you're watching live from moscow these are the top stories of the week western military initiatives in north africa backfire at home with the french president already losing public trust over what's the scribe his his colonial ambitions france is also suffering from the influx of immigrants from the troubled region and is considering suspending the border free travel agreement. it's one years since a deadly explosion at a drilling platform in the gulf of mexico killed eleven and caused

a major oil spill that dealt a measurable blow to the environment coastal residents exposed to toxic chemical say they've been left to deal with severe health problems all on their own. and christians around the world are united on easter celebrations as this year's event falls in the same day for all of them in russia thousands flock to service at the country's main orthodox cathedral with both president and prime minister among the worshippers. next we will gather the plight of a u.s. soldier at the center of the wiki leaks scandal. on april nineteenth the pentagon announced it would be moving private first class bradley manning from a military facility at quantico virginia to fort leavenworth kansas private manning is suspected of sharing secret documents with a whistle blowing web site wiki leaks and since the time he's been in custody nearly a year now he has been held mostly in solitary confinement that's no contact no

communication no daylight for twenty three hours a day and manning himself has said in addition he has been forced at times to sleep naked criticisms against his treatment have been mounting and many say they simply want to know more want to hear it from manning himself i'm joined now by one man that he's the u.n. special robbers for on torture cruel inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment one thank you so much for being with me today thank you for your attention and when you recently asked to have an unmonitored meeting with private manning what were you told. manning as far back as january and we've been in negotiations all conversations with the united states government since then in march i was told that i could see him if manning asked to see me but that he would be in a situation of. the visit could be monitored and

i. told the u.s. government that i cannot accept those terms because of the rules. we operate under the human rights council of the united nations we're supposed to be able to meet with people who want to meet in without witnesses nevertheless i told through his lawyer told private manning that if he still wanted to see me he was he should ask for me and i'll try and come and see. in the meantime i insisted with the u.s. government that i want to see him without being monitored and now that there's been an announcement of his transferred to fort leavenworth. and the announcement also seems to indicate some change in his regiment that he's subjected to i am hoping that it will be possible to see him in conditions that i can accept i'm wondering

if you think that there's a connection at all between sort of this increased criticism this increased media attention and the decision to move private manning i mean the pentagon says no but these facilities certainly are much different he will potentially be able to meet with other prisoners to have contact to see the television events or read books do you think that there is a connection well as you said the pentagon is saying that this is a routine change after one year of incarceration. as far as i'm concerned i want to see what the new. conditions are but i'm also interested in what the conditions that he's leaving have been in detail because i have some references to it but i want to hear from him exactly what it is and i'm also asking the united states government for more information about things like the precise regimen that he was subjected to and the one he will be subjected to when he gets to four of

leavenworth but also. by who's out already who ordered it for what reason for what purpose all of those things are very important to me in order to make a judgment as to whether. the treatment constitutes cruel inhuman and degrading treatment or even worse could be could even constitute torture and some have even called it what's been going on are for this last year with bradley manning they've called that you know the and haiti do you agree with that. i haven't inquired as to whether he has. right to the writ of habeas corpus because my. my remit is limited to the conditions of detention not whether he should be detained or not. maybe another special rapporteur or working group in united nations will be interested in. obviously human rights. norms include a fair trial it said but in my case i limited by my mandate and that is you know

whether his conditions of detention amount to cruel inhuman and degrading treatment and it makes total sense to me at least that you would need to see him and you would need to see him unmonitored but we did see a letter that he wrote that was published that sort of these held some of the treatment some of his daily activities that included those twenty three hours during the day he was asked every five minutes are you ok so he couldn't just sit there and answer also this business about him you know having a sleeping naked if all of this is true what would that mean for your job and your decision well obviously i'm interested in this matter because any time a geisha is made about solitary confinement it raises a flag if you will. under the convention against torture to which the united states is a signatory and you know so i have to find out but evidently. different people mean different things by the word solitary confinement and i need to know

every detail how many how many times. and how often. he was asked to get rid of his underwear for what reason. you have to understand you know there's been any kind of rationale for the treaty but suffice to say for now that i am very interested in getting to the bottom of this and making my own judgment as of now i can only say that i'm interested i cannot do. close the content of my conversations with the united states government except to confirm that i'm interested you know what bradley manning has brought the subject of solitary confinement to light but from what i understand there are more than twenty five thousand people in this country alone being held in solitary confinement right now a lot of people when they think about solitary confinement they think you know all these prisoners are danger are a danger to other prisoners and that's why they're held in solitary but so many

times and maybe even more often than not that's not the case and it just seems to be a form of punishment for whatever reason can you speak to this about solitary confinement in general as it relates to torture or treatment the definition of torture and of cruel inhuman and degrading treatment. starts from the premise that somebody is suffering. there's pain and suffering of certain severity and that is not incidental to a legitimate punishment. that if it raises to a certain thing severity then it becomes cruel inhuman and degrading treatment in your face goes on beyond that's a very it can constitute torture so first we have to understand what kind of harm. the person under solitary confinement is suffering. it's it's easy to see. you know. no one can

you know go through that experience without suffering some kind of psychological or mental harm now then you have to still find out whether there's any justification for. i am familiar of course with the numbers in fact. i understand that the numbers are even higher than that of people who for disciplinary reasons are kept in solitary confinement in jails in united states and quite frankly elsewhere as well so i am very interested in solitary confinement i want to know under what conditions it. can become cruel inhuman and degrading treatment or torture and for that i need to know a lot more about what we mean by what kind of palliative measures are taken you know for example it's not the same to be in solitary confinement and not have any access to radio or t.v. or newspapers or writing material to look sort of to send letters home. but you

know you have to put it all together and then make a judgment as to whether even under those circumstances with some of those palliatives it still isn't reasonable and therefore cruel it is hard because we have these words cruel inhuman and those almost need to be defined so much more specifically i guess that's your job is it is my job and unfortunately has to be defined in both objective and subjective criteria because it's not the same to put somebody in solitary confinement for one day and to put him or her there for months it's not the same to put you know a relatively healthy young male twenty five years old for three days or put someone in those situations for three days who is one for infirm or sick or prone to depression so you have to see all of those conditions before you make a judgment whether some kind of so very threshold has been crossed you know i know

you're fairly new to this job but i'm wondering what impact kuantan him obey on the treatment that we are learning about prisoners there what impact that has on your job well i mean i'm also very interesting one time on my predecessor had asked to visit one final the bush administration after some time allowed him but on conditions that he could not accept and so when i became the special rapporteur and torture last november i renewed my request to the no to the obama. mr asia but i wanted to visit one tunnel and i'm hoping that when they answer they haven't answered yet but when they do answer they give me conditions that i can accept. we are negotiating that so i can't say what's going to happen but. i think. if i understand correctly conditions in guantanamo have changed. they have changed

enough or not is a different question but they're not what they were in two thousand and four when manfred nowak asked for permission to visit and so i'm hoping the. obama administration will have. a more constructive. response to my request do you trust the obama administration. as a special rapporteur i have jurisdiction over one hundred ninety countries i don't trust or distrust any government i just deal with them in the same way and and yes i i from the premise depart from the premise that all governments have to live up to the obligations under international law just one more question for you i know that in the past you have called for the united states to investigate and prosecute torture committed under the former president george w. bush and a lot of people seem to say you know it's in the past let's not reopen old wounds because we're get in the way of you know national unity it was maybe make our

reputation abroad much worse based on what comes out of that our how do you respond to our well the torture convention international law more generally makes it an obligation of the state to investigate and prosecute every single act of torture in that case in that sense torture is different torture is a special case of human rights was ations even a single episode of torture hillis is the obligation of the state to investigate prosecute and punish obviously punish if there is merit to pony. but so i have repeatedly called not only the united states problem but every other government to live up to that obligation. i don't think. these are crimes that can be swept under the rug and pretend that they didn't happen and if that's. so for people who think that that will enhance the reputation of the united states abroad

that's exactly the opposite of what will happen in the united states and on all other countries to live up to their human rights of league ations and one of them is to investigate torture so i think this has to happen here as well bringing it to light that perhaps something is being done not exactly all right i want to thank you so much for joining me one mendez the un special rapporteur on cruel inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment thank you very much a pleasure to be here. you delete.

them. we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. western military initiatives in north africa backfire at home with the french president already losing public trust over what the scribe as his colonial bishop friends is also suffering from the influx of immigrants from the troubled region and is considering suspending the gambler free travel agreement. it's one years since a deadly explosion at a drilling platform in the gulf of mexico killed eleven am cause of a major oil spill the delicate a measurable blow to the environment coastal residents exposed to toxic chemical say they've been left to deal with severe health problems all on their own. and

christians around the world and around the world are united in easter celebrations as a sphere of events falls in the same day for all of them in russia thousands flock to service at the country's main orthodox cathedral with both the president and prime minister among the worshippers. so the top stories of the week and anderson here now with the latest sports update. hello there thanks for joining me and these are the headlines. top of the pile surprise package to ban which the premier league summit with victory away to fellow newcomers polgar. has desires and goals world number one spot after a steady day in south carolina. reaching a milestone it out claims the five hundred when of his career to make the final of

the class lineup open. to many of the service would have imagined that six weeks into the russian premier league it would be promoted sides by having it out for the top of the table position but that's exactly what has happened and that's what was up for grabs when volga hosted could ban any cagey first half was forgotten about in the second example a chance to please each side to break the deadlock with the wish to be just a single goal in the span that is coolly doing the honors for that this is just eighteen minutes from time to wonder when sending the band top the twenty four hours at least to sky and city both with the chance of the passenger on sunday. like such things like the ross dogs of edge further away from the relegation zone but at the same time making job even harder he's terry excite now just one win from their first six games thanks to drag and blocking the x. thirty fifth minute when that time in the days their last match the f.c.

cousins out failed to straight to repeat the record out. of mike to moscow ease into a full one win to move the joint second place in the process the modern england banshee ninety keep moving on relentlessly towards their fourth english premier league crown in five years alex ferguson's side remaining six points out on the trace and crack following a one meal when i was at every turn. how do you handle the strike that might well say that this is a trifle raised elsewhere sonnenfeld to take over ownership of full place for man to sit in for a long one await the west brom liverpool went to town on burning as he thought live without replying one hundred three days helping himself perhaps to get out and build aston villa and shares the spoils as the likely newcastle six second half goal flew in the stadium of light side sundin with the lion's share of them beating we're going to pull wolves in for them can be separated while chelsea just about remain in the title shakedown beaten west ham three no one and there is chara scoring his first goal for the flames in that one. while open spain barcelona right

points clear with just five games to play after their two know when over off the sooner that would be on the score sheet for them we will match the fiftieth goal of this easy second place real madrid had beaten valencia six three consulting one with a hat trick and now one. fifth that he won when i was a real sociedad. real fans may be saying that seeing their league title hopes played away but at least their manager has pledged he will not be returning to manage into milan next season but forty eight year old would be welcome figure at the san siro having won two italian titles the cup and the champions league in two years before leaving last season current manager leonardo is only signed three this season promising plenty of questions about not impossible success in. basketball now hinkey have won the all russian v.t. united league final against t iscar the tournament inc is and brought together the

best side from scandinavia and eastern europe to him keep winning the final though sixty six points sixty four push me along the top scoring for them with eighteen point five three bands not help the side overcome determined to scar to a point at the start of the last few decades to discard. holden and jim on cotton both scored fifty points but that is not enough. i but. it was a difficult match c.s.k. proved to be a strong concerns are very strong players but today we were very good in the defense and moved a lot because their team plays a much older we were faster and were running more. well this year saw the start of the p.b. aware the professional basketball league in russia one of the main differences from its predecessor the super league being the amount of international athletes plying their trade here on crossfire i've caught up with three of them to get

a flavor of an ex-pat sportsman's life. american tragedy lang's and is no stranger to titles and here are just a few from his six year tenure at moscow says scott five time champion of russia to sign yearly champion of plastic and positions the most valuable player in two thousand and eight and it's a time champion of the year that created the united d.t.b. league but basketball wars are not the only discovery he's made in russia as lang's and is now married to a local girl and they already have a son to put it simply moscow's become his second home i was a little more intrigued by the culture going i was going to be here by the people by the history or so much about it the right was a great power. from them i try to go to a little bit more museums talk to people learn the language a little bit more and for me it's been a great summer raul lopez has been at the moscow region's he since two thousand and nine shortly after his native spain won the olympic silver at the two thousand and

eight summer games in beijing just a year later he helped his country prove its dominance of the euro basket becoming the latest champions so rolls incredible international record plus his three year and be a student at the good side jazz brought invaluable experience to his current side before you know it's i was more like says the risible king's i. would put a show on and on like now you know i feel like this business is like. in cannes you know on every dance can you know they have great players australia it's a little neville is probably one of the most exotic imports to the russian professional basketball league though he has already tried his luck in the united states and returned to melbourne this move to russia meant he wants to make his way back to the highest level of the game his current side triumph from the moscow region are not having the best of seasons at the moment but it's still

a work in progress as neville is brought up to speed with the european style of the game. the russia. was a. different. system . here in russia as well pick and rolls in europe. you know no coaches me running around all the time you know russian basketball went through a massive overhaul of the last season and is just starting to climb out of the slump however the professional league remains abstracted to foreign talents as leads continue to flock to russia all over the world remind tosser of dorothy moscow. there's every chance gold could have a new world number one surely england more needs to win a heritage event on the p.g.a. tour to as martin khanna from top spot and has a one shot lead going into the final day in south carolina i don't know what is

third in the world at the moment is an alternate round didn't get off to the best of starts his ball bouncing out of bans on just the second hole i double bogey here seeing him briefly lose the lead but he was backed. by the time he reached the armory found his form finishing on a one under par seventy his worst round of the tournament so far but he's still ahead of defending champion jim furyk i.v. american missing a part for par on the last hole to scupper his chances of topping the leaderboard. however if the world should fall to victory the englishman lee westwood could claim a top ranking with victory in the need. westwards in top form with the next leap second shot on the sixth during his penultimate round a total of eight birdies for him opening up a five shot lead over the rest of the field with one more round to go on sunday which happens to be on his thirty eight birthday.

and at the china open nicolas colsaerts is the man to catch after three rounds competitive field however keeping the distance at a minimum the belgian leading by just a short five goodies in an eagle on the day the twenty eight year old highlights one was ahead after the. second thanks very much in contention good on the six thing helping him close the gap to just a single stroke. play. oh no the new tennis world number one rafael nadal has claimed the five hundredth win in his career he's only twenty four and becomes the second youngest player to reach that mark behind be in bourg it was twenty three and the dow beating even delegate to make the final of the barcelona open in what was a straightforward victory two six three six two the final score that is no doubt thirty third win in a row on clay and he's very much the favorite to win the six barcelona final and is very familiar with the man they all meet in the final two fellows. for their panic

in the final the monte carlo masters last week which one surfer there will be looking for revenge and is also looking pretty good too against nicolas almagro in the semifinal here taking the first set six three and the second six four but it's still very much the underdog today's final against it but. the women's world number one problem is on course for her fourth title of the season reaching the final of the state got a grand prix with a straight sets win against signees could advance here but the day you had to show her fighting spirit with you supporting from the world three one late in the first set before wozniacki playing back to win it seven five and then found a rhythm the second to take that six three even though she needed four match points to wrap up the win the deciding one here and it was a real epic. and she will play home. in the final of the german upsetting world number. those that get the semifinal i

think the first step would use trying to level the match at a settle but the germans by the crowd deciding one seven five to set up that final was me at school. so that brings us up to date more sports and a couple of us. from . the future.

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