Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were on the road at the hague in the netherlands. But first, to maryland. Where the governor larry hogan has deployed the National Guard in baltimore amid an uprising over the death of freddie gray. Gray died a week after a Police Encounter which his family said left his spine 80 severed at the neck. Police stopped him because he made eye contact with a lieutenant, then ran away. Two weeks of peaceful protest over grays death erupted into violence monday as High School Students threw bricks and rocks at police, and looting and vandalism were reported across the city. Overnight, cars and buildings were burned. Police said 15 officers were injured, though all are expected to recover. At least 27 people were arrested. Governor hogan denounced the protesters as gangs of thugs roaming the streets. Everybody believes we need to get to the answers and resolve the situation, the concern everyone has about w
Theres all kinds of unfortunate overlap that seemed to press the apa to support military policy, uncritically and sometimes perhaps behindthescenes. Amy then Human Rights Watch accuses the Saudiled Coalition of dropping banned cluster bombs manufactured and supplied by the United States near rebelheld villages in yemen. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The britishbased syrian observatory for human rights has accused the u. S. Led coalition of killing 64 civilians in an airstrike on a syrian village controlled by the selfproclaimed Islamic State. The group said 31 children were among those killed late last week near the Northern City of kobani in what it called the worst civilian loss from a single attack since the United States launched its campaign against isil. The pentagon says it is still assessing whether it should open an investigation, but denied there was any information to suggest civilians we
Died in Police Custody. He was arrested for running. 80 of his spine was dozens of severed. Dozens of people have been arrested, 15 Police Officers were injured and several businesses have burned down. We will go to baltimore for the latest and speak to the reverend Jesse Jackson and former Baltimore City Council President Lawrence Bell. Then to Nobel Peace Prize laureate shirin ebadi here in the hague. For years, shirin ebadi has been of irans most vocal critics. Today she explains why she supports the Iran Nuclear Deal despite being opposed to nuclear power. I do not agree with any of the Nuclear Energy programs. Therefore, [indiscernible] but at the same time, a country that does have an atomic bomb cannot judge in this manner about other countries. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were on the road at the hague in the netherlands. But first, to maryland. Where the governor larry hogan has deploy
Coauthors of the new report all the president s psychologists the American Psychological associations secret complicity with the white house and u. S. Intelligence community in support of the cias enhanced Interrogation Program. Theres all kinds of unfortunate overlap that seemed to press the apa to support military policy, uncritically and sometimes perhaps behindthescenes. Amy then Human Rights Watch accuses the Saudiled Coalition of dropping banned cluster bombs manufactured and supplied by the United States near rebelheld villages in yemen. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The britishbased syrian observatory for human rights has accused the u. S. Led coalition of killing 64 civilians in an airstrike on a syrian village controlled by the selfproclaimed Islamic State. The group said 31 children were among those killed late last week near the Northern City of kobani in what it called the worst civilia
Shes going to be joining us here live in just a moment. We got lots of feedback from viewers last night and today about a story we did in the back half of last nights show where our guest was a Nuclear Expert named Joe Cirincione. The story was about a mysterious explosion that happened thursday, last week, in russia. I know from the feedback that we got from you guys that the news as of last night about that explosion, as we were able to present it here on the show, wasnt just dramatic news about a big explosion, it was very concerning news. I could read that in your feedback. Well, the story has become considerably more dramatic and more concerning today, so i want to start tonight with a little bit of an update on that. Now, as i mentioned, the explosion in question happened last week, thursday, in the far northwest of russia on the white sea at a military site. And after whatever it was that happened there, russian authorities put out an initial statement admitting there had been a