Israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as a legal. International law with the law of the jungle. Youre watching our to International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 7 pm welcome to the program 1st prosecutors in sweden say theyre dropping a rape case against wiki leaks cofounder Julian Assange and many of the evidence has weakened over time joining us live now in the studio is don corner with the details so what does this decision mean a for a. While jackie it was back in 2010 that sweden filed an International Arrest warrant for a song both on and on a charge of molestation and rape but a song throughout the whole time has denied these charges always and even cooperated with the investigation from abroad it was actually the threat of extradition to the u. S. If you were. Or to be arrested in the Swedish Embassy that forced the songs to seek political asylum in the in the Ecuadorian Embassy in london now it turns out the case that started it all didnt actually have enough socalled corroborative evidence. For its dividend cherry basis is such that the corroborating evidence is not sufficient to in a way that is prescribed by the Supreme Court deemed that the description of the alleged criminal act can be proven now earlier today the swedish prosecutor explained the reasons for why they drop the charges she said that the witnesses involved were credible but over the years the case had weakened actually in the q. And a that followed her statement she also mentioned that media influence on the witnesses was something that was important for them that they took into consideration now these Sexual Assault allegations were actually at the root of the songes decision to seek refuge inside the Ecuadorian Embassy and london as you mentioned walk us through that a little bit well like i said before was back in 2010 that that they released this arrest warrant for a song on charges of rape and molestation in 2015 the 1st one was actually done away with because of the statute of limitations expired on it but so now that this whole situation is basically you know both of these charges are done away with at 1st glance a lot of his supporters the sons of supporters are saying that this could be good news but the because the original fear was actually that assad was if he were to be imprisoned in sweden the u. S. Would probably attempt to extradite him but the situation has changed since then after all the songes been sitting in a hyper high security u. K. Prison since april and the government is there is set to decide on his fate in 2020 and washington has already filed for an official extra extradition request now wiki leaks has. Already said that the situation actually might not be as good as it initially seems this means that sweden will no longer compete with the us in the in the sense of trying to get extradition rights to a songe so as for what awaits songs in the United States well its probably nothing fair. I think a son should be assassinated actually we should put out a contract maybe use a draw or something but this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the United States the guy ought to be and im not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the death and want to do it illegally shoot the son of a i think the man as a terrorist could act tough and say if we catch you were going to hang you whatever wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons and why has the us been so driven to get its hands on a song as well see for yourself. Im. Such. A beauty to. The u. S. Secretary of state has announced that washington will impose sanctions on irans foreign out Nuclear Facility he also repeated his support for the ongoing protests in the country tehran hit back by kissing the us of stirring up unrest the United States will terminate the sanctions waiver related to the Nuclear Facility at fordo people enjoy a Better Future when their government begins to respect. Basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. Posture and its destabilizing Foreign Policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation but. It is strange that the United States and its officials who have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much more pressure on the tougher sanctions on iran are communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests we do not expect anything else from mr pompei a disgrace he defends the maximum pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. The protests broke out after a surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices announced on friday mass anger boiled over and at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of irans Supreme Leader burned tehran said the revenues would be used to help those less well off it all comes with the country in the grip of a deep economic crisis aggravated by tough u. S. Sanctions. And has more on that. The trumpet ministration seems jubilant about the recent protests in iran said the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the United States is with you now the protests are being driven by the Economic Situation g. D. P. Growth projections are down by 9. 5 Percent Inflation is it 40 percent and unemployment is at 16 percent and rising but it was a 50 percent increase in the price of fuel that sparked the recent turmoil. Now an economic squeeze like that is bound to get people upset but why is iran in such poor shape well donald trump has a lot to do with it in 2015 the International Community agreed to lift a decades old sanctions in response to an agreement that was reached about irans Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program but then along came donald trump he decided to pull out of the Nuclear Agreement he says that iran broke the spirit of the deal however International Observers say that iran fully complied as of today i can state that iran is implementing its. Commitments after pulling out of the deal the Trump Administration began imposing sanctions on iran intended to wreck their economy accusing iran of quote destabilizing activities around the region the usa even threatened to impose sanctions on other countries that dared to buy iranian oil anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the United States im asking for world peace nothing less. Where i did impose sanctions on any activity subject to restrictions after the Iran Nuclear Deal and 2015 iran was exporting roughly 2500000. 00 barrels of oil per day now that number is down to roughly 200000 in a country where the economy is centered around state run oil exports thats a pretty big financial loss and it has been detrimental cuts in fuel subsidies and other benefits for the population had to be made so i dont know top iranian officials have sat down and made a decision for the country based on expert assessments this decision must be executed. But according to donald trump working to economically ruin iran makes him the best friend of the iranian people nothing says i love you like bleeding someone dry as cool nations to support irans people as they struggle to reclaim. Their religious and rights is just today i want to deliver a message to the long suffering people of iran. The people of america stand with you will be arrayed in people return to the nations proud roots as a center of civilization culture and wealth where their people can be happy and prosperous once again the United States throughout the reigning in history has always been against democracy i mean the United States was the country together with britain that instigated the 1953 who against democratically elected Mohamed Mossad there right now its no different i mean the United States has imposed a very severe sanctions on iran which is hurt a lot of ordinary people so coming out and saying that they support these people is hypocritical in the sense that if you do support these people then you wouldnt sanction them so hard that you know they are having difficulty even getting on with their. Daily normal lives. We now go back to our top story of swedish prosecutors dropping a rape case against wiki leaks cofounder Julian Assange to get live comments from greg craig murry former u. K. Ambassador and human rights activist now clearly one last legal work well for a songe but is it good news. Well its excellent news but it was entirely expected because of course the swedish other graysons were very obviously always a cia fit up and they were only ever intended to get signed into custody in order to pave the way for a extradition to the United States for publishing for publishing the truth about american war crimes and they have these other ghosts and had served their purpose and clearly there was never a scintilla of credible evidence behind them. Theyre not needed anymore so its entirely expected that they are dropped now. And how much do you think this is going to factor extradition to the u. S. That sanj is currently facing. Well i think the idea that anybody can be extradited to the United States of america for publishing documents leaked documents which were also published by New York Times the Washington Post the guardian and thousands of other Media Outlets around the world this is a fundamental attack on the media of the them im afraid to say that. Governments in the. In the west nowadays seem to have lost. All clue when it comes to the fundamental meanings of liberty and democracy so its not impossible that the extradition will succeed and will go ahead but we will be fighting very very hard to make sure that it does not. We here at archie have reported extensively on a songes poor imprisonment conditions he continues to be held in belmarsh prison what do you make of the conditions hes being held in are they fair. Oh its absolutely horrifying i mean there is no these them whatsoever why a publisher who is in prison for nothing whatsoever except for having published things the government did not want him to publish should be kept in solitary confinement that is simply appalling and plainly i was devastated when i saw his last Court Appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court he was stumbling he was incoherent he couldnt easily remember his own name and date of birth and this is an extremely intelligent and articulate man in these conditions amounts to torture what is being done to him otherwise physically or by medication i dont know but plainly hes being kept in conditions which are extremely in julius to hold an absolutely unnecessary for a prisoner who has no track record of violence and doesnt need to be treated like a terrorist. All at the same time as songes legal team has claimed that their client is struggling to prepare his defense against that extradition because the computer hes been given is a brother Poor Condition do you think that theres any chance of those being upgraded his computer being upgraded having better resources to prepare his defense. I think you know his defense has been quite deliberate the crippled at all stages the idea of giving him a virtually workable computer all his papers and documents was stolen by the United States of america given to the United States by the Ecuadorian Embassy perth the illegally United States is no that court has no right to hold his documents that he has no access to his own materials to prepare his defense and of course the court refused to allow time for evidence to emerge from a span. Court case shows that his defense lawyers who spied upon in the Ecuadorian Embassy against all deals are legal privilege by Security Firm acting on behalf of the cia so Everything Possible just because its not having a Court Proceeding or clear defense it will be a scandal of the highest kind. Is of course a lot of controversy around a songe but if we look specifically at the Sexual Assault allegations back in 2010 and the allegations 1st arose a sound was question in sweden but then the case was closed and us allowed to leave the country only for it to then be reopened again shortly after he left what do you make of swedens overall handling of the whole case. Its absolutely ludicrous and then he was eventually questioned they could have questioned him any time in the Ecuadorian Embassy they waited 6 years to do so and when they eventually questioned him it became plain their case would not stand up that there was no evidence. Which could form a basis of a conviction and then close the case again in 2017 and you opened it again in 2019 open the open the 2nd time it was never ever more than the pollution there the investigation to go for european arrest warrant on the basis of the preliminary investigation not indorsed by any court was unprecedented. The case is obviously been a political fit up from the start and i should say that i thought today the prosecutor must pierson in sweden was an absolute disgrace she said the accusers had given credible evidence well if the accusers had given credible evidence why close the case unless its also the case that the defense gave credible evidence and the defense gave credible evidence also why didnt you say that i think in the tent even while dropping the case because you have insufficient evidence to do so in the way designed to blacken the name of somebody. While at the same time denying them a chance to prove themselves in the same to court was absolutely disgusting and reprehensible by ms spears of the swedish people should be ashamed of her should be ashamed of the entire way they have been played by the cia with these bogus cases a lot of Julian Assange to discuss something we should be deeply deeply ashamed to. Craig murry former u. K. Ambassador and human rights advocate thank you for your time and your comments. And you might have noticed a new feature which started this week certain stories have a q. R. Code alongside them at the bottom of your screen which you can use to get more information on the story so if you get the chance given to go for now were going to take a short break. What holds if you should. Put themselves on the line. To get accepted or rejected. So when you want to express. Yourself want. To go right. This is what the 3 of them do get. Interested in the why. Question. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy on sunday shouldnt let it be an arms race is on screen dramatic developments only really going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit. In tom. Welcome back for the 1st time in more than a 100 years the social democrats in sweden are no longer the countrys most Popular Party thats the findings of a new opinion poll now the figures show the conservative and anti immigrant Sweden Democrats would have the support of 24 percent of voters if an election was held today compared to 22. 2 percent for the ruling party other parties of course caught less the margin between the 2 has been narrowing ever since 2010 when the sweeping Democrats Gain enough votes to Enter Parliament for the very 1st time now a major reason cited for the trend is rising crime in the country which is seen citizens swing in favor of more right wing and nationalist groups like the Sweden Democrats the party favors tough immigration and country. And increased security along with traditional families it claimed sweden has become something of a hub for International Crime according to a stop at survey swedish citizens have increasingly experience lawlessness violence and and vandalism it says the numbers are among the highest in europe and the ruling party concedes its been the brunt of public anger its a damn tough situation right now so im not surprised when he consider what weve got against us we gang murders shootings and explosions its us as the ruling party who has to pay the price. Were now joined live by kent across from the Sweden Democrats party so support for your party is on the rise is that just a reaction to soaring crime in sweden or is there something deeper there. Well as a reaction to crime thats one but there are other aspects to. When it comes to well the state thats being strained by immigration. We need to raise taxes to pay for all this immigration and that of course affects ordinary people because they have to pay more taxes because they have to work on lines for going to the hospital but its also a matter of a cultural phenomenon well swedish people dont feel at home anymore in their own city or in their own country they walk outside on they think where do we dont go so its a combination of the 3 but of course the big debate. Is increasing Gang Violence that is almost exclusively immigrant related now as you just mentioned among the main aims of the Sweden Democrats is to deal with that gang related crime how can that be done without restricting peoples liberties. Well known it can be done perfectly was restricting peoples liberties today is that the regular order of people cant even walk in central starcom without the fear or the risk of getting raped getting assaulted gating getting robbed thats the real risk to freedom and it is true we wouldnt have needed to take measures with more police more Police Authority you know surveillance and all that if we hadnt had immigration but the other 7 port is open the borders for the last 40 years and now we have a situation we need to address and one of those things is to be tough on crime which none of the other so importers have been or have been interested in in the be. The partys current leader has been weeding out those with the most extremist views but has not done enough to improve the partys image sense it was accused of having ties to the far right i dont think too many swedes believe. Anymore especially seeing what the media has been lying about for the last 40 years or the other 7 parties failed miserably in almost every single aspect theyve been doing for the last 40 years thats doesnt need a picture and yes it affects public opinion. But to a lesser degree Sweden Democrats and what weve been saying have been right now people are starting to wake up to especially where effects of immigration comes you know creeping up on them or just in their face and even in the affluent areas in the sample stock and this is happening now so people are thinking maybe this when democrats were right all alone. And we have theres no doubt about that how do you think swedens relations with other e. U. Countries might change especially when it comes to anti immigration policies if the Sweden Democrats come to power in 2022 will they take a hit. I dont think so if you see just our neighboring town to dunmore who is now rolled by the social democrats the democrats and denmark they have even a tougher immigration problems on the part of politics are many areas than my party in sweden and its no problem for for denmark and im sure it wont be for us either in fact the whole of western europe not so much in Eastern Europe they know what its about already but western europe they all realize that theyve been wrong the left wing liberal politicians have all been wrong of course they cant admit it because that would be like saying dont vote for us because we have no competence in analyzing the truth but if this would never cost came to power it would be the opposite sweden wouldnt be regarded as you know the idiot of the bunch more at least not as much. Member of the Sweden Democrats party think you for joining us on the program. My pump provoked outrage by announcing a reversal of a decades old stance on israeli settlements in the west bank he said they do not necessarily violate International Law the settlements are on territory occupied by israel since the 1967 middle east war and are one of the most contentious issues in the conflict between israel and palestine. The u. S. Administration has lost its credibility to play and if you to role in the Peace Process we regard washingtons decision as another step aimed at collapsing the system of International Law regulating the middle east and thus further straining Israeli Palestinian ties settlements in occupied palestine are a blatant violation of International Law and Un Security Council resolutions theyre an illegal action that will kill to say solution jordans position in condemning them is unwavering we warn against dangerous consequences of the us change of position on settlements on middle east peace plan all settlement activity is illegal under International Law and it erodes the viability of the 2 state solution and the prospects for a lasting peace for 4 decades the us regarded the settlements as inconsistent with International Law. Much of the International Community who cites the 4th Geneva Convention washingtons change of stance contradicts numerous un resolutions and International Human rights conventions and is only the latest controversial move by the trumpet ministration concerning israel earlier the white house recognize israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that territory was seized from syria in 1967 and formally annex in 1981 and washington has also broken with International Consensus by formally recognize in jerusalem as israels capital both decisions were widely condemned including by the un when the us announced the receipt
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