there's a report on our. welcome back it's hot off the hour here in moscow you are with our team a look at the headlines as it's ready to assist these talks and leave it to end months of violence meanwhile nato is sending congress advisors to the country in a move seen by analysts as the plaster 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 deadly bombings in moscow. and

the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations and porch cases so your own body while those in charge played the blame game cleanup workers and pros the residents are starting to fill the health impacts of the disaster. you know with our team next we discussed the plight of a u.s. soldier at the center of a weakening 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 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 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 i want thank you so much for being with me today thank you for your british and when you recently asked to have an unmonitored meeting with private manning what were you told were i asked to see brad 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 has to see me but that it would be in a situation of. the visit could be monitored and i. told us i mean 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 with our witnesses nevertheless a told through his lawyer told private manning that if you 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 living 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 it 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're calling it you know the end of habeas corpus do you agree with. well 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 the. 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 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 on monitored 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 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 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 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 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 and 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 grazes to a certain thing very 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 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 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 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 or or sick or prone to depression so you have to see all of those conditions before you make a judgment whether some kind of 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 and 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 ton or my predecessor had asked to visit one tunnel the bush administration after some time allowed him but on conditions that he could not accept and so when i became special rapporteur on torture last november i renewed my request to the no to the obama. ministration but i wanted to visit. 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 one thousand will 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 well 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. heard 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 and 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 phyllis's the obligation of the state to investigate prosecute and punish obviously punish if there is merit to pony. but. 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. so for people who think that that will enhance the reputation of the united states abroad that's exactly the opposite of what will the united states insist on all other countries to live up to their human rights a geisha and some one of them is to investigate torture so i think this has to

happen here as well. and that perhaps something's not me 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. bosco

says it's ready to assist peace talks in leaving it to supply lines meanwhile nato is sending prompted prizes to the country in a real seen by analysts as the plan step third ground invasion. and all the top news of the week russian police take down two major terrorist 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 so you're on board while the i was in charge played the plain game cleanup workers and kind of pulled residents are starting to feel the health impact

of the disaster. next. date. i don't like the discourse on here but otherwise leading the battles in if be clearly a trivial to regain top spot in the russian premier league after taste can tell it's fucking talk. while dream shot of bolton's last gasp goal than his arsenal title heights absent during his money losing the weight of the english premier league. and the king of spain raphaela delegates from patrick duffy there after the second final in a week to win the boss alone are open. let's kick off with the russian premier league where defending champions need to regain top spot after they won three nil a time so clearly it's

a bit of all those last three kicks from alexander because you go after eleven minutes but the front and more minutes stayed until nine minutes to go to the final strontium time for the last of which game to rest three nil the formal score to meet it back to the top. really have slipped just the bottom. that it is now missed the chance to reclaim top spot off the bay were held to a surprise one one zero at lonely top so to do i think from the corner for the on event after twenty seven minutes. but might seem kind unique off beats the visitors defense level just before the hour and that was how it finished the sky remain on the stick to. drop to the boss and. the rubin have now yet to win in four games after being held one one in a gritty and found him struggling car and sun that is dance of struck for the him side just before half time. but child 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 former double champions and caught a second boston. unfunny sponsor last i moved off the bottom and up to eleven school they want to know when it's time to spar that's not a charm superstruct five minutes into the second half of this just at the attack the individual sense of an stoppage time now ticked up to certain things. they knew was good moments temporarily to the window in florida after that is that cooley committed the only goal eighteen minutes in time a great start to the season for their manager former chelsea player don't trust him just why but not because he sides toughest test so far on to finish the weekend seconds well that's it does this. and us we're looking at ease off both off the bat one hasn't done well when men have scored only once in a previous three games and fish and. present tally sinead

needed to know from the penalty spot was more the same in the second half a powerful effort from fleda's a nazi of making three nil for the richest trust made the most recent one for defending was a consolation a cousin through his who want to walk it was how it finished as the just six. pounds finally manager and it is feeling the pressure is to excite office from bottom after their one zero defeat at mid table last thought the game was settled by a thirty fifth minute penalty after the goalkeeper and it's we can reach into and tag on let me ask you this but get. one on monday denies the g. and a mid table battle the moscow side has taken seven points not possible fifteen so far all of this is unbeaten in three. and me one in england on sunday bolton snatched a ninety minute when i went to want him to last or to all but end the gunners

premier league title hopes so it was awesome needed to win tell it in six points of leaders manchester united with four games after play including a showdown. united at the emirates next sunday but daniel star if the home side ahead after thirty eight minutes for kevin davis missed a penalty early in the second half the gunners 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 samuel cohen headed home to give bolton a victory and effectively consign arsenal to a sixth straight season without a trace they. were all elsewhere monday thoughts based manchester city travel to struggling blackburn as they chase a champions league spot city again miss injured carlos tevez and make a richards and have a twenty six in the away match it is not sixty eight rovers are without a win in the line. or in scotland rangers goalkeeper allan mcgregor produced an excellent late penalty save to the reigning champions drawer nil nil at home to celtic on sunday and keep the title race alive with

a tree for second place celtic reference to the great just go top of the stuff is plainly two points. and with less than ten minutes on the clock steven davis was judged to have fouled and stokes but george's summer asked stepped up to take the spot kick the flying scotland goalkeeper push the shot wide it finished goalless 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 dudley farah for the second final in a row to claim the barcelona open title and all wrapped up his thirty fourth win in a row on clay with a comfortable six two six zero victory that i didn't leave for two in the second set for going down it back with four straight games to take the match of the world number one i'd also be impacted last week's monte carlo masters final. i mean there was a shock in the women's event and then this video goes rolled by one caroline wozniacki

in straight sets to win her second career title but the have gone it's gone pray the dame was able to claim her false title of the sea. isn't a local favorite held to the first and the tie break in st the second six three not enter the top thirty for the first time. to formula one and runners robert cubits one has left hospital ten weeks after suffering severe injuries after crashing his car in a rally in italy to return 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 and for now rest and we monaco before beginning a new phase of rehabilitation the accident happened just three days after the twenty six year old said the fastest time at the first pre-season testing the n.c.i. following the accident close to the german driver in a car i felt. now the world's biggest gating championships will open 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 staging the world it is certain championships for the third time this time due to the change in venue it's a tough challenge for the organizers and they managed to get everything in just one month public excitement in moscow as i think it's more than seventy percent of the tickets already sold so full houses are expected and every day of the tournament while the absence of russia's biggest star inclusion into it was banned by the state and this year the total prize money the seven hundred ten thousand dollars the forty five thousand each for the men's and ladies' winners the pairs that sixty seven hundred thousand however contenders will face stiff competition as all four were a world champions are package nice and determined to defend their side of this. and finally this year's all 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 are now plying their trade here and caught up with 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 suits and yearly 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 the t.v. 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 has become his second home was little more intrigued by the culture 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 languages or. for me it's been a great experience raul lopez have fitted the moscow regions he sensed 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. states and the utah jazz brought invaluable experience to his current side before you know it was more like says the risible claims are. pressure on and on like now you know i feel like this is leaders like. intentional. and i do play against both teams you know they have great players australia's look neville is probably one of the most exotic enforce to the russian professional basketball league though he's 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 i am there. was it more so when i thought the russia we've been going to stray was a stray it was you know different as. this again style of how you play. the system runs here in russian is not a pick in rows in europe but of screens and. you know has no coaches me running around all the time you know there's russian basketball one for a massive overhaul of last season and it is just starting to climb out of the slump over the professional league remains extracted from korean sounds as rates continue just flock to russia from all over the world are among conscripts artsy pascoe i and that's almost always i think just.

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