this has gone on long enough, almost since guantanamo opened.here have only been to the mass hunger strikes, one in 2006 that was broken in by bringing so- called restraint chairs that look like the old chairs that were used for executions, the electric chairs where you are strapped and with restraints and have a to manually inserted up your nose and down your esophagus and that is used to feed people while they're restrained for often as many as two hours. it had really been done until this mass hunger strike. something that has nothing to do with medicine, opposed by all medical groups that have taken a stance on the ethics of force feeding hunger strikes including the world medical association. even the american medical association, which is historically quite conservative. there is no real question that during this is wrong for a physician to do. the question is, how to stop them? what we have seen, the positions at guantanamo are young, mostly guys, recent graduates from their residency program, isolated out there with no real support from

"i will" guantanamo bay" -- i will close guantanamo bay" -- that was one of president obama's elections campaign promises. >> but it is still open. dozens of enemy combatants being held in indefinite detention. >> this report shows the first impressions of the detention camp, that critics say operates outside of international law. >> journalists gather at guantanamo bay before daybreak for a rare chance to enter the facility. the tour has been carefully arranged. we are accompanied by soldiers. we are not allowed to film the faces of prison guards, nor are we allowed access to the prisoners. at 5:00, the call to prayer. the inmates pray in their cells. almost all of them are in solitary confinement. they are only allowed out on rare occasions. even then, they remain handcuffed and under close watch. of the 166 prisoners at guantanamo, more than 1/3 are on hunger strike. most of them are being force fed, according to one doctor. he does not want his face on camera. >> we try to recognize patient choice and autonomy. our mission is to preserve the life of the detainees. >> the prison's ch

"i will" guantanamo bay" -- i will close guantanamo bay" -- that was one of president obama's elections campaign promises. >> but it is still open. dozens of enemy combatants being held in indefinite detention. >> this report shows the first impressions of the detention camp, that critics say operates outside of international law. >> journalists gather at guantanamo bay before daybreak for a rare chance to enter the facility. the tour has been carefully arranged. we are accompanied by soldiers. we are not allowed to film the faces of prison guards, nor are we allowed access to the prisoners. at 5:00, the call to prayer. the inmates pray in their cells. almost all of them are in solitary confinement. they are only allowed out on rare occasions. even then, they remain handcuffed and under close watch. of the 166 prisoners at guantanamo, more than 1/3 are on hunger strike. most of them are being force fed, according to one doctor. he does not want his face on camera. >> we try to recognize patient choice and autonomy. our mission is to preserve the life of the detainees. >> the prison's ch

the other thing about guantÁnamo as is well established. millions of dollars building a courtroom he was not completed any trials. as far as hunger strikes, we have that in a humane fashion as well. it is a safe place. i don't many people in cuba trying to free the people held at guantÁnamo whereas in iraq or here that may be the case. additionally was mentioned a lockup or criminals were not many americans try to free those people to release them back to our society, but that it would exist here as we've seen with the violence taking place from al qaeda within our country still are those affiliated with it. is the most humane option of a house. are conduct a very well entrance for people to the united states but all of us had a greater risk than i oppose this and yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. any further discussion on this amendment? >> mr. chairman. >> by sanchez for two minutes. >> mr. chairman, i've probably been one of the few democrats who has continued to believe there is a reason to have guantÁnamo bay continue to be ope

and stop the force feeding of hunger strikers in guantanamo doctors from around the globe call on president obama to allow the prisoners independent medical care. well news and more live from moscow this is characterized. the u.k. government is campaigning to win hearts and minds in scotland ahead of its historic referendum on independence the foreign secretary william hague has given a speech in edinburgh to persuade the scots there safer stronger and better off with britain as r.t. sarah firth reports he has his work cut out for the u.k. risking the loss of scottish oil assets if the yes vote prevails. of course it's of stance of change that's exactly what these within the yes campaign those who want to see an independent scotland want to bring about they accuse westminster of dominating economic policy dominating resources and they say they want to break that stranglehold now they have been political tit for tat with both sides there is within the yes campaign for example have pointed to recent treasury reports in which independent scotland was placed in the same category is iceland cypr

said to be too dangerous to release so where do we go from here we'll talk to a guantanamo bay attorney coming up. and the people of brazil fill the streets in protest by the hundreds of thousands there are voicing their concerns over government corruption police violence and more will look at the protests later in the show. it's tuesday june eighteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm not going lopez and you are watching r t well we begin this afternoon with an in-depth look at the latest polls that gauge the american public sentiment about syria in spite of the newest reports estimated that ninety three thousand syrians have died in the civil war despite the obama administration's announcement that it has a nothing evidence to conclude that president bashar all all sides were zima has used chemical weapons numerous times against rebel forces the majority of the american public does not want the u.s. to provide weapons to opposition forces a new pew poll that surveyed some fifteen hundred adults last week shows that seventy percent of the public opposes arming the rebels and only twenty

and stop the force feeding of hunger strikers in guantanamo doctors for around the globe calling on president obama to allow the prisoners independent medical care. around the world around the clock you're watching on. the u.k. a government is campaigning to win hearts and minds in scotland ahead of its historic friend them on independence foreign secretary william hague is about to give a speech in edinburgh to persuade the scots this stronger i'm better off with britain this r.t. sarah firth reports he has his work cut out in the u.k. risking the loss of scottish oil assets if the yes vote prevails. mr hague's going to be trying to lay out in foreign policy terms why he feels it's preferable the scots stay put and it's the basis of his argument is going to be this that a vote for independence is not going to be a vote for business as usual is going to bring about the stance of change in his thought he's going to try and highlight some of the possible negative implications that that could bring of course it's of stance of change that's exactly what these within the yes campaign those who wan

military to release the names of 48 detainees in guantÁnamo -- men who are considered too dangerous toease or to compromise to be tried in court. at judge ordered the release of 48 names, more than half of them yemenis citizens after "the miami herald" reporter sued to make the list public. the list was crafted after a task force was trying to decide whether or not any of these detainees could be tried or transferred to their own country. the list includes several people who are now on hunger strike at guantÁnamo because they are protesting the legal limbo in which they find themselves. a few weeks ago president obama alluded the group of indefinite detainees by indicating that so far the u.s. has not been able to figure out how to resolve their status without putting the country at security risk. if the president achieves his ultimate goal of trying to end what he calls the war on terror, under the law of war, these men would have to be tried in a court of law, or released, something many in the united states do not want to entertain. ' family the detainees was visited. >> whenever th

through a freedom of information act request the miami herald obtained the names of guantanamo bay detainees said to be too dangerous to release so where do we go from here we talked with coming up. with the ongoing n.s.a. surveillance scandal you might be wondering how to avoid being tracked on line will look at ways to avoid leaving behind a digital footprint later in today show. it's tuesday june eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well we begin this afternoon with an update and an in-depth look as well into the latest polls that gauge the american public sentiment about syria in spite of the newest reports estimating that ninety three thousand syrians have died in the civil war despite the obama administration's announcement that it has a nothe evidence to conclude that president bashar all oss software has used chemical weapons numerous times against rebel forces the majority of the american public does not want the u.s. to provide weapons to opposition forces a new pew poll that surveyed some fifteen hundred adults last week showed that seven

and criticism over the treatment of guantanamo bay detainees graves lying to president obama twelve independent medical examinations for those on hunger strike at the notorious prison. welcome you're watching our take with me and very far. now the british government is beginning its charm offensive on scotland to keep it part of the u.k. with foreign secretary william hague chosen as cheerleader he's an edinburgh later to speak about why the kingdom should remain united why scotland's oil money should keep rolling into london's coffers r.t. sarah firth breaks down how he's expected to convince the naysayers. mr hague's going to be trying to lay out in foreign policy terms why he feels it's preferable the scots stay put and it's the basis of his argument is going to be this that a vote for independence is not going to be a vote for business as usual is going to bring about stances change in his thought he's going to try and highlight some of the possible negative implications that that could bring of course it's of stance of change that's exactly what these within the yes campaign those who want

and stop the force feeding of hunger strikers in guantanamo doctors from around the globe called on president obama to allow the prisoners independent medical care. even just past nine pm here in moscow you're watching r t with me kevin when i first steve u.k. government is campaigning to win hearts and minds in scotland ahead of its historic referendum on independence foreign secretary william hague has given a speech in edinburgh to trouble space to persuade the scots that they have safer stronger and better off with britain and as r.t. sarah firth reports he's only added fuel though to the debates about scottish independence. will it take to things that will today it will in the century that inbred to around a hundred and fifty delegates the more wolves and stuff is it like that in it he said that he tried the scottish independence is met around the world he said buckle in the pool says he's laying out some of the negative implications a vote for independence could have used in the yes campaign we want to see if those independents approved this relentless campaign of negativity and they sa

and criticism over the treatment of guantanamo bay detainees grows louder as doctors urge president obama independent medical examinations those on hunger strike up a notorious prison. news and comment twenty four hours a day. the british government is beginning its charm offensive on scotland to keep it part of the u.k. foreign secretary william hague chosen this cheerleader when he's in edinburgh later to speak about why scotland and its oil money should remain ruled by london. breaks down how he's expected to convince the naysayers. mr hague's going to be trying to lay out in foreign policy terms why he feels it's preferable that scott's stay put and is still the basis of his argument is going to be this that a vote for independence is not going to be a vote for business as usual is going to bring about stances change in a suit he's going to try and highlight some of the possible negative implications that that could bring a cool sense of stance of change that's exactly what they see within the yes campaign those who want to see an independent scotland want to bring about say he's west

criticism over the treatment of guantanamo bay detainees grows. president obama to allow independent medical examinations of those on hunger strike notorious prison. and massive protests rage in brazil where a dispute over the travel costs of the football world cup uncovers deep economic and political discontent. i welcome it's good to have you company you're watching r.t. this morning with me andrey farmer. the british government is beginning its charm offensive on scotland to keep it part of the u.k. with foreign secretary william hague chosen as the chair leader he's in edinburgh later to speak about why scotland and its all money should remain ruled by london r.t. sarah firth breaks down he's expected to convince the naysayers. mr hague's going to be trying to lay out in foreign policy terms why he feels it's preferable the sculls stay put that is the basis of his argument is going to be this that a vote for independence is not going to be a vote for business as usual is going to bring about stances change in a suit he's going to try and highl

and stop the force feeding of hunger strikers in guantanamo doctors from around the globe now call on president obama to allow the prisoners independent medical care live comment coming up on that. however good even if you just joined us just past eight pm now here in moscow kevin i mean this is international and first the new k. government campaigning to win hearts and minds in scotland right now ahead of its historic referendum on independence i say right now because foreign secretary william hague has given a speech in edinburgh to persuade the scots that they're safer stronger and better off with britain but as r.t. sarah firth reports he has his work cut out with the u.k. risking the loss of scottish oil assets if the yes vote prevails. with a full day here. in the century the brits around one hundred fifty delegates from all walks of life in it he said the wife the scottish independence around the world he said his uncle in the pool says he's laying out some of the negative implications of independence. in the yes campaign we want thief justice independent of this relentless cam

prisoner who also heads up the kuwaiti detainees in guantanamo committee. he told us what happened to his son after he was ordered to starvation. my son been there for eleven years no charges again it's against him it is very difficult for him to tell me what's going on there because that is the district shoes for all the detainees not to talk of the conditions inside the camp but i can tell by the way he looks was so skinny this is the fairest time for him to put some glasses on his eyes. looks he looks horrible. he could not concentrate while he's talking to me he has. affected his body his thinking we are very concerned very concerned about his life and this week saw britain and broiled in a rally about its own guantanamo clone it was revealed that up to ninety afghan nationals are being detained in secret and without charge at the u.k.'s camp bastion base and as r.t. sephora found out some have been held there for more than a year. ek lewis described this is a secret facility that was completely off the radar leading some to describe this as the u.k.'s

why should it be guantanamo? do defendants have greater rights if they are transferred from guantanamo to a place in the united states? the supreme court has said, no, they don't. so there's no tactical advantage. are they more likely to escape if they're transferred to the united states? the history says no. the number of escapes from maximum prisons, supermax prisons in the united states has been zero. is it less expensive to hold them at guantanamo? most certainly not. the average cost of incarcerating someone in a federal maximum security, supermax prison is $34,000 a year. the cost to the taxpayer of incarcerating someone at million o is over $1.6 a year. is there some strategic advantage globally to holding these detainees at guantanamo? the opposite is true. general petraeus, admiral mullen, other leaders of our intelligence and military forces have said that guantanamo is the best recruiting device against the united states around the world for those who are trying to sell the lie that the united states i

until i close guantanamo bay, they're right, i haven't closed guantanamo bay. >> andrew, where do weo from here? >> i don't know. can i just talk about the economic cost? i'm always a numbers guy. >> you are. >> $900,000 per inmate. that's the cost. >> compared to $60,000 to $70,000 for a super max. >> and $3,00,000 across the boa. if you're a republican and you want to cut costs, spend here. >> here we're spending $1 million per prisoner. >> i could talk about the moral costs and the diplomatic costs. we have a reporter at huff post ryan riley who spent time down there and told me what he had seen, the chilling, almost underworldly nature of observers coming and standing on a rooftop looking down through a plexiglass window at sad, rail-thin detainees, many of whom are there almost by accident, let's face it. yes, there are legitimate people there, but there are also people there by accident. that's the moral cost that most people don't see. they haven't seen pictures of it. he witnessed it. a good friend of mine, a prominent middle east expert, pakistani, lives in america, knows th

president obama should the whole the force feeding of detainees at guantanamo bay and the prisoners to receive independent medical care as required by the un i was a message from an international group of doctors who concern over the hunger strike at the facility she's well into its fifth month and has the details now the way in the world medical association demand access for independent doctors to guantanamo detainees more than one hundred fifty doctors including from the u.s. have signed an open letter to obama urging him to allow detainees access to independent medical examinations and advice here's what they write it is clear that the detainees do not trust the mill doctors they have very good reason for this is you should know from the current protocols of the joint task force guantanamo which those doctors are ordered to follow the orders they receive or alter your orders as their commander in chief without trust safe and acceptable medical care of mentally competent patients is impossible for the above mentioned protocols describe the procedure of force feeding that the doctors

while the guantanamo bay hunger strike contend use attempts to close the detention facility appear to be going nowhere house republicans have suggested legislation that would keep the facility open and block transferring suspects into u.s. or other countries more on that battle or get mown just ahead. and it's day three of the bradley manning trial manning's defense explains that sharing information with wiki leaks was for the public good will supporters of bradley manning still gather outside the courtroom updates on this case just ahead. protesters are still outside the streets of turkey rallying against the prime minister there there's growing criticism over the turkish police used excessive show of force including the use of the u.s. made tear gas more on those clashes later on in the show. it's wednesday june fifth five pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching r t the house armed services committee began considering this morning the national defense authorization act of twenty four team this bill would appropriate funding to the military in the coming fiscal ye

and the number of guantanamo bay detainees being force fed has grown rapidly over the past few months according to prisons officials in march this year to thirty seven hunger strike as eleven were receiving and through fate fast forward a month and you have a dramatic increase has jumped to one hundred hunger strikers with twenty one of those being force fed and then last month three more people join the hunger strike and fifteen more had been given food against their will and then this brings us to today with one hundred four prisoners refusing food i'm forty four being force fed psychiatry's terry cooper says coercive action can cause a reparable mental damage all of this abuses medical ethics and a doctor should not participate the united states military should not be doing it one of the purposes of torture is to cause permanent damage from what i understand of the hunger strike and particularly the conditions of confinement the kinds of searches that are being done the fact that the prisoners are kept in extreme isolation a lot of the time that they're treated cruelly all of these

and stop the force feeding of hunger strikers in guantanamo around the globe called on president obama told the other prisoners independent medical care. international news twenty four hours a day without. u.k. government is campaigning to win hearts and minds in scotland head of its historic referendum on independence secretary william hague is now giving a speech in edinburgh to persuade the scots this say first stronger and better off with britain. firth reports he has his work cut out u.k. risking the loss of scottish oil assets if the us prevails. of course it's a stance of change that's exactly what they say within the yes campaign those who want to see an independent scotland want to bring about say he's westminster dominating economic policy dominating resources and they say they want to break that stranglehold now they're being political with both sides it's within the yes campaign for example has pointed to recent treasury reports in which independent scotland was placed in the same category is iceland cyprus and ireland all of which of course have had economic crises and now

the number of guantanamo bay detainees being force fed has been growing rapidly over the past few months according to prison officials in march this year out of thirty seven hunger strikers eleven receiving intestinal feeds fast forward a month and you have a dramatic increase jumping to one hundred hunger strikers with twenty one being force fed and last month three more. will join the strike and fifteen more way given food against their will while it's brings us to june with one hundred four prisoners they're refusing food and forty four being force fed and my colleague to bring let's say earlier spoke to dr frank arnold the author of the letter sent to president obama he says what's going on behind bars amounts to torture. can you talk about both the short and long term. i guess if that's all for this sort of treatment all this sort of procedure what appears to be happening is that when these weight or health deteriorates to the degree they are forced to. rosarito not complete and then allowed to starve themselves again to the scariest thing of all is a drug called. which is normally

the force feeding of prisoners at guantanamo bay has led some doctors to call on the facilities medical staff not to treat detainees and allow them to go on hunger strike the world medical association has declared the procedure is not ethically acceptable and believes those starving themselves need to have their injustices addressed r.t.c. any chickie reports. the way and the world medical association demand access for independent doctors to guantanamo detainees more than one hundred fifty doctors including from the us have signed an open letter to grow obama urging him to allow detainees access to independent medical examinations and advice here's what they write deduce clear that the detainees do not trust their military doctors they have very good reason for this is you should know from the current protocols of the joint task force guantanamo which those doctors are ordered to follow the orders they receive or ultimately your orders as their commander in chief without trust safe an acceptable medical care of mentally competent patients is impossible the above mentioned protocols desc

which continues here on aunty barack obama's latest promise to close guantanamo bay as being that met with tough resistance in congress lawmakers in the lower house a vote in favor of keeping the facility open indefinitely and that means more suffering for all the detainees held that without charge most of whom have been starving in protest for the past four months when our team met the bereaved family of one yemeni inmate. yeah some might argue there's not all that much difference between the physical torture that many prisoners undergo in one town of mouth and the emotional toll meant that relatives are forced to deal with at home like the family of abdurahman ash batty a yemeni terror suspects held at the controversial detention center since two thousand and two after his arrest the whole family was accused of links to terrorists you know my now we have them america's support for human rights is merely a show it only cares about its own people well it destroys the rights of all others who have been suffering for thirteen years now. and yemen president obama's recent promise to lift

this is a living dyed in guantanamo.th for principle, this is what i want to do. >> he is a saudi national and also a british resident. he's never been charged with a crime and cleared for release twice but never freed. as his letters to his lawyer in london show, he is no stranger to hunger strikes or being force fed. >> back in 2005 or 2006 they used to leave the tube in my nose for days on end and now pull it out for every feed so we have 120 centimeters shoved in and pulled out twice day. if someone vomits on themself as just happened, they carry on force-fe force-feeding him. it is very very wrong. >> the millimetitary says it is force-feeding to keep them away. even president obama has questioned the practice. >> the current situation we are force-feeding detainees on a tunger strike. is this who we are? is that something our founders foresaw? is that the america we want to leave our children? >> reporter: to understand conditions inside guantanamo, we spoke to once a fellow inmate who left guantanamo in 2005, and

we know when guantanamo was established. but the fact is, and we could cite any number of situations where our enemy cites guantanamo as a reason for these young impressionable men to join the forces of al qaeda, because they want to suggest that we really are not who we say we are. this amendment would let us be who we are. let the president close this facility that shouldn't have been established in the first place. president bush recognized that. several traded for bounties. that's not the way we arrest people. the majority of people at guantanamo, they have been cleared for release. they ought to be released or they ought to be tried. as far as the worst of the worst, do what you want with them, but don't spend $500 million to upgrade the facilities at guantanamo so you can house people indefinitely. that's not who we are. that's why this amendment should pass. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. i

and stop the force feeding of hunger strikers in guantanamo doctors from around the globe call on president obama to allow the prisoners independent medical care. even if you just joined us this is r.t. international live from moscow it's just after eleven pm here now and my name is kevin now in first in the u.k. government is campaigning to win hearts and minds in scotland ahead of its historic referendum on independence foreign secretary william hague's giving a speech in edinburgh to try and persuade the scots that they're safer stronger and better off with britain but as r.t. sarah firth reports he's only added fuel to the debates on scottish independence. day. in the century that is a breakthrough around one hundred fifty delegates from all of this like in it they write the scottish independence around the world lead. count some of the negative implications of vote for independents to trial. in the yes campaign we want to see if those independents approved this relentless campaign of negativity and they say they want to break the economic strangle the west and the economic resources of

when it comes to guantanamo and that is you know as you mentioned explicitly ban on any of the funds are authorized in the national defense of authorization act to be used to transfer any prisoners from guantanamo to the united states or to any other country that has seen release prisoners really engage in terrorist activity one of the ranking members on the house armed services committee democrat adam smith immediately took issue with with this language i think we have a clip of it right here. the continued presence of want on a mobile a prison i think is a stain upon this country it's becoming unsustainable it was built as a temporary facility ten years ago and there is two hundred fifty million dollars in military construction requests just to keep it temporary given its location and given the difficulties of maintaining it that's always going to be a challenge but urge members then really a congressman smith went on to say that he doesn't have the votes though i mean this is a committee that's dominated by republicans and you know so if president obama wanted to reengage with con

guantanamo bay detainees. information and these assessments include everything from up there background health conditions affiliation with terrorist organizations and details of how these detainees were captured those that testified today described the documents as classified and that leaving them good poses a danger to national security we had a rear admiral give us a specific example david was said information revealed intelligence sources now still to come in this trial are testimony regarding the over two hundred fifty thousand cables manning allegedly stole from a state department database a spokes person a military spokesperson today told us that we will hear from a state department witness that with unclear when exactly that is going to happen going on to our third week of this court martial we've heard from over forty of the one hundred forty witnesses we are told slated to testify many faces twenty one charges the most serious of which is aiding the enemy but the prosecution is intent on going after h

his footsteps by operating a guantanamo style prison in afghanistan but also the break. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story for you. in trying. to find out more visit. a part islamic jihad has been called against syria with a prominent islamic cleric branding the assad government quote more infidel than jews and christians the call to arms was made by shaikh yousef a dolly. reaches millions in the arab world through the news network which is made to show you can meanwhile syrian rebel groups have refused to attend an upcoming peace conference in geneva they saw. syrian province of christian government and lebanese hezbollah troops mounted an enormous offensive one that honors so you could change the course of the civil war going on in my colleague research they discuss the past week with. been closely following events in the war torn country. the leaders of the syrian opposition had in fact announced they will not be participating in the u.s. and russian

it does not require that the guantanamo bay detainees be transferred to the u.s.lows it. >> it didn't pass. the crux of the debate came down to money. democrats pointed out that it costs $1.6 million a year to keep a prisoner at guantanamo bay as opposed to about $30,000 a year in the u.s. they thought that argument might appeal to republicans but it didn't, shepard. >> shepard: did anything change in all this? >> not that i can see. it seems that the status quo will hold and the debate was very similar to the debate back in 2009 when the president first tried to close guantanamo bay. republican congressman randy forbes of virginia wanted to find out what the constitutional rights are the guantanamo bay prisoners if they are transferred to the u.s. >> you got to have a plan first and if the president can do that and then convince the american people and us that that is a good plan, this goes away. >> next week the defense authorization bell for 2014 will come to the floor. you can expect some debate on guantanamo bay but again we don't expect any new arguments at

just about a ten minutes past the hour here in moscow still to come for you in this program guantanamo going nowhere for republicans in the u.s. congress the infamous prison open by blocking the transfer of prisoners cleared for release we speak to the lawyer of one inmate who's been on a hunger strike detention without charge now for over four months. and twelve face trial on charges of mass disorder and violence against police that are rally for president putin was sworn in one year ago. for another for a six night running witnessed a similar scene clashes leading to police unleashing their water cannons and tear gas on protesters a third fatality has been confirmed in the unrest after a man died from head injuries and car a hospital activist one the police chief responsible for the violent tactics removed and urged officials to ban the use of tear gas protesters also want all those that have been detained released saying that could actually end the days of riots the turkish prime minister meantime returning from a trip to north africa he will be expected to do something about the pu

the guantÁnamo prison deemed too dangerous to release.we will look at who makes that decision and on what basis. it has been whispered about for years but now it is official. the united states and the afghan government are going to talk to the taliban. 12 years after the u.s. invasion of pakistan, the peace talks are less than 48 hours away and they will be happening right here in doha where the taliban have opened up a new political office. >> for over a year to my they have it working -- for over a year, they have been working behind the scenes. they have gone public to open what they call the political office of the islamic emirates of afghanistan. these men are representatives of the group possibly to her -- leadegroup's leader. now the group says it is pursuing two options to liberate afghanistan. >> there is no cease-fire so far. we have two options. the military option that has been continuing for the last decade. simultaneously, we have embarked on a political option. >> this move was backed by western powers including the u.s. as

for people who say, and i heard the president say, that guantanamo causes terrorism, guantanamo bay prison was not there when 9/11 took place. the blind sheik who was involved in trying to blow up the world trade center in 1993, there was no guantanamo. it's a hoax to say that. what you say is not true. it's false. to say that bin laden and people like that say, oh, well, the congress and the administration, they're going to close down guantanamo, we are going to close down al qaeda, we are going to close down all the terrorism, it just doesn't make any sense. this is a bad amendment. the gentleman is a good friend. it's a bad amendment and very dangerous amendment and would cost a lot of money and quite frankly would endanger the localities. if you vote for this amendment, you better be prepared. what locality wants to bring khalid sheikh mohammed to their local neighborhood? what locality wants to bring khalid sheikh mohammed to their county, to the state? i say none. i urge a no vote on the amendment and yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. cul

and i think that the legacy of two thousand and one of guantanamo. and the extraordinary rendition process is something that's going to live for a very long time international law has been seriously undermined by britain and the usa and their behavior over afghanistan for the past twelve years the afghan government is supposed to be in charge of the country and those british american and many other soldiers allegedly fighting to protect this government they claim they can't hold prisons over this government they'll be tortured but instead they're held illegally in these two bases. egypt's supreme court has ruled the country's islam is dominated upper house as well as the panel behind the current constitution invalid however they can only be dissolved after a new election date which is yet to be set confusion in the higher levels of power is breeding chaos in the streets with vigilante justice spreading as police look the other way you may find some of the images in bold truth report disturbing. an angry crowd viciously drug a young man through a stre

in guantanamo bay committee. he told us what happened to his son after he resorted to that of starvation my son being there for eleven years without having justice and he is there. without committing any crime no charges again it's against him it is very difficult for him to tell me what's going on there because there is a surveillance on the there is the district shoes for all the detainees not to talk about the conditions inside the camp but i can tell by the way he looks he was so skinny. if this is the first time for him to put some glasses on his eyes. looks he looks horrible. he could not concentrate while he's talking to me. i have sometimes to repeat simple sentences to him. to all to three times just to bring his attention so he could understand what i am saying he has a lack of nutrition it affected his body his. thinking his brain it which is really really we are very concerned very concerned about his life. meanwhile it's been over a week since barack obama pledged to shut down guantanamo bay for the

and if you can stay with us so just for a moment here on our team will be telling you why guantanamo bay is staying open you can get the latest on the court proceedings against a dozen russians arrested for clashing with police last year a lot from moscow. well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports. but no i will leave the state to comment on your. carry on the job. no. thank you. when you need a direct question be prepared for a change when you. get ready for our. freedom of speech and. the freedom to. sleep technology innovation. developments around russia we. covered. it's a busy day for news here and i'll see let's get straight over that here with the u.s. republicans having again president obama's pledge to close guantanamo bay prison in congress they prevented the use of public money to move detainee many of whom have been refusing food for over four months in protest of their indefinite detention but lieutenant colonel barry when god he represents one inmate he says obama does have the power to release prisoners he's just not getting around to using it. u

been guantanamo.cannot be transferred anywhere or tried anywhere else. they have to be there, permanently. why? because afraid. why less afraid of having them there than anywhere else? who knows? but it is five straight years now that congress has done this. today president obama named one of the two special envoys he says he will appoint to try to figure out a way to close guantanamo and send the prisoners elsewhere. this weekend the chief prosecutor there said almost nobody's still at guantanamo is even eligible for the kind of military tribunal that they do there anyway, so don't expect too many more of them. and the defense department today responded to a lawsuit by the miami herald's excellent reporter carol rosenberg, and it released the names of 48 prisoners, who the government said it doesn't know what to do with at all. they're not eligible for the tribunal system. there's not evidence enough against them for a real trial. and there's no plan the pentagon thinks is safe for releasing them eit

now us republicans have again scuppered president obama's pledge to close guantanamo bay in congress they prevented the use of public money to move detainees many of whom have been refusing food for five months in protest of their definite detention and lieutenant colonel barry when god he represents one inmate he says obama does have the power to release prisoners just not trying to use it under the national security would agree he can't do that with the secretary of defense he told him that power it's time for the straight into either put up or to at least tell us what's really going to happen the president does have the authority to release from guantanamo bay to include men like shakur aamer back to london. now i have the united states hunger strike there's no sign that there's any time going to closure going on to that sort of hunger strike i mean my client reports that all of his personal possessions are still confiscated toothbrushes so good letters from home his attorney client. privilege the two of us that need to get between each other that's all been taken and not returned