united nations human rights council and. never been verified or check and zeus have been you was also as my tell you all falls in your i.c.c. case begins to be. a march seventeenth un security council resolution one thousand nine hundred seventy three was passed imposing a no fly zone over libya. accusations were that gadhafi bombed his own people from air and land use foreign mercenaries ordered the use of rape as a weapon and killed by the thousands i can prove that there was no bombing all i know is that there is no evidence of warming and so i can tell you as a man who went to the united nations human rights council the reason seem angry or seamen which again was the former secretary general of the libyan league for human rights now the libyan ambassador to burn in switzerland on february twenty five he went to the un human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against gadhafi is government and that session a decision was taken to freeze libya's membership and the council he underlined the nu

but let's look at the situation at the moment where we have the majority of those in the human rights council supporting what has been said about the human rights issue there what do you think then could happen next in what way would this problem the next move from the u.n. security council. well i think we can see very clearly look how the situation in libya was run which was the point that now ignited him pushed the whole process forward you had various claims of human rights abuses so on the tony blair doctrine of the responsibility to protect obama lead in nato bombing drive illegally pointed us constitution so called to protect people so called every humanitarian concern and everybody knew or should have known that this was a policy for regime change and that's what we're looking at here and now i think you've seen the recent involvement again the international criminal court which is a total creation of george soros and this court is being used to carry out regime change all over africa and this is the danger that people see in syria why have a policy of sanctions and all teary interven

human rights council has appointed a special investigator to look at allegations of abuse in syria linked to a government crackdown on protesters russia and china are among those who voted against the resolution which criticized damascus moscow says the u.n. report which led to the vote was not fully objective and the international community is receiving biased accounts of what's happening in the country. syria has and will. the doubts being raised when it comes to syria is certainly coming from russia specifically on the objectivity of the report saying that this is unilateral prejudicial and biased reports about events at the un human rights council is getting especially because it's coming from about two hundred witnesses and doesn't reflect the situation on the ground it has to be said though that almost all of the countries if not all have expressed concerns about what's going on in syria the question here that he has raised is on the process of gathering that evidence to condemn serious specially when calling for tougher resolution on the country again if we remember this is the thi

human rights council has been described as the toughest of there. it demands the immediate end to the violence, the release of political prisoners, and the suspension of the security forces suspected of abuses. from a symbol, we report. >> a standoff in northwestern syria. at the moment, there is no shooting. "we don't fear your soldiers or your militia." it was similar in other towns. they are calling for more international help, for protective buffer zones. the president's opponents cannot oust him. his efforts have exacted a heavy human cost. >> the commission documents widespread, systematic, and gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedom by authorities by acts such as killing of children by beating or shooting during demonstrations, arbitrary detention, torture, and ill treatment. >> it is an emergency session of the u.n. human rights council. delegates are giving a chilling report. >> our message is clear. the world stand by you and we will not ignore your plight in the face of violence. to the syrian government, the time has com

human rights council meets to force through a security council resolution on syria this after a report earlier this week claimed that four thousand people have been killed since march. while there are doubts over the objectivity of the report based on in just a few two hundred witnesses more on that coming up in a few moments. germany says there are no rapid solutions to the e.u. dead crisis and it could take years to overhaul the eurozone and save the single currency. also. twenty five thousand people marched through manhattan the lack of jobs and low wages echoing the mood of the occupy wall street movement. and russia's r.t.s. m i six changed clothes at zero change level as investors decide to play it safe and take profits ahead of the election weekend more on this in business thirteen twenty. hour seven o'clock friday night here in moscow this is the with me rory sushant welcome to the program russia says that a united nations report on syria is not objective or based on reality and the international community is receiving biased accounts of the events in the country the un human r

investigation authorized by the human rights council are being discussed here. we expect that will then be referred to the u.n. general assembly and the u.n. security council. it would be for the security council to bring in the international criminal court. that would be the most likely scenario. again, we have those permanent members permanentveto power -- permanent members with veto power, so that might be a stumbling block. there are very credible allegations of crimes against humanity in the report. as you said in the introduction, over 300 children apparently killed since the start of the violence. >> they are very graphic descriptions. thank you very much for joining us from geneva. the international criminal courts chief prosecutor has requested a -- he is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity in darfur in 2003 and 2004. icc has already issued an arrest warrant for the president of sudan. the republican presidential hopeful in the west, herman cain, has admitted given money to a woman who says they had eight affair. he said he repeatedly held to the

and so i in turn he was a man went to the united nations human rights council. seaman which again was the former secretary general of the libyan league for human rights and all the libyan ambassador to burn in switzerland on february twenty five he went to the un human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against his office government and that session a decision was taken to freeze livest membership in the council he underlie the number of deaths six thousand including three thousand in tripoli alone when julian asked which a gear how these claims can be verified he pointed to the former rebels now libya's government as his source here where it all got information from the libyan prime minister mr mahmoud of the graphology tribe was on the other side of the national transitional council was the one who gave me these numbers. yet there are still those who defend the libyan intervention like this former french intelligence officer it is very likely that some crimes attributed to their feet in this conflict were farce or exaggerated bu

now this vote in the united nations human rights council.iplomatically to make sure the bloodshed ends? >> you know, i think there is going to be a long road ahead of us. if you think about it, the arab league second, and up had the votes in the the general assembly last week. it was positive. we had the russia and chinese governments abstain. but with the vote that happened today with the u.n. human rights council, we have russia and china yet again coming and voting against it so i think there is still a battle that's taking place at the u.n. level. we need to win the russians and chinese on our side to really completely put the noose around the current syrian regime. >> ok. so let's imagine if it's at all possible that russia and china or not side and the united nations security council refers members to have -- of the regime to the international criminal court. how important would that be? >> i think more -- for the most extent, we all understand that a moral victory. unfortunately at the time, protesters are looking for some of those mo

human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against that office government and that session a decision was taken to freeze libya's membership in the council he underlie the number of deaths six thousand including three thousand in tripoli alone with julia asked what she gear how these claims can be verified he pointed to the former rebels now libya's government as his source here where they got information from the libyan prime minister that mr mahmood of the warfalla tribe was on the other side of the national transitional council was the one who gave me these numbers. yet there are still those who defend the libyan intervention like this former french intelligence officer clearly in this case for before it is very likely that some crimes attributed to could have in this conflict were farce or exaggerated but we had all the record of could a free for forty years of in the could he was the terrorist with the crimean on june twenty seventh international criminal court prosecutor luis a compliment on his requests for arrest warrants for more market off the sai

created even said to the united nations human rights council terms of the allegation of never been verified or checked and z. said the news also was michael your four zero i.c.c. case against libya. of march seventeenth a un security council resolution one thousand seventy three was passed imposing a no fly zone over libya. accusations were that gadhafi bombed his own people for air and land use foreign mercenaries ordered the use of rape as a weapon and killed by the thousands. concludes that there was no bombing. and that there is no evidence of warming and so i interviewed was a man who went to the united nations human rights council results from a career seaman which appear was a former secretary general of the libyan league for human rights and now the libyan ambassador to burn in switzerland on february twenty five he went to the un human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against gadhafi government and that session a decision was taken to freeze libya's membership in the council he underlie the number of deaths six thousand including three thousand and

human rights council. delegates were given a chilling report. >> our message is firm and clear, to the people of syria, the world stands by you and we will not ignore your plight in the face of ongoing violence. to the syrian government, the time has come to and the flagrant violations of the human rights of your people and to step aside so that syria can transition peacefully and democratically. >> the council passed a resolution condemning the abuses. the high commission would like them refer to the international criminal court. the report was dismissed by syria's rep. he said it lack objectivity. the u.s. is leaning on turkey to push for change in syria. vice-president joe biden was in the turkish capital today paying his respects to an earlier leader who helped this country to modernize. he piled praise on his turkish coast for the example that they make in the middle east. turkey has their own concerns. they fear that further unrest will destabilize their border and that thousands of refugees will joi

syria a sunday deadline to accept foreign observers into the country it follows a view on human rights council resolution condemning damascus for violence which of three thousand civilians have done this yet but first up oppose the motion saying it was something that. the russians and the east of the country have begun version of as elections to the lower house of parliament to start do you much good hope in the country the outcome of most interest is whether the really good night had a bunch of monitors to keep it's much joy she had over two thugs competing with another six possibly. up next the most expensive renovation in the history of stage the legendary bolshoi theatre has been find their returns to its full glory all season long as takes inside. the great. journey. hello and welcome to the must go out so in this week's program we'll be exploring the magnificence of both so i think it's up to six years the main stage of the historical landmark has been dogged but now it's going to ring chandeliers a shining once again so join me martin andrews as we explore the historical and magnificent

human rights council passes a motion condemning violence in syria saying the report does not give the full picture as partial and politicize the council is just an investigator after a good resolution was approved. now a way out of germany's angela merkel admits europe's debt crisis is here to stay as leaders pin their hopes on yet another last minute deal to stave off a financial meltdown. and a legal loophole in the u.k. allows thousands of foreign criminals to stay in the country convicted rapists murderers and peta files use it to skate just punishment and. you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow it's eleven am here on marina joshie egyptian officials say turnout for the opening round of parliamentary elections has been the highest ever in the country quote since the pharaohs and the announcement follows a two day delay in publishing the and the result still failed to pay a full picture well the vast majority of candidates now set to go into iran off well it's now crossed to be your who's in egypt is following the story for us there so paula the turnout has been announ

the arab league give serious deadline to accept foreign observers into the country the un human rights council resolution condemning damascus for violence which over three thousand civilians have died this year but russia oppose the motion saying it was one sided. and a legal loophole is being used as a shield for convicted immigrant saving them from deportation and turning britain into a safe haven for serious offenders from abroad our top stories this hour. international news in comments around the clock around the world this is the official results of egypt's historic elections have been delayed for a second time causing frustration among protesters on the square however a leaked report suggests that the muslim brotherhood political party has made the strongest gains. has all the details from. we have received results of individual candidates because these were elections in which people were voting for the individual candidates as well as political parties and in this respect only four out of fifty three members of parliament have been officially elected the remaining were unable to receive

to human rights council resolution condemning damascus for violence emotional rush opposed to saying it was once started. voting is already underway in russia's parliamentary elections as polling stations open in these two the country with counting to begin after they bought it closes nationwide on sunday. hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow i'm telling story now is the midst of. an overwhelming victory in the opening round of egypt's first post revolution election according to official results and local reports newspapers report the freedom and justice party the political wing of the muslim brotherhood has won around forty percent of the vote meanwhile the new party a fundamentalist organization has won round twenty five percent the country's main liberal alliance the egyptian bloc got around fifteen percent of the vote the country's high elections commission has said it will release official results for part and it's only in january after all three stages of the election for the people's assembly have finished here has all the details from cairo right.

russia votes against the right council housing most condemning violence in syria saying there were more than i give the full picture as unbalanced and politicized. no way out germany's angela merkel admits europe's debt crisis here to stay as leaders and their hope yet another last minute deal to stave off financial meltdown. and only a loophole in the u.k. allows thousands of foreign criminals to stay in the country convicted rapists murderers and paedophiles use it to escape just punishment for change from. watching aren't we going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program egyptian officials say turnout for the opening round of parliamentary elections has been the highest ever in the country quote since the faroes announcement follows a two day delay in publishing the outcome and no clear winner is likely was the vast majority of candidates now set to go into a runoff but as artie's polis leader reports even these figures may be put into question. well we're going for the military council representatives will be announced today saturday but this is the third time th

sunday deadline to accept foreign observers into the country old face more action it follows a gun rights council resolution condemning damascus for violence emotional russia opposed the need for one sided. bludgeon is underway in russia's parliamentary elections as polling stations open in the east of the country with the counting to begin after the ballot closes nationwide on sunday. hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow volatile main story now official results of first post-revolutionary actions in egypt have been released with islamist parties overwhelmingly winning the opening round of the pull with around two thirds of the votes newspapers reported the freedom and justice party the political wing of the muslim brotherhood has won around forty percent meanwhile the new pontiff fundamentalist organization has won twenty five percent of the country's main liberal allies the egyptian blog got around fifteen percent of the blood the country's high elections commission has said it will release official results for possible it's only january also also restage is of the e

to accept or in the design of the country off a small action it follows if you want to human rights council resolution condemning damascus the violence emotion opposed saying it was one sided. and voting is already under way in russia's parliamentary elections as polling stations open in the east of the country with counting to begin after their ballot closes nationwide all sunday. news from russia under around the world this is r.c. with me thanks for joining us they have to show results of egypt's historic election that have been delayed for a second time causing frustration among protesters on tahrir square however leaks reports suggest that the muslim brotherhood's political party has made the strongest gains this year has all the details for us from cairo. we have to see the results of individual candidates because these were elections in which people were voting for the individual candidates as well as political parties and in this respect only four out of fifty three members of parliament have been officially elected the remaining were unable to receive the more than fifty percent th

syria a sunday deadline to accept foreign observers into the country it follows a unique human rights council resolution condemning damascus for violence in which over three thousand civilians have died this year but russia oppose the motion saying it was a one sided. version is already under way in russia's parliamentary elections as polling stations open in the east of the country with counting to begin after the ballot closes nationwide on sunday. and a very welcome from all of us here in moscow this is all she with me thanks for joining us as the official results of egypt's historic elections have been delayed for a second time causing frustration among protesters on the higher square however leaked reports suggest that the muslim brotherhood's political party has made the strongest gains aussies policia has all the details from cairo for us. we have to see the results of individual candidates because these were elections in which people were voting for the individual candidates as well as political parties and in this respect only four out of fifty three members of parliament have been o

human rights council passes a motion condemning violence in syria saying the report does not give the full picture and is. no way out germany's. europe's debt crisis is here to stay as leaders in their hopes on yet another last minute deal to stave off the financial meltdown. and a legal loophole in the u.k. thousands of. stay in the country convicted rapists murderers beautiful use it to escape just punishment and deportation. a very warm welcome to you this is a lie from moscow with me. egyptian officials say turnout for the opening round of parliamentary elections has been the highest ever in the country since the time of the pharaohs the announcement follows a two day delay in publishing the outcome no clear winner is likely but the vast majority of candidates now expected to go into a runoff. explains nothing in egypt electoral process can ever be taken for granted . well we're going from the military council will be announced today saturday but this is the time that's. has been made those election results with first exposed to be given on the way in state we also know hearing fr

deadline to accept foreign observers into the country of face more action as follows a un human rights council resolution condemning damascus for violence emotion washup post saying it was one sided. russians and the east of the country have begun voting as an access to the lower house of parliament and state duma could call for the country the outcome of most interest is whether the ruling united russia party manages to keep its majority of the two subs competing with another six states. as the headlines and now as promised our special report soldiers of caution. you know. i'm out of the things that happened in iraq. make when people ask me if i killed anybody. the more it's not as clear cut as the portrayed in the movies. there was this one time where position on this rooftop. was like a political protest that turned violent everyone is quiet. and this young man emerges. and it's got something in his head. and i know that it's a grenade and. but i also know that he can't do anything to us because he's still fighting. and. everything that i described to you i'm looking through their rear oper

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human rights council passes a motion condemning violence in syria russia saying the report does not give the full picture and is. no way out germany's. europe's debt crisis is here to stay as leaders on yet another minute deal. and a legal loophole in the u.k. thousands of foreign criminals to stay in the country convicted. paedophiles use it to escape punishment. next to a nazi it is our special report on the tough decisions a soldier sometimes has to make the life and death the moral dilemma of shooting to kill that's coming up and soldiers of conscience. thought. oh the upper good reason why i joined the army. i mean easy for my recruiter i say i want to shoot a machine going to jump out of a plane right here. i was raised on american pie i was a cradle conservative i was voted most likely to succeed most conservative when nickname among a lot of my friends was g.i. josh and i wanted to defend my country and i tried to listen to marines or that a high school that hurt playing football so join the national guard and then end up going to west point and being a commissioned officer. put

despite the fact that the united nations human rights council be recommended that he will be referred to the international criminal court, i believe this man is convinced that he can return to the society of nations. >> very briefly, are you still convinced that he will eventually go? >> he is resisting the very laws of gravity. it is a very long fight. >> you're watching bbc world news america. of fighting for their rights in libya as the country moves forward, women are raising their voices to have a say. a plan the design of the skyscraper is causing quite a stir. for many, it conjures images of the 9/11 attacks. >> the city skyline never stays the same for a long and is getting harder for new buildings to stand out. but this one has before it has even been built. to apartment blocks of linked by a pixilated cloud. it resembles the collapse of the world trade center during the ./11 attac >> i was totally surprised and bewildered. the felt like something out of the novel. because this is just a many building, i wonder if it was a conspiracy. >> in the building design is very importa

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discussing the situation in syria, its human rights council is to discuss evidence that the security forces committed crimes against humanity. it follows a report that accuses a them of a shoot to kill policy. addressing the meeting the high commissioner called on the international community to come together to help protect the syrian people. >> the syrian authorities continue ruthless oppression, which if not stopped now can drive the country into a full fledged drivel war. in light of the failure to protect the citizens, the international community needs to take you are intelligent measures to protect the citizens. >> folks in geneva following those addresses there's obviously little the council itself can do. any idea of what they want to see happen? >> interestingly i think this meeting is aimed equally not just at the syrian authorities but at the united nations security council that have been asked in the past few months take action in syria but failed to act partly because russia and china objected. but now the member states are saying this cannot go on. look at the findings i

president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private bill 867. when my advocacy became public, scores of bi-national couples began contacting me for help. not a day goes1/ request. i testified before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahy for the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their recommendations to the mayor and board of a supervisors, to improve and enhance the quality of life into the participation of all th

despite the fact that the united nations human rights council be recommended that he will be referred to the international criminal court, i believe this man is convinced that he can return to the society of nations. >> very briefly, are you still convinced that he will eventually go? >> he is resisting the very laws of gravity. it is a very long fight. >> you're watching bbc world news america. of fighting for their rights in libya as the country moves forward, women are raising their voices to have a say. a plan the design of the skyscraper is causing quite a stir. for many, it conjures images of the 9/11 attacks. >> the city skyline never stays the same for a long and is getting harder for new buildings to stand out. but this one has before it has even been built. to apartment blocks of linked by a pixilated cloud. it resembles the collapse of the world trade center during the 9/11 attacks. >> i was totally surprised and bewildered. the felt like something out of the novel. because this is just a many building, i wonder if it was a conspiracy. >> in the building design is very impo

right now. the u.n. security council rejected russia's proposal to investigate civilian deaths from nato strikes in libya one of members avoiding it or there's simply a case the ongoing conflicts and i wore important. well you know first of all it was not rejected the fact of the matter is that a number of security council delegations including the russian delegation raise the need to have some clarity about civilian casualties as a result of nato bombings because for months we're heard from made from nato that they are adopting all those measures in order to make sure that there can not possibly be any civilian casualties and then we had that on december eighteenth of this a disturbing investigation published by the new york times which it showed that there were dozens at least civilian casualties so it makes sense to us and seems to be a pretty obvious thing that they have this matter investigated in an impartial. and it's a political but also humanitarian case if there are people who became victims of those strikes ma