a coup in the military says it is taking control for a year claiming last november's election was fraudulent. rather than laura kyle this is al jazeera live from doha man myles de facto leader unsung suchi and on the political leaders are detained a party is calling for protests. minerals military says the power has been transferred to the commander in chief gen min flying. also coming up hundreds

demonstrate in the netherlands furious over coronavirus curfews and calling for change. the military has seized power in manama and declared a state of emergency the democratically elected leader unsung suchi has been detained along with other senior politicians from the ruling party the military says it's a response to allege fraud in november's election to return the national league for democracy to power and says it will hold new elections and hand over power at the end of a one year state of emergency the n l d party has issued a statement calling on the people of myanmar to wholeheartedly protest against the curfew we have a team of correspondents covering this story ali fall is standing by in yon gone there's a problem is in new delhi and katrina you is in beijing with the reaction from

china we'll be speaking to all of them in just a moment but 1st victoria gaze to me has this report on how the coup unfolded. the military made its move in the early hours of the morning detaining mammals democratically elected leader and san suu kyi and the see you think is from the ruling party to cheese and l d government won november's election by a landslide but accusations of electoral fruit lead to tension between the civilian government and the military. what my stance is is that i once had the upper hand in the internal notary struggles but also had gone back to a chinese arms and said look this is where we think you're going in a chinese government which is not inclined to support him ocracy has said you have that in the political crisis began last tuesday when a military spokesman refused to rule out the possibility of a coup the following day mammals military chief state fears when he said the

constitution should be repealed if it was not abided by as tensions reached their peak on saturday the military issued a new statement saying the commander in chief's comments had been misinterpreted and pledged to protect the constitution. but just hours later emboldened by remus hundreds of protesters gathered in yangon at a pro-military rally where speeches welcomed a coup with the support of the people there is now our legal basis for the military true takeover while the military may claim there are certain house in the constitution that allows it to do this that is very much open to interpretation and it's fairly clear that in terms of a constitutional american see that that how large an alliance with the president and not with the commander in chief more than a dozen countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have urged me to adhere to democratic norms this military coup will likely lead to

more sanctions. the n l d has called on the military to accept the will of the people on the same day a new parliament was due to open in myanmar the fate of the country's democracy is uncertain victory gates and the al-jazeera of the coup was announced pioneers koster on a military own television channel. though. due to refusing to settle voter list fraud failing to take actions not following the request to postpone lower house and upper house parliament sessions there is a need to carry along with the plan according to the 2008 constitution which talks about acts or attempts to take over the sovereignty of the union by wrongful forcible means that can lead to disintegration of national solidarity about all the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the duration of the state of emergency is set to one year starting from this date the order is announced in line with the 2008 constitution article 417 and they fell joins us now former yangon

alley tell us what you're saying there in the commercial capital lim biggest city in manama. well we have seen some movement of security vehicles or military vehicles so far today but it's not been a huge amount still and i just. i just went through downtown young gone having a look at some of the streets that things are relatively normal but there is obviously increasing amount of tension banks have been closed and some police stations there as there are riot police which obviously you wouldn't normally be there and that's a special battalion and police where this leaves red neck pounds and then known as the place the mall militarized part of the police and you have been seeing them around a little bit but generally most the streets are required at the moment we're not hearing aid at the moment any sort of response from the public and despite the

l.d.s. call for people to respond at the moment certainly in the area i've been in we haven't seen any of that yet do we know anything about the whereabouts of unsung siti and the other senior members of an l.d. posse have also been detained. i think most are going to be detained and maybe dual and it's pretty difficult to get information from there at the moment the phone lines up backdrop there are at least some people got phone access again really contact anyone that this morning but we are getting some information coming back but as far as i know there's still no its mission about where they've been taken and it's possible that some people have been under. some sort of house arrest in that residence that most people though they have please they live in a sort of compound they've been taken away and we're hearing news about people who had soldiers coming to the to the house and so on so i think they've been taken somewhere but at the moment we don't really know read what do we know about the

capital naypyidaw or being it's hidden away in the jungle it is quite a long way away from where you are and you go on but it was where paul and that was due to convene as the coup happened was the situation law. absolutely i mean this is going to try a couple maybe doors created by the for the military government as a sort of a very strategically placed area in the middle of the john was you say the middle of the mountains safe from attack by road was safe but that it would be in other areas safe from attack by as they hope they've got a very wide highways which are rumored to be. like the airplanes to be able to land on and so on if they want to mobilize people there and most important at this moment from a popular uprising because obviously it does have a history of big protest movements and the military has a history of cracking down on them but naked or doesn't have a very large population most of the public here in yangon so it's quite

a safe area for them and always has and a future military presence there because there are so many security faces based in that area there's no sign of any of the public he called to protest today but what's the situation being like in the run up to today because there had been these rumors of a coup for some time. absolutely diggy rumors of a coup and there has been a response from the public but it's been a sort of reasonably quiet response we obviously we're living during a time of 19 and the government have generally been telling people to stay out to be wary about their and gatherings of more than 30 people at the moment safety regulations so obviously there's not been much encouragement for people to come out in support of the government so people have been doing a sort of quiet support putting up an l. d. flags oban knows of aung san suu kyi around the streets and we've definitely seen that there's been a visible support for the end of the around gang gone at least but the protests and

the people that you see coming out the road military people which who seem to have been emboldened by the rumors of the crew and we've seen a few violent violent clashes between the general public who have mostly supported the n.l.b. and some of these more extreme brave military approach us the people who object to the election results ok on a file bring us the very latest on the situation in yangon for the moment thank you let's go over the border now to india or we can join this problem she joins us from new delhi and what's been india's responses to the events in neighboring minimal. hello or we did have a statement from the ministry of external affairs who said that the watching the developments would be deep concern because india has always supported the process the democratic transition in myanmar and that the rule of law and the

democratic process must be upheld and that they're monitoring the situation very closely very important to india for a number of reasons they share a 1600 kilometer land border along for india's northeastern states and myanmar's west they have a more than 700 kilometer maritime border. in the bay of bengal all india has really tried to invest in its relationship with non must since the democratic transition began there in 2011 it sees me on my ass it's a gateway to southeast asia and has invested in many large infrastructure projects there to really boost its presence to trade it has close ties but it also has a somewhat complicated relationship and that's because while it has supported the democratic process in myanmar it's always maintained a very close relationship with the myanmar's military because india has big security concerns in its northeastern states

a number of armed groups in the northeast have had bases in myanmar and the indian military has worked with its counterpart in myanmar to put pressure on those groups to conduct many joint operations as well as that india has always seen maintaining close contacts with myanmar's powerful military as a way to try and balance china's influence in the region which is why it's never criticized myanmar's handling of the running the crisis even though the violence against everything in myanmar has seen tens of thousands of lead to india as as refugees and so because of me on my. close ties it's importance to india and many analysts here have been saying that the last thing that india would want is what's happening now is even a failed state on its border with a weakened myanmar flooding into the clutches of china and maybe being pressured to do china's bidding and regional if it is ok elizabeth thanks very much for bringing

us the view from new delhi let's go to another country that shares a large border with china between a you live for us now in beijing and china does have very strong ties with katrina what we've been hearing from beijing. that's a rule or it definitely does and we've just heard from china's foreign ministry they've released a brief statement in response to what's happening in myanmar it said china hopes all sides could probably manage their differences under the constitution and legal framework and uphold stability the beijing also described itself as a good neighboring state of myanmar and said it was watching and waiting for developments there now it's quite a new said response notably nor criticism there at all it seems beijing crucially is concerned more about the stability in my an ma and if things do escalate there how that might of affect the widest ability of the asia region and of course is

a key partner as you mentioned of beijing the biggest trading partner the 2nd largest source of foreign direct investment has a 2100 kilometer long border with the country. has signed a number of economic agreements with beijing the r.c.p. belton road initiative and it's also signed its own china economic corridor agreement where a number of infrastructures were infrastructure projects were agreed to and also beijing relies on myanmar for various natural resources gas to jade so it's a very mutually beneficial relationship not just economically but also politically beijing was one of the few supporters of myanmar's approach the recent years and in turn also supported beijing's approach to the we get is. the aging stance and other controversial issues including hong kong and taiwan so very important there then recently china's foreign minister went to landmark to really shore up that

relationship just recently it what do you know about that visit one u.s. visit to miramar do you think you would have got any hint that a coup was on the horizon. that is the question that we don't know exactly laura but we do know that when you spend some time sitting down with aung sun suu kyi they signed a variety of memories they talked about infrastructure projects notably the china and myanmar railway project that they had intended to accelerate also china promised a batch of vaccines kovan 1000 vaccines to myanmar which are much needed about 300000 doses or so and beijing really described that relationship in quite affectionate terms it could describe as a little brother as well so the other important thing to note is one he also not only sat down with aung sun suu kyi also sat down with the commander in chief of the myanmar military now of course the military in myanmar has been close to

beijing for decades and arguably myanmar was closer to china when the military junta was in power and we don't know if there was any communication there might have been some consultation in beijing hasn't been forthcoming with that no i'm sure we're not going to hear if they were certainly the military would be relying on china's continued economic support if they were to go for the with this crew to avoid any sort of economic collapse and certainly china for its part is watching closely to make sure its interests are protected no matter what happens india and also they'll be watching very closely to see how if ever they could possibly use this transition as an opportunity to expand its influence in myanmar between e.u. in beijing thanks very much katrina or malaysia says it seriously concerns about surveillance in miramar and has called for a peaceful resolution to election disputes for onslow is in kuala lumpur with the

latest reaction from southeast asia. the strongest condemnation we've heard is possibly coming from from indonesia which has issued a statement saying electoral differences or to be addressed via available legal mechanisms and we've heard from singapore and malaysia expressing grave concern but also expressing a hope that this issue will be resolved peacefully and then we've got the more autocratic states like cambodia and thailand saying that what's happened in myanmar is an internal affair and that they're not going to comment on it really this is kind of what we would expect from thailand and from cambodia which is run by autocrats as before a state as far as a statement coming from asad we haven't seen one yet but it shouldn't surprise us if they come up with a rather muted statement because austin has always made it a point that it's not going to comment on what it deems to be internal affairs off

a country that's been its principal for many decades since its inception and myanmar is a member of the association of southeast asian nations we've also seen how acid was very muted in its criticism of myanmar when the crackdown on the ruling that happened in 2017 and really i think we can expect more of the same with regards to what happened in myanmar this monday. and the state department has issued a statement saying the united states opposes any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impedes men laws democratic transition and will take action against those responsible if these steps are not reversed we are monitoring the situation closely and stand with the people of burma who've already enjoyed so much in their quest for democracy and peace magical hain is in the u.s. states of maryland and she says the new by the administration want to take an assertive stance on the coup. i think we can expect the by the administration to take quick action on this remember this was joe biden he campaigned for president

saying that america needs to reengage the world america to take up its position as leader of the free world i think you'll see this is an opportunity to send a message that he's serious about that and he wants to rally international opinion we've already heard from the white house they said the president was briefed by his national security adviser and they are warning that sanctions. that they that these people need to be released immediately and if not steps we will take action against those responsible the senate foreign relations committee under senator bob menendez went even further saying that they will probably they will pursue economic sanctions as well as other actions and the senate foreign relations committee draft chairman going on to say these are the same people who committed the genocide in his words of the regime and that they will take necessary actions i think you'll see that by demonstration want to get in front of the 3rd round of want to get in

front of the cameras they're going to want to put out whatever sanctions they want to see put in place because they see this is a time critical situation and also the 1st test of the biden presidency he said america will retake its leadership role in the world this will be his 1st chance to show how directly do the. well the general now in charge of mimo was sanctioned by the u.s. 2 years ago for human rights abuses against the country's rangar muslims in 2017 the military launched a crackdown against a rangar armed group in the western state of rakhine rang to say their homes were set on fire by the military and buddhist militias well then 730000 refugees fled violence rape and torture to neighboring bangladesh the un had described the military operation against the rain as textbook ethnic cleansing today the community leader is urging the global community to help restore democracy in

myanmar at any cost phil robertson is the deputy asia director at human rights watch the joins us from bangkok via skype so phil the man who is accused by the us of human rights abuses against the rangar is now in charge of the whole of man maher did you see this coming. no we didn't i mean we saw the threats of course but we believed it was a bluff to start with you know part of the military's ongoing effort to try to build leverage over the civilian government you know there has been sort of a 2 headed government arrangement in myanmar for quite some time with the military wholly its own power not really operating under the control of the civilian government but we didn't think it would go this far and i think it's a it's a real disaster for me and more of this is the nightmare scenario that we all feared and for the military to take control you know based on some flimsy concocted. narrative about electoral improprieties i think is probably the worst

possible outcome we could imagine. to come back stronger issue in just a moment and songs who cheers want to look at the reforms that she managed to put in place elsewhere in manama during her 5 years in power to what extent do we concerned that the military is going to undo those reforms. it's unclear what the military is going to do at this point mean what we can say very clearly is that this is a government that was elected with a popular mandate by them jamar people that it wasn't a close election it was an absolute landslide the improprieties that are being alleged the there's been no real clear evidence that's been brought out about this i mean so these are almost like trumpy and style allegations of electoral fraud meaning that the election has to be undone it's just not acceptable. you know all amid all lying of course is someone who has direct responsibility for what happened on the road and go and also to other ethnic groups across the country who have

suffered from the operations of the burmese military what was life like under military rule. well it was an absolute dictatorship it was a horror terry and people who are afraid to speak out there was no independent media you know there were many people that were put in prison a lot of people fled into exile the opposition at that time naturally for democracy many of those people were serving long prison terms you know it's about as a mess bad as you can imagine and going back to that past you know the 50 years that i was under military control is the nightmare for the myanmar people i mean you can argue that one of the reasons they continue to support aung san suu kyi is they see her as a democratic bull war against the return to military rule and now that the military has taken our again despite all the warnings by the international community others

means that there really have to be a very tough line with the new leaders in myanmar we're going to have to be talking about economic sanctions and really returning myanmar to a pariah status that they faced prior to the transition that started 2010 to civilian rule and if we do focus on the right angle now what does this minute he take of the need for that potential return to man. well i think that the potential return of the rohingya has never really been on the cards for either the government or the military but certainly the myanmar military is more hardline about this so i think that unfortunately the road end up people are going to face a tough time going forward i mean the hope 'd that they will be able to finally return to their homes in peace and freedom with with rights and access to services all those things that the international community has been demanding for them i think has receded further into the into the future are you saying that the

international community should return man wants a pariah state as do you think that's going to happen. well i think that there is going to be a lot of discussion about that i mean this is where we need to speak to the european union countries in north america other like minded countries i think that this is everybody's worst case scenario and i don't believe anybody is going to take seriously the pledges that the generals are making that they're going to hold a new election after a year's time they've made kind of promises like this in the past there's no reason to believe they're going to going to actually follow through ok phil robertson joining us there from bangkok talking about the human rights situation in that manner moving forward thanks very much phil thank you. ok let's take a look at some other news now and former u.s. president donald trump has the name to a new legal team to head his impeachment defense comes after trump abruptly parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers on saturday he's accused of inciting his

supporters to storm the capitol building on the 6th of january after he repeated false claims of election fraud as aides say they plan to argue the trial is unconstitutional because he is no longer in office or lippman is a former deputy assistant attorney general and has more on how republicans may be viewing the impeachment trial. oh impeachment itself is just the levy leveling of charges by the house of representatives it happened here well he was in office and then the senate decided under republican leadership to take a long break until the 19th and now that they have returned he is out of office for the trial but that's happened before under the constitution and it is permissible nevertheless i think many most republicans would like to avoid having to pass judgment on his actual conduct and so they are embracing this theory

that it's unconstitutional because that permits them to vote for acquittal without having to actually give a thumbs up or thumbs down on the conduct itself. at least 3 people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the somali cops a luggage issue on sunday a car bomb exploded at the hotel which is frequented by government officials police say the gunman then and to the building and opened fire fighting with security forces last in several as the armed group has claimed responsibility hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activists jimmy law is appearing in the city's top court he's facing the government's a pale against the decision to extend his bail the 73 year old is accused of fraud and conspiring with foreign forces and to china's sweet think national security law he's a famous critic of china's leadership and the highest profile person to be charged under the controversial legislation 0 journalists mahmoud hussein has now been

illegally detained in egypt full $1500.00 days without charge hussein was arrested while visiting family in december 2016 a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera and demanding his immediate release its tension is in violation of both gyptian and international. anger over present job handling of the coronavirus in brazil continues to grow hundreds of people gathered in brazil or on sunday calling for ball snorers resignation some more plastic bags over their heads symbolizing those killed due to oxygen shortages in the arizona state more than 220000 people have died from the virus in brazil 2nd only to the united states and police in the netherlands say they've arrested around 30 people after they dispersed an anti curfew demonstration in the capital on sunday but there was no repeat of the rioting that took place last weekend and

a step vasser reports from it was one of many similar events taking place across europe. protests started cheerfully in front of the music human amsterdam hundreds of protesters gathered to demand the government use lockdown restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 the nat'l and with a population of 70000000 has had nearly 1000000 infections since the start of the pandemic and around 15000 deaths now you said you are not denying anything. the rules are destroying lives economy suz are to going up it's a disaster the threat is that we lose our freedoms freedoms restored for a long time and we should we should not give them away this easily. the old the protesters who are not following social distancing rules were repeatedly order to disperse by police but these orders were ignored. in vienna at the end to lock down march 10th political with supporters of the far right freedom party dominating the

rally in the austrian capital. in brussels police prevented people from gathering and started arresting them before the rally could start. and in budapest restaurant workers took to the streets urging the government to open up their businesses. many people have lost their jobs hundreds of thousands have been left in insecurity and we still have any doubt that politicians have made responsible decisions governments across europe have been accused of being slow to act at the start of the pandemic one year on as cases searched have been forced to impose much tougher measures the situation has been compounded by frustrations over the slow roll out effect seems bullies are not taking any chances here in the heart of amsterdam they're confronted by a small group of protesters but police are trying very hard to pull friends a scenario that happened last week when thousands were rioting in cities across the battle. was. after some protesters started

throwing stones and letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area around 30 people were detained protesters have filed to continue their actions until the 9 pm curfew is lifted step class and al-jazeera amsterdam. deal with al-jazeera this. top story this hour minerals military has seized power and has detained civilian leader unsung suchi and other officials they vow to hold elections after a year when a state of emergency has expired a takeover comes after the military allege widespread voter fraud in november's election the coup was announced by a newscaster on a minute she owns television channel or by those. who do to refusing to settle.