a rabies nightmare is finally over. on tuesday he made his emotional return to australia i. just i would be thankful for is there are you know amazing to see all the people here there are the big boys the media is the world to me and i just know what they think that they re eligible to be able. to bahraini football is back in his adopted home after three long months spent in a toy jail he was arrested in november while on his honeymoon in bangkok on an insupportable warrants for his arrest. in his native bahrain had been convicted of vandalizing a police station even though he was playing in a televised football match when the alleged offenses took place. a rabies release owes much to form a footballer craig foster who led a campaign to pressure the bahraini government i think what s occurred over the last almost three months to fight incredibly hard for not just the young player who
like this has taken on social media in iran and they typically pop up when authorities punish other people for don things or people post them in support of. fallen foul of the law in twenty fourteen authorities sentenced some of these young men and women to suspended prison terms for being in a video dancing to a song cold happy to. dance. in public can carry a penalty up to two years in jail is there any indication that these protests are actually changing i mean the law is the wall we are to our department here george valid today and basically they told us that these social media movements are contributing to a general feeling of contempt for authorities and a culture where authorities and religious leaders less and less fear nowadays and we ve got a video to show you of a woman here in a subway station standing up to a cleric he s told to put on her he job and then interesting really other men
even actually take off they he shot which is of course so beaten and then they upload protest videos to social media sending a message to iran as religious leaders that they re not going to submit to what i say is oppression and as you just mentioned these protests take place on wednesdays but they ve grown to be much more frequent and that we ve been saying well we want to do these not just on wednesdays but any time any place but of course it s not without consequences last year a woman was sentenced to two years in jail for what was described as encouraging moral corruption there obviously taking a risk by doing this they re not just protesting the rules regarding the job or they know they re protesting the rules regarding things like dancing because women are not allowed to dance in front of men that are not family members and this is a condition physical disobedience and again more videos social media videos
consecutive day of demonstrations against corruption and the collapsing economy protesters lit tires and marched through the streets of the capital port au prince raising the pressure on the embattled president juvenile. well the football or hockey team. who was detained in thailand is on his way home to australia now he was freed after bahrain where he was born withdrew its extradition request. claimed asylum in australia back in twenty fourteen saying he feared torture any even death if he was sent back is arrested in thailand during his honeymoon sparked an international outcry. justice lost for hockey team. pictured here finally boarding a flight back to australia. the bahraini is to return to australia after three long months spent in a toy jail. he was arrested in november while on his honeymoon in bangkok on an