headlines this hour to the dismay of his supporters wiki leaks founder julian assange has been denied bail remain in custody and think washington's a bagel on his extradition u.k. court turned down u.s. request on monday over concerns the soundtrack would commit suicide for sound his legal team hasn't given up hope though they say they will appeal wednesday's decision and this in iowa basically the most likelihood look the appeal to the high court within hours you're a few days. we. will expect this to be over to. germany extend its lockdown until the end of the month could tougher and pandemic groups than before.

oh get even just concept talk and more scary of watching. the wiki leaks founder julian the sanchez being denied bail by a london court it does follow a decision to block his extradition to the united states over concerns that he posed a suicide risk. with stash he has more to. so the united kingdom earlier today has denied judean a songe bail of course that comes just 2 days after they will not say actually that your innocence to the united states has been 'd lonely long legal battle for june assault because the united states and want it in for his alleged role in what they call one of the largest compromises of classified information the history of the united states now genocide to steve evidently said that they will be appealing this latest decision they say it's a great disappointment not to release him on bail they say it's unjust and unfair

also we've heard from craig murry one of his key supporters a former u.k. ambassador piers called it incredibly vindictive i think this is indicative i mean the prosecution in. opposing. a great deal of play a fight with snowden and the fact that it's tied to. justice. they've made it very you play for them the damage to american national security the drug industry and the educated gun. look this is plainly the security state looking to show its profits are prudent street this is this is indicative it's not based on anything that's bullshit is on his defense team found this a very bitter pill to swallow especially considering that monumental decision just 2 days ago not to actually bite you in a song to the united states for them it really was case closed in that sense because that for them particularly he now is already served his sentence was

getting power back in 2012 for the still in belmarsh prison but what is his crime they argue in terms of being in the court itself they search and they really try to justify to you in a song just action so that he would not be upstanding from any bell conditions however tight they could have been he would have abided by them and purity for them on the basis of his new family ties right here in the united kingdom we know he has 2 very young children with his partner son of morris. she earlier before leaving the court proceedings 2 days ago she said that it was something to celebrate that money was a decision few days ago but she would only celebrate when you walk through the door back into that family hard say for them it's a pretty pretty disappointing blow to day and rebecca vincent from reporters without borders says she too is very disappointed as many other journalists are this very judge on monday outlined mr sanchez serious health risks and mental health stress these are issues that will be exacerbated by

a period of prolonged detention so his fees are grounds but his actual dition which we agree that they are there also grounds for his immediate release from prison she stated that he had incentive to have stunned and that is for these some bail that he would be unlikely to present himself for justice she also stated that his mental health is being managed in the marshes and that the prison has a cozy 1000 situation under control but that does not seem to be the case we've had alarming reports of the situation in the prison not have him nearly continuously in his cell for several weeks now. and the evidence we've heard in september about his state of mental policies are all issues that are made worse by detention so of course he should be released also the matter of principle is still here for us we called for some time for his unconditional release so not just because of these 2 monitoring concerns but as a matter of principle he has been to you only for publishing information in the public interest nobody should have to face that he hasn't spent many years now and enough is enough to put it this right going forward and they failed to do so today

and in terms of journalism worldwide then you have to remember that the judge 2 days ago did not throw out the case based on journalistic grounds or political grounds but on his medical health and medical health alone in fact she accepted every single all came out that the us throughout the course saying that judas ards case was not politically motivated that he would face a fair trial in the united states of the us is constitutional law and she said that his actions were not in public interest so. many people would argue that this confirms the narrative of criminalizing investigative journalism was the impact of . every journalism around the world. because now there's a precedent. in the british judicial system. a judge. has basically supported. their political arguments paul persecuting julian assange so is it is this is

a very thorough political case if they're going to try to apply and. this is a political case there 5 julian assange is in prison without serving a sentence shows that he is a political prisoner so we might save julian then he might not spend the rest of his life in prison but the risk. for journalists around the world is they're still there because. if somebody else in the future dares to do what julian did what wiki leaks did to publish the same feelings or similar things they will be persecuted and they can be criminalized for life so today has been a very dramatic day indeed and for the last 2 days have been very dramatic for us the on monday's decision without that it not extradited innocent and then today not to grant him bail is incredibly better streets and we've seen activists and

supporters not just hits a day or 2 days ago but long throughout you know scientists all tell they have been here day in day out has but then you know sound is a valiant campaigner for truth and justice he has not committed a crime but all he has done is published and shown the world the truth in their opinion of the united states and their criminal activities in iraq and afghanistan in fact today they were so determined and eager enthusiasm. to be here for this court case that so many people have even been arrested by police for being outside the westminster magistrate's court i myself witnessed around 5 people being arrested including a 92 year old man and it really just goes to show the levels of determination because they feel it's not just here in the service in the dark back legs through the criminal justice system and trying to avoid the criminal justice system in the united states but also to sit in the box is the fundamental principle of freedom of

press the right to express itself the right to report but also go right for the public's access to information and journalism of course is a 10 year battle and it's having a chilling effect on journalism not just here in the u.k. and all the united states but worldwide well shortly after today's decision the current head of wiki leaks kristen had often said this well this isn't just partner stella morris appealed to america's leadership to pardon him you still want. the president you know to see. all the one. she leaving office and the one coming in to consider pardons. you want this to end. this is a huge disappointment. julian should not be in the much business in the 1st place. the department of justice to drop the charges. that the police at the state department. were during the song is wanted by u.s.

authorities for leaking thousands of classified documents if extradited stateside he could face up to 175 years behind bars earlier to try and talk me through the case. release on bail hor no release on bail the assumption is that the us government will do what it has been doing for quite a while fight till the very end to achieve their ultimate goal and that is the extradition of julian assange under the espionage act which has already proved as a nightmare for quite a few journalists so it looks like now for the u.s. authorities the legal option is to appeal and that's what they're going to do and that's going to be an appeal to the decision that came on monday not to extradite julian to the u.s. this was the immediate reaction from the u.s. department of justice while we are extremely disappointed in the court's ultimate decision we are gratified that the united states prevailed on every points of law raised in particular the courts rejected all of mr assad his arguments regarding

political motivation political offenses fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr saunders extradition to the united states for those that have not extensively followed to the fate of joining us songe you can take any chapter of it for instance 7 years of confinement at the door an embassy and credible for these people the number one question would perhaps be what has mr assad's done that really caused that much of a stir why does the u.s. political elite hate him so much why are the infuriated why did some people say it was time to shoot and kill the son of a and you know the words that fall then well it is that damage that he has done to the image of the u.s. as a country as a nation as a state and there you have it getting access and then publishing all these documents classified documents and materials that point to some terrible things

that some would consider war crimes this is something that earns you a reputation of a fearless journalist with some butt. makes you an enemy of the state with others so here's a summary you put together for you of the skeletons of the closet that julian assad revealed. how much. you're going to.

cut does he say any the millions of those who are left. wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of talks like a hostile takeover of service. so what's with the biggest decision makers in america the presidents that have the right to pardon mr assad under barack obama it became abundantly clear what the administration's line is when it comes to the war but under donald trump there was hope that there could be some kind of u.-turn because we know the reputation of mr trump of basically doing everything which is totally opposite to what barack obama was up to but the rhetoric didn't change much there were no decisions that were

announced that run ran counter to what we previously saw and even this is free of pardoning that donald trump has been up to lately doing assad wasn't on the list now we should look to joe biden the president elect we can remember how in when the 10 he called you in this saga high tech terrorists so in this regard it looks like things won't change in any case and like we heard from department of justice they will be appealing the still want that extradition and if it happens we know that julian songe could be facing almost 2 centuries in prison. ok let's get the thoughts now tariq has that he's a writer and freelance journalist and joins us this evening very welcome thanks for coming on firstly what was your reaction to today's events and the fact that you discerned has been denied. you know our visitors earn very disappointed.

and a few people who are appointed are it's you know very often presented in these camps situations where. the judge rules in favor of just charge and that's what we had on monday and that inspire that you know we still have to. show you know high security prison which you know one of the points that was made by you it was well it this morning was this kind of goes against 3 plus of you cohen or return of you tube or. you know once a discharge is granted it's it's you know fairly noncontroversial up person should be given some form of lunacy at least and dishonest case it was no you know of course at least so you know expecting some form of the quite restrained. police in terms of house arrest i'm sure he's being offered but i don't think anyone expected this morning so it's various ones and are you concerned that this might

impact the pale that we expect from the u.s. on the the verdict on monday which block the extradition because if the judge now says well actually i won't bail during the sanj i believe he is a k. to go back to prison does not undermine the case in the 1st place that he will to go to prison. you know should she have made the point she just filed the christian traditions in the u.k. are better than the corresponding christians that would be other than us but yes i think you're right in terms of overall it's it is kind of a really thin. you know there's a thin line of protection for us. being sent to the u.s. mike you know you mention that could be the judgment the only question that ok now use that in the sense of the u.s. and as i'm sure is going to mention quite heavily before in. it's every point of us

laws except it moves on and so on us of swallow of all that we heard this misfortunate ruling on minus that you know it's you know it's quite good we're at this moment but i think you know hopefully that pressure from our own remains on this case let's talk about that pressure because i mean have you seen a lot of it has been particularly from the media because when you look at the ruling on monday it was pretty damaging really i mean we had the u.n. report on torture saying effectively this ruling criminalizes investigative journalism have you seen a big outcry over this or has it surprise you how little there has been. you know i think there's been sources boyce's from from people one of the scenes that the. you know the those in power in the u.k. government don't return to the effect of any notice of those those opinions not sort of inconsistent me sense you know as early as 2015 when the united nations

that you know the in the dissension or in juneau. the tree attention. you know there's been multiple calls from the. earlier this month. you know calls from germany eason journal politicians and you know of those whom there are with them you know the scene like a concert after all the people making decisions kosovo you know houses to kind of keep things keep things as they are not only so many just seems to marry. anyone in the conservative party and david davis who's thankfully made a statement but the markets there's been fairly quiet. ok terry look we'll leave it there but good to get your thoughts on this today that was tara her dad a writer and freelance journalist joining us there from london thanks for your time and good. and other news today germany has toughened its anti pandemic rules and

extended its lockdown the country has now surpassed 35000 code related deaths artie's peter all over looks at how berlin is trying to slow the pace of the pandemic. following a meeting between uncle merkel the german chancellor and the leaders of germany's 16 states locked down in the country will be extended until the 31st of january what that means is that all bars and restaurants ghouls gyms mound non-essential retail will be closed there are some new measures being put in place as well you'll now only be able to meet with one or the person from outside of a household other than your own bond in areas where infections are above $200.00 per 100000 of the population there will be a limit on where you can travel it has to be within a 15 kilometer radius of your home in announcing these measures. said that

they would necessary. we're now they're a close to full capacity in some hospitals which is also one of the reasons for us to introduce these far reaching madness today epidemiologists had hoped that you would go further and extend this lockdown beyond the end of january no such look there for them there's also well some pushback already from some of those who agreed to this deal on tuesday we've heard from leaders in the state of lower saxony saying they've got no intention of limiting the movement of citizens in their state vote and book of said that they're reviewing the situation and whether they would be keen to do the same in their state and also we've heard from the state of mecklenburg western pomerania who said they want to get this schools open now it's not just the state leaders that have been unhappy with lockdowns we have

seen demonstrations here in germany against the measures that have been put in place just last weekend in nuremberg the riot police had to be called. well german chancellor angela merkel also defended the vaccination program in germany which had come in for criticism for moving at a pretty much gleg cele pace she said that the right things were being done to ensure that germans got the vaccinations that they needed earlier we heard from yen spahn the german health minister said. all people in germany who wanted a vaccination should be able to receive one by the summer of this year well the new

measures that were brought in on tuesday they're going to be reviewed again on the 25th of january well be decided if they need to be extended through into february. now french court has ruled that the police can record detailed personal information relating to activists and protesters in the name of state security trade unions though do say that noting down political and religious beliefs and social media activity in danger is basic freedoms with more shall have been seeing reports now from paris. france's highest administrative court has found itself in the midst of a toxic debate the council of state has approved plans by the government to broaden the information that can be collected about individuals for intelligence files this includes political or religious convictions and if someone is a member of a union these decrees also authorize the recording of

a person's social networks or even health data revealing a particular danger leading to an infringement of the right to demonstrate to stigmatize ation the freedom of opinion union action the fact of being a member of the union which suggests that being a member of a trade union could be associated in one way or another with the imperatives of internal security state security the fight against terrorism so what are these intelligence files and what exactly are they used for the decrees relate to 3 files these used to be limited to being about hooligans or violent demonstrators now they are being expanded to the list of data of people suspected of terrorist activities all those likely to undermine the integrity of france and its institutions files like this can help security services to keep an eye on individuals who are seen to

pose a threat to sunny's lomis terrorist attacks were formed in 202033 since 2017 but some argue that concept behind these decrees is very at best. in fact the authorities can collect data on a lifestyle a vague definition from the outset creates the sort of arbitrariness each of us can become a subject of data collection if our behavior is considered a likely threat to public safety. the green light for these decrees also comes at a particularly sensitive time here in france at the end of 2020 there were mass demonstrations against to controversial draft laws launched by the government.

i. mean while some police unions have denounced the global security as not going far enough they say officers faced a threat just for doing their jobs and being targeted just for this week and you officers were beaten up in the paris suburbs stabbed by gehring during a routine traffic stop but critics say these new these decrees show an all thora tarion drift in france this argument is waved like a red rag but it is not the subject terrorism is one of the goals but the main thing is the fight against hooligans sects the underground economy and protests deeds violent terrorism is used to carry out political surveillance it is our trade union activity our reason for being which is targeted these decrees maintain the

confusion between an activist a member even an employee who signs a petition and has a legal person the c g t can be called into question it is a risk for social democracy it's not the 1st time france has tried this in 2008 it launched the database which provoked outrage as it aimed to collect data around similar themes political and religious affiliation it was eventually dropped but given this recent push by the french government to move towards tighter security may. despite the mass demonstrations and the approval that's come from the council of state many are concerned that france has crossed a red line and it may not retreat challenged even ski r.t. paris. and other news thousands of president trump supporters have descended on washington d.c. to take part in a stop the steel rally and protest the results of the 2020 presidential election

meanwhile congress is expected to officially confirm joe biden as of president later today democrats also seem poised to take control of the senate is there 2 candidates look to have a narrow lead in the state of georgia well ahead of wednesday's rally in washington on front warned to stay away from the capitol and ordered federal officials to treat the movement as a terrorist organization. and tea for activists have brutally attacked our law abiding friends neighbors and business owners and destroyed historic landmarks that our communities have cherished for decades this violence and lawlessness has no place in the united states and will be called out for the domestic terrorism that it is just coming up half past 7 here in moscow that brings you up to date so far today here in r.t. international good to have you company we'll have more for you at the top of the.

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