as a member of the council on human rights and culture of peace now he's to the presidential council on civil society and human rights. thanks for coming to the show congratulations on your appointment. as head of the presidential council of human rights was hardly a surprise to anyone but there was also mr lookin. you both come from the same generation he's also very well known too can you explain the difference between the two of you. that's what people are going to call you right. of with i hope not here i mean the country only has one ombudsman and that's what demerol lookin. the difference between us is that my mobile phone was off all day today because i was working with torn alist so we were in a programme about the nine hundred ninety s. and even then i was telling them about the coming east party trial which i took poured in representing barry seal senator and then i got a call it was demur look when he told me that i was appointed head of the presidential council for human rights or to the city at the pulpit so the reason very big difference between us he knew bugged my appo

top the presidential council on civil society and human rights. and this is good day mr on thanks for coming to the show congratulations on your appointment well known in russia and your point as head of the presidential council of human rights was hardly a surprise to anyone but there was also mr lookin. you both come from the same generation he's also very well known two can you explain the difference between the two of you. that's what people are going to call you write for adult of i hope not the country only has one ombudsman and that's what he may look in. the difference between. my mobile phone was awful day to day because i was working with the list so we were on a programme about the ninety nine. and she's with you and i was telling them about the coming to the party trial we tried to keep order in representing barry seal senator and then i got a call it was lookin he told me that on was appointed head of the presidential council for human rights or to the soviet the so the reason very big difference between us he knew bugs my appointment

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the un's human rights council says one of better russa's opposition politicians has been a victim of political repression because i mean it she was jailed in two thousand and four after he quit his diplomatic job and began a political career challenging president because shank up he spent two years in prison charged with stealing computers from the u.s. embassy despite the embassy saying that he gave them to him for free the u.n. says his trial was unfair and has condemned the torture and humiliation techniques it says we used on him whether president hu is regarded as europe's last dictator is accused of breaching human rights laws with his policies. it's been terminated time in moscow with all shorts an acre in town to wreak havoc on a mission of innovation and it was a case of the famous phrase i'll be back as california's governor was returning the visit of president medvedev who wants silicon valley know how to transform russia into a high tech powerhouse they have no tech start the russian leader taking the governator right into russian car that destination though was the site

rights. >> neither the u.s. nor israel are signatories to the international criminal court. the petition comes one month after a un human rights council probe accused israeli forces of willful killing and torture in the attack and said israel officials should face international prosecution. iranian president ahmadinejad continued his first state visit to lebanon thursday in the southern region bordering israel. speaking before crowd of thousands, ahmadinejad said israel would one day disappear. >> that everyone know the zionists will cease to exist. you have been able to let the enemy taste defeat and introduce despair into the hearts of the devil. and the hearts of the zionists. today, there is no choice for the zionists except to surrender to the reality. >> the united nations is warning democratic republic of congo troops are committing rape and murder in the same areas where rebel forces carried out mass rapes just weeks ago. on thursday, the special representative of the united nations secretary-general on sexual violence and conflict, margot wallstrom, told the security council that drc troops had carried out abuses in the walik

the un human rights council has voted to endorse the findings of a probe backing the prosecution of israeli officials for the may 31 attack on gaza bound aid flotla in intnatial waters. a three-member panel of international jurists accused israeli forces of willful killing and torture in the raid on the mavi marmara. nine activists were killed in the attack including a u.s. citizen. the vote to endorse the report was 30 to one with the u.s. the lone country in opposition. u.s. ambassador eileen chamberlain donahoe said the report undermines the cause of peace. a >> this incident underscores the need to move ahead quickly with negotiations that can lead to a comprehensive arab-israeli peace. direct talks between israel and the palestinians have been resumed and all parties should help create an environment conducive to progress in these talks. we should all be working to advance the cause of peace. the united states was opposed the resolution 141 and we oppose the current resolution's recommendation that the general assembly consider the fact finding mission report. for these reasons, we call for a vote and will vote against

council has declared this no to torture week. now, the same human rights activist hope to percent swayed the council for another resolution welcoming onefrom u.s. prison at gitmo. guantanamo bay cuba. >> these are people who have been cleared of wrong doing. they were innocent from the beginning there. is no evidence against them. they can't leave to go home to their native countries. >> and u.s. law bars the prisoners from being transferred to american soil z supporters say if that ban is lifted it would be a humane gesture to resettle those who are not terrorist threats. >> this is typical berk lism you know? typical liberal whacko berkeley. >> a member of the golden gate minute men. >> if cleared by u.s. government boy suggest that we give them a thu foou thousand dollars dropping off where they got them from. >> if the city council here has dropped this resolution it would become the first in california. third in the station and the mayor believes the u.s. does have some responsibility for the detainees considered safe but has reservations about bringing them to berkeley. >> i think we want to find out who they are. what they've do

record at all the un human rights council periodic reviews of opposing the death penalty in every country in the world so i hope and expect that the british government will also into being on this occasion say the death penalty should not be carried out to the surely did not be a death penalty on the start of your books but all in the case for iraq i hope they will also be prepared to open up the books on the british training manuals of two thousand and five as well as putting pressure on the u.s. and iraq concerning what already has been revealed in wiki leaks i welcome the wiki leaks revelations because they begin to take the lid off the brutality of this war the brutality that the iraqi people have suffered and the tens of thousands of have died as a result of it as always very interesting to hear we have to say british m.p. jeremy corbin joining us live from london thank you very much indeed. iran has come one step closer to making its nuclear powered dream come true the country's first reactor in the southern city of bushehr has begun loading fuel into the call the facility has been built and he will operate with russia's help and it will operate with russia's help. h

performing calculations to determine how close the rov council with its personnel, its human person on board can get to the rig to launch the rov, right? >> that is correct. and i didn't have any criticism over the attempt to safely conduct that operation. as i said, the concern is what input would you have to make that calculation, and that's where my concern was. and it was an advisory role. and i don't -- anyway, that's -- >> let's make sure we have the facts straight. you're not criticizing bp from taking the time to do calculations so they didn't send him into a burning inferno, are you? >> what my criticism was that -- >> you need to answer the question. >> i didn't? >> you're not criticizing bp for giving safety calculations so that wasn't sending men into harm's way, are you? >> i am not criticizing bp for the way you described the question. my concern was that the information that was being used in the calculations was unobtainable. so that it was not feasible to do those calculations and expect an accurate result spent and the total length of time between when you expressed your concern to the time the rov was launched was a