few. if. any. international news live from moscow with the twenty four hours a day top stories now in this hour moskos 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 week russian police take down two major terror targets in the south of russia killing militant leaders with suspected links to the bombings in moscow. and a massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations in court cases

a year on problem those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers and coastal residents are starting to feel the health impact of the disaster. come about co another update for you in about half an hour from now in the meantime we discuss the part of the u.s. soldier at the center of the wiki leaks scandal that's interview coming up next on r.t. stay with us for that. 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 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 the 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 mendez he's 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 protection and when you recently asked to have an unmonitored meeting with private manning what were you told when i asked to see manning as far back as january and we've been in negotiations or conversations with the united states government since there. 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 fans 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 transfer 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 as 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 contacts to see 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 fort 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 cause injury torture and some have even called it what's been going on are for this last year with bradley manning they've called it you know the and hey be a scorpion do you agree with that. 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 limited by my mandate and that is you know whether his conditions of detention are too cruel inhuman and degrading treatment and it makes total sense to me at least that you would need to c.n.n.

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 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 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 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 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. we 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 for the volume 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 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 her 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 so very easy and that is not incidental to illegitimate punishment. that if it raises to assert thing very deep 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. a person. 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 it. can become who you're going to treat mental 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 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 their 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 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 one tunnel day on 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 interesting one town i'm on my predecessor had asked to visit one town on the bush administration after some time allowed him but on conditions that he could not accept and so when i became the special robertson torture last november i renewed my request to the no to the obama. administration 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 doubt so i can't say what's going to happen but. i think. if i understand correctly conditions in front of them have changed. have changed enough or not is a different question but they're not what they were in two thousand and four when 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 and yes i. heard 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 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 our how do you respond 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 for the asians even a single episode of torture elice is the obligation of the state to just a good prosecutor branch obviously punish if there's merit to punt. 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. there's 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 on all other countries to live up to their human rights of legations and one of them is to investigate torture so i think this has to happen here as well bringing

it to light and notion that perhaps something's not. 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. wealthy british soil it's time to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy because the reports.

which brighten. song from months to. come. up stores this hour are three moscow says it's ready to assist. and libya to end months of carnage 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 week and russian police take down two major terror targets in the south of russia killing militant leaders with suspected links to deadly bombings in moscow. and the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations and court cases a year old problem those in charge play the blame game going up workers in coastal residents are starting to feel like health impacts the disaster. with more news

for you more details on those stories and that's in fifteen minutes from now is next with the weekend sports update. when i walk into school and hear a lot of lines leading battles and it be clear three meals reading talks were often the russian premier league after taste of hell that's fucking total. loss shot of bolton's last gasp goal always ends arsenal's title heights awesome benghazi man losing the reebok a little bit. i'm sticking in spain raf al adult leads from patrick duffy fair after the second final in a week to win the boss alone right then. and that's kick off with the russian premier league red defending champions need to regain top spot after they won three nil a time to kill us a bit of all those last three kicks from our exam because you go after eleven

minutes instead of in front and one minute stayed until nine minutes to go to find sponsors one time last a bridge games rest three nil the final score is a neat back to the top. really it's just the bottom. that it is going to miss the chance to reclaim top spot off and they were held with surprise moments or at lowly top so did i think from a corner full the army went after twenty seven minutes. but not seen a new nick off beats the visitors defense level just before the hour and that was how it finished a sky remain unbeaten the stick to. drop to the boss and. the rubin have now yet to win in four games after being held one more in a gritty encounter and struggling and caught an exam that is down so that struck for the hand side just before half time. but shot on off to trade his i met after

fifty seven minutes just eight points from a possible eighteen and seven. place so far then for the formidable champions and caught a second boston. and finally sponsor last i moved off the ball sometimes up to eleventh with a one zero win in time to sparta a german super struck five minutes into the second half is just not that individual sense of an stoppage time now ticked up to thirty. one on saturday new voice good moments temporary to the long awaited longer after that his father coolly met are the only goal eighteen minutes from time a great start to the season for their manager former chelsea player i don't trust him i just want the matches he signs toughest test so far on to finish the weekend second of all that's that desist and elsewhere looking at ease off the ball of off the best one class the way men have scored only once in my previous three games and fish these early start tally said he adds it rich needed to know from the penalty

spot was more of the same in the second half a powerful efforts and that is that nothing of making the three nil for the richest trough make the most of something for defending was a consolation cousin two and three who want to off it was how it finished there's no doubt that just six. can finally manage an elitist feeling the pressure is to excite our fist from bottom after their one zero defeat at mid table roscoff the game was settled by a thirty fifth minute penalty after the goalkeeper and it's unclear trying to flag down convert to the scot get. one on monday deny his angie in a mid table battle the moscow side has taken seven points from a possible fifteen so far all the visitors are unbeaten in three. and me one in england on sunday bolton snatched the ninetieth minute when i went to want him to last autumn all but then the gunners premier league title hopes so it was also

needed a wintel even six points of leaders manchester united with four games left to play including a showdown. united at the emirates next sunday but daniel sorry for the home side ahead after thirty eight minutes for kevin davis missed a penalty early in the second half again as robin van persie then set a new premier league record with his seventh successive away goal to make it one one in the last minute tommy auto and headed home to give bolton a victory and effectively consign asked not to be a sixth straight season without a trace they. are well elsewhere money force based manchester city travel to struggling black then as they chase a champions league spot city again miss injured carlos tevez and maker richards and haven't won the six in either way matches sixteenth place rovers are without a win. irene scotland rangers goalkeeper allan mcgregor produced an excellent late penalty save the reigning champions draw nil nil at home just celtic on sunday to keep the title race alive with a tree for second place celtic stephen thought rangers go top of the scottish

premier league and two points with a game in ferns and with less than ten minutes on the clock steven davis was judged to have fouled and stokes but just samaras stepped up to take the spot kick the find scotland goalkeeper push the shot wide it finished gaullist however it's still take the title if they break all five of their remaining fixtures. and is now in world number one rafael nadal has beaten fellow spaniard topic farah for the second final in a row to claim the grass alone open title and all wrapped up his thirty fourth win in a row on play at a comfortable six two six goal victory that i didn't leave for two in the second set down it back with thoughts straight games to take the match the world number one and also be his compactly to last week's multi-colored masters final. and meanwhile there was a shock in the women's event germany's view the world number one caroline wozniacki

in straight sets when her second career title should have gone it's gone crazy the day was able to clinch her fourth title of the sea. and the local favorite held the first and the tie break in st the second six three laps into the top thirty for the first time. to formula one and when i was robert has left hospital ten weeks after suffering severe injuries after crashing his car in a rally in italy komisar was badly hurt while taking part in the race last february and have to have extensive surgery to save his right hand he also needed operations on his shoulder leg and elbow the hospital in northern italy says the polish guy was condition is good until now rest and we monaco before beginning a new phase of rehabilitation the accident happened just three days after the twenty six year old it's the fastest time at the first pre-season testing following the accident the first of it's a german driver in the car i felt. now the world's biggest asian championships 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 are staging the world of the season championships have a set time this time jews have a change in venue it's a tough challenge for the organizers but i managed to pack everything in just one month public excitement in moscow is high it is more than seventy percent of the tickets already sold so full houses are expected to sit at the tournament spot the absence of russia's biggest star the conclusion is bound by the international states and when you share the title prize money the seven hundred ten thousand dollars is forty five thousand each for the men's and ladies' whenas the pez will get sixty seven on the whole thousand however the contenders will face stiff competition as whole full reign world champions are package nice and determined to defend this idols. and finally this year also the start of the professional basketball league here in russia one of the main differences between the new regime

and its predecessor the super league is the number of international players who are not pilots try or undermine kozyrev course at the three of them. 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 design your league champion plus the commission's most valuable player in two thousand and eight and a two 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 langdon is now married to a local girl and they already had a son to put it simply moskos become his second home i was no more intrigued by the culture here i was going to be here by the people by the history there so much about it that i was eager to power. from them to try to coach a little bit more museums talk to people learn a language i'm looking for. for me it's been a great start. raul lopez had been at the moscow region's heem 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 m.b.a. students at the utah jazz brought invaluable experience to his current side before you know it was more like says there was a book and i. would. like now you know i feel like this is leaders like. in cannes you know every dance 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 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 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 the game i am it was a more snow and i think the russia and astray was a stray you know different as. this against how you play. the system runs here in russia as well. but of screens. you know has 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 stuff i ever the professional league remains actual activity for in salads as heat continues to flock to russia from all over the world among calls for a party mascot i and that's almost ne i think so.

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