackdown is far from over the rest of the activists were protesting against laws which compel women to get permission from men to study marry or travel abroad the steam all saw that is a long time campaigner for women's and sheer minority rights the other arrested activist some are bugged dawi also a veteran activist for women's rights in saudi arabia her brother a is a dissident and activists who serving a ten year jail term for insulting islam online some are receive the two thousand and twelve international women of courage award from then u.s. secretary

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