history that is still being written the military prison at guantanamo bay naval base opened in january of 2002 the war on terror prison according to the a.c.l.u. was originally intended to be an island outside the law where terrorism suspects could be detained without process and interrogated without restraint almost $800.00 souls have passed through its cells during its now 18 year reign but today only $41.00 remain $41.00 prisoners who the new york times estimates cost u.s. taxpayers an average of $13000000.00 per prisoner this weekend here in the united you're here in washington d.c. citizens and activists took to the streets in front of both the white house and the trump hotel to protest the anniversary of the guantanamo bay prison calling for an end to the years of torture and human rights violations that have been reported to have taken place inside its walls daphne e.-v. a terror sorry avatar of amnesty international usa said in a statement 3 united states presidents have overseen guantanamo during its shameful 18 your existence yet to come continues to remain open as people who

prison in guantanamo.or more, we're going back to legal director of the , center for constitutional rights. you have the torture and the men he tortured. >> at least in that way, this is a kind of soft form of accountability because the fundamental level, mitchell and his partner jessen have not faced real accountability for the work crimes they generated. in another soft form of accountability was a civil lawsuit brought by victims of his program, and a lawsuit brought by the aclu that resulted in undisclosed damages. it is interesting we are talking about these two trials together. military commissions and the senate trial. they are innocence both show trials. the military commissions process was generated instead of a traditional article three criminal trial in order to suppress the truth, as is the senate version of the trial in order to repress accountability for work crimes. and in the senate trial, repress accountability for abuse of power. trial,, like the senate there are small possibilities, smal

torture techniques in the wake of $911.00 justifies his actions during a pretrial testimony in guantanamo bay. i believe there was a genuine threat 70 minutes a time i get super tuesday and do it again. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is an international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us let's start with some news with that we're just getting in from seattle in the united states at least one person has been killed in a shooting in the city center 5 more are injured including a 9 year old boy who is currently in a serious condition this according to local authorities shots were fired just after 5 pm local time about 2 hours ago outside a branch of mcdonald's at least one male suspect is still at large and a manhunt is ongoing so far the motive of the shooting is unclear our newsroom is keeping track of the situation and if more information becomes available we of course will get it to you. years now prosecutors in brazil have charged pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say he needed the hacking of top officials

torture techniques in the wake of $911.00 justifies his actions during the pretrial testimony in guantanamo bay. i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i get so today and do it again. whether you're watching from lafayette indiana or jakarta indonesia this is our international incheon thomas certainly glad to have you with us prosecutors in brazil have charged a pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated the hacking of top officials phones to get information on a high profile corruption case last year the intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damning conversations between top figures in the probe don quarter comments. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was a look at you the money we've got this if you will go off i fell for that but the money it will provide still a difficult but whatever it was that means you are you know what i do i usually have very much right to do everything in order to be a bit of both of us on palm thank y

torture techniques in the wake of $911.00 justifies his actions during a pretrial testimony in guantanamo bay. i believe there was a genuine of an imminent attack today and. hello broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our to international and certainly glad to have you with us. prosecutors in brazil have charged a pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say that he coordinated the hacking of top officials phones to get information on a high profile corruption case a last year intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damaging conversations between top figures in the probe he's done quarter picks up the story. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists. look at. the bottom line. but. you know. everybody. both of us of all thank you. but asked if i wasn't going on this so it's no surprise freedom of the press is once again under attack in the country american journalist glenn greenwald is facing cybercrime charges for leaking text messages of government officials glenn greenwa

there were people who had nothing to do who were simply sold for bounty who were at guantanamo $780.00 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today according to him and international the methods that were created by james mitchell and bruce jessen set back the global fight against torture and had a rippling effect around the world. i guess i'm not stretching it too far to say that would you agree with. well of course it set it back because it set precedents to make this acceptable and along with targeted assassinations becoming acceptable and proclaimed and bragged about as we've seen just in the past weeks so yes it's made it much much more dangerous and really the the lawyers and the organizations that have struggled for years to bring this forth it's very important the testimony they have provided the legal challenges that they have tried to make the groups that have refused to be silent about this criminal conduct that at the highest level of go

wake of $911.00 justify such actions and says he would do it again during a new trial testimony at guantanamo bay. also this hour a new clue based watchdog publishes a report looking at how drone strikes could be normalized as a new tool for assassinations after u.s. forces targeted and he really in top military chiefs. and a battle of morals as a wife a car giant tesla the vice president in germany its 1st european factory could create thousands of jobs but also an environmental fallout we know that some of it there will be new jobs and new transparent it's hard to imagine anything bad is it somebody i was because i'm in favor of job creation and treasurers a company in the or any other place for the structure of. it watching our to international bring you a live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the psychologist dubbed the architect of the cia's and hence interrogation program post $911.00 has been unapologetic about his role in any torture that admission came during a military tribunal that's preparing a trial against the self-proclaimed mastermind of the a

man known as abu zubaida he was never been challenged for the crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo bay he was the 1st known cia prisoner to undergo in hunts interrogation and lost an eye while being tortured during his time as a beta has attempted to illustrate his experiences in a warning that you might find some of the following images distressing. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously. they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. there is absolutely no justification that can ever be given or accepted for the horrendous and systematic torture that was u

is unapologetic about his role in any torture program that admission came during the trial of 5 guantanamo bay detainees on their alleged roles in the $911.00 terrorist attacks. which have a personal consequences i would live with i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i thought my more obligation to protect american lives outweighed temporary discomforts of terrorists i gets up today and do it again. james mitchell was contracted by the cia in the wake of 911 to create an interrogation program for al qaeda suspects he personally used waterboarding torture technique that simulates drowning on several prisoners later he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support for the interrogations the cia's program includes now illegal coercive measures. in the immediate aftermath of $911.00 we tortured some folks lawyers for the 5 detainees are now asking for any statements made under interrogation to be disqualified from the trial on grounds of torture and try war activist sara flounders believes the guantanamo bay court proceedings are deeply flawed well none

lives and we should just note that there were juveniles who were youth who were held for years at guantanamo there were people who had nothing to do were simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o 780 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today. well the 1st us any mr mitchel water boarded was a palestinian man known as abu zubaida he has never been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo bay he was the 1st known cia prisoner to undergo an hans interrogation and lost an eye while being tortured during his time there's a beta has attempted to illustrate his experiences in a warning that you might find some of the following images distressing. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously. they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth u

of $911.00 justifies his actions and says he would do it again during a free trial testimony at guantanamo bay prison. also our drone is becoming a new tool for us fascinations based watchdog publishes a report looking at how the weapons have changed from targeting terrorists to top military personnel. and the battle of morals the electric car giant task divides residents in germany its 1st european factory could create thousands of jobs but also an environmental. thing that there will be new jobs and new transport it's hard to imagine anything bad turn somebody on but i'm in favor of job creation and there is a company but wasn't there any other place for this factory. to watching or to international bring your line news i think from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the psychologist dubbed the architect of the cia's enhanced interrogation program post $911.00 has been apologetic about his role in the torture that admission came during a military tribunal that's preparing a trial against the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks on new york and washington and for other

the 1st week of the latest pretrial hearing and the $911.00 case has wrapped up at guantanamo bay a feature testimony from a former cia contractor psychologist who ran the agency's torture program has more from guantanamo it's the 1st time psychologist james mitchell has testified in court about his work for the cia after september 11th and mitchell was both combative and proud of his work as a contract interrogator what he called life saving questioning techniques lawyers for the $911.00 defendants called torture meaning they shouldn't be convicted much less executed in his mind the coercive physical pressures which includes but that is not everything is the critical defining element the fact that people are being held in isolation for years incommunicado from their families told that they're going to die there and lack all ordinary protections of a person in prison is outrageous michel testified he waterboard khalid shaikh mohammed and abu zubaida something he said he found upsetting but he said stab cia interrogators regularly crossed the line forcing detainees to kneel backwards with a

disqualified from the trial on the grounds of torture antiwar activist sara flounders believes the guantanamo bay court proceedings a deeply flawed. but none of this could possibly be a fair trial i mean how can you have a fair trial with people who've been held in total secrecy whose testimony is based on torture. the media isn't allowed in except for conditions so strict that they can't even have a picture of the court room all the testimony is restricted. that none of this none of this layers and layers of secrecy is about providing any kind of justice or accountability or even of information it is going through a theater in order to once again exert their power their power over people's lives and we should just note that there were juveniles who were youth who were held for years i kuantan them oh there were people who had nothing to do who are simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o $780.00 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today. well the 1s

a war activist sara flounders believes the guantanamo bay trial is deeply flawed. well none of this could possibly be a fair trial i mean how can you have a fair trial with people who've been held in total secrecy whose testimony is based on torture layers and layers of secrecy is about providing any kind of justice or accountability or even of information it is going through a theater in order to once again exert their power this isn't just one or 2 people michel and jennings this was an entire unit set up in order to use torture and to study how to apply the most excruciating forms of torture all of this really has to be exposed and then accounting demanded not only of those who designed the torture but of those who set up these torture camps really the the lawyers and the organizations that have struggled for years to bring this forth it's very important the testimony they have provided the legal challenges that they have tried to make the groups that have refused to be silent about this criminal conduct that at the highest level of government. the u.s. is reall

torch techniques in the wake of $911.00 justifies his actions during the free trial testimony at guantanamo bay detention center. are believed there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack against soups the day you do it's again. a u.k. face watchdog publishes a report looking at how drone strikes could be normalized as a new tool for assassinations off to u.s. forces targeted no rating of top military chief. and a bottle of morals as that electric car giant tesla divides residents and job money it's fast european factory could create thousands of jobs but also an environmental fall out. of ignorance and there will be new jobs and new transfers it's hard to imagine anything better so it's a pretty obvious i'm in favor of job creation international as a company but wasn't there any other place for the structural. 5 pm here in moscow this wednesday afternoon wherever you are in the world and international about your company. and let's start this out with a story the psychotic just a dubbed the architect of the cia's in hans interrogation program post $911.00 has been on apologetic about hi

trial testimony at guantanamo bay detention. i believe there was a genuine. i guess you do it's again. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow thursday january the 23rd welcome to our international my names you know. federal prosecutors in brazil have charged pyu let's surprise winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated the hooking up top officials phones to get information. last year the intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damaging conversations between top figures in the probe picking up the story for us down quarter. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was a call to give the money to the secular go off i felt like that but no money. but whatever it was that made you know i was going to write usually you know very well read through everything in order to really be a bit of both of us on palm thank you. but i asked if i wasn't going on this so it's no surprise freedom of the press is once again under attack in the c

torture techniques in the wake of $911.00 justifies his actions during a pretrial testimony at guantanamo bay detention center. i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack. and do it again. around the clock across the world this is r t international from the team and myself you know neal. federal prosecutors in brazil have charged award winning journalist glenn greenwald with committing cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated top officials phones to get information on a high profile corruption case last year the intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damaging conversations between top figures in the probe quarter picks up the story for us. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was a look at you the money we've got the secular go off i fell for that but no money. but now what they're doing with them i'm sure you know what i do i usually have a legal right to do it every day in order to deliver a bit of both of us on palm thank you. but i asked if i wasn't going on this so it's no surprise

watched mitchell and mr lawyer walton grease tangle over how solid is treatment in detention at guantanamo i wanted to establish the basically triple roles that he had right. intelligence collection the briefer and psychologists right. and to. illustrate or at least they have a foundation for. why that is so. damaging jim mitchell has been trying to show all week that he was one of the good guys during a period of high fear and anxiety in the united states the military judge in this case has yet to rule whether what mitchell and other interrogators did to detainees in fact constituted torture that decision could one day affect how both prosecutors and the defense lawyers prepare their cases for trial rosalyn jordan al-jazeera guantanamo. the death of an eritrean teenager in a tripoli detention camp this week has highlighted the plight of more than 40000 africans living in makeshift centers in libya most have been detained while attempting to cross to europe aid agencies say conditions are appalling 30 birth lee visited one detention center near the libyan capital. driven by poverty or push

reports from guantanamo jim mitchell defended his controversial role in the program as a matter of moral courage when jim mitchell was a contract psychologist for the cia he waterboard khalid shaikh muhammad 183 times on tuesday with muhammad sitting just meters away mitchell testified at the 911 pretrial hearing mitchell said his job his interrogator was to make suspected al qaeda members talk the fact that people are being held in isolation for years incommunicado from their families told that they're going to die there and lack all ordinary protections of a person in prison. is outrageous mitchell said the bush administration pressured the cia and the f.b.i. to do anything and everything to prevent future attacks he said the cia persuaded him 1st to take on the case of abu zubaida and that his work with other detainees including muhammad only grew with time human rights groups say the statements detainees gave to both the cia and later the f.b.i. were given under duress and never should be used as evidence in the trial mitchell testified he knew defense lawyers are trying to keep f.b.

once they arrived at guantanamo it's not clear whether the public testimony from the architects of the cia torture program will make a difference to americans 19 years after the september. at the time. 0 washington. and again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines china has confirmed a 4th death from the corona virus and says it's being transmitted between humans more than 200 people are known to have been infected so far the world health organization is considering declaring the outbreak an international public health emergency katrina you has the latest from beijing all public buses must now be sanitized on a daily basis and people who have any travel tickets out are able to freely exchange those tickets or apply for a refund so this is increasingly been taking more and more seriously we also heard from hong kong an expert in hong kong who has experience in dealing with the sols crisis in 2003 and he mentioned that there are estimates that there could be more than 1500 people at 700 people with this virus and that up to 20 cities could be affected by climate change is at the

once they arrived at guantanamo it's not clear whether the public testimony from the architects of the cia torture program will make a difference to americans 19 years after the september 11th attacks. rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. well still ahead here on al-jazeera mexico detained stars of migrants who cross the border from guatemala on a desperate journey to the united states and protecting the world's most famous shipwreck how the u.s. around the united kingdom are protecting the titanic those stories after the break . but. we got more unsettled weather happening across the middle east at the moment northern parts of the middle east has seen some very heavy rain sleet and snow pushing across the levant easing over towards iran and in taren which you believe this lovely wintry say seen some a very heavy snow here recently and so a little more snow in the forecast over the next couple of days this particular batch is making its way into took many stout into his back to start over the next day or so the next area showers will push in as we go on through chews day picking up ov