live attend from moscow as many as one hundred. mates reportedly unite in a hunger strike after abuse by guards with some prisoners know so sick that coughing up blood we report on that this hour also the bond between the fourth of the islands of the u.k. proves strong is the territories overwhelmingly voted to remain british while london comes out of the big of critical of its overseas policy. may become the next target of u.s. economic sanctions for building a joint pipeline with the rand in order to stave off an energy crisis washington says though it won't tolerate the deal despite its heralded alliance with his number back. over again if you just joined us it's kevin owen here at r.t.

tonight very good to have your company now first off and as you just heard protesting against abuse most of them of a prisoners on hunger strike tonight according to lawyers for some inmates several prisoners is said to be so sick they're coughing up blood while others are being hospitalized and force fed through choosing this stomach as scotto artie's at report for more on what's happening how the marina joining us on the line there from new york what more do we know about this it sounds extremely disturbing what are the details. here's what we know so far more than one hundred on top of the detainees at the camp six prison there reportedly began their hunger strike approximately three weeks ago to protest what their lawyers say are conditions of confinement and the alleged confiscation and desecration of their personal items including the koran now the prisoners more of how for whom have been cleared for release told their attorneys that since early february get most already have been confiscating items including their razors their toothbrushes their books family

photos letters and legal mail now according to the center for constitutional rights authorities had also restricted exercise for the detainees seemingly without provocation or cause the prisoners also allege that arabic interpreters have desecrated their grounds when they have searched the holy books for contraband now one hundred sixty six men are still incarcerated at get mo and camp six houses around one hundred thirty prisoners those prisoners are considered ones that don't pose disciplinary problems and aren't regarded as a particular risk now according to attorneys everyone in that in that camp six prison except for the silk or the elderly is on a hunger strike in the center for constitutional rights says that they've received reports about the hunger strike detainees coughing up blood losing consciousness being hospitalized now being force fed and the sea is the center for constitutional rights says the situation is a rapidly deteriorating and reaching a potential critical level however haven't robert duran the director of the public

affairs for the joint task force in kuantan m o denies claims of a mass hunger strike duran's says that detainees are refusing to take the meals delivered but continue to eat food that is in their cell block he says only nine detainees are engaged in hunger strikes five of whom are being fed through tubes inserted into their stomachs so clearly there's a discrepancy in the reports here but if we're going to listen to the civil rights attorney. and the all the attorneys representing these men it's more than a hundred of these prisoners that are now refusing food for more than three weeks we're going to talk about that discrepancy and maybe why it's happening with human rights especially in just about all of this is the first hunger strike. it's certainly is this is deja vu in my in many respects back in two thousand and eleven more than fifteen prisoners at guantanamo protested and went on hunger

strike to protest the indefinite detention order signed by u.s. president barack obama in two thousand and seven more than a dozen prisoners subjected one on how to hunger strike and how to be force fed subsequently how to be force fed two thousand five hundred twenty eight detainees went on hunger strike for more than a month and in two thousand and two nearly two hundred inmates at guantanamo bay went on hunger strike so clearly this is a pattern that continues repeating but it is quite a dangerous pattern because any human being that goes without food for a long period of time can inevitably lose their lives. for the produce of their from new york all right well as mentioned let's get some more perspective on the developing standoff of guantanamo was that we've been covering the facility scandals for years joining me now on the feelies of human rights activists from the cage prisoners group on the evening to thanks for taking the time to be with us if you heard a little bit describing the kind of things that were taken but these are small things on the face of it well not the coronas maybe they've been taken but we're

also hearing personal blankets have been taken family photos toothbrushes it might not seem much but of course when you're incarcerated these things mean the world to a prisoner and i guess that's the point where they've been taken oh. yes first of all we have to understand all the inmates are going to. they are devout muslims so this a creating a koran for that is the last law. of extreme importance to them. they they see that. according to them in prison because they are muslim and kind of proving their point unfortunately that's something that was quite common and bush we saw. obama would be more respectful to. muslim beliefs however unfortunately we see that's not the case and the very same practice are. to be seen today which is very unfortunate now of

course for people incarcerated for eleven years. away from their families for eleven years while not been charged for eleven years. it's understandable that. taking small for us what is a small item. is nothing but. a life musically also one of these where is one of these prisoners being treated on the face of it in so harshly according to the law is there no risk or low risk prisoners so why is this happening to the. actually going to prison isn't the first place because they've been cleared for release. does the main question isn't the main question is not quite there being treated like that in prison the first question is why are they in prison. questioned american authorities are refused to respond to now so really it's up to the american storage is to answer that question

why the discrepancy with the potential number involved here we're hearing it could be up to under the prisoners as we heard from our correspondent in new york storage is just a few why the disparity that. we've received this report from inmates who are the lawyers directly obviously we were taken the words and we're taking the words of the inmates over the words of the american authorities not being reliable or truthful. saying it was eleven years there's no reason for them to become truthful today. you know guantanamo is not a normal prison it's a kind of fortress. virtually everything is classified we know very little about guantanamo. so really i think the testimonies of the inmates is much more valuable than the testimonies of those while violating every standards of justice i guess the security argument there when it comes to guantanamo and institutions like you

will that is the most notable one is is that if the guards if the conditions are too lenient then it's going to hold a potential terrorist they're going to be worried if they go there is not going to put them off at all point of it in the first place that's the argument do you agree though. but does the thing is the most of them overwhelming majority have been cleared cleared for release down not terrorist suspects you know some people been picked up for kidnapped imprisoned and detained without charge so down not terrorists and not even suspects simply innocent people that are being kept. illegally so what are the thoughts of the people there as we heard from our correspondent before this isn't the first kind of hunger strike they've had previously it's no worse so why are they doing this now putting ourselves through all this hardship here people are in such a state of coughing up blood that poorly where is it going to get them. well first of all that's

a very important point is like i said all of them are devout muslims and harming yourself in islam is something. is normally not permissible so for them. that is that is very significant it just simply means that they are no. other means to ask for justice does been pushed to their limits and they have no choice but to deprived of food they have no legal issues no legal they have no no choice really we had a big force the last we hear some of the big source for what you think is going to end you think unfortunately possibly be any deaths and indeed will the authorities try and break it up before that happens. i mean we know that they've tried to break up the strike we've received some reports that some inmates have been sought with rubber bullets so i think the demands of the detainees are quite legitimate simply asking for justice for the region to be respected unfortunately the only response

that they've received is there is violence no loss. loss from a fault for you've only got twenty seconds or so we've been asking our guests. all day today when do you when do they think guantanamo is going to close what's your thought on that ten seconds. well there's no there's no nothing so i just know it's going to close any time soon most of them and i've been cleared for release now it's. finding a horse that i'm a feel we appreciate time so rights activists from the cage prisoners groups of thank you. well we've got another big scandal rocking guantanamo then that's the question that we're asking you what you think about all this going to be the final straw do you think this infamous facility is going to shut down this is what you've been telling us throughout the day thanks if you have been voting as well as you can see the sixty three percent of you this. is going to stay open the next figure nineteen percent just under fifty they think it's only going to close what america

runs out of money to maintain it sixteen percent per se guantanamo will only shut down one another prison takes its place no change. minority. think that it'll be closed when worldwide terror is defeated always good to hear fear let us know what you think r.t. dot com is the place to cast your vote right now. if you can stay with us more news continues just over a couple of minutes time i'll be back after this short break. choose your language. if we can we know if you're going to. choose the consensus you. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories to. choose access to.

the we. were. voted overwhelmingly to remain a british territory with only three votes going against the idea of a two day referendum the u.k.

prime minister david cameron is called in argentina been to respect the landslide result but one is always me tell you stole the ol instrument two centuries ago the continued dispute see some critics questioning britain's overseas policies as aussie surf earth explains not. protecting people's right to self determined the way britain's may i see to amounts of movies and fuss over this when it comes to the folk and items referendum so you've got to read a lot of that today it's going to be in all of the papers it's going to be a mix of a nice channels a story you won't have heard about many kids indeed might never have heard of is that the take oath and snout the fact that you would have heard of it doesn't make it any less shocking take us i didn't parse it the british indian i did see if parents say and they were creeping abidance the largest of which is the a garcia not many people know that as the last u.s. military advice from which we seen the us launch attacks on iraq and afghanistan back in the one nine hundred sixty s. and that was playing to a population of roughly the same as the folk in guidance around two thousand

indigenous people that and the u.k. struck a deal with the us which to then get a discount on arms and the us get diego garcia for their military base and also the population when they were forcibly evicted from their homes many of them with me to misha's where they've looked out their dave enough to poverty ever since and now we will say have a number of the. take a side in this living here in the u.k. and i think what's even more shocking is that this is in the past injustice this is something that people wake up till today the government today is still fighting the takeoffs islanders right to return home it's very shameful governance in britain. if britain is to great itself around the world and supporting the rights of self-determination of those in the fore and audience and what about the rights of the trade goes on and now i think what side of this about that story is that many

of the to go see and say here in the u.k. now all good spirited women he simply want the right to return home and he put that in stark contrast of what's happening in the front and guidance right now on the one hand you have put it by saying as many huge amounts of money sending troops to defend this that if you see how actually this colony against argentina is claiming on the other hand you have been spending equal amounts of money to stop to take a fight in this from retiring to the home to the contrast really is a very stark a tale of two audience really and how big difference we seem to take our side is treated to the folks in the island as a sport international business consultant and so bucci you told me argentina could find itself out of its depth if the dispute militarized. it's like asking the old for right wing israeli settlers on the west bank whether they want to continue being israeli really want to become palestinian maybe they should open up immigration of twenty or thirty thousand argentinian so we're there we can have another referendum and see what happens as far as argentina is concerned just as

argentina made a serious serious mistake in one thousand nine hundred two to take on britain and the united states it is also making a rather ridiculous of making a fool of itself with its claims now because argentina has no military prowess or credibility whatsoever so britain in a way are laughing their way as they. are seek out against an exploit this oil those sixty six or sixty some odd billion barrels are just a rough estimate but the small continental shelf which is very shallow or on the forbidden venus seems to have really huge oil reserves and on top of that it is in an area which is not a hot spot for the united states and britain as the middle east is. coming up u.s. troops serving abroad might soon finally see home sweet home the future of washington's extensive overseas military presence is in doubt with experts believing recent reshuffles of the bombers cabinet will see many soldiers heading home however in germany public money is being thrown at all sorts of weird and

wonderful projects that got taxpayers are asking if they're really getting value for money i'm talking about that very soon. next pakistan could soon become a victim of american sanctions aimed at iran's energy sector the u.s. is threatening penalties following the launch of a joint iranian pakistani gut's gas pipeline could be a fresh blow than to already fragile relations of course between washington and islamabad which would be deteriorating over massive alien casualties caused by u.s. drone strikes artist to recall he had been explains why the risk of sanctions isn't though preventing pakistan from pushing ahead with the pipeline plans anyway. by this time he's are facing a very. big troubles and very short a big shortage and you know the six hours there have been a lot of meetings between the americans and brightest and when this issue will be back stateside it has already been managed by the americans to help them out on the no sheet to solve the energy crisis that they're facing since

a few years they have been only a promise from the american side but they have said that we want to solve the problems even if we go with the iranians in spite of the sentence so there is a determination as bite me that these are the leadership in pakistan to call for this after our own long debate between the pakistanis and the u.s. which led to where i think are a sheep president of the a lobbying group for the park nationalist forum spoke to us and says the u.s. won't proceed with its threats as long as it needs pakistan's assistance in the region let's take a listen in. the united states does not have much options when it comes to pakistan they need to pakistan for the withdrawal of american troops and other nato troops from afghanistan and pakistan is the only way out and as long as they need this route it is not expected that washington will really force the head with the with the imposition of sanctions and box but they would still it makes sense

for them to make these statements right now in order to maintain and sustain the pressure on the iranian government and of course for the for the overall purpose of meeting their policy guidelines with regards to iran. online feud nothing to declare almost this treasure trove of diamonds as well as two hundred fifty i phones and other gadgets have been retrieved by russian customs they had a good day smuggler claiming he was just doing a friend a favor by carrying his luggage boys in trouble bus a simple facebook like apparently revealed more than you'd realize now a recent u.s. study showing a skilled psychologist can tell your personality political sexual and religious preferences even a race just by looking at what you're giving a thumbs up to on social networks don't say we didn't tell you.

and who are activists have long been opposed to america's apparent desire to continue to expand its international military presence prophet chuck hagel often described as a pacifist was appointed as new defense secretary two weeks ago many hope to america's readiness to deploy the military would become a thing of the past he's going to change you can he's been going over the numbers. there's a lot of talk in washington about the need to make some cuts to the humongous military budget in light of this conversation which checked out the latest pentagon numbers on troop deployment around the world that you want to has boots on the ground in one hundred fifty countries that's around two hundred thousand troops. serving in there from parts of the world largest contingency include of course of getting the sensex the six thousand troops while that number is supposed to be half by the end of this year there you see vast presence in asia pacific japan south korea where the announced pivot to asia those numbers may actually grow in the gulf

nations while you see kuwait bahrain the presence there has been growing since the withdrawal from iraq huge presence all across the globe so why all this this is more than fighting terror more than fighting anything colonel douglas macgregor is with me today to discuss all those wise colonel macgregor let's take germany almost forty thousand troops why so many in germany before we run through the regions let me tell your viewers something that's very important for us because all of these numbers that you've posted are about to change you have a secretary of defense name chuck hagel and a searcher of st john kerry and those of these men are committed to conflict avoidant everything that you've got post is going to change starting in germany where we've had soldiers for sixty years and we don't need them and haven't needed them certainly since nine hundred eighty nine thousand nine hundred ninety but for

various reasons when the soviet state system collapsed in the soviet armed forces withdrew from eastern europe there were people in washington who set out to find new enemies new new justification or rationale for our global below tree presence and actually succeeded somewhat in expanding it as you pointed out with the global war on terrorism that period is now and what about this idea of. policing the world something that. that washington has been engaged in for for so long it has worked out it hasn't worked out has it it's cost us trillions of dollars tens of thousands of laws it's cultivated do it i mean he's alienated hundreds of millions of people in key regions of the world so why would we continue to do that so these numbers are going to come down very very rapidly over the next thirty six to forty eight months and there are no forces in washington that would want to keep it the way it is of course but those are being drowned out by voices that say no we can't

afford it we have to economize we have problems in the united states we must address and oh by the way as i just pointed out this hasn't worked out well for us thank you sir thank you the new chief of the cia john brennan when making a case for drones last year said boots on the ground would not always be america's best defense because they irritate the local population create a lot of backlash as if drones don't but nevertheless even the new drone base is that the u.s. is setting up in different countries require troops on the ground to operate them recently president obama announced the deployment of one hundred troops in new shares so even this pivot to drones doesn't mean no troops in washington i'm going to check out. from washington d.c. back to moscow the list co-chair with the business now twenty four minutes past ten o'clock at night he said with a squint at the clock matushka shouldn't sky news today about who the next head of the central bank could be yes absolutely and i'm pleased to say it's

a woman. our economic development minister is going to be with she's likely to be approved by the duma as the next central bank chief to replace her gate not if who's leaving in june but experts say why is he leaving retiring he's been there for twelve years and experts say there actually a lot of downsides to this decision all the details after a very short break. the month before the oscars and what annoys you with their predictions and the month after everyone complains about the results but isn't being talked about much as the few hundred people who gathered to protest the glamour filled award show why protest the asker's you ask well although the film life of pi won the oscar for best visual effects effects to you that made the movie look so amazing were the men

hughes has filed for bankruptcy quickly after the film's release you know that seems like a bit of a discrepancy i mean the group that made the best visual effects in the world in two thousand and thirteen is flat broke how can that be this reminds me of how the lead creators of call of duty modern warfare two were let go directly after the release of the game which to date is the eighth highest grossing video game of all time this was done supposedly to dodge paying them the royalties that they you know earned through hard work the problem is that we live in a world where only the bottom line count making as much profit as you possibly can damn the consequences it's just good business practice they say well it might be profitable but it's bad for society and it's very bad for visual effects and videogame artists but that's just my opinion.

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. thank. you. it's twenty seven minutes past the hour here in moscow are you watching business on r t welcome to the program. president vladimir putin is named his advisor on economic affairs if you are in the b. when as the next central bank chief the state duma will vote on her candidacy before the end of june when the regulators current head sergei you'd not have as scheduled to leave if approved the bill when there will be the first woman to head

a monetary watchdog in any group of eight nations russia's former finance minister who drained has already commented on this in his twitter saying the ruling is called a good candidate and that he wishes are all the best let's now cross over to our correspondent my deal of course in the most for some more details so why did tell us more about the bill with his background. well you given the real you know worked in government and private sector before she was appointed the minister of economic development and trade back in two thousand and seven and at that time she replaced germann graph now she how her position the post of the minister throughout the presidential term offered meet the need to be different and was one of the five ministers to follow why do men put in front of the government back to the kremlin and ministration after he was elected for

a third term as president in two thousand and twelve and at the same year she was appointed president putin's economic adviser and right at the beginning of this a month she was also ranked fourth in the list of russia's most influential one hundred most influential women will ever so as the rumors about him to be one of those potential tanger so surface the couple days ago some economists have been saying that actually her liberal background is going to make it pretty difficult for her to stick to the central banks current tight monetary policy what are the experts you talk to saying. true well x. person. maybe when it is a liberal and the shias a very likely to essential banks tight monetary policy however x.-prize here point out that this move will stimulate the economic growth off the country in a sure.