oh that your ways are easy today we take a look at the top stories of the week on a western military unit should haves in north africa backfired hold was a french president already losing public trust over what's described as his colonial visions 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 year since the deadly explosion at a drilling platform in the gulf of mexico killed eleven and caused a major oil spill that dealt an immeasurable blow to the environment coastal

residents exposed to toxic chemicals say they've been left to deal with severe health problems all on their own. and christians around the world are united in easter celebrations as this year of events falls on the same day for all of them in russia thousands flock just service the country's main orthodox cathedral with both the president and prime minister among the worshippers. the next we'll look at the plight of the u.s. soldier at the center off the we can leak scandal. on april nineteenth the pentagon announced it would be moving private first class bradley manning from a military facility at quantico virginia for fort leavenworth kansas private manning is suspected of sharing secret documents with the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks and since the time he has been in custody nearly

a year now he has been held mostly in solitary confinement has 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 and hear it from manning himself i'm joined now by one man that is the un special rapporteur on torture cruel inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment one thank you so much for being with me today thank you for your position and when you recently asked to have an unmonitored meeting with private manning what were you told where i asked to see private manning as far back as january and we've been in negotiations or 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 it would be in

a situation of which the. visit could be monitored and i. told us that i cannot accept those terms because under the rules. we operate under the human race council of the united nations we're supposed to be able to meet with the people we want to meet in without witnesses nevertheless a 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 regimen 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 television even to 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 fort leavenworth

but also. by who's out already who ordered it for what reason for what purpose all of those things are very in 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 for this last year with bradley manning they've called it you know the end of habeas corpus do you agree with. well i. haven't inquired as to whether he has. right to a 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 would be interested in that obviously human rights. norms include

a fair trial that cetera 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 a man that you would need to see him unmonitored but we did see a letter that he wrote that was published that sort of detailed some of the treatment some of his daily activities that including those twenty three hours during the day he was asked every five minutes are you ok so he didn't just sit there and answer also this business about him you know having to sleep naked if all of this is true what would that mean for your job and your decision. 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 for which the united states is a signatory as 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 for how many how many times. and how often. he was asked to get rid of his underwear for what reason. we have to understand you know whether there's been any kind of rationale for the treat 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 contents of my conversations with the united states government except to confirm that i'm interested you know 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 and 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 illegitimate punishment. if it raises to a certain thing severity then it becomes cruel inhuman and degrading treatment in your field goes on beyond that's a very it can constitute torture so first we have to understand what kind of harm. that person under 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 it. 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 in jails in the united states and quite frankly elsewhere as well so i am very interested in solitary confinement i want to know under what conditions it. i 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 let's 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 is unreasonable 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 it 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 put you know relatively healthy young male twenty five years old for three days or put someone in those situations for three days who is infirm or secret who are 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 i'm obey and the treatment that we are learning about prisoners there what impact that has on your job well i mean we're i'm also very interested in one town i'm on my predecessor had asked to visit one phantom or the bush administration after some time allowed him but on conditions that he could not accept and so when i became special rapporteur and torture last november i renewed my request to the no to the obama. ministration 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 so i can't say what's going to happen but. i think. if i understand correctly conditions in guantanamo have

changed. 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 poured from the premise depart from the premise that all governments have to live up to their 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

this will get in the way of you know national unity it will maybe make our reputation abroad much worse based on what comes out of that where how do you respond to that 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 violations even a single episode of torture elicits the alleviation of the state to investigate prosecute and punish obviously punish if there is merit to point. but so i have repeatedly called on not only the united states government 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 insist of their countries to live up to their human rights organizations on one of them is to investigate torture and so i think this has to happen here as well bringing it to light won't give the notion that perhaps something's going down on me 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. western

military initiatives in north africa backfired home was a french president's already losing public trust over what's described as it is colonial ambitions france is also suffering from the influx of immigrants from the troubled region and is considering suspending shantaram border free travel agreement. it's one of years since a deadly explosion at a drilling platform in the gulf of mexico killed eleven and caused a major oil spill in the delta and a measurable blow to the environment coastal residents exposed to toxic chemicals say they've been left to deal with severe health problems all on their own. band

christians around the world are united in the easter celebrations as this year the events all in the same day for all of them in russia thousands flock to service the country's main orthodox cathedral with both president and prime minister among the worshippers. of the top stories of the week and this year with. hello there thanks for watching the spalls and these are the headlines top of the piles of prize package to ban reach the premier league summit with the big three away to fellow newcomers vulgar. while donald has desires and goals world number one spot after a study in south carolina. and reaching a milestone no doubt claimed the five hundred win of his career to make the final

of the pass alone or open. the first manager to back down to trash who could not hope for a better start to his first season in the russian premier league his side now top the table after a one zero win over the older the former chelsea player saying it was their hardest test so far are the first half was cagey but plenty of chances followed in the second although just a single goal settled this game but it's cool it doing the honors for good band eighteen minutes from time no one know when sending the band talked for twenty four hours at least the tears scar and then eat both with the chance of the cross and feed on sunday elsewhere on saturday from eighty moved up to third after their four one win over f.c. . well it is feeling the pressure is terry excited for from the bottom after their one nil defeat to ross. bowled today to discuss could take top spot from the army man travel to second bottom tom toms in search of their fourth win in a row and victory would put them a point clear although tier sky will be without midfielder you can al going in and

defend the vast seem. like a kicks off and just they were now it's time or later on zanny to just behind his scar on goal difference but also at least broadband victory over korea severe elsewhere rubin have not won three games now but will hope to put that right against bottom side spot that most go look to lift themselves off the foot of the. when they host but that now shit. in england manchester united just need seven more points from four matches to clinch a record nineteenth league title their one their win over everton giving them a six point lead over chelsea in the table having gone and is with the by the strike stamford bridge fernando torres got his spurs goal for chelsea in their three nil win over west ham who bought them spurs failed to link brugmansia city into fourth but after drawing two two with west brom liverpool from birmingham five nil with maggie rodriguez helping himself to aston villa and stayed shared this board yesterday as newcastle blackpool as the blackpool stay just above the

relegation zone they're in the relegation zone no are we can be lost to sunderland goals he drew with a full today our thought could go within six points of united with bolton the gun is our own thinking in sixteen games but perhaps a more telling fact is they've only won three of their last nine which is seen and slipped to third in the table a win would keep them just about in the title race as arsenal do still have to play united at the emirates elsewhere barcelona's little messi has become the first player to score fifty goals in a spanish season his landmark strike along with a goal that was via giving bass routine sooner and an eight point lead into the leader nearest rivals real madrid valencia their six three gonzalo higuain with a hat trick in that one dollar thirty goal but our fifth after the two one win over the house so she had that. now while messi has a ref called season tennis number one rafael nadal has reached

a landmark in his career the twenty four year old claiming his five hundred win beating even blog to make the final of the barcelona open the dow the second youngest player to reach the five hundred mark behind be on board he was twenty three when he did it and it was straight forward two six three six two the final score yesterday that is the does thirty third win in a row on clay and he's very familiar with the man who meet in the final but a spaniard paid for their. the pair met on the monte carlo masters last week which nadar won so for that i will be looking for revenge looking pretty good against nicolas almagro in his semi taking the first set six three and the second six four but he's still very much the underdog today's final against. the women's world number one caroline wozniacki is on course for her fourth title of the season reaching the final of the start got graeme free with a straight sets win over. but the dane had to show her fighting spirit plants his

fourteenth in the world took a three one lead in the first set before was the us and then back to win it seven five and then found a rhythm in this second to win that pretty easily six three even though she needed for magic court to wrap up the win in the deciding one is a real epic. and she will play home for good games find the german upsetting world number seven samantha those it near the semi. took the first step would be a stray level the match of the settle but the german spurred by they took the deciding one seventy five is that about final the at scale. possible now him have won the all russian d.t.b. united league final against to a scar the tournament ink is than brought together the best sides from scandinavia and eastern europe and i think you are willing the final sixty six points the sixty four question may launch our top scoring for them with eighteen points and five rebounds and that helped his side overcome a determined they were

a point ahead at the start of the last period holding german gordon both scoring fifteen points but that was not enough. but it was the it was a difficult match c.s.k. proved to be a strong concerned with very strong players but today we were very good in the defense and moved a lot and because new team plays a much older we were forced out and were running maul. congratulations to them now this. so the start of the paid professional basketball league in russia one of the main differences from its predecessor the same play thing in active international athletes plying their trade here roman cos ref caught up with three of them to get a flight out of an ex-pat sportsman's and sportsman's life. american tragedy langton 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 suits i merely champion plus the competition's most valuable player in two thousand

and eight and it's a good sign champion of the newly created united v t v league but basketball wars are not the only discovery he's made in russia as langdon is now married to a local girl and they already have a son to put it simply moscow has become his second home was little more intrigued by the culture or here i was going to be here by the people by the history or so much about the right the secret of our. program to try to go to open more museums talk to people for the language of war. for me it's been a great strength around a lot as has been the moscow region's he since two thousand and nine shortly after his native spain won elliptic 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 n.b.a. stints at the utah jazz brought invaluable experience to his current side before

you know it's it was more like. the risible teams are. pressure on and on like now you know i feel like this is leaders like. intentional every now i do play against our team you know they have great players australian's look 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 will. third 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. more similar to the russia. was a straight you know different. system

. here in russia as well picking roles in europe screen. you know. coaches me running around 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 actually active so far in salads as treats continue to flock to russia from all over the world room on cost for authority mosco. let's catch up now what has been happening in the n.b.a. playoffs where the portland trailblazers have tied it to two with the dallas mavericks after an impressive comeback brandon roy top scoring with twenty four points with portland elsewhere memphis a two one up in their series against san antonio after a home win and i go along to be gender ninety seven ninety four to take a commanding lead in their seats. there's every chance gulf could have a new world number one don't know. which event on the p.g.a.

tour to ask martin connor from top spot and has a one shot lead going into the final day in south carolina donald is third in the world at the moment and respond ultimate round didn't get off to the best of starts his ball banking out of bans on just the second hole. a double bogey here seeing him briefly leaves late but he was back to the time he reached the turn i'm really found he's for finishing on a one hundred seventy his bush round of the tone so far but he's still a shot ahead of defending champion jim few rick. the american missing a puck for par on the last how to stop the his chances of topping the lead to pull . off. however donald should focus a victory for englishman lee westwood who claimed the top ranking with victory at the indonesian open i westwood's in good form with an excellent second shot on the sixth day joining his pronouncement around a total of eight birdies for him opening up a five shortly i with the rest of the field with one more round go on sunday which

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