the latest news on the week's top stories here in our c for you reported at mass hunger strike in gone time a wave heading into his fortifies day with more than one hundred inmates tried to be taking pot shots as u.s. authorities continued to deny to scale for. over seventy thousand killed millions left homeless and no sign of peace in the forseeable future a serious civil war and as a surge of bloodshed and while the u.n. struggles to end the conflict some european states are trying to pour more on this into the little nation. under fifteen aeration old leaders to take the reins of power in china after the once in a decade power transfer was finally completed the new president and prime minister say sustaining the country's economic growth and dealing with an ever expanding american presence in asia said.

she says they were clear on r.c. with me you know hello and welcome to the program great to have you with us. your sources continue to deny that a massive hunger strike is underway in grant tunnel bay it's claimed more than one hundred detainees are starving themselves the process was sparked by the alleged mishandling of the inmates korans by prison guards and lawyers for the detainees say the state of the inmates health is getting close to life threatening his maria point nine hour 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 of a release without any real charges this story has been denied by washington and essentially ignored by mainstream media outlets lawyers for the good no prisoners say the men began the hunger strike on feb sixth to protest against the alleged confiscation of personal items such as photographs and mail and the sacrilegious handling of their car during cell searches the center for constitutional rights says they've received reports of detainees coughing up blood 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 and that sets up a circumstance for extreme a 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 just terminating 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 no 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 is my detainees in guantanamo don't certainty 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 happen 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 sixteen ease at guantanamo bay eighty six have been cleared for release now this week the un said that the us is a violating international human rights law by indefinitely holding prisoners at guantanamo without charge the human rights council is urging washington to put 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 writing . and film gone time obey god brandon media says the detention facility creates

more problems for the u.s. than it solves the facility is a lot better but speed guards of been there over the last few years are the three men saw it as far as the internal reaction force team and the way the crown is treated in a stuff like that not much has changed maybe the outside it's changed but inside hasn't changed too much are people forget that these people have been cleared for release by not only the obama administration but also by the bush administration and they're going to be into definitely golfer who was along they don't know when they're going to see their families again or where they're going to go i think the fact that they don't know what's going to happen you know is it makes them gross and this is their only one form of protest they have this to go on richard the fact is that when whoever open it can decided to open guantanamo knew from the get go and it was wrong that it was it was illegal meaning it was a violation of human rights and the fact is it has to be closed the fact is will never bring him into a federal court system because a lot of the information they have gotten as mindy to have been have gotten out of

the use of torture so that gets on the missile if the reports are still well we dropped the ball we have a system here and we have the opportunity to show the world that arse still and our way of life actually works when we drop the ball and the know we've created more terrorists and enemies around the world than we could ever mad. and activist i think corrections says that the u.s. is serious about closing guantanamo it has to do it soon. inside america basically because there is no real. public resentment of what is taking place there most of the pressure that's coming is internationally yes you have some groups are working very hard to to highlight the issue and to make sure that it stays on the agenda but unfortunately for the vast majority of americans they're quite happy for these detainees to to continue the you know detained without charge or trial basically on time numbers over going to close it's going to be within these next four years. obama has the best interest to do that this is

a second term he cannot have. you know and where hoping. might be misplaced i hope but basically he will try in use these last years of his presidency in order to do the right thing in a situation where the only thing that has ever happened is the wrong thing and of course on our website as always i want to know your take on the issue every voice counts as r.t. dot com i promise we you can tell us why you think gun tunnel is still open after more than eleven years and perhaps you think the us is to blame for not keeping its promise to close the facility or maybe cuba should never have leased the base to america maybe you blame other countries for refusing to repatriate gone tunnel detainees or indeed you may see the nine eleven terror attacks as the main reason that it's still in business and you can had online right now and have your say and here's how the voting is going so far and the majority the vast majority of you

blaming washington for failing to keep its pledges and almost equal it small numbers or you think others are responsible for what's happening at gone tunnel bay right now so do you cast your vote if you haven't done it here. going on now syria is now said civil war between government and assad forces france and britain made the anniversary with calls to better equip rebel fighters that despite numerous reports of radical islamists among the opposition ranks in wary of the notion reports now the conflict has seen seventy thousand people killed and millions flee their homes this part of syria known as mesopotamia between the tigris and euphrates rivers is considered a cradle of civilization has been home to many ask 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

the destroyed. and the regime slogans in syria have been repeated 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 to go both at home and abroad have decided to target what 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 shia minority some more ignorant position and sometimes.

it was never to make a city and it's not to me once that when i don't. keep our unity we live in all of all of. it gabriel a point from commercially livin in series ne all green sunni dominated turkey and mostly shia iraq says here in about six terran intolerance is something new for syria and very alarming in your will 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 co-existence has also been endangered but one in a crowd of its approval cations a pure and very dangerous more syrian kurds want to be integrated into syrian society have rights and be respected some turkish kurds maybe do as murder 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 fall and. refinish from syria. for a week britain has been shaken by process and accidental planning to stall and

a write up of the program later in the program right after the break we'll look at how the death of a black teenager at the hands of the new york police has led to the public outrage among the citizens so that's after the break as i said. these are dijon faces a freedom fighter. and. i. know you're ready to clean up a loose order. and bring you liberty any time. so lou play free oh i. i. like to be treated this way. cherian diary on r.t.

. he. this is they would be welcome back in cairo police have used tear gas under arrest of a number of protesters near the headquarters of the muslim brotherhood attacks on journalists are partly all sparks the demonstration the clashes come after a group of activists who were running against islamist policies were assaulted by gangs on saturday belcher is in the egyptian capital with the details. we've had

reports that tens have been arrested including one journalists as fierce clashes continue between anti-government protesters and security forces outside the muslim brotherhood headquarters here in the capital the police have reportedly been firing birdshot but it's an tear gas hundreds who gathered today to protest against an attack they said happened against journalists by muslim brotherhood members in fact russia today camera man himself received a head injury he reported groups with rising at the area outside main headquarters of the mission but it's arriving with sticks and naives on the journalist attempted to film anti-government protesters spraying anti brotherhood slogans on this main headquarters and you elected journalist in the one who said this was another example of a crackdown on freedom of speech by the most brotherhood and he called on the supreme guide which is the leading spiritual figure of the regime but they had to

apologize to the brotherhood for their part say that this occurred after groups attempted to break into the building it's still not clear how this story's going to end we sing significant unrest a lot of anti brotherhood sentiment across the country this protest happening almost on a daily basis and a lot of skirmishes even here in the capital by to her square on the banks of the nile we're seeing a daily fights between a youth undercover protesters and security forces the president is fighting many different programs at the same time in addition the parliamentary elections have been suspended after the admission of courts said there was a problem with the electoral law putting the future of the political costing in doubt this economic problems a major economic problems the president is trying to secure an unpopular four point eight billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. which could see subsidies cuts and tax hikes that people have been protesting against because you've got a situation in poor saeed's and here the capital over there is very contentious verdict in the port side football trial which saw several people die in the last

few weeks so what we're seeing really is continual protests continue on to governments sentiments and with not any solutions on the horizon. the killing of a blank teenager by new york police has pox on group process in the bar of brooklyn the activists accuse the n.y.p.d. of racism and demand justice from the also or sees clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement officials resulted in dozens of arrests all season as the citrus has more now on the story. 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 i'm certain that there was a weapon that no one saw or 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 to show didn't have

a weapon on him as these candles burned in memory of yet another killed youth an entire community rises up night after night to demand justice and to police brutality for three nights in a row of 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 than what. 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 children absolutely honest party new york. and of course you can find more news and videos at our web

site called man here's a look at some of the stories we have to you there right now perhaps not the best place for sushi bad dangerous levels of radioactivity are recorded in fish mostly coastal the fukushima nuclear plant centrally devastating japan's lucrative fish industry lobaton line. classical greek food bowl plays bond for life from playing for the national team to celebrating a goal with a nazi salute find out why he did it on a website it's all teed off. all right china's new president has called for the great renee songs of the chinese nation he made this statement during his maiden speech of the country concluded its once in a decade transfer of power to what is now the fifth generation of eaters on c.c.t.v. correspondent t.n. way towards the change brings both challengers and. there used to be a superstitious belief almost in china about eight per cent the growth rate of the

national g.t. number as just slow down to about seven point five percent it has to be a slowdown never because china is doing this transition from growth in quantity to a growth in quality many argue it is extremely important to do reform reform really has been the keyword for the new generation of leaders coming into power recently mr lake which outweighs didn't know the cut chinese premier he's been talking about reform is the largest ever that china can be enjoyed for its course for the progress of its president mr xi jinping after being elected was calling him a delay too of president obama and he advocated the two countries could have mutual respect and openness to one another things can be better. new kinds of relations between new powers and of course the definition is not being given by the chinese however it seems that the u.s. has already got its own definition for example. or rebalancing the result there has

been increasing number of turturro disputes or dispute in other stores between china the most easily. the coming year the united states by be a backup for in the region but the chinese you always want to have labor seems to be a really believe the chinese have been holding over the history so she's in pain has inherited the world's second largest national economy and will try to keep the asian powerhouse growing and the recent forecasts look very promising a report from pricewaterhouse coopers predicts that china will catch up with the us by twenty seventeen before surging ahead the new leadership has also promised to invest heavily in building up the country's defense capabilities and this comes amid america's growing military expansion in asia pacific u.s. efforts to gain a stronger foothold there the struggle for regional influence has been causing concern in beijing and just days ago the pentagon announced

a decision to put fourteen more missile interceptors along america's west coast and deployed and deployed a reader tracking station in japan so they say it's in response to a north korean nuclear threat but professor of china at hong kong university says america's budget constraints will make it harder for washington to keep growing militarily. given the fact that china aims to become a major power. you know position to be fair territory's overseas interest it will continue to spend that kind of rate of increase without and means substantial military expenditure i suspect in fact the time is of forty's probably understand that the american military spending is very much limited by the fact. the obama administration has to cut its military budget because of domestic from mental difficulties. cyprus is working on

a last minute deal to ease the pressure on small depositors he bought eleven on their savings the one of ten percent tonks was agreed upon a part of a bailout package from the eurozone finance ministers and the i.m.f. cypriots that the decision will shock and rated a.g.m. which ran dry with an hour's people's frustration calls the parliamentary vote on the deal to be delayed until monday and dr hadn't some relief from leading british think tank the british group believes there is little alternative for the on and state. they will have to try and make it go ahead because the really do desperately need the bailout money unless of course they do the alternative which is actually drop out of the euro and probably default at some point which will not necessarily be the worst thing that can happen but that doesn't seem to appeal to any of the governments in question i mean we've had this problem with greece and we've had this problem with other countries that is how it's all been going on about the

about the bailouts the way things have gone we see greece is that you know these these bailouts happen. try to produce a stereotype and it never works and then after a while there is another request for another bailout. whether it will actually work or whether cyprus will be rocked into riots is something we shall see in the next few days. and some other stories from around the globe this hour hundreds of people have gathered in the german capital to protest against the demolition of a part of the burden wall remain with demonstrators opposed to plans to build residential apartments on the location of the longest surviving section of the wall they say it's a crucial part of the city's cultural history activists promise more protests if they agree with developers won't be reached. and ancient authorities have arrested by a man over a gang rape of a swiss woman on a camping trip with her husband a total of twenty men were detained earlier for questioning in connection with that

time police say all the suspects have already confessed this comes amid a spate of such assaults and just three months after the fatal gana rape in new delhi that calls nationwide outrage. over a thousand veterans and supporters gathered on saturday in the last one capital regroup with an annual rally the event went ahead despite attempts by the med to ban it a court overturned the decision fueling tension between the fascists and those who served with lots of in units of the s.s. the march sponsored controversy with critics damning it as a glorification of the country's involvement with the nazis. in our reports. gun silas was born in a prison in franco's fascists he and his parents were repressed by that regime so he was hurt when he learned that waffen s.s. veterans marched through the streets of lobbyist capital. all of europe fought so

hard to eradicate fashion in spain. where it was one state ideology you would now never see even if the stations which glorify now it's considered shameful what happens here in riga is totally incredible and outrageous. marches by former lothian s.s. legionnaires in riga are nothing out of the ordinary since lotty became independent they've been held every year the men who once fought on the side of nazi germany are seen as freedom fighters by some here a view which divides society in this state for many years this march had been forbidden by the cities of the forty's a court decision that overturned it and the market still took place this year the high court decided to strike first even before the mayor had to say the court said that the march must take place and force the mayor to apologize for all the yes he had been banning this march the masterminds of this march lot because nationalists say they want the younger generation to embrace their history and recognize their

heroes. i'm especially proud to see so many young people today this is proof that we're living in a free country which had been under occupation for many years. but many in europe simply cannot understand what appreciation of freedom has to do with three year olds walking alongside former nazi troops specially given the here is a member of the e.u. which has no second opinion on fascism. as a member of the infamous not for remembrance of the locals and it's a very good book to say it's very easy to non-fans that on one side you are a member of such an evil. an organization to remember what happened seventy years ago in order to avoid old children from repeat the mistakes of the easterlies and on the other side of those people the mob and to be the diversity because it's

pretty crazy chain for the law to be is anti-fascist movement has been fighting these marches for a decade with no success because they fear this movement is getting stronger as last year's economy gets weak and strengthening it is a well planned government tactic that it chicago but it's easy to bring up nationalist ideas to divert attention from economic troubles our parliament even wanted to make march sixteenth a national holiday of the latvian army and this day had nothing to do with our army but in nazi germany march sixteenth it was called a day of heroes praising the army this speaks volumes to our government about this law it is anti-fascist have sent petitions to the european commission many times to help get these marches outlawed with no response so far putting pictures of nazi camps and lot to be where tens of thousands bearish then the nine hundred forty s. is yet another attempt to have their outrage recognized.

reporting from riga in law to be. coming your way after the break an insight in the syrian conflict brings you that pos no stories of john days spent several months and they will say. there was a time in america when buses were officially segregated and today if they tried to resegregate the wall next to there would be outrage throughout the usa every t.v. channel and newspaper so segregation in america was wrong but no america funding segregation also or via foreign aid seems to be a ok and jim dandy arab language leaflets have been spread around west bank in palestinian areas asking residents to start using special.