syria's state t.v. has reported that damascus regrets the league's decision saying it may result in more bloodshed and for military intervention that's as the u.n. security council is set to discuss a new resolution on syria calling for regime change and warning of further action if damascus fails to comply russia has opposed the document saying it can be used as a basis to solve the situation on top of this the e.u. imposed yet more sanctions against syria this week to further pressure the president now that the servers mission has been frozen people are preparing for the worst as artie's correspondent sara furth reports. over the last few weeks we've accompanied the observers on many of their excursions into some of the country's moved restive areas here this prison on the outskirts of damascus these are the prisoners they've been selected for release this evening you can see the signing on this is being overseen by some of the arab league observers have been here the presence is enabled an increase in foreign media in the country many of whom also

join them on their trips is being considered a slightly safer way of visiting these areas they are accompanied by government security offices and is believed to at least hopes the worst there in an area security forces won't shoot that's what the people felt when the observers arrived at these places the protesters told us they felt temporarily safe enough to express their views openly. thank god that's one saves his leave and the protesters are left alone they tell us usually fall is the odd way to go. home to my fellow was a gulf state monitors withdrew at the beginning of the wake of the observers who presented their opposed to the arab league with the hotel as the mother to said their goodbyes some of them were switching phone numbers and taking photos with

colleagues their bags packed many of the monitors are now leaving the country and their withdrawal has been seen as a major blow to the observer mission it seems that could turn out to have been a fatal one senior source from the opposition with inside the country d n c c has told r.t. that he thought observers were hoping to restart their mission c. and that their decision was it came to a form of protest against the growing violence and the perhaps once it comes down they could resume their work but on the day that the goal statement says departed one observer has hinted to me that the rest of them might not be far behind. it seems the talks of further training for the monitors and increasing the numbers seem to have been forgotten about despite strengthening the mission being more important now than ever to proceed on friday the monitors had taken the tailing journalists on a tour around the christian area of damascus where like most fridays here the streets were almost deserted they'd chosen not to venture further afield

unimpressed afterwards we pushed on with some of the journalists to now controlled by the free syrian army. but without the observers and the protesters concerned about the security forces imminent arrival was an extremely serious one when gunshots rang out in the distance we had to leave there was no guarantee that we wouldn't be caught in the middle of what locals tell us the regular crackdowns to try to regain control of the area for the time being the free syrian army remains in control that without the observers and many of these places will become almost inaccessible again with no one to monitor the current situation they cause living in these areas say that they fear the danger has no greatly increased than in now seems a question of when the observers will resume their mission and so at a time when the conflict is in more desperate need of carving than ever the full one small source of hate for many people has just been halted it's going to make it

that much harder to establish exactly what's happening here in the country surface r.t. damascus in syria. a political analyst temper faster at the lebanese international university dr him all one came says there is a clear connection between the mission suspension and debate at the u.n. security council. they sent monitoring mission to syria it went against the su not you that was said by the united states by giving but by by stating that there are insurgents throughout syria which justifies actually the policy is followed by the regime by cracking down on insurgents with the five denied by the western countries and by their allies it was interrupted specially that there was a will not of you to transfer the file of syria to the united nations

in order to take action to come up with a resolution in order to enforce a regime change that goes by the will of the united states and its western allies syria same earth so too does libya months after the fall of khadafi we're now down here doctors without borders says it's suspending its mission to leave after being made to train to torture victims who are then sent straight back for further interrogation. u.s. police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around one hundred fifty people have been arrested and the crowd was trying to seize one of the city's buildings to make it their new headquarters argues more in a fortnight has more. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the

streets and as hours passed the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to roughly twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and the abandoned building where they wanted to create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps and this was an attempt for oakland optimist to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger and then chilly the police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash green means that the occupy activists warning to the police if they see members of the crowd began throwing things at times at the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash

between police officers and occupy optimist but as high as we know this is not the first time we've seen a few or squashed between officers and activists in oakland california back in october since late october there was a least three hundred people arrested and a former u.s. marine by the name scott olsen was left in critical condition with a head injury from being struck in the head by a police tear gas canister canister and this is something odd that put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been criticized for being very harsh with occupy out. very important reporting down our our team has been following the occupy protests in the u.s. since the very beginning so if you want to track the timeline of events you can simply log on to our website r.t. dot com now we've been at the epicenter of the movement capturing shocking food each of the demonstrations that involve the u.s.

so you can catch all our coverage online also. order of all millionaires pay lower tax rates then millions of middle class households. obama makes his spring election pitch americans in the annual state of the union address stressing jobs and quality in a bid to appease growing anti-corporate sentiment that's next hour here on our team . this week anger over the panning ratification of act a new international online anti-piracy agreement spilled out into the streets of poland internet users say the new law along with similar bills now suspended in the u.s. is a form of censorship and violate human rights are just like here ships the fall of the outrage. at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at them the story is anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funny shooting for publishing the would say dr mark material. is somehow

illogical to me it's like let's say punishing the corporation for this is knife for . being used to kill somebody like that would be to money for our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email jockeying for rooms full of self-expression but with every passing rally the protests grew more political the crowds put prime minister government on the foyer for signing the agreement on thursday most governments the websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they're trying to mesmerize us with. the promise is that there would be a sudden closer ties to the documents that stuff. so that we have arrived. to. the right for our own interpretation of the can but that's not possible knows a lot from our government technically actors should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to design your bags with the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the

web and take regular users offline for harmless internet behavior it even includes a criminal charge for posting certain links 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 does this is such an abuse of power. thing is 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 it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated sopa bill in the united states which sent even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more globally they are not. groups

and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another. source open people faired but actor is still an option for many many countries it was too much for one french e.u. deputy quit calling act charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country pride is active protests in warsaw were expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away never the less they intends to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge warsaw's ruling circles to take. back doing to one other e.u. member states along with poland signed acts of but it's only here that the decision has caused so much control over sea and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar lumens which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent let's. see reporting from poland

. and on our website r.t. dot com you can trace the wave of public anger over at hams to police the internet from mass demonstrations to hacker warfare. and here in russia the internet and has become the perfect arena for presidential campaigns the five for the top job is taken a viral the mansion as political activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people are gathering to trial has been looking at what's going on at the online battle front. doesn't want is that you've got a lot of ideas that was out of work at the very suits and ties and slogans cold out from the podium of the traditional election season fair but they're no longer

considered police in vogue. today's complaining has gone online in a whole new trend in russia. with program in bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the u.s. state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is a very different medium to television while on t.v. it's enough to just look into the camera like this to attract viewers attention not so although that to me you are police video reach millions of lines it's not enough to just have a mass it also has to be provoked to brazen and sometimes project

a whole different image. it's no surprise then that putin as a character from harry puta became an overnight hit. doing the symbol. of i don't see what i see you stuck with something yes they're ready to cut again they're going to. make. sure that when you're in the world you. put up a gun but it will just be them like you but i don't convince a few of you apart from catching images memorable catchphrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough while me was the first upload his shot which is tongues online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the apes and scoundrels the insulting phrase and first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magical media in russia and beyond a year after the party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the

catchphrase felicity's a vote for the party of thieves and scoundrels for ten years of economic growth but the party of easing scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars online broke out superballs the use of being able to my aim was to provoke the supreme reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work but i see it is putin and russia with. rides why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guys what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to. respond in a war technically this video is made a very professional you can see that a highly paid suresh was did it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no injury without put but videos from the opposition are just as. and i have

a whole trend of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting recordings online or those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to find out that one of their inspirations recently described them in a phone as. hear from its future of government for. your preferred to come. from any side when we are living in election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life so. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifty million russians going on lunch today about forty percent of the adult population the future is predicted to be she deals with them online political other tars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders exceeding the gradual r t.

a plenty more i have for you this hour including rules before rescue. this is the part where rules and regulations logic. we report on why few dollars and the fear of legal action is forcing us emergency services to turn their backs on people when they need them most. put a revolutionary stamina to a test this week hundreds of thousands of egyptians poor back to to where you are square the iconic birthplace of the country's uprising but here on the moon a somber many egyptians disenchanted today are demanding the dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute power from deposed president hosni mubarak this as a gyptian today vote on the upper house of parliament following lower house elections that saw the dramatic rise of islamic members the new government is also busy putting together the country's constitution there will. council of also

promised concessions including the lifting of the bar era state of emergency law but egyptian author and filmmaker phil priscus says little will change. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government the authority to do just about what they wanted to me it's just a formal matter and that they may live to emergency law while we live under the rule of a military since the military took over general twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and have received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and they've tasted power they have massive economic interests in the country again everything that's happened in egypt really needs to be looked at from an economic perspective in that there's a group of cronies of mumbai and his government that were in power they've been moved out of power and there's a new group of cronies that are in place and they will not just let go and hand

over power like that without having guarantees that their interests will be secured . meanwhile in the bia the national transitional council has reportedly began amassing forces including truck mounted and the aircraft cannon near the rest of town of bani walid the troop buildup comes after deadly clashes in the town earlier this week during which government fighters were forced out the unrest may or is a growing frustration in the country with matty people fed up with government incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels doctors without borders has also suspended its libya mission over concerns that it's being made to treated to regain victims allegedly tortured by and you see forces now with thousands of kidnapping loyalist still behind bars there's a growing question over the intentions of a nato bad government archies more international now reports. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and known to. morris

places around the globe but in n t c iran libya 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 their traditional

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 m.d.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 for the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the m.t.c. to power is by itself raising question it's. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to alleviate to investigate some of the two that it bears entity of were with their evolution in the frogs and there were guiding

the air raids. they think that could have been raping them if you or baited to approach the c.b. view that. it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of my eyes are so the killing of fifty one people in front of my eyes was fifteen years old and while all sides and the 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 of 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 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. . to protect and serve the founding principle of america's emergency services has found itself on shaky ground police and firefighters stand accused of allowing people to drown how in houses to burn as red tape and litigation fear is preventing rescuers from helping innocent people are just going to shit can has a story. jeanne chronics house burned down to ashes as firefighters stood by and just watched they refused to save mr chronics home because he hadn't paid a seventy five dollars fire fee that the county requires i thought they'd come out and put it out if you hadn't but i do said the five dollars but as the house went up in flames the cryonics were begging the firefighters to make an exception saying

they were ready to pay whatever it took to put out the blaze but they were told it was too late things my mother and my mother's my grandmother's my great grandmother's were all there in the house same happened to be keep belle from tennessee firefighters stood by and idly watched her trailer home burn because she too hadn't paid the seventy five dollars fee now once they were in fact dispatched that they so they were all safe. in the us foreign policy varies from state to state from county to county in south fulton tennessee if you don't pay you're out of luck and anybody that is not inside the city limits of self interest service that we offer. down behind numerous similar incidents lies a problem reject the local rules versus the responsibility of the government to help its citizens when they're in trouble or rather versus basic human compassion we're really poor in terms of humanity i mean when it's seventy five dollars that

is the more important thing and i get in a situation like this it just shows you that we've become far too concerned about about every single dollar and you know and also that it just shows it's really kind of it's an all about me you know we just don't live in the community anymore there's an ick there's no sense of this like shared responsibility for the individuals in that community in california police and firemen watched a man drown saying they didn't have proper certifications for water rescue which would leave them open to possible lawsuits if they attempted to save him city officials blame didn't sit in dumb budget cuts so as the more. then an hour long tragedy unfolded authorities stood there and did nothing this is the part where rules and regulations defy logic that was the end result of body washing up to the shore. so you think it's horrible how can we allow that to happen in the us is a very litigious society we have more lawyers per capita per capita than any other

country and i think the world and so you know when you have to worry when you're a rescuer and you have to worry about a lawsuit and you cannot rescue a person as a result i mean that's that's really a problem if the firefighters had rescued the man even saved his life the but somehow maybe broke a rib or hurt him in some other way you know they stand to be sued in court and that's just the way our system works even after the serve brought raymond zack's body closer to the shore firefighters refused to get in the water and retrieve the corpse so they waited until a passer by volunteered to do the job the logic you don't get anything unless you paid makes sense to a lot of americans but when you have money and rules on one side of the scale and humanity the human urge to help on the other and money wins this is when one gets the says that something is wrong with the way the system works i'm going to shut down reporting from washington our team. and recapping our top stories coming up in

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a well trained on the. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a sea of nothingness. the mysterious sons of russia. are. back here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news arab league on ice the syrian fact finding mission is frozen after violence escalate triggering pressure on the e.u. and tough talks at the u.n. security council. and revolutionary aftershocks deadly clashes on troop build up in libya while in egypt hundreds of thousands stage fresh protests against their

ruling. john doe. u.s. police take a glove zoff brooch against occupy protesters in oakland firing tear gas and flash grenades arresting scores in the process. this week also songlines anger spilling onto the streets as internet users in poland fight against a new international anti-piracy agreement seen as censorship at a human rights abuse. the reigning parliament is set to vote on an immediate cut off of oil supplies to the e.u. in a preemptive strike against the blocs group embargoed on to iran do in summer something many fear will backfire on europe's frail economy coming up next r t caught up with the head of russia's high tech state corporation or us nano and i told you guys at the economic forum in davos to discuss the prospects of the country's business and political future.