and you can see the full interview was russia's foreign minister is commissioner for human rights next hour here on our team. afghanistan is demanding the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month that's after a detainees at the american run jail outside bagram air base complained of torture but he benjamin co-founder of the anti-war group code pink says the u.s. should speed up its pull out from afghanistan. aniston government should be having the final authority about how prisoners are treated in its own country and i think we should give the benefit of the doubt to afghan investigators and if afghanistan wants to take over the security of a prison that is in its territory it should have the right to do that i think the u.s. should really speed up its transfer of power in all its ramifications to the afghan government the obama administration is now having talks with the taliban the taliban want to set up a headquarters and cutter the obama administration after the troops leaving iraq is now almost talking much more about the troops leaving afghani

you can see the full interview with russia's foreign minister as commissioner for human rights in about twenty minutes time here on r.t. . afghanistan is demanding the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month and that's after a detainees at the american run jail outside bagram air base complained of torture jason did it say political analyst at u.s. based website on to antiwar dot com says despite all the talk washington could have a group of ghana stand for another decade at least. a lot of these allegations have been the subject of court cases in the u.s. over the past few years particularly in the question of holding detainees without any specific evidence or charges and u.s. courts have found repeatedly unfortunately that the military base that bob graham isn't under their jurisdiction and that the military basically can detain people as long as they want without charges at the air force base but when the u.s. has been in not so secret negotiations with the karzai government about rubber stamping continuing the mission possibly for another decade

and you can see the full interview with russia's foreign ministries commissioner for human rights next hour here on r t. afghanistan is demanding the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month and that's after detainees the american run jail outside bagram air base complained of torture medea benjamin co-founder of the anti-war group code pink says the u.s. should speed up its pullout from ghana. this goes all the way back to two thousand and two when the abuses first started coming out in fact there were two deaths of afghan prisoners that led to many stories about abuses and background and we have heard about those kind of stories for the last several years i guess the only thing that is a surprise is that karzai is certainly taking it seriously think there have been terrible relations now for quite a long time and this is just one more in the mission of that i think the u.s. should really speed up the transfer of power in all its ramifications to the afghan government the obama administration is now having talks with the taliban the taliban want to

ending in mass protests all across the world next we asked russia's foreign ministers commissioner for human rights for his assessment of what actually went wrong in two thousand and eleven. thank you very much for joining us today in two thousand and eleven we've seen a number of human rights violations taking place throughout the world and you monitor the implementation of human rights abroad so today i would like to talk about those issues that caught your attention in two thousand and eleven but first of all i want to start with domestic issues and what is your view on the protests that took place in russia after the parliamentary elections in the country under some of the force does extremely important to stress that the reaction of the authorities has been a very responsible one and i will say very measured well unlike the reaction in some other countries and we've seen the ones not only in the united states but we've seen in the for instance last summer in the united kingdom obviously it was quite a serious challenge to the authorities definitely it was not to be ignored but also what was so

coming up for you it's our interview with the russian foreign ministries commissioner for human rights will be a recap of our top stories for in just a few minutes stay with us not here on alt. the e. limited to just say. to. the b. period and if the be abominably. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can easily be shot by accident as jesus was a. i wish he would have never happened but it has. been no more a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what does their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave me and the spear brought up on the set with such witnesses i got him on my site. one of the many objects submitted. to mercy is shooting on our. good have you with the top stories now on r t a day after the arab league called on all sides of the conflict in syria to cease fire and implement a peace plan still rages activists claimed at least nineteen people were killed on monday as the government crackdown on protesters continues despite the arab plea. nuclear power to brinkmanship iran launches a new iranian enrichment facility aft

alignment with moscow's stance on syria later this hour the russian foreign minister who's commissioner for human rights breaks down the kremlin's version of a solution to the crisis. you very much support the peace initiative by the league of arab states which you have submitted the draft of the council resolution. in the security council which calls for the media to see from the way that we are going to see because of. the unfortunately wales government a little bit government forces from the army and police but. significant but. also all sorts or of. extremist elements. became the barracks or peaceful peaceful demonstrators. you with our two diplomats have confirmed that iran's began enriching uranium at a brand new nuclear facility the west to the move as a provocation at a time when brinksmanship between the u.s. and iran has reached a boiling point the islamic state says its new plant is deep underground making it immune to air strikes some analysts claim it could produce nuclear fuel that's easier to adapt for weapons use meanwhile the pentagon says it's prepared to use force to reopen a vital oi

the human rights council report said four thousand but there was no expression of that figure where they go. a few days later lovely pillai who's the un human rights commissioner for the security council and said five thousand and the figure echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination is five thousand people being killed by the syrian government by the security forces by the whatever whereas in fact i don't think is any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about of it but by factors so what we actually need to do is to this aggregate these figures like how many people have been killed by the syrian army how many of them were innocent entirely innocent how many of them were men who picked up arms. how many civilians have been killed by armed gangs so forth and so on you need to break the whole thing down but these figures are not broken down since we are in turkey let's talk about turkey a little bit turkey definitely wants to be associated with the changes in this region to be seen as a leading play in this movement so may turkey he used this moment to its advantage turkey before the

the human rights council report for powerful but there was no explanation of that where they go. a few days later nothing pillai who's the un human rights commissioner he threw up a few security council and said five thousand. and the figure echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination is five thousand people being killed by the syrian government by the security forces by the north or whatever whereas in fact i don't think is any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about it but but fact is so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures. curbing a gang of violence is now one of the top priorities for britain's leaders but for some the efforts will be in vain unless the government tackles an underlying culture of fear as always smith reports now from london. the dark underbelly of life in britain's inner cities gang culture dramatized here for a television series for gavin it was real life he got into a gang to escape a feeling of powerlessness an abusive home life where money was a constant struggle. at his lowest ebb gavin admits to having stopped and his

for jobs. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a human-rights commissioner as well as the co-chair and of the lgbt advisory committee. when this topic was brought to retention at the committee, we thought it was a no-brainer to support it. to really look at setting up advisory committees and a commission on aging and adult services and also to look at some of the unmet needs in the lgbt and other communities. and i think that a lot of people have already spoken on a lot of the unmet needs but some of the other ones could not be spoken about because they're no longer here with us. this will take you to a link in the san francisco reports in 2007 and 2008. the account for 40% of the 94 cases of suicide in san francisco. that says a lot. about some of the things we do not know about. because they list female and male. they do not address -- talk about transgendere or whether they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or not. there would list 50 out of 100,000 in the national population of suicide our elders. compared to eight or nine per 100,000 of youth. those are the nu

commissioners. my name is lupe. i work with the human rights commission as well. thank you for putting this together.this is a great symposium and a great place to be able to share a lot of the different views and work going on. one of the things i wanted to quickly talk about was regarding the sanctuary ordinance. there has been a lot of talk about a sanctuary ordinance. it has been in the news and a national debate. we want to remind you what it is about. first of all, the sanctuary ordinance was created back in 1989. it just had its 20-year anniversary. the human rights commission is named as the enforcement agency in the sanctuary ordinance. what that means is that no city employee or no city resources can go towards helping ice or referring anybody to ice or disclosing any information to ice. it was meant to give people equal access to services, equal access to the city without any fear of retribution, any fear of retaliation, any fear of having their status being basically disclosed, and being deported for wanting to get health care. so it is a really important thing for us to remember that as

commissioners. my name is lupe. i work with the human rights commission as well. thank you for putting this together.this is a great symposium and a great place to be able to share a lot of the different views and work going on. one of the things i wanted to quickly talk about was regarding the sanctuary ordinance. there has been a lot of talk about a sanctuary ordinance. it has been in the news and a national debate. we want to remind you what it is about. first of all, the sanctuary ordinance was created back in 1989. it just had its 20-year anniversary. the human rights commission is named as the enforcement agency in the sanctuary

commissioner, signed a, -- sonya, as well as a representative from the office of nancy pelosi, the san francisco political committee. they do women's policy summit in september. for gin and harman, former director of the human rights commission, and galena -- helena. thank you so much for joining us. >> our next award goes to the unsung heroine, carol ito. she is bed a passionate advocate for women of all levels of the community. she was one of the founding members of the national asian pacific women's movement in the late 1970's, which resulted in the development of the local bay area group, pacific asian american women. the have been running 30 years. she recently completed three terms as a san francisco airport commissioner. please join me in welcoming carol ito. [applause] >> thank you. i am very humbled this afternoon to join all of you. i want to thank shelly's committee and everyone who made this happen. i am honored to share many of these honors. many of us have work together for the various causes and policy changes for this great city. i must say that there are many unsung heroines in this room, and my guests at table three are many of my own personal friends and supporters to keep me honest, keep the fo

for now a quick preview. human rights council reports four thousand but there was no explanation of that figure where they go. a few days later. who's the u.n. human rights commissioner she stood at the security council and said five thousand and could the figure echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination is five thousand people being killed by the syrian government but security forces by the military whatever whereas in fact i don't think it's any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs and part of it is so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures. are he has come to you live from moscow yet another scandal is erupting for u.s. forces in afghanistan this time in the form of a you tube video which appears to show american marines urinating on the corpses of afghan fighters the video went viral in just a few hours causing outrage and revulsion among viewers the u.s. department of defense has promised to investigate or to talk more about the video in the possible consequences i'm now joined live from islamabad by our president of the nationalists pakistan's first political

for now a quick preview of. the human rights council report four thousand but there was no explanation of that where they go now a few days later. who's the u.n. human rights commissioner he threw up the security council and said five thousand. well and if we get echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination it's five thousand people being killed by the syrian government security forces by an order whatever whereas in fact i don't think it's any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about it but by this so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures. now or nearly twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow the chorus of critics is growing in israel against the so-called boycott law it punishes anyone who speaks out against the country's settlement construction in the west bank she went right activists have turned israel's supreme court to overturn the legislation but as artie's paula reports there's a whole raft of other controversial bills that might not be to their liking either . gershon baskin is a wanted man in israel for his outspoken views against the government's polic