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EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev says acts portrayed in Syria torture photos are ‘crimes’
EXCLUSIVE: Medvedev on Sochi, Syria
Part one of Christiane Amanpour's exclusive interview with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
EXCLUSIVE: Medvedev on Russia's economy
Part two of Christiane Amanpour's exclusive interview with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
EXCLUSIVE: Medvedev on gay rights
Part three of Christiane Amanpour's exclusive interview with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
The transcript of Christiane Amanpour's full interview with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev can be found here.
By Mick Krever, CNN
The killings portrayed in photos allegedly proving torture of prisoners by the Assad regime are “crimes,” but it is not clear who is responsible and the claims must be proven in court, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview that aired Wednesday.
“These are crimes, of course,” Medvedev told Amanpour at his office outside Moscow, but the case “should have firm proof legally.”
“I know there are a lot of victims, and that's very sad, but that does not mean that the existence of victims or victims in a particular place is the proof that those are the victims of the regime and not the bandits who were doing something or any other force.”
The investigation alleging that the Syrian regime is murdering prisoners on a mass scale, first reported by Amanpour on Monday, was authored by a team of international legal and forensic experts and based on thousands of photographs provided by a Syrian defector.
The defector claimed to have worked as a photographer at a military hospital that received dead bodies from detention centers.
Amanpour showed Medvedev gruesome pictures of emaciated corpses and torsos covered from neck to groin in bludgeon wounds.
“You know, in my university where I was studying law, I was taught that until the fact of guilt is proved in court, a person cannot be claimed guilty,” he said.
“We cannot say that Assad is a criminal without investigation,” he told Amanpour. “So probably this other trial should be held on the territory of Syria after the conflict subsides. It's the right of the Syrian people.”
FULL TRANSCRIPT: Dmitry Medvedev
The following is a full transcript of Christiane Amanpour's interview with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to the program. Thank you for joining us.
DMITRY MEDVEDEV, PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA (through translator): Good day.
Syria denies allegations of systematic detainee torture, killings
Syria's Justice Ministry on Wednesday categorically denied allegations published in a new investigation, and first reported two days ago by CNN's Amanpour, accusing the regime of torturing and killing thousands of detainees in government custody.
The government called the report "politicized and lacking in objectivity and professionalism," according to a statement on the sate news agency SANA.
The report was authored by a team of renowned international legal and forensic experts, based on thousands of photographs provided by a Syrian defector who claimed to have worked as a photographer at a military hospital that received dead bodies from detention centers.
U.S. calls alleged Syria torture photos 'extremely disturbing'
The U.S. says that gruesome photos that may prove torture by Syria's Assad regime are "extremely disturbing."
CNN reported exclusively on the story Monday; a team of internationally renowned war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts say they have found "direct evidence" of "systematic torture and killing" by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
"These latest reports that you referenced, and the photos that support them, suggest widespread and apparently systematic violations by the regime in an effort not only to deny freedom and dignity to the Syrian people but also to inflict significant and physical pain in the process," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told CNN on Tuesday.
"As we have said before, the Syrian regime is responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. These most recent images I think presented by your network first, are extremely disturbing."
"They are horrible to look at and they illustrate apparent actions that would be serious international crimes and we have long said that those responsible for these kind of serious violations in Syria must be held to account."
Bill Gates: The world is a better place than it’s ever been
By Mick Krever, CNN
To look at news headlines, it’s easy to get an impression that there’s nothing good in the world – it’s all protests, and car bombs, and civil wars.
To Bill Gates, the world’s foremost philanthropist, the headlines are hiding the truth.
“By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been.” he writes in his annual Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation letter.
“The good things are kind of quiet,” he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Tuesday.
“For example, poor countries getting richer – when I was born, most of the world was poor, and the rich countries were the exception. Now most people live in countries that are middle income.”
Blair ‘sickened’ by alleged Syria torture photos
Blair 'sickened' by Syria photos
Former UK PM Blair says he is "sickened" by pictures, first reported on by Amanpour, that allegedly prove Syrian torture
Blair not bothered by citizen's arrest
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair tells CNN's Hala Gorani he is not bothered by a waiter's attempted citizen's arrest.
By Mick Krever, CNN
Former British Prime Minister is “sickened” by gruesome photos that allegedly prove the torture and killing of thousands of prisoners by the Assad regime in Syria, he told CNN’s Hala Gorani, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour.
Amanpour broke the story in an exclusive report Monday. It is based on the work of renowned war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts who say a Syrian defector has provided the “smoking gun” of the Syrian regime’s “killing machine.”
“What’s happening there, and those pictures and those scenes that we saw, are just evidence of it – what is happening there is not going to stop at the borders of Syria,” Blair said. “And that’s what we’ve got to realize, I’m afraid.”
EXCLUSIVE: Russia's Medvedev on Syria talks, Sochi security
EXCLUSIVE: Medvedev on Sochi security
EXCLUSIVE: Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev tells Christiane Amanpour Russia is ready to keep security at the Sochi Olympics.
In an exclusive interview, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Iran should attend a new round of Syria peace talks, a day after its invitation from the UN was rescinded.
Medvedev and Amanpour also spoke about security concerns surrounding the upcoming winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia; the Prime Minister said that he was aware of the threats, and his country would take them into account during the Games.
Christiane Amanpour's full interview airs Wednesday on CNN International at 7pm GMT.
EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime
Syria's alleged 'killing machine'
Assad regime systematically tortured to death prisoners, including by forced starvation, new report by renowned experts alleges.
Analysing Syria's alleged torture report
Experts analyse a new report by renowned experts that alleges the Assad regime systematically tortured to death prisoners.
How will Syria react to torture allegations?
How will the Syrian regime respond to the new report by renowned experts alleging torture? CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
By Mick Krever and Schams Elwazer, CNN
(CNN) - A team of internationally renowned war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts has found "direct evidence" of "systematic torture and killing" by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, the lawyers on the team say in a new report.
Their report, based on thousands of photographs of dead bodies of alleged detainees killed in Syrian government custody, would stand up in an international criminal tribunal, the group says.
CNN's "Amanpour" was given the report in a joint exclusive with The Guardian newspaper.
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE.
Democracy is going to the dogs
By Lucky Gold, CNN
In an arena that has long been a bastion of privilege and pedigree, participants can sniff a new whiff of freedom.
Imagine a world where democracy is literally going to the dogs.
In New York next month, the legendary Westminster Kennel Club will be hosting its 138th annual dog show – part beauty contest, part cut-throat competition – to determine America's top dog.
It's the canine crown jewel, famously parodied in the classic comedy film Best in Show.
Government surveillance stifles innovation, says Randi Zuckerberg
By Mick Krever, CNN
Making people feel like they are under surveillance is “one of the worst things you can do to stifle innovation,” Randi Zuckerberg – former Facebook marketing director and sister of its founder, Mark – told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday.
“These companies are all free,” Zuckerberg said. “All they have is the trust of their users…As soon as people don't trust the platforms, they're not using it, they're off to the next one and everyone loses.”
From her perspective as a mother, however, she suggested government surveillance was not all bad.
“As a mom who wants to protect children online, there could definitely be some benefits,” she said.
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