Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. President biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long time strategic ally. Not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabias De Facto Leader, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman . Well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al rasheed. What next for saudi arabia reform, repression or maybe both . Madawi al rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. I just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly welcomed at the World Economic forum, the online davos event, where he was selling saudi arabia as an Investment Opportunity for the entire world. What did you make of that . Well, its a familiar image and a fami
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they are trying to crush an uprising, demanding democracy. when they think it s safe, they run. but the plane circles back. explosion and gunfire across myanmar, the military is carrying out air strikes. on the ground, they are struggling to crush the resistance, so they ve taken this fight against their own people to the air. the military is increasingly isolated by western sanctions, but it s russia that s providing them with deadly air power. explosion and gunfire air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks have been reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been hit. seven of his friends were killed. soldiers took their bodies away and burned them. the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people. captain zay thu aung was a pilot in the myanmarair force for 18 years. everything changed for him when general min aung hlaing seized power in february 2021, ousting the elected government. it s
the military is increasingly isolated by western sanctions, but it s russia that s providing them with deadly air power. air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks are being reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been hit. seven of his friends were killed. soldiers took their bodies away and burned them. the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people. captain zay thu aung was a pilot in the myanmar air force for 18 years. everything changed for him when general min aung hlaing seized power in february 2021, ousting the elected government. it sparked a mass uprising, demanding democracy be restored. the military responded with a violent crackdown. captain aung knew he couldn t stay and started planning to defect. do you feel ashamed that you were once one of them? thit naong naong took part in the protests. his tattoo of the face of elected leader aung san suu kyi became one of the lasti
isolated by western sanctions, but it s russia that s providing them with deadly air power. air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks are being reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been hit. seven of his friends were killed. the soldiers took their bodies away and burned them. the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people. zay thu aung was a pilot in the myanmar air force for 18 years. everything changed for him when general min aung hlaing seized power in february 2021, ousting the elected government. it sparked a mass uprising, demanding democracy be restored. the military responded with a violent crackdown. captain aung knew he couldn t stay and started planning to defect. do you feel ashamed that you were once one of them? thit naong naong took part in the protests. his statue of the face of elected leader aung san suu kyi became one of the lasting images of the uprising. before