to join us in the. joy the decision is. by washington's impending appeal remaining in british custody we get reaction from one of. his supporters have. bailed him out he. should be. the prime. concern of the ruling is the judge supported.

refusing to extradite him only because of concerns over his mental health. does not inspire confidence. that another might not the time to pursue somebody else in the same way. very very far. and. will be criminalized. back into law. yet the country's. very good morning to you 11 am here in the russian capital you're watching.

supporters of. after the shock decision by a british judge to refuse a u.s. extradition request is tempered somewhat though by the fact that he remains in custody while the americans launch an appeal on wednesday the wiki leaks co-founder will find out if he has been successful. while the extradition denial is good news of course for assaults press freedom groups are somewhat dismayed to because the judge maintained that the u.s. had a solid case against him she was concerned rather that extradition would have bursley effect is already deteriorated mental health. as the of takes a look at the message the ruling sends to journalists it may not yet be free but it is a wean a songes the now has been span being fed into the muscles mechanical mouth of the u.s.

justice system. the verdict was a damning indictment of the songes mental health will how it must have deteriorated for a judge in such a politically charged case to have made it the chief consideration she just didn't believe he'd survive in the u.s. jail the overall impressions of a depressed and sometimes despairing man who is generally fearful about his future the risk to mr science will commit suicide is a substantial one for years we've heard about the psychological torture of julian a songe the better part of a decades bent in hiding in fear of political persecution that has taken a terrible toll and sent an even more terrible message in offense to the system

has succeeded in intimidating the world and passing the message that this is what's going to happen to you if ever you have to you know publishing our dirty secrets and making that known to the world because judgment is come. from this rationale and this whole narrative of criminalizing investigative journalism and book blowing at it avoids even to the tiny risks that it would still have that its own supreme court in the u.s. might overturn. the judgment against to in essence based on on the 1st amendment the constitution as was done in the pentagon papers we have to recognize that other investigative journalist just may not have. important health issue could still be extradited to the u.s. based on the exactly same charges the ruling may have been a small win for a son but it's spelled doom for whistleblowers and the judge's opinion journalists

shouldn't be allowed to solicits damn name leaks or to publish an redacted scandals in my judgment mr sanchez allegedly to vicki's went beyond the mere encouragement of a whistleblower free speech does not comprise a trunk card even when matters of serious public concern are this closed and it does not provide an unfettered right for some like mr sashi to decide the fate of others essential ie the judge accepted almost every one of washington's arguments against assad's that by implication whistleblowers what this means is that if he who is a professional rule citizen journalist soo much is asked for information about a potential state crime and you get it via any means but their press office you and who have a nice it's a liable to be prosecuted and if you publish that information and someone feels that someone might be threatened by it while you charge is just doubled the only

reason why a journalist was not extradited and submitted to the espionage legislation the united states was his health condition otherwise he would be extradited so the. very very warning dots. did jaci basically creamy now lice journalistic d.d.t. it's. only in the last mode or if it did she say the american prison system is so brutal so pressing picture you would be at risk of suicide if i sent it to the america to america thought not going to she said there's no public interest there's no we there's no defense for journalists to compete like proper journalists are you do actually do what most journalists during the cold versus if there's no public interest rates these are these were very very tired remarks but that this is not just about him personally it's about journalism it's about freedom it's about

freedom of speech it's about freedom of the press and all those things are being undermined both in this country and by the action of the people in the united states to trying to get him to be extradited to the pushing this action here and the socially the judge agreed with the u.s. government. on everything. which leaves a horrible precedent for future journalists activists whistleblowers even happier as the president these inserts ease catastrophic that essentially outlaws not only whistle blowing but encouraging whistleblowers to do what they think is right what we're left with these as you have new ways to target and punish those with a functioning moral compass. how are they u.s. prosecutors have already indicated they will appeal the extradition denial they have 2 weeks to do that we spoke to roger waters

a founding member of the rock band pink floyd and longtime supporter of julian assange he thinks this is a battle for human rights we his supporters have to be saying you have to bear him now he has he's suffered. way beyond any suffering there should have been be to doubt him for his worms mo bio infringement which he sees only a crime under u.k. law ok so bear him now let the man begin to live this is a battle not just for the life of a one great truly great journalist julian and sometimes it's a battle to the survival of the human race if we give up the 4th estate if we allow. the united states government to crucify a journalist on the grounds that he revealed war crimes by them. then we give up our access to the real world and we say ok we believe you

lives and if somebody comes along and says actually you know what that's not true this government murdered journalists by machine gunning them from a helicopter in baghdad in 2007 and we know they did and here is the proof and we're going to publish it and then and and then we'll say you can't do that because if you do we're going to kill you is that the world we want to live in no one 1st on the u.k. has blocked a u.s. extradition request over mental health in 2002 british hacking gary mckinnon is accused of breaching u.s. military computer systems honey been found guilty he could have faced up to 70 years in prison in america after a decade long legal battle to raise them either then i'm septa refused to send him stateside citing the risk of suicide and he spoke exclusively to mckinnon about the

son's case. we shouldn't even be in this position you know 7 years in the ecuadorian embassy the best part of 2 years in belmarsh prison. for telling the truth you know he's not a criminal. jury and the killings did their best to always ensure that they live for intelligent as in danger and it really has been journalism on trial mainly in marji mainly to the heavy handed us authorities but also exacerbated by this for the curiously unbalanced tradition treaty we have between a president and america can only imagine julian says exactly the same as when i was under house arrest it was at my own house not unlike your going to say. it really is. incredibly difficult it's awful i got to the point of suicide i'm short periods and suicidal thoughts and you're trying to maintain normality you're trying to fight your case you're trying to live as normal a life as you can but you've got this unbearable pressure inside and when it goes on for 7 years 10 years it gets worse and worse and worse it is really really

difficult to handle. stateside the committee to protect journalists has welcomed the british court's decision to deny a songes extradition its head is urging the u.s. department of justice to drop all charges against the wiki leaks co-founder we heartened that a british court has denied the united states' request to extradite julian assange launch the us government's decision to charge the wiki leaks founder said a harmful legal precedent for the prosecution of journalists around the world simply for interacting with their sources we asked the u.s. department of justice to refrain from further pursuing extradition through appeals and to drop all charges against a stone age but not place fallen on deaf ears with the u.s. intent on the painting in the u.k. kelly more projects a closer look now at washington's war against the whistleblower. so a huge win for julian assad but the usa is still not ready to back down while we are extremely disappointed in the colts ultimate decision we are gratified that the

united states prevailed on every points of law raised in particular the culture jets and all of mr songs as arguments regarding political motivation political offense fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr saunders extradition to the united states washington quickly announced it intends to appeal and continue pursuing the extradition of julian aside this makes sense as politicians from both sides of the united states political spectrum have placed a target on his back or to argue that it's closer than in the high tech terrorists it is an attack on the international community but i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a son should be assassinated actually they're tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you whatever when the world's top military power is out for your blood you don't really stand much of a chance they're ready to throw the book at him he's facing 18 different charges 17 for as and one for attempted hacking of a u.s.

government computer if convicted he could face up to 175 years in u.s. prisons the law being invoked is an obscure piece of legislation known as the espionage act from 1917 it was originally used against peace activists during the 1st world war now the parts of the law that suppressed free speech had been cut down by the courts but now it's being used against whistleblowers human rights activists call it a tool of intimidation the espionage act must be reformed it locks the public interest to fund it any publisher any journalist any source finds himself subject to similar proceedings they cannot adequately defend themselves today's decision does not inspire confidence that the u.s. government or the another state might not the time to pursue somebody else in the same way so that seriously needs to be addressed and we will continue to advocate for broader. and to strengthen protections for journalists for sources for whistleblowers because at present they were anybody trying to publish similar information to what we can because they could find themselves in very hot water

that the case is far from over u.s. officials are very unlikely to forget all the damaging information that found its way into the public eye thanks to julian assange and wiki leaks. but we do believe.

julian burnside to the australian barrister who spews the advocated on the song just behalf discuss the whistle blows prospects for this. i'm aware that everyone is concerned that the americans are appealing about there's nothing to stop a son from cross appealing a songes fundamental position is that he was acting as every journalist acts you know ever since the daniel ellsberg case in russia the pentagon papers it has been fundamental in american role that a person who merely acts as a journalist has the protection of the 1st amendment and. even if the person who leaked information to them. commits an offense it is not a criminal offense to publish that material the most notorious of the disclosures by wiki leaks was the video collateral murder which i think upsets the american the great deal that that video was released by a songe along with

a lot of other material later and. we most of us would not have heard about it except that it was republished by the major news networks across the across the world now the leaders of the major news networks are not being prosecuted they're not being attacked vindictively the way as i'm just being attacked i guess discuss the implications of the it sounds really. it was a truly disparate surprising decision because you know i expected a judge who had ruled so often in support of the british security state to simply be a rubber stamp and what was interesting about it to me was the way that the judge's decision essentially endorsed the entire narrative of the us national security state and at the same time they seem to find a way of saving face you know we're at such a pivotal time where news and truth and and getting out information is so

don't necessary and so what one hopes that can come from this is a delay meet a slight delay in the process to as races to allow a new president to come in who may take a different view of this nation a certain planes place to eliminate this mess coming into the united states this despicable act where people can't defend themselves where the cia will be shown to have interfered with lawyers and in others we're that terrible shape the collateral murder to be shown endlessly about what our troops to do the right. the political nature of the accusations and the impact on freedom of the press makes it a very difficult to get a fair trial we're starting to see elements of the establishment media and

establishment n.g.o.s press freedom organizations which had been muted on julian a songe largely due to his demonization by the press they're starting to speak up for him and they're starting to say this is an attack on all of us the political left or what passes for it in the united states has been very muted and we've seen remarkable developments for example in mexico with president andres money. well lopez obrador actually offering to give sanctuary to julian a songe to take him in this is a president of a country that's historically been allied with the u.s. and so julian assange has summoned so many of these new currents of resistance to empire and it's going to be interesting to see where he winds up maybe we need a u.n. peacekeeping unit to come in and surround him lest he be droned death

or otherwise targeted for assassination by whomever i mean it's sounds crazy be to be speaking about these things but i've been there i've been there and that embassy and i've seen how he's been treated and i know he's in the enemy number one from pump a 0 to 2 to anyone so my immediate concern is that he rarely that he not go out out of the out of belmarsh without a security detail that is equipped to take on anyone well i just want to say that i think that their goal is to debilitate him not to chart try him and they're they've they've been succeeding at that is in the state and his is ability to hurt him in the future or this is probably been damaged to some. some degree obviously and so i think that i don't think the assassination type scenario serves

them either they just want to. neuter the messenger if you will we'll see what happens on wednesday i do believe ultimately julian assize will be a free man but he should be released immediately the conditions in a maximum security prison in london are not much better than those in the u.s. so i fail to see the case for holding him there 'd and still continuing to abuse him psychologically and physically. that decision on the songs is due to be made on wednesday will be bringing you that on any of the developments relating to the case as they happen.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the dares thinks. we fear to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race in. spearing dramatic development only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

welcome back it india medical experts are sounding the alarm over what they say is the country's rushed decision to approve 2 covert vaccines on sunday india approved drug based on the astra zeneca vaccine and another created by an indian biotech company a senior health official said the both shots are totally safe but it seems not everybody shares that confidence based on the full goes regimen for both shots that got approved astra zeneca had shown 62 percent efficacy this is much lower than any other vaccine that has been approved in many countries the all india drug action network is shocked to learn of a c.c.s. recommendation to grant's approval of bharat's biotechs kovacs in its appeared. no efficacy data for the vaccine candidate was submitted from the phillies 3 trials

that are ongoing and completely confused parrot has some data in preparation but as far as i'm aware there is absolutely no efficacy data that has been presented published. it is being live on the line now 2 millennia i saw the news the co convener of the all india drug action network welcome to r.t. and we saw a quote there from your organization i believe so 1st of all why as an institution you unhappy with the approval of the vaccine and astronomical jobs in india. so we have concerns in respect of the of provos in respect of the biotechs vaccine the callback seen of course the primary concern is the lack of ethical cd doubt because the phase 3 trial is still ongoing in india and currently it is too early for there to be any data for any interim analyses to have taken place the data so far in humans is limited to $755.00 participants in the face one in phase 2 trials which

were looking at safety and immunogenicity in the approval granted by the regulator it has restricted the emergency use in clinical trial board but we have no idea what this means the regulator has asked part of biotech to submit a protocol for this rollout again we don't really understand because there is news today of orders coming in from abroad like countries like brazil and out of biotech itself had had stated that it is fully preparing for all out in india at the earliest so how would that he was then be limited to clinical trials in the case of serums called the shield not all of the details from the indian bridging study were submitted to the regulator it specially in relation to immunogenicity which again we feel defeats the purpose of a local study the efficacy data also that were taken from the trials of astra zeneca oxford vaccine in abroad and in the u.k.

and grew so again in respect of those do we do not have any clarity about what do you down well considered and what efficacy estimates were considered in granting the indian approvals as you know the efficacy would vary depending on the dosing regimen the end of the between doses and other factors you took from the efficacy of the dosing there believe it was the astra zeneca. medicine which was. purported to be more effective in a full and whole dose why is that the indian government as i understand has been approving 2 full doses. well that's a very good point india has approved 2 standard doses are currently in a shed do that appears to be $4.00 to $6.00 weeks apart but it is also noted of the same time that some data exists for in interval between divorces are as long as 12 weeks apart so there isn't enough clarity yet about exactly what kind of dosing

should do or the indian regulator has admitted. it is actually in india the bridging study that was and was all me down on 2 standard doses there was no or you know or dossing regimen or the doors and the standard doors and something that is unique or need to be. so this is one of the reasons why the regulator has only stepped in what the dual standard also is. and. so that that's basically the reason because even the indian study is limited to the 2 stand it was you know lack of clarity by the sound of it in many concerns or many thanks for joining us believe me i saw all of my guests convener of the all india drug action that work. boris johnson as opposed to another national locked down in england the country's 3rd since the spring the british pm said to the move will be enough to contain a highly contagious variant of covert the currently spreading around the country as the u.k. pushes towards nearly $60000.00 new cases a day. we now have

a new variant of the virus and it's been both frustrating and alarming to see the speed with which the new variant is spreading. scientists have confirmed this new variant is between 50 and 70 percent more transmissible in england was therefore going to a national lockdown which is tough enough to contain this variant if come back full circle to to last march when we were told to stay home protect the n.h.s. and to save lives and that mantra was repeated by boris johnson again today and is in force once again what it means simply enough is that people in england are being told to stay home except for a number of reasons essential shopping work if that work can't be done from home exercise urgent medical needs or in cases where someone is threatened with domestic violence and has to get out there's also significant pressure coming for parents

and students as primary and secondary schools will move to remote learning from tomorrow and the closure of schools is a major government u. turn as the pm had said that he was determined the primary schools at least in england would stay open he did say that there is a rather downbeat meds message of course that the oxford astra zeneca vaccine means that the biggest max nation program in the u.k. history can now be effectively rolled out and that he hopes that the most vulnerable will all have been vaccinated by mid february for goes well but berman says says that now more than ever we must pull together many people who are going to be extremely frustrated that the government has given them almost no notice again for yet another major life upheaval and is once again being reactive rather than proactive with covert 19 by the way we're back in lockdown in england and the new rules are going to become law from wednesday. the timing of restrictions has

been seen across the united kingdom just before or stone since announcement the mainland part of scotland also moved into lockdown under the new rules people there are required to stay at home and work remotely if possible in wales and northern ireland straight to measures in place since late december ok just so you know you're right up to date but there are always more new stories that we squeeze in over on our website check them out if you would like to be heading to. an almost seemed wrong. just don't call. me. yet to seep out just be active. and engaged with. the trail. when something you find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground

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