special coverage of the hunger strike at guantanamo bay. so what exactly are we talking about when it comes to guantanamo well let's take a look at the numbers the prison is now in its twelfth year of operation in that time seven hundred seventy nine men have been detained there including more than twenty children according to u.s. government data ninety two percent of these inmates were never affiliated with al qaeda and eighty six percent of them were captured not by u.s. soldiers but instead thanks to bounty offers now of those seven hundred seventy nine prisoners five hundred thirty two were even true eventually released by the bush administration another seventy two by the obama administration nine individuals have died get mo including seven from apparent suicides and that's more than the number of detainees who've actually been convicted of any crime. so that leaves one hundred sixty six prisoners still there of those eighty six have been cleared for release but are still waited and forty six have been deemed too dangerous to be rele

military which sort of stuff did you see at guantanamo. well i was very much aware of the qur'an being desecrated that was a big story that was exposed i think initially by newsweek magazine in two thousand and five that was happening when i was there there were reports. stories from prisoners how they were maybe subjected to being put in you know what you might call this a tannic circle where interrogators attempted to force them to you know make prostration like in the form of the muslim prayer in the center of the globe and then of course there was sexual humiliation being carried out on the part of female interrogators down in guantanamo were you outspoken while you were there about what you were seeing you do you think that played a role in what eventually happened to you which was the military would after you would basically accuse you of it of the enemy is that correct. well i have no doubt that my raising concerns about the mistreatment of prisoners was the catalyst for the military coming after me in addition to my own faith being

coming up on r t todays the six month mark for the guantanamo bay hunger strike even with growing calls for the detention camps closure its future remains unclear we have extensive coverage of the hunger strike and the calls to close the facility up ahead. it's tuesday august sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm sam saks and you're watching our special coverage of the hunger strike back on tony mowbray. so what exactly are we talking about when it comes to guantanamo well let's take a look at the numbers the prison is now in its twelfth year of operation in that time seven hundred seventy nine men have been deemed to have been detained there including more than twenty children according to u.s. government data ninety two percent of these inmates were never affiliated with al qaeda and eighty six percent of them were captured not by u.s. soldiers but instead thanks to bounty offers and all of those seven hundred seventy nine prisoners five hundred thirty two were eventually released by the bush administration another seventy two by the obama administration nine individuals have died acti

it's now a half a year out since guantanamo prisoners began their hunger strike the u.s. military says the self-imposed starvation protests is waning because inmates have been eating after dusk as is tradition in the holy month of ramadan but painful force feeding procedures and invasive body searches are still part of the daily routine for many of the prisoners is a washington correspondent granted she can. every day in guantanamo it's groundhog day whether you're a guard or a prisoner that's how one officer described life and get mail every day's the same as the last and there is no escape for many inmates it's a painful routine routine that includes regular searches and force feeding twice a day for those who are on hunger strike the latest account from the prison comes from a british resident named shakur aamer has been held for eleven years of good will never charged with any crime shuckers been on hunger strike since january has also refused to leave his cells he writes i have said what i want to do just sit there for a week doing nothing just sitting it's about as

going on in guantanamo bay has an abated in any way shape or form i find it kind of odd that we score how one ton of obey is doing by the number of prisoners willing to starve themselves to death let us first look at the fact that only twenty men of the hundred sixty six that remain will ever be charged with a crime according to the united states government the sense of desperation is overwhelming as far as ramadan goes the men were given a choice in that choice was you can spend your religious holiday by yourself without any of your personal effects or hygiene items such as soap in water or in towels and things of that nature or you can break the hunger strike and spend it in a communal setting with the rest of your brothers the way ramadan is supposed to be spent so i think after ramadan you may see a resumption of the hunger strike against a lot of these guys have also dropped because they couldn't face any longer having to go through this force feeding the surrenders process i guess is the authorities are looking at it though it's a double edged sword yes they were giving the forc

from the russian capital i'm marina josh and welcome to the program whereas for several inmates a guantanamo bay prison who are on hunger strike have filed a fresh appeal for u.s. judges to intervene and stop force feeding the facility the painful practice slammed internationally a store tour has continued to rock remedy and with a mass hunger strike now in its seventh month meanwhile the un's chief proper terror on torture has told r.t. is being denied full access to the detainees. unfortunately i was not allowed to visit. my database at least not in the terms that i have to apply under the rules that i am subject to i did get invited by the pentagon but on conditions that i couldn't accept because conditions was that i would see only the parts of the prison that they wanted to show me and specifically that they could not. i have to do the job of meeting. with inmates they claim that they can only give me the same terms that they give united states and i just dados for example or that they give giorno this or other visitors but i am despite the united nations special reports on torture and

federal boards and release the others that has always been the way to close guantanamo. the prisoners began refusing food because they are being detained without charge and were more humane treatment the u.n. has come to their defense to and here's a statement it released back in may well then the u.n. said that holding prisoners without charge is a violation of international law and also cruel inhuman and degrading treatment the force feeding of guantanamo inmates has also drawn in their anger saying such procedures are unjustified and should not be used against anyone who's voluntarily decided to go on a food protest but these painful procedures and invasive body searches are still part of the daily routine for manny of the prisoners and here's our washington correspondent. every day in guantanamo it's groundhog day whether you're a guard or a prisoner that's how one officer described life and get mail every day's the same as the last and there is no escape for many inmates it's a painful routine routine that includes regular searches and force feeding twice a day for

all right guys after the break we'll talk about the hunger strike at guantanamo bay as it reaches its six month mark around. the guantanamo bay detention facility now been years old broken presidential promises congressional sabotage the never ending war on terror all forces and conspired together to keep this prison open but now a hunger strike to tear it all down as this hunger strike near six months r.t. takes a closer look at the prison just to be close. to . impossible to navigate the economy with all the details such as sticks and misinformation and media hype will keep you up to date by decoding the mainstream have stated it's in your. guys controversy plagues the u.s. his most notorious offshore prison guantanamo at the spike the backlash against its continued use the prison is in its twelfth year of operation and with little sign of closing any time soon now aside from having the apt title of the most expensive prison on the planet it was also a beacon for multiple human rights violations namely the indefinite incarceration of dozens of men many of whom have already been clea

friday it's now half a year since guantanamo as prisoners began their hunger strike the u.s. military says the starvation protests is waning because inmates have been eating off to dusk as is tradition in the holy month of ramadan the prison is on protesting indefinite detention without charge and to the treatment the u.n. special repertoire for torture try to find out about the conditions for his time but only got a limited tour of the facility. unfortunately i was not allowed to visit. what i will be at least not in the terms that i have to apply under the rules but i am subject to i did get invited by the pentagon but on conditions that i couldn't accept because conditions was that i would see only the parts over prison that they wanted to show me and specifically that i could not have it be rigged. within minutes they claim that they can only give me the same terms that the united states legislators for example or that they give giorno their store of visitors but i am the real united nations special rapporteur on torture and the terms of visits to detention centers but i

six months of the starvation guantanamo gods will say the hunger strike is on the wane but just for prisoners take in despite repeated force feeding and invasive body search it's. tough times for the u k z u that we look at the plight of jobbers young broods to two years after violent riots a rock to london and other parts of the country. and graphics which are supposedly showing a militant attack on a kurd village in syria surfaces on the internet as reports claim four hundred fifty kurdish women and children are killed. it's eleven am here in the russian capital you live with us on our t.v. with me to mom would say it's good to have your company with us let's take a look at the news this hour. it's now all of us as prisoners began their hunger strike the u.s. military says the self-imposed starvation protest is a waning because inmates have been eating after dusk as is tradition in the holy month of ramadan a painful force feeding procedures and invasive body searches are still part of the data routine for many of the prisoners here's our washington correspondent in a church camp. every day

have been at the forefront of in fact tomorrow this network will begin special coverage of guantanamo in a way you won't see on the corporate media so to talk about the latest in the fight to close the detention center i'm joined now by our team political commentator sam sex little bit sam how are you doing well i like your promo i want to maybe next time incorporated through. i think the most pressing question when it comes to guantanamo right now is you know twelve years on all the rhetoric that we've heard from the obama administration all this talk for years now that it needs to be closed you know what's keeping this facility open certainly there's a lot of blame to put on the obama administration but we also have to go back and look at the bush administration because this was created under the bush administration in two thousand and two it was created in dick cheney openly says this they wanted to put a facility off u.s. soil so that they can get around certain rights that these detainees would have if they were on u.s. soil and also the bush administration committed torture to g

federal words and release the others that has always been the way to close guantanamo. the prisoners began refusing food because they've been detained without charge and once more humane treatment the u.n. special report awful torture trying to find out more about the conditions but he told us that the pentagon only offered him a very limited toll on the facility. unfortunately i was not allowed to visit. the town of obey at least not in the terms that i have to apply under the rules that i am subject to i did get invited by the pentagon but on conditions that i couldn't accept because conditions was that i would see only the parts of the prison that they wanted to show me and specifically that i could not have individual meetings with within maids they claim that they can only give me the same terms that they give united states legislators for example or that they give giorno their store other visitors but i am to speak the united nations special rapporteur on torture and the terms of visits to detention centers but i apply have been approved by the human rights counci

well it's not good news if you'd like to close guantanamo look people are do tremendous stress this is not easy circumstances hunger strikes are hard to maintain i suspect we're going to look at repeated protests repeated efforts to get out of guantanamo so you know people will try different strategies this is only a temporary hiatus but there are some prisons of course facing charges that sufficiently harsh back in their own various home countries they could even face the death penalty so the counter-argument here is surely despite everything that's bad about guantanamo the better off there again no or yes this is the thing one of the prisoners is being highlighted recently shake out a mirror he's been held at guantanamo without charge or trial for alleged and years and he has been approved for transfer and the british government has repeatedly calling us a central car there evidently the obama administration would rather send up for incarceration in a different country without laws and legal system so changes could be made there are more humane circumstances people could have trials

strike at guantanamo bay reaches two hundred days with inmates carrying on their protest against force feeding and indefinite detention. digital currency gets real recognition germany's government deciding that virtual money bitcoin is a legal and private means payment. for i am in moscow i matter as i could to have you with us here on r t our top story president barack obama and his national security team have met to consider possible military action against syria washington promising to announce its decision after looking into evidence of an alleged chemical attack in a damascus suburb which is being blamed on government forces new while the u.s. is moving naval forces closer to syria in case the go ahead for a military strike is given three destroyers currently deployed to the mediterranean according to reports of forth on its way all of them carrying up to three hundred cruise missiles more than enough to act rapidly if the administration orders a strike there is a nato maritime group also in the region which includes four more ships we take a look at the mainland the u.s. and west

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all right guys up to the break we'll talk about the hunger strike at guantanamo bay as it reaches its six month mark sic around. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then something else you hear sees some other part of it and realize that everything is. welcome to the big picture. lens. is it possible to navigate the economy with all the details of his text and misinformation and media hype you up to date by decoding the mainstream like states if in your. book. the. look. the a. led mission is. cretaceous three. four judges three arrangements three. three stooges three. the old free blog morning video for your media project a free media. tom. the lead. guys controversy plagues the u.s. has most notorious offshore prison guantanamo it despite the backlash against its continued use the prison is in its twelfth year of operation and with little sign of closing any time soon now aside from having the apt title of most expensive prison on the planet it was also a beacon for multiple human rights violations namely the indefinite incarceration of

also ahead goodbye to guantanamo is to algeria to repack created from the infamous prison facility we ask what's going to happen to many more who were cleared for release long ago. hello there good evening it says it's just after ten pm in moscow my name is kevin irwin this is r.t. the us and british strive to launch a military operation against syria's come up against new hurdles both at home and abroad in westminster parliament's been debating for hours now with the problem is drop again skeptical m.p.'s david cameron told them it's highly likely that the assad regime is behind the attack but there is no one hundred percent proof let's go live to london r.t. sarah firth is the other sarah hours of talking in the commons what's been said so far. well the case being made for action in syria right now in the house of commons you've got this hefty eight hour debate and remember at the end of it no longer looks like we're going to get any decisive decision on whether military action will be taken m.p.'s have been the calls from some of the break they were asked to decide during this deba

at the guantanamo. a special investigation. of the world's top headlines live from moscow this is r t with me. thank you for joining us today. u.s. whistleblower edward snowden is free to live and work in russia for now up to twelve months without fearing extradition of the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum in the country that means he finally left the moscow airport transit lounge where he's been trapped in transit limbo since june. has been following the developments in the ongoing. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of sydney to the airport to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least approximately where he was now his location is even more secret you would have to start with you to the fact that he's the most wanted person on planet earth to do he'll be concerned about the issue of security that includes questions of safety and the police where he is going to live that's all up to him as he was lawyer will consult and advise him but on other issues

the force feeding of inmates and fresh claims of sexual abuse by guards groups guantanamo bay prison where a mass hunger strike has entered its seventh month. two years after violent riots swept across the bay britain's youth say they lack government support with one of five young people out of work. unlocking the tycoon once russia's richest man male hodder cos he could be freed in a year's time after the country's supreme court heard his prison term by two months . it is five am in moscow you're watching r t a marina joshing welcome to the program how lawyers for a several inmates had one time obey for isn't who are on hunger strike have filed a fresh appeal for us john just to intervene and stop force feeding at the facility the painful practice slammed internationally as torture has continued throughout dramedy and was a mass hunger strike now at its seventh month meanwhile the un's chief robert her on torture has told r.t. is being denied full access to the detainees. unfortunately i was not allowed to visit. my town of obey at least not in the terms that i have to apply under t

the last british resident in guantanamo bay says he's being sexually assaulted by guards as new figures show the facility has cost u.s. taxpayers almost five billion dollars since it opened our top stories this hour. international news and comment this is a twenty four hours a day live from moscow where it's now just turned nine pm so a new chapter is beginning for one of america's most wanted men who's finally left a moscow airport transit zone after more than a month in limbo whistleblower edward snowden is temporarily free to live and work in russia and job offers are already coming in as. reports. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of settlement or to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least approximately where he was now his location is even more secret. to some of you to the fact that he's the most wanted person on planet earth to do he'll be concerned about the issue of security that includes questions of city and the police where he is going to live it's all up to him i will consult and advise him but on other issues it's up t

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what will it take to finally close down guantanamo?>> guantanamo is a political animal, run by xenophobia in the united states and it will take a lot of hard work, not only people like me, but from people in washington in order to close it, and you don't see that. the president has the authority to transfer these individuals now. he could do it under the current law with no exceptions come and he is choosing not to do so. he has even said there are several countries that are ready, willing, able to take these individuals. we know there are 86 cleared for release. the president has done nothing on that yet. >> still to come -- virtual currency and coin is getting recognition in germany as being accepted as legal. those stories in just a few minutes. >> bitcoin may be exchanged for other currencies in the system. we have this report from berlin. >> germany and berlin is one of the places that has really embraced bitcoin as a new major player when it comes to world currency. i am standing on the floor, the trading floor of the berlin bitc

from the london guantanamo campaign says these strong tactics used to settle detainees. all of that was going on with the with the search is making noise during the nighttime these sexual abuses it's all part of it seems to be part of a pattern of intimidation of the person of the detainees and part of a ploy to try and break the hunger strike the detainees are carrying on with their hunger strike most of them in spite of all the abuses it's clearly a sign of weakness on the part of u.s. administration and the military guantanamo that they're having to resort to these measures to china and break the hunger strike so clearly they're feeling the heat and you know the detainees they you know they have to decide what to do with their bodies if they want to carry on with this or not but obviously this is an act of desperation on their part to be on hunger strike for six months in some cases and say that they've got nothing to lose they've been there for eleven and a half years most of them without charge or trial and this is a desperate act on their part and there has been in

and by prison guards a claim to be a part of the routine by the last british made at the guantanamo bay prison carries out a special investigation. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm rory sushi live on the program a let's get straight to your top headlines u.s. whistleblower edward snowden is free to live and work in russia now for up to twelve months without fearing extradition and the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum here in the country meaning he finally left the moscow airport where he's been trapped in transit limbo since june you got pissed off has been following the developments in the ongoing snowden saga. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of settlement or to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if really were we knew at least approximately where he was now his location is even more secret. due to the fact that he's the most wanted person on planet earth to do he'll be concerned about the issue of security that includes questions of safety and the police where he's going to loop that's all up

by the british at the guantanamo. special investigation. a very good morning from moscow just after nine am here in the russian capital. u.s. was a blow edward snowden is free to live and work in russia for up to twelve months without fearing extradition the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum in the country meaning he finally left the moscow airport where he's been trapped in transit limbo since june. has been following developments on the whole snowden joining us live here on the program good morning to you first and foremost what does this temporary asylum mean does anybody have any idea of the whereabouts now of edward snowden. well now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of war to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least approximately where he was now his location is even more secret. even to some of you to the fact that he's the most wanted person on planet earth to do hugh be concerned about the issue of security that includes questions of safety and the police wh

continues here naughty the last british resident of the guantanamo bay detention camp. claims gods sexually assaulted prison such as revelations come as new figures show that the facility cost nearly three million dollars a prisoner each year to keep open of these tests or syria reports. chucker armor the alaska british detainee at the guantanamo bay prison who's been on hunger strike since january against his unlawful detention the claims that he's being assaulted sometimes sexually during prison search as i am or was arrested in afghanistan in two thousand and one he's been at the prison a for eleven years without having been charged with any offense and he says he that he still faces a daily quote unquote a forced cell extractions they flip me over for the surge mostly that's just an assault sometimes a sexual assault we call it the get my message they carry me like a second potatoes which is really painful for me. this information was revealed in a declassified conversation between elmer and his lawyer in the united states this news comes just weeks after u.k. prime

good bye to guantanamo is too little jury and our repatriated from the infamous prison facility we ask what's going to happen to many more who were cleared for release long ago. and after dozens of convicted sex offenders in britain get themselves taken off a police watch list are talks to one child abuse victim fears for the public's safety. this is r t coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program well the un security council failed to agree on how to act early euro but britain says even without a mandate an attack would be justified amended tarion grounds that's as high ranking former military officials in britain also warned against writing syria well here's our laura smith and her report. the prime minister's had to backtrack quite significantly during the course of the last twenty four thirty six hours the motion that was going to be debated the softening was originally on military action but cameron knew that he wasn't going to get the votes on that he knew that labor m.p.'s that opposition m.p.'s would not back him and he also knew that se

every day in guantanamo it's groundhog day whether you're a guard or a prisoner that's how one officer described life and get mail every day's the same as the last and there is no escape for many inmates it's a painful routine routine that includes regular searches and force feeding twice a day for those who are on hunger strike the latest account from the prison comes from a british resident named shakur aamer has been held for eleven years of good will never charged with any crime shuckers been on hunger strike since january has also refused to leave his cell he writes i have said what i want to do just sit there for a week doing nothing just sitting it's about as nonviolent non-problematic protest as you could imagine but they won't let me do it so the forcible cell extraction king carries him out of the cell his hands and feet in shackles to a special place where they perform a search a pet down which shakur armor and other inmates call the moma sarge they flip me over for the surge mostly it's just an assault sometimes a sexual assault we call it the get my message they carry me l

in other news good bye to guantanamo to algerians or of patrick aged from the infamous prison facility we asked what's going to happen to many more who were cleared for release long ago . and up to dozens of convicted sex offenders in britain get themselves taken off the police watch list start talks to one child abuse victim who fears now for the public safety. hello and good evening my name is kevin irwin this is our t. coming to live from moscow our top story tonight the u.s. and british strive to launch a military operation against syria's come up against new hurdles both at home and abroad in westminster parliament's debate been debating for hours now with the prime minister up again skeptical employees david cameron told them it's highly likely that the assad regime is behind the attack but there's not one hundred percent proof he also refused to make the case that a strike would stop or reduce the bloodshed in syria artie's laura smith reports from london. the prime minister's had to backtrack quite significantly during the course of the last twenty four thirty six hours the mot

according to his guantanamo based files he was trained in bomb marking. he was deemed to be a medium risk threat to u.s. interests with high intelligence value but was recommended for release also in 2006. we could be seeing the start of the closure of guantanamo bay that president obama promised all the way since his first election. fracking offshore and out of sight does exactly -- is what big oil companies have been doing off the coast of one california and city. fracking is the axis of drilling into the shale formation and injecting fluids into the round and a high-pressure to cause that rock to cracker fracture. natural gas will then be released. the hyatt -- use of this message -- method has been contentious and drilling for oil has been under versatile in california where in 19 69, spill off the scenic coast -- santa barbara coastline led to reach. -- repeated bands. >> santa barbara is a quiet city with spanish influence and west coast. . miles from the historic fences can mission, oil rigs dot the coastline. these waters could become the next fro

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as a matter of urgency tours of inmates at guantanamo have been caught. a lot especially with attention on the hunger strike that's been going on inside most of this information revealed through lawyers of the detainees one other example for instance is more than four knots who had described the prison as a quote unquote place without laws he said that he had suffered repeated abuse said terry geisha techniques including sexual humiliation of water torture as well as sleep deprivation in response to artie's queries if the deputy joint task force public affairs officer at guantanamo sent to us this reply. with. me through the. regardless of how ridiculous and that they would be we also contacted the u.s. state department for their comments on the shocker imus case but we have yet to hear a reply reporting from london i'm tess are cilia. with the legal mess over guantanamo is far from being washington's only concern these days and that's often numerous u.s. embassies have been put on high alert and will remain closed on sunday due to a terror threat more th

guantanamo is a political animal it's run by the in a phobia here in the united states and it's going to take a lot of hard work like people not only like people like me but but some people in washington in order to close it and right now you don't see that the president had to do already to transfer these individuals now that he can do it under the current law with no exceptions and he's choosing not to do so and he's even said that there are several countries that are ready willing able to take these individuals we know there's eighty six of them that are cleared for release the president has done nothing on that yet. ok let's turn our attention now to the out of egypt where fresh clashes between supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi and the military now about reportedly left at least one person dead dozens injured in the capital cairo hundreds gathered in the. for what the muslim brotherhood dubbed a day of martyrs despite the return of the military to power in egypt president barack obama says that while the u.s. is reevaluating its relationship with the country it most

two hundred days and counting guantanamo prisoners are pushing on with their hunger protest struggling to change their face of force feeding and indefinite detention. and a virtual currency gets real recognition the german government decides that virtual money bitcoin is legal and private means of payment. international news. center here in moscow which just turned ten pm this is. the u.s. is ready for a possible missile strike on syria some reports say preparations are already under way the pentagon is moving its naval forces closer ensuring president obama has military options available he's considering action following an alleged chemical attack which is being blamed on syria's government well three destroys a currently deployed in the mediterranean at the moment and according to reports a fourth is on its way all of them are carrying up to three hundred cruise missiles which is more than enough to. rapidly if obama wants to order a strike there's also the nato maritime group in the region which is four warships and if we take a look at the mainland the u.s. and its western allies t

assaults by prison guards a claim to be a part of the routine by the last of british inmates at the guantanamo bay detention camp carries out a special investigation. very warm welcome to you from all of us here on seymour. the worldwide headlines of life in the russian capital u.s. it was a blow edward snowden is free to live and work in russia for up to twelve months without fearing extradition and the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum here in the country i mean he finally left the moscow airport where he's been trapped in transit limbo since june got pissed off it's been following developments in the snowden saga joining us live from the program you go to good morning to you do explain if you would for a moment what exactly does it mean temporary asylum and any chance we know where he is right now. well now that snowden's man is still left now that snowden has managed to leave or rather the transit zone off limits of the airport where he spends around five weeks this is a new chapter in his story if before we at least approximately knew where he was somewhere on the

socials out of one hundred sixty four detainees now in guantanamo eighty four people. have been cleared for release just like those all jury and men but we don't know how soon they may leave the prison then you have a handful of people all a little a little more than a dozen who are considered to be high value detainees but then there are there is a list of forty six at least forty six men that have not been cleared for release but who the u.s. government indicates that they will continue to hold those people without charge according to the u.s. government these men are too dangerous to be released in the lawyers of many of them disagree and they are trying to argue against it but they cannot be tried either in military or civilian court because of inadequate or tainted evidence against them that made many of these men were tortured which would make evidence against them inadmissible in court with the administration is now trying to do is to lift the ban on transfers to the united states so that maybe they can close the prison but still hold the man behind bars now som

also the guantanamo bay hunger strike now hitting its six month milestone as the pentagon continues to splash out millions on the prison all amid claims the white house still has not given up its plans to shut it down. western gay communities to modern russia be stripped of the right to hold the next winter olympics in protest against the new law against homosexuality propaganda to minors some even going as far to compare putin to that of out of it well. we're highlighting the week's top headlines here on our welcome to the weekly with me research talk of cold war punishment and a fractured relationship of made this week perhaps the worst for us russia ties in years but both washington and moscow have very different takes on the situation where obama is talking about reassessing relations the russian side believes it's all getting blown out of proportion the nature camp has the story. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have paid a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the

government a long time ago like these two all jury and men both of them had been held at guantanamo for at least eleven years both were cleared for release years ago one in two thousand and six and the other in twenty ten both went on hunger strike to protest their own lawful detention one of them was systematically force fed not quite clear at the moment whether the demand were released in their homeland upon upon return and algerian press service reports said their cases would be handled by competent courts the lawyer for one of. those released said algerians return from the prison camps are typically held for up to twelve days before for questioning their release certainly gives hope to other inmates who were held in guantanamo indefinitely and never charged with the crime the number of hunger strikers went down from more than one hundred people to thirty six as we learned from the updates that we're getting from guantanamo socials out of one hundred sixty four detainees now in guantanamo eighty four people have been cleared for release just like those old jury and men but we don't k

with them not to look at them as human subtopic but not to speak with them we talked to a former guantanamo god of the disturbing day job at the notorious jail which led him to quit and convert to islam. and anguish instead of age a major medical gaffe said britain's government funded hospitals and leave hundreds of patients suffering we examine the problems plaguing the energy and meet some of the victims. to. learn from moscow you watching r t you with me to mom would say let's take a look and a bulletin the sound. any further delays in starting an international peace conference on syria could prove fatal according to russian foreign minister sergei lavrov this comes as the number of civilian fatalities rises in the war torn country amid disturbing reports of four hundred fifty kurds being killed by militants in northeastern syria now according to an iranian news channel hundreds of women and children were massacred in a kurdish area in our locker which came under attack by al qaeda linked fighters now we could go to jihad is a row captured two hundred civilians from two kurdish villages