julian assange says the u.s. will stop prosecuting whistleblowers aiming to shed light of the crimes of the powerful. hundreds of supporters turned out to hear his statement as did hundreds of police officers who were against bullshit in their desire to arrest him more coming up in just a moment. and in other news of the verdict for punk band pussy riot anti putin's dunton russia's main cathedral is two years behind bars crowds rallied both in support and linking the women. but brains prominent human rights activist in the bill rejects is jailed for three years while the equal rights movement gains momentum in the gulf state. and the un's new peace envoy for syria admits his first task is overcoming security council divisions that this report

suggests u.k. intelligence is helping rebels attack the regime. we're watching r t live from moscow with me to say first julian assange she has called for the u.s. to stop its a witch hunt against whistleblowers and also thanked ecuador for granting him political asylum he made his long awaited statement on the balcony of the latin american countries london the embassy surrounded by british police who were ready to sweep him into custody if he set foot outside the building auntie's laura smith reports from outside the embassy in london what's happened to this afternoon has been nothing less than a rally there were several speakers who came on before julian assange as the sort of move on packed his longtime supporters including tara kelley the renounced. a

sinister but of course there was a serious message behind all this the the old out to support innocence and he really wanted to speak to the people she thanked them he thanked particularly the supporters who are out here today in the hundreds and he thanked them from have for having been here on wednesday night as well when he says that when he was in bed he heard stools of police coming up the fire escape inside the door an embassy building here and downs and but that they backed off at the last minute and presumably that is in response to the perceived threats by the foreign office head that they would not hesitate to break into the embassy try to refer you kids diplomatic status and break in that two to arrest him but he said he knew that there would be witnesses talk to the supporters and say he knew that everything would be ok he also thanked that could do it for holding the constitution of you know that constitution which includes a universal citizenship he thanked the stall for this very cramped embassy which

he's been staying for the last two months presumably getting in their way quite a bit and he will say one of the most important things he said was he called upon the u.s. to still put he called the persecution of whistleblowers that's just terrible the fact the united states must renounce its witch hunt against wiki leaks. the united states must assume its investigation. the united states must know that it will not seek to prosecute. or else the court of. the united states must quit before the world that it will not pursue journalists for shining shining a light on the secret crimes of the powerful. i'm very lucky to be joined now by one of those whistleblower craig murray who is the film of bush's ambassador to as bad as pakistan and it was about. southie blew the whistle on british government

abuses and simple been. great thanks very much for talking to us now what do you think julian assange this case tells us about the treatment of whistleblowers. i think of course in play there's a long history of whistleblowers being smeared and charged with crimes under later today was a glowing because obviously it's quite difficult for states to convict people of telling the truth about state misdemeanors so what you do is you. have a charge it's very often sexual charges because were destroyed for personal reputation the foreign office now insists that it didn't mean to say that it would storm the embassy to go in and arrest you in essence what do you make of of william hague's comments and if the foreign office attitude in general colophon office is law and that it needs attempts to back down because it's trying to solve so diplomatically isolated it most certainly did say that both in person and in writing to the government of ecuador. at the very moment it was saying that fifty

policemen moved into the building but not into the actual plant containing the ecuadorian embassy there's no doubt whatsoever that this was a deliberate to breach the vienna convention on behalf of the british foreign office what do you say to william hague. william hague bill is made to pull themselves it's not the first time he wants me to interview in which he said that as a student who used to fourteen points a beer a day i think he must have done twenty eight pints of beer before coming up with a threat to storm could do in an embassy. what else decision to go on the sun political asylum is being closely monitored in the us washington has a not admitted it's planning to request a sundress extradition but a number of american politicians aren't holding back some going so far as you demand a son to be tried and executed in a port and i reports from new york. julia saunders mother is calling this a victory for her son many see this as a small defeat for the u.s.

and that is because many believe the u.s. was hoping that julian assange would be extradited to sweden so that sweden would subsequently be able to extradite julian assange to the united states we have heard in recent years it's no secret former and current u.s. government officials quavering julian assange too are terrorists and that was in the aftermath of him releasing cables and memos that were classified that belonged to the u.s. government as a result the integrity of the u.s. government was compromised a lot of secrets were revealed and it painted the u.s. foreign policy in a dark light it's no secret that the administration of u.s. president barack obama has been earning a reputation for waging a war on whistleblowers fiercer reputation than any of his predecessors many journalists scholars and activists in the u.s. have signed a letter of support for julie the songe one including naomi wolf she's

a journalist and author first of all this is a white house now to weigh houses obama's and bush's which is systematically overclassifying everything especially wrong doing it specially anything related to what whistleblowers want to release specially you know torture that they've indeed been methods of torture like mafia tactics it's come to this the government is saying to journalists everywhere in america. we're going to treat you and we're going to threaten you and we're we're threatening you with with serious legal penalties like prison time if you do your job but i was speaking with naomi wolf what she wanted to clarify for me and her position is that she sees julia sondra many do as the publisher similar to the new york times truly innocent is the publisher of the one that made the information available he is not the leaker she noted why isn't the u.s. government going after the new york times for publishing what wiki leaks published instead of the u.s. government it is

a presumed is all to me hoping to go after julian about songe either way she said that this is this would be a dark day for all journalists in the u.s. if he would be in the custody of america prosecuted held indefinitely or possibly even face capital punishment while under house arrest in london the world's top whistleblower invited prominent activist thinkers and news makers to voice their opinions on things that matter one of them was that it was president rafael correa the while some had never previously appeared on international television watch every episode of julian assange just the interview show on our website son start out teen dot com. on friday three women from russian punk group pussy riot were jail for two years each for the and two putin stunt of the country's main off adults cathedral the women's performance was ruled to be hooliganism motivated by religious hatred the decision drew crowds

of people outside the cold reading both in support of and against the band artie's peter oliver has the details. but you've already we've made you move. you move much the revenue reducing you from would. bring in the program you put everything you. have to the trail hooted lines around again be the ins who's watching as much. and you catalinas some would say a bitch found out their fate for their performance by a punk rock prayer in russia's main to phaedra outside the courts a large group gathered with both those supporting the women and those opposed to them turning up to voice their opinion the was amongst the crowd were prominent members of the anti-government protest movement who had allying the pussy riot cause with their own as the throngs massed tempers

flared and police announcements to keep calm were ignored as over fifty people from both sides were detained for public order offenses calm damned by some celebrated by others their performance in this cathedral lasted for a little more than a minute and a half but it's perhaps made pussy riot the most recognizable russian music act in the world. but where did they come from under various guises the three women who were jailed on friday have been no strangers to controversy in the past pussy riot grew out of a performance art group which had staged an orgy in a museum filmed a woman performing a sex act on a chicken in a supermarket and kissed on duty female police officers to cathedral performance though took things to another level church groups burned images of the women and of madonna who had spoken out on the site of pussy riot i think they belong to some sect which conducts tannic rituals and elsewhere

a church in russia was daubed with the slogan down with religious fanatics and in ukraine a topless member of the group in down a cross with a chain saw and offer from playboy for a photo shoot and pussy riot merchandise deal law has led some to even question was this all an elaborate quest for fame they achieved their goal of. becoming really world. famous by doing what they did and when they are released they were in fact travel the world become famous there were achieved their goal after the two years sentence for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred was handed down the online response heated up with many shocked by the length of the jail term my personal opinion has to be honest usually for the thing they call hooliganism you get fifteen days from what i've heard so i really wish they would have gotten fifteen days the more standard punishment but the court in a groove my position with lawyers for the jailed woman said to appeal the verdict

don't expect the debates between supporters of pussy riot in those opposed to fade away any time soon be to all of them. obviously the sentence provo j. massive international reaction foreign governments had their say with the us coming on the authorities to review the case while denouncing the centers as disproportionate number of gatherings back in the band or sage across the globe including in spain france and britain and other countries get heard magna professor of political science said in university believes some media are using the pussy riot cap scandal to support their own stereotypes. the right. according to my. was well i mean if you want to protest your leadership role of the party or you can do is are also the church which you know in a place which is a peer to russian version. of the media because you're right it's an extremely good

so in the story here you have three young women it's pretty small and they are now fighting the beast and mr putin was very. i'm on the west so that's a story you can so. many of the media it's simple right secondly for many europeans and even more so. in the west here is still the stereotype of russian being i mean only in society but their interests are so by addressing the the problem between religious and political leadership and these women always refer to this tradition. here with r t coming up in a few minutes egypt's new president could be facing a military coup after he made a fresh we have to push the army from power one that's one opinion we'll be hearing shortly. also as muslims around the world mark the end of the holy month

of ramadan teen looks at how the liberation is that going in russia. a prominent human rights activist has been jailed for three years in bahrain libya where jab was found guilty of inside thing anti-government protests through his speeches and online posts for eighteen months protesters in the gulf state have been calling for democratic reform and an end to what they claim is religious discrimination crane's royal family has been accused of brutally suppressing the release of police reportedly using tear gas and rubber bullets on unarmed protesters and the lack of criticism of the crackdown from the u.s. and its european allies exposes their fear of genuine democratic movements this is according to journalist and author afshin rattansi. a response is indicative of a policy that is from somewhere are you dying powers because the united states and

nato countries deliberately try to see the arab spring and try and put it through their prism the arab spring when it when they would like it as we all know they will do everything they can to snuff out any type of democracy the united states wanted to explore fifty million fifty eight million dollars worth of weapons some of them presumably will be used and some weapons also from european countries used . against men women and children in bahrain the nation with the highest number of political prisoners but capturing the world meanwhile they're being grown pre's in bahrain and the queen of britain personally as some people have said it invited the king of bahrain this ruthless dictator as i said thousands of people hundreds of people arbitrary arrest twenty physicians sentence for trying to heal the people injured and killed by this bahraini looked into. here are two we aim to

keep you updated all the time our team is working twenty four hours seven days a week to provide you with the best stories and pictures from around the world find them on our website at our team dot com and here's a quick look at what's waiting for you oh dear big brother not only has his eyes on you but he's listening to you and this illegal american police are now allowed to try to mobile phones and gather uses g.p.s. private data without court warrants. and beyond line a witch hunt cursing in the enemy with their hacks but finding a charm to make you love all four of the faithful it's just become a little harder on line auctioneer e-bay has banned the sale of all forms of magic . the new u.n. envoy for syria confirmed earlier this week has admitted he faces a tough job ahead when the fear is charles go overcoming divisions within the security council this as the u.n. observers wind up their mission in syria president assad has made through

a rare public appearance at a damascus mosque seen performing. comes amid reports quoting opposition officials that british intelligence is aiding rebels to attack regime forces apparently the turks are being used to pass information and moscow is strongly opposing you was calls for a no fly zone over syria saying it could lead to a catastrophe this is the rebels claimed responsibility for this week's blast near the hotel where you and observers were stationed on a boycott says the ongoing violence in that country has provided al qaeda with yet another stage for his attacks blasts and gunfire daily occurrences here in damascus but once the explosion right next to the u.n. headquarters was something out of ordinary it took place at a have only guarded army garage and you can probably see a fuel tank or under which the explosive device was planted still stand. being over there in terms of the damage it was relatively minor

a few shattered windows in this hotel and in the building next to us but this explosion definitely attracted a lot of media attention because of the proximity to the u.n. have borders now the free syrian army already claimed responsibility for this blast even though they said that they never intended to target the u.n. observers and they were aiming for the syrian army personnel in any case the explosion of really underscores how easily available and how widely used explosives have become these days in syria in the beginning of the syrian uprising the rebels primarily on small arms but over months they have become increasingly more sophisticated in bomb making in many experts attribute that to an influx of foreign fighters in particular iraqi insurgents who bring a lot of bomb making expertise the iraqi government even went on record to say that

they have solid information that al qaeda was crossing from iraq into syria to carry out those attacks on the top of that reuters news agency published a story a few days ago in retreat quoted an f.s.a. field commander who was saying that thanks to you the expertise of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the detonation range of their bombs up to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs off something that is very common in iraq and that was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more and more widely used what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term it's a descriptive term to denote a guerrilla warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of violence for achieving political goals and at the same groups that must. tactics and bomb making skills on

iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria are reporting from damascus in syria. reports suggest the u.s. and some of its western allies are seeking to build more direct links with the rebels are trying to distance themselves from the syrian national council that abraham a loose from the university in amman says by backing the opposition washington is only adding to the violence in syria. the rebels as you have seen are made up of the front bands there are all laws smugglers there are muslim brothers there are supporters and the from places they cooperate or they compete against one another sometimes using guns so the purpose here is to destroy the country and the syrians and the arabs have come to see that for what it is. syria is

supposed to fall into chaos and fragmentation as has happened in somalia before and iraq so the united states has been engaged and implementing the design of creation of chaos in syria so what we have here is an armed rebellion that is being supported financed and politically covered by these people the dollars mainly money earned from selling oil and in the service of imperialism and these people have been raising and waving the flags of freedom and democracy but we have seen some of their cross at these they have committed in syria i would say at least more than half the population are solidly behind. the regime and these people may have grievances and they may have things that they want to change about that regime but they are definitely against the fragmentation of syria and feeling syria's

streets with blood as has been happening recently as you have seen. egyptian president mohamed morsi has made a fresh move to me the army further from power by dismissing two top military officials one of them is the defense minister who was de facto head of state in the period between hosni mubarak ousting and more seasonal gratian the announcement came during a major offensive that underway in the country's restive sinai region along these writing border morsy. embroiled in a policy trouble with the military council vowed to leave store thinking to name but the ravens only fifteen more known a sniff out tomorrow it's all with al-qaeda groups targeting security forces and almost being smuggled from libya investigative journalists abbas says mossy could provoke a backlash from the ministry that could potentially and. we should expect some say to happen not immediately in terms of a counter cool by scaf because the joints are still there even if their prerogative

is in terms of that constitutional amendment which transfer of powers from the presidents to them no more civil why did that completely de may have some cards to play in those for get very good relationship with the pentagon i'm sure a lot of people in washington are horrified about the morsi move and they really are these are elites are really freaking out with a more civil because now they say that he has become an islamic dictatorship so there could be some counter coupes from foreign actors as well basically from the movie and brotherhood point of view de don't want any more faces between scott and the press there so we can say that for the moment this score is muslim brotherhood one skaf zero the problem is the military even if it is reliant now or rearrange they control most forty percent of the egyptian economy egypt has no

money i'm betting in the long run that they will last egypt cool apps in terms of being practically defaulting and then maybe later do re arrange another egyptian military coup and go back to power. now some other headlines from around the world two people have been killed and several injured by twenty car bombing in the libyan capital of tripoli but sacrum say years since the fall of the city to rebel forces loyalists of former leader moammar gadhafi are being plagued meanwhile livia's general national congress declared the toppled leader's son saif gadhafi will stand trial next month on charges of ordering the killing of dissenters. thousands of protesters rallied in china and hong kong against japan's claim to a contested island protesters shouted and japanese slogans burn flags and tagged japanese restaurants and cause the demonstration was sparked after the japanese

activists raised their flag on the disputed turkey a controlled territory which china claims. and to muslims around the world are celebrating the end of ramadan is a day to break their false teaching laws that visit and congratulate their relatives and friends and give to charity the past month has been a time of spiritual reflection and improvement achieved through fasting and devoting more time to prayers and reciting the koran. this is also a big day for millions of muslims in russia now it is jacob grieves look at how the holiday is being celebrated. millions of muslims around russia have been waking up very early indeed before sunrise putting all some of the best clothes as is tradition on this holy day also the be flocking to nearby mosques and the graces mosque in moscow is the one just behind me which is currently being referred to

seeing tens of thousands of people not melissa lining the surrounding streets here to listen servants also be giving praise to god this is coming on the end on the back of the holy month of ramadan known for fasting and this question will this day shelf theater now actually translate as the breaking of the fast so we can expect many thieves to be taking place in moscow and around russia with friends and family now those have been somewhat by what transpired late saturday evening in the russian republic of dagestan there to pass government stormed a local mosque they shot and injured eight people in total also there was a bomb this is found containing forty kilograms of t.n.t. of explosives it took some time but the moment have managed to fuse that bomb threats. well a criminal case has been a pain in the nearby republic of english where suicide bomb i carried out an attack

killing at least seven policemen the blast strike as a group of officers arrived at the funeral other colleagues shot dead in an assault on saturday they were offering their condolences when an attacker and at the will charge a private home and explode it over doesn't locals where were injured in the blast. say without seeing a recap of our weekly top stories then just a few minutes. to .

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