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Protest continue across the globe for egypt to release the three al jazeera journalists sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison. We will speak with al jazeeras sue turton who was intense sentenced in absentia to 10 years imprisoned her in the same trial. And we will hear from Margaret Warner on how one of the jailed journalists saved her life. Mohamed fahmy held onto the back railing and said, drive, drive. He said, just drive through them. I will get you out of here. That is what happened. For the next five or six minutes, he directed me down the side street and the side street and the side street him and we finally managed to get to a safe place. He absolutely saved our lives. Then as the 45th anniversary of the stonewall uprising approaches, the state of new york is sued over its refusal to expand medicaid coverage for transgender people seeking hormone therapy and other forms of care. We are here to say that right now new york state as a regulation that should specificall
Protest continue across the globe for egypt to release the three al jazeera journalists sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison. We will speak with al jazeeras sue turton who was intense sentenced in absentia to 10 years imprisoned her in the same trial. And we will hear from Margaret Warner on how one of the jailed journalists saved her life. Mohamed fahmy held onto the back railing and said, drive, drive. He said, just drive through them. I will get you out of here. That is what happened. For the next five or six minutes, he directed me down the side street and the side street and the side street him and we finally managed to get to a safe place. He absolutely saved our lives. Then as the 45th anniversary of the stonewall uprising approaches, the state of new york is sued over its refusal to expand medicaid coverage for transgender people seeking hormone therapy and other forms of care. We are here to say that right now new york state as a regulation that should specificall
Former idaho soldier who served in afghanistan and helped the late reporter Michael Hastings write his groundbreaking piece on Bowe Bergdahl, americas last prisoner of war. Farwell came to know bergdahls parents after they attended the funeral of his brother who served and died in afghanistan. And we look at the five members of the taliban released from guantanamo. I would say these five arent the worst of the worst. It doesnt mean theyre good guys. Its not my job to defend them. We will speak with frank goldsmith, the attorney for one of the freed men, and Andy Worthington, author of, the guantanamo files the stories of the 774 detainees in americas illegal prison. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The political firestorm is continuing over the rescue of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl in exchange for five guantanamo prisoners. The deal has come under partisan attack amidst reports bergdahl voluntarily left his