bahrain authorities have once again clamp down on dissent arresting a prominent activist and chairman of the european bahraini organization for human rights or inciting hatred against the ruling monarchy we talked to his angel words wife she told us her husband was just another link in the dismal chain of the roots effort to gag those speaking out he was defamed there are no knock it off or should use a purpose he went to the police station to file a case against that so that if it made but he got arrested for inciting he read. political. wristing human rights activists or defenders and behind it is not something new bahrain year there are very few things as rests human rights activists day after another as if you were at harvard you don't knock on on this

the most well known human rights activist in bahrain has served three quarters of his two year prison term and is now legally eligible for release he was detained last year in july for organizing and taking part in illegal gatherings now this comes as a group of british and american rights lawyers take legal action to prevent a south korean firms supplying the bahraini authorities with over one point six million rounds of tear gas let's get more now from bill he's from bahrain watch. his free. it's hard to say i think probably the government will release him if and only if there are significant pressure from behind. the united states of the united kingdom. absence of that pressure i think the government was trying to come in prison in line with their campaign of trying to prevent any sort of dissent or create any sort of safe space for dissent will they get that pressure though. that's that's definitely difficult to say i think you know certainly in the mainstream press and you know what's going on and you know in front of the scenes. we haven't really seen that pressure perhaps behin

bahrain as well. and fortunately with saudi arabia it's very difficult for critics to actually openly criticize so i'm not sure there was very much evidence from there but we did with a range of academic and other experts who knew these countries very well and they gave some very critical evidence one of our problems was a lot of that evidence wasn't published two months and months later it was finally published around june this year but it was a long time after the first set of evidence. right at the committee says the bahraini and saudi monarchy is that making progress on human rights and that such progress must be recognised and encouraged is that at last. well i don't see very much progress in saudi arabia's human rights there may have been a few small things but on the other hand just this year there were people who were publicly executed the reports of torture women who want to just do something as simple and human as drive their own cars being stopped and being arrested and so on so i can't see

bahrain her it is our chief our seething. as west him and right activists day after another and if you were to have good clear and knock on on this scene in bahrain many human rights defenders are. even either in exile or they are put to end this action or our president or sentence for several years. another bahraini activist meantime opposition leader now bill roggio was arrested last year and eventually got two years in jail over critical comments he made about the ruling family and his twitter feed. thinks his case gives a very clear indication of how the bahraini go move views those who dared to speak . he was defamed. could offer should a newspaper if he went to the police station to file a case against that it's a different nation but he got everest's dead for inciting hatred against the political system in bahrain wristing human rights activists or defenders and behind it is not something new with the iranian authorities are seething as rest of human rights activists day after another and if you were to have a kia and

wristing human rights activists or defenders and behind it is not something new with the bahrain there are currently is that are seeking to as arrests a human rights activist a day after another and if you were to have a clearer knock on on this scene in bahrain many human rights defenders are even either in exile or if they are put to and or our present or sentence for several years. as my darwish also told us about the case of another bahraini pro-democracy activist bill ridge aboud was arrested last year over his twitter based campaign criticizing the ruling regime. jesus never believe a job as that is a very obvious of our. history of human rights defender they don't want anyone to step forward and talk about what people are suffering or two or twenty two are doctors in this nation they want everyone to keep quiet and accept what it does the iranian regime is interesting get a curiosity option on the political option and they are stopping balls who are teaching people or making people aware of their rights or speak about them. our team has lined up plenty of stories for human our w

not on on this scene and in bahrain many human rights defenders are even either in exile or they are booked and or are present or sentence for several years. asma darwish also told us about the case of another bahraini program to see activists in a bill or job who was arrested last year over his twitter based campaign criticizing the ruling regime. she says never believe a job as that is a very obvious of our training of human rights they don't want anyone to step forward and talk about what people are suffering or to juanita or don't. they want everyone to keep quiet and accept what could cause the train to read team isn't forcing get a curiosity option on the political option and they are stopping duals who are teaching people or making people aware of their rights or speak about them. our team has lined up plenty of stories for you on our website including a brand new study revealing that there was water on mars billions of years ago well how to r.t. dot com our website and find out what kept the ancient red planet of warm enough to let reverse flow there and even form of martial

wristing human rights activists or defenders and behind is not something new with bahrain very these are the things to address the human rights activists a day off or another as if you were. not on on this scene and in bahrain many human rights defenders are even either in exile or they are booked and or are present or sentence for a several years. also told us about the case of another bahraini pro-democracy activist neville wran job who was arrested last year over his twitter based campaign criticizing the ruling regime. because that is a very obvious of our training of human rights they don't want anyone to step forward and talk about what people are suffering or to i want you to our nation they want everyone to fly in and accept what could cause the behavior reteam isn't forcing it to cure it's the option on the political option and they are stopping duals who are seeking people or making people aware of their rights or speak about them. now our team has lined up plenty of stories for you on our website including a brand new study revealing there was water on mars billions of yea

still get out of the program tightening the screws and the other human rights activists in bahrain is put behind bars as a part of the government's efforts to stifle dissent coming out we talk to his wife which tells r t how her husband and adopt in prison. and the scottish government is set to release a six hundred seventy page white paper laying out its blueprint for in the pants coming ahead of next year's referendum opponents have questioned the move saying it will force scots into a risky choice lead to five yani a member of the scottish parliament says the document answers all the questions about scotland's plans for the future. well it's a very accessible document it's in a sort of catalogue style and very defined chapters and of course it's going to be online with easy search facility people will be able to look and see what particular issues they want to investigate themselves you know people have been saying that they want more information and with the publication of the paper which is in and then well he doesn't have a comprehensive blueprint for an independent school and s

and if you will and have a clear outlook on on this scene in bahrain many human rights defenders are even either in exile or they are but this action or our president or sentence for several years. has more dollars also told us about another well known bahraini pro-democracy activists newbuild. he was arrested in june last year over his twitter based campaign against the gulf nations ruling monica. if you still cannot believe a job as that is a very obvious of our and their behavior after i just read human rights defender they don't want anyone to step forward and talk about what people are suffering or to juanita are and these violations they want everyone to keep quiet and issue or accept what it has an. interesting security option on the political option and they are stopping those who are teaching people or making people aware of their rights or speak about them russia's president has met with pope francis for the first time to discuss among other things the civil war raging in syria it was slow to move putin's first meeting with the pontiff part of the presence of official visit

a phone that they were job bahrain keeps the country's most famous human rights activists behind bars despite him being eligible for release it's. very welcome to international my name is you know let's now turn to our main story . and police have despair a stone antigovernment protests in the very heart of ukraine's capital using tear gas and batons local media say forty people have been taken to hospital more than thirty others were arrested but they've since been released molten awake and people have been calling for the president to resign over the decision to back out of a landmark trade deal with the he there grave and was shunned by the ukrainian leader during a k. summit and villainy is this week here officials had hoped would strengthen it ties with the union the president's lack of movement on the issue has only infuriated the protests in france more like say your chef's capacities house. italy. greece. spray. oh. and ukraine a similar picture but looks are deceiving one number of european countries has been protesting against brussels policy ukraine is probably the only one

now in bahrain the clampdown on public dissent is gaining force on sunday police arrested a prominent activist who led the european bahraini organization for human rights on charges of inciting hatred against the regime r.t. talked to hussein jail words wife and she says her husband is the latest victim of a campaign to gag all those who speak out he was defamed there are no knock it off or should the u.s. paper its station to fire lucky against that. if it may show but he got everest's dead for inciting he'd read it political or in bahrain wristing human rights activists or defenders and behind is not something new there bahrain yeah i'm sorry is that are you feeling as less of human rights activists day after another as if you were at harvard you don't knock on on this scene in bahrain many human right defenders are even either in exile or they are but in this action or our president or sentence for several years. darwish also told us about another well known bahraini pro-democracy activist in a building a german he was arrested in june last year over his twitter based campaign agai

bahrain watch says only international pressure can force bahrain to change. the government will release him different only if there is significant pressure from behind allies meaning the united states or the united kingdom. in absence of that pressure i think the government will still trying to come in prison in line with their campaign of you know trying to prevent any sort of dissent or create any sort of sick space for dissent we saw dealy videos of nighttime bombardments of villages in behind with tear gas these are areas where there's no protests whatsoever going on the government just comes in and fires massive amounts of tear gas to punish citizens for expressing dissent or earlier protests so we're not seeing the use of tear gas in bahrain to discourse of violent rioters as much as we're seeing it to punish as a weapon of collective punishment we've seen the government try to hold the so-called national dialogue with the opposition but you can't really have this dialogue writers there's so many political prisoners and representatives of the opposition

just international police bahrain is more interested in sun it seemed to send than seeking justice. after authorities refused to release opposition leader now bill from jail the rights group said there was no reason to keep him locked up as he has served most of his two year term so is eligible for release but bill maher zack from bahrain watch says only international pressure can force bahrain to change course the government will release him different only if there is significant pressure from behind allies meaning the united states or the united kingdom. in absence of that pressure i think the government will still trying to come in prison in line with their campaign of trying to prevent any sort of dissent or create any sort of sick space for dissent we saw in dealey videos of nighttime bombardments of villages in behind with tear gas these are areas where there's no protests whatsoever going on the government just comes in and fires massive amounts of tear gas to punish citizens for expressing dissent earlier protests so we're not seeing the use of tear gas in bahrain to dispers

yet another leader of bahrain's pro-forma movement falling victim to a relentless government crackdown in about ten minutes time we have from his wife about the campaign to get him out of jail. next the clashes a broken out for second day in ukraine is protesters defied police efforts to disperse the rallies been ongoing since thursday in kiev over the government's decision to suspend the deal which would give it closer ties with the e.u. and legs here jeff skis in the ukrainian capital for ati. protesters appear to have set up town camps at european square suggesting that they may still have more time and it's not always as miserable as it is here right now we see clashes between them and the police corruption from time to time with both sides the police and the protesters using tear gas against each other the people here they are strongly opposing the decision by the government to not sign the trade agreement with europe at the moment there are others of course would believe this was a rather problematic decision rather well decision looking at potential damages which a great could h

but he got every stood for inciting hatred against the political power in bahrain wristing human rights activists or defenders and behind is not something new bahrain year there are very few that are keeping west's human rights activists day after another and if you were you don't knock on on this scene in bahrain many human rights defenders are even either in exile or they are put into action or our president or sentence for several years. that's more darwish going also told us about another well known baroni pro-democracy activist now bill roger he was arrested in june last year over his twitter based campaign against the gulf nations ruling monarchy. kiesel cannot believe a job is very obvious of how they're behaving i thought i just read human rights defender they don't want anyone to step forward and talk about what people are suffering or to juanita are at these violations they want everyone to keep quiet and accept what it does and any rigi in interesting security option on the political option and they are stopping those who are teaching people or making people aware of their ri

i'm no mercy for now they were john bahrain keeps the country's most famous human rights activists behind bars despite being eligible for reading. and welcome to the international i'm you know chicago welcome to the program police have this person to government process in the very heart of ukraine's capital using tear gas and bought homes more than a week and people have been calling for the president to resign over their decision to back out of a landmark trade deal with the easy and it's a question of scale has it always helps. during the week e of central square was the stage of the mass protest of those supporting your integration and opposing president acknowledges decision not to sign the euro association deal in vilnius it is no longer the case right police is not controlling the area during the night several hundred policemen came here and dispersed the crowd more than thirty people were arrested and more than forty had to be hospitalized with different injuries many have been protesting against his decision i talk to some of them let's have a look at my report. italy. greece. spa

we are in constant dialogue with bahrain. we offer a different plans and programs to bahrain in order to help solve the conflicts between the authorities and the opposition there. we have always said that we are ready to help because we want to see stability in the country. that can be achieved through national dialogue. so i would never say that iran is isolated from its neighbors. on the contrary in some areas our relations with them sectionally good as it was a chip. your thought there was take a short break. after the break we'll come back with you downstairs at. a foreign minister has say that i'm not up to like the un to talk about the future of war torn syria and go away. please speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the will talks about the c.i. p. interviews intriguing story for you. in trying. to find out more visit our big. dog called. the media leave us so we leave the media. by the sea motions to cure the play your part of the musical. questions that no one is a

we are in constant dialogue with bahrain. we offer a different plans and programs to bahrain in order to help solve the conflicts between the authorities in the opposition there. we have always said that we are ready to help because we want to see stability in the country. that can be achieved through national dialogue. so i would never say that iran is isolated from its neighbors they're part of them all down the country in some areas our relations with them. good as it was a chip. your thought there just take a short break. after the break we'll come back with you downstairs at. foreign minister jose and i made up a lot young to talk about the future of war torn syria. but all told you my language or what i will only react to situations i have read the reports of the pollution and no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month so it's a little circular yellow color is all you're talking. a little bit of a joke no more weasel words when you need a direct question be prepared for a c

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we are in constant dialogue with bahrain. we offer a different plans and programs to bahrain in order to help solve the conflicts between the authorities in the opposition there. we have always said that we are ready to help because we want to see stability in the country. that can be achieved through national dialogue. so i would never say that iran is isolated from its neighbors they're part of the mall down the country in some areas our relations with them. good as it was a chip. your thought there just take a short break. after the break we'll come back with me downstairs. a foreign minister has say that i'm not up to like the un to talk about the future of war torn syria and go away. enriching negotiations only a week ago the prospect of a deal with a round which tend to lie singly close then the french played the role of spoiler to the great delight of israel nonetheless negotiations continue much is made of the technical side of the talks in fact this is a side show but these negotiations are really about is the issue

bahrain authorities have once again clamp down on dissent arresting a prominent activist and chairman of the european bahraini organization for human rights for inciting hatred against the ruling monarchy we talked to her saying words wife she told us her husband was just another link in the dismal chain of the rulers efforts to gag those speaking act you want defamed there are no knock it off or should u.s. station fire like that. but he got every did for inciting hatred. political. wristing human rights activists or defenders and behind it is not something new for a new year there are very few that are feeling as well as human rights activists day after another as if you were you don't knock on on this scene in bahrain many human rights defenders are even either in exile or they are but this action or our president or sentence for several years. well as my darwish also told us about the case of another bahraini pro-democracy activist in the bill of a job who was arrested last year over his twitter based campaign criticizing the ruling regime. it's often i believe a job as that is a

unfortunately and i don't know what the answer is but i mean if you take one example you mentioned bahrain maybe he should have took a ricks there maybe he should have took a risk and sided with the democracy movement and bahrain and said to the allies listen we're going to do what's right here ok i mean we have enormous investments over there i think that we would have been able to leverage very well when it came to supporting the democracy movement to supporting and following through with a vision that i had brought had been cast in cairo we could have leveraged and we didn't we did not take any risks and i think that people across the world would have more appreciation and confidence in washington if they saw that they were that we were taking some risks in favor of doing the right thing and that is supporting freedom and democracy just like we said we were going to do it's about follow through and unfortunately when you look at iraq and you look at afghanistan yes we're leaving those places we left iraq for leaving afghanistan but where was the follow through where is the diplomacy in

having this close relationship with bahrain and saudi arabia who obviously have such poor human rights records but it is the most important thing is that the government finds new ways of selling that relationship to the public essentially explaining its approach to the british public and not necessarily doing anything about those concerns and issues so for example the committee says that there's there are concerns about juggling human rights with these lucrative trade deals. recognizes that saudi arabia's role as a key purchaser of arms from the u.k. is quote controversial but it says it all balance there's no point in ending that relationship it wouldn't have any purpose at all now the campaign against the arms trade is not impressed with that is the foreign affairs committee is providing cover basically for the government and it continues to pander to despicable regimes in the service of arms contracts particularly for the manufacturer so basically what this report is doing is recognizing the hypocrisy but not doing anything about it it's. underrepresented while the campaign against

unfortunately and i don't know what the answer is but i mean if you take one example you mentioned bahrain maybe he should have took a ricks there maybe he should have took a risk and sided with the democracy movement and bahrain and said to the allies listen we're going to do what's right here ok i mean we have enormous investments over there i think that we would have been able to leverage very well when it came to supporting the democracy movement to supporting and following through with a vision that had brought had been cast in cairo we could have leveraged and we didn't we did not take any risks and i think that people across the world would have more appreciation and confidence in washington if they saw that they were that we were taking some risks in favor of doing the right thing and that is supporting freedom and democracy just like we said we were going to do it's about follow through and unfortunately when you look at iraq and you look at afghanistan yes we're leaving those places we left iraq are leaving afghanistan but where was the follow through where's the diplomacy in ira

welcome to the program here on r t international bahrain is trying to silence human rights activist. by keeping him in prison so says amnesty international the campaigner has most of his two year and is now legally eligible for release but i thought he was there are in no rush to set him free now he's been in jail since august last year for participating in anti-government protests critics say bahrain needs to be pressured by its allies such cases as this one. the government will release him if and only if there is significant pressure from behind allies meaning the united states or the united kingdom. in absence of that pressure i think the government will still trying to come in prison in line with their campaign of you know trying to prevent any sort of dissent or create any sort of safe space for dissent we saw a daily videos of nighttime bombardments of villages in behind with tear gas these are areas where there's no protests whatsoever going on the government just comes in and fires massive amounts of tear gas to punish citizens for expressing dissent or earlier protests so we

happening in the united states are looking more and more like they're being policed like protests in bahrain and what i notice is a disturbing trend of police military nationwide abbey and this is something that could concern i saw i was at some protests where police showed up dressed as if they were literally headed to war in afghanistan wearing full camouflage outfit combat boots to police protests that consisted of mainly women and children and we should all ask ourselves why are police being. forced to dress like this is this an effort to intimidate and i believe after what i witnessed on the street it definitely is absolutely a social scene in a response to women and children and there's really no direct threat to these police so why are they armed like they already are engage in a riot and close that right gear i mean it just amazing that they use those methods on peaceful protesters here amber. you feature dozens of activists throughout the book which i thought was a really interesting facet of it what was the inspiration between covering these specific people but i felt that some of

animals and ironically this was not an anti you police brutality you were there just discriminately bahrain and being extremely brutal you have entire chapter in the book devoted to the go topless movement what is this all about you know i can't help but when you when women protest about the right to be topless does this somehow overshadow the fact that our reproductive rights are actually completely being assaulted right now but these women are serious about this that they want the right to walk down the street without a shirt on these say that if you guys have the privilege to do so it's a gender equality issue also it's part of a a larger sphere of their beliefs that the body is more of a temple and not something. it should be censored and most cities nationwide have ordinances banning women from doing so but one thing i did notice when i was covering this protest was it was very difficult for the guys on the sidelines not to gawk going so i don't know how productive i think it would lead to a noticeable percentage of decrease in percentage of productivity in society if women were allowe

were just discriminately bahrain and being extremely brutal you have entire chapter in the book devoted to the go topless movement what is this all about you know i can't help but when you when women protest about the right to be topless does this somehow overshadow the fact that our reproductive rights are actually completely being assaulted right know that these women are serious about this that be they want the right to walk down the street without a shirt on these say that if you guys have the privilege to do so it's a gender equality issue also it's part of a a larger sphere of their beliefs that the body is more of a temple and not something. it should be censored and most cities nationwide have ordinances banning women from doing so but one thing i did notice most covering this protest was it was very difficult for the guys on the sidelines to gawk going so i don't know how productive i think it would lead to a noticeable percentage of decrease in percentage of productivity in society if women were allowed to do so but you know that's what they wanted and i was glad to be there t

just discriminately bahrain and being extremely brutal you have entire chapter in the book devoted to the go topless movement what is this all about you know i can't help but when you when women protest about the right to be topless does this somehow overshadow the fact that our reproductive rights are actually completely being assaulted right know that these women are serious about this that be they want the right to walk down the street without a shirt on these say that if you guys have the privilege to do so it's a gender equality issue also it's part of a a larger sphere of their beliefs that the body is more of a temple and not something. it should be censored and most cities nationwide have ordinances banning women from doing so but one thing i did notice when i was covering this protest was it was very difficult for the guys on the sidelines not to gawk going so i don't know how productive i think it would lead to a noticeable percentage of decrease in percentage of productivity in society if women were allowed to do so but you know that's what they wanted and i was glad to be