headlines an artery more than $100.00 doctors from around the world signed a letter condemning the british government for its handling of the judean a son case and claim he's been subjected to psychological torture while in prison but also to come it's revealed the youngster trafficking victim in the u.k. didn't receive any support from the authorities until the case ended up in the high court we hear from her lawyer. it's completely unacceptable that someone so long and someone's so at risk of being trafficking was not provided to support the local accommodation that this is desperately needed. and years after calls by politicians and the public to facebook's regulation is boss mark zuckerberg present a new web site body for what is dubbed the world's most recessional media.

they're just gone 11 o'clock in the evening here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now doctors from around the world have condemned the british government over its handling of the do you mean a sanch case and claim that the wiki leaks founder is under constant psychological torture while being held in prison more than $100.00 doctors have signed a joint letter urging the u.k. authorities to take action they also called on the struggling government to intervene to protect its citizens is the 4th doctor's letter since a songe made his 1st court appearance when they noticed his bad condition. documented a history of denial of access to health care and prolonged psychological torture it requested that the songs be true. sproat from belmarsh prison to university

teaching hospital for medical assessment and treatment faced with evidence of untreated i'm only going to or should we also raise the question as to the son's fitness to participate in the u.s. extradition proceedings when next week as hans faces an extradition hearing to the u.s. where he's been charged with hacking into pentagon computers and also espionage ahead of it the current wiki leaks editor in chief condemned the u.k. inaction is not a political thing. and what's at stake is not just. close to look. to praise 175 years in prison few that are those. the future of this let's hope for the news this is the greatest on the loose and the. world over this writing and page george christiansen has visited a songe in prison and says that the condition of the journalist is frightening. i've spoken this wake with professor mills melzer the un special rapporteur on

torture. come to the opinion along with a number of medical experts that julian a songe was exhibiting the symptoms of psychological torture visited julian assad and are going to side there's nothing that i saw or that actually. discredited what does doc does and what mills mills a said he is exhibiting saw ends of disorientation. he did tell us about being kept in severe isolation and ongoing loss a large notice i take lay within belmarsh prison the conditions of the subject to apparently. but when you kept by yourself 20 to 22 as a die with that minimal human contact you're effectively oss alloted so all of that has led to a guess at the plated state of health for julian a songe and i don't think it's fair or told to extradite an australian citizen.

at of one foreign country into another foreign country to face charges for what for reporting on the facts. meanwhile the guardian newspaper has published a feature article on plans to tackle media repression by the british special envoy on press freedom clooney however one key by clooney however one can detail has been emitted clooney slings to do it in the sand and his case in particular despite the fact he's one of the highest profile cases of a journalist being persecuted in the country the guardian's article focused on clooney plans to she proposed to sanction all those who participate in jailing journalists for their work including ministers and prosecutors something that hasn't happened in a sanjay's case the article didn't even mention clooney was actually a sound his lawyer during the swedish extradition proceedings against him back in

2015 the mission is directed plenty of anger towards the guardian. congratulations are in order to the guardian's patrick wintour who's managed to write a whole article on global media suppression without mentioning the phrase julia songe the foreign office will no doubt continue to be delighted the u.k. government leakers julan looked up because toby years because he exposed war crimes the guardian publishes an article on prose freedom for elian to mention this unbelievably and unforgivably no mention of julian a science journalist and broadcaster neil clark believes that the government doesn't want to talk about cases it is too shameful. when to the journalist apparently apparently we not 100 percent sure but apparently didn't see the need to actually brace the is the case of the most famous persecuted journalist in this

interview about the persecution of this massive elephant in the room it's quite extraordinary how anybody could write an article about the persecution of john this without mentioning. a sound for the establishment this whole case now is a big embarrassment if you're in a staunch it's either someone who could be attacked or to be ignored is a price to be ignored a way to get talking about it in this context press that persecution of journalists is another person is another person you know journalists being persecuted oh let's talk about other countries official enemy countries that that's fine but not what we've actually got the guy just a few miles away down the road from us back at the jail for doing journalism. me mine and what it called a blow for democracy you strike me as national broadcaster has lost its legal challenge over a controversial police raid on its sydney's dream a.b.c. crying that the police move was illegal. fundamentally the court rules in the ivory

have the right to enter a news room a possible round confidential files take information about the wild undertaking journalism we did sources and this should send a chill down all of our citizens you know spines in june last year police carried out their raid seizing thousands of documents that came in response rescue to report called the afghan files which exposed alleged war crimes of the stray naam forces in afghanistan the report was based on secret defense documents obtained by whistleblowers lawyer greg bond's fears though freedom of speech isn't properly protected by law in australia. there is a fundamental problem of the straight imprest freedom and it's because we don't have proper constitutional protections and human rights protections for journalists in every. other striking when it comes to freedom of speech and because we don't have that it means that the security state has a lot more power than it should have and what its meaning of course is that it's

putting journalists on the pressure it's putting good people who leak information and rightly so about wrongdoing of government it's putting them under pressure i think there's no doubt that this decision willing baldwin the australian federal police and eyes you know and other agencies in australia to continue journalists that they don't like to continue writes. media organizations that embarrass government it is frightening and it's because in australia we don't have proper human rights protections. have honorable british women who'd been repainted in the sex trafficked by drug gangs is denied support from the british government until compelled to by the high court the shocking revelation comes despite. the way in the fight against forced labor need to reach into reports. i think a claims to be a world leader when it comes to fighting modern slavery and people trafficking yet if you take the story of this 22 year old woman that seems far from the case.

she was 1st registered as a victim of sex trafficking in 2019 and a professional should have been provided with safe refuge yet the home office failed to find any it's shocking really it's completely unacceptable that someone so vulnerable and someone so at risk free trafficking was not provided to support them accommodation that they said desperately needed with no support from the government this young woman was drawn into a vicious circle once again it was in june 2019 that i was made a decision not a crime as a potential victim of king tut's lengthy legal obligation to provide her with

adequate support and assistance 1st a very. home office was underage to protect her. this is in spite of the fact that she has contacts mental health health problems people who are. often do it because of because of their experience so you respect but yes they were under. support but when the woman was ready to be just charge from the mental facility the home office claimed her mental state meant there was absolutely no west suitable to house her from the time when b. . the decision was made that she was a potential victim of trafficking up until january 2020 and the highways were where there was at least 3 instances agreed trafficking for the patterns of sexual exploitation i made that case. the hike or the time after it was being released to homelessness been discharged from hospital and the judge ordered that they must

report it would come to a shoot until further order officials have been vague to say the least in their comments on the case i was too difficult reforms of the national referral mechanism for victims of modern slavery such as the introduction of new single component or thorazine are the launch of a digital referral form as sure victims get the support they need more quickly there's been constant criticism that all the government talk on ending modern day slavery does not match in practice accusations that funding and support for victims are clearly inadequate figures from 29000 confirm that more than 2000 survivors of modern day slavery were given housing and specialist support but it's not enough according to campaigners who claim that a lack of safe and specialist accommodation is in fact leaving many of the victims traumatized isolated and vulnerable to read trafficking the deer or tutor r.t. . facebook boss mark zuckerberg has once again stated that big tech companies

need more state regulation is latest comments came in an article in the financial times and they come to you shortly after the social media giant announced its new independent oversight body however it's already raising questions about impartiality on quarter as more. for years political scandals and government pressure to regulate content have been a thorn in facebook's side does not just about innovation you need regulation we could feasibly can and then again what do we tell our constituents given what's happened here while we should let you self regulate i don't want to vote to have to regulate facebook. but i got i will as the social media giant strayed away from its roots of connecting friends and family over the internet and began playing politics to grow its influence things started to get a bit hairy for the company facebook's fight against so-called russian bots and up targeting many accounts that had nothing to do with russia its campaign to flag

political ads treat some organizations better than others and the army of fact checkers often seems more like a censor for certain political opinions facebook's critics are far from satisfied facebook's not just going to really let trump but intends to reelect trump this is a global company that has huge influence in ways that we're only beginning to understand then there's george soros who even called for mark zuckerberg to be removed it seems facebook c.e.o. has dug a deep hole for him self we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a mistake and i'm sorry for it it was my mistake and i'm sorry this was a major breach of trust and i'm really sorry that this happened now he's calling for more serious regulation of social media content as for who should step up to the plate well zuckerberg wants to pass that buck on to someone else. somebody

knows the need but it's all over the sides when we make decisions which is why we creating an independent oversight board so people can appeal for these books come to decisions the director proposed for the so-called independent board goes by the name of thomas hughes and he says he's fully on board with the human rights and diversity agenda. the oversight board is committed to protecting free expression and human rights its composition will be global and diverse and whilst there will be disagreement at times this diversity lies at the core of this important innovation that sure sounds nice but you have to wonder how hughes actually defines those ideas especially since he was the leader of a british geo called article 19 it's directly funded by the state department and the national endowment for democracy think tank which promotes regime change in countries washington is very happy with can we really expect a judge jury and executioner of social media with that background to be independent

i'm kind of shocked i have to admit to see that mark zuckerberg is looking for the government to go ahead and interfere now for so many years web sites like facebook were under the protection of the communications decency act section $230.00 which did not hold it to the accountability that it technically should or should be held to as a publisher because they do moderate and kind of control the content that's on there so it's not really an online free for all where they're free of liability these guys are in you know sitting the high and mighty in silicon valley where 99 percent of the people are liberals and a large percentage of the staff of facebook are liberals and on facebook board i think only one conservative which have been kind of knocked in the in the media previously as kind of a token individual just there to provide some semblance of diversity we know what the political ideologies are of the people who are running the website that's why i'm a little bit surprised those on elected bureaucrats that may sit on that board can

change from time to time depending on who the president is and you never really know how in practical application the execution is going to work out. kind of his prime minister summoned an emergency meeting with his ministers to protest. routes across the country the rapidly escalating rallies hope to stop a vast proposed gas pipeline in british columbia about 30 percent of which will cross territories that belong to indigenous communities protests spread further after police raided an activist camp and arrested several people but the move sparked a public outcry. well

the company that is building the pipeline says it had received permission from indigenous elected councils but tribal chiefs are against the construction we discuss the conflict with your mr me to scotus and also the whole connection and russell the ad by. the way it shouldn't have never signed a treaty with canada. they have an aboriginal tie you know edition of title to their land and they don't operate under the indian act there are there are a relatively traditional government system there salmon bearing stream or some other pristine force and that this pipeline would go through that they're objecting to it which is why they proposed an alternative route but really it is. an issue about corporate interests trumping indigenous rights in canada i mean coastal gas link the west so it and as i understand it had proposed an alternative route for

the pipeline the company said no because of the economic issues associated with changing the route but i think it's going to cost them more money if they continue the conflict and don't do these protests this is actually quite unusual by canadian standards when they begin to have an impact on the economic interests of large businesses in this country then that's an escalation of the fire that the prime minister is forced to deal with it's very hard to see where there's a resolution here because frankly the only resolution that respects truly respects the rights of indigenous people is to put a stop to that pipeline project this is unseated territory. the hereditary chiefs of the words working people have not consented to this project and that is rightly given the historical abuses that have been horrible abuses that have been visited upon indigenous peoples in this country i think you know we're hearing a lot of lip service as we have for many years from the corporate community in this country about their commitment to human rights and environment but the reality is

radically inconsistent with their rhetoric and it's time for us to recognize that at the governmental level. but it's not just fossil fuel companies that are facing increased scrutiny over their social impact because a german court has ordered tesla to stop clearing trees for its 1st european vehicle production site that is despite the electric car giant promising to quote replant an area 3 times the size of the factory plot. it is a victory for protest as he warned that modern supposedly green companies are far from what they claim to be.

i appeal to anyone who's considering a lawsuit to go back inside do not paralyze germany as an industrial location. you're not allowed to cut trees you know that scale until you have permission to use forest land to industrial factory use and that seems to be what's what's you know what's happened here that these trees will come big companies love to talk

about being environmentally friendly because it's very good p.r. because they know that's what ordinary people and their customers like to hear and it's instances like this where you can find out what's behind those great words you know when the deeds are quite different that it turns out that oh that company perhaps is not really so environmentally friendly is perhaps not really interested in these issues and. the mother of the russian cyber fraud suspect alexander vinick has asked the french president to ensure his son has the right to an impartial and objective here. that is after an appeals court in paris role to keep her son in custody despite no evidence being presented against him but his lawyers lodged their appeal last month when alexander was transferred to france from greece he was detained 3 years earlier on charges of cybercrime and illegal business operations since then though russia france and the us all fought for his extradition we talked to vinick smother. just what should what it should be split

deal to complete mask what is going on here it's not a trial i think it's a bit of a brass a day before yesterday the older kid had a birthday alexander didn't call because he's not allowed to talk with his family but they say it is in the interest of his security he can communicate with his family with his mother his wife who is ill who is living her last days with his children when i was leaving the kids beg me granny tell dad everything show him how we are when will our father be back you know we are lying i lied to my daughter in law she doesn't know that she was transferred to france she doesn't remember dates months that's why i am lying i keep saying we have no connection with him at the moment but who will have soon. his defense team has vowed to fight on and try to make all future hearings public they claim his basic rights are being violated when it's royal really there's no basis to keep him under arrest.

so there is no reason for him to remain in custody the prosecutor have always you can always do that no evidence exists against him this why he asked for adjournment so the investigation can continue is completely unreasonable to keep and then in custody for 31 months without evidence without concrete accusations without legal proceedings and without sentence we're asking to free alexander and moreover to respect his rights as french authorities of oil eating his freedom just as greek authorities do. now the u.s. secretary of state is in africa at the moment in a bid to win back business from china companies dominate the continent my speech is to stand in stark contrast to washington's recent actions in the region it's kind of mopping explains like pompei o is on a goodwill tour of the african continent trying to convince nations that they have

no better friend than the good old us of a couple that america will be by her side get a good relationship we're going to do dose of this with natural gas right. down to the benefit of american businesses for sure to the sure as well during our meeting i congratulated both the president and the foreign minister on the newly discovered energy reserves off the coast american firms like cosmos energy health britain baker hughes are all helping to develop these resources so that they benefit the senate good senegalese people not foreign actors peo has been the us secretary of state for some time however his interest in africa seems to be quite new but perhaps that's because his trip to africa isn't really about africa it's about competing with china it's tempting to accept easy money from places like china. but what good is it if it feeds corruption and undermines your rule of law but that

ship has sailed china is already very well in bedded in africa it's the continent's largest trading partner not to mention the fact that beijing has been splashing cash on to development. furthermore unlike pompei it was timing seems to be a little bit off the travel ban has just been expanded to include several african countries so you're not welcome in america but made sure to give u.s. officials a hearty welcome not the most winning message. the governments of every trade

expresses his dismay at this unfriendly acts which runs counter to the administration's pronounced policy of constructive engagement trigger s past wrongs with west africa struggling to protect itself from terrorist groups the usa may have sealed its alliance with military aid however that military aid is being scaled back the usa is also reducing other support in the region. to those we have spoken with the us about the need for that presence in the area we hope that the americans will continue to help us in security training and intelligence. also do you remember a certain leader who referred to african countries with some rather profane words well there's still no apology on that there are 34 countries that make up the continent of africa 54 places president from considers to be all countries as opposed to describe some immigrants coming from africa and as coming from countries tom denies using such derogatory language and democratic senator who sat next to mr

trump in the meetings insists that the president repeatedly used the word to describe the countries now behind all the lights cameras handshakes and photo ops like pale really wants africans to believe that america is their best friend especially if they're trying to get close to china but i think. clearly quite concerned just like the united states are concerned that the chinese have taken a massive lead across the african continent for now as far as i know the chinese have already got your hold in africa africans trust the chinese they worked with the chinese if you read the chinese on told access these are excess levels or was not because i because we're fearful of the chinese or of the dross there is because i began to believe that they wanted to choose their own destiny and chose a partner which was not the united states for once the u.s. was said the u.s.

is trying to counter that for the u.s. to want to compete with that right now i'm afraid there 10 years too late. palestinians have dismissed an invitation to attend an art of event held on israeli settlements as insulting. the come to occupied territory too in the area where your completion negates ballistically and development through a network of checkpoints roadblocks and closed military zone. and then they tell us you can attend in a closed military area. israeli military has given approval for up to 15000 people to attend the gathering in disputed parts of the west bank organizers say politics has nothing to do with it when it is it's an official unofficial version of the burning man event in the us which prioritises quote radical inclusion among its guiding principles meaning that anybody can attend however palestinians who want to go to the west bank version will need to get approval from the israeli army

although it seems not many are willing to attend the event at all. as palestinian citizens we are all against this except those who cooperate with your completion i don't agree with or support this this normalise is the occupation and we want these released to leave our lands just like i said i will never take part because i'm not a traitor to my country of course i'm against it they made this festival to provoke us it will be a disorder for me to persist a place alongside such people this is an occupied holy land i reject this 1st of all i cannot participate in the jurors in the occupation troops so-called deal of the century which the time i will never go and i don't advise anyone to go. but we have asked vent organizers as well as the israeli army to comment on why west bank palestinians do need permission to attend although so far they haven't replied.

victory mail is a new project being launched by r.t. uniting those who went through the horrors of world war 2 with modern day generations through it you can send a letter to veterans of that war and tell them to how you feel about what they did or one of them served in the arctic convoys transporting vital supplies to solve the russian while he did put his own life on the line he still feels that anybody would have done the say. there isn't this side as goat song really guy was at so i'm churchill say it was one of the worst journeys in the world and. most respect for them.