edward snowden. also the last british. describes. our own investigation into the claims of torture. we travel to the country to see how the. stronghold where the people believe.

the world's being featured in the weekly. let's get straight to it. private bradley manning was this week found guilty of america's biggest leak of restricted information with almost all charges in his court martial standing well though he was cleared of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy he still faces more than one hundred thirty years in prison let's have a look back now and see how it all unfolded bradley manning deployed to iraq in two thousand and nine he soon exposed the collateral murder video showing the civilians there being killed by u.s. troops but after a series of online chats with the hacker manning was then turned into the government and arrested more revelations followed exposing iraq and afghanistan war

logs diplomatic cables as well all of them being published by wiki leaks on march twentieth manning was accused of aiding the enemy of a charge that could have kept him behind bars for life while waiting though for the court martial of the un it described manning's prison treatment as inhumane but the judge did not allow the global body's torture inspector to testify or the high profile trial then in fort meade in maryland that leads to guilty verdicts in nineteen out of the twenty two charges against him we can leaks spokesperson kristinn hrafnsson believes that far from stopping the leaks manning his case will only lead to more disclosures. or be used to facing a long time in prison especially when you think about how this trial has been covered out by judge lindh one is not filled with any optimism only last week. to

allow the prosecution to change some of the charges on the last stage of the trial . the trial has been partly closed off to journalists who journalists have been intimidated we have seen that despite the way that bradley manning was treated. being tortured in prison in isolation in solitary confinement for almost a year it has not stopped whistleblowers and there are still brave people out there who act on their conscience and to with the public interest in mind we have seen now a new era beginning and an expansion of the limits of journalism. in the meantime the founder of wiki leaks or the website which released the data had over by bradley manning claimed the whistleblower never received a fair trial julian assads also lambasted the u.s. government for its radical national security of years. this is the first ever espionage conviction against was the glow in the united states it is

a dangerous person and an example of national security extremism is the short sighted judgment that cannot be tolerated and it must be reversed. it can be the true measure to the public is if you know. and supporters of bradley manning are short of a few hundred signatures before they submit their petition demanding they be allowed to serve parts of the whistleblower sentence you can find out more about the petition on our website right now r.t. dot com of course also there though you can take part in the ongoing poll as to what you think manning's sentence should actually be let's see how the votes have been panning out for this hour from our t. dot com and so far still though the majority of our viewers believe that manning shouldn't have been found guilty in the first place instead should be honored as a hero and then about a fifteen percent saying he should be sentenced to eight suspended jail term the most the remaining eight percent split between two some saying he should get twenty

years in jail the other four percent saying perhaps a death sentence or life in prison term is perhaps what he should deal with we can still cast your vote right now at r.t. dot com well one chapter in edward snowden saga was closed this week the u.s. will so below are on the run has finally left the transit limbo of a moscow airport where he's been stuck for more than a month snowden has been granted temporary asylum in russia and as are ready to receive some job offers including one from russia's biggest social network for the meantime though his whereabouts are unknown as artie's lindsey france takes a moment to recap the media's mad chase for the former n.s.a. contractor. on sunday did twenty third when reports surfaced that the u.s. is newest whistleblower edward snowden was in russian airspace on a flight from his hong kong hideout every journalist knew the weekend was over and they all scurried here to section a i said to metro airport snowden and his wiki

leaks advisor sarah harrison are a no show reporters found out that snowden and his advisors were due to be on a flight to cuba the next day so what did they do search around for the nearest hotel to get a good night's sleep before getting on that flight. june twenty fourth dawns the doors to the flight close seat seventeen a is empty galleys and restrooms are searched the cargo hold is suspected a drinks trolley is found in business class hangovers are reported june twenty fifth president putin confirms that snowden is still in the transit area of the airport foreign minister sergei lavrov dismisses a u.s. request for extradition this stakeout continues because you just never know when he'll come out from hiding everyone with a press badge gets to know airport food courts and the coin operated massage chairs very well july second wiki leaks says snowden is seeking asylum in nineteen more

countries including china cuba nicaragua venezuela and india. the next day at another airport this time in austria drama unfolds the president of bolivia his plane is forced to land on suspicion that snowden is on board the heat and the debate turns up on the heels of this bolivia nicaragua and venezuela make their offers of asylum well known denouncing the pressure exerted by america but one little problem remains getting to any of these destinations without falling into the hands of american law enforcement it was here on the second floor terminal where snowden held a conference with human rights activists and with his advisors made the announcement that he was scared to fly not for heights and that he was thinking of asking russia for asylum video and photos make it out of that meeting and are quickly uploaded for our stories finally we have something to bring back to our newsrooms now the wait for the paperwork in this case

a response to snowden scribbles on a blank sheet hey whatever works staff only this unassuming door here on the first floor of the terminal at the airport was headquarters july twenty fourth when everyone thought anatoly snowden's russian advisor would be bringing that very important piece of paper from immigration services allowing him to exit the airport instead all he brought were a bag of books some new clothes and a healthy dose of consolation for snowden and the journalists. until august first one day now himself shows the press that fateful document making edward snowden free to travel through the russian federation until july thirty first two thousand and fourteen he says edward is gone and his lips are sealed. due to the fact that he's the most wanted person on planet earth today he would be concerned about the issue of security that includes questions of safety and the place where he is going

to live that's all up to him as he is where we'll consult and advise him but on other. shoes it's up to him according to our sources when a plane from paris was emptying out he took his chance jumped in to lend. edward snowden had flown and then walked out nearly unnoticed much to our chagrin in moscow lindsey france r t. and one of the conditions a moscow had for taking snowden in was that he stops harming washington with his leaks in an interview to a russian t.v. channel the whistle blowers father said his son has already done enough public good to abide by that request with a clear conscience i understand his tremendous political interest and at this point our government i suspect is somewhat angry about the way this has has turned out i am again thankful to the russian people president vladimir putin and anatoly sure enough for the courage the strain the humanity that they have demonstrated

in what i believe is this noble action of protecting my son and keeping him safe as a father he needs to respect the president who requests i believe my son's work is done with this in terms of he has made a tremendous sacrifice to let the american people what has been done to them and in their name and i am again so thankful to the people of russia. and we had a chance to speak to political analysts that dmitri babich he said that russia frankly had no other choice but to grant snowden temporary asylum. i think that snowden is a very special case because he didn't serve any foreign government what he did he knew don't his own and he revealed this information to press the foreign agents i am pretty sure that the united states would shield such a person if he had been over russian origin and if he had been found in the united states or russia i think was last very willing to have him here i think it's clear

from mr padilla statements that he was not particularly. by the question is so what could put in do if he had delivered mr snowden out of that the states mr snowden would probably face life imprisonment in the united states so no civil list country can do it or this country won't be respected. well russia is a decision to take snowden in was certainly met with fury in washington and the white house hinted that september's summit between presidents obama and putin may now be canceled but all the hype over snowden's asylum is diverting public attention away from what he's actually wanted for back at home of course is damning revelations. the story. the moment edward snowden walked out of that moscow airport russia became the object of washington's wrath we heard calls for president obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said washington is quote unquote extremely disappointed with moscow's decision on snowden and that it

undermines the growing cooperation between russian and u.s. security services certain members of congress used even harsher term senator chuck schumer said russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that mr snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife senator lindsey graham says americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with the bushes and john mccain goes it is a slap in the face of all americans we cannot allow today's action by put into a stand without serious repercussions of course for many politicians here attacking snowden and russia is much easier than defending the surveillance state the white house keeps repeating this mantra mr snowden is not a whistleblower he is accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three fairly villany counts and he should be returned to the united states polls show the majority of americans actually disagree with the white house on whether or not mr snowden is

a whistle blower they think it is so what else they disagree with a gallup poll shows fifty three percent of americans now disapprove of the government surveillance programs as opposed to thirty seven percent who approve another poll by the queen of parent university conducted just in the wake of snowden's revelations shows forty five percent of americans say the government's anti-terrorism efforts have gone too far restricting civil liberties three years ago twenty five percent of americans thought so it's a massive shift in attitudes a shift that the lawmakers in the government can't ignore as much as they like to attack snowden his revelations have put the white house on the defensive you can complain about big brother this is. a potential. you know program run amok but when you actually look at the details then i think we've struck the right balance well let's look at some of those details from snowden we first learned about the prism program a system the n.s.a.

uses to gain access to the private communications of users of nine popular internet services the government said the n.s.a. does that only with a warrant from the fight to court snowden said the court merely rubber stamp such warrants and he revealed one such revealed one such secret court order for a telecommunications company to hand over its client's debtor in bulk the government has acknowledged the bulk collection of communications but said no one can look at the content of those communications without a warrant snowden said that's a lie this week the guardian relying on the documents that snowden had earlier provided has revealed details of a program that makes such warrantless snooping possible we learned about x. keyscore which allows to search through vast amounts of data collected by other programs snowden has leaked the n.s.a.'s training materials where the agency boasts that the program is the widest reaching system for developing intelligence from the net having sekret feist his career and his comfortable lifestyle snowden said he

wanted to expose the government's lies in washington i'm going to check them all in just a moment here on our quick look at the shaky peace in war torn mali and the rest of the top headlines from the week just a moment. from . reverberate through the centuries when vengeance called for blood. hanging in this member years. law and faith in the caucuses. handed down from generation to generation that killed my son with impunity. and with impunity it was a question of. be reconciled today.

more news today. these are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations are today. for the top stories of the week this is the weekly here on r t inmates at guantanamo bay have accused the guards of carrying out invasive procedures including the so-called good momus arch of the officers daily routine against the hunger strikers outlined by the last british resident at the facility shocker this

in a private talk to his lawyer according to the inmate during such an invasive searches an extraction team walks in and forces a detainee to the floor and then any movement there is restrained by the guards who hold the detainees by their arms and legs as us procedure procedures they conducted any time that a prisoner wants to leave his cell to see a lawyer or a relative and then the same when he returns prisoners believe this is a tactic to intimidate them a break the ongoing hunger strike and prevent them from talking to their advocates but attorney clive smith representing mr shaka a murder he said the measures of the camp actually have the reverse effect. we have now raised it with the american courts that they shouldn't be doing this they shouldn't effectively be sexually assaulting the prisoners and it was the government i believe who first started using the term scruton search if you will believe that the they actually admitted this sort of thing and it's been done to

try to intimidate prisoners out of talking to their lawyers so that unfortunately the truth would not come out of grant unabated i don't doubt that most of them are resisting jack has been going through this for months and months and months now and i've got a proud moment away in his response to that is when they leave him in his cell he starts singing you know both mali songs new get up stand up for the year rhythmix and the guards to show that he's not to be coward. i think that shaq is standing up for his rights and the rights of other prisons prisoners has motivated guards under orders from the more senior offices to treat very bad but actually it's not at the effects who desired effect on the arts and it's made shockers stronger mentally because he recognizes that he is now at least in some parts in control of his life so i dove actually been impressed by the psychological improvements and even though physically isn't very tough straits. now r.t.

did send a request to the guantanamo camp after the assault accusations by the inmate sam we got an answer one facility rep saying that they were unwilling to comment on such claims that were godless of how ridiculous and absurd they may get. it's a good to have you with us for an r.t. today molly's held its first election since last year's coup but the opening round of the presidential vote produced no winner now the race goes to a runoff and whoever ends up heading the west african country next will face a rather tough task of returning peace to a nation that seen an islamist uprising and even french military intervention in the past year artie's roof a national travels across the country to see whether people there actually feel whether or not the fighting is really finished. here in the north of the country the walls and billboards tell the story of the conflict when m.l.a. took over this part of the country on every road sign they wrote welcome to free as

i was somewhere you can still read it then the mugello painted their symbols there is no god except our in arabic like letters in a white circle in mali and flag appeared after the governmental forces together with the french army liberated this area the fragile peace is now being carefully protected checkpoints cover the region's main routes to filter all those passing through waterways are also patrolled. we have to verify whether there are jihadists among them who want to cross the river. how to decide who is who. jihadists don't have papers and we send to police all those with no documents. the stakes are high memories are still fresh in people's minds from the days when religious radicals took over the country's north spreading the extremist laws so new market if you come to the really like this do you had this bit you better stick at least sixty times if you are married they take you to your husband and make him

buy and they throw you extremists would impose strict rules of modesty on these women without cross the niger river to go to college or the first to be large and molly's north to openly supports the islamists when they first came and provided them with fighters tried to find a family whose children joint. and all kind of affiliated group appeared in mali's north last year and began coordinating with a rebellion of the indigenous african tribe over to our regs who sought independence but they soon began infighting after rediculus started imposing sharia law why did they come here in the first place people in this area are very poor this is why we bring in some serve for women and some sweets for kids we visited the chief of the village for. just the one hundred fifteen year old man says one part of the village strongly supports al qaeda and al qaida divisions are very close hold interprete qur'an to reach them we cross

a dried river the soil in mali's north is far from fertile the land is not generous to people farming here we get to a female part of the village and the first house we come across what looks like a women's club the ladies here differ from those women make it on the other side of the river when we cover ourselves because this is our tradition our religious tradition we protect our whole bodies to talk with men we go to a male part of the village we see to the most influential of them to hear their story if they brought weapons and we didn't have a choice but to be one man confesses his teenage son was inspired by outsiders before he was brought to mali in jail longer they behaved in a dignified manner were never involved in looting they showed respect to the koran but also they had money that looks very attractive to poor people like us. if the government provides local people with jobs less vulnerable and more immune to the

islamists we'd speeches or would you please explain who are these people and from where they come they're not from here but we don't know their nationalities we repeat the question to the mayor of gar one of the biggest cities in mali is north and the percent of deadly clashes during the crisis who are moved out. new moon. came from afghanistan algeria mauritania but these spent eleven months here and they recruited a lot of them. this is the conflict now over. the conflict madam historic . but it's far from over when i wave back a sense through games clouds of dust covered villages and cities peace in this region seems to be as trendy and as blue skies on a sunny day you may think it will remain the way ts for some time but you can never be sure. from mali ok so

a quick break in the weekly to head reality world are back now at istanbul we go where police if used tear gas against an anti government rally in tech same square the protest part of a two and a half million strong move across eighteen cities to demand the resignation of the prime minister the wave of unrest in turkey could cough in late may with a similar police break up of a rally against the demolition of istanbul's that's in park. twenty two u.s. embassies across the middle east and north africa will be closed today and may remain so for the next few days due to an unspecified threat by al qaeda washington's also issued a travel alert for u.s. citizens with a. the u.k. france and germany have also announced their close their missions in yemen the us embassy was attacked there last year while a deadly assault was also carried out on the ambassador in libya. and the president of honduras has ordered the army to take control of the country's main prison

following riots between rival gangs that left at least three inmates dead and the unrest came amid a report the government's completely failed to provide security at all detention facilities in the country leaving jails at the hands of prisoners themselves and the into american commission on human rights said that the prisons are overcrowded with some holding twice as many inmates as they're designed to do. now iran's president elect. is due to take the oath of the country's parliament later today he has already promised to lead the country out of isolation and take steps to remove international sanctions washington though doesn't seem to see wanny as a man to trigger a turnaround in the country's relations with the west but political analyst professor say that mohammad marandi he says the importance of the presidential post in iran should never be underestimated what's interesting is often when the western

media when it's convenient they say he's powerless but when it's not they say he's a thread like the former president. but he is a very powerful figure he is the second most important person in iran then he has the vote over half of the iranians and then there are elections that have a very high turnout over seventy two percent almost seventy three percent if the united states is willing to take this opportunity to really evaluate its policies towards iran and take a serious step toward the iranians and president rouhani will definitely be willing to make a positive move themselves and to move towards rapprochement. it's been a pleasure having you with us today here on c.n.n. well received a finale the report on the ancient custom of bloodline feuds in russia's caucasus region this is a lie from moscow. remember

we talked about clothing for regular folks like you and me that can make you invisible drones well freedom fashions as i like to call them are continuing to expand although the fact that our drones infrared eyes are very scary the more common street cameras are way more likely to on average day violate your privacy and thus they invented the justice cap this hat blocks your face with the lights from face recognition software all the camera will see is an anonymous glowing ghost i personally haven't tested this thing out nor have i seen it with my own eyes and three aaa batteries on your head at all times does seem like a bit of a bother but hey if you really want to be left alone and you're willing to throw down a few dollars this looks like a pretty good fashion statement to me the sad thing is that this sort of invention shouldn't need to exist people shouldn't have to live with the constant fear of

unlawful consent less observation but sadly they do so inventors keep the freedom fashions coming but that's just my opinion. for police officer. cleaning his gun after being on duty is a matter of priority it's almost a ritual for him and he's helped by his seventy year old son. i want my son to be a soldier everybody in our family has been a military man me my father and even my grandfather and his time it's always been that way you could say our family loves weapons. and

already disassemble the pistol by himself and knows where each individual part goes . he says it's not too heavy for him it's just his hands are too small. this is being prepared for adult life in chechnya several generations of the family have followed the chechen code every shooting is answered with another. they have taken revenge for each one of their murdered klan members. guns yes very much so he says are you going to carry a gun i will he says we have always had respect for weapons and i suppose it's been that way for centuries it's in our hearts.