subjects for conspiring to smuggle drugs but moscow slides and the rest of the edition as. well turning our attention to libya now and more insight into what's happening there our interview is coming up next. well today we're joined by mr thomas harburg european commissioner for human rights talking to us from a star wars thanks very much mr however for joining us now let's get right to it well we know that there were cia prisons in europe and people were tortured and then now you're pushing for the truth what more should be know there is a lot more to know because we haven't had a full account for what really happened and who took the decisions and on what grounds when these black sites were established on european soil of the things that we still have to know what do you think is most important i think we have to learn from history and unfortunately during this period of ten years very

serious human rights violations for committed and we have an atmosphere of impunity when it comes to these violations of human rights i think the truce has to come out on board really happened who took the decisions who allowed the establishment of these secret places of detention and thereby allowing torture to take place now this is a story came to light i mean there have been some governments ordering investigations will they found very little so far do you think it's possible that they're deliberately trying to play it down and if so is there any proof of them doing so well there is an enormous pressure from washington to keep all this secret in fact instructions from from cia with the support of the way towse not to give any facts on this so therefore it's not easy to investigate but i think that some of the european governments have been involved they have to decide whether they think that the cooperation between the security agencies are more important than to. look into

human rights violations and break the laws for you know impunity ok well we're talking here about european officials authorizing these rendition sites but what about those who. actually masterminded them those who were directly involved do you think say officials will ever be held accountable for their actions unfortunately it's not likely but if the european governments involved could take this step to really put out everything they know and publish that it may start a process in united states where the accountability also there is established but why is it not likely you say this if it's not likely because this is there is an atmosphere of security confidentiality around this. notion that when it comes to the activities over security agency the truth should not be told to the public and i think that is a real problem because here we have had cooperation between the united states

security agency and european agencies under which human rights violations were seriously seriously violated and it is very important that we know when we know the violations were made that we establish that there should be democratic control of the security agencies activities well there are claims that the u.s. and the u.k. set prisoners to be tortured in libya to the gadhafi regime does that seem likely to you yes it's very likely and it fits a pattern and also there are no documents being discovered in tripoli which show that this actually did happen ok and you've seen a proof of such things happening yourself no not myself but i have been reports last week from human rights watch showing that there was such a these and typically this is not made subject for comment from the cia in

washington because they have the policy of never making any public comments on such revelations now the commander of the rebel forces that's. really he demanded an apology from western powers over here. is a legend in two thousand and four and i legibly he was arrested in bangkok and headed to gadhafi forces for torture now how do you think they're going to explain their alleged or murky deals with gadhafi to the rebels because now they're essentially on the same side. i think that question has to be given to to washington there is an explanation to be given there but he was obviously one of those who were picked up during this so-called war on terror he was in tandem with that shown and he was obviously one of those who are badly treated and i think he and others. an apology some of them who were brought there to got on a more or to the secret places of detention or to partner countries of the

united states in this where they were tortured they were not probably not innocent but still even people who are on good ground suspected they have the right to certain protection when it comes to human rights including not to be tortured now the rebels are now in control and foreigners are reportedly in danger especially black africans because while there have been accusations of them being cut off these mercenaries how do you think this will affect the building of a democratic society in libya i'm not an expert on only my focus is on europe but obviously there is a problem there and human rights organizations have already reported about problems when it comes to how rebels have dealt with africans who have been accused to being most news for folks we could just do best in order to ensure that those people are well treated some of them of course may well be genuine refugees from other parts of africa who were trying to reach europe past via libya and got stuck there and i

think it's very important that also european governments deal with refugees from libya coming from other parts of africa in line with the international standards when it comes to its side. refugee policies well looking at the humanitarian crisis now in libya that has been reported what do you think is the area that needs the most attention at the moment and how are they going to going to go about solving these humanitarian problems i mean this is very general can we break them down here first of all it is important to establish security in the country so that the normal life could start again secondly to build democracy because there was no democracy there which is very difficult challenge and i hope that there could be a generous approach from from europe to share the experiences we have when it comes to the steps to be taken in order to build institutions democratic ones and to allow for. genuine willow people to be channeled into political decision making

ok well going back to what you're an expert on those black sites what do you think is the next step now that the story has come out into the public in poland they have already started through the prosecutor and investigation and i think it's very important that his work is protected and that there is no attempt to slow down his work because he's sensitive when nations if with the united states in in romania their work hasn't really started there was one investigation by a political group from the senate but the prosecutor has not started an investigation and i really hope that the office will now take the initiative and start and are rushing the situation and come up with a report now you're saying it's important that the investigation is not block it earlier you were expressing your concerns that there could be directives from higher up to to not give enough information how do you go about going about that hurdle knowing you're dealing with governments here is very difficult because of

this notion that activities by the security agencies and their cooperation between themselves should be kept secret at all cost i think that is really the notion that we. we have now to start discussing because so many human rights violations have been committed under that notion and the time has come to establish a democratic control of the security agencies they should not be allowed to take action which violate basic human rights yes should not be but do you think that just let's just look at concrete actions we're talking about what is right what is wrong from your point of view but concrete actions i'm just wondering really legally speaking will it be possible to get all of the truth out i think it will be very difficult unfortunately but i hope that the discussion that may come now will encourage some of the politicians to take brave steps and a better position when it comes to this because it's not acceptable that we have

states within the states who are run on undemocratic basis and violating human rights the security agencies must be put under democratic control and they are not for the moment in my opinion well you said you're using the tenth anniversary of nine eleven to raise the issue of cia black sites so why is that because. you know. i think that the first priority of course is to pay respect to the victims of the attack on the united states ten years ago but then we also have a to same time to look at how did the u.s. government and european governments respond to this attack and unfortunately i think there is a lot of lessons to be learned from how this war on terror so-called war on terror was conducted which allowed for very serious human rights violations which unfortunately also had the effect that terrorism has spread the militant groups

have increased and the number of people killed and many of them innocent doing those ten years they also deserve some respect in this situation and therefore i think it's absolutely important that. the way we handled this gruesome attack will be under on this discussion so that we don't repeat this in the future and speaking of the militant groups you just released a report based on your visit to russia's north caucasus which is of course a region that marked by sporadic violence by terrorists how do you assess the struggle against the terrorists over there the struggle is still going on there have been some positive initiatives taken a lot of money has been put on budgets in order to improve the standard of living in the area. there is a focus more on the social dimension of this the roots for terrorism which i think

is very positive but unfortunately there is still also a problem of impunity that the crimes which have been committed including by law enforcement forces have not been satisfactorily addressed and people guilty responsible have not been brought to justice so there is still a need to do more when it comes to that aspect all right well thank you very much effort your time mr thomas howard berg human rights commissioner of the council of europe thank you. thank you. your is when you look for nuclear winter against cool hopes. blonde isn't measured in barrels. when your brain is most.

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thank you for joining me for the latest sports news and these are the headlines. after tragedy. to rebuild the locomotive yaroslavl team which lost thirty seven of that players in wednesday's plane crash. while a washout protests rain as bad weather holds play for second day of the u.s. open. targeting victory as the rugby world cup gets set to kick off form all black counting shorn fitzpatrick says new zealand have a great chance to lift the trophy for the first time in twenty four years. a first step has been taken towards rebuilding lokomotiv ice hockey club after wednesday's plane crash killed thirty seven players and coaching staff the former russian championship winning manager of what you have read takes the reins after

the side's plane came down just outside jaroslav will shortly after take off as a team we're only just playing their first match of the season and then my wins forty three of the forty five people onboard died leaving russia forward and it's on the galimore and the flight engineer in a critical condition in a moscow hospital i saw the chief said they do all they could to help rebuild the signage all. of the maid said it says he's been inundated with offers from players on coaches volunteer him to work at the decimated club and believes the team can be formed in time to take part in the new season but as the diet into russia even the czechs does use it. when a swedish goalkeeper stephan we've slovakia's havel the meta the start of the new season has now been postponed until september the twelfth while wednesday's game between last season's champions sol about your live and runners up atlanta was abandoned when the news came through fans and players alike were clearly stunned by what had happened i saw the stars from the k h l and america's n.h.l.

have been leading the tributes. said the knowledge history of in not only but he told old country and a lot of my friends going to the play and then the guys that played to get a couple of years ago and the causes of one just just want to give my condolences to the families and the sweet stuff for everybody so actually awful for me and started in a very difficult summer. for hard times and how he wanted to suffer loss and i found. you know a lot of these guys. you played against your you know you play with them in a certain point. in a fax everybody it's a big family everyone knows each other and know someone. you know in this league or in a sport worldwide i tell you whether they're hockey players or not it's a huge tragedy and it's awful that she shall. know it's. how it's going to these

people mashallah well meanwhile the russian football union says all this weekend's matches will start with a minute's silence in memory of those who giants now another football news spot at moscow have hit back what they call outrageously unfair decision to have missed on strike of ellison a six game bad brazilian was given the punishment after this tackle on tesco but you got i can say is the stuff of cruise ship movie ligament damage in the answer six months and i can five will miss the rest of the domestic season as well as russia hewitt twenty twelve qualifying time pain medicine says the tackle was not malicious and believes he's been harshly treated by the russian sub or union two years ago venison was involved in a similar clash with that dynamic that put me at the wolves who suffered a broken lies. and it's down to the u.s. open tennis where several top players have been distressed by the grand slams organizers who made them play despite ongoing rainy conditions in new york the

backlog is piling up at flushing meadows off the play has been affected by showers for two days running fending champion rough on the dogs among those who suffered the most as five years traded by three games to love in the first set of his fourth round match against what's about humira play was stopped on wednesday andy roddick and andy murray also failed to complete their matches and the players complained about the organizers decision to go ahead with them anyway will feel protected but nothing but that for the tournament you know. this is when a lot of money. we are part of the show and not just working for that not for us they know that still raining and they call them god so that's that's cannot be possible based on the fans but you know. the health and the players are important in this part of the show do and we don't feel protected. now the world

championships in modern pentathlon is underway in the russian capital with the athletes competing for the last remaining places at next year's london olympics the sport is back in moscow off to the city host of the prestigious kremlin cup just three months ago the world championships originally set to be held in egypt but were moved after the revolution in the arab nation earlier this year a couple of firsts will be recorded in moscow with laser pistols making their debut at the top tier event while it's also the first gold championship to be states within one sports complex just the stadium and prince albert the second of monaco he's also the honorary president of the international and talk on union has no chance it will succeed i'm sure that this will be an. incredible event. and i really want to thank our russian friends for. organizing these work championships at such short notice but i'm sure that the present i mean off my no personally and his team will do their utmost to make these championships

a thriving success to golf now where young an up and coming gulf is could have a chance to perform on the european tour as the russia challenge cup comes to the moscow region this week this will be the second time the cup has been held but this year the overall prize money has been increased to two hundred fifty thousand euros making it the third largest event of the tournament this competition is a stage of the european professional challenge tour which is a tear to golf event it allows the twenty top earners to qualify for the main european to the following year giving new talent the chance to shine at a high level. it may play a crucial role for some young player to make the top twenty and that's what everyone is trying to make her not just make more money in prize money but to make the top twenty in the final writing which gives you an automatic card on the european tour for the next year so that's pretty much what everyone will be fighting for for those coveted top twenty places. now the rugby world cup finally

gets underway on friday with face new zealand taking on tonga the pressure is on the all blacks who haven't won the tournament since one nine hundred eighty seven despite regularly being ranked as the world's best light switches on poles we caught up with former new zealand captain shaun fifth trick he says this side is capable of winning the sport's biggest cran for the first time in twenty four years it's. very excited it has been three or four years since we've known way of we've won the rights to high so we'll cup and you don't count why it was not here he said the last time we had it there and i know what's changed in new zealand something you know as a nation. four million people talk about a stadium of four million people and looking forward to welcoming the rugby world and you think a possible capsulize about the world cups the world cup set up enjoyed everything. but the nice things that have really taken on board what the rugby world cup has

got behind it. i love the rugby and i'm sure the. rugby is a byproduct you know there's a lot we can offer as a national party has been twenty four years of hurt so far if you know twenty eight years of but somehow i said probably you have spoken couple of months earlier i think there is even one nailed on favorites to defeat to south africa just last weekend straight to me slightly different is this spate of boring going on and moments in the round but never saw obviously he said twenty four years since we last won the world cup there's a lot of monkey in the back we need to get rid of and new zealand as a team have done very well in the last three three years preparing for this world cup but a force in the last couple of games we've had a bit of a blip but in doing that hopefully it's it's you know how the prized by them realise that you know it's not going to be as easy as some people think and it's a bit of a reality check for us to those fans and media that you know will cups you know a very very difficult job and for new zealand they've got to play every guy. like

it's like the world cup final so you could be a blessing in disguise almost just just to get expectations down a little because i mean in new zealand a few months ago you know i think you know i think in terms of the way that new zealand astrology with such ease of start over trying i should say maybe also if that's that will happen again and it's really kind of out and really what we're going to look to the all blacks are going to have compared to some of the bright demos and if you dominate the breakdown. more often than not the team the dumb nice bright down the in the game and i showed that i called it a messianic game where three four weeks earlier mccord put up what. the bright going to spray show and this rubbish i tried the world. did against australia you know. that anything is possible if you reply well we can solve it if you're already using inside you know well you know i think obviously injuries and that's with the

times injuries is a concern and we saw that with the withdrawing kind of kind of not plying adam thompson having applying not being one hundred percent upset the balance of the time and that's why what combinations aside volatile you know injuries is a concern for graham henry kieren reed been in and just. as a problem but he'll be back by quarter final time and but in doing that because somebody has an opportunity in that debate i took his opportunity really well against a strategy last week so hopefully we've got to cover was forced on us. and that's all the sport for this bullets in those states in two thousand and seven news on the plane crash.

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