in saudi arabia for showing her support on social media for another woman detained on wednesday amnesty international says ten activists have been arrested recently including at least seven women several push for the lifting of the ban on women drivers that's what will happen on june the twenty fourth and the first licenses have been issued state media cues that the actress of being foreign agents has i.d. and as a researcher for human rights watch she says there's real concern for the safety of saudi female activists. and crackdown on women's rights activists on one fifth of expression saudi arabia has been widening both in scope and severity and it is honestly pretty perplexing given that the form you know the so the rhetorical around m.p.'s kind of the imam and some man is one of of the form and modernization but so far what we've seen are limited social reforms when it comes to more people wanting to speak out to you know dare to dream about having a say in their own futures we're seeing that. the man is completely controlling the narrative he alone gets credit for for these minimum forms he alon

in saudi arabia for showing her support on social media for another woman detained on wednesday amnesty international says that ten activists have been arrested recently including at least seven women several pushed for the lifting of the ban on women drivers that's expected to happen on june twenty fourth when the first licenses been issued state media is accusing the activists of being foreign agents in yet another flow of molten mud and ash has been spewing from the foyer volcano in guatemala at least one hundred people died in last sunday's eruption with nearly two hundred missing emergency teams have given up hope of finding anyone else lives there is the headlines now it's time for al-jazeera world. paris a major european capital known for its cosine its art fashion famous landmarks and french culture. but behind the facade lies a complex multi-ethnic city full of contradictions. i am up to me and i've come to the aid of longs to try and discover what it means to be french especially on the sometimes troubled outskirts of the capital. in twenty fifteen former french prime minister manuel valdez

arabia for showing her support on social media for another woman who was detained on wednesday amnesty internationalsays that ten activists have been arrested recently including at least seven women several push for the lifting of the ban on women drivers that will happen on june twenty fourth and the first licenses have already been issued state media has accused the activists of being foreign agents. is a middle east north africa consultant for equality now an organization that works to protect and promote the rights of women and girls she joins us now on skype from amman in jordan good to have you with us so two weeks from today women will have the right to drive in saudi arabia and yet the state has arrested detained ten activists seven of them women what do you make of this what's going on. yeah i mean we are very much concerned about the saudi women activists in saudi arabia. i think my my analysis is that the government is not really serious about about social reform but i think. in saudi arabia and this is very alarming situation. we see a contradiction between the deeds and the acts of the

in saudi arabia for showing her support on social media for another woman detained on wednesday amnesty international says ten activists have been arrested recently including at least seven women several pushed for the lifting of the ban on women drivers that's about to happen the first licenses have been issued state media's accuse the activists of being foreign agents here as iran is a researcher of human rights watch she says there's real concern for the safety of saudi female activists. the crackdown on women's rights activists and freedom of expression in saudi arabia has been widening both in scope and severity and it is honestly pretty perplexing given that the form you know the so their mentor it ground m.p.'s kind of the imam and some man is one of of the form and modernization and but so far what we've seen are limited social reforms when it comes to more people wanting to speak out to you know dare to dream about having a say in their own futures we're seeing that. the man is completely controlling the narrative he alone gets credit for for these minimum forms he alone gets the site when h

arabia for showing how support on social media for another woman who was detained on wednesday amnesty international says that ten activists that arrested including at least seven women several pushed for the lifting of the ban on women drivers that will happen on june twenty fourth and the first licenses have been issued state media has accused the activists of being foreign agents opposition supporters of the democratic republic of congo have shown that backing for more is khatami the exiled opposition leader is seen as the main rival for president joseph kabila whose seventeen years in power could come to an end in the presidential election that's to you in december fans in monaghan reports . thousands gathered to hear the man they believe is the democratic republic of congo's best hope for change but moyes could tumbi hasn't set foot in the country for more than two years in this video message sent from exile he promised to unite the opposition and bring an end to the rule of longtime leader joseph dabo is that i believe if this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and is