we will hear his full address and comments from his supporters, tariq ali and former british ambassador craig murray. then to russia where members of the puck and pussy riot have been sentenced to two years in prison for staging an anti-putin protest inside a church. >> i think it is an absolute disgrace to russia and to the entire region government that women can be sentenced for speaking against a country that is, quite frankly, [unintelligible] >> finally, dark money. how nonprofits can spend millions on elections and call it public welfare. propublica looks at how karl rove and. >> brothers have formed non profits to spend record amounts of unlimited campaign donations on attack ads. all that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. wikileaks founder julian assange emerged from inside the ecuadorean embassy london on sunday with a different speech from the embassy's balcony. he spoke days after ecuador granted him political asylum, prompting bernton to deny him safe passage out of the country. in a nine-minute address

can't exclude any possibilities so i think lee price is right to be even more to be were i right tariq ali thanks very much for sharing your views with us that was mr author and journalist thank you very much. and just to remind you the decision on a sound asylum request is scheduled at twelve pm g.m.t. today of course we'll be covering that in the immediate reaction right here live in our tepee well also on our website where you can find even more piñon and analysis as well as four episodes of a songes interview show is available at r.t. dot com. there hasn't been anything yet. it is to get back some of. the source material hopes for was. we. we wanted to visit. something. the syrian government finds itself further isolated after being expelled from another international body your position of islamic corporation has suspended syria's membership the arab league did the same last year the move is supposed to stand a strong message to the mask yes which the group sees as the only culprit behind hostilities in syria the decision comes despite the latest explosion in the capital and syrian reb

in the media we can watch every episode of julius andres interview program including the one with tariq ali you can do so on our website at www dot r t v dot com under house arrest in london the world's top whistleblower invited prominent activists thinkers and news makers to voice their opinions on things that matter and one of them was the ecuador's president rafael correa our son had never previously appeared on international television let's see what all of them had to say on our website r.t. dot com. or to temper the hour moscow time it was friday the three women from russian punk group pussy riot were jailed for two years each for their anti putin stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral the woman's performance was ruled to be hooliganism motivated by religious hatred well the decision certainly drew crowds of people outside the court are rallying both in support and against the band with details on this artie's peter oliver. but ignoring it is that you move the finish line you basically have enough education about any division if one would want to run in because i knew that eve

author and journalist tariq ali who was featured in one of julian assange just final interview shows here on r t believes with the lowers worldwide are under attack i think we have now in different parts of the world including the western world. on descent to a culture in retreat live in the way of. the official culture is deeply hostile to whistleblowers to those who are in the public interest and democracy everywhere is being hollowed out just think if a similar situation was going on in big dream all moscow or some other capital and a dissident in moscow will be cheering had taken refuge in the british embassy and the russian government will be trying to use government or some other government not programmed it in the pockets of the west and said we can actually read your embassy and take this guy out you can just imagine the response there would have been in the media. now this week a crucial decision was also made on the future of a guest and joined us on the stock show here in r.t. leading bahraini human rights activists nobel for a job on thursday a court sentenced him to thre

and in the meantime though author and journalist tariq ali who recently spoke to us and was also featured actually in one of julian's our exclusive interview programs here on our t.v. it's a where they discussed mainly by and large the issue of activism something that mr ali believes is now under siege like never before i think we have now in different parts of the world including the western world. clamp down on dissent the culture in which we live in the waste stream world today the official culture is deeply hostile to whistleblowers to hackers where in the public interest and democracy everywhere is being hollowed out just think if a similar situation was going on in big. all moscow or some other capital and of dissident in moscow or beaching had taken refuge in the british embassy. the irrational government of the chinese government or some other government not regarded in the pockets of the west said we can actually read your embassy and get this guy out you can just imagine the response there would have been in the media. now besides sweden the u.k. and ecuador the country watching

been speaking to a many people regarding the ongoing case with julian assange one of them was a tariq alihe was a guest on one of assigned his exclusive programs here on r.t. he has this to say regarding the current situation of a songe will he get asylum if he is granted asylum what will he even be allowed to leave the u.k. . i think we have now in different parts of the world including the western world clamp down on dissent and we have. the british home secretary referring yesterday to activists not activists meaning. back to us soon they'll be given the label of terrorists you know cyber terrorists some are already calling them out and from there there's a very small to relabel in rebranding people rent them from speaking out about the culture in which we live in the worst world today the official culture is deeply hostile to whistleblowers to hackers where in the public interest and democracy everywhere is being hollowed out just think if a similar situation was going on in big. all moscow or some other capital and of dissident in moscow or beaching had to can refuse the british emba

julian assange is the sort of home a fact that his longtime supporters including tariq ali the renowned station list but of course there was a serious message behind all this the the old out to support innocence and he really wanted to speak to the people she thanked them he thanked particularly the supporters who are out here in the hundreds and he thanked them from have for having been here on wednesday night as well when he says that when he was in bed he hurts wounds old police coming up the fire escape inside the door an embassy building here and downs and that they back self at the last minute and presumably that is in response to the perceived threats by the foreign office head that they would not hesitate to break into the embassy but try to refer you kids diplomatic status and break in that two to arrest him but he said he knew that there would be witnesses thanks to the supporters and saying he knew that everything would be ok he also thanked i could do it for holding the constitution of you know that constitution which includes a universal citizenship we thank the stall for t

punishment what is more important reporting there from the big i mean time author and journalist tariq ali he was actually featured in one of julius saunders final interview programs here on our see how he believes that whistleblowers worldwide are under attack. i think we have now in different parts of the world including the western world. on descent the culture in which we live in the worst world today the official culture is deeply hostile to whistleblowers to those who are in the public interest and democracy everywhere is being hollowed out just think if a similar situation was going on in big. all moscow or some other capital. in moscow or beaching had taken refuge in the british embassy. the russian government or the chinese government or some other government not regarded in the pockets of the west had said we can actually read your embassy and get this guy out you can just imagine the response there would have been in the media and this week a crucial decision was also made on the future of a guest on julian assange just talk show here on r.t. we're talking about her leading a ba

now author and journalist tariq ali recently spoke to julian a songe he also featured in one of the whistleblowers final interview programs here on r.t. it's where they discussed issues such as activism something i really believed is now under siege like never before. i think we have to now in different parts of the world including the western world clamp down on dissent to a culture in which we live in the western world today the official culture is deeply hostile to whistleblowers to war hackers where in the public interest and democracy everywhere is being hollowed out just think if a similar situation was going on in beijing all moscow or some other capital and a dissident in moscow all be cheering had taken refuge in the british embassy and the it russian government or the chinese government or some other government not regarded in the pockets of the west said we can actually read your embassy and take this guy out you can just imagine the response there would have been in the media but meantime laura and lawyer and author eva golinger also commented on the u.k.'s threat to storm the ecuadori