bases around the globe but an end to see run leave the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome 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 the 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 the 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 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 the m.t.c. 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. in the france and there were guiding the air raids. and directing them and coordinating them if you

are mandated. that thought 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 their live in conflict are to blame 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 recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by really should groups in libya right now and with numerous accuse ations of torture and revenge

killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . libya's post gadhafi government the national transitional council has so far failed to bring peace and stability to the country coming up later here in r.t. people are venting his guests on cross-talk debate why the militias who overthrew the colonel are reluctant to obey their 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 think you know this thing about wanting democracy when one is seeing here because there's just not here only us where everyone finished i

haven't said anything in here interrupting me. i am staying there. have you said. which are simply not true what my problem is that my problem with the n.p.c. is that a lot of the. exiles sort of 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 and i saw this as a matter of fact one of the issues in libya's right now that when you talk to libyans they refer to the t.n.c. the transitional council as a government off foreigners and so i think you put your finger right on the piece or 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 going to. we're exiles and so in a sense that is part of the problem and why they're not legitimate is because they really have no standing in the country at this point.

more angry protests have broken out in poland after the government gave its support to an international piracy treaty activists say the pact known as actor will choke freedom of online expression for poland joined several other e.u. countries in the closed door signing ceremony in japan on thursday. with censorship the end so i come to a few trade agreement known as act which poland signed on thursday has upset many internet users across the country in the small town of libyan 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 trademarked material. somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill

somebody that will be used to monitor our. activity i believe that talking through the internet e-mail 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 threatened to reveal sensitive information about the authorities should they go ahead with the act there are certain countries which are very interested in art. this is this is a former this is job. and because they. truong businesses. are property laws 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 sober 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 in the 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. 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 just terrorists. if you do. 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 maintain 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 protests 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 rallies are likely to die down. the r.t. reporting from poland. was so ahead for you this hour the fiscal function of the yeah the future course of the global economy is being discussed by international movers and shakers at the world economic forum. iran says it's considering cutting oil supplies to europe preempting and e.u.

and bugged you to come into force in july two rounds lawmakers are set to debate the move already the subject of a draft bill on sunday it comes off the e.u. impose sanctions in an attempt to force it back to negotiations table its nuclear program. president clinton jag says tehran is ready to return to talks with its opponents need to improvise to ensure from the campaign against sanctions when a true intervention in iran says 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 hand and the other issue is that it shows a complex city offering in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national sovereignty off the wrong

there the it shows that this can mix between. parliaments 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 the european governments on their parliament as well i mean it's not the most ideal situation for iran because iran has to find different consumers for the costumers where it's all about the same time iran is going to be to decrease is dependence on the petro dollar which is a very good thing in the lot longer and of course they remain middle class the small businesses who actually do business with the pin 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 iran the sanctions and strong rhetoric the suggestion of military action against the islamic republic leaves many americans cold while she's

going to church and is in the country's capital to do each opinion. while the obama administration says war with iran is still on the table and washington hawks come up with even harsher statements if we could break the iranian regime i think within a year the majority of americans may says that their opposition to more wars which is reflected in all recent 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 the 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. for the 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 so i think we should go 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 but look on the republican side you've got certain ones over that who want to 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 of the latter one to use one of the big problems with iran is that if you get into. an open confrontation a 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 says 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. for all our stories and much more head to our web site to r.t. dot com here's what you can find online right now lou a long shot from republican presidential candidate puts for the idea of making some flight america's fifty first state plus. the animatronic dinosaurs who thrill and terrify visitors at the most poignant museum of natural history as it celebrates some milestone birthday on a recent innovation hundred fifty years since opening its doors this museum seen walks of life can see more party talks co.

the third day of the world economic forum is getting underway as the business elite prepare to tackle the global financial crisis and attempt to restore economic confidence the future of china and the razor is expected to dominate today's agenda along with other vital issues in this to report. 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 a 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 at 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 a 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 lister. well to get more on the business deals that are being conducted the world economic forum stay tuned for a business update in just a few minutes to. one of the leaders of the international terrorist organization. has been killed in russia's north caucuses republican been shown to. you know counter-terrorist operation was also the head of the largest underground network in the republic there for carrying out multiple attacks across the north caucuses and was responsible for an explosion in the market in a very kind of september twenty ten which killed nineteen people and injured hundreds a shootout between the security forces there militants last several hours which will say two other gunmen were also killed in the exchange. well some other world

news in brief for you now this hour the u.s. plans to cut one hundred thousand troops in its bid for a smaller leaner military restructuring head to the. polls so. it's all still leave the us with the larger and stronger than it was before the wars in iraq and afghanistan the government will continue to spend around eighty eight billion dollars a year on combat operations in afghanistan tensions in the country are still high as the taliban counters western troops often lead to 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 the provincial government hopes to negotiate a ceasefire as a ten month revolt against president assad creeps closer to damascus the u.n. is later today expected to discuss the syrian crisis which is claimed more than

five thousand dollars. to new york with details of a shipment containing sixty kilos of cocaine seized last week and u.n. headquarters have just been released the package marked with fake united nations insignia was shipped from mexico through cincinnati. spokesman says the u.n. really were located at the headquarters where the intended recipients officials believe it was the bungled attempts of drug traffickers from ship contacts into the u.s. . a total of five people will officially run in russia's march presidential election with the country's central election commission set to confirm that short list of candidates competing for the top post parties peter all of the has the latest now from moscow. we're expecting in the next few moments that the rubber stamp will be put on that list of names that will appear on the ballot papers on the fourth of march in the presidential elections we're not expecting to have any

surprises we pretty much know in the five names will be on there for a little while now we're going to see vladimir putin the current prime minister along with you know he's a god of the cause of the communist party let him as you know he from the liberal democrats sort of gave me a little from their russia and the independent candidate because crawford all know with these names are the ones that be pushing for their top spot in russia the role of president four of those five do actually have their current jobs in office to do they are well thought of the approaches the prime minister the rest of the leaders of their respective political parties help a lot of is the the the only candidate who doesn't currently hold office sodomy prince but he must be going about his job as prime minister he was in siberia a few days ago in his hometown of st petersburg to day. not so much campaigning as they say is really going about that role of being the pm we have seen as amy how brutal the only candidate who doesn't currently hold office he's in siberia at the

moment trying to show his face and press the flesh amongst those who perhaps maybe don't know who he is the. billionaire owner of the new york the new jersey nets is he is somewhat a familiar face in moscow and st petersburg he's going out to the the far east of this all of the far east of the siberia to try and show his face there to make sure he can talk support as for the other candidates we've seen them but he should also be from the lib dems and so to the middle of a russian speaking in the duma just behind me to say they are the leaders of their respective parties the killing of support in their own way as is has he gone off from the communists so it is starting to slip into next year as we approach selection but on the fourth of march he sort of there. you're in florence moscow is never too far away and now it's tonic into. in march than jesus he takes the streets of italy in search of a slice of russia. there's

been a russian orthodox church on the site since nineteen zero three building by the russian community and foreign time artists suffered considerable damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic to match is the city's cultural heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with author talks worshippers from all over tuscany. well let's cross over to the business desk now and join me. hello and welcome to our business up at the south thanks for joining the devils economic forum is displaying signs of a split personality at the likes of the i.m.f.

david cameron and george soros warning of potential catastrophes while on the other side and number of heavyweight industrialists who think much of the rescue work has been done among them is under a question the head of russia's second biggest bank. there was a practical discussions on for example the introduction of new regulations for. banks and financial sector. at the wedding on the of course it will take maybe two to three years to implement it but at least there is no just a general debate some very practical things which now being discussed though this is due to bathe in the future over europe. a lot has been as a lot of discussions already happened between the politicians and it looks now the common solution in a much closer that was one or two years ago despite global economic uncertainty

russia's biggest lender is bear bank achieve strong results in two thousand and eleven its deputy chairman says the financial performance has probably made it one of the world's top ten banks and cost to income ratio as big bank is now strongly counting on overseas expansion plans to make five percent profit abroad with three years seven gay got cuffed told r.t. about the bank's expansion strategy. well sir we launched in germany china and india last year but the most important thing is that we agreed to buy the eastern european bank international we're going to close a deal on the fifteenth of february and start operating in eight european countries who are also interested in pollution turkish markets it's hard to talk about the new deal so far but we see great opportunities for acquisitions. so the sale of a state owned stake in bareback may take place this year deputy chairman of russia's central bank. says that the government is counting on the price of around

one hundred rubles that's around three dollars per share the state is selling seven point six percent stake in the land. looking at the markets now oil is heading higher this hour on concerns about iranian exports the international monetary fund warns of a twenty to thirty percent price spike if they are disrupted brant burns is trading over one hundred and eleven dollars a barrel while just under one hundred dollars. european markets are down and by banks and mining stocks because footsie is losing just. just under half a percent while germany's dax is slightly in the red rewritten to down one point three percent and shares of american barclays are losing over one percent here in russia markets have picked up slightly but are continuing to trade in the red losing over a quarter of a percent while the my six is flat let's say the biggest movers on the lies express

is losing marginally the positive start of the day helped by news about its privatization energy majors are losing ground despite strong oil and gas is down around two thirds of a percent. continues to slump the metal giant has increased production by seven percent in two thousand and eleven. currencies the ruble is lowered to the dollar amid weakening global demand for risk. some profit taking ahead of the weekend however the rest because he is a balancing against the zeal of the dollar has dropped against the wall. well that's the update but for this hour we're back in about thirty minutes with more drama that.

will do the trick this month by particles that make up the fabric of the universe find what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest prevent a fire with the help of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet of a new gaming religion and let the inventor begin all of that here in novosibirsk technology on day age here on r.g.p. we've got the future covered. wealthy british style.

market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. top stories shocking revelations in an already troubled post gadhafi libya as human rights groups accuse the military of torturing detainees to death and this to international is ringing the alarm doctors without borders has already pulled down to the city of misrata in protest cities. and witnesses further protests against the government signing of an international piracy part designed to enforce

intellectual property rights but activists on the streets saying the agreement. would infringe on the internet freedom into online censorship. and iran considers banning oil sales to europe preempting that means decision to stop importing oil from the country. but as war rhetoric against tehran escalates in the west jordan americans a voice their opposition to any possible military confrontation. with more news in about thirty minutes time first the latest edition of technology update. oh and welcome to technology update this month we.