Steve Sweeney
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591 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Apr
Steve Sweeney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Obviously, I am an English-speaking white Westerner, which gives me a certain advantage, a certain privilege.
I mean, I have to say that just over a week after our very close shave, our dear colleagues and friends in the field weren't so lucky.
Fatima Fatouni, Ali Shoaib and Mohamed Fatouni were killed in a targeted strike by the Israelis just after they'd been reporting
So, I mean, this is the kind of the conditions that journalists are working in on the ground.
In terms of the recourse, well, I work for Russian state television, which of course means that my own government, the British government, don't like me.
In fact, they have already, instead of supporting me, they've persecuted me.
I was detained on a family visit last July at Heathrow Airport.
um i was met by counter-terror police uh off the airplane they took me away for interrogation they quizzed me over my relations to um russia uh the russian state working for russian state television also about my work here in lebanon my associations or connections to hezbollah my connections to ansarana in yemen because i've reported from uh yemen hashdol shabi
And my work in Donbass, I spent two years in the field in Donbass on the Russian side, so they were very interested in that.
And they're still now currently investigating me for potential terrorist activity based on my journalism.
I don't expect anything from them.
And some friends of mine at Declassified UK, a British media organization, well, they inquired.
They asked the British government for comment after this assassination attempt.
And they just simply said, and I'm summarizing here, paraphrasing, that they said something along the lines of,
um the foreign secretary has given britain's position on the middle east in a statement to the commons on tuesday that was all they said they didn't address the specifics of my case they haven't commented on it they haven't offered any kind of support whatsoever even even the british embassy here in lebanon hasn't contacted me the only support that i've had i've had lots of
love and well wishes from individuals and organizations across the world for which we're incredibly grateful and thankful for.
But the only people, the only country that's actually given me strong and solid support has been Russia.
Are you a British passport holder?
I'm a British passport holder, yes.
Well, that's how it seems to me, yes.
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