the russians would be so much brighter if you knew noone about song from feinstein oppressions. these from the start on t.v. dot com. this is r.t. to read you live from the russian capital top stories this hour moscow says it's ready to assist peace talks in libya to end months of violence meanwhile nato is sending combat advisors to the country in a move seen by analysts is the first step to a ground invasion. and other top news of the past week russian police take down to major terror targets in the south of russia killing innocent leaders with suspected links stupidly holdings in moscow. and the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations and court cases

a year on while those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers and coastal residents are starting to feel the health impact of the disaster. but about with more for you in about fifteen minutes from now meantime we discuss the part of a u.s. soldier at the center of the wiki leaks scandal that's our special interview next on r.t. . 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 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 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 the 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 mendez he's the un special rapporteur on torture cruel inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment i want 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 where i asked. manning as far back as january and we've been in negotiations on 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 which the. visit could be monitored. i . told the u.s. government that i cannot accept those terms because of the rules so. we operate

under the human rights 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 you still wanted to see me he was you know you 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 eat with other prisoners to have contact to see the television events or read books do you think that there's 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 also 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 cause a kind of torture and some have even called what's been going on are for this last year with bradley manning they've called it you know the and hey be a score press 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 and obviously human rights. norms include a fair trial itself but in my case 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 detailed some of the treatment some of his daily activities that include in those twenty three hours during the day he was asked every five minutes are you ok so he can just sleep here to 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 well obviously i'm interested in this matter because any time that an allegation 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 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 whether 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 like i cannot do. close the content 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 all right 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 all of terri 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. if it raises to a certain thing verity then it becomes cruel inhuman and degrading treatment interferes 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 the united states and quite frankly elsewhere as well so i am very interested in solitary confinement i want to know under what conditions. 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 so 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 relatively healthy young male twenty five years old for three days or put someone in those situations for three days who is infirm or or see 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 is going ton of mowbray 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 town i'm on my predecessor had asked to visit one panel the bush administration after some time allowed him but on conditions that he could not accept and so when i became the special rapporteur on 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 that so i can't say what's going to happen but. i think. if i understand correctly conditions in one town no have changed. have changed enough or not is a different question but they're not what they were in two thousand and four when fred nowak asked for permission to visit and so i'm hoping the. obama

administration will. 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 depart 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 war our maybe make our reputation abroad much worse based on what comes out of that where how do you respond to well the torture. 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 for ations even a single episode of torture hillis is the obligation of the state to investigate prosecute and punish obviously punish if there's merit to a problem. but so i have repeatedly called 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. true 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 all other countries to live up to their human rights obligations and one of them is to investigate torture so i think this has to

happen here as well bringing it to light and that perhaps something about it would be exact all right i want to thank you so much for joining me one man does the un special rapporteur on cruel inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment thank you very much a pleasure to be here. wealthy british style. market why not. why not what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. is a report.

from stories here on our t.v. moscow says it's ready to assist peace talks in libya to end months of violence meanwhile nato is sending combat advisors to the country in a move seen by analysts as the first step to a ground invasion. and other top news of the past week the russian police take down two major terror targets in the south of russia killing militant leaders with suspected links to their deadly bombings in moscow. and the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations in court cases a year on hold while those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers and coastal residents are starting to feel the health impact of the disaster. and i'll

be back with more news for us in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime kate is next with the latest. hello welcome to the sports on the season sunday and here are the main stories legal battles you need to be clear three males to regain top spot in the russian premier league cup it's his scalp well that struck the top. ball came to spain right on the goal beat spanish from patrick very fair for the second final in a week to win the boss alone open. but stunned the women's world number one caroline wozniacki is beaten in straight sets at the final of the stuttgart drawn three. let's take over the russian premier league where defending champions in it have regained top spot after they won three in the times in korea so that of alexander got to go open for his side all through eleven minutes and the loss of edge and elated second half brace to give the defending champions

a comfortable victory in the like match for some side spartak moscow looking to lift themselves off the foot of the table as they spot something else. call it a scam missed the chance to reclaim top spot off they were house to surprise moment when i told so you do we're open from a call nothing. after twenty seven minutes. but not seeing any cost beats the visitors defense to level the out and it was a finish to scare remain unbeaten to stick to surge to stay. in the ravine now having won four games after being held one one in a gritty game at home just struggling i'm caught. some third strike for the home side just before half time. but. this is our next fifty seven minutes just eight points from a possible eighteen so far though the former champions. was something he was good on my temporary top of the one know when to fold up of

lot of stuff netted let me go eighty minutes in time song a great. after the season for their manager a former chelsea player down the trust you describe the man to seaside toughest test so far gone since the weekend second of all that suggest this. elsewhere looking at see the full fourth best who won when it crossed the women who scored only once in a previous three games. tally. sending out the rich made it to no income to sports it was more of the same in the second half a powerful effort than something that feels make it three no four the meeting. was mostly defending. was a consolation two thousand and three and. in. the six. meanwhile manager ruthless is feeling the pressure is to back side of this from bottom off to their one zero defeat at new table last off the game was settled by the thirty fifth minute penalty after the goalkeeper three. down.

convert to the spot kick. on the run in england sunday stoke i saw snow could go within six points of premier league leaders nationality with a must win match of bolton the gunners are unbeaten in sixteen games have won only three of their last night which is to see them sit through third in the table however a win was justified in the title race disaster still comes to play united in the emirates next sunday school resource statements company yahoo on and we won on monday fourth place match to city travel to struggling black burn as they face a champions league spot at city again miss collins test in the caribbean future how three injuries haven't won in six liter away matches on sixteenth place rovers. in ny and. meanwhile boston is a no messi has become the first player to score fifty goals in the spanish season after his side retained the eight point lead at the top of the league with five games to go his long long strike came with three minutes ago the following is having the best first off goal get past it to know when i was assuming i was

nearest rivals prey on the great triumph six three about m.p.'s again with a hat trick for the businesses and yes it was our face after their two one win for the rest. and let's start off the professional cost a little over in russia one of the main differences between the regime and its food is the same number of international law thanks for not prying the trade or. this random. 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 to sign yearly champion plus the confessions most valuable player in two thousand and eight and it's a time champion of the newly created united the g.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 hours or more intrigued by the culture knowing it was going to be here by people by the history or so much about it that i was ignorant about candor from them i try to go to a little bit more museums talk to people learn the language a little bit more. for me it's been a great experience raul lopez had treated the moscow region's here in peace since two thousand and nine shortly after his native spain one million pixels are 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. stint at the utah jazz brought invaluable experience to his current side before you know it was more like says the risible claims are. would put pressure on you know like now you know i feel like this is leaders like. intends you know every night to

play against oh and you know they have great players australian's 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 returns in melbourne this minute the russian. he wants to make his way back to the highest level of the game his current side trying 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 again i think america's more so and i think the russia. stray was a stray different. risa games are you play. the system runs here and russia is not a pick and rolls in europe screen. you know has no coaches me running around all the time you know russian basketball went through a massive overhaul of last season and is just starting to climb out of the slump

however the professional league remains x. factor for him talents as meat continue to flock to russia from all over the world ramon koester of urging moscow. now there's a two way race on to become the new world number one ingolf india's lee westwood is in line to take top spot from john martin kyra after winning the indonesian masters but don't hold could himself end up at the summit if he wins in south carolina after the englishman rode his luck it's a one shot lead into the final round of the heritage dos is third in the world at the moment and his not stand to get off the best of starts his ball bouncing as a bounce on just the second hole a double bogey here seen him briefly lose the lead but he was back to park by the time he reached the turn and we found his form and she with a one under par seventy his was round of the tournament so far however he was still a shot at defending champion fearing the american mr pats

a car on the last hole to scotland his chances of topping the leaderboard at the end of day three was. ten as well number one rafael nadal has beaten fellow spaniard david ferrer for the second final in a row to claim the barcelona open title is all wrapped up his thirty fourth women are allowed to play with a comfortable six two six four eight three the world number one had also beaten his compadres in last week's monte carlo masters final and also on rick's taking this sunday's proselytized the twenty four year old to reach the landmark of five hundred victories the bt event thought it this i finally i mean one of the shocking women's events i was just. there it is read world number one caroline wozniacki in straight sets win the stuttgart grand prix doesn't see it was aiming to clinch have full title of the season and was leading five for the first set for the local favorite pulled back to texas on a typewriter and eastley the second six straight. formula one now and runners

robert kimmitt son has left hospital ten weeks after suffering severe injuries after crashing his car in a rally in italy because it was badly hurt while taking part in a race last february and had to have extensive surgery to save his right hand he also needed operations on his shoulder leg and elbow hospital in northern italy says the polish driver's condition is good and he will now rest at home in monaco before beginning a new phase of rehabilitation the accident happened just three days after the twenty six year old had some thought is time for the first pre-season test. on the accident rather place but it's a german driver high thoughts. and finally the world figure skating championships will open in here in moscow on monday the biggest annual skating event was moved to russia following the devastating earthquake that affected the original venue of tokyo russia restaging the world figure skating championships for the third time this time both due to the change of venue it's a tough challenge for the organizers imagine that everything just one month public excitement in moscow is likelihood and sudden two percent of the tickets are

already sold so only four houses are expected in the day of the tournament the answer is actually you start looking into this. space for. the total prize money will be seven hundred ten thousand dollars to five thousand feet from the hands and legs when it has hit sixty seven. however the contenders will face stiff competition it's all thought reigning world champions are back on the ice and determined to defend their titles. and as well as most news but i think. we'll. bring you the latest unsigned skin think knowledge from a realm for sure. we've got the future covered live in

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