you thought it was a matter of a few international organizations heard about my human rights watch amnesty international physicians for human rights and. they found me and. there was one doctor with them who said. i can see all the horrors of war in your face. yeah and they took me to america where i was in rehabilitation for six months. i was in a terrible psychological state. i felt as i was about to explode i started getting gastrointestinal bleeding. it was a big fire i had problems. then i had total amnesia the whole bunch of health problems came out. it took four years in the u.s. just to repair my health. and i really missed my work i missed it so much there were times when every night i dreamed of performing surgery of course i knew perfectly well that someday i'd be back at my place on the operating table. and now i am. used to go to church three or four months time but now since becoming an american citizen i have more opportunity to spend time there last year i spent eleven months in chechnya. this is how i have lived for these last years. i really mean. whenever i leave chechny

you thought it was a matter within a few international organizations heard about my human rights watch amnesty international physicians for human rights if. they found me and. there was one doctor with them who said. i can see all the horrors of war in your face. yeah and they took me to america where i was in rehabilitation for six months. i was in a terrible psychological state. and i felt as i was about to explode i started getting gastrointestinal bleeding. it was a big fire oid problems. then i had total amnesia. bunch of health problems came out. it took four years in the u.s. just to repair my health. and i really missed my work i missed it so much there were times when every night i dreamed of performing surgery of course i knew perfectly well that someday i'd be back at my place on the operating table. and now i am. used to go to church or four months time but since becoming an american citizen opportunity to spend time there last year i spent eleven months and. this is how i've lived for these last year. long empty words i really mean less. whenever i leave chechnya. my consc

human rights. in fact, human rights watch has called on ecuador's president, rafael correia, to end his assault onng he has undercut freedom of the press in ecuador by subjecting journalists to public denunciation and retaliatory litigation. snowden's own supporters, including daniel ellsberg, defend his use of those countries. >> he knows very well that most of these countries that he's passing through and ecuador itself has standards of press freedom that we don't want to see in this country except that we're approaching them, and he's helping us prevent that. so i think that so far he's shown extremely good judgment, and i don't have anything to offer him. i'd congratulate him, as a matter of fact. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they still don't know the full toll of the damage they claim snowden has done. but secretary of state john kerry put it bluntly. people may die as a consequence of what this man did. terry? >> the saga continues. thanks for that, brian. >>> well, next up, snowden was not the only subject of a high-stakes search today in washington, d.c. rusty the red panda also did his

a human rights group says they must stop china from driving more tibetans from their homes. human rights watch says an increasing number of tibetans have set themselves on fire because of the rehousing effort. they have been forced to relocate since 2006, as the government is trying to stop the free to that movement. movement.bet >> the impact on the lives of tibetans has been huge, or to give the four nomads. the nomads have been taken off of the land they have room for generations and forced to settle down, in many cases, a new village, and they have no income and are basically living on government subsidy at the moment. >> an american businessman who was held captive by a chinese employees has been freed. a deal was reached with dozens of workers at his beijing factory. a staff feared they were about to lose their jobs and wanted severance payment. he treated that he lost 4 kilos in the ordeal. people andf eight their guide in pakistan has damaged the tourism business in the region. people living in the remote valleys they have lost their livelihoods. their they have lost livelihoods. >> to

you thought it was a matter within a few international organizations heard about my human rights watch amnesty international physicians for human rights and you know if. they found me in english . there was one doctor with them who said. i can see all the horrors of war in your face. yeah and they took me to america where i was in rehabilitation for six months. i was in a terrible psychological state. and i felt as i was about to explode i started getting gastrointestinal bleeding. it was a big fire i had problems. then i had total amnesia the whole bunch of health problems came out. it took four years in the u.s. just to repair my health. and i really missed my work i missed it so much there were times when every night i dreamed of performing surgery of course i knew perfectly well that someday i'd be back at my place at the operating table. and now i am. used to go to church three or four months time but now since becoming an american citizen i have more opportunity to spend time there last year i spent eleven months in chechnya. this is how i've lived for these last years. i really

satellite images released by human rights watch show the extent of destruction.eports say more than 800 houses were destroyed. this is a city center where religious violence erupted in march between buddhists and muslims. most of the homes here were burnt down. the violence was apparently triggered by minor incident between some muslim shop owners and their buddhist customers. but tension spread rapid lay long large parts of the city. the scars of the violence are still fresh. along the city's main road, we saw two mosques band ond. most of the local muslims have fled to shelters. the temperatuorary camps are on outskirts of the city. two months after the unrest, some 7,000 people remain displaced from their homes, afraid to return. we asked local authorities for permission to enter the camps but received no response. at the heavily guarded gates, security forces refuse to let us film inside. almost everyone we met declined to be interviewed on camera, saying the issue is too sensitive. but a muslim man, one of just a few, dared to return home said his community

syrian soldier on video but despite warnings raised by international human rights groups including the international and human rights watch the rebels have been receiving weapons for some time now according to western media reports the rebels have received one hundred sixty planeloads of arms shipments from jordan saudi arabia quarter via turkey and then with a cargo smuggled across the border here with syria but no matter which rebel group for the arms may be destined for it's also widely recognized that they usually end up in the hands of the best trained and most radical brigades. artie's you got a piece going off reporting for us there now this week the details that have emerged of the killing of a chechen u.s. immigrant by an f.b.i. agent but again to dash of was shot several times in an interrogation over his alleged link to one of the boston marathon bombing suspects reports that the man had attacked an f.b.i. agent with a knife or a metal rod have now come under question father says it's hard to believe he was killed in self defense. from the photographs that were sent to me it's evident he was shot six times to t

syrian soldier on video but despite warnings raised by international human rights groups including the international and human rights watch the rebels have been receiving weapons for some time now according to western media reports the rebels have received one hundred sixty planeloads of arms shipments from jordan saudi arabia quarter via turkey and then with a cargo smuggled across the border here with syria but no matter which rebel group or the arms may be destined for it's also widely recognized that they usually end up in the hands of the best trained and most radical brigades. thanks for joining us here today still ahead for you this friend. using the u.s. . court. to take a look at the unique design of the. twenty four. billion view. to. join me. to reach. good luck. to build a new. mission to teach me. only. received an interview that turned deadly in the united states when a chechen man was shot in the head while being questioned by the f.b.i. over his alleged links to the main suspects in the boston marathon bombing reports a. force on armed over there authorities have claimed he attacked agents with a knife som

soldier on video but despite the warnings raised by international human rights groups including the international and human rights watch the rebels have been receiving weapons for some time now according to western media reports the rebels have received one hundred sixty plane loads of arms shipments from jordan saudi arabia quarter via turkey and then with a cargo smuggled across the border here with syria but no matter which rebel group or the arms may be destined for it's also widely recognized that they usually end up in the hands of the best trained and most radical brigades. thousands assembled to support whistleblower bradley manning had all of his d.-day the soldier finally faces trial to three years waiting in harsh confinement and leaking top secret documents showing alleged u.s. atrocities committed the details a lot of expert opinion coming up shortly here on l.t. stay with us. react to situations i have read the reports. and no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your part. to carry on the job. no more. when you need a direct question be prepared for a change when you'll. be ready for.

syrian soldier on video but despite warnings raised by international human rights groups including the international and human rights watch the rebels have been receiving weapons for some time now according to western media reports the rebels have received one hundred sixty planeloads of arms shipments from jordan saudi arabia quarter via turkey and then with a cargo smuggled across the border here with syria but no matter which rebel group or the arms may be destined for it's also widely recognized that they usually end up in the hands of the best trained and most radical brigades. live from moscow this is odds here and still ahead for you in this hour friend or foe mass rallies are accusing the u.s. army of imprisoning private manning for uncovering its war crimes so they start days before school marshal. stories of the week after a short. film all told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports but i'm lucky i'm pretty sure i know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your letter play like a monkey it's a game to carry a car is on a dog you know gonna. take you

syrian soldier on video but despite warnings raised by international human rights groups including the international and human rights watch the rebels have been receiving weapons for some time now according to western media reports the rebels have received one hundred sixty planeloads of arms shipments from jordan saudi arabia quarter via turkey and then with a cargo smuggled across the border here with syria but no matter which rebel group or the arms may be destined for it's also why we recognize that they usually end up in the hands of the best trained and most radical brigades. thousands of people gathered in the american city of baltimore in support of bradley manning on the evil one of the most decisive days of his life the soldier faces dozens of charges after leaking top secret files including footage of a u.s. helicopter attack on civilians during the country's iraqi campaign the long anticipated military trial is expected to begin on monday andrew blake was at the rally. work for me in maryland in baltimore on monday the court martial against by the first class bradley manning will finally begin private manning

syrian soldier on video but despite warnings raised by international human rights groups including the international and human rights watch the rebels have been receiving weapons for some time now according to western media reports the rebels have received one hundred sixty planeloads of arms shipments from jordan saudi arabia quarter via turkey and then with a cargo smuggled across the border here with syria but no matter which rebel group or the arms may be destined for it's also why we recognize that they usually end up in the hands of the best trained and most radical brigades. that are joining us here on r.t. today still ahead for you in this hour a friend or mass rallies accuse. the u.s. army of imprisoning private manning for uncovering its war crimes they started days before his court martial a moral not on the rest of softer the break. plus gold standard if we take a look at the unique design of the medals that will be handed out and twenty fourteen winter games that is just around the corner for. a clear image of iraq after inflation. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the roads full of danger. clear evid

high court earlier declared these operations a blatant violation of pakistan's sovereignty and human rights watch he spoke about who is a lawyer representing drone victims against the u.s. and he told us about some of the problems with that. president obama often says that it only kills a bullet and doesn't kill civilians but he feels to give names and identities of those who have been killed in the use of strikes in pakistan now according to independent sources more than three thousand people have been killed in resist on in pakistan but not a single name has been given by a president obama or the cia which is occurring or would be a strike what we hear from news reports is just a few names of militant leaders who have been killed president obama for sure that he is killing militants and he has not killed any civilian then he has to give the names and details of all those militants who he has killed because for his money i would be happy you know assumes that if you have killed all those people who are creating all those are in my cities if you kill all these people who are here let you go proba

syrian soldier on video but despite warnings raised by international human rights groups including the international and human rights watch the rebels have been receiving weapons for some time now according to western media reports the rebels have received one hundred sixty planeloads of arms shipments from jordan saudi arabia quarter via turkey and then with a cargo smuggled across the border here with syria but no matter which rebel group or the arms may be destined for it's also why we recognize that they usually end up in the hands of the best trained and most radical brigades. you know watching the weekly here on aussie will be back with more news for you in just a moment. a clear image of iraq story inflation. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the roads. clear evidence from north to south. the route of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. talks see all our t.v. . you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard luck

trained troops in congo guilty of mass rape and other atrocities human rights watch released a report documenting the abuse rape and torture of at least one thousand somali refugees by u.s. backed kenyan police forces this follows a report by the open society justice initiative that connected u.s. counterterrorism and influence to systematic human rights abuses in kenya and uganda then you have secretary of state john kerry himself expressing quote deep concern around human rights abuses committed by the nigerian military a major u.s. counterterror partner his statement says gross human rights violations committed by nigerian security forces only escalate the violence and fuel extremism washington sees what's going on but does it really change their calculations i spoke with the editor of pan african newswire. where they may say that they are there to with the african states national security. of the united states that they do not. regard to their. foreign policy if there's no real strategic interest for the united states they want to go of course maintain relations with all these dif

examples a you when report found us train troops in congo guilty of mass rape and other trustees human rights watch released a report documenting the abuse rape and torture of at least one thousand somali refugees by u.s. backed kenyan police forces this follows a report by the open society justice initiative that connected u.s. counterterrorism and influence to systematic human rights abuses in kenya and uganda then you have secretary of state john kerry himself expressing quote deep concern around human rights abuses committed by the nigerian military a major u.s. counterterror partner his statement says gross human rights violations committed by nigerian security forces only escalate the violence and fuel extremism washington sees what's going on but does it really change their calculations i spoke with the editor of pan african newswire by you know me as. they may say that they are there to advance the african states national security capacity but we know history of the united states that they do nothing i regard their foreign policy there's no real strategic interest for the united states. or

four prisoners on hunger strike nearly one half of them are on nutrition or terry cooper is a human rights watch consultant and the forensic psychiatry c told us about the long term traumatic effects that force feeding procedures have on prisoners the force feeding is an entirely toxic situation where the individuals chided strapped to a restraint chair the tube is forced down their throat they tend to vomit in that situation when food is forced into their body their being in voluntarily medicated with medications that have very dangerous side effects all of these become traumatic memories as does placement in a restraint chair of the forcing of the two down their throat and this stand becomes lasting memories that cannot be integrated into their personality and it causes ongoing symptoms even if there are to be released the prisoners you know that the doctors are acting in a cruel and actually in a way that constitutes torture those doctors should not be participating in the force feeding and when they do so it's a gross violation of. well in a moment we'll tell you why british banks need billi

she's also been quoted by the human rights watch, the foremost voice forhuman rights within the white house, but she's not going to run an agency. in many ways, she's going to have more or just as much power as a cabinet head. >> well, what i know of her as you said, she has an incredible record on the issues of human rights and women's rights. as does ambassador rice. both these women are incredible talents and i think our country will be well served in both of the capacities that they're chosen to fulfill right now. i think samantha has incredible skills and i think she'll do a fine job as the ambassador. >> thanks for making time for me. >> thank you. zwl joining me now, james carville. we have a number of new polls i want to flow out there this morning to show the current trio of scandals inside washington. raising doubts among the majority of americans about honesty and integrity at the white house although the president's job approval rating is holding steady. in your experience, how big of a deal are these numbers? >> i don't think they're an awfully big deal. i think the white

they currently senior adviser chairman of the board of human rights watch and the international center for journalists, ladies and gentleman, james. [applause] >> thank you so much. this is a pleasure every year for myself to read these extraordinary books. each one is by a journalist and on the subject of a public consequence. so let's get to with the finalists are, david sanger author of "confront and conceal". publisher is crown. his assessment of president obama foreign policy paints a decidedly mixed pitcher. the president has been bold into developments that may threaten american security, a witness for example, the killing of been lauded but he has been consistently cautious of interventions and conflicts above the threshold including the civil war now under way in syria. he is pushing for allies in organizations to play a larger peacekeeping role, as set out views in a series of speeches, but has enunciated no overall theme for american foreign policy. david sanger fully documents a top-down control od sanger fus a top-down control of policy and his penchant for secrecy. he has

by militias in legal jails and torture is happening as human rights watch and amnesty have sun is i mean you can't really get around that topic it is a failed state but the point that is very important they think is that we are moving now. with that region of the world north africa in the south from a period where we were talking about failed states to now we're talking about potentially a failed region you've got mali you've got chad you've got me jerry you've got some elements also in algeria is more nato led and u.s. intervention the answer because of course we saw what happened in the wake of libya we're seeing kind of a similar approach to syria now moving on and we saw what happened in iraq completely be stabilized and unfortunately the international community has failed. in many ways to to plan for something that comes after a conflict i mean we've seen nato being extremely effective in using the power to destroy or to. subdue what is your but they have consistently failed in planning for the post conflict period i mean we've saw that in afghanistan resort in iraq we seeing it in