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Journalists two years in a row with at least 73 journalists behind bars last year. and i think that is one reason that we are deeply concerned about what apparently happened in turkey to the saudi journalist and are calling for an independent u.n. investigation as well as for president trump to certify the global magnitsky act which calls for the potential for sanctions to be leveed against those responsible. i know your lenls is focused on countries overseas where the threat to journalists can be deadly, and we have seen that in the last week with the khashoggi story, but does your organization ever turn your lens to the u.s., just to get an answer to the question as to whether the president s public and frequent public attacks on journalists have led to an increase in threats against journalists here or acts of violence? we do. in fact, we split our americas program into a north and a ....
Air strikes in march. according to the u.n., over 2,000 civilians have been killed since the saudis joined the fight just a few months ago. the majority of them were allegedly hit by coalition air strikes. only 16% of civilian deaths and injuries in afghanistan were caused by pro-government forces in the first half of 2015. and only 1% were caused by international forces. the saudis have declared whole cities in yemen to be its targets. they re striking non-military targets with great frequency showing an appalling disregard for civilian lives and there is damning evidence of war crimes. the u.s. doesn t say much about the strikes, and it even failed to push through an independent u.n. investigation that the saudis opposed. the result has been a ....
Damming evidence of war crimes. the u.s. doesn t say much about the strikes and it even failed to push through an independent u.n. investigation that is saudis opposed. that s about 80% of the population. entire cities lie if ruins and much of the country is on the brink of famine because the saudi s are blockading the ports. iran s involvement is not strong or direct and the yemeni president hopes to restore fere power may have been democratic. he was the only candidate on the ballot. this whole operation might be creating more terrorism. ....