Courage to take part in demonstrations such as this rally last summer are increasingly branded as extremists who then face the full force of trouble. Thats only a cone on found out at 1st hand what it means to get on the wrong side of the system when her son was taken into detention now and italia and other mothers who founded a Campaign Group to take up the battle against what they see as arbitrary injustice and monstrous sentences. Conan is a fighter as she had towards the courthouse in northern moscow with her son daniel her determination is palpable a strip of polka dot cloth is the symbol of her Movement Mothers against Political Prisoners several individual protesters stand in solidarity for the accused outside the courthouse they say this is a show trial. Igors lease news and Maxine Martin soft have been accused of kicking a Police Officer at a protest last summer both men insist they are innocent but the Court Rejects their appeal and sentences them to several years in a prison
Was founded in 1894 and has been continuous ever since. Today well be going into the immersive West Virginia state museum. Well be talking about the early frontier and settlement period, the development of the state, becoming a state, the industrialization of the state, and well go into the later century, the 21st century, and see where West Virginia is today. Were in the West Virginia state museum settlement and frontier period. These are some of the earliest settlers of the land. Were standing beside George Washingtons case where it has specific artifacts such as his sword, his powder horn that he carved during the American Revolutionary war, and the telescope that he used to survey land here, as well as in the eastern panhandle. George washington would have been here in the mid 1700s. During this time period frontier and early settlement, this was western virginia. It was part of the state of virginia at the time and it was an area that wasnt greatly developed. A lot of the ideas of
Government. Next, a book tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits charleston, West Virginia, to learn more about its literary history. For years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the book seem to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. Booker t. Washington for 20 years was the spokesman and leader of africanamericans in america. At the time, we had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. That didnt happen here in West Virginia. It was a different sort of race relation. What he observed with his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middleclass, and that became his path, his career path, as he went from tuskegee to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born in a place called hill sport. It is about 225 miles from here. In those first nine years, he was a slave boy. He did not have pants. He wore a slave boy shirt. He wanted very much to go to school. He saw white children going to school but he wasnt unable to do those things. They leave the
Homelessness is a big issue in many parts of the uk and is particularly poignant, at this time year. Well, londons city hall has now decided to open its doors for a festive celebration for some of those sleeping rough an initiative backed by the mayor and charities in the capital. A recent report found that london is the worst place in the country for homelessness. Alpa patel reports. Smoked salmon or ham . The mayor of london, serving food to just some of the 100 homeless people, invited for christmas lunch. Its the first time an event like this has been held in city hall. As well as food, people are offered haircuts and eye check ups, too. Claire became homeless when she wasjust 13. She spent the next 30 years either on the streets, or in prison. Id be a lot more careful. I mean if you know people that is fair enough but you have to be very careful where you sleep. Be careful, you cant leave your stuff any more. Its got a lot harder as well, especially with everything going on. With
Chinas state broadcaster has cancelled the screening of an arsenal match after one of clubs star players, mesut ozil, made comments online criticising the chinese governments treatment of uighur muslims. At 10 oclock, Martine Croxall will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, our world is in finland to see how a small place in northern finland managed to become europe s most eco friendly town. Ii has slashed its co2 emissions by 80 and is producing ten times more Renewable Energy than it consumes. This Community Project could be an inspiration for us all, but such rapid change is not without opposition. As the push to save the planet gets even more urgent, one town has already cut its Carbon Emissions by 80 . We have been not waiting for the world to tackle Climate Change. We want to do it ourselves. Ii, in northern finland, is one of the greenest towns in europe. Powered by 100 Renewable Energy. The towns children already play a role in Energy Saving ways of living. Pe