the top human rights body at the united nations accused syria of gross and systematic violations in the suppression of protesters. a resolution passed by the u.n. 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 violenc

u.n. human rights council has voted to condemn and the abuses there. this comes as the u.s. vice- president praised the role that turkey has taken to put pressure on the assad regime. this report from istanbul. >> a standoff in northwestern syria. for the moment, there is no shooting. "assad, you are a coward." they chant. they are calling for more international help. nine months into the uprising, president assad's opponents cannot oust him and only he can stop the protests. his efforts have exacted a heavy human cost. >> there is widespread systematic and gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by civilian authorities by acts such as killing of children, by beating or shooting during demonstrations, arbitrary detention, torture, and ill treatments. >> this is an emergency session of the u.n. 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 f

u.n. and 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 is raised is on the process of gathering that evidence to condemn serious specially when calling for tougher russian lucia on the country again if we remember this is the third meeting a special meeting held on the situation in syria and this is also right after the fresh sanctions from the e.u. just slapped on thursday on certain individuals and organizations as well as in addition to arab league sanctions which were the toughest imposed on an arab state an arab nation and russia through all of this again maintain that sanctions they are against all of those and would rather see the two sides in the country sitting down and still talking to the u.n. has called the situation on the ground a civil war saying that about more more than four thousand syrians have already been killed so it's not so

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 u.n. human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against gadhafi is government in that session a decision was taken to freeze libya's membership in the council he underlined the number of deaths six thousand including three thousand in tripoli alone when julian asked bush a gear how these claims can be verified he pointed to the former rebels now libya's government as his source here where i got that 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 it is very likely that some crimes attributed to their feet in this conflict were farce or exaggerated but. in the car that he was the terrorist was a criminal on june twenty seventh international criminal court prosecutor luis a complement and his request for arrest warrants for moammar gadhafi saif al is

u.n. human rights council meets to force through a security council resolution on syria after a portal you this week claimed of four thousand people have been killed since march . well there are doubts over the objectivity of the report of a sauna just the views of two hundred witnesses more on that coming up in a few moments. germany says there are no rapid solutions to the e.u. debt crisis and it could take years to overhaul the eurozone none save the single currency. twenty eight thousand people marched through manhattan angry at the lack of jobs and low wages echoing the recent mood of the occupy wall street. parties business desk takes a look at the prospects of potential changes to the state spending and fiscal policies following the elections join us in twenty minutes so. it is now or just after five pm on friday here in the russian capital this is with me rory scene showing russia says that a united nations report on syria is not objective well based on reality the international community is that receiving biased reports on events in the country it comes as the u.n. human rights co

u.n. human rights council meets to force through a security council resolution on syria after a quarter earlier this week claimed the four thousand people have been killed since march. pulled their doubts over the objectivity of the report based on a just of use of two hundred witnesses more on that coming up in a few moments. germany says there are no rapid solutions to the ongoing debt crisis and it could take years to overhaul the eurozone and save the single currency. twenty five thousand people marched through manhattan angry at a lack of jobs and low wages echoing the mood of the occupy wall street movement. is now a four pm on friday here in moscow this is with me ruben sushi welcome to the program russia says a united nations report on syria is not objective all based on reality and the international community is receiving biased reports on events in the country it comes as the u.n. human rights council holds an emergency meeting on syria i mean to put pressure on damascus and condemn alleged crimes against humanity let's get more on this now if not these tests are serious standing by l

his policy reporting right now what i mean time the human u.n. excuse me human rights council has now passed a resolution condemning gross violations in syria the decision is based on a recent report detailing abuses during the government crackdown on protesters brought the u.n. to take appropriate action a special investigator has also been appointed to monitor how the government copes with the unrest in the country russia and china are among those who voted against the resolution moscow says the u.n. report which led to the vote wasn't fully objective and the international community is hearing only biased accounts of what's actually happening in the country. what don't understand is why if that can be done in yemen that cannot be applied to see insidious imo from the outset the message which has been set up from some quarters capitals is there is no way they can help those who go into dialogue they should stop it immediately that there is no future in the arab league initiative we believe that this is something very counterproductive and this is something which has exacerbat

u.n. human rights council, we have russia and china yet again coming and voting against it so i think thereing 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 moral victories to tell them that the world at least is with you. i think it will be a positive step. we understand it doesn't mean the end of the regime but it will send a signal to lots of the silent supporters in syria who still are not sure if they want to switch sides or stick with assad. i think that will take every bit of legitimacy from the assad regime and you will have more army defections and more of the elite class that are sort of middle of the road and did

u.n. 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

u.n. human rights council has adopted a resolution condemning the assad administration for its crackdown onsidents. meebl, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton on tuesday met syrian opposition figures and praised their struggle to bring democracy to the country. the secretary told them that a democratic transition means more than simply removing the assad regime. >> it means setting syria on the path of the rule of law and protecting the universal rights of all citizens. >> last month arab nations and turkey joined the united states and other countries in imposing economic sanctions on syria. many tokyo commuters are carrying their umbrellas. let's go to the global weather forecast. >>> welcome to your weather update. let's take a look at what's happening across east asia. a developing low pressure system is approaching japan bringing wet weather to the western half of the nation. especially across the southern islands as well. thunderstorms, heavy rain, as well as gusty winds are also possible here, and rain will also spread to the tokyo area by this afternoon. up towards the north, the

u.n. human rights council has passed a resolution condemning violations committed by the syrian authorities the document points especially those to cater to look into the government's abuses during the uprising which has gone on for months and calls for the u.n. to take action russia and china voted against the resolution saying it might lead to a foreign intervention under the pretext of human rights both moscow and beijing believe emotion ignores crimes committed by the rebels only aggravate the crisis. we think that it is that all of the international community to try to help resolve internal crisis through promoting dialogue what don't understand is why if that can be done in yemen that cannot apply to syria in syria as a mile from the outset the message which has been set up from some quarters capitals is there is no way dialogue can help those who go into dialogue we should stop it immediately that there is no future in the arab league initiative we believe that this is something very counterproductive and this is something which has exacerbated the situation in syria the internationa

u.n. 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

u.n. human rights council has passed a resolution condemning alleged violations by the syrian authorities appointing a special investigator to probe into the master but russia and china voted against the motion saying it ignores crimes committed by the opposition and might lead to foreign intervention under the pretense of protecting human rights. we think that it is the most. community to help resolve internal crisis through promoting dialogue what we don't understand is why if that can be done in yemen that cannot apply to syria in syria as a mile from the outset the message which has been set forth from some quarters capitals is there is no way dialogue can help those who go into dialogue we should stop it immediately the there is no future in the arab league initiative we believe that this is something very counterproductive and this is something which has exacerbated the situation in syria the international community is not there to smell blood and to found confrontation but the international community is there to prevent further bloodshed and to encourage it encourage dialogue this

u.n. human rights council passes a motion condemning violence in syria saying there aboard those not give the full picture and is unbalanced and politicized. no way out germany's angela merkel admits you were upstairs crisis here to stay as leaders and their hopes on get another a last minute deal to stave off financial meltdown. and that legal loophole in the u.k. allows thousands of foreign criminals to stay in the country convicted rapists murderers and you know piles use it to escape just punishment and deportation. what you want to live from moscow one pm here gyptian officials say turnout for the opening round of parliamentary elections has been the highest ever in the country quote since the faroes the announcement follows a two day delay in publishing the outcome and no clear winner is likely with the vast majority of candidates now set to go into a runoff but as our disposal your reports even these figures may be put into question. well we're going for the military council beth the results will be announced today saturday but this is the third time that such an announcement has b

u.n. 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. has more . 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 a unilateral approach additional and biased reports about events at the un and human rights council is getting especially because it's coming from about two hundred witnesses and doesn't reflect the situation on the ground 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 is race is on the process of gathering that evidence to condemn serious specially when called for tougher russian lucia on the country again if you remember this is the t

u.n. human rights council meets to force through a security council resolution on syria and this comes after a report earlier this week claimed four thousand people have been killed since march well there are doubts over the objectivity of the report based on a just if you save two hundred witnesses more on that coming up in a few moments. germany says there are no rapid solutions to the ongoing e.u. debt crisis sun it could take years to overhaul the eurozone the single currency. twenty thousand people marched through manhattan angry at a lack of jobs and low wages echoing the mood of the recent occupy wall street movement. it is now a six pm on friday here in moscow you're watching on t.v. with me rory sushant 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 events in the country now the human rights council called an emergency session in light of the findings scolding for urgent action to protect civilians in syria and condemnation of alleged crimes against humanity silly reports. the dou

u.n. human rights council approved a resolution criticizing syria's crackdown on decent.r people were reported killed in violence today, including an 11-year-old syrian girl struck by a stray bullet across the border in lebanon. iranian diplomats left london a few hours ago. earlier they were busy packing after being ordered out by a british government. that was in retaliation for tuesday's mob attack on the british embassy in tehran. two female political leaders displayed sisterly solidarity today in burma. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is traveling with secretary of state hillary clinton. >> she greeted secretary of state clinton at the home that was her prison for most of the past 20 years. after an hour of talks, burma's most popular opposition leader remembered the thousands still imprison for their believes. >> two weeks ago they denied there were any political prisoners. on this day, mrs. clinton spoke of her host with phrase. >> we told the dream that you have so long represented to many of us around the world. >> the two women see

u.n. human rights council became the latest to condemn the crackdown.alled the report unjust. >>> vice president biden is calling for more openness around the world. he said political and social freedoms can create economic opportunities. he was speaking at a global business summit in istanbul. the crowd applauded when he suggested the next steve job could be a turk, noting how their economy has tripped in the last deck dade. >>> a third person murdered after answering a craigslist job posting. the latest victim is ralph geiger of akron, ohio. brogan rafferty is charged with aggravated murder and attempted murder for the deaths. the suspect's mother says the man behind it is richard beasley who is yet to be charged in the murders but is in jail on promoting prostitution police on long island are set to renew their search for shannon gill bort, a new jersey prostitute missing since may of last year. the hunt led to the discovery of the remains of ten women. they were linked to cases going back 15 years and for a time the hunt led authorities to suspect t

u.n. 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

u.n. high commissioner for human rights is demanding that the u.n. security councilnvestigate syria for crimes against humanity. this is the estimated death toll of the unrest in the country, reaching 5000. despite the government's crackdown, syrian tv broadcast, wall-to-wall coverage of local elections taking place, but internet images show continued street battles. an estimated 23 people were killed tuesday alone in homs and other city centers. in new york, the german master westerwelle wanted to introduce further tough measures against the assad government. iran has rejected a request by the united states to return captured spite drone and says that plane is now the property of iran. the foreign -- the foreign ministry said instead of asking for the drawn back, washington should apologize for violating their airspace. iran's scientists are now analyzing the aircraft technology. iran announced last week that it had downed the unmanned u.s. spy plane in the east of the country. canada still has a legal obligation under u.n. rules to cut its emissions, that despite t

u.n. human rights watchdog meets to force through a security council resolution on syria after a report earlier this week claimed four thousand people have been killed since march but russia says the document based on the views of around two hundred witnesses lacks objectivity. germany says there are no rapid solutions to the e.u. debt crisis and it could take years to reach the eurozone and save the single currency chancellor angela merkel believes the region needs a new financial union with stronger controls and regulations. than twenty thousand people marched through manhattan angry at a lack of jobs and low wages the protesters organized by labor unions but echoes the mood of the occupy wall street movement. some of your friday headlines here in r.c.b. to stay with us now from the front of our son in glittering auditorium to the high tech facilities of the backstage areas as you join in martin as he explores the most meticulous and expensive theater renovation in all of russian history that's next right here on arts. great. comfort to. you. some. of the. moscow. hello and welcome to the mus

u.n. human rights watchdog meets to force through a security council resolution on syria after a report earlier this week claimed four thousand people have been killed since march russia says the document based on the views of around two hundred witnesses lacks objectivity. germany says there are no rapid solutions to the debt crisis and it could take years to revamp the eurozone and save the single currency the chance of going to work or believes the region needs a new financial union with stronger controls and regulations. and twenty thousand people marched through manhattan angry at a lack of jobs and low wages protesters organized by labor unions but echoes the mood of the occupy wall street movement. got one of the summary of main news stories for in about fifteen minutes from now the meantime it's moscow well today it focuses on the main cultural symbol of russia it's the bolshoi theatre which is finally being returned to its glory from the days of the. great. so did the. moscow. hello and welcome to the must go out so in this week's program we'll be exploring the magnificence of basra th

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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 intervention why not have a power of diplomatic development and encouraging the country to resolve the problems as i think the russians and the chinese realise is the best

u.n. human rights watchdog meets to force through a security council resolution on syria this after a report earlier this week claimed four thousand people have been killed since march but russia says the document based on the views of around two hundred witnesses lacks objectivity. germany says there are no rapid solutions to the e.u. debt crisis and it could take years to reach the eurozone and save the single currency chancellor angela merkel believes the region needs a new financial union with stronger controls on debt regulations. and twenty thousand people marched through manhattan angry at a lack of jobs and low wages the protest is organized by labor unions but echoes the mood of the occupy wall street movement. alright imma call it a bill dog's here in half an hour's time to bring you the latest news up but for now peter lavelle and his guests discuss the deteriorating state of pakistan u.s. relations and how america's continued war on terror could be poised to make it lose its most vital regional ally cross-talk is now. hello and welcome to cross talk and peter lavelle going from v

government as the arab league gives assad regime a deadline to allow human rights observers into the country or take u.n. security counciln. >> gregg: there are new calls for a passenger advocate at airports nationwide. two top lawmakers calling on the tsa to create a brand-new position after several high profile cases of abuse by airport screeners. julie banderas has this report from laguardia in new york city. >> julie: whether sitting on a tarmac for eight hours or being improperly searched by tsa screenings, nation's airports have been repeat offenders of passengers' rights. two new york lawmakers are stepping in. new york senator charles schumer and another congressman wants them to create a passenger advocate position to immediately act on complaints by passengers. the proposal was prompted by an elderly woman's claims she was strip-searched at kennedy airport which tsa denied. schumer says it's time that passengers are given a voice. >> there should be someone who could come in immediate. if someone is overrule stuck on rules they misinterpret. there should be an authority that says no. that is all we're asking, p

council this takes into account regard to the violence and the need to uphold human rights and with regard to expediting forms. >> this amateur video shows civilians shot by government forces. the u.n. says more than 5,000 people have been killed since the uprising and the government could be guild. there are fears of civil war. the deteriorating situation has convinced security council members they cannot stay slate. they want to make it tougher. crucially, spelling out there can be no equivalent between the violence of the government and opposition. >> of course now that you have eight months of the raiders knew those -- and secondly, the refusal of the syrian regime to reach peace. >> no one has suggested reaching the divide here will be easy, but after months of inaction, there's greater hope today that the united nations might be able to say something about the united nations. >> well having a look at. well, let's start with the fitch who had stop at lost? >> absolutely. downgrading six of the world's biggest banks. we along at the u.s., goldman sachs, and u.k. in france, credit sweast and switzerland. they did the downgrade on three of the big banks in france. but fitch is so

nations human rights council and those allegations i've never been verified or check and this is a good news also as much for your thoughts your i.c.c. case against libya. of march seventeenth u.n. security council resolution one thousand 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. can prove that there was no well being. is that there is no evidence of warming and so our interviews of the men went to the united nations human rights council. seaman which he gear was a 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 that office government in 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 where julian asked which he gear how these claims can be verified he pointed to the former rebels now libya's government a