Shown, you are very few governments in fact, a tiny handful who are extending reciprocal courtesy to him by protecting his rights the way he has decided to protect all of ours. Because of that, he is currently in a situation that is very uncertain where his own government has threatened to subject him to persecution and put him in a cage for decades if not the rest of his life and for having shown the light on behavior that is illegal and abusive, and most governments have decided to turn their back not only on him but their own obligations ethically and legally to protect people such as mr. Snowden from persecution by granting him asylum. I think it is a very strange and disappointing dynamic to watch governments in europe express indignation over what he has revealed and take steps to protect themselves against it while at the same time turning their back on him and allowing his own government to threaten him with life in prison. I would hope that governments around the world would n
School in northeastern nigeria. Then occupy on trial. I ended a 40 something our stay in jail and ended up with this. Occupy wall street activist Cecily Mcmillan has been found guilty of assaulting a new York City Police officer in a trial that critics say should have been about the police assaulting her. She faces up to seven years in prison. After the trial, she was immediately taken to Rikers Island. We will speak with her attorney. And former black Panther Kathleen Cleaver and actor danny glover on black power mixtape. Youre able to reflect on a moment and understand the core values of that moment. It was james brown, but at the same time from he said, im black and im proud at the same time. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ukraines interior minister says 30 prorussian insurgents and four soldiers have been killed in the eastern city as ukraine continues an assault to reassert control. Ukraine is al
A men dead after being in police custody. Living in the dark, 60 of people in sudan dont have access to electricity. One of the two men traveling on a stolen passport, on a missing Malaysia Airline plane was a 19yearold iranian seeking asylum in germany and giving an update on investigations in the past hour and meanwhile rescue teams are searching to find the aircraft and the plane vanished on saturday with 239 people on board. No trace has been found yet and this is the latest from the police chief. He is 19 years old and he is an iranian, and we believe he is iranian and we have been checking his background. We have also checked in with other Police Organization on his profile. And we believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group. And we believe that he is trying to migrate to germany. Reporter scott hidler is here and police saying terrorism an unlikely cause for the planes disappearance so what are they focusing on . Well, they are focusing on a couple Differ
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was hit by a man in central Copenhagen on Friday. The accused was arrested following the attack.Frederiksen was reportedly "shocked" by the incident. Copenhagen police have confirmed the .