the latest news on the week's top stories here in our c for you reported a mass hunger strike in grant on a base heading into its fortifies day with more than one hundred inmates to be taking pot shots as you are so she's continued to deny the scale of the protests. over seventy thousand killed millions left homeless and no sign of peace in the forseeable future a serious civil war enters a third year of bloodshed and while the u.n. struggles to end the conflict some european states are trying to pull me into the war torn nation. and a fifth generation of leaders takes the reins of power in china after than once in a decade power transfer was fired it completed the new president and prime minister face to staining the country's economic growth and dealing with an ever expanding american presence in asia pacific.

the weekly here on our c with me hello and welcome to the program the u.s. authorities continued to deny that a massive hunger strike is underway in guntown a mobile bay it's claimed more than one hundred detainees are starving themselves the protest or sparked by the alleged mishandling of the inmates korans by prison guards lawyers for the detainees say the state of the inmates health is getting close to life threatening. now 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 faisel a bit 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 kuantan m o 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 at 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 to that 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 is made to detainees in guantanamo and uncertainty linked to defeat what's going to happen to them you know there's 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 there's been no 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 of emotional mental strain that this uncertainty triggers for the detainees of the one hundred sixty sixty teenie zach one time obey eighty six have been cleared for release now this week the u.n. said that the u.s. is a 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 the forty three or marine a point i am starting. to film a gun time a bagel and brenda needed the detention facility creates more problems for the us

than it solves the facility is a lot better but still guards have been there over the last few years all the dream inside it for the internal reaction force team and the way the crown is treated in a stuff like that or not much has changed maybe the outside is changed but the 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 culture who goes 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 and the fact is that when whoever open it can decided to open guantanamo knew from the get go and there was wrong that it was it was illegal mean 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 information they have gotten as mindy to have been have gotten out of the use of torture so they can it's on a 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 but we dropped the ball in noonan and we've created more terrorists and enemies around the world than we could ever imagine. and also activist action corrections says that the u.s. is serious about closing guantanamo and has to do it very soon. inside america basically 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 continue the you know detained without charge or trial basically kuantan 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 time we cannot have. you know where hoping. it might be misplaced our 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 on our website want to know your take on the issue so every voice counts at home where you can tell us why you think gun tunnel is still open after more than eleven years and that perhaps you think the u.s. is to blame for not keeping its promise to close the facility maybe china should never have leave the base to china cuba i should say should never leave the base to america in the first place or maybe you blame other countries for refusing to repack trade gone tama detainees or indeed you may see the nine eleven terror attacks as the main reason as it's still in business and you can head online and have your say right now and here's how the voting is going on right now so the

majority of you blaming washington for failing to keep its pledges and almost equally small numbers of you think others are responsible for what's happening at gun time obey now so still if you still haven't done it yet so just go to our set of comments cost you about. moving on now syria is in a third year of civil war between the government and assad forces france and britain the anniversary with calls to better equip rebel fighters that's despite numerous reports of radical islamists among the opposition ranks and there's also his morea few notion reports now that conflict has since 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 nick 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 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 she had minority some more ignorant position and sometimes.

it was never to make a city and it's not the more the once the one of. 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 tarion intolerance is something new for syria and very alarming for 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 feud 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 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. 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 one is 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 ah that those who want to see the fall of the regime will witness the country's fall instead. from syria. for a week broken has been shaken by protests and acts of us so no planning to stop

that late in the problem look at her and the death of a long teenager at the hands of the new york police has led to the public outrage among the citizens of the world just. download the official publication to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't matter about what your mobile device says you can watch on t.v. any time anyway.

this is the weekly on r.t. welcome back in cairo police have used tear gas under arrest of a number of protesters near the headquarters of the muslim brotherhood are tanks and journalists are parent will sponsor the demonstration the clashes come after a group of activists who were running against islamist policies were assaulted by an armed gang on saturday truism the egyptian capital with the details for us.

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 groups with rising at the area outside this main headquarters of the mission brotherhood arriving with sticks and knives on the journalist attempted to film anti-government protesters spraying anti brotherhood slogans on this main headquarters new year lek to journalists in that it had one who said this was another example of a crackdown on freedom of speech by the most brotherhood's 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 the same significant unrest and loss 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 and the government 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 it in doubt this economic problem said 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 of course 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 continual antigovernment sentiments and with not any solutions on the horizon.

the caving of a black teenager by new york police has sparked a seventh night of on group protests in the bar of brooklyn of us accuse the n.y.p.d. of racism and demand just so strong. clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement officials resulted in dozens of arrests and the citric in reports. that a. 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 does show 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 than it was. 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 that absolutely honest party new york. and of course you can always find more news and videos at our website r c dot com and here's a look at some of the stories we have there for you right now perhaps not the best place for sushi that's dangerous levels of radioactivity are recorded in fish off

the coast of the nuclear plant devastating in japan's lucrative fishing industry and there's a light. on the top greek football players bond for life from playing for the national team after celebrating a goal with a nazi salute find out why he did it on our website this is our. china's new president has called for the great or nay silence of the tranny as a 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 leaders c.c.t.v. correspondent told as they try and brings both challengers own heart. there used to be a superstitious belief 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 in 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 lee could child who is the now the cut chinese premier he's been talking about reform is the largest dividend china can enjoy for its course for the progress he's president mr xi jinping after being elected was calling him a delay to our president obama and he advocated if 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 year

level. in the region but the china seems always want to have a peaceful neighborhood there seems to be a really believe the chinese have been holding over the history. so huge and pain that has inherited the wall second largest national economy and will try to keep the asian powerhouse growing and the recent forecasts look pretty promising a report from pricewaterhouse coopers predicts that china will catch up with the u.s. by twenty seventeen before surging ahead then you leadership has also promised to invest heavily in building up the country's defense capabilities and this comes amid america's growing militarily military expansion in asia pacific and u.s. efforts to gain a stronger foothold there and 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 deploy a radar tracking station in japan and they say it's in response to north korean

nuclear threat in the meantime china's priority is economic growth rather than military expansion that's according to author and journalist martin shock relations with the united states have steadily be getting more complicated and i think the reason for that is because before you know china was very much still a developing country a much weaker global power down the united states china of course has been growing like crazy is more and more present around the world in different continents in different countries i don't think the chinese are going to be militarily aggressive i mean as not be worse the chinese history and secondly actually the tradition of this regime especially since nine hundred seventy eight i mean you know if. the chinese military i mean we talk about the rise of expenditure but actually compared with the united states china is very very weak militarily what has been the great

growth remains it which is that i can only give you a look. cyprus is working on a last minute deal to ease the pressure on small depositors paid by a levy on their savings one of ten percent tax was agreed upon a part of a bailout package from the eurozone finance ministers and the i.m.f. cypriots made the decision of what shock and rated a.t.m.'s which when dry within hours people's frustration calls the parliamentary vote on the deal to be delayed until monday and the dr hadn't suddenly leap from leading british thing tying the british group believes there's little alternative to the island 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 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 reduce hysterically 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 you know next few days over thousand s.s. veterans and supporters gathered on saturday in the last minute capital riga for their annual rally the event went ahead despite attempts by the to ban it a court overturned the decision fuelling tension between and to fascists and those who served with lot in units of the vote and s.s. the march sparked controversy with critics damning it as a glorification of the country's involvement with the nazis. reports. it was born in a prison in franco's fascists but he and his parents were repressed by that regime

so he was hurt when he learned that veterans marched through the streets of la capital. all of europe fought so hard to eradicate fashion. it was one state ideology you would now never see which glorify now it's considered shameful what happens here 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 post soviet state for many years this march had been forbidden by the cities of dorothy's a court decision that overturned it and them are still so 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 a lot of his 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 especially given that is a member of the e.u. which has no second opinion on fascism she is a member of the infamous not for remembrance of the locals and it's very difficult to say it's very easy to non-fans that on one side you are members of such an unbroken organisation to remember what happened seven years ago in order to avoid

all children to repeat the mistakes of the easterlies and on the other side those people imagine and to be the first you know because it's really quite easy change for the law to be as anti-fascist movement has been fighting these marches for a decade with no success they fear this movement is getting stronger as last year's economy gets weak and strengthening it is a well planned government tactic for the chicago but it's easy to be. ring up nationalist ideas to divert attention from economic troubles our parliament even wanted to make march sixteenth a national holiday of the latvian army 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. and still ahead for you later in the program with the new pope now at the helm he looks at the big pulse of the pontiff who promised a new approach to the catholic church and much more of a very short break don't go away. these are d.c. faces of freedom fighters. and. they're ready to clean up a new story. and bring you liberty any time. salute play free float.

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