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a very good morning to you from all of us here at the moscow it's just after ten am here in the russian capital. with the global headlines one hundred and fifty four years the amount of time whistleblower bradley manning could end up spending behind bars is espionage trial begins later today in america this softer his arrest in two thousand and ten which saw him charged with aiding the enemy after he leaked thousands of classified documents online details. she filed this report. it was a video that shocked the world footage of a u.s. apache helicopter killing twelve iraqi civilians including two journalists collateral murder the cold blooded brutality of the occupation captured on film it was leaked by

a young american soldier army private bradley manning the video was uploaded to wiki leaks but it would prove to be just the tip of the iceberg the former army intelligence analyst leaked more than seven hundred thousand documents containing classified information to that whistle blowing web site they included reports of torture abuse higher than acknowledge civilian casualties in short an unvarnished view of america's wars now known as the afghanistan and iraq war logs in may arrest seeking approval for his actions manning began a dialogue with a hacker named adrian levo chat logs that turned over to the government leading to manning's arrest and subsequent confinement now what came next was what proved to be one of the longest military pretrial detentions of a u.s. soldier since the vietnam war bradley manning was held in maximum security solitary confinement in a cell his attorney says was no bigger than six by eight feet and as the number of charges grew against manning to twenty two he was allowed to plead guilty to ten

lesser charges this in exchange for a maximum sentence of sixteen years now by december two thousand and twelve when he took the stand to testify about the conditions that he endured he had been in confinement for more than one thousand days now the freedom of the press foundation broke court perscribe rules it released bradley manning's explanation of his action in his own words to the public today june third bradley manning's court martial will pursue the remaining more serious charges including aiding the enemy judging by what manning has already said that are a prisoner of a maximum security facility and a hostage to your conscience of course the question of whether the young man will spend the rest of his life in prison will be answered at this trial. coverage manning has admitted to sending materials to wiki leaks but disputes the main charge of aiding the enemy carries a potential life sentence and former m i five whistleblower who says president

obama has an appalling track record when it comes to cracking down on people simply seeking to enlighten the public and it's very difficult for the whistleblower to fight any personal attacks which he used to undermine him and i've seen this time and time again for example they will always try and ruin her reputation the whistleblower rather than address the issues that he has raised rates and this is what they do time and time again with whistleblowers they will always attack the personality of the person exposing the crimes and not address the crime of ahmed al has an appalling track record he has reanimated an old law which is the one thousand nine hundred seventeen espionage act in america and he has used it i think six or seven times so far during the presidency to persecute and prosecute and threaten whistleblowers now this is more than all the other us president in aggregate in terms of use of the espionage act to crack down on whistle blowing and the fact that he's now using an antiquated piece of legislation that supposed to protect america from espionage against journalists and whistleblowers who act in

the public good i think is just disgusting bunning says that he leaked the material because he felt that people had the right to know that the u.s. military had little regard for human life when fighting its wars in iraq and afghanistan for example there are worldwide demonstrations in support of the embattled army private over the weekend thousands rallying in front of the courthouse where the trial will take place i mean time canada germany even south korea have all seen similar rallies and as it is more important i reports his court martial process begins at a time when the u.s. is accused of being anything but truthful or transparent. the military court martial against private first class bradley manning begins at a complicated time for the obama administration u.s. journalists have been spied on an unprecedented number of whistleblowers have been imprisoned and access to the truth many say grows increasingly harder by the day we

have a severe problem with transparency and secrecy in this country that's for sure our problem is a cult of secrecy extreme levels of dystopian secrecy washington classified ninety two million documents in the year two thousand and eleven that's the last count we have to put things in perspective what bradley manning leaked is less than one percent of that the former army intelligence analyst has admitted to leaking hundreds of thousands of top secret military and diplomatic documents to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks in february manning pleaded guilty to ten of the twenty two charges he faces the twenty five year old said he wanted the public to know how the u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan had little regard for human life it should be clear day anybody paying attention to bradley manning. thought of himself at the times a whistleblower that he did what he did because he thought he was making the world a better place and that contrary to the way he's been represented by some people

here in fact it really did from a place of sort of patriotism he's in no way anti-american and has never expressed anti-american sentiments in any way in fact he's always said that he is and was driven by a sort of sense of patriotism and and hope that the united states could be the this you know sort of great country that he would do to be prosecutors however are pursuing a court martial on the remaining charges including the espionage act and aiding the enemy which carries a life sentence in prison in an interview with democracy now julian assigned addressed washington's allegations that manning aided the enemy by going to wiki leaks if that president is allowed to be directed to the things from a slightly. it means it's a potential death penalty for any person you know a tree spitting to a journalist about a sensitive matter but secondly it also remember orioles the journalist

and the publication train of communication they would say to the enemy and therefore making him susceptible as well to be espionage act which also has capital offenses and that is it was the. u.s. that latter part is part of the u.s. attack. including myself bradley we hope this letter finds you healthy and strong daniel ellsberg known as the original whistleblower who leaked seven thousand government documents to the press in one thousand nine hundred ninety one revealing the truth about the vietnam war more than a war decades later he says the u.s. government is going to even greater lengths to keep the public in the dark call of the war on truth telling truth telling specifically about truth that the government doesn't want. truth about government crimes or law that the public needs to

know and. if military prosecutors successfully prove that whistleblowing is aiding the enemy then bradley manning could spend the rest of his life in prison a verdict handed down under a president who promised to usher in an era of transparency when he stepped into the white house according to new york marina were not martini. well the mining materials was the biggest security leak in u.s. history and naturally a source of embarrassment for the u.s. government but professor marjorie cohn from the thomas jefferson school of law she thinks he should be considered a hero for what he did. if bradley manning had committed war crimes the way the bush officials and lawyers did instead of revealing them then he would be a free man today george w. bush when he was president negotiated a status of forces agreement to withdraw u.s.

troops by a certain date and obama tried to extend that date to keep the u.s. troops in iraq cause the year rocky's had seen some of the things that bradley manning had leaked to wiki leaks including things that revealed the commission of war crimes against the iraqi people they refused to give the u.s. military troops immunity from criminal and civil prosecution if they remained in iraq past this date and so obama was forced to withdraw the us troops from iraq so for this reason it's very important that bradley manning week what he did and for that of course he should be considered to be a hero. this is hard for you.

to. thank you for joining us here a nazi today i'm rule research showing in moscow a wave of violence in turkey has seen a riot police clashed with protesters now for a fourth day running security forces used tear gas and water cannons as protesters responded with stones and homemade barricades let's get the latest now on go is joining us live from istanbul a big hello to you from moscow arena can you bring us up to date or as in the today anything happening today where you are. one of the moments of not particularly by the early morning scuffles between the protesters and one of the main squares in istanbul. and the police of course all of this transpired overnight when the protesters have been trying to build barricades and roadblocks in order to keep police out of the area that they were in but the police actually tore through those barricades and then used water cannons and tear gas and rubber bullets to evict the

protesters as you have said this is the fourth day of protests like the previous couple of days. that were taking place in taksim square for one actually were rather different in fact i would say that yesterday we when we were there there was this overwhelming feeling of i would say unity and almost a festive like. atmosphere of people did come in they stayed for hours until the late night and then they were basically expressing their opinion in the view of what is happening in the country and why they are they are out on the streets but they also took their time to build the road blocks in fact i have seen more and more of those appearing throughout the city sporadically there trying to keep police out because fortunately the police force has been rather brutal in cracking down on protesters there were scuffles between protesters and police not just in istanbul on sunday and monday morning but also in these near and people have been also dispersed there with water cannons and tear gas at this point we're looking at

around seven hundred people at least seven hundred people who have been arrested as a result of these protests and really more than a thousand people who have been injured hospitals universities even some shops have been turning into makeshift hospitals or a little medical station where people are trying to what help those who have been injured in the protests. and it's really hard to say how long this is going to go for because they're. saying that he's a knowledged police have. some points. but at the same time he called the protesters thugs and extremists and said that they are undermining democratic principles of the country and that is definitely not something that the protesters agree with so it is probably as good. a good guess that we're looking at more protests mostly peaceful in turkey throughout throughout the coming days so there's

a prime minister saying ultimately that the thugs or hooligans as you say are undermining democracy and many analysts already arena around the world saying no to that one is undermining democracy with the use of riot police and even helicopters being used to disperse tear gas in vos quantities we'll check in with you throughout the day from istanbul oxys arena thank you. police continuing the use of force against the demonstrators not just in istanbul but across turkey and human rights groups are condemning them saying some protesters have been left permanently blinded by the tear gas now this is a video which appeared on the internet showing turkish police apparently firing tear gas into civilians. in a separate footage here showing people seeking shelter at a local university in fact it through the glass in the back of that room you can see what looks to be a huge amount of tear gas being used by security forces so a former journalist of the economic press agency says the current mall is a response to over the ones failed policies both on the domestic and foreign front

. toward the. before out of dawn government was never interfering with our neighbors. but. it seems that under the under our government turkey is mean is serving to us. also besides this. deep rooted in turkish probably because of our government's so-called kurdish separatists and. discourteous separatism especially accelerated by the great middle east initiated of united states and israel policies if afghan government does not correct its policies or if there is no all. an early election in turkey these incidents and these protests may repeat itself several times in turkey and i take advantage when one should watch

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very beginning. today. these are the. streets of. jewish school trips. being seen as the latest. tendency toward segregation. appear to be on the increase and often involve resorting

to express their. reports they could be following the example set by the older generation. of the three hundred million in the middle east north africa. enjoy real democratic rights. but statements like this are small comfort for arab israelis whether or not they enjoy the right to vote they face every day problems of a more pressing nature three months ago tell of if street cleaner her son was badly beaten up for no other reason than that he is arab. however there were a lot of them said to me hi arab i said what do you say that i mean what's the difference arab jewish then another guy came up to me and said you want a country arab. the next thing the father of three remembers is being hit on the

head with a bottle. so everything went black i fell to the ground they started kicking and hitting me my lawyer told me that when they were held by the police they heard the kids competing among themselves who hit me the most. violent racism among israel's youth has been growing steadily for some time we went undercover and this is what we found a typical thursday night in downtown jerusalem young israeli teenagers hanging out in the streets it might be alcohol drugs or just plain boredom but suddenly a fight breaks out undercover police arrive in seconds a few days later we meet along a guard at the same spot he spent many days and nights here trying to help troubled youth the very a lot of poor population living in jerusalem and the racial element is only a part of things that they're experience more income from poverty their parents. have nothing they're working all day and they have no. control over where their

children are a lot of them are outside of the outside of school dropped out of school this is the generation that witnessed the second intifada as young children the scars it left are deep those are the lessons that were exposed to terrorist attacks and develop post-traumatic symptoms they tend to exercise twice as much risk taking we have behaviors attacking innocent people just because they are arabs was no provocation whatsoever and that's very typical of people who feel in survival mode his son is the latest victim. in a growing number of racist attacks by israeli youth against arabs and arab in a jewish teacher were recently beaten up when the exit of their car and an arab commuter was attacked while waiting for a train. they get the inspiration from grownups you don't show any sign you want

peace the lives lived by side to resolve the conflict or this stalemate because they are tension. and all the clashes that you see in occupied territories and the general militant atmosphere create the conflict which. the miser's violence. her son has already had several rounds of surgery with more to come not a day goes by without him remembering that fateful night when the division between israel's arabs and jews showed its ugly face policy r.t. tel aviv. all right straight to northern china now to open up the ante world update where sixty one people are now confirmed dead after a slaughterhouse post into flames in the early hours of the morning more than three hundred were working in the building when the fire broke out only about a third of them managed to escape leaving schools unaccounted for reports telling us the exits. trapping workers inside the burning building. and other

central europe where lots of left three dead several more missing at least the czech republic has been hit the hardest two were killed when a home collapsed just outside of prague authorities have declared a state of emergency and soldiers in the capital of piling up sandbags in an attempt to keep the old center above water but heavy rain falls are triggered deadly landslides in austria and homes are being evacuated across the country as well as southern germany and switzerland. where the troops in afghanistan have been ordered to stop handing over prisoners to local security forces and the decision came from the defense minister following accusations of abuse a military officials refused to comment on how long they've been holding prisoners in the regulations saying detainees must be transferred within one thousand six hours a british troops recently revealed they had been holding some for as long as a year. libya is preparing to challenge demands from the hague to hand over colonel

gadhafi son saif al islam for alleged war crimes saying he should be tried at home by the international criminal court argues that there is no evidence that investigators in libya are even looking into the same charges linked to libya's uprising in twenty eleven saif al islam who is still being held by the rebels who caught him as threatening to reveal damaging evidence of financial corruption involving some of europe's biggest leaders. or coming up after the break you're a nazi a continuation of the crusades or an unacknowledged timeless war the decline of christians in the middle east up for debate or crossed.

told him a language of what i will only react to situations i have read the reports i'm likely to put the no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say to mr kerry a car is on the docket no god. no thank you no more weasel words. when you made a direct question be prepared for a change when you find you should be ready for a. freedom of speech a little down to freedom to costs. more

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lobo modern day exit is christian communities in the greater middle east a bit on the decline for the past century particularly over the last decade what accounts for this arab nationalism the advent of the arab spring or the logical outcome of western meddling and outside intervention.