well these rulings from the european court of human rights of course they're always a blow to russia a blow to the reputation of russia and they're an important tool for russian activists russian politicians to kind of get justice on the international stage but these rulings happen quite often politicians and human rights activists often bring complaints to the european court of human rights and russia has a reputation of basically ignoring these verdicts they are one of the leaders in complaints against against russia and also in kind of noncompliance with the rulings of the court as well and they even have a legislation here in russia to justify that in 2015 the constitutional court here ruled that basically any ruling from the european court of human rights has to comply with the russian constitution which essentially gives russian courts almost a veto against these rulings and almost a right to overrule any judgments that come out of the european court of human rights groups if you did russian president vladimir putin says this is a case that simply boosts anti russian sentiment

good bad or indifferent they have to respect the european court of human rights this is not this is not an african country or a country like kazakstan or something like that this is hungry which is a sort of proper member of the european union and so i do believe that that a judgment for the european court of human rights stating the facts as it has should have a very significant impact on our campaign going forward we know that you've been investigating what happened to the money the disappeared when your investment fund was raided by the russians there has been a lot of speculation that some of that money actually landed in the coffers or the hands of u.s. president donald trump can you confirm tonight did that happen. i can say that based on all the evidence we have none of it went to donald trump however i can say that based on the evidence we have some of it went to vladimir putin and i can say that based on an exposure an exposé in the panama papers that came out which showed that a man named surrogate role doogan who's a famous cellist and a very close friend of lattimer putin an

good bad or indifferent they have to respect the european court of human rights this is not this is not an african country or a country like kazakstan or something like that this is hungry which is a sort of proper member of the european union and so i do believe that that a judgment for the european court of human rights stating the facts as it has should have a very significant impact on our campaign going forward we know that you've been investigating what happened to the money the disappeared when your investment fund was raided by the russians there has been a lot of speculation that some of that money actually landed in the coffers or the hands of u.s. president donald trump can you confirm tonight did that happen. i can say that based on all the evidence we have none of it went to donald trump however i can say that based on the evidence we have some of it went to vladimir putin and i can say that based on an exposure an exposé in the panama papers that came out which showed that a man named surrogate role doogan who's a famous cellist and a very close friend of lattimer putin re

a researcher at human rights watch with us thank you for joining us on d w 1st of all what do you think of this verdict from the european court of justice no it isn't due to very important judgment by the open court of human rights all confirming on occasions made by need ski surviving family his wife hugh spouse and his mother are the fault ill treatment to begin with because he was subject to being poor child with tension. political perspective investigation into circumstances no he's down like go off here trial going to see his post humorous trial and conviction and swell and extensive and reasonably long period of detention and. resulted in his death i want to ask you know i can understand that this ruling does carry significance for the family but what about any consequences for russia i mean nobody has actually been convicted of anything here and russia has also said the russian government that this case is all about boosting anti russian sentiment. ah well i home on the one hand the case agreed to rates already existing body of jurisprudence by european court of human rights concerning conditions in detention generally

i'm sumi so much kind of thank you for joining us the european court of human rights has condemned russia for multiple y. elations against the late surrogate magnitsky a russian corruption whistleblower who died in detention in 2009 magnitsky death came after he exposed widespread tax fraud that implicated russian officials the european court determined he had been ill treated and denied medical assistance in prison following his arrest for legit tax evasion his death resulted in the us congress passing the magnitsky act which allows the government to freeze assets and ban visas of human rights filed. leaders around the world. and we're going to turn to a one time friend of surrogate magnitsky bill browder is head of the investment fund hermitage capital management which was once the largest foreign portfolio investor in russia he led a campaign to punish russian officials for magnitsky his death and later lobbied the u.s. congress to pass the magnitsky act bill browder joins us from london good to have you won t. w. bell i know that magnitsky was your lawyer when he said he uncovered mas

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the european court of human rights has condemned russia for multiple violations against the late survey magnitsky a russian corruption whistleblower who died in detention in 2009 his death came after he exposed widespread tax fraud that implicated russian officials he was arrested for alleged tax evasion the european court did reject a complaints that his arrest and detention were ill founded it also said that authorities have reasonable grounds to suspect him of being involved in tax evasion but it determines that he had been ill treated and was denied medical assistance in prison in russia his death led to u.s. congress passing the magnitsky. the act which allows the government to flee for his assets and bend these those of human rights violators around the world. and we are joined now by one time friend of sergei magnitsky bill browder is head of the investment fund and capital management which was once the largest foreign portfolio investor in russia he led a campaign to punish russian officials for magnitsky death and later lobbied the u.s. congre

of you to be with ours. it is an interesting point that despite the fact you're going to tell me it is against women's rights, the european court of human, not only against women's rights but also undermining our civil liberty is, because what you're doing through this ban is not allowing individuals to express their faith and their identity in the way they want. the ban was not surprising at all because we know that the far right actually are on the rise across europe and the netherlands was not excluded from it. as soon as the band took place in the netherlands, we heard the far right politicians commending the ban, saying it was a historic moment and they say the next step is to ban the hijab. on theissue next step is to ban the hijab. on the issue that it stops religious region, the dutch prime minister is adamant that it is religious neutral, it also bans anything which would obscure the face in a public place, ski masks, crash helmets. the helmet and the masks are not religious expressions, they are there to protect you from certain harms. the face veil as an act of devotion for those women who choose to wear it. a lot of those wo

rush is responsible for multiple violations that's the ruling from the european court of human rights investigating the case of sergei magnitsky hello and accountants who died awaiting trial in a moscow prison ten years ago. his former employer bill brown to who led a campaign to expose the russian officials he blames the magnet skis death welcome the verdicts. the echr decision completely destroys the lies and propaganda about sergei magnitsky the russian government in their paid smear campaign was in the west have been trying to spread for many years. the court found that magnitsky was held for too long denied medical care mistreated and kept in overcrowded conditions. it's ordered russia to be thirty four thousand euros to his family. in response the russian justice ministry said it's considering appealing a noted that the courts did not find that the law is arrest and detention were unlawful. before he was arrested magnitsky went public with details of aalleged fraud by russian state officials worth hundreds of millions of euros. the case prompted the us and other countries to par

today the european court of human rights condemned russia for putting a whistle blower's life in danger while he was in police custody every judge told the court including the russian one in agreement that while the mere putin state was in the wrong tonight we ask will this ruling change anything is anyone listening in the world that's run by vladimir putin i'm burnt off and bring.

the european court of human rights has condemned russia for multiple violations of the basic rights of whistleblower so game an escape lawyer was detained in 2008 after reporting fraud by russian tax officials and died in a moscow prison the following year charges found that he was poorly treated denied care and the investigation into his death was lacking eamonn its case prompted a u.s. law enabling sanctions against russians suspected of rights violations. and residents in and around the spanish capital madrid to cleaning up after severe flooding heavy rain and hail storms turned many of the city's roads into rivers some people reported hail stones as large as table tennis balls a spanish meterological agency reported $9000.00 lightning bolts in the space of 6 hours. we've got more from london later now it's back to sam in flying slower now flash floods of killed at least 3 people in mauritania rain hit southern parts of the country catching many by surprise people were seen trying to desperately save their livestock as the fast moving water swept across the region. thousands of peop

refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting same—sex marriage, has been referred to the european court of human rights event in tokyo after crossing the finish line hand—in—hand. the race — which took place in searing temperatures — was awarded to learmonth on a photo finish but the pair were later deemed to have broken a race rule. the win was awarded to bermuda‘s flora duffy. back in 2016, an exhausted jonny brownlee was helped over the finish line by his brother alistair — but the rule has subsequently changed to prohibit such assistance. joining me now from wiltshire is helen webster — editor of the sport magazine 220 triathlon. thank you for speaking to us. what did you make of this story and this decision? it's been a very dramatic day in the world of triathlon, it happened overnight in uk time so we went to bed thinking it‘s a fantastic result for great britain, they took first and second in this test event and then waking up this morning to a whole drama and then being disqualified. now the rules that they are supposed to let infected which was upheld by governing committee has ruled 2.11 poin

european finest and contribute to something important that ship. of europe starts september 2nd on d w. place blame blame. this is deja vu news live from europe's top human rights court rebukes russia over the death of the anti-fraud campaigner surrogate magnitsky the court said mcneice case treatment in prison led to his death in 2009 so what if any will be the consequences for moscow. also coming up brazil's president says he will not accept an offer of aid to help fight fires in the amazon on last french president in modern michael apologize for his quote insults calling has proposed an emergency fund of $20000000.00 have been set.

keep prime minister just that they can take as head of a new government designed to shut tight right leader matteo salvini. today the european court of human rights condemned russia for putting a whistle blower's life in danger while he was in police custody every judge on the court including the russian one in agreement that why the mere putin state was in the wrong tonight we ask will this ruling change anything is anyone listening in the world that's run by vladimir putin i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. the subset of music that he was completely illegal to put him in prison and that was no evidence that just defied keeping him fast for so long he will be deported they moved him from south to south as soon as he started to complain about the conditions i think immediately tell him to sound.

today the european court of human rights condemned russia for putting a whistle blower's life in danger while he was in police custody every judge told the court including the russian one in agreement that while the mere putin state was in the wrong tonight we ask will this ruling change anything is anyone listening in the world that's run by vladimir putin i burned off in berlin this is the day. subset of lizards when he was completely illegal to put him interesting and that was no evidence that justified keeping him past the so long. they moved him from south or sour. as soon as he started to complain about the conditions i think the media tend to assault with even worse conditions. with mr magnitsky died in prison it's a tragedy and we regret it but so what the americans don't have people is dying in .