burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all this evidence of the continued torture of prisoners say the doctors and now after two inmates died from beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out their terms ishall council forces claiming systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on

eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and the n.p.c. expressed support for this time and this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule that was given the green light of the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a clear recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought them to see to power is by itself raising question is. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to investigate some of may two that it bears entity of were with. the throngs and there were guiding the air raids and day directing them and court of debating them if you are mandated. that. it is very

very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of my eyes i saw the killing of fifty one people in front of my eyes the youngest was fifteen years old and while all sides and believe in conflict are to play for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoings investigating what happened during libya's seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact the mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat the mistakes in recent united nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t.

. well libya's post gadhafi government the national transitional council so far failed to bring peace and stability to the country coming up later here in r.t. people are betting his guests on cross talk to bait why the militias who overthrew the colonel reluctant to obey the new leaders. who the hell is the n.p.c. who are these people after all these months it's still very opaque who are they. well you know we we know these are people who who who were privileged under the old regime and who decided they could be more privileged under a western style regime i mean you know this thing about wanting democracy well when i've seen it and i you didn't hear it because there's just not here only us where we were influential i really said anything in your interrupting me. i. saying there

you have you said. which are simply not true my problem is that my problem with the n.p.c. is that a lot of the. exiles that have come back and some of my actually lived in the suburbs of langley and that's my issue ok my issue is that these are western surrogates. as a matter of fact one of the issues in libya is right now that when you talk to libyans they refer to the t.n.c. the transitional council as a government of foreigners and so i think you put your finger right on the these are not cronies of gadhafi as a matter of fact most of those people have been arranged out the t.n.c. has brought in and i'm not even if you were going to. lose a number of them were exiles and so in a sense that is part of the problem and why they are not legitimate is because they really have no standing in the country at this point. more angry protests have broken out in poland of the government gave it supports

who are little known international policy treaty activists say the pact known as an actor opened doors for the monitoring of online activities and choke freedom of expression poland joined several other e.u. countries in a closed door signing ceremony panel this day. with censorship the n.c.i. counter if you trade agreement known as act which poland signed on thursday has upset many internet users across the country in the small town of lupul in alone several thousand people hit the streets fearing the treaty would allow corporations to crackdown on the freedom of speech online the idea of funding. for publishing the. material. somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. names being used

to kill somebody like that will be used to our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email jockeying for a form of self-expression this was yet another rally in a whole string of protests held in poland since tuesday large crowds in several cities voiced their anger at the government for signing the document most of the country's government websites were hijacked by the anonymous group they had cursed threatened to reveal sensitive information about the authorities should they go ahead with the act there are certain countries which are very interested in. this is this is a former this is a job. and because they were strong businesses rely on corporate the law and they want to enforce it all over the world but this doesn't mean that this is good for the people and this is why would we have this protest in poland because people feel oppressed by that essentially actor is about protecting

intellectual property from music and books to pharmaceuticals and clothes similar in form to the stalled u.s. bill sopa and people that also sparked widespread protests however critics say actor was engineered in complete secrecy bypassing government procedures and the criminal punishment it allows alerted many any legislation must be founded in the public opinion of what's right and wrong when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition does something useful murder and genocide this is such an abuse of power i think it's time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out teenagers ten. if you doubt this

will happen given that prime minister to six party hold the majority in the save the government says the agreement is not a threat to freedom but maintained the internet should not be a space of legal. but protesters say they will bring even more people to warsaw central square on friday to stop it becoming law in the space of just three days probably just unfold have managed to gather tens of thousands of people and while this is still little chance that this bill would not make it through parliament the release i mean likely to die down lets you know the r.t. reporting from poland. ok of the u.k. pirate party says the agreement is just as outrageous and harmful as similar parsonages station abandoned by lawmakers in america following mass protests there this is part of a line along a long line of attacks on civil liberties and internet freedom the actor agreement

is just the right. move that we've seen the the soap agreement which was already dropped by the united states under a wave of wave of protests now the actor agreement has the potential to be just as dangerous or even more so to the very fabric of the internet and our economy a soap a soap but it it's actually going to mean that there's going to be an acceptable level of surveillance on all of our internet connection is essentially what this agreement dollars is your internet service provider into a kind of police officer and that's really one of the problems of the changes that this agreement brings about it makes a copyright infringement a criminal offense which is in fact entirely new move. also ahead for you this hour the fiscal function of the year the world economic forum and as its third day as

international movers and shakers continue talks about the future of the global economy. iran says it's considering cutting oil supplies to europe preempting an e.u. embargoed you to come into force in july the country's lawmakers are set to debate the move on sunday the parliament spokesman added that the draft bill is being finalized becomes the e.u. imposed sanctions in an attempt to force it back to negotiation table its nuclear program iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad's tehran is ready to return to talks but its opponents need to compromise to ensure for aid from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in iran so the country is acting to protect its sovereignty. the grace period that the vision for six months for does go to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hands and the other issue is that it shows

a complex city of feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds and that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to their national sovereignty off the wrong of their nature shows that this can make it to. his harlem and him people because this is a model is not something which is going to be to the benefit of european people and there's also a disconnect between european governments and their parliament as well i mean it's not the most ideal situation for iran because iran has to find different consumers for costumers where it's all about are at the same time iran is going to be to decrease is dependence on the petro dollar this is a very good thing in the lot longer and of course they remain middle class the small businesses that actually do business with european businesses that are going to suffer but that is the iran claims that that is for short term and in the long term this is actually going to lead to more independence for iran as a whole as

a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses. while the u.s. and europe continue to hit around with sanctions and strong rhetoric the suggestion of military action against the islamic republic leaves many americans cold what is going to turn is in the country's capital to gauge opinion. well while the obama administration says its war with iran is still on the table and washington hawks come up with even harsher statements which we should brace iranian regime i think within a year the majority of americans may sense that their opposition to more wars which is reflected in always and polls is being ignored in washington residents of charlottesville in virginia took the matter to their city council which passed the resolution calling on the federal government to and all its wars and avoid starting a new one with iran the biggest threat right now is that we will get jackknifed into or a war against iran which would be a disaster for the people of iran and for the people of charlottesville and the

rest of our country david swanson is the co-author of the resolution adopted by the charlottesville city council are. popular will as always been against wars unless pushed in dragged by very manipulative propaganda and they have been trying those who want war on iran have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get the american people on board i went out on the street to see how many people i would meet who want the u.s. to attack iran. do you think the u.s. should attack iran no no not at all the last thing we see today it's a terrible idea one of the worst ideas i think i have heard a while yeah that would be horrible yeah because they're good guys but because. i think another war is just a horrific idea look all the republicans you've got certain ones over that who want to get just can't wait to get us in war it really doesn't look good at all do you

think the u.s. should attack iran yes just one out of more than a dozen interviews and it's not just people on the street but many experts in the security field warn against starting a war with iran including the former acting director of the cia people keep saying that the military option is. it is still on the table i think it would be a very bad option but the latter one to use one of the big problems with iran is that if you get into. an open confrontation military confrontation your risk a cycle of retaliation and response. with great difficulty seeing where the end point is the question one may ask is how does washington continue talking wars with so many americans against them i have a hard time thinking of any example of any issue on which the conduct of our government in washington corresponds with majority opinion war is not some kind of exception the public is against bailouts for bankers the public is against

subsidies for energy companies the public is against wars the public is against just about every decision made on important issues in washington the fact of the matter is that majority of americans don't want a new wars on their plate poll showed they were opposed to u.s. involvement in libya as well but the government went about it anyway many sense that the rift between what americans want and what leaders do in the name of the american people is getting larger i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. much more for you just a few clicks away welcome to our web site to get the latest updates and all the best videos here's a taste security control or privacy violation the social network set to become the f.b.i.'s main weapon in combating domestic threats but all the details online also . you know long sought one republican presidential candidate puts forward the proposal of making the satellite america's fifty first state. plus

a moscow crowns a successful young scholar an onion a student beauty contest. the third day of the world economic forum is just hours from getting underway as the a business elite prepare to tackle the global financial crisis an attempt to restore economic confidence if you choose of china and the raiser is expected to dominate today's agenda along with other vital issues parties in this to reports. it's day three of the world economic forum but things are certainly not slowing down if anything they are continuing to get more into the problems the economic problems that really are the ones that are a focus of the globe and if the people here we will of course given that here a lot more on the eurozone crisis this is really something that has cast

a cloud over this entire forum with it being the headache for the global economy as angela merkel pointed out in her remarks probably quite fit only when this forum opened up but will also hear on a number of other issues we will hear about politics there will be discussion of the arab spring implications we'll hear from the prime minister of tunisia we'll hear from the presidential candidate egypt about what the arab spring means for those economies and also for investment we'll also hear more on emerging economies and on the big guys we'll hear about china's economic outlook why is there pessimism with an economy that's expected to grow nine percent it's a great question we'll see what they come up with and also a number of russian participants will speak about the global energy outlook financial competitiveness and also the future of eurasia so those are some of the things that we're going to hear on the official agenda but do not forget it davos there is a whole other agenda which is what is happening on the sidelines and in private

meetings and in private parties bilateral meetings for diplomats business meetings for any kind of executives or people trying to get investment whether it's a charity or a state or country so this is a lot of what goes on here we'll keep you posted on how this all unfolds on day three but for now from the world economic forum in davos switzerland i'm laurin leicester. the more in the business deals are being conducted the world economic forum so tune in for a financial update that's coming up in the just a couple minutes. well some world news in brief for you this hour the u.s. plans to cut one hundred thousand troops in its bid for a small lead military restructuring comes as the pentagon prepares for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of cuts in next ten years it's all still in the u.s. military larger and stronger than it was before the wars in iraq and afghanistan the government will continue to spend their own eighty eight billion dollars a year on combat operations in afghanistan the tensions in the country are still

high as the taliban counters western troops and even two civilian casualties. syrian rebels have clashed with troops in a town just north of damascus two hundred people were detained by security forces as they raided homes looking for weapons and suspects in the town of. provincial governor hopes to negotiate a cease fire as the ten month revolt against present creeps closer to the lascars un is expected to discuss the syrian crisis which has claimed more than five thousand dollars later today. to new york now where details of a shipment containing sixteen years of cocaine seized last week at u.n. headquarters have just been released a package marked with fake united nations insignia was shipped through mexico to cincinnati. a spokesman says the u.n. or anyone located the headquarters where the intended recipients officials believe it was the bungled attempts of drug traffickers trying to ship the cortex into the

u.s. . new footage from brazil has a sharing people running away from a cloud of dust and debris after three buildings collapsed in the region near authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse but it's believed that illegal construction work was responsible for people who had been confirmed dead but the city's mayor rescue workers are searching for twenty two still missing . now even if you're in florence moscow is never too far away later on the joy martin and you. as he takes to the streets of italy in search of a slice of russian. has been a russian orthodox church on the site since martino three built by the russian community and foreign time artists suffered considerable damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic in much is the city's cultural

heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worshippers from all over tuscany. crooners head now with the business. hello and welcome to our business up there the south for joining me right now is sun is moving closer to increasing its share in the russian comic after vast speaking to r.t. at the devils economic forum the head of the alliance said that the agreement could even come within weeks his plan to raise the share from this current twenty five percent to fifty percent that colors can expect out of us to have the lion's share and the alliance is crying.

there is a lot of progress hopefully sean i'm not going to tell you when but soon we'll be able to announce for you it was the foreclosure hopefully weeks maybe a month but i don't think it should last we have a goal of forty percent participation general market share of the sea the largest part of feed when we come from which is of a brand of of the us and it will be supported by rudolph robot side that is not from the other side so it's got it's a few teamwork made by three brands addressing different different people. the changing middle east is among the issues dominating talks and also direct foreign investment into the region was at its lowest level since two thousand and five continuing tensions are putting the company's business in the region at risk however russia's antivirus giant customer ski lab is positive about its operations in the middle east speaking to our team davos its founder said that the tensions

have had no significant impact on the company's performance to present there were business in the middle east so these looked affected too much. studio group in the unit in the middle east. which are working of course it's a pressure from there on this. situation. but it doesn't reflect our own our financial results our war in the world and too much a double dip recession in europe is old but in reality the continent's problems are also a drag on the rest of the world the international monetary fund now things that global growth this year will slow to three point three percent from the four percent it was predicting just a few months ago russia is not immune the i.m.f. says that the country should focus on targeting inflation to protect itself from external shocks. erosion leads to a low ruble to be flexible the flexibility to say very important component of

a successful inflation targeting machine this is the experience from all countries that have made that transition and here russia is moving the rhetoric should i think there's a realisation that you cannot target both at inflation at the same time so both russia has a load with a lot more flexibility in the ruble since two thousand and nine it also has defects that. if things get worse in the us or globally a flexible exchange rate will help to some extent insulate the russian economy so it also has done to effect that to limit the effect on russia. over the crisis. let's have a look at the markets now all is heading higher concerns about iranian next exports the international monetary fund warns of a twenty to thirty percent price spike if they are to stop that brant blend is trading at one hundred eleven dollars the value. is just under close to one hundred dollars a barrel. most asian stock markets struggle at the end of

a modestly positive week but australian shares gain with miners pushing back thanks sang is trading a little higher this hour after falling i add drop in volatile property shares helped drag on the markets after recent games the nikkei is lower in tokyo as securities group fell nearly three percent in a weak a banking sector. and the russian markets open the trading day day lower as well the r.t.s. is losing a point six percent to my xix is down just nearly a quarter of a percent so looking ahead to friday market analysts that is at risk in believe that the sentiment in the russian markets is likely to start trading away. we can see slight correction. probably be too strong. news we have seen over the week or. significant for the markets for the marketplace we see

that the trend will say more optimistic than it was on the end of the thousand alone with. the positive january will be full. as positive february as always all the grease all the eyes on also on the. news from there on the new measures probably introduced by the european union well that so for now but get you can always last always just log on to our website gawker dot com slash business.

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this is r t the headlines for you now shocking revelations in an already troubled post gadhafi libya as human rights groups accuse the village of torturing detainees to death a mystery international is ringing the alarm and doctors without borders has already pulled out of the city of misrata protesters intransigence. poland witnesses further protests against the government's signing of an international

piracy pact designed to enforce intellectual property rights but activists on the streets say the agreement known as an actor fringe on the internet freedom lead to online censorship. and iran considers banning oil sales to europe preempting the decision to stop importing oil from the country in july but as war rhetoric against tehran escalates in the west ordinary americans voice their opposition to any possible military confrontation. up next the latest edition of our moscow program today with an italian twist.