rights which is a council of europe institution not a european union institution but these things gone fluently and remember of course the government still do have great influence on many of the representatives within the council of europe so if you were advising the catalan government at the present moment or indeed the wider catalan cause how would you tell them to frame the diplomatic offensive to try and target the right and the shut doors of getting from morse of the countries in europe. i would tell them primarily to look outside europe i would tell them to go to the developing world the g 77 countries as we call them and in diplomatic speak and to flame. catalonians desire to independence. in respect of the right of self-determination and to seek to open the united nations of the united nations general assembly one of the relatively few crumbs of comfort that catalonia has received in terms of international support has been the refusal of a number of jurisdictions to salvors the european arrest warrants that spanish government taken out against their karmas long against cloud up

for the council of europe investigate his 2nd raincoats murder was clearly the work of a death squad. 'd a death swore. by publishing a book. for peace or for just. the officer allegedly responsible has already been named in an official document from minsk which was passed to investigators from the bellerose public prosecutor's office. at death's court. house. on behalf of the state that's why they use the pistol from or that will use for the visual executions. just to give it an appearance that these wear will teach alex ignitions. and that's a kind of message up a nonce to say you know this is not obvious sure but it is really us with this side so someone to put the pressure to put the terror on the orders. after the murder the assassins bring the body back to minsk. the car leaves the city motorway and heads for a cemetery. the group commander colonel disappears with the corpse in the direction of the crime atory him there is no trace of the body after that. the witness statement severely incriminates dimitri pavlyuchenko a highly decorated officer in the belarus ministry of intern

years ago the council of europe already conducted an investigation into these cases and. in the 2004 report council of europe investigators talk about a quote conspiracy of high ranking officials in belarus and in the light of this new evidence we now know or have some evidence what happened to the bodies we now know who shot who killed the politicians there might this misfire might be reopened by the council of europe and there might be mandates to investigate officially investigate what happened so president look at your career is not a man who broke opposition so does this have political implications for belarus itself i'm afraid yes and they might be quite dire and below us is a country pretty isolated pretty much isolated in europe no one wants to do business with that country due to the very dictatorial style mr bush anger is running his country and the situation of human. and so on in the last 23 years bill or risk was working out on breaking the train and finding being re accepted as a partner in europe and all these efforts now could suffer serious setback. due to

the council of europe the c.s.u. another's attempts have been made to start the dialogue in the ninety's but afterwards our western colleagues those who initiated these brosius these declarations which were adopted right after the soviet union collapsed they. decided not to follow through and they are categorical about car defying the

we've long it's long gone we've complied with all the requirements by the council of europe and you know sco. ok 2nd row and of course we're seeing dean. said today that the changes had been introduce your lab tests by someone who hasn't been identified so they don't know who is the culprit and they are punishing russian a fleet is that even large a call and can you fight their case at the court of arbitrary and if you fail is it possible that there will be a russian olympic committee because it hasn't been banned so far. first you're right. that they apply the collective responsibility principle and so to speak begin eve you violate doping rules in its individual responsibility but water tries to apply the collective responsibility rule and we've always disagreed with that well the rest you know i think replied to that once again let's wait for the decision by the supervisor. or they have $21.00 days to come up with their statement. and then we cane appealed to the codes. of vain keris will have to look into it i believe aid shelby's should be because we have the evidence we we have com

the council of europe's. make shift refugee camp. must be shut down hundreds of people are living in miserable conditions in the camp on top of an old landfill site. say they can't move the residents until a suitable alternative found those are the headlines on al-jazeera i'll be back with our in under 30 minutes time coming up next it's inside story stay with us. is nato still relevant cracks appear as the world's largest military alliance but its 70th birthday and the member states south of the differences and what could happen if they don't this is inside story. and welcome to the program. the world's biggest military alliance is facing a crisis the united states canada and 10 european nations formed nato at the end of the 2nd world war to confront what they saw as riots from the soviet union now the biggest threats appear to be internal nato now boasts $29.00 members and they are in london to mark the organizations birthday but recently the united states turkey and france have raised concerns about military spending and nato as w

well it's certainly chilling stuff and that testimony will surely be of interest to the council of europe special investigator who has long believed that the order to kill was issued from. now on a very different note british prime minister boris johnson has it seems finally got what he wants after more than 3 years of torture at an acrimonious debate it's going to happen brags that the united kingdom's exit from the e.u. is just a couple of weeks away now as a result many foreigners living and working in the u.k. say they no longer feel welcome and that includes a significant number of people from the baltic republic of latvia and now they're going home but starting another new life is far from easy. no more big ben no tower bridge and goodbye to bricks it more and more latvians are turning their backs on britain and building lives for themselves here in riga edgar's context has already taken this step he spent 7 years living in studying in britain. now he's working for a lack in construction company enrica the backseat referendum to change his life forever. i was shocked so it's and bec

commission greco which is the group of states against corruption the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe as andrew has mentioned the european parliament we see now a number of reports that shed light on systemic failings in malta and particular issues related to a lack of checks and balances on the prime minister so these are all issues now that we're seeing manifest in real time with the situation in mali and i think the message is that states do need to be more vocal to avoid the situation of possibly a failed state within the e.u. and that is not limited to just these bodies but also by states that have bilateral relations with mater such as the u.k. the u.k. has been conspicuously quiet for some time now despite a reports by a parliamentary body the foreign affairs committee which which conducted an inquiry into of of the apps you know an idiot freedom specifically called on the u.k. to take a stronger public stance on malta we haven't seen that yet herman the prime minister . over the last 2 years that he has sort of lead. no link to the assassination of death knew that his inner ci

now with winter in full force the council of europe's human rights chief says a makeshift refugee camp in bosnia must be shut down hundreds of people are living in miserable conditions in the camp on top of an old landfill site there sheltering in an insulated tents and have no access to sanitation or the said mrs austin authorities say they can't move the residents until a suitable alternative scientists found. explosive think that this is not a place full of human beings. as a person and. this is going to mean coming here and really ashamed. like this exists in our country. reports now from sarajevo the 1st snow brought new problems to the already problematic country. in the northwestern part of bosnia tents are flooded everything is muddy the cold is an issue all by itself around 600 migrants and refugees in the camp refuse this morning to eat the meal is provided by the local red cross volunteers are doubtful whether the conditions in the camp could be worse the council's commissioner for human rights visited the camp today and she said that it should be closed immediately the prob

these revelations if they are true what does that mean where is this story going to lead us the council of europe has already conducted an investigation years ago and that 2004 report they speak about the investigators of a code conspiracy of high ranking below russian officials and i think it's possible that the general assembly of the council in strasburg now reopened the minsk file we have some information tonight that the those left behind the families of the victims are already creating putting pressure on the politicians to reopen the file in what wages a christian what we're going to need the broader political implications for bill a ruse a ruse is somewhat of a pariah anyways i mean can it get worse for the country the country is pretty isolated in your rope and in the past 23 years president look or shango was working hard on breaking this chain and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might snow all be in jeopardy and find or do or could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there's always christiane thank you fascinating story. and f

this decision or school solvent in different regions a couple of days ago in europe we had to think we're all european countries members of council of europe. of course except russia supported. those recommendations overly going on you must decision today is a good sign for the future of anti doping what is important thing to these decision is that we are really sanctioning those who are responsible for these many pollutions and leave those open for those who had nothing to do with we dipping scandal in russia clean. innocent athletes. and as i want to remind you one of the most important objectives of water is to protect. clean athletes but the walk is not done it's not done yet of course. we need to focus on the implementation of c o c recommendations absolutely crucial for us think you can take on the next steps so thank you very much. ok thank you very much mr berger like to open it up to questions as i said in my briefing a little while ago please raise your hand wait for a microphone to come to you let us know who you are and where you're from ask a question 1st question from david. thank you james and david owen from insid

>> the council of europe has already conducted an investigation years ago. in their 2004 report, they spoke of a conspiracy of high ranking belarus and -- belarus officials. we have some information tonight . families of the victims are already putting pressure on the politicians. brent: what would be the broader lyrical applications for belarus? belarus is somewhat of a pariah anyway. can it get worse for the country? >> the country is pretty isolated. in the past two or three years, the president was working hard on working this chain and finding partisan europe again. this new evidence might all be in jeopardy. brent: we will see. christian, thank you for the fascinating story. for more on this story you can check out dw.com and are youtube channel that is dw documentary. therere are some of the other stories that are making headlines. the architect of france's controversial pension reform has resigned over alleged conflicts of interest. the departure comes 12 days into nationwide strikes against his plans aimed to plug a deficit in the system. this is a

confirms this guest worker was evaluated and there seems satisfactory by the us govt to abandon the council of europeome of them despite all that the made this decision was i think it was at the greatly politicized before they made this decision despite the fact that as i just said we have fulfilled all of the requirements while what the build up i think. and if they stash much as. i believe. this point should adopt a unified firm stance and talk to those people who are doping talk privately can you say we need to take this problem on together up here because we all bear responsibility not only the minister i mean because it would have an athlete who not swallowing some of pilsen my fellow clean novelty to on the next day is keeping silent about that that clean athlete what is a ploy to get a responsible and there's no other way to overcome what they say a matter about the mulching. and that's how it looks from moscow so far this on friday december 27th thanks for watching your next update from us as in just over half. taxes are not going to do it you have to go right to the root of. the balance shee

talking of and to doping operations here is a brief but we have complied with the roadmap of the council of europe of you know skirball recommendations furthermore back in september unesco sent. special acknowledgement to the government of the russian federation for the hard work that we've done it. was under monitoring by wada and it separations have been recognized as successful and the decision actually hire lies so the success of our operations. ok so there can be no issues with russia's antidoping operations 10009000 samples every year has been monitored to. just lie before so water cannot lay any claims to have any grievances. and to doping operations. there might be some requests to pass additional testing but. here's what i can tell you future olympians for example attests to no less so we're even more than other athletes and their results the number of positive cases he's room in line with other countries so the ratio is very low thank you for your question and now. next. our big. yes my question is is that a political motive ate at all nationals or is that really the sign that there were

band and the council of europe some of them despite all that.ade this decision i think it was a great leader politicised before they made this decision despite the fact that as i just said we have fulfilled all the requirements while what the board i think. and. i believe. this point should adopt a unified firm stance and talk to those who are doping and talk privately we need to take this problem on together because we all bear responsibility not only the minister because it would have an awfully swallowing some of the pills in my fellow clean athletes on the next day is keeping silent about that that clean athlete is to responsible and there's no other way to over. com which is it with the ok that's it for me thanks for watching tyler and kevin i will keep you updated for the rest of this friday december the 27th international from moscow. my name is stuck. on the world social media that's exactly what i don't see it's a. little bit over the. but i know we've got to get it out. to cause you need to move it up you know. he speaks and i use down

such international organizations as the un the council of europe. are demanding the proper amount of the unprecedented case of violation of freedom of speech in recent years and measures to ensure the right of all journalists to carry out their professional activities. now speaking back in november the editor in chief of the sputnik margarita simonyan said that the news agency had received more pressure in a stone here than anywhere else in the world she taught how employees had been intimidated by security services even had their bank accounts frozen and estonian banks that did service the agency have frozen all accounts since then so meanwhile the status of all it nears the executive director plans to raise the issue with the russian presidential cumin rights council so needless to say this is an issue that the agency is not taking lying down with the latest there then carol. that's a news break down for this hour thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. desists is a sticker from the water bottle phone in the stomach of a fish the brand is part of

critical for turkey in debt if it's to be a member of the western family we know that besides the council of europe so it need to is this the other pillar of the western identity and turkey as as as i have said earlier never questions its western identity so turkey still wants to integrate it is a military structure its security structure with the european continental trance at pennsic states thank you thank you very much indeed unfortunately we're running out of time but was definitely rivers of this particular issue in the near future as a debate continues about the bowl and the identity of nato in a change and a changing world will have to man buckle mickelson to see him thank you very much indeed for your contribution to the program and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for was last a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is a.j. an inside story from the house about about on the entire team here in doha by for now. i

these revelations if they are true what does that mean where is this story going to lead us the council of europe has already conducted an investigation years ago and that 2004 report they speak about the investigators of a code conspiracy of high ranking below russian officials and i think it's possible that the general assembly of the council in strasburg now reopens the minsk file we have some information tonight that the those left behind the families of the victims are already created putting pressure on the politicians to reopen the file in what would you say kristie what we're going to need the broader political implications for bill a ruse a ruse is somewhat of a pariah anyways i mean can it get worse for the country the country is pretty isolated in your rope and in the past 23 years president look or shango was working hard on breaking this chain and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might snow all be in jeopardy and. thank you fascinating story. censorship machine is a fish and it's nothing opposing voices especially when it comes to the hong k

of the result confirms this its work was evaluated and satisfactory bar the next go round the council of europe despite that the wada made this decision because i think it was greatly politicised they made this decision despite the fact that as i just said we had fulfilled all the requirements. and this nation their flesh and. i believe that this point should adopt a unified firm stance and talk to those people who are doping 5 american youth and we need to take this problem together because we all bear responsibility not only the minister i mean because the. it will have america lead to not swallowing so much thrills i'm going to follow clearly not reaching. for what is a keeping silent about that i'm glad clean athlete thing is true of all that responsible there's no other way to overcome with you this malady and with the mulch on but. ok well i'll wrap up this hour with in case you missed it and the 3rd installment of party boy case review of 29. the end of 2019 sword trumpeting but still impeachment britain elected its own bombshell lida i'm puerto tests when truly global welcome to paul 3

such a national organizations as the un the council of europe. are demanding a broad cement of the unprecedented case of violation of freedom of speech in recent years and measures to ensure the rights of all journalists to carry a professional to speaking back in november the editor in chief of margarita simonyan said that the news agency had received more pressure in a stone here than anywhere else in the world she how employees had been intimidated by security services even had their bank accounts frozen and estonian banks that did service the agency have frozen all accounts since then so meanwhile the c.s. of all the nears the executive director plans to raise the issue with the russian presidential cumin rights council so needless to say this is an issue that the agency is not taking lying down. well independent journalist and commentator martin summers believes the threat by the a thing enough parities are politically motivated i think it's a political action quite clearly and it's related to the kind of pressures and tensions that are in th

such a national organizations as the un the council of europe. are demanding a broad cements of the unprecedented case of violation of freedom of speech in recent years and measures to ensure the right of all journalists to carry a professional to speaking back in november the editor in chief of margarita simonyan said that the news agency had received more pressure in a stonier than anywhere else in the world she details how employees had been intimidated by security services even had their bank accounts frozen and estonian banks that did service the agency have frozen all accounts since then so meanwhile the c.s. of all the nears the executive director plans to raise the issue with the russian presidential cumin rights council so needless to say this is an issue that the agency is not taking lying down well independent journalist and commentator martin summers believes the threats by the astin authorities are politically motivated. political action quite clearly related. the kind of pressures and tensions that are in the international system at

reserves or confirms this its work was evaluated and deemed satisfactory by the unesco and the council of europe but despite that the wada made this decision i think it was greatly politicised they made this decision despite the fact that as i just said we had fulfilled all the requirements of the board. and if they show their financials but it's really i believe fleets at this point should adopt a unified firm stance and talk to those people who are doping talk privately we need to take this problem on together because we all bear responsibility not only the minister i mean if you have an athlete who's swallowing some pills and a fellow clean out later on the next bed is keeping silent about that that clean athlete is to responsible there's no other way to overcome this malady with. and finally for the rights activists and according on the defense ministry to compensate more than 150 people who say they were expelled from the military because of their sexuality l.t.p. campaign a say that the armed forces past policy of discrimination did untold damage to the lives of many. personnel and the vic