doctors have users facebook has used people that facebook use it's. the stories that shape the way karan are dragged by police. arrested after spending the last seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. the rest got global attention and concern over song possible extradition to the u.s. . from a legal point of view of justice point of view this is a total stitch up. due process for justice going to. a us democrat presidential hopeful says african american should receive financial

compensation for the suffering of their ancestors on the slavery we debate the issue. because somebody. doesn't mean i'm responsible for you know who you should have been able to do and why they were alive if the government had literally buried it paid out everybody else and turned it back on the black people and we are called. here you see sudan's president arrested and emergency rule in all in the space of twenty four hours. good morning welcome the latest developments and a look at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. . now after almost seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder cheating this was sensationally dragged by police this week they came

shortly after the south american country suspended their whistle blows citizenship revoked his asylum video agency filmed exclusive video of the moment he was arrested. well it out. or directly following his arrest. or failing to hand himself into authorities in twenty twelve in relation to a section of so i use which has since been for old sentenced to date.

has to be sentenced. on the wiki leaks site stressing it came out and said what they had to say this sets a dangerous precedent for all media organizations and journalists in europe and elsewhere around the world this recent mainstay any journalist. extradited for prosecution in the united states for having published truthful information about the united states. as you know is jennifer said mr going. to go forward this has to be. the u.k. government needs to make up for the jury's. never to be extradited to united states or.

try to resist arrest and then. put. that. into police. custody now very soon afterwards we learned that julian assange just electical asylum to citizenship had been revoked by the ecuadorian authorities take a listen to what len miller and the president of ecuador had to say about it till. i announce that the discourteous and aggressive behavior of mr julian assange on should give the hostile and threatening declarations of his annoyed organization. on especially the transgression of international treaties have led the situation to a point where the asylum of mr assad regime is unsustainable are no longer viable we need kind of boils down to two different issues but you sort of came together over the past eighteen months one is that the ecuadorian authorities didn't like

the fact that they said julian assange is interfering in the international affairs in the affairs of other countries through his online activity through his activities as editor of wiki leaks but also there was this kind of domestic disputes bubbling beneath the surface as well last year julian assange was given a list of conditions that he needed to add here to if he wanted to stay on the good side of his neck for dorrian hosts he was told they needed to tidy up after himself between his policy and pay for the same food to pay for certain on three clean up after his talents which they threaten term leave and subsequently did british officials are pretty pleased about what's happened to will welcome the news this morning that the metropolitan police have arrested judy in a sorry. mr speaker this goes to show that in the united kingdom no one is above the law here. but what we've shown today is that no one is above the

law julian assange is no hero he is hidden from the truth for years and years but also a very courageous decision by president arroyo in ecuador to resolve the situation . we witnessed the end at the very least of the embassy challenge of the julian assange i'm stuck in the saga and we're moving on to perhaps a rather protracted chapter of an illegal extradition battle. reporting there were two news sanj sought refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in twenty twelve the u.s. was then investigating the publication by wiki leaks of classified military documents relating to the war in afghanistan it also looked into a sign just released of cyber tools used by the cia and of hillary clinton's private e-mails which it is claimed was part of alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential elections will following his arrest on thursday the u.s. issued a formal request for a son to extradition washington accuses the science of conspiring against the

united states the indictment alleges that together with chelsea manning a former intelligence analyst in the u.s. army a son cracked the government password and access to classified documents if convicted he could face up to five years in prison so here's a quick look back then the information wiki leaks published which has caused the u.s. concern. ultra . ultra.

low cut the a. cult like we're getting to the ultra. ultra ultra does the n.s.a. collect any data from the millions of no sure the ul wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of like a hostile takeover. patrick and just worry now about the presidents this sets indicted students will be given

a fair trial. it has all the sort of indications of the kind of backroom deal that's been done between a three way deal between the government of ecuador the british government and the united states government the danger here is not going to face justice in the united states what he is going to face is a secret grand jury proceeding most likely in northeastern virginia most likely will be ruled on by a judge who has ruled against every single whistleblower. under the obama administration including thomas drake john kerry aku and many others ok so this is from from a legal point of view of justice point of view this is a total stitch up joyce knowledge will not face due process or justice he's going to face. a simulacra of it but not the real thing and that's going to be the

the injustice of this whole proceedings so what we're seeing right now is the criminalization of journalism the criminalization of publishing. a supine mainstream media that is not protesting what's going on even though it's in their interests this issue they've ignored that and instead you have authoritarian operatives in high positions wielding a tremendous power and are threatening to demolish the fourth estate as we once knew it. the songes arrest call will invite attention to thousands across the globe rallying in support of the strain bill and whistleblower from it's a bill to pass protestors have been gathering outside u.s. embassies expressing concern i've resigned as possible extradition and batting to free the whistleblower more rallies are planned to take place later sunday across australia. the sentiment has been echoed by human rights organizations and politicians across the world my colleague gus the reaction without any prank.

a lot of these skeletons in the closets of the world's mightiest the most powerful probably will never be pulled out but if it wasn't for julian assad some people wouldn't even start thinking merely that some of this nasty and gruesome stuff even existed and indeed a very important part of his legacy probably the most important part will always be that he encourage so many people to think and ask questions about what. most powerful people in charge of this world could be hiding and this can truly be felt through the things that are being said by the activists right now in reaction to what's happening with the whistleblower let's take a look at what the american civil liberties union came out with any prosecution by the united states over mr wiki leaks publishing operations would be unprecedented

and you should open the door to criminal investigations of news organizations moreover prosecuting a foreign publisher for violating u.s. secrecy rules would set i'm especially dangerous precedent for us journalists who routinely violate foreign secrecy laws to tip information vital to the public's interest cumin rights watch are now actually saying that every news organization is in danger and this kind of sentiment is being echoed by so many activists and activists organizations right now they are worried that we're now potentially in a new year where the key word is danger for journalists or whistleblowers a to those who support he is you know. a hero here is an award winning journalist

but there are those who hates am out here as a whistleblower a villain how is. he regarded well some people don't see a difference between behavior to a list and a whistleblower some people do but you can argue that in any case this julian assad situation and his whole fate well always be intertwined with the notion of freedom of speech and it seems that any kind of attempts by the us political elite to paint him with that brush and to try and convince the world that he is not a journalist will always be challenged by the world's most renowned whistleblowers and investigative journalists as well images of those in buses inviting the case secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of like you to know it was when in journalism out of the building. up in the history books critics may cheer but this is a dark moment for press freedom we care leaks is a publisher charges now brought in connection with its material or any attempt to

extradite assange to united states for prosecution under deeply flawed could you know of the espionage act nine hundred seventeen is an attack on all of us the g.o.g. sis part of what a science did to just before his prosecution beyond allegedly helping manning get the documents is that he encouraged manning to get more documents for him to publish journalists do this with sources constantly is a criminalization of journalism it's hard to acknowledge the political undertones of this case how has politicians been way in since his arrest well i would to raise i'm a said no one is above the law and it looks like the likes of the u.s. the u.k. and the current government of ecuador will continue to team up in saying that these suspected criminals should be prosecuted and they will keep on pushing that line

but at the same time even in the western world and also in other parts of the world there will be politicians who. you keep on saying things like phony pretext and they will continue to treat this case as pure hypocrisy of the western political elites. this whole story with the persecution and hounding with establishing inhumane living conditions is consigning to ability and rights of the freedom of speech and disseminating information and it is something that it's absolute if you think that i mean that we are talking about that. show on the war. abuses and by all asian of your mind in international right we absolutely reject the no amount of julian assange just that realisation that and the handover of this australian journalist to the united kingdom in a shameful act surrendering our sovereignty the extradition of julian a son to the us for exposing evidence of atrocities in iraq and afghanistan should

be opposed by the british government and any case now whatever the people say it still all depends on the next steps by u.s. police and u.s. prosecutors so we will be watching out for that. still to come in the weekly this saturday so this is nice lida i stick by the miter ending thirty years of rule we'll have a look at that story because of the stick yourself and bright. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic developments only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

the rules of the game have to be changed and we are still living with historical legacy sophie decimalization most of the. legal frameworks in investing work all of them are decided for industrial face of stick russia and now we are moving ahead and i think the problem is that our concepts are lagging behind. thousands of protesters flooded the sudanese capital khartoum on saturday at

a rally in front of the military's headquarters they called on the army to hand over power to a civilian government protesters say they will remain in the streets until the civilian transitional council is full and on thursday after months of public protests the army toppled longtime president al bashir the news was met by celebrations in sudan's streets. explains though how the country's mood changed from enthusiasm to disappointment in just a few apps. a dictator fuld's and the people rejoice happy empowered optimistic it's it's always the same how many times have we seen this happen this decade revolution in africa in the middle east the dictator amal

bashir was removed by the military which sided with the people. sort of what the militant must really up to the military takes full responsibility for changing the entire regime for a transitional period of two years in which the government will be handled by the armed forces. now you could understand why people are a bit miffed they rebelled risked everything to get rid of a dictator for freedom for democracy and what they go to the end is a military regime what has been just stated is frost's a coup and it is not acceptable they are recycling the faces and this will return us to where we have been on the other hand consider how much worse it could have been temporary military rule may just have been the lesser of two evils but these revolutions rarely and well.

you may recognize this picture it's from a different era most of the need is either deposed in exile or dead countries no better off.

a grim even depressing picture yet it seems people just don't learn from the past earlier this week we heard the same tired calls from the u.k. u.s. norway calls for regime change. the demand for political change from the courageous and resilient people of sudan is becoming ever clear and more powerful the sudanese people are demanding a transition to a political system that is inclusive and has greater legitimacy there is a reason they wanted him gone not so much because he's a dictator they have plenty of tyrannical friends know because mr bashir like solly and gadhafi before him made inroads with the west's rivals boosted relations

trade military and economic cooperation with china with russia iran with them which i think if you get any air of iranian conflict will harm the whole region arrow counter ease and iran itself neither iran nor the arabs would leave the region i suppose the burst option is to kill exist and deal with the problems that we have through dialogue and negotiations it is better than using guns and that it would appear was an unforgivable sin the united states considers africa its own and doesn't want anyone else on its tough unfortunately billions upon billions of us taxpayer dollars have not achieved these are facts they have not prevented other powers such as china and russia from taking advantage of african states increase their own power and influence from now on the united states will not tolerate this longstanding pattern of it without effect to be fair

mr bolton you hardly helped years of u.s. sanctions of civil war atrocities and the split up of the country have left their mark so don is a traumatized nation expecting democracy and magical reforms overnight is well it was never going to happen. now us. presidential hopeful has sparked debate by proposing a bill that would see african-americans receive reparations senator cory booker says this would go towards compensating for the suffering of their unsaved ancestors two recent poll though found only twenty one percent of voters support the move if adopted if adopted it would entitle an official acknowledgment of the legacy of american slavery and compensation payments to those still affected by discrimination as

a result. we have to recognize that everybody did not start out on an equal footing in this country and in particular black people have not. and so we have got to recognize that and do something about that and give folks a lift up i believe it's time to start the national full blown conversation about reparations so that we can as a nation do what's right and begin to heal there are massive disparities that must be addressed so we're going to do everything we can to put resources into distressed communities and improve lives for those people who have been hurt from the legacy of slavery of fighting their respective corners on the issue we have from the conservative commentator anthony bryan logan and also from attorney and author receptus. you could have identified the former slave master and a former slave or act in a moment but we're now winds are at fifty years past

a particular point in time who is going to pay people who did not have slaves nobody i left a day in twenty nineteen was a slave back then so what do we gain pay for who is going to pay we're right again pay it's no more than a campaign promise from democratic hopefuls trying to get some kind of attention now you're ok with the l. o. s. and that's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard they provide economic restitution to those people now if i came into your house mr a.b.l. and i sell a thousand dollars from you and then i die or if i sell a million dollars from you and then i die would you say oh well reasoned i so that money doesn't matter anymore no he would go talk to my children and children are still living off the benefits of that million dollars just because somebody has grand days though it doesn't mean i'm responsible for it if somebody is granddad was so you know a killer and then they found out one hundred years later you don't go after the kids and say ok you get to go to jail now or you get to pay back some money because

of what your grandfather d. and makes no since you know who did it if you should have been able to catch him why they were alive punish him why they were alive we want to focus on is the economic harm that was done to black people if we really break down with slavery was people were brought from across the water to work and that was free labor so what we have is here to ration years hundreds of years of systematic does the discrimination and shutting out of x. economic access the black people and that has to be repaid who's going to pay it you're talking about a government that government is funded by the people that means me that means you will pay for it so how does it make any sense like i say it would have been more let me present how many hands you are mostly under paid as slave when were parades in is would have been do which is at the end to slavery not right now it makes no sense to so argue me it is no logic here. america's never even study the effects of slavery on black people they never said down and said we know that as

a government we sanction this this makes this experience but we don't even know how far that experience reaches because no one's ever study it how much do we owe black people no one's ever studied it why because the government has literally buried it had it's paid out everybody else and turned it back on the black people in america who hate anyone i do too long to just drive if you need any and three hundred and one example i do out in tears hopefully my generation will stand up and say that the buck stops here so we don't have to go on with this any longer but we have here thanks for watching the way he could have your company this morning and i see what he can just live on. do it in the sort of a mad crazy genius sort of a guy he believes in the first amendment. marcus very brilliant

very brilliant individual believe i heard a story about how he would be difficult to get or certainly with the second grade. he has an opinion he doesn't hide his feelings. i think more to see and he's an outstanding person because he took on the most powerful agency in this county or you'll be assisting. me look at some of the billboard analogies to mark was the day that when he was fighting the life. they were it's a family kind of thing we're still in iraq you know and i mean it's. you know if something is shown and. we're going to.

just order it. does mark spoke out against pull up some on his shift but i didn't like very much absolutely how there been times when i really really thought he was a great guy absolutely. john mark doogan i'm a former marine former cop turned whistleblower after my home was raided by american intelligence agencies i snuck out of the united states into russia political asylum. today i still want to buy the american federal government. and they know that it will.

go to the blog where he spilled details about p.b.s. those dirty laundry and it looks smog due to this being the show this most contentious critic for a year is. to follow his website to get featuring the comments about gold this family the sheriff's riflemen takes that he sees what side remains that's going on palm beach county sheriff sides. p.b.s. and critic monsters in this town. legion search for evidence of touching on computer crimes. in the guise of truth among american it's called an whistleblower found refuge in russia. for.