ministry plans to publish such reports every year just like the us department so can the russians human rights watch out for it really become common practice and all of these kind of reports reliable source of information war and mere diplomatic trick we're asking the foreign ministry's commissioner for human rights democracy and the rule of law becomes. the world's most well known governmental human rights report is the us department of state it covers the record of the united nations members except the us and usually criticizes many governments for injustice and violations the first country to respond to the american criticism was china which has been reporting on human rights us since nine hundred ninety eight the russian report focuses on the u.s. to mentioning the one tunnel bay prison and violation of the rights of american muslims it also covers the european union nato members and georgia. i want to thank you very much for being with us hello thinks well first of all. the question. about your current position about the john burey of europe on the position of the special envoy within the forei

commission on human rights becoming active in condemning human violations which were also documented in an annual report ten years later another international organization joined in it was human rights watch despite so many international bodies doing the job the u.s. state department decided on the issue in its own human rights from. inventin seventy six and document often contain scathing and now it says on abuses originally in the u.s.s.r. and later russia another country highly criticized in the u.s. state department reports china decided to strike back and came up with its own account of human rights violations in one to ninety eight russia has always alleged the u.s. state department report was biased and question the right of any nation to bear. however december two thousand and eleven so russia's foreign ministry issued its own report on human rights. well the us department of say the united states was criticized criticized by the soviet union by rochelle a later for these reports of this kind we said i remember that an american has been positioning itself as a judge for other country for their situation human rights so why did russia decide to follow this example well first of all

i think i think doctors without front is like human rights watch like amnesty they can't suddenly feign surprise about what's actually come to pass in libya because there's a pattern here of merging isn't that so-called human rights organization who obviously have a western centric eurocentric coloration on everything they seem to provide the quote unquote human rights justification for western. policies or foreign aggression then once these countries are to stabilize and it's a failed states via the nato or you know natural western the military aggression then they suddenly are surprised. but they all along have been used and perhaps allowing themselves to be used in actually in justifying a human rights so-called foreign intervention and then feigning surprise but i think it's interesting what they've said and it's quite clear what's going on is that they've doctors without borders has said very clearly that we are being used by the libyan rebels so basically to make better those detainees that have been tortured so they can be tortured again so the torch a state which libya has now d

human-rights watched says the man was tortured to death. the government has vowed to look into allegations of torture. from tripoli, jonathan head reports. >> burying his father is not what he expected to do in the new libya. his father turned up two weeks ago after being detained by an armed militia groups in tripoli. >> he was a former ambassador. he had eight children. >> she knows her father passed away. she does not understand what happened. >> she had no reason to fear when she was summoned for questioning. 24 hours later, the family found his body 100 kilometers to the south. >> signs of torture all over his body. he was beaten by differnet ways. given my medical background, i assumed it was a metal object. his nose was broken. signs of bruises all over his body. nails removed from his hand fingernail off as well as toenails. >> the brigade that help in the war of gaddafi -- what would they want to kill him? >> they are taking the role of the police, judge, injury. they make the decision based on rumors and they take people and they

joining me from baltimore is our guest from human rights watch. thank you for your time. tell me what your organization knows about the situation in the city of homs. seven consecutive days of the city has been bombarded. was there very briefly. we will try to get him back. moving on to bahrain, it has been almost a year cents opposition groups demanded change. unlike the movement's in tunisia, libya, and egypt, the regime is still in place. they have largely been pushed out of the capital but this is still attracting support. >> it is nighttime and in the district's outside the capital, crowds are slowly moving along the streets. the people are heading to this anti-government demonstration. opposition rallies may be allowed, they certainly have an air of a rock concert about them but they are very serious. underneath all of the glitz, there are some heartfelt story is being told. these -- this human-rights activist has been to jail where he said he was beaten. a visit to his house reveals windows that have been smashed in attacks by security forces. >> there is a high ra

the government insists that the villagization program is voluntary but human rights watch says the people are being forced to move so the government can lease the land to investors. the rights group recently documented cases of violence and arbitrary arrest. >> very emotional. land is our identity. >> reporter: the leader was a voice of resistance against villagization. fearing for his live, he fled ethiopia and now lives in exile in neighboring kenya. >> when i see my village, very small in the face of these big population coming in, i see a big threat. we need to fight for the future of our children. >> reporter: he says it's not just his people's land that is at stake. gambela, with several rivers and a sizable dam, is rich in water resources. wat is the driving force behind many agricultural deals on the african continent. this rice farm is owned by a saudi sheik and is on land at the... on land that the people consider theirs. according to a company, when completed this rice farm will be the largest in africa. >> to put it on the rice map of the world. we like to export about one mil

now 2 northern nigeria where 400 children have been killed and many more at risk after what human-rights watch calls the world's worst lead poisoning epidemic. dangerous gold mining in the area is expanding while attempts to clean up villages have stalled. >> this is one of the poorest parts of nigeria that is mineral rich. many found out that they lived near gold. like many villages, they worked out how to mine and process it. this came with a heavy price, deadly dust was released as the war was crushed. it was in held and ingested by the hundreds. -- steadily dust was released as it was crushed. >> i have six children, three have died. seven children so far have died in this compound. if you include mine, that would be 10. >> the lead was measured in the compound and it is 60 times greater than what is considered safe. 400 children have already died at. >> we have an entire generation of our youth. this is something that is clearly a very tragic, something that she not have happened. >> the mortality rate among systematic children has dropped significantly. the government has helped to clean

now 2 northern nigeria where 400 children have been killed and many more at risk after what human-rights watch calls the world's worst lead poisoning epidemic. they say despite warnings two years ago, dangerous gold-mining in the area is expanding. attempts to clean up villages have stalled. >> this is one of the poorest parts of nigeria that is mineral rich. many of the 9000 here found out that they live near gold. like many villages, they found out how to mine and process it. this came with a heavy price, deadly lead dust was released as the ore was crushed. it injured people's homes and their blood. this is now the most contaminated village in the region. this woman grew up there. >> i have six children. three have died. each time -- seven children has died in this compound. if you include mine, that is 10. >> the levels in the playground where her baby place are 60 times greater than what is considered safe. 400 people have already died -- 400 children have already died. >> this is something that is clearly very tragic, something that should not happen at all. >> but the mortality rate amo

rights watch believes the man was tortured to death. the government has vowed to look into allegations of torture in many of the detention centers to run by the militias around the country. -- human-rights watch believes the man was tortured to death. >> burying his father is not what this man expected to do. his father was killed after being detained by an armed militia. he was a former ambassador and the father of 8 children. >> she does not understand what is happening. >> his son that he had no reason to fear. 24 hours later, they found his body 100 kilometers to the south. >> signs of torture all over his body. he has been beaten by a different ways. given my medical background, i assume using a metal object. his nose is broken, as well as severe injury to his head, broken ribs, bruises all over his body. nails are removed from his hands. fingernails' as well as toenails. >> why would the brigade which helped in the war against gaddafi want to kill him? >> they are taking the role of the police, judge, and executors is. they are making their decisions just on rumors and they take people and they kill them. i am thinking that my father is not the only one. this past a stop. -

human rights watch did a report on the if the day to basically say that he's been tortured to we've been in interviews life and they called for him to either be brought before a court or released immediately to very important i think is. i mean abraham and. philosophers and just because they don't support the nato intervention in that country they have also been taken and that they are being detained we actually don't know that state has a web site r t dot com you can find out how the shock waves of the arab spring are still being felt a year later a case of deja vu in bahrain where protesters took to the streets calling for democracy reforms and were confronted with a harsh crackdown by police. and an inspection at the highest level but amir putin takes a seat as a bobsled copilot putting russia's brand new international track through its paces . the future for iran is just one of the issues discussed by gerald celente director of the trends research institute he speaks up next with parties marina portman. in the autumn of two thousand a lap band of phenomenon a grassroots movement that

in northern nigeria, 400 children have been killed, after what human rights watch calls the worst leadpoisoning epidemic. they said despite warnings, attempts to clean up villages have stalled. here is our nigerian correspondent. >> this is one of the poorest parts of nigeria but is mineral rich. many of the 9000 year found out they live near gold. like other villages, they worked out how to my id and process it, but there dry milling came with a heavy price. -- they worked out how to mine it. it entered people's homes, and their blood. it is now the most contaminated village in the region. a 20-year-old girl up there. >> i have six children. three have died. seven children have died so far in this compound. >> the levels of the lead measured in the family compound where the baby plays are 60 times greater than what is considered safe. 400 children have already died. >> we have lost an entire generation of our use. it is something that is clearly verily tragic -- very tragic, something that should not have happened, and something we should have done more about. >> the mortality rate ha

human-rights watch says they believe the man was tortured to death. the government has vowed to investigate allegations of torture in many institutions run by the militias around the country. >> bearing his father is not what he expected to do in the new libya. -- burying his father is not what he expected to do. his father was killed after being detained by an armed militia. his father was a former ambassador and the father of 8 children. "she does not understand what is happening. >> his son said that he had no reason to fear. some are questioning one of the brigade said occupied the capital. 24 hours later, his body was found 100 kilometers to the south. >> signs of torture all over his body. he has been beaten by different ways. i assume it is using a metal object. his nose was broken as well as severe injury to his head. broken risks, bruises all over his body. -- broken wrists. fingernails and toenails removed. >> why would the brigade want to kill him? >> they are taking the role of the police, judge, and executors. they are making their decisi

what's going on right now with this latest development i think doctors without from tos like human rights watch like amnesty they can't suddenly feign surprise about what's actually come to pass in libya they seem to provide the quote unquote human rights justification for western. policies of foreign aggression then once these countries are stabilized and one of the failed states by the nato or you know natural western the military aggression then they suddenly are surprised. but they all along have been used and perhaps allowing themselves to be used in actually in justifying a human rights so-called foreign intervention. stay with us here on r.t. lots more coming your way in the next few minutes including this religious to the extreme. it's scary and it's freaking people like you know this is a misinterpretation of our secret lives some some are line rhetoric from a radical islamic group shocking belgian society including their fellow muslims. but first live pictures from every polling station in a russia said to go online with album a new website that launched friday thousands of web camera

i think doctors without front is like human rights watch like amnesty they can't suddenly feign surprise about what's actually come to pass in libya they seem to provide the quote unquote human rights justification for western. policies of foreign aggression doctors without borders has said very clearly that we are being used by the libyan rebels to basically to make better those detainees that have been tortured so they can be tortured again so the torch a state which libya has now developed which which you know just would get off his regime. just was a much better human rights situation by any real standards now doctors a against finding surprise but frankly they are being used in this way and they're allowing themselves to be used and it's high time really that the people across the world see these so-called human rights organizations what they are the basically the trojan horse is a western foreign policy it seems to me very clearly is that why this focus now on this in tiny militia is because there's a tiny militia there's untimely people holding saif al islam and the west especiall

people including owners will stand trial counsel illegal funding of governmental organizations human rights watch a school of government the chargers are. washington has threatened to leave its aid to the country. i mean violence as protesters demand currently true rulers live a power to a civilian government. but democracy has become a profitable export for one international group it started off as a student movement in serbia but with the backing of the us became a worldwide brand revolutions resulting in the governor found out the cost of such mass production ultimately falls on the taxpayer. this is the business of selling a lot of sky high heels barely there clothes revolutionary styles exported from the fashion capitals of the world hello i'm moderately moderate and this is the business of selling well revolution fresh exporting how to lessons and revolution aided by the democracy capital of the world democracies after all aren't born knowing how to run themselves a decade ago merivale launched a serbian students movement that helped oust president slobodan milosevic. the group was called o

human rights watch did a report on it basically say that he's been tortured to within an inch of his life and they called for him to either be brought before a court or released immediately to very important other figures to bring him and. philosophers just because they don't support the nato intervention in that country they have also been tortured to this day are being detained we actually don't know their status. but ongoing gunfight on the border between russia's republics of chechnya and pakistan has already taken the lives of seven police officers with six others injured special forces are fighting suspected terrorists as part of a counterterrorism operation thirteen officers have been killed in the past three days of learning three groups of militants are being hunted amid harsh weather conditions in mountainous terrain in the area where militants are thought to be hiding in. some well news in brief.

were torturing prisoners that were that should have been obvious documents found in tripoli by human rights watch seemingly expose britain's key role in the libyans rendition within m i six counterterrorism chief says mark allen pulling the strings he allegedly writes in one letter sent to gadhafi spy chief moose. i congratulate you on the safe arrival of our last a geek mr bauer hard this was the least we could do for you and for libya the papers show the cia seized in bangkok thanks to an m i six tipped off al saadi was supposedly snatched by the m i six in hong kong both men were sent straight to libya and the notorious abu salim prison where they say they were tortured there are statements from u.k. authorities saying. that they are. they do not wish torture to happen. in the context of. those sorts of statements that. everyone will know that there is an extremely high risk indeed or less certainty that these individuals will be tortured but by that point the british government's love in with good daffy had already begun turning him from desk to darling and it wasn't just good daffy you reap

human rights watch did a report on it basically say that he's been tortured to within an inch of his life and they called for him to either be brought before a court or released immediately to very important other figures to ask me to bring him. just because they don't support the nato intervention in that country they have also been tortured to this day are being detained we actually don't know their status. well some world news in brief for you the sound i believe is of britain and france down to discuss the increase in practical help for syria which could involve giving the miniature advice david cameron and nicolas sarkozy will hold a summit in paris to talk about what more can be done to aid the free syrian army and also signed a major deal which would see the two nations work more closely in civil nuclear technology. the gunman from the radical islamist sect boko haram have stormed the nigerian prison freeing one hundred nineteen inmates one guard was killed in the ensuing gun fight the group lost through the prison again using explosives authorities have recaptured around twen

human rights watch did a report on it basically say that he's been tortured to within an inch of his life and they called for him to even be brought before a court or released immediately so very important other figures to ask me to bring him and. philosophers just because they don't support the nato backed intervention in their country they have also been thought through this they are being detained we actually don't know their status. well always interested in your opinions and today we're asking what has revolution that brought to libya long to r.t. dot com to participate in our latest global web poll some look at numbers at the moment well so far almost half of you believe libya is now an oil cal for western powers to a third think the revolution has ruined a country torn apart by civil more fifteen percent say it's now hotbed for business radicals and just a few of you say it's now a country on a path to democracy where you can go online to have your say. russian special forces helicopters and artillery have been deployed to an area on the border of russia's republics of chechny

human rights watch did a report on you basically say that he's been tortured from within an inch of his life and they called for him to either be caught or released immediately so you very important i think is going to bring him right to bear philosophers and just because they don't support the nato intervention in that country they have also been tortured if they are being detained we actually don't know that state that. well we're always interested in your opinion today we're asking what is revolution made of libya well going to r.t. dot com to participate our latest global web pope has taken the numbers as they stand right now so far close to half of you believe the beer is now boiled tell the western powers and most of the. eyes of the country torn apart by civil war and sixteen percent say it's no hotbed for its newest radicals and a few of you said that it's. democracy will die and have your say. or some world using before you know this hour the leaders of britain and france plan to discuss an increase in practical help for syrian rebels which could involve giving the military adv

human rights themselves in afghanistan we supported all sorts of unsavory warlords and still do in libya the opposition groups and the national transition council there in libya was accused by human rights watch during the conflict of carrying out all sorts of killings and abuses of prisoners which still haven't been resolved to properly accounted for do we then want to lurch into a syrian conflict where again we are ignorant of what's going on on the ground we're not experts on who these people are what these groups started for and the f.s.a. of course if you consist of defecting soldiers from an all me that's carried out human rights abuses that a lot of those defectors will be part of those human rights abuses that's just the horrible reality of the world we live in and in terms of the actual people do you see a link between the libyan islamists and stays on the ground in syria well there's been reports about as you know well as with all these conflicts you know they're gray and they're murky that libya does live as groups fighting in libya finished fighting in libya have transferred over to help some of the syrian opposition groups and do you see an external move towards intervention sinc