stolk which works towards the independent and objective coverage of arab issues in the media sharif nashashibi thank you very much for talking to us today now let's start by talking about the arab spring in general how much diversity have you seen in media reporting of what's going on. well i think for the for me the major issue has been the difficulties which the media face and reporting the arab spring. in all the countries where there have been protests and regime change the. very strict kind of attempts to stifle media coverage to stop journalists getting in. to stop them doing their work once they're in. i think that's been that's been the kind of overriding factor the commonality between all these countries is that it's been very difficult for the media to cover and that has meant a reliance on citizen journalism on opposition movements and things like that the problem with all that is that it's difficult to verify all these things so a lot of a lot of what's going on is based on hearsay. sources whose. you know news and opinions you connoisseur to verify. and this is a real problem and

toppled regimes from taking part in elections as well here in the next hour arab media monitor sharif nashashibi says the moves opened the way for further conflict . with these electoral laws are doing in a way just the same as what those regimes that was barring candidates from running and that is inherently antidemocratic. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support but the officials from the former regime. if they don't have any support then let them fail electoral rather than make them political motive and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism. greece's bailout pact with its international lenders it's proving to be an impossible hops to call for the country's party leaders the latest bid to form a coalition a week after the election is still far from a done deal and the talks will continue on monday the far left have ruled out any deal with pro bailout parties saying they don't want to be the hard nose in crime it brings greece a step closer to a new elections as the political deadlock casts doubt over its euro zone membership of the

regimes from taking part in current elections well here in the next hour arab media monitor sharif nashashibi who says the moves open the way to further conflict. with these electoral law is a doing in a way just the same as what those regimes that was barring candidates from running and that is inherently to democrats. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support that the officials from the former easier. if they don't have any support then let them fail elect rather than make them political monsters and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism. an exposé on the reality of life inside guantanamo bay tuesday we bring you the fifth installment of giuliana songes new show featuring a former inmate from the controversial prison our london correspondent laura smith has more on the interview and what it reveals on the workings of the war on terror . it's the fifth episode of the world tomorrow due to an awesome speaks to people who have had firsthand experience of the effects of the war on terror one of them is correct who is used to be a corp

regimes from taking part in elections and that's why here in the next hour arab media monitor sharif nashashibi says the moves opened the way for further conflict. with these electoral laws are doing in a way just the same as what those regimes that was barring candidates from running and that is inherently antidemocratic. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support but the officials from the former regime is hard if they don't have any support then let them fail electoral rather than make them political motive and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism. twenty minutes past the hour and it's time now to take a look at other news from around the world and the air a crowd with twenty one people on board house crashed in the himalayas fifteen people are confirmed dead while six critically ill survivors were pulled from the wreckage it's thought technical problems on board calls the plane to hit a mountain as it turned to land at a high altitude airport in an area popular with tourists it's the second crash involving the same local airline w

from taking part in current elections as we hear in about fifteen minutes arab media monitor sharif nashashibisays the moves opened the way for further conflict. with these electoral laws are doing in a way just the same as what those regimes that was barring candidates from running and that is inherently onto democrats and. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support that the officials from the full reasons. if they don't have any support then let them fail or lecture them rather than make them political motives and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism i. an exposé on the reality of life inside guantanamo bay tuesday we're bringing you the fifth installment of giuliana songes new show featuring a former inmate from the controversial prison we go out now to our tease laura smith live. more on the interview and what it reveals on the workings of the war on terror so this sounds like another hard hitting interview what can you tell us about the guests and the show itself. yes certainly seems to be what looking ahead to it is the fifth e

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