their first meeting in berlin to discuss implementing fiscal discipline rules agreed in december but concerns mount down now germany's on a power grab in return for its investments in. the last twelve months were characterized by political and economic discontent ending in mass protests across the world next we ask russia's foreign ministries commissioner for human rights for his assessment of what's happened. thank you very much for joining us today in two thousand and eleven we've seen a number of human rights violations taking place throughout the world and you monitor the implementation of human rights abroad so today i would like to talk about those issues that caught your attention in two thousand and eleven but first of all i want to start with domestic issues and what is your view on the protests that took place in russia after the parliamentary elections in the country under

some of the for this extremely important to stress that the reaction of the authorities has been a very responsible one and i will say very measured well unlike the reaction in some other countries and we've seen the violence not only in the united states but we've seen in the for instance last summer in the united kingdom obviously it was quite a serious challenge to the authorities definitely it was not to be ignored but also what was some sort of all we reaction it was not to be ignored so some well tried to teach us some lessons of democracy we tell them that we are absolutely ready to listen to good advice but we are not ready for some sort of lecturing some are saying that the u.s. government's reaction to the occupy movement is going to result in further limitation limitations of the rights of the us citizens to believe this so the reaction of the authorities to those meetings and manifestations there was rather

rude able to see and we've seen it in the united states i mean the famous no movement occupy wall street it also spilled over to some western european countries we've seen on c.n.n. and b.b.c. and other news channels who seem pictures of wild forceful disruption or those protests and meetings by the police have been quite a number of occasions into the. after the terrorist acts of nine eleven and the famous patriot act has been adopted and the next it's and there have been quite a number of limitations significantly make their limitations in good news then on the other hand the function's emperor operatives will be on the f.b.i. and some other lawyer force not agencies have been significantly broader so it is well known that the american human rights organizations are not satisfied with the situation and let's now talk about the so-called arab spring for a little while and how is actually going to react to the apparent abuse of human

rights in libya will be raising the issue in different formats and unfortunately during the period of armed conflict in libya there have been quite a number of aliens of international humanitarian norms and international humanitarian law both by the forces loyal to moammar gadhafi and by the forces loyal to the then opposition forces and also they have been casualties significant casualties among the civilian population resulting from the nature character it is not to be ignored and it is not to be hopefully condoned by the international game so the usual is very much in the focus of the international attention the human rights council based engine us has established a special commission of inquiry and it is mandated to deal with all human race wally actions in libya and we can get her eating as a rational going caper rating with this commission and other countries we are providing some information which we have on the facts or suspected human rights

violations definitely the reason to national. has been mandated to deal with the situation in libya by the un security council resolution mentioned seventy so it is also to please all we know that the levy and the newly been authorities have pledged to conduct f.r. investigation and certain steps have been undertaken towards this by leading us. so it is with welcome and we hope that this particular inquiry will be carried out in an impartial and professional way you know that quite recently this issue has been discussed in the u.n. security council. upon the initiative of russia and unfortunately some western countries members of the of the security council they are not in the mood. to discuss the if you will the responsibility of nato for the what the civilian casualties which have resulted in peace but

a number of other members of the security council very much support our position that all whaley actions all transgressions of international humanitarian law committed in libya out to be thoroughly investigated and those responsible are to be brought to justice what about syria how do you assess the work of the monitors of the arab league there and i any closer to bringing the country to consideration as you know we do very much support the peace initiative by the league of arab states. it has several components. it is. very important elements dealing with the prevention of international interference in the syrian affairs. also another element is the need to immediately stop violence in any way of us from whatever quarter if it comes or might go.

another element definitely use the need for the political down in syria we have submitted a draft of a security council resolution in new york in the security council which hooves for the decision of violence by whomsoever in syria it is extremely important to stress that the violence unfortunately violence has come not only from the from the government forces from from the army and police but violence and significant violence has come also from all sorts of. extremist elements those who try to hide behind the backs of peaceful peaceful demonstrators let's just go back to the united states president barack obama promised to close shut down guantanamo bay and he still hasn't fulfilled his promise yet he is running for reelection campaign do you think american people will forgive him for that and will he i raise the issue again if you become president again there have been sort of discussions

between the administration and the congress. they have been. at least initiatives but. unfortunately the prison is still there. yes fully agree that the administration has failed to close it down there are certain internal political complexities in there but the but the fact is the effect of the present continues to operate on the as far as i remember. it's one hundred seventy one prisoners are still there kept there including by the way one russian citizen and. of course in terms of international law. the the continuation of. the existence of this prison. definitely a serious problem well in fact american prisons hold several illegally dating

russian citizens how is russia going to address that issue and is there still hope for those people and. also has has been saying that there might be an asymmetrical response to. this issue so is there any chance for those people to come back home we hope so. it's not easy at all legal terms it's not easy unfortunately in political terms because of those. cases have been politicized in the united states no doubt if you mean in the cases of mr wood and mr. will in the case of both. of the. investment has not been i mean the. formal indictment has not been announced yet. so we've been obviously. reiterating our position on this case to american leagues in the case of. we have expressed more than

once our position that we consider the. sentence too severe we consider it and just in both cases unfortunately what we witnessed use transgression of international law the norms of international law by the united states authorities with russian citizens have been basically kidnapped in the territory of a third country transported to the to the united states without and you know if you have the russian authorities this is just another way listen it's a very lesion of the consular convention which exist but between our countries and we are adamantly against. extraterritorial implementation of national laws and that's what unfortunately we know what the this practice is or this procedure is being practiced by the united states but at different not too many but there are certain legal instruments we have to be used.

from. the council of europe convention which was adopted in major media three. provides for some opportunities to achieve this goal. is a looking into this and definitely we as diplomats we continue to. stress at this point to do to the americans you know very very clear we thank you very much we thank you very much thank you. this is our time. to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that one we breathe we hope. to me the american dream is to live in peace and prosperity and freedom and a government under socialism is not a government

a free. man. you . have very motivated out cross the country who are activists who are willing to fight for what they think is right for themselves but in fact this forty foot bridge. i mean. we are counting. properly drowning and i think it's spread why it's cutting off our. it's making real democracy. all but impossible. no it's not about spilling blood. it's the war of the barricades from one side

and fears blockade from the other. invisible border has cut people from the land for twelve year. the conflict that divided serbia into two hostile parts is still not over. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can easily be shot by. casualties of war ok. i wish he would have never happened but it has happened. in a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what destroys their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and this clear what happens with such witnesses i got on my site. ready.

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minds in motion would be soo much brighter if you knew me about song from phones to pressure in some. news for instance on t.v. dot com. the arab league urges any and toward telling syria but doesn't want to you want to involve however the group itself has come under criticism for failing to stop the violence while many in the troubled country just want their return to please. get out of san demands a conservatory is the wrong prison within a month that's after those held in the u.s. run facility say they have been repeatedly abused and tortured. and euro survival is back on the agenda where the region's first couple holding their first meeting in berlin for discuss implementing fiscal discipline agreed and the sound concerns about the cash cow germany's a power grab in return for its investments. up next it's the latest sports news

with kate. hello welcome to the sports and these other top stories battle of manchester wayne rooney schools twice and paul scholes returns from retirement as united winning three two at ten mouths to knock out the holders appealing string if i have to tie the next bench and have a pool. while we're on the merry enjoys the perfect preparation for the australian i think with a straight sets victory about how xander build a hollow when the brisbane international. lions tames drew brees and throws the three touchdowns to meet the new orleans saints to an n.f.c. wild card to treat over detroit in the n f l. but first a football of the sawka variety wayne rooney scored twice as manchester united

survived a riveting fight back to win three to attend the rivals manchester city to knock out the holders in a pulsating f.a. cup third round of the against the run of play rooney headed united in front after ten minutes and it got immediately worse the city as captain vincent kompany was controversially sent off for a two for to tackle on which the club later announced they would appeal however united took full advantage danny welbeck volley them further in front of the half an hour and rooney headed in the rebound from his own penalty to make it three no i have time to get to exact some revenge for sixty six wanted to create a traffic tobar but the home side fought back straight after the break through and found a lot of free kick and so i wear i pulled back another fellow era from returning substitute paul scholes after sixty five minutes however despite a frantic finale penalty goals for both sides we wanted to go through to the first round. i don't get

a chance he scored three times in the last five minutes as this one for now it's time to portsmouth second half goals from sebastian lawson and james maclean gave some demanded to know that peter brown and chris o'grady snatched a late winner at least one sheffield wednesday west found it had a tendency say twelve following those times the draw for the fourth round was made and manchester united's reward for winning at city is a critical part rivals and the support you take of the sixteen time is otherwise are all leads the plan monday will ask you can also go to either brighton wrexham stark make the true trip to darwin everton walking fallen in a premier league fixture. elsewhere the winner of michael steele's bolton's replay will have swans they want either empty guns or q.p.r. will place six time when chelsea variable wolves will go to sheffield united as a team. ne obvious sunderland welcome little brother so i'm getting here's what i

want food and respond take on all those games will take place on january twenty eighth or twenty nights. well anyways i'm paul scholes decision to come out of retirement was announced an hour before kick off at the end he had stadium and he played the final half an hour of that group in cup tie the thirty seven year old had called time on his glittering career at the end of last may i was coaching at old trafford he made his united debut in one thousand nine hundred ninety four and went on to make six hundred seventy six appearances when ten premier league titles the f.a. cup three times and the champions league twice however the sixty six capping the midfielder has now chosen to carry on playing until the end of the season before he's even we had former missing darren fletcher and tom cleverley in midfield. tennis now and andy murray has enjoyed the perfect warm up for the upcoming australian open with a comfortable alexander dog in the brisbane international final right from the start of the world number four showed his intention to clinch his twenty second title and first under the guidance of new coach former waterborne yvonne lendl the

scot won his first three service games without dropping a point on the way to a four one a little resistance from ukrainian before taking the first set six one the world number fifteen star the crowd into life in the second it was not enough to stop mary for wrapping it up six three four an impressive first victory of the new a.t.p. tour season mary's focus now switches to the australian open has been happy to finance for the past two lives the first down sound of the season starting the sixteenth. also want to thank. mr learned or think it's out there somewhere hiding. out first with your team and you know it was good i really enjoyed it so will bring more success in the future. thank you very much the crowd the whole week not just for my matches but for. all of the matches it is packed you know makes a huge difference when everyone comes out sports events that are really really

appreciate it so thank you all to come back. moving on to the n.f.l. now where drew brees drew four four hundred sixty six yards and three touchdowns to lead the new orleans saints to a forty five twenty eight n.f.c. wildcard victory over the detroit lions new orleans to set a new postseason mark a total yards of six hundred twenty six feet from the previous record set fourteen years ago greece fired the ball downfield fifty every henderson the quarter in his stride running for a forty one yard touchdown as new orleans went seventeen fourteen ahead in the fourth quarter brees made a forty one yard pass and got to the edge of the end zone to downs later how did the ball off to pierre thomas who took it in for the game serious cool so decided to beat the last forty by twenty eight st barts the second round of playoffs now come to san francisco to take on the forty niners next saturday. now

let's continue our look back over some of the big events of last year and this time it's the turn of swimming in october american style michael phelps took just two goals from six races at the world cup stage here in moscow while russian world record holder kenny cata to skin to perform to his best winning the one hundred meter butterfly comes in but out of his that. despite we're going to be form where nafta below parties planned to use the fourteen time olympic champion michael phelps produced almost an identical santa result on day two of the world cup in the russian capital in the two hundred metres freestyle the twenty six year old american was overtaken in the last fifty by john the world record holder paul be there month and had to settle for silver. and phelps competing in moscow for the first time frame to make it to the boredom in the one hundred metres butterfly where world record holder game you can out these can grip first place to the delight of the home crowd. you mean you have all of the it was very important for

me to win today so i can see a want to beto and know my aim is to win a war and by that i mean the london olympics. however just as he did on the opening day felt showed his competitive desire as he bounced back to claim gold in the two hundred metres backstroke after being fourth for the first one hundred fifty metres then their confounded burst of power and managed to surge to victory it's all working on some of the small things to really get to the end of the year being able to tie together some of the stuff where the starch turns under waters have i can do that as many times i can leading off in the feel of a child and form a session right here. the london olympics are just nine months away and berber ations are well underway for the swimming event however there are still four stages to go before the end of the world cup even press fondant and swimmers alike were to change it to gauge who will be queen xing the gold medals at the twenty twelve

games is they but not most ot. let's move to the golf course russia's only female professional golf for maria the trial of a missouri law scholar last autumn preparing for a tournament in south korea but she took the time to talk to a business correspondent consenting to top off about her colorful life on and off the course. might even is arguably one of the biggest commercial attractions in women's golf since you turned professional in two thousand and six did you do any five year old muscovite remains the first and only russian playing full time on the lead european tour following an impressive amateur career that included victories in the russian austrian lithium and slovenian championships. because i got to go on tour and i was the only russian player and i was the all the girls half of them were english british and australian and it was quite tough to get myself like good mates and you know in the end of the day they're playing as the

germans showed great improvement in her second year on the tour with her career best finished tied for fifth way since being enforced a degree a little round of sixty six in dubai as a result finished fifty fifth in the door rankings in two thousand and eight still have been placing so far and despite having some injury problems she's doing dishes and has lots of goals to achieve with her new coach definitely play for another five years because of my back i don't know how well my body will give me a chance to play golf but there we set up some goals when it went to the eighty and hopefully get to win down there with a major that i can go. professional goal for spend most of their time travelling from one tournament to know that we can be the hardest part of the job however well in search of success in the ladies' european tour many funny stories have a reason. to make area i don't mind to say a kid is

a cheap hotel and i put my pajamas on i want. to throw came back and my room was completely locked so inside so he had to go because it was going away out so i went outside and all the guys are like oh oh cool we go through but this now. despite bringing mourners to results over the last two years the trauma stays up to . and focused on golf however the one meter seventy six told brunette directs a lot of attention not only with her performance is on the way but obviously also because of her appearance i'm not trying to attract more attention i'm trying to bring something more in goal and that the girls who play female thirdly here and is again better and better now so many young girls attractive girls beautiful girls getting into girl there john no it isn't by any in a sport which is widely considered to be a hobby for wealthy people in her homeland and there is still a long way to go before being accepted as

a mainstream sport in russia but with the likes of virtue and work the country couldn't ask for a better ambassador to lead the way. for a cheap. and that's all the sport i think. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future.

the arab league appeals for an anti-violence in syria one so no un hand in the deal while manny in their own rescue country just want a peaceful wife back. again to stand a man's the handover of the warriors program prison after those jailed in the american run detention center say they were severely tortured. and hero survive hold back on the agenda as the region's first couple we can barely amid concerns cash cow germany is on a power grab and return for its investments.