reporter: this is saman yasin, a rapper belonging to iran's kurdish minority.amous not only for his music but also his criticism of the islamic republic. he was arrested in october while protesting and sentenced to death for allegedly harming national security. whose family is afraid he could soon be executed -- his family is afraid he could soon be executed. >> this is my cry for help, for justice. help me. who can speak out about my pain? somebody, please help me. reporter: a cry for help that did not go unnoticed here in germany. carlos kasper, a member of parliament, has taken on political sponsorship of yasin is now amplifying his mother's calls for his release. >> i have sent a letter to the iranian ambassador here in germany and i expect him to soon be released and not executed, because his execution could happen any day now. reporter: and he's not the only one. in the past few days, dozens of members of the german parliament have become sponsors of political prisoners, and their number is growing. she's publicly speaking out to help save another well-kn

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let's speak to psychotherapist jonah yasin. what's views in all of this?ur children's christmas snowflakes . oh i think. good snowflakes. oh i think. good morning. yes know that many people will have been busy making sure that their elves have been misbehaving or not over the last day. i think what we're talking about here is children who have a predisposition to anxiety or other mental problems and lots of children at the moment after last couple of years are more sensitive than they were before. so what we're what i've really been asking , is it necessary to been asking, is it necessary to use these sort of empty threats towards children? do they need towards children? do they need to think that they can become really bad? it's not the behaviour of that's unwelcome at that point. it's that. and if we're on santa's naughty list, what does that mean to them sitting there really believing everything that mum and dad says that can be pretty difficult. isn't it just a classic of keeping rather raucous, boisterous children in check? my mother used to teach all

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