Just ten six an evening this thursday the fourteenth of december money was kevin oh and thanks for being with us here on r. T. International im going to start with a big event thats been happening in moscow today the russian president s annual q. And a from earlier this thursday. In fielded four hours of nonstop questions and very diverse questions they were from the press. But the things that particularly stewed out for me this time is that the share of questions that you might want to call challenging for a while about corruption about the silencing of political opponents in russia was perhaps a bit larger this time then previously he was indeed grilled about the lack of competition in russian politics and one question came from perhaps his direct opponent a person who wants to become a president ial candidate in russia in twenty train a subject thats a major issue for those who want to represent that system opposition they have to offer not a short lived and shrill agenda but a real
Around the clock across the world this is r. T. International my names you dont know me welcome to the program the u. K. High court house and the british troops were in breach of human rights conventions abusing civilians during the iraq war including taking turns to drive over there but. More on todays ruling. Specifically we have seen four iraqi citizens being awarded damages in cases against the actions of the ministry of defense during the iraq war in the way these people were detained now the court has decided that these four iraqi citizens are going to be awarded eighty four thousand pounds with thirty thousand going to just one of those men and the reason for this is the judge has ruled that the actions of british troops in the way they were detaining these people were in violation of geneva conventions as well as the human rights act citing cruel and Inhumane Treatment as well as unlawful detention the judge has said that these assaults quote involved the gratuitous infliction
Max kaiser former go go dancer now internationally acclaimed bitcoin expert. Max there is other stuff happening in the world besides cryptocurrency in the wild wild wild ride of big coing and all the other all the queens and i suppose and tokens and everything you can think of so im going to look a little bit at some of these stories because tomorrow the you is presenting reports about extreme poverty in the u. S. This is a pretty big story it would be it would have been bigger had all this other stuff in the world not been happening so why the u. N. Is investigating extreme poverty in america the worlds richest nation the United Nations monitor on extreme poverty and human rights as embarks on a coast to coast tour of the u. S. To hold the worlds richest nation and its president to account for the hardships endured by americas most vulnerable citizens this is the un special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights philip alson you can do a crosscountry tour he went to california
Introduction In March, United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announced an agreement with China for a May visit, which includes access to Xinjiang. The exact date for the visit has yet to be determined, but recent reports indicate it is due to take place before the end of this month, which will make Bachelet the first …