forces abused them during the occupation of iraq they'll sign a thank you very much for talking to r.t. now you're taking a case to the high court representing one hundred forty two iraq east tell me what that's all about. of these iraqi clients complain that over a period of time the whole time that we were in iraq actually from march two thousand and three to december two thousand and eight. they complain of this sense of deprivation with hoods or blacked out gobbles or in months all sorts of sexual matters various techniques designed to intimidate and coerce including harshing where threats and insults of the shouted directly into people's faces. a whole range of issues is a male rape. all sorts of very troubling aspects of the yukos interrogation policy none of which has been fully explored and there's that there's a sort of odd sexual element to

a lot of these claims there's an exercise nature of it is a lot to do with nakedness some accusations of pornography having been used yes well it's clear that the interrogation policy included a directive to all use of. strip that the iraqi internists force make us and keep them naked if they wouldn't cooperate. now this nakedness was to take place often in front of a group of soldiers who would be laughing and and sometimes when so some of our clients refused to strip so force was used to strip the iraqis and then shades into other matters so for example one of our clients complains that one of the soldiers straddled his bunk and masturbated on his on his back when he was naked that. kind of that kind of abuse can often follow from that

struggle to strip clients but there are other aspects as well for example many of our clients complain that they were played loud hardcore pornography all night sometime in june ramadan obviously they were intended to render themselves unclean or poor marks were left in the showers and the toilets and they'd be observed to see how they reacted to the. female and male soldiers and guards were having sex in front of our clients masturbating in front of a whole range. of sexual matters which are very troubling and no one has got the beginning of an explanation as to what on earth was going on this is all taking place within a secret compound. which is where the joint forward interrogation team was

operating and they were a compound within a compound on simple not to the military chain of command but to london and no one seems to have gone anywhere near them by design. we're not aware that the red cross every inspected the the area that was the joint for interrogation team so they seem to be able to do what they wanted. and one of the. interrogators in the bar who is inquiry gave evidence on the twenty sixth of april of this year saying the only limits to coercion were with the limits the stretches of one's imagination and you can see that very clearly in all of the complaints that are being made these are hugely serious allegations are made against british troops what kind of evidence is being provided it. should say that against british soldiers and guards for sure but a lot of these are being made against interrogators. enter the evidence well the

evidence is that this is the signed witness statements of all of these clients and i have to say that not one of our clients has been found by any court or inquiry to be embellishing the truth let alone lying and there's absolutely no reason why they would make this up because it's a matter of gross humiliation for a male muslim to be subjected to these matters i myself have no doubts that what they're saying is the truth and it is a pattern for example. in august two thousand and six maim divisional internment facility scheiber logistics base there were two incidents where interrogators of superimposed our clients photographs. on two horrific paedophilic images of one. a man having sex with

a young girl and another is a man having sex with. a ten year old boy our client is sure it's a ten year old boy and they've superimposed points of photographs on those images print them out said well if you don't tell us what we want to know then we're going to distribute these to your commune to your family it's easy to imagine that these kinds of abuses could have been perpetrated by rogue elements in the armed forces but in fact you're seeking to prove that this ill treatment is systemic in the armed forces there's no doubt that this is systemic within the interrogation. policy because we have those documents from the bottomless inquiry so we know for example that there was a policy of getting them naked get the make you keep them if they don't cooperate the way in which there was to be searched the harshing we have video. the training

video of us on the bomb machine quite a website these are clearly systemic issues and it's absolute nonsense to suggest this is a few but. that's the interrogation policy needs to be exposed and we need to ensure that we never go into theater again with with an interrogation policy which is blatantly unlawful what kinds of people are these iraqis that are making these allegations tell me tell me a couple of their stories how they came to be arrested or what happened. but by and large they're in their homes usually sleep with their wives usually one o'clock two o'clock in the morning the door is exploded open twenty soldiers rushin. they're abused caffe often rifle sometimes hooded sometimes the women and children are abused in two of our cases pregnant women. miscarriages because they've been so badly abused. our clients are iraqis and civilians they don't know what they've

done they're never told they're never charged and after days weeks months years they're venture released but not before they've been subjected to all of this abuse kept in solitary confinement deprived of food and water deprived to sleep etc etc. but they all seem to be by and large iraqi civilians who are going about their lawful business and they've no idea what they've done wrong and they still don't know what they've done wrong because no one ever told them oh you're going to be charged with x. y. and said allied forces they must be operating in a hugely difficult situation in that they were trying to eradicate an insurgency obviously unpleasant means had to be used but did they not contribute towards an end which was desirable what i want except that for a minute this isn't the heat of battle this is the occupation. we're supposed to be . running iraq we are the local and central administration we are the police we are

training the judiciary we are one in the country if we take iraqi civilians into our custody and then over a period of weeks months subject them to that kind of ill treatment there's no excuse for that whatsoever unless you're suggesting that torture is not actually an absolute prohibition sometimes it's ok to use a bit of torture which is just plain me on acceptable and it's completely contrary to international law what's the objective of the case that you're bringing this week we want a single inquiry into the u.k.'s detention and interrogation policies in iraq across the board get it over with get it dealt with in public before judge. find out exactly what was going wrong who was responsible which policies and

practices need to be trained out. and rewritten. so we can all move on and on all be assured that next time if there is a next time. where we go into a theater like iraq. our armed forces and our interrogators want describes the nation by behaving in this way. we the u.k. is becoming known for length and expensive inquiries i'm thinking of their bloody sunday inquiry which took twelve years the chilcote inquiry which is still ongoing is there a chance that this if you get what you want could turn into one of the. i doubt it very much but the inquiry the oral hearings commenced in september two thousand and nine and it's all over in less than a year as absolute no reason why something like this should become anything like a bloody sunday enquiry the the various sets of lawyers need to cooperate. the

church needs to have a sensible approach to how long each. party is going to be heard in the by recent corrie the chair so william gage allowed us and others fifteen minutes only and when you got to the end of the fifteen minutes that was that. there's no reason why with some common sense and discipline this needs to take anything longer than a couple of years or so it hasn't been plain sailing to get this far to bring this case you face quite a lot of opposition over a number of. in the past i've had death threats powers and all sorts of things sent through the post and the image is deliberately and systematically stirred up getting right wing press to write horror stories you know shock horror shina x. for people who've murdered. u.k. soldiers if it was all cut and dried and these using legal aid etc etc but i think it's not got anywhere because people can see that there's something gone badly

wrong here and slowly some elements of the press have turned away from the minister of defense and started taking a more objective approach is a long way to go because we live action quite a a right wing society with quite a right wing press a lot of the press just follow the government line but i think the penny's beginning to drop and that people in high places within the ministry of defense i think of begin to realize that the game's up they're just not going to get away with this cover up for much longer you are the public interests lawyer do you think it's in the public's interest to spend public money proving that there is systemic corruption inside our armed forces i think it's in the public interest that if we go into a place like iraq. supposedly to enforce the rule of law and principles of

democracy fairness and justice good old fashioned british principles that we behave in accordance with that and we haven't done and i think it's in the public interest that that behavior should be exposed and eradicated and those who are responsible brought to account. thank you very much thank you very much. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations to rule the day.

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past as it attempts to ban all soviet symbols it says the move will help terror and strengthen democracy but many fear it's just another attempt at rewriting history. ok departure joins us next with all the latest sports news stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to the sports news thank you for joining us for the headlines talks in europe third place rubin host forced by spot sack in the battle for european places as the russian premier league reaches its run in. forging ahead right alberts athletico to nailing the madrid w to the boss a lot of one point of the top of. bowing out twelve record holder haile gebrselassie stuns the running world finance in his retirement after dropping out of the new york marathon. the first of football and this monday evening defending

champions rubin could go second in the russian premier league if they win it time to force by spotlight moscow because on side of only lost twice all season but nine draws have seen them slip to third and nine points adrift of league leaders in some petersburg meanwhile spot track have won four of their last five games and the pushing for at least a place in the right to lead and still have a slim chance of taking the champions league qualifying spot school that is currently one nil to spot tight ballots and on target after forty one minutes. over just by now where real madrid have maintained their eleven year unbeaten record against athletic i would rate with a to no harm victory in the league i'd let it go remain without a victory against the city rivals since nine hundred ninety nine yet to lose in the league so far this season two first off goal sealed the win for joe is a marine years man because i've been thirteen minutes in he receives a painful process sighed the box these in the center cross the keeper. and

six minutes later germany midfielder mesut ozil netted a free kick which victory in the capital dog israel retained a one point lead over boss a line up of the top of the table. me was telling one boss i claimed a three one victory at the tough a little messy. opened in twenty seven minutes. and ten minutes later david vera ran through to double the visitor's read. and after the break lawson made it through email after exploiting a dreadful mistake from the toffees defense. school board this time. i got to twenty minutes ago gerard piqué was penalized for handball in the area and perceived a second yellow card. to tap a call to go back to his man who scored from the resulting penalty yet that was as much of a fight back as the home side could muster so it finished three one to barcelona

catalan side a one point behind lead israel after ten games. for we are now and sebastian vettel led mark webber to red bull want to win the brazilian grand prix to take the world title fights to the final race of the season in abu dhabi while red bull clinched the constructors' championship for the first time that all took the lead at the first corner and cruised to victory in sight how like whether a second ahead of finland or alonzo ferrari who retains the championship lead there is hamilton of mclaren was forced the defending champion jenson button fis red bull's finish represented a strong comeback for the team after failing to take any points the previous race in clear. i think it was the right answer for for all the people to come back here never mind what happened in korea just stay focused and the whole team you know pulling on one string and getting us both up here one two and getting there is a construct a championship one race before the end. so

a quick look at the driver standings reveals a thrilling finale is in store in abu dhabi with theoretically four drivers could still take the title first place alone so it can finish and can afford to finish second in abu dabi and still take the crowd if webber wins for he could finish fourth and clinch the title if that all wins the race how else in retains only a slim mathematical chance he's twenty three points adrift of alongside and would need all of his rivals top disastrous races to win a second driver scratch his place but can also retain his title. and mass and world record holder haile gebrselassie has announced his retirement from us latics the thirty seven year old ethiopian made the announcement after dropping out of his first new york martin after sixteen miles with a knee injury that your time alone pick champion said imagine a world record of two hours three minutes and fifty nine seconds in berlin in two thousand and eight he set twenty seven world best and eight world title since ninety ninety three ranging of distance from the fifteen hundred meters up to the maris them but he had fluid and tendonitis in his may and unable to finish

a new walk this compactors give the matter won the race on his first math an attempt after surging to convince my new time with them all to go finish in two hours nine minutes and fourteen seconds and that kid like out of kenya won the women's race in two hours twenty eight minutes and twenty seconds. in tennis it's only have successfully defended their fed cup title by beating the usa in the finals the italian squad had a commanding two male lead going into the second day after both singles matches however america's melanie oudin made it to one after stunning champion francesca schiavone in straight sets six three six won the united states in the final but in the second match flavia pennetta cruised ask ok vander vega also in a straight set of six one six two as we completed a three one victory to successfully defend their title this. science has now won

the trophy three times in the last five years. moving to the n.f.l. and michael thomas scored two touchdowns and the atlanta falcons beat the tampa bay buccaneers twenty seven twenty one to stay joined first in the n.f.c. south turner took the balkans to a fourteen male lead but about josh freeman the gaffe to seventeen fourteen half time in a fourteen on touchdown pass to arrhenius bench. and then this fifty eight yarder to mike williams. but in the third right at the second half freeman's pass was intercepted by johnson bob and i said if i get touched and passed michael promised his friends preschool and i'm up right field goal fulton's ahead twenty seven fourteen but back can the box ensuring kick off the juice in except. in quite a spell it picked up the bouncing ball. and ran eighty nine yards a touchdown but again made

a game of it twenty seven twenty one. three even then guided to tampa bay drives that reach the atlantic. but they couldn't stretch across for a first down in the fourth and ran out the clock for the. let's take a look at the other results wetland so we tampa bay on the right twenty seven twenty one baltimore also away winners at miami chicago new orleans and new york jets pledged and victories. elsewhere san diego defeated houston twenty nine twenty three while the new york giants trash the apple forty one seven oakland needed overtime to play like twenty four twenty went over kansas city and the results of the other games are on your screen. now with less than two years to go into the olympic games in london remaining has become the latest nation to sign a sports agreement with russia russia's national limpet committee president alexander zuckoff met his remaining counterpart mario. and the two countries have

pledged to uphold common international policies as well as maintaining cooperation in areas like trade processes and sports science as part of the four year agreement . i think. we share a common common past and that is something we need to treasure that is something we need to appreciate but i think we which is most important we have a common future. we have a longstanding friendly ties with remain athletes and coaches today we signed an agreement on holding joint training sessions and events i think that these days there are many kinds of sports to remain here that can be of great interest for russia. finally russia's sports boss is a king for the sport of calling to dominate the next with gangs in sochi and as the sport is falling into the country the national olympic committee has turned to canada for expense health care points he says five.

curling is traditionally popular in countries like canada switzerland sweden and denmark to name just a few and it's been that way there for hundreds of years however in russia which has had the same weather perec results as those countries all along the sport of curling has somehow failed to reach the masses a fact which has been considered and major disadvantage especially ahead of the next home winter olympics but russian sports authorities are aiming for nothing less than to defy the odds of the next winter games and have formed an experimental national team which includes a coach and players from canada i think what has to happen here is you have to get fresh on the forefront to have to get level world competition and that even after the women have rushed particular sadness that they have evolved into the requests for women to roles to start playing really and so i think that has seen its relation with them and if we can get the men where they qualify and see the world or the european championships playing at the world level and start showing some

results at the world level people death to the sport that you mention it will probably be a long while before the russians can embrace curling as a favorite sport or even pastime as has happened with bowling for example but first things first the country's national squads need to stake a claim on the international curling circuit while the ladies team has already started making a name for itself the men's side is definitely lacking both in results and recognition it was hoped they invited canadian curlers would raise the level of russia's domestic competitions and that's already happening according to paddy woodbridge but the players themselves are ready to go the extra mile to. the team and become naturalized citizens of russia to realize there is a big dream if we are fortunate enough to go in the offing to go i mean we'd be all too willing to make if it works make it happen you know when you're on a team you spend so much time train together and then you know together with and

with lex you know xander we know it would mean the world to them to get to you know represent russia and the international competition if we can help them do that that would be tough for us human resources is just one of the signals that needs to be overcome in root's olympic glory suitable infrastructure for curling is the next hurdle which will bit sacral head on by russia sport bosses and according to hans woodridge the chief ice maker at the vancouver olympics now hired by the russian olympic committee the success of curling it's possible in russia the sport will get more popular os os time goes on you know like in canada we have over one million not distortion it is just going to grow to more it's going to grow you can have stick could anyone have wheelchair curling you can have all kinds of things that are new so you you will have the you just need the facilities and we need a snake cruiser you need people that do precise work even though occurring in russia at the moment is under developed to say the least the country's national teams are expected to deliver

a good result at the one sort of big games in sochi and those home games in the year twenty fourteen could become the necessary catalyst for the advancement of this so far exotic sport in the biggest country on earth are among costs are of artsy a bit. and just before this time to update us on that score and design is not ripping one spot at one corner lanka scored a goal in the nineteenth minutes and it's all i've won one and that's all sports news i think. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. it's

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all soviet symbols but predicts a it's just another try at rewriting history. it's a nine pm in moscow i match reza good to be with you here on r t our top story a controversial russian artist has put himself just a click away from electrocution in a new online project oleg who is wanted for inciting religious hatred strap himself into a homemade electric chair and gave viewers a week to decide his fate just a warning you may find so many images in eagar or good news report disturbing. this happens every time one hundred people that intimate. to receive a massive electric jolt anyone can vote she'll do it it's over.