the latest news in the week's top stories u.s. officials continue to deny a mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay more than one hundred detainees are reportedly been starving themselves for forty days. yorkers revolt against the city's police department on mass off the n.y.p.d. officers gunned down a sixteen year old boy in a brooklyn neighborhood. two years since the bloody conflict began some european states are itching to put weapons directly into the hands of rebel armies infiltrated by islamist extremists. and under over of power in china is complete with a new leader is aiming to keep the economy and military investments brewing since the u.s. continues to build its presence in the region. a

live from moscow this is artie's weekly news review carrie johnson welcome to the program. hunger strike at guantanamo bay is continuing after forty days with more than one hundred detainees reportedly starving themselves in protest at the desecration of the qur'an by prison guards lawyers for the captives in the state of their health is close to life threatening but the u.s. military has strongly denied the crisis saying only fourteen detainees are refusing food as artie's marina point nine reports. u.s. president barack obama began his first term announcing his intention to close the guantanamo bay detention center now just two months into his second term the prison enters its twelfth year of operation with one hundred sixty six detainees still languishing behind bars and a reported one hundred thirty on

a life threatening hunger strike and their hunger strikes are the only way they have of even making themselves heard years and years without any hope a release without any real charges this story has been denied by washington and essentially ignored by mainstream media outlets lawyers for the get more prisoners say the men began the hunger strike on february sixth to protest against the alleged confiscation of personal items such as photographs and mail and the sacrilegious handling of their qur'an during cell searches the center for constitutional rights says they've received reports of detainees coughing up blood i'm losing consciousness dropping more than twenty pounds and being hospitalized by day forty five medical experts say hunger strike participants can experience hearing loss and potential blindness and that's in addition to the psychological suffering they've endured for more than

a decade that context where we have individuals incarcerated isolated from each other and they don't know if they're going to get out tomorrow or never in that sense of the circumstance for extreme psychological stress it's really an abominable you know humanitarian situation where you're depriving these people of life liberty and for no really valid basis the director of public affairs for joint task force guantanamo captain robert duran released a statement to our teeth in it he denies all claims of a mass hunger strike or any mishandling of the koran duran says only fourteen detainees at the detention center are refusing all food. our understanding is that based on previous standards the determination of who is a hunger striker is a discretionary determination that one chinaman makes what those standards are what

the criteria are are questions that they need to be at you know how are they defining hunger striker and when are they determining that someone needs to be tube fed and if it is if the definition of hunger striker is entirely in their control and it is a matter of their discretion then i that explains how they are able to say that there are no more than a handful of men on hunger strike lawyers representing get more prisoners have sent a letter to us defense secretary chuck hagel urging him to help and the protest in the meantime organizations like the red cross have made attempts to check on the inmates welfare here's what a representative told r.t. the current tensions in guantanamo as far as we can see and as far as we understand are really the result of the uncertainty fazed by detainees in guantanamo and uncertainty linked to defeat what's going to happen to them you know there is

a lack of clear legal framework for detention many of them don't know most of them don't know what's going to open and so has been our position and there needs to be a clear legal framework and a transparent process into the procedural safeguards for those detainees and it's to be transparent and fair to alleviate the strains we need to emotional mental strain that this uncertainty triggers for the detainees of the one hundred sixty sixty teenie zakk kuantan i'm obey eighty six have been cleared for release now this week the un said that the us is of violating international human rights law by indefinitely holding prisoners at guantanamo without charge the human rights council is urging washington to quote bring an end to these illegal practices by either process. killing prisoners in civilian court or releasing that reporting from new york marina point i am heartsick. for the u.s. military says its force feeding several of the hunger strikers through teams to

rent them from starving to death one expert told us the detainees are in danger because they've already been weakened by years behind bars. they've been there some of them have been there over ten years this is been gave suffered all kinds of or from torture. in the in the form said everyone would agree to probe long day celebration for many if not most of them which has profound effects all kinds of reviews simply the not knowing what's going to happen to you imagine being in a setting like that for year after year and having no idea if you're ever going to get out obviously the lack of energy the you know without taking food in. the effects one psychologically in terms of the ability to to even think very clearly. and there's

a danger that some of these effects become permanent around this time point so they are in great danger. of human rights activists calling for action to resolve the crisis at guantanamo and this to international usually a prominent voice hasn't joined the chorus or t. austin honesty spokesperson why they are not treating the claims of those who recently into the attention center as fact. having access to detainees is a problem for a human rights organization is something we raise with the authorities we have access you know when when there is a trial so-called military commission trial we're allowed to go and observe. those trials but we have no access to the detainees themselves and yes of course it's a problem so we have to wait until a detainee is released and so we can speak to this of course leads to yes some of the reporting of. on individual detainee cases and it leads to

a time lag because like i say the lawyers and cells are not spent you know they're not there the whole time it requires declassification of information when they do get it so it's a really it's a really problematic situation but it's been problematic the whole time that the guantanamo detentions have been in operation. in london going ton of campaign coordinator. is among the activists seeking to uncover what really goes on at the detention center he says the mainstream media and u.s. officials are always done their best to contain scandals that. there's a lot of things that get officially denied the. day for example last year when. one of the prisoners died in a strange circumstance and took time for the truth to actually come out he'd actually died we still don't know exactly what the circumstances were in which he did die and then it was made impossible for there to be an independent autopsy

because some of his organs when they returned to his family months later. had to generated so much that it would be impossible to know what the actual cause of death was so there's a lot of secrecy surrounding what happens at guantanamo bay if there are requests for information they get covered up by national security issues and also there's just a lack of general interest in that she wanted to happen at guantanamo bay one of the curious things that has come out over the last couple of weeks is that one of the deteriorations of the prisoners complained about. is that in january the bullets were fired out of prisoners during a protest that they had held and this happened this was corroborated by the pentagon and again it's just it's incredibly curious this has been admitted a couple of months down the line but there has hardly been any outcry in some of the mall tellus of press that there's been some coverage in the mainstream media it's managed to get a couple of pieces but it's not actually being considered as a news worthy item. and on our website we want to know your take on the issue every voice counts r.t.

dot com where you can tell us why you think on time i was still open after more than eleven years perhaps you think the u.s. is to blame for not keeping its promise to close the facility well maybe cuba should never have leased the base to america in the first place or maybe you blame other countries for refusing to on time detainees or indeed you may see the nine eleven terror attacks as the main reason that it's still in business you can head online and have your say right now here's how the voting is going so far and i pod see the results of the vast majority eighty percent blaming washington for failing to keep its pledges and almost equally small numbers of you think others are responsible for what's happening at guantanamo bay do cast your vote if you haven't already done so today. coming up after the break police sunder fire protests over the killing of a brooklyn teenager new york police officer peter angry clashes and dozens of arrests.

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streets of canada. the giant corporations the day. welcome back. the killing of a black teenager about the new york police has caused a public outrage in the boat week long protest in brooklyn the activists chanted slogans accusing the n.y.p.d. of racism and cruelty well clashes between demonstrators and or enforcement officials resulted in dozens of arrests and this is a story that. sixteen year old kimani gray was killed by police shot four times in the front and three in the back. the n.y.p.d. claimed the teen had pointed a gun at them however this remains uncertain that there was

a weapon that no one saw and not his friends his family didn't know he had a weapon and there were a lot of witnesses outside who were able to see it that this individual have a weapon on him as these candles burn in memory of yet another killed youth an entire community rises up night after night to demand justice and an end to police brutality for three nights in a row peaceful vigils turned chaotic clashes broke out. leaving one officer hospitalized after reportedly being injured with a brick a total of forty six arrests were made wednesday yes. but no violence erupted thursday night tensions however still ran high. i mean this is no different. you know so it's like it's like another country a lot of people are just tired of the period with solutions to stop the violence nowhere in sight deeply seated issues between the police and the community remain unaddressed leaving many worried children parents.

and a hearty new york michael skolnik editor of current affairs website the global grind believes the case of kamandi gray illustrates arise in these protests against innocent members of the public. as of right now two officers have been put on a mission a mission to leave their names and not be released i think at some point their names will be released and if there is a investigation and they were in fact it's going wrong i sincerely hope to be put on trial for murdering i sixteen year old child but until that point it is an investigation not going investigation most of the folks are out there on monday and tuesday night were just exercising their constitutional rights to peacefully assemble and to protest and majority overwhelming majority of them were peaceful and were set in sad mourning the death of their friend i support them in doing that until they have answers to the answers that indeed they should approach as they

should take it to the streets we have a horrible racist policy called stop and frisk i want to stop you know overwhelming number of black and brown men in our city if for no apparent reason this might have been a stop and frisk action by the ways we're not sure yet but there isn't a tag a nation of the police to these young people that we hit rock bottom and now we see six year old kid getting shot absent think it's racism i think a racist policy i don't agree with that whatsoever at the need to stop eyes and not the way to police our streets not to treat our people in this country and it should come to an end. camera man working for artie's are a big sister channel in egypt has been attacked while filming activists are drawing graffiti on the walls i want you dot com to see footage of the instant happen next the headquarters of the muslim brotherhood party in the capital cairo are. also online drastic measure is leading animal welfare groups says it will use drones to

stop illegal hunting and that more about the upcoming war in the countryside at r.t. dot com. bloodshed civil strife and devastation the state of syria two years off its conflict began the war between the government and rebels has seen seventy thousand people killed and millions of homes creating a humanitarian disaster and while diplomatic efforts to bring the peace of all failed and many say that foreign countries are fanning the flames with plans to send more weapons parties going from national reports. this part of syria known as mesopotamia between the tigris and euphrates rivers is considered a cradle of civilization has been home to many asked nic and religious groups living in peace and harmony for ages people here believe this diversity is serious strong point but some warn it could also be used against the country and that's something to destroy. and to regime slogans in

syria have been repeated to the longest of all the arab spring countries but assad didn't step down within weeks like the leaders of to measure and egypt nor did his regime fall within months like colonel gadhafi is in libya opposing sides have gone beyond demonstrations and clashes killings have become an everyday reality those wanting a son to go both at home and abroad have decided to target would hurt the most serious diversity pitting people against each other after every massacre and every killing rivers of blood have been joined by streams of mutual accusations and hatred. the first blow was dealt to relations between the country's sunni majority and the ruling she had minority some more ignorant position and sometimes executed . in order to make a city and it's not a move once the one i can. give our unity in all of all of.

gabriel a poise from commercially livin in syria's north east all green sunni dominated turkey and mostly shia iraq says here in about six terran intolerance is something new for syria and very alarming. with feel this pressure for months now especially from gulf countries trying to drag us to this perilous share soon again it's a big threat because a tear society from the inside. and some say it's been few from the outside it is part of the u.s. strategy and some of the western strategy is to destroy syria by syrians and by arabs and this they are doing successfully another blow followed with an explosion at a palestinian refugee camps in syria and the cold blooded murder of palestinian conscripts these drove a wedge between the two arab peoples previously on friendly terms they wanted to

both weaken the regime and spread despair among palestinians. with kurdish villages in syria's north east targeted the kurdish syrian peaceful coexistence has also been endangered but for. its approval cations a pure and very dangerous moment syrian kurds want to be integrated into syrian society you have rights and be respected some turkish kurds maybe do as early ones killing his own people we've never been treated like that of course when violence targets us it can't not affect relations. and fears that those who wanted to see the fall of the regime will witness the country's whole instead. from syria. all this week saw britain and france in a major push to lift an e.u. arms embargo on syria so they can put weapons directly into the hands of militias both nations even warn they're prepared to supply arms despite the bad political

analyst who wrote it honey says since it's just a matter of time quite sure there will be some modification of the fans to lead the league loophole celebrate not frost can actually draw the coach and horses through it they've already been sending weapons into syria so it's it's childish to pretend that this is a new development but they want to do it more openly and more directly meekly a few months ago from said oh they were terribly worried about the poor refugees so they sent a hospital to jordan it just happened to be a military hospital i'm at the time various people say that every day we go this is the quote and that's all i'm now there are several different allied armies in jordan and indeed they are training our rebels there and the idea there is you've got a turkish wrong to now you're going to have the jordan from to distract the syrian government attacks are taken on two planks.

moscow is preparing a rapid response naval force to patrol the mediterranean at least six russian ships are expected to ply the waters on a permanent basis over there to guard national interests and transport people if the syrian conflict gets further out of control party to go pissing off has more to the head of the navy in moscow wants to have five to six ships permanently beast in the mediterranean that will be controlled through the command of the black sea fleet based in the crimea there is speculation that this group will be put together out of ships taken from the northern the baltic and the scene works the fleet the idea to base the navy in the mediterranean it was initially voiced by defense minister sort of usually go west week and of course this comes as the whole region is in the global spotlight due to the gulf within syria with russian authorities are not winking basing the need either in the region to what's happening in the country earlier said that the only way the good in gauges will help assist possible

future of accusations of russian citizens from the country but actually the idea of moscow basing the needy in the mediterranean isn't something completely new during the soviet times a huge group of up to thirty vessels was growing we based there from the early sixty's to the early ninety's. china's new president has called for what he described as efforts to continue the realisation of the chinese dream he was giving his first comments to the nation went through a once in a decade shift of power this week and there's a correspondent and we reports change brings both challenges and hope. used to be a superstitious believe almost in china about eight percent growth rate of the national g.d.p. for that little number has been slowed down to about seven point five percent it has to be a slow down number because china is doing this transition from

a growth quantity to a growth in quality many argue it is extremely important to do reform reform really has been the key word for the new generation of leaders coming into power recently mr likud child who is the now the cut chinese premier he's been talking about reform is the largest ever this china can enjoy every sport for the progress i need president mr xi jinping after being elected was calling him a delay to our president obama and he advocated the two countries could have mutual respect and openness to one another things can be better and he's been talking about a new kinds of relations between new powers and that of course the definition is not being given by the chinese side however it seems that the u.s. has already got its own definition for example pivot to asia or rebalancing and as a result there has been increasing number of territorial disputes and or disputes in other stores between china and some of the asian neighbors with the coming in

the united states by be a backup for them in the region but the china seems always want to have a peaceful neighborhood that seems to be a really believe the chinese have been holding over the history. economic development will be the top priority for the new chinese leaders and recent forecasts will look promising a report from pricewaterhouse coopers predicts that china which is now the world's second largest economy will catch up with the u.s. by twenty seventeen before even overtake it later well they're one of the top us spending power it is announced by the new leadership is defense that comes amid america's growing expansion in china's backyard and u.s. efforts to gain a stronger foothold in asia and the struggle for regional influence has been raising concerns in beijing just days ago the pentagon announced a decision to put fourteen more missile interceptors on america's west coast and deploy a radar tracking station in japan well they say it's in response to a north korean nuclear threat and they have

a gusset from the china europe international business school says the chinese economy will continue to expand shifting the global balance of power. we are going through very. involved in the change easy now world again the chinese run a cell's being the most important factor of change and of these the gave the gate by twenty two indeed twenty twenty one china will be the largest economy in the world so the sees a very significant change and we are leaving i would say in one sentence the new world which is increasingly merged people are any new which sour sauce relations as much as the north northeast relations and it is why at the end of the mounts mr xi jinping will visit moscow to have discussions with blood near putin on

is a way to do fiefs breeks in man in south africa. now to some of today's news in two car bomb attacks of hit the southern iraqi city of battles are up to ten the people have been reported killed and many more injured in the explosions oil rich browser is rarely a target of violence and is considered a safer part of the volatile state iraq is fast approaching the tenth anniversary of the u.s. led invasion. government has suspended a debate on a bank deposit levy at a spot mass anger demands for all deposit holders to hand over up to ten percent of this savings was inforced more eurozone finance ministers as a condition for a much needed ten billion euro bailout the country's finance minister will soon visit russia which would also reportedly lend a helping at. streets in cities across the globe all swimming in guinness similar

for corns and in celebrate st patrick's day this year an order of the celtic saint forty international landmarks are moved to the sydney opera house will be lit traditional so how does green marches and parades are held every year in most of the world's capitals and they just sit. out a few minutes time report on an unseen conflict in a remote area of colombia a scramble for gold.

download the official application if you so choose your language. stream quality and enjoy your favorites. if you're away from your television all it just doesn't matter that with your mobile device you can watch ati anytime anywhere. for the past ten years colombia has welcomed foreign capital with open arms in his turn the new president juan manuel santos places mining at the center of his

development model in bogota be independent expert coolio hero denounces an incestuous relationship between the multinationals and the colombian political class. no it's whatever but it isn't just an impression it's a reality that there exists a very strong link between these companies and the political elite that they serve the interests of the big multinationals that marked in red on the map of the country the land requested for mining concessions a vast area the multinationals bag the major part of the mining rights about seventy percent of the andes is tenure and all covered by requests from mining concessions well you know if they when we see that it's easy to imagine that we're all going to find ourselves expropriated where are we going to grow the economy and people's food yet what's going to happen to our regions so that it's completely.