york city also coming up at the ukrainian filmmaker oleg sense all three sleeves of this year's sakharov prize for human rights awarded and leave by european lawmakers describe him as a prisoner of conscience is in jail in russia after being convicted on terror charges and a plastic fantastic a few empty bottles by a free bus ride in this indonesian city we take a look at what's prompted the new swap system. the book. and well our thanks so much for your company everyone well we start off with the growing package probe in the u.s. where a nationwide search is currently under way for a suspected serial male bomber and new developments law enforcement officials investigate more suspicious packages discovered today one what was addressed to american actor robert de niro and outspoken critic of u.s. president donald trump two others were reportedly addressed to democrat former vice president joe biden and were intercepted in postal centers in delaware incidents come just one day after the f.b.i. revealed it had intercepted at least seven pipe bombs some of them sent to other leading democrat

welcome to the program this year sakharov prize has been awarded to ukrainian filmmaker all except self the prize is awarded by the european parliament that is considered one of the most prestigious human rights awards it honors groups or individuals who fight for human rights or freedom of thought across the globe a vocal critic of the kremlin and fierce opponents of moscow's annexation of his making crimea on accent soft has become russia's most. famous prisoner he's currently serving a twenty year jail term charged with plotting acts of terrorism a sentence he says is politically motivated this year he staged a one hundred forty five day hunger strike in protest at russia's human rights record the european union describes his case as a breach of international law. let's get more from. hoffman in welcome why. well thank you very much phil you know what the question is suppose is better placed with the man who actually had the idea to nominate and that is the man standing next to me which is he's a member of the european peoples party and he went forward and said we need to nominate th

two years ago did more out was one of the winners of the european parliament sakharov prize for freedom of thought she said the award with. another using the woman who was sold into sexual slavery by sliming state they spoke to d.w. smocks hoffman in brussels about their fight for justice. do you have hope for those that are still in iraq at the moment. for me it is not whether we have hope or not. the most we should combat dyess tata but we should foresee interaction between diaspora in iraq and syria. well then will be diminished as a force and diaspora lose ground and then we will liberate the girls and women in an easier way. than are done and so it is not a question of hope can we have to combat die as though we can liberate everybody had a block of dash at the thought of how do you know. what i would like to know at the end as a prize like the soccer a prize what does it mean to you you know what does it have do you think it really can really change things. but nobody is that girl for you guys is very important for us for us victims. it is a huge support from the european union an

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york city also coming up at the ukrainian filmmaker all that since all three sleeves of this year's sakharov prize for human rights awarded and leave by european lawmakers describe him.

ukrainian filmmaker all accent soft wins this year sakharov prize for human rights awarded i merely by european law makers who describe him as a prisoner of conscience is currently in prison in russia after being convicted on terror charges. i'm from galle welcome to the program. and i should watch search is underway in the united states for a suspected serial mailbomb as law enforcement officials investigate more suspicious packages discovered today one is understood to be to address tonight after robert de niro and outspoken critic of u.s. president took donald's truck at least one other address to democrats up for the first president joe biden was intercepted in delaware the incidents come just a day after the f.b.i. revealed its top intercepted at least seven pipe bombs some of them sent to other leading democrats including former president barack obama and hillary clinton. well let's get more now from the t.w. correspondent up because the son who joins us saw from that new york city welcome i'll be so you're in front of the restaurants where one of those devices a house being sent

prize for defending human rights and fundamental freedoms the european parliament awarded its annual sakharov prize to own leg sense of he says the russian security services tortured event confessing terrorism three years ago a kremlin critic was on a hunger strike for one hundred forty five days earlier this year sébastien reports from moscow. well this is very significant for himself of course because it's an encouragement for the ordeal that he has been going through for the last four years and as you said he has been on a very long and very exhausting hunger strike which started in majors for the world cup because he wanted to put pressure on particularly president vladimir putin to release not only him but also seventy other ukrainian political prisoners well put and hasn't budged and they're all still in prison yes actually sounds of himself stop the hunger strike just a few weeks ago because for threatening to to force feed him his condition was done very very weak apparently he lost seventeen kilos and also his psychological condition is very worrying he doesn't want to face have any