u.n. commission report from a month ago they revealed suspicions that the opposition not the government was behind the use of sarin gas in syria to dot com for that's a much more. volunteer doctors have become the latest targets of turkish authorities tackling government protests that have been raging for more than two weeks the health ministry has demanded the names of all medics who treated protesters in gezi park where the trouble was sent to they could not have their licenses suspended despite insisting it is in their humanitarian judy to treat the injured. from istanbul medical professionals have been out on taksim square and gezi park since day one helping out those who have been injured in clashes with police and just those who have needed medical attention while camping out here in gezi park for almost two weeks at this point but the problem is now they are under fire from the turkish government and that is largely the reason why we're standing here and not inside the medical tent itself because the people who are working there all of the medical professionals all of them working in

u.n. commission to investigate and nothing was eventually done but only when the allegations of the syriangovernment using the chemical weapon of weapons appeared to ashton experts thought it was conduct a certain investigation on this a matter that lavrov also revealed that for some time his partners in the west and israel have been saying all along that the syrian government would only use chemical weapons if it's backed against the wall that's why using the chemical weapons by the government right now makes no sense whatsoever from the military point of view. just shows. the syrian regime hasn't been pushed into the corner the regime according to the rebels is advancing on the ground what's the point of the regime using chemical weapons and in such small amounts to set itself up. with the chemical weapons usage by the syrian government the alleged chemical weapons usage now being hotly debated across the atlantic as well as the calls to arm the syrian rebels a lover of said that he didn't believe that the red line the so-called red line was actually crossed first of all because what the

u.n. commission on human rights that force feeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one tunnel was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the u.n. has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem . while the number of guantanamo bay detainees being force fed has been growing rapidly over the past few months just look at the figures here according to the prisons officials in march this year out of the thirty seven hunger strike is eleven were receiving and through feeds boss for the month and you have a dramatic increase jump to one hundred here with twenty one of those hunger strikers being force fed last month three more people join the hunger strike and fifteen more to b

u.n. commission on human rights that for speeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one tunnel was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the un has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem. terry cooper says. she can cool irreparable damage. the force feeding is an entirely toxic situation where the individual is tied 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 they're being in voluntarily medicated with medications that have very dangerous side effects all of this abuses medical ethics and a doctor should not participate the united states military should not be doing it on

u.n. commission report from a month ago that revealed suspicions that the opposition not the government was behind the use of sarin gas in syria had to dot com for that's a much more. now back to our breaking news story police are moving in against protesters in istanbul's taksim square alton's arena joins us live now from the turkish it's a good evening to you arena exactly what can you tell us is happening in istanbul right now. well i can tell you that where we are definitely having another police. police action here are just about half an hour ago there were the square was teeming with people i would say several thousand were out there you also have to remember that there are still a lot of people camping out on taksim square in tents now all of this comes before were rather after yet another day of statements from prime minister erdogan who says that he will not tolerate the protesters in the park he has called on them several times to get out he said i'm calling to your mothers i think you can see live pictures hopefully right now what's happening now the square was filled with people

u.n. commission to investigate nothing was eventually done but only when the allegations of the syrian government using the chemical weapon of weapons appeared at the national expert stocks that it was conduct a certain investigation on this a matter that lavrov also revealed that for some time his partners in the west and israel have been saying all along that the syrian government would only use chemical weapons if it's backed against the wall she just says soon to be the syrian regime hasn't been pushed into the corner the regime according to the rebels is advancing on the ground what's the point of the regime using chemical weapons and in such small amounts to set itself up. with the chemical weapons usage by the syrian government the alleged chemical weapons usage now being hotly debated across the atlantic as well as the calls to arm the syrian rebels a lover of said that he didn't believe that the red line the so-called red line was actually crossed first of all because what the united states believes to be the proof of assad using chemical weapons is not a substantial proof at all mainly

u.n. commission on human rights that for speeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one tunnel was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the un has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem. well the situation in guantanamo is causing some in washington to reconsider their approach senate intelligence committee head feinstein expressed her opposition to the force heating up procedures saying the policy is in conflict with international norms and a federal appeals judge wants to see the detainees legal cases handled differently saying that prisoners should be able to challenge their detention in court on a number of those being force fed in guantanamo has meanwhile grow

u.n. commission on human rights that for speeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one tunnel was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the un has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem. going to. washington says a clinical psychologist in one of the few health professions in. the medical records of guantanamo detainees let's speak to him stephen thanks for taking the time to be with you i'm from your experience first hand experience then just how much for the other way how good the medical treatment for those prisoners. well you have to stand i have seen i was going to fall into several cases there i've seen the medical records for one case so it is a limited samp

u.n. commission on human rights that force feeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one ton of the was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the u.n. has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem . we just had a report on the risks of the u.k.'s financial health. well look. it's a technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia we've. covered. 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 is all. i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture. download the official publication. choose your language stream quality and en

u.n. commission on human rights that force feeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one tunnel was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the u.n. has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem . i spoke to stephen sold she's a clinical psychologist and one of the few health professionals who had access to some a grant to move by medical records exposed to be a while but it is into the facility is so important. over the last decade or or fifteen years or so over the specially since nine eleven there is been a corruption of the military medical system so that the autonomy of health personnel to follow their professional ethics has been sued really eroded. they are subject

u.n. commission on human rights that for speeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one ton of the was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the un has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem. well let's not talk to tony crowder who's a lawyer for legal charity in london represents many detainees at guantanamo bay thanks for joining us how naughty today do you think guantanamo officials will ever allow dulces from the outside there actually is a little bit of precedent for this we have seen mental health experts and others in limited cases of litigation or in guantanamo be committed to go down in the south people when certainly hope so because i can tell you all of o

u.n. commission on torture has declared torture and also amnesty international. so i feel that he has been punished enough and i think it is very troubling that the u.s. government has decided to carry on with all the charges including trying to. to. charge him for aiding the enemy which is in my opinion absolutely absurd so i think enough is enough he is pled guilty to ten counts that could actually put him into prison for twenty years which i think is also absurd but enough is enough so make yourselves aware of what bradley manning did for you as you travel around the world and and talk with people around the world what. your brother manning has a fairly high profile here in the united states how is he seen how how is he thought of in other countries and to what x. is this is this used as a metaphor for the for america and the direction that our government has gone. well bred in manners case has been kind of sidor to be. a testimony on how backwards the united states has actually become in relation to whistleblowers there are of course many more cases that have

u.n. commission on human rights that force feeding is a lawful and torture when it's clear that it's a protest and a last resort for the detainees because before the hunger strike became impossible to ignore one tunnel was out of sight out of mind and washington was happy to keep it that way the u.n. has repeatedly called on the obama administration to stop the practice of force feeding and fix the underlying issue of this hunger strike which is indefinite detention the entire international community has called on the us to either try these people or let them go shopping tubes down their noses doesn't fix the problem . well one of the people who signed the petition that open letter to the u.s. president. he's a professor of neurology at the university of edinburgh joins us now live from scotland thanks for being with us and what do you think is going to change it for independent doctors medics are loaded in the shoulder there is professional military. issues is this as doctors we're we're trying to see if it's especially difficult for us to understand when a patient wishes to refuse treatment

u.n. high commission for human rights, more than 5,000 killings have been documented every month since last july. at least 6,500 children are among the victims of the two-year conflict. >> aleppo a year ago. and things have only got worse. more than 93,000 people have been killed. and the u.n. admits that's a conservative estimate. >> the country's being absolutely ruined. and almost a third of the population now displaced either inside syria or across its borders. and massive destruction. so no one is gaining anything. they have to come to their senses and get talking. >> but gunfire across many syrian towns and cities is a reminder of the grim prospects for talks. activists are reporting that running battles between opposition forces and government troops supported by hezbollah fighters are continuing on the outskirts of aleppo. more reinforcement is arriving for the rebels in aleppo. fearing a major offensive by the syrian army. fighters have besieged the air base strategically located between the tuckish border and aleppo. but government forces are shelling rebel positions and deny losi

u.n. independent international commission of inquiry on on syria says violence has surged to new heights and both sides are inflicting horrific crimes against the syrian people. report thattest says systematic abuses are being carried out by pro-and antigovernment forces. they include rape, murder, , andry execution, torture the use of child soldiers. the very sad impact on children. children as victims of indiscriminate bombing, torture, and so on, as well as the use of children as child soldiers. weticularly in this report refer to antigovernment armed groups using children under 15 years of age as child soldiers. that is a war crime. >> the commission acknowledges the assad government's chemical weapons stockpile and raises concerns over possible use of such weapons by either side. what the report highlights is the brutality of syria's civil war. the result of the amount of weapons available to both sides, according to the international commission. that has only intensified the war crimes and human rights abuses ravaging the country. the latest report on syria states a military stalemate

u.n. inspection mission commission in iraq, and their view is that there is no capacity, no ability to verify, to look seriously at these issues and we are taking it on the faith of these governments, and they have a little bit of difficulty with the track record. i think a lot of the scientists have had particular difficulties in dealing with american and british intelligence in the past, and so they are sceptical about the claims and not able to take it on faith. and this evidence is being passed on to the united nations, and they have chemical weapons, or a scientist who is supposed to verify the evidence, and they are hoping to feed this intelligence to him, and that he will use it to reach a conclusion. on the sort of evidentiary standards, they can't use in as basic evidence and they have to establish the chain of custody and take the samples themselves and look at the autopsies, and interview medical professionals, and go to hospitals. all of these things which they can't do because the syrian government is not letting them in the country. so there is all of this evidence, and it's not

u.n. human rates commission to give him refugee status.oining us now from hong kong, nbc's ian williams. ian, what do you know about the reports? able to confirm anything? >> reporter: well, this is one of the options that's always been open to snowden, to go to the unhcr and register as a refugee here. this place was rife with rumors all this afternoon going round legal circles saying that he had done just that, that he'd's registered for refugee status. we've not been able to confirm that. we went along to the unhcr this afternoon and they told us they could not comment on individual cases as they put it. nor would they say how long it would take if he had registered to determine whether he had a case. now this is just one of the options open to him and this is separate from going to the hong kong government and appealing for asylum. so we have no confirmation at this point but is clearly something that would be a first step for him, and in some respects quite a logical one. >> ian, i know you've been tracking "the guardian" web chat he'

u.n. today and sits in the hague to hear international disputes. and that judge was commissioned to write a report about what should be done with the war criminals after world war ii ended. and his report suggested what ultimately became the nuremberg trials. and when he talked about precedents for international courts, he mentions the slave trade tribunals. there were a variety of groups that were active in the 1930s working on human rights issues, proposing forms of international court. and they also mentioned the slave trade tribunals as one of the historic examples of international courts. now, the focus in the 1940s was a lot more on crimes against peace; that is, what was prosecuted at nuremberg for the crime of engaging in aggressive warfare which the nazi regime had engaged in. now we look back and think nuremberg was all about the human rights violations, about the crimes against humanity and the war crimes, but actually it was that crime of aggression that was more of the focus. and so that is maybe one of the reasons why in the immediate aftermath of world war ii the s

u.n. ambassador susan rice to take over as national security adviser. describing her as a patriot who puts her country first. rice replaces tom donalin who's resigning next month. >>> d.c. councilmembers today ordered the taxi commission to provide more reports on the number of complaints against drivers. the commission suggested that some 80% of the complaints are from women being physically or verbally harassed by drivers each year. but the agency can only document a few dozen complaints a year. >>> the search for a killer is under way right now after a teenager is shot and killed in northeast d.c. >> somebody shot 16-year-old malik spears monday night in northeast. chris gordon is live now at d.c. police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. chris? >> reporter: well, police are investigating the monday night murder of a 16-year-old. crime is no stranger to this area of northeast off brentwood road. but what makes this case so unusual is that he was so widely known and liked, respected as a good kid who never got in trouble. it's a neighborhood where it seems people gather by age and groups on street corners and everyone seems to know everyone else. the 1200 block of brentwood road in northeast washingt