Has had more than seventy five thousand people arrested under suspicion of supporting terrorism well the government says the raids are a matter of National Security but critics say theyre designed to silence dissidents and its not only men and women who are imprisoned small children are also living behind bars in the town of gap so kurdish activists goodness down at baba is in prison with her son murad it is overcrowded and ill equipped to house children arises only contact with the outside world is on weekends with his father who worries about the impact life behind bars is having on his son. Saturdays the day the fathers pick up their children at the gates of the gibbs a prison the little ones can spend a day or two in freedom. As acrobat takes his two year old son miras home every weekend the toddler is already gotten used to leaving his mother behind. The other for a kurds miras his mother has been active for an Opposition Party with links to the kurds that was enough to get her a four year sentence. If. We can just be glad to jail isnt that far away. And we can pick the children up now and then. About has joined up with other fathers whose wives are doing time for political offenses. In my wifes case it was because of social media comments and for that she was sentenced to get your son terrorist propaganda charges or lawyer told us that normally statements like that shouldnt be liable to prosecution. But theyve changed the laws. As a result of the new Anti Terrorism laws mirrors and his mother girl istana now sharing this bank in a cell with over a dozen other inmates. Near us has only a small concrete prison yard to play in. So the first place near as wants to go to is a playground and play like a normal child for a few hours mere hours will have to get through two years like this. On them and i dont want him to think his mothers abandoning him he doesnt understand that shes locked up we can only hope that he doesnt end up traumatized you. But families whose children have already come through the nightmare of prison life tell him it would be a miracle if he didnt die in s. Is now ten years old he spent three years behind bars with his mother but he cant talk about that time. We still leave the later on in the hall at nights because hes afraid if its loud noises scare hell yes and when he goes to the birth room i always have to wait outside the door that way if you dont look up marcus welby you know what thats going to allow any. Currently over seven hundred small children are thought to be living with their mothers in turkish prisons the figure comes from the few nongovernmental organizations able to work with the affected families they said that for the state these children dont exist. In. The present yes and no are not at all qualified to respond to the needs of small children. And the government cant even tell us which prisons have children in them and how many. Turkeys prisons are overcrowded in the past two years over one hundred sixty thousand people have been arrested for political offenses the government is planning two hundred thirty new prisons supporters of president richard Tayyip Erdogan approve saying the imprisoned mothers like to represent themselves as victims. Should investigate to see if these are women didnt get pregnant on purpose and then commit a crime so that they could exploit their situation for propaganda purposes against the government. Yuruk mayor as his father takes him to visit his kurdish grandparents theyre always happy to see him arrive safe and sound they say its no accident that so many kurdish activists with small children are currently behind bars. A woman convicted of that you can look forward to release in two years if shes got a small child. But our women have no such privilege. Discoverers. The weekend is over now miras has to return to his mother in prison the separation is always hard for jen. Hes worried what will be in store for his son in there this time than. To will his wife and child have to share this cell with. The course looking song over there all the majesty of their cellmates tolerance. They might complain if crying isnt nice. Fifteen women sleep in one cell things like that tend to want to go on the stand. He doesnt want mirrors to notice that hes worried they say they goodbyes at the gibson prison gates. Either come on were going to mama. Behind the gate as his father has to hand him over to god once again to russia now where critics of the government are also fighting for freedom of expression Reporters Without Borders has ranked press freedom in russia one hundred forty eight in the world out of one hundred eighty countries the Organization Says independent media has been stifled as the kremlin has taken over control of most news outlets those who dont toe the line risk being imprisoned and even harmed the novi i guess that is one of the last independent news outlets in the country for the employees here harassment and Death Threats are part of everyday life we visited their office to witness their fight for press freedom sheep in press vests outside the offices of Novaya Gazeta in moscow the display might look cute but its no petting zoo instead its part of the latest scare campaign against the opposition newspaper just a few days before the journalists received a severed sheeps head and a funeral wreath addressed to the editor in chief and to journalists denise caught up cough. Has worked for Novaya Gazeta from St Petersburg since september even in this cafe in the center of the city he worries about surveillance on the internet hes been accused of being a traitor the wave of online hate is connected to his investigation into the dealings of putins cohort. Hes allegedly behind the socalled troll factory which pays people to promote the kremlins interests online and behind a controversial russian mercenary. My address is on the internet its information about my relatives. Members of my family. And they openly discuss online about what to do to me. And i say that i find that pleasant and enjoyable of course i dont. But do i feel a certain satisfaction because these threats mean that i wrote the right thing yes. Kind of colleagues in moscow at their daily planning conference the newspaper as one of the last truly critical Media Outlets in russia for over twenty five years. Has been highly regarded for its investigative articles into corruption and human rights abuses for years now the journalists here have felt the restrictions on press freedom in the country tighten six of the papers journalists have paid for their reporting with their lives including on the put it cost that she was murdered in two thousand and six but it was known for her critical reporting about the conflict in chechnya an element of fear has become part of everyday life at novak as a. Newspaper. Journalists as if we were reporting during wartime. The nerve even though russia is not at war. Its like working in a mine field reporter who broke muse and if you had to choose whether they should send a sheeps head or come without warning and murder someone then id rather have a separate sheeps head every single day go over. The head of the Russian Journalists Union on the other hand says the Bigger Picture when it comes to press freedom in russia is positive. I think in russia journalists and the government are still learning how to communicate with each other. And even the problems there is overreach there are violations that verge on censorship nevertheless the situation overall is improving and internationally speaking the situation in russia is decent in the woman. But to denise caught up cough his work certainly feels dangerous he sees the risk as a given a normal part of his investigative reporting that hes willing to accept though it has meant that even his daughter has been threatened. Im interested in covering stories that you can see with the naked eye. With things that im trying to the surface. Feelings that are secret are usually criminal dealings. Of course when you do this work you can take on airs of nothing can stop me but of course i have my limits and god forbid if my opponents ever send out what those limits are. Released to you cough wont say what story hes currently working on for novak as yet but hes sure of one thing hell have to be ready to face more threats. Donald trump has vowed to make America Great again but he also has his sights set on a picturesque corner of scotland the birth country of his mother in two thousand and six trump bought land an aberdeenshire and promised to build the greatest golf course in the world but more than a decade on some residents say he has only brought conflict and broken promises and they are determined to stop the Luxury Resort from expanding. There was a time when david claimed he had the best view in the country forty five miles of pure coastline. Now theres just a row of tall uncapped spruce trees planted by his neighbor right on the edge of his land. Which were fully fledged at the time you no longer have a view its just another tactic the organization used to intimidate all of. His neighbor is donald trump. His Company Built a golf course here ten years ago in the protected sand dunes with the approval of local politicians and the Scottish Government they believed his promises of billions in investment four hundred fifty bed hotel and six thousand jobs but he didnt deliver on any of them instead the golf course is making millions in losses now trump wants to invest again and build a whole village on the land with five hundred houses selling these houses would finally make the profit he wanted. The Scottish Government to routinely plan to build infrastructure for tourism in a sparsely populated area and to create jobs that way but village would consist mainly of luxury residential villas a far cry from the original proposals. The project has met with fierce resistance. Cancel held a hearing last month but we werent allowed to film the event they received more than three thousand objections to the project one of them had eighteen thousand signatures. Trumps lawyer says she doesnt understand what all the fuss is about. We hope to get on because we do it has been a difficult period with the economic changes and all the uncertainty thats going on in the position economy so we just have to start getting Development Built the market may change again you know with. Bigger developments may come along but we go into whats suitable in the market whats viable in the markets in the real world which means no hotel and no Tourism Infrastructure david and his fellow campaigners say thats not acceptable and its all about profit. It was made quite clear that this was not a choice between the original development and this one it was this one or not i would view that as a threat to the local case. Before the Council Members vote on the issue they are legally not allowed to voice an opinion. But one member martin ford has refused to follow his gagging order. Fighting trumps project is too important to him so hes not taking part in the vote. The tourist resort that was the justification has not been built of blood leigh weve been told there were enormous promises made about jobs and investment they havent materialized weve lost our wonderful dude system weve got the worst of all possible worlds now the Trump Organization a back some cheap one might say applying to build the houses that was supposed to cross from the gulf result once again claiming economic benefits and all the rest of it. I dont think the council should fall for the same line twice and i hope it doesnt. Many of the neighbors who started campaigning ten years ago are still going strong but they dont want to be on camera the attrition policies are having an effect like the Trump Organizations metre high earth mound thats blocked their view. David milne is upset at whats planned for the area. This is what they call Macleod Square and this design pastiche is. On a slow pathetic and should not be considered as a viable option in this area at all. Its just simply ugly. Its in a deliberate disneyland village just the way trump imagines the country of his ancestors but it has very little bearing on reality here. Real scotland lies in sight of the golf course the neighboring village of belmonte. Some people here see their projects merits not speak good session but that they can do to this area i think the more of a development for the areas i think it would help them. I know its not well supported but. Not everyone shares the same opinion that will probably end up with contractors that are from the northeast of scotland much like what happened with the golf course so i think a take a bit of a dim view and really. People have no clue about trumps plan says david because theres more at stake than just a new housing estate. My personal preference would be that sell up and move on they have proved themselves unacceptable neighbors unacceptable employers for the environment and damaging the local economy the best thing they can do for aberdeenshire no is to leave. Scant so proud of their centuries old tradition of resisting all foreign. Trump and his project may be yet to face the full backlash. Romania has taken over the e. U. Is rotating presidency a title which will hold for the next six months the country will now play an Important Role in organizing the news daily business giving it a chance to set its own agenda it will also be representing European Values but as one of the most corrupt nations in the European Union questions have been raised about just how fit and credible the Romanian Government is for the job lawyers like dragos tallinn are now speaking out against judicial reforms which sparked massive protests critics say the laws are designed to benefit corrupt politicians. Others colleen is no longer willing to remain silent the judge at the Appeals Court in bucharest says he is outraged at the way the roumanian government is remodelling the Justice System for its own purposes. These changes are setting our court system back more than ten years into a state like it was before we joined the European Union and that has led to these massive protests. For more than a year judges and prosecutors have been protesting against what they see as politically motivated legal reforms draggers kalyan and his colleagues say they are being prevented from prosecuting corrupt politicians. Critical members of the judiciary have been fired. And all because of a jail sentence for leave you drug mia they head of the Ruling Social Democratic Party was convicted of electoral fraud in twenty fifteen. Hes still facing other corruption charges as well he can no longer hold Public Office but is seen as the most powerful man in the country. Dragged me as massive influence on the government even led to the countrys president klaus your highness to question whether rumania was up to the job of taking over the e. U. s rotating presidency. It is evident that the government is being controlled by a criminal. Track now is running its with the help of middlemen these are facts that we all know. On january first rumania did take over the helm of the e. U. In the First Six Months of twenty nineteen the giant palace of the parliament in bucharest will be the venue of many you meetings. That remain in lawmakers are deeply divided over the e. U. And the handing of the judiciary floor in your docket a close associate of dragon is held in abusive anti e. U. Speech in parliament on market is not normal that romania should be simply condemned by experts from brussels who can term an entire Parliament Without having the necessary knowledge. Romanian parliamentarians have the right to decide on the law themselves. Prime minister via recurred and sheila and other close drug me associate also brushed off any criticism of the legal reforms and the hindrances to the Anti Corruption effort. In romania we had an overlap between the judiciary and the secret services which led to a great wave of discontent so its justified to make changes because this exists in no other european country. She says her country was well prepared for the e. U. Presidency and could be a model for others is. That statement has angered rumanians like eugene. Last summer when hundreds of thousands went out on the streets to protest against corruption he was one of the demonstrators who were injured by riot police. More than seven hundred inquiries into alleged Police Brutality have been open since then but the investigators interest seems to have died down eugene for tanner says political influence at work. The state prosecutor who started the investigations was subjected to a bogus disciplinary action for inexplicable reasons coincidentally just at the moment when he opened the investigation into the violent excesses i dont believe in that kind of coincidence. Just looking at victory square where he and the other protesters were beaten up by Security Forces makes eugene paternal despair about the remaining Justice System. These are all signs of a serious problem says eon from the Opposition Party save rumania union. How can his country take responsibility for the e. U. Presidency under such conditions and be a model for other is he asks. Are. The amendments being pushed through by the current ruling majority or simply destroying the rule of law in romania and i am ashamed that the government just being controlled by people who have real criminal interests. For judge drug culling the current steps backward are especially better after all the achievements in the fight against