when. you move can you if you wish i. had. a word winning journalist glenn greenwald is charged with cyber crimes in. his role in reporting. corruption in the. nation worldwide. reaction. also ahead u.n. experts call for a probe into allegations that. the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi worked before he was killed by a. psychologist on the. cia torture techniques in the wake of 911 just the. trial testimony at guantanamo bay detention.

i believe there was a genuine. i guess you do it's again. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow thursday january the 23rd welcome to our international my names you know. federal prosecutors in brazil have charged pyu let's surprise winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated the hooking up top officials phones to get information. last year the intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damaging conversations between top figures in the probe picking up the story for us down quarter. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was a call to give the money to the secular go off i felt like that but no money. but

whatever it was that made you know i was going to write usually you know very well read through everything in order to really be a bit of both of us on palm thank you. but i asked if i wasn't going on this so it's no surprise freedom of the press is once again under attack in the country american journalist glenn greenwald is facing cybercrime charges for leaking text messages of government officials glenn greenwald in a free conscious involuntary way directly assisted encourage and guided to criminal group of hackers during a criminal practice acting as a guarantor of said group and also narrow is more than a little defensive he should not be here he says to in brazil where is he he was denounced by the justice system don't you believe in the system at the same time the president's son who is also an m.p. cannot contain his glee. glenn greenwald always said he loved brazil and wanted to

get to move the country in depth maybe he will even get to know the inside of a jail the charges come after greenwald's news outlet exposed a possible conspiracy within the judicial system based on the leaked private text messages they purported to show then federal judge colluding with the prosecution in a high profile corruption case the same one that landed both scenarios main rival lula da silva in jail preventing him from running for another presidential term the federal judge denied everything and even went on to head the justice ministry as for the journalist to shed light on the scandal he found himself under investigation even though the federal police and the supreme court told the administration to drop the case in our government president bush in our own multiple members of his government simply don't believe in a free press we don't believe in prosper they don't even believe in democracy they've repeatedly and explicitly praised the military dictatorship that ruled the country until they needed 5 disappear your form of government and this is all about

ushering in that level of repression whistleblowers and watchdog organizations are calling the situation a blatant attack on journalistic freedom absolute resolute this is unbelievably could retaliation for revealing extreme corruption at the highest levels of both scenarios administration and the next who stands to threat to investigative journalism in brazil in an outrageous violation of press freedom the brazilian government has ignored a supreme court order in charge journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes for the intercepts investigative series on widespread corruption in brazil. well the government must immediately condemned this outrageous assault on the freedom of the press and recognize that its attacks on press freedoms at home have consequences for american journalists doing their jobs abroad like glenn greenwald the prosecution of glenn greenwald is once again putting the spotlight on the current administration is a legit corrupt dealings it's no wonder balsa naro has no love for journalists.

well let's get the thoughts on the program live with jonathan steele in london jonathan's an international affairs commentator welcome does this case really have anything to do with cybercrime or is it your towards preventing greenwald from doing his job. what it does edward snowden put it it's retaliation. because. greenwald was exposing corruption in highest levels in brazilian government. and just trying to punish him telling the truth if this is a vendetta against greenwald for his anti corruption reporting as he said edward snowden is claiming who do you think is pulling the strings as in the president of brazil as well. as is just determined to get revenge and to discourage any other journalists from following up the same story so it's a combination of intimidation and other journalists intervention.

other other powerful interests in brazil that would stand to gain from the. no i think it's the president i mean you need prevention learned to silva from running again. released by the supreme court from jail to here if he. contests his cases and he's still a political force or has impulse in r. is probably still words and at some point is unity so who can make a comeback will somebody else from his party prosecutors claim mr greenwald broke the law by colluding with hawkers to obtain material for the intercepts reports do you think he may technically how they've broken the law even if the end justified the means. well as i understand it they claim that the transcripts of certain recordings which they tapped into who are unwilling to intimate without the people including the alleged hacking of this material. they couldn't share the innocence

and agreement because because. his opinion was well they should your next quote from the transcript is clear green wilson had come to give you advice so he was not you know advised him not hearing with the people here to listen to him well and those jimmies opinion just from the overall picture jonathan there's been a clear shift in brazilian politics nora where journalists have been routinely targeted by the president is there a danger that this could all box fire on him. well it could in the next election but there's nothing to do for some time now does your shirt in your clips at the very program is a very cool coast boorish man who's accused wasn't jenison streets if they. wanted to cater to big stupid jim insults of various kinds and insurers are real

knock of card just as you like your honesty in the president because it may backfire see searches or see what's going on took a different view if you will there during the last year actually your thoughts finally on why the people mentioned in the leaked documents tapes were never prosecuted and indeed in the case of justice minister sergio morrow they were even given higher positions in government well it sure is incredible late. behavior by the president because it is an outrage that the prosecutor who. was involved in this case and became the justice minister shares almost a kind of disregard for public opinion in any current circuit and it's something that she may be punished. in the next election which is outrageous behavior just finally finally how do you see. faith and all this well it's not clear as the song

was quoted as saying in your clip he may have to be sent to prison but on the other hand the courts all still and brazil supreme court has defined the president on the number of occasions so it may be that where it is being coated in some kind of. criminal court you have to look into the case and maybe they will stand up to the president. and christian jonathan thanks for your time on your thoughts this hour telephone still interfaith national at 1st commentator live in london. ok moving on human rights experts for the un urging investigation into the hacking of the mobile phone of the world's richest man jeff bezos there are concerns about allegations the saudi crown prince was possibly involved in a data breach which was caused by an encrypted message sent to the billionaire.

fund or something the gulf monarchy strongly tonight base also by the way also owns the washington post newspaper or dissident journalist jamal khashoggi work before he was assassinated by a saudi hit squad. the alleged hacking of mr bezos is food m those of others demands immediate investigation by the u.s. and of the relevant authorities including investigation of the continuous munty a direct and personal involvement of the crown prince in efforts to target perceived opponents well it appears according to the information that has been presented that the phone of jeff bezos was hacked via the messenger application known as whatsapp now saudi arabia denies that that's the case now it's important to note that not only is jeff bezos very wealthy a billionaire in the united states but he's also the owner of the washington post and the washington post was the employer of jamal khashoggi folks will recall jamal khashoggi was brutal killing so at this point that raises some interesting concerns

this is what has been presented about the possible hacking the information we have received suggests the possible involvement of the crown prince in surveillance of mr basis in an effort to influence if not sign it's the washington post reporting in saudi arabia these allegations are run of and as well to own going evaluation of claims about the chrome prince's involvement in the 2900 mudda of saudi and washington post joining this. now in october of 28 teen jamal khashoggi visited the saudi embassy in istanbul and he never came out of the of the embassy he was dismantled within it cut into pieces and at that point there was a lot of international outrage about the incident now a sense then they came of saudi arabia has declared this was simply a rogue operation 5 individuals have actually been sentenced to death for their involvement in it however 3 top officials were cleared of any wrong doing and many

observers noted that it took a long time for the trumpet ministration to criticize the actions of saudi arabia or to even give any response to the answer let's review what the response from the trump administration what if i. came was this is how they responded to the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi employed by the washington post i don't like stopping massive amounts of money that's being poured into our country spending $110000000000.00 on military equipment and on things that create. others for this country we have identified at least some of the individuals responsible including those in the intelligence services the royal court the foreign ministry and other saudi ministries who we suspect to have been involved in mr coo show us death now the possible hacking of the phone of jeff bezos the billionaire and owner of the washington post adds a new chapter to this case however many observers have noted that the ties between

the united states and the king of saudi arabia are not small and the trump an administration in particular has embraced the saudi kingdom trumps 1st international trip after all was to riyadh to meet with the saudi monarchy so it appears that when issues like human rights the killing of jamal khashoggi or the war in yemen come up the united states seems to prioritize its friendship with saudi arabia over other issues so perhaps this new hacking will be another incident that will that will raise some concerns but many have observed that the usa seems pretty loyal to saudi arabia a former u.s. diplomat jim jefferies says' it will take more than a killing on the phone to spoil the u.s. saudi relations. i don't think anything is going to break anything of the foreseeable on the horizon is going to break these close ties with saudi arabia. you know people had a little momentary loss about killing because after all he was part of the building he was. walking close he was involved with the cia so this was

a terrible terrible thing just like however they don't they couldn't care less that saudi arabia has shown watering people in yemen in fact we're helping them do it it doesn't make any difference for 2016 ran against the kind of foreign policy we've had for the last 3 decades but has done nothing with her shoot the scene see stand your ground and all up and said that means not putting america's interests 1st but putting israel's in saudi's saudi arabia and it gets worse if the middle east and so we have the steam power and states and i think it's just business as usual. reminds me of why. obama was caught hacking angela merkel's cell phone after 2 years. the psychologist dubbed the architect of the cia's in hunston chair a geisha and techniques post $911.00 is almost apologetic about his role in any torture program that admission came during a military tribunals which is preparing

a trial against the self-proclaimed mastermind on 4 others of the attacks on new york and washington in 2000 then will once have a personal consequences i would live with i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i thought my moral obligation to protect american lives outweighed temporary discomforts of terrorists i gets up today and do it again. james mitchell was contracted by the cia in the wake of $911.00 to consult and create an interrogation program for al qaida suspects even admitting personally using waterboarding it torture technique that simulates drowning on several prisoners later he another psychologist set up a company that provided support for the interrogations the cia's program included illegal coercive measures.

in the immediate aftermath of $911.00 we tortured some folks will lawyers for the 5 detainees are now seeking for any statements made under interrogation to be disqualified from the trial on grounds of torture the war activists are a flounders believes they. court proceedings are deeply flawed. well none of this could possibly be a fair trial i mean how can you have a fair trial with people who've been held in total secrecy whose testimony is based on torture. the media isn't allowed in except for conditions so strict that they can't even have a picture of the court room all the testimony is restricted. that none of this none of this layers and layers of secrecy is about providing any kind of

justice or accountability or even of information it is going through a theater in order to once again exert their power their power over people's lives and we should just note that there were juveniles who were youth who were held for years at guantanamo there were people who had nothing to do who were simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o 780 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today well the 1st detainee mr mitchell water boarded was a palestinian who was a beat up he's never been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was the 1st known cia prisoner to

undergo an hunston target and even last whilst being tortured there during his time there was a beta has attempted to illustrate his experiences just a warning what we're about to show you some of you might find the images distress. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously.

they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. there is absolutely no justification that can ever be given or accepted for the horrendous and

systematic torture that was used and it was used and authorized from the highest levels from the presidency the f.b.i. the cia the top levels of the military the studies were known the conditions were no. this isn't just one or 2 people michel and jennings this was an entire unit set up in order to use torture and to study how to apply the most excruciating crew forms of torture of pain of waterboarding how slamming of of packing into tight boxes of stress positions and on and on so how could you justify any of this and none of this torture provided any real information of course not that that that would even be an excuse it was done to hundreds of prisoners there were also hundreds of secret prisons secret rendition and a geisha in centers all of this really has to be exposed and there are accounting

demanded not only of those who designed the torture but of those who set up these torture camps. thousands of greek islanders were art on strike protesting and weapons against the influx of migrants there as part of the protest businesses were shut for 24 hours in the regions 3 main this was organized by local authorities who planned to travel to the capital oftens to present their demands to the government some refugee camps on the island more than 10 times the number of people they were originally built for. we try to give a message around to the whole world that this can go on it can't go on anymore lesbos has had the load on their shoulders for 5 years because these ladies were we have nothing against the refugees and migrants have shown this solidarity all this time but we are asking for

a change to government policy that should lead to the equal distribution of refugees and migrants to make them as does the migrants should go with racists simply the situation on the island is out of control 100 percent you. you can see for yourself what's happening coming and they're not leaving open the borders so then go to salute bulgaria germany. well last year greece became the main entry point into europe for migrants and refugees many fleeing war or poverty in sub-saharan africa so i think syria to in response greece's new conservative government has promising tougher asylum laws to expel all refugees who are not entitled to from. a staying in europe but more of a global theme german chancellor angela merkel has been calling on the world to include china in the pursuit of common goals not return to cold war era exclusion.

of course we also have to build up fairness of course we have to practice multilateralism so the rules apply to everyone but i believe for us not to fall into an e.u. bipolarity but rather that we try was a result of experience we have to include a country like china multilateralism and treated at least equally yet need to be pointed out here that those remarks come as the u.s. and china must to reach a truce in their trade war and i german manufacturers suffer collateral damage from tensions between washington beijing mostly had that very lucrative car industry in germany another flashpoint by the way was chinese tech while away and we know that the u.s. is continuing to pressure the european union to bomb while weigh 5 g. equipment over fears it could spy for beijing and steal intellectual properties the company buys all those accusations in germany the question of 5 g.

has long been debated by lawmakers but beijing promising a bottle of huawei is bombed in order to appease washington. if germany were to make a decision that led to war always exclusion from the german market there will be consequences the chinese government will not stand by idle or we've been getting some more insight into their story here is more of what was said to her earlier on the program for germany and for e.u. to mount paying its independence to maintain its own judgment on major issues in the world rather than purely passively just to follow the leadership of another major country makes a lot of sense china after all is a permanent member of the security council of the united nations and it is the 2nd largest economy in the world and to marginalize china will not succeed on the one hand and also will bring a lot of economic affairs advantage to whichever country which tries to push china

down on the ground the e.u. in general is one of the poles than in a global order and china doubtless needs another one so were there would be more collaboration with and been a continuous agender and also because of the bad shape is the means dong very soon and there be a new as a sector so maybe it is a plan to install a new policy to create a new consensus among the country and for china of course right now is for its own critical and for the period of a sign us trade war on china's government always will engage the european countries as a remote ally to kind of kind of balance. a story getting a lot of people talking in germany today automotive electrical energy giant tesla has divided the residents of a toy in there and sneer the german capital over plums to create its 1st european giga factory there let's expand the dozens of demonstrators being denouncing

possible environmental damage with plans to cut down 300 hectares of forest for the fun tree they were met by contra protesters to you it appeared to be enthusiastic over the policy of thousands of. delegates many people are absolutely not aware of those decisions great fall out our water management agency it has already admitted that there is no guarantee the locals will be supplied with enough water after the launch of the factory they have to think about it because they've got not sure whether it's good or not i'm worried about the environment having advance and there will be new jobs and new transpired it's hard to imagine anything about her that's got this nickel it's a good opportunity for our region but electric cars weren't so of everything and they manufacture causes environmental damage as examinee are but i'm in favor of job creation and tesla as a company but wasn't there any other place for this factory.

you know it to be can the young graduates haven't been able to find work that fits their skill was hearing growing high the so a lot of them had to move to other cities and i hope this project will provide a boost for the whole region equivalent of mounds of course are concerned about it on the one hand we're glad that investors are interested in brandenburg on the other hand we're talking about serious interviewer ince natural processes we should be carefully considered we should do everything to me to get the damage based on the. forestation area the implications will be very grave we're talking about total deforestation and the extinction of all the animal and plant species which once inhabited this rude.

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