Syria sets election date, Indonesia’s presidential race and press freedom in Zimbabwe

Syria sets election date, Indonesia’s presidential race and press freedom in Zimbabwe
Syria sets election date, Indonesia’s presidential race and press freedom in Zimbabwe

Syria sets election date, Indonesia’s presidential race and press freedom in Zimbabwe

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We’ll discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, and the humanitarian crisis there, with Bassam Haddad of George Mason University. Then, we’ll take a look at the Indonesian presdential candidates with Jeffrey Winters of Northwestern University. And, we speak with Beatrice Mtetwa who defended two western journalists against charges by the Zimbabwe government under a little enforced media law. She’ll talk about some of her cases and the state of free speech in Zimbabwe. (Photo: AP/Firdia Lisnawati)Elderly women check the name lists of parliamentary candidates at a polling station in Bali, Indonesia,