and it's simply impossible twenty first century to put someone in. the room. saying you have no right bush for moves to end the practices they are imposing a set of standards on our intelligence communities in terms of interrogating prisoners that our people think will be ineffective in a de classified memo gonzales did warn us gods it was legally safer to perform torture on foreign soil ministers in the european union were glad to oblige the e.u. agreed to help arrest and transport people to countries where they could be tortured in a meeting here at nato headquarters in two thousand and one detainees may or may not have been guilty since they never received a real trial we just can't know for sure. barack obama was elected on the promise to show. but he's even appealed u.s.

court rulings which give detainees some royds two years on the prison still open for business. all washington street guilty of. crimes against humanity sociopath street sellers in europe for participating and support these actions executives from bush down no fear going abroad after foreigners food lawsuits over torture when the world learns what america's doing said bush's advisor we will all be ashamed the new bush will r.t. braman. well for more on what's happening in the u.s. detention camps we can now talk to cori crider from the reprieve charity which five for the human rights of prisoners. thanks for being here with us on the program corrie well we've just heard reports seen a report in fact about a victim of guantanamo bay there but the u.s. has promised to stop such practices so how soon you are opinion can we expect this

to happen i'm sorry i didn't catch that can you say again absolutely well we'll just see a report on the victim of going. by correspondent daniel bushell but we know that the u.s. has promised to stop such practices in your opinion how soon can we expect this to happen. it's not that it's not clear at all i have to say why's that. well. the administration says it has cleaned up a number of practices so at the beginning of the obama administration it shuttered cia secret prisons for example but there was a sort of working group that it had hired to discuss detention and interrogation practices and the results of that review which included a discussion a secret discussion about what techniques were legally permissible to be used on prisoners were never made public we don't know what that review concluded so we

cannot just happen any time soon and in other words. i'm not sure you know we have asked before for the report from the working group to be made public but it's just not clear and i have to say if the obama administration wants to be seen to be improving matters where it's record on prisoner where the u.s. is record on prisoner treatment is concerned you'd think that it would make this kind of policy public but it doesn't it hasn't well core your charity acts on behalf of the bay detainees and you have met some of them yourself as far as an al but we've heard repeated allegations of abuse and torture in the detention camp so when you visited the facility what was your experience of it. it has changed over time but when we first started to go see you prisoners there shortly after the supreme court allowed prisoners to go in we had heard all kinds of stories of people being roughed up and it is now now today let's be clear today things are not as they were in two thousand and three in two thousand and four but at this moment

the clients i go and see there are going on ten years in detention they've lost almost a decade of their lives and there's no prospect of a trial no prospect of release and congress is going on saying we need to have gone talk about forever so that's the real agony that they go through at this point uncertain future no prospect of leaving. let's talk now about the case of eunice rama to law the case of your charity is forming at the moment i believe. who is now prison and remains there without charge after being there for seven years. what can be done for eunice next and detainees like ham as you said there are quite a few of them there. yes there are hundreds of prisoners but what makes you special is that eunice was actually picked up by the united kingdom in iraq in february two thousand and four the u.k. handed him to the united states in march and april there were discussions between the u.s. and the u.k. because the u.s. wanted descended to the u.k. didn't object despite the fact that at this time even the ghraib photos broke

making it absolutely clear to anyone who had any doubt what was happening to prisoners in u.s. detention the u.k. says that it learned quote unquote in june of that year june two thousand and four that my client had been sent to bob graham and although there was and you kind of deal between the u.s. and the u.k. the permits the u.k. to get him out of custody and never bothered to do so so we've had to sue them in the united kingdom courts in haiti as corpus to tell them you have to get this prisoner back he never should have been sent out of iraq he was rendered on lawfully in violation of the geneva conventions and you have a responsibility to him he's your prisoner well for you why up until now you were pows willingly sent prisoners to the states. i think it's i think it's one of the saddest parts of the whole war on terror story the way various european nations for the kind of witting or unwitting handmaidens of u.s. torture practices we know about cia secret prisons in poland remain in lithuania

the u.k. is the u.s. is closest ally let's be clear and we saw time and again in the war on terror the u.k. getting just a little bit too close to the illegality of george bush and his cronies are in court kreider things for much indeed for europeans here this an r t legal director of the reprieve charity. the outgoing commander of u.s. forces and afghanistan general david petraeus is set to become the new cia chief the u.s. looks to be moving away from his heavy approach to war as washington stands firm on a mass troop pullout from afghanistan by the generals assam's to his new role behind the wheel of global covert operations raises doubts that he can be impartial are to scale and ford has more. then he's been called the rock star four star he is without question one of the finest officers and military minds of his generation the architect of modern counterinsurgency i'm asked quite often as are

all of us what do you think should happen in afghanistan and my first response is well whatever general petraeus the direction in which we ought to go that's again a respect here for you general david petraeus. for trains was on capitol hill to be confirmed as the next director of the central intelligence agency in truth my goal in uniform has always been to convey the most forthright and accurate picture possible i have to be sure offered more positive assessments than the intelligence community did but although he's been lauded as the man responsible for america's strategy in iraq former c.n.n. pentagon correspondent jamie mcintyre says he has his detractors a lot of people see him as very ambitious very calculating playing the system telling the american people what they want to hear. and a lot of people also some critics also think that the success that the u.s. is touting in iraq is vastly overstated and despite his star power some in the

military say petraeus is better at navigating the media and washington than a battlefield it's called the green zone hero. these are your senior officers who never actually saw any action who have never themselves been under direct fire and have never pulled the trigger and killed anyone in combat although president obama called him a quote lifelong consumer of intelligence others are skeptical that betray us will fit in at the cia their evaluation of iraq their evaluation of afghanistan have been generally diametrically opposed to what betray us has said his characterization of conditions on the ground in that country bears no resemblance to what people in the central intelligence agency are saying general petraeus spent thirty seven years in uniform but will hang it up to leave the cia as a civilian senate republican leaders praise president obama's decision for quote choosing competence and continuity but that same continuity means betrayers will be in charge of assessing his own success in iraq and afghanistan killing ford r. t.

washington d.c. . and so i have for you in a program here on our team the hot issues that broadly are said to solve our sins to the world's coldest continent all the details in just a few minutes. ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko is in court to face charges for abuse of power she's accused of losing a crane hundreds of millions of dollars in a gas deal with russia are to slice here she ask is outside the port in kenya for us. well hello to you listen you know you want to shanghai us call the trial a farce so tell us what's happened in the courtroom at the moment. while the atmosphere in the side of the courtroom and around the court building in central kiev is absolutely electrifying fifteen hundred supporters of unix machines were gathered here since early morning to protest what they describe as the farcical court the farcical trial and the i related ukrainian politics to a shake of the former prime minister herself already started some control over see

in this trial now when the judge entered the room the courtroom she refused to stand up and then said that this judge this judge must be dismissed because she believes the judge has a very low qualification to handle this very important case now the case is clearly the biggest one in ukraine along with that case of the country's former interior minister you to attend it is being televised live by the local t.v. stations and clearly this is causing a lot of control we see here with the former prime minister herself saying that she must not be prosecuted and believes this this case is completely political and is being orchestrated by president viktor yushchenko of each so we are following all the developments clearly this trial will not last for one day this will be a long process for several maybe for several weeks even months maybe months and we of course waiting for any developments on this story and what the judge and the court has to say about whether you get a machine go is really involved in money in money back. well meant and. tax evasion

as it's been said by the prosecution. all right well it's not the first time the expert here is accused over the misuse of funds tell us more. well this time we understand that you had too much employees being charged with many different things with many different financial crimes but the most important one as we understand according to the prosecution is that she is charged with striking unlawful gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the prosecution says that due to those unlawful contracts ukraine lost more than four hundred million u.s. dollars there are also several charges to you to machine go including the unlawful usage of ambulance cars and money and corruption and all different charges like that it clearly is not the first time that something like this happens when you look so much and go back in two thousand and nine she was already charged with smuggling russian gas into ukraine she was put in prison back then and that caused

a huge public and outcry in the society here in ukraine so you're it's a shame in some way experienced person in the trials and we are waiting to see what further reactions from the controversial controversial reactions we'll see from the former prime minister. thanks very much indeed for playing us the latest from. it's cheap effective and highly toxic at all softened as a pesticide bad of most countries but still widely embraced by farmers in india however its use carries grave consequences with a whole generation of children suffering devastating health problems and while the government claims there is no affordable alternative to the chemical ordinary families are paying the price find some of the images in pretty shredders report disturbing. this girl's body is the size of a baby but in reality she's five years old in her short life syria has endured an

operation to reduce the size of her abnormally large head and she's not the only one suffering like this the doctors who have to put it into our child's hand otherwise there would be complications. and serious mother thinks she knows what's caused it here in the cashew plantations in india southern state of carola the government sprayed a highly controversial pesticide endosulfan on the crops during the ninety's that the people here say is causing a generation of deformed children victims groups believe there are around nine thousand children like syria with swollen heads and developing at only half the rate they should for some parents that prospect is too much choosing abortion sometimes disturbingly late my daughter was alterations own in the eighth months of the pregnancy until recently india was the only country in the world which allowed the youth of endosulfan the agricultural ministries that there with them clean no

other cheap alternative to the powerful past that died but after mounting pressure at home and abroad the supreme court voted on an eight week ban of the past is that which is that to expire in mid july while studies show that endosulfan causes severe developmental in reproductive problems in both humans and animals proponents of the past aside say their rivals are the ones pushing this ban these two cities only bloom you go. was the e.u. . but the families of the sick feel that they've been forgotten for long enough. there is no value for human life it's all about the money people don't care about each other these days people who have money are categorized as high caste and the poor people are counted as low caste and nobody cares whether we are dead or alive the families are drained emotionally and financially their life savings wiped out

to care for their severely disabled children. i feel very sad when i see my child like this it's disturbing that we have to tolerate it. there's little point waiting for government relief repeated requests fall on deaf ears in the capital all these families can do is make the most of the short lives their disfigured children will have most will die before their twentieth birthday preassure either r t carola india. now let's check out other international news we have for you today the u.s. secretary of state has warned of an escalation risk after reports that syrian forces raided a village near the turkish border hillary clinton said it could deepen the conflict and worsen the plight of refugees troops using snipers and tanks were seen on the syrian side of the border on thursday forcing more people to flee to turkey over ten thousand have sheltered in camps and almost fifteen hundred have been killed

since a crackdown on anti-government protesters started in march. the e.u. has pledged to help greece with its woes over a looming bankruptcy and debt the country could gain vital bailout funds once parliament passes fresh a sturdy measures next week the greek government has to approve a further twenty billion euros in budget cuts five years at their. surpassed that greece could get another twelve billion euro in cash it's part of the current rescue package from prozone countries and the i.m.f. . what you are taking to live from moscow and if you missed any of our on air stories you can always go to our web site r t dot com and they're all on line for you there plus there's always more news and video lined up just for you there here's a text. i done scored clear as far right politician here as well there is a paycheck argues against muslims saying his comments were within the scope of

acceptable public debate. and president medvedev launches our new documentary channel as a new vision of russia gets around the quad global we can see the new addition to the r.t. family at our t.v. dot party dot com. she has an obstinate and predictable nature be ready for that if you have a go she knows she shows rather no favor to anyone else i see and inhospitable land treats all visitors equally from tourists to top officials are on thomas witnessed the world's call this continent playing host to not one but two national presidents. as a military c one thirty approaches a gravel airstrip the people on land prepare for celebration and official ceremony . the presidents of both chile and ecuador are making an official visit to their respective research stations in antarctica wouldn't we but on the flow of bees it

is a very important visit but it is also important for our people as we hear the gateway to the reception talk to and it is very important to support them talk to treaty. and think it's. important. for president sebastian pinera his visit has the potential to be a political hot point as chile holds a territorial claim or the end. arctic peninsular clear down to the south pole but on this particular trip controversies were put aside in favor of a more international message that has been and should always be a continent of peace of friendship and it has to be very friendly with nature and the environment. very much committed with that and i'm sure that the russian people share these feelings so to get there we have to say that because because it is a continent of the future of peace and also science and technology. and while

ecuador holds no boundary claim on the continent rafael korea's visit does hold some national significance of this is a very impressive you know the first time that. he's here in antarctica so very very exciting it's very important for us. hosting not one but two presidents is a tricky business especially in antarctica when much of the planning can be changed at a moment's notice depending on the constantly changing and unpredictable weather. if we have a saying about antarctica not only she knows who can and cannot visit her in fact last year both presidents be near and korea try to visit but could not land because the weather shifted and it was too dangerous. to organizing a presidential visit a delegation of this size it's quite difficult logistically they were able to fit in a little bit of russian culture with a visit to the trinity church. traveling with the presidents

a delegation of both chile and ecuador's top military brass as well as minister of energy. and while there were photo opportunities and press conferences the main message from these heads of state was one of international cooperation. and. an example of union power money that we can work together so being. two. to brew for. and as their presidential flight leaves the continent after a successful visit those who stayed behind to continue their research to ensure that idea of unity is realized in antarctica sean thomas. time now for a business of dates with maytree stay with us.

someone will continue watching business out see russia saying massive capital outflow despite robust growth and a balanced budget state is eager to reverse the flight in has introduced a number of projects among them the creation of a ten billion dollars state backed investment fund now i'm joined now by u.t.v. to call skinny's chairman of the national council for investment climate development today thank you so much for being with us so right now what we're seeing oil is falling markets are down year to date capital is leaving russia how can investors be persuaded to have the money in russia. yes well it's just ill seen by investors as an important market you know by. size a for retail market with lots of example are still rated. of course dependency on oil prices i mean and everything to that and in recent just in recent events we see that.

me confirmed again and what russia needs to do of course is to decrease its dependency and to move investments into other sectors in the us what it would what it was about to signal to russia send you on to the world and that's exactly what i should be doing but until then is it still an attractive investment destination yes of course it is but what you need you need to have a clear third is you need to have understanding what what you want to do and understand the risks and one of. one of the things we always become on to for investors want to talk to them is to have a strong local partner understand how to operate an auction do you think russia could be seen as a financially. safe haven in terms of the sovereign debt problems that we're seeing in europe which russia does not have for example or of course i think when investors are looking at a basket of conses and basket of different instruments i think i'm sure all global

investors a whatever russia is a certain portion in able to photos. and i remember recently. i debated reform ordeals was asked are we going to experience a next future so we're going to focus and unfortunately all the ins was thinking of us nobody said no and people were split in between there will be a couple of the falls or more than that and i think in this environment of uncertainty i think russia still is going to talk to because i'm sure when people talk about that we should point out for the growth in the video not mt russian and some other countries are also what about the initiative that we're seeing right now from the government to attract investment obviously it's a very important to us was in the privatization program or saying this investment fund ten billion dollars fund being created is that going to help do you think it is going to help but i think we need to do more and our consul oh delegate for

a couple initiatives which is someone being implemented like introducing could be i for a local government was. going to look for the size of foreign investments and size of investments in particular region but we need to go beyond that i think we need to set up an agency for foreign investment and agency which will not only attract investment about also be with a partner for foreign ministers and i should help investors to manage risks and deal with some uncertainties. you know i also i'll give it to russia needs to learn how. our countries so they'll do for corruption and use some foreign experience and they're all right here it's across the thank you so much for being with us chairman of the national council for investment climate development talking to us in the. the studio thank you so much. we have little time but let's look at the markets now oil prices a slightly high after days dramatic fools caused by the surprise announcement by

the international energy agency that it was releasing strategic reserves sixty five cents brant up by just a notch european markets are rallying this right after european leaders agreed to launch a fresh package for cash strapped greece miners are in the lead extra time for gas to wrangle resources all up three percent this hour here the markets in russia also rallying all ts my sex up exactly two point one one percent going to some of the individual share movers if we can and as you may just on leave gas problem and. bank as you can see there some of the most liquid stock in the russian markets up more than two and a half percent around that m.k. the metals mine is also gaining it's posted a net profit of one hundred thirty four million dollars in first quarter of the year beating previous expectations and that's all we have time for in this post of business we will be back next hour with headlines and.

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get a human voice face to face with the news makers. welcome back to watching live from moscow these are the top stories britain has revealed it neglected to protect prisoners from abuse as part of its role in the u.s. rendition program this comes as american officials face the lawsuits from foreign detainees who claim they were tortured in overseas prisons. ukraine's asprin a year ago was on trial over charges of abuse of power allegedly losing her country hundreds of millions of dollars in energy deals. hold a hearing a political farce staged by her rivals as thousands rallied to support her side the court. and families in india accuse the government of allowing the use of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children victim groups

claim applying the chemicals is causing a generation of the foreign children who don't live to see their twenty. so they have lined up next we're bring you all the latest high tag gadgets and state of the our developments in russian side stay with us for technology update on our. welcome to technology update and welcome to tomes a city carved over four centuries ago out of the endless forests and swamps of siberia already an established center for some of russia's whiz kid students and their smart ideas today toast is transforming itself into an incubator for an expanding cluster of innovative businesses since our last episode. two thousand and

eleven forum its fourteenth any will gathering of business research and administration innovators this year drawing some three thousand participants from nineteen countries and forty seven russian regions. and by thousands more the event featured brainstorming sessions with time specialists and market makers unconsciously forward looking hot topics like revamping nuclear technology revitalizing cities and russia's regional economies and educating new generations to keep up in the knowledge base global environment of course the top tech firms were on hand to show off their skill set to potential investors and partners while the forum functions as a good attention grabber for guests from other parts of russia and beyond the brand new tome special economic zone is a place where the push for new high tech sector development is underway year round . two hundred seventy hectares are divided into two campuses one in jason to the well established universities.