i was just a child so i want to share was that which you make. another night of protest against military rule in may and ma as obscure charges are laid against democratically elected leader unsung. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a pledge not to leave poor countries behind the kovacs alliance unveiled plans to distribute over 300000000 covered 900 fax scenes in the coming months. putting

a hold on the world's largest annual migration for the 2nd year in a row china's national holiday feels the effects of the pandemic. on house republicans in the u.s. meet to discuss the fate of one of their own under fire for wild conspiracy theories but do they have the will to censure the extreme right. place in me and i have filed criminal charges against deposed leader and sang suchi the u.s. is among a number of countries that have condemned monday's military coup but washington has yet to say if it will impose sanctions facebook says access to its app in myanmar has been disrupted and there are reports of instagram and whatsapp not working but despite all this displays of anger continue across me and mock reports. medical workers walked off the job at yangon general hospital in the middle of

a pandemic believing that this moment is too important to stay. a silent they wore red ribbons the color of young sun tsu cheez national league for democracy which is quickly become a symbol of resistance i mean we see you know this government was not elected by us so we don't accept them or work under the command we stopped providing service at governmental hospitals instead will provide free medical services by outside doctors and other alternative services so that there are no problems for the public in this way we're conducting civil disobedience. medical staff in mandalay did the same responding to calls from a group calling itself the civil disobedience movement staff at 70 hospitals participated according to the group's facebook page have it where we are just protesting peacefully by wearing this red ribbon we don't need to speak up to the only know that wearing the ribbon is a sign of protest against the military government and the only want our elected government this is a message. facebook services were then cut off across me amar's telecom networks

but that's not stopped people from being heard on wednesday prosecutors filed obscure criminal charges against state councilor on song suchi and her ally president lenient the president's accused of breaching coronavirus measures on the campaign trail last year sue cheese charges stem from the possession of walkie talkies on song suchi has not been seen in public since her civilian led government was toppled international condemnation of her detention has been swift i think the charges filed against her are just compound the undermining of. the rule of law in myanmar and the democratic the democratic process we are disturbed of course by these reports we call on the military to immediately release them all and all detained civilian and political leaders journalists and detained human rights activists and to restore the democratically elected government of power as president biden has said the military seizure. it is

a direct assault on the country's transition to democracy and the rule of law so the calls have yet to make headway with the generals in charge but it's clear that many members of the public are very angry and willing to tolerate a slide back into dictatorship and chapelle al-jazeera al-jazeera has called high blood joins us live now from chiang mai in neighboring thailand scott some more civil disobedience overnights in me and mom how much of a threat is this then fold agenda you know i think what i mean when you look at you know what the civil beat disobedience movement is it is people citizens going out to the streets banging pots venting their frustration if you will it will be interesting to see if and how that progresses there and that's the big concern i would imagine that the military leaders are looking at will that morph into transform into bigger protests and then that's something that the military will probably very swiftly crack down on but right now what we're seeing

is people coming out banging pots and pans singing you know showing their their dissatisfaction what's taken place over the last several days in their country but what also is interesting as we heard in that piece that you've got this civil disobedience but health care workers and more than 70 hospitals across the country they are pinpointing their movements the health workers because they see this as a move by the army putting themselves above the situation with cove it in the myanmar so that is why those health workers are going out but will be interesting to see how this progress is you know we've seen in the last couple of nights but will it ratchet up and what kind of response will the army have to that if it does happen yes scott on facebook services have been shut down overnight what can we read into this that. when it's you know if when you hear of a social media. platform being shut down yes it's bad it's you know it's squelch is voices out there but what's you really need to look at when it comes to me and maher 53000000 people live in the country half are on facebook so when you look at

that that means that a lot of those people in the country use that platform and it's messaging apps messenger and whatsapp to communicate with each other inside the country but out as well as outside so you can imagine for those people it is a critical way of keeping in touch with loved ones inside and outside of myanmar so shutting that down the government saying that they're shutting it down because it misinformation they're worried about stability they said there's fake news misinformation being spread on facebook that's why they shut it down there you know what's very concerning for the people inside is that that's a critical vital communication tool for them that's no longer there you know telecom giants have said that yes they've been told by the government they have to block that as well so we hear now or this initial statement coming out from the ministry of information that will continue on until february 7th will be interesting to see how it goes and if they do in fact extend that as well or i just got hot out there and chiang mai in neighboring thailand scott thank you roger

densa is an international human rights lawyer he was also. legal counsel in the years before she came to power he says she won't get a fair trial in myanmar on the military have completely abandoned the rule of law. no they're looking for an excuse but even their own excuses don't meet their own stated constitution that the military put in place you know the constitution says on the plea that only the president can declare a state of emergency but the president can only be impeached removed from office by the parliament which they stopped from meeting on monday so you know the their attempt to replace the president with an acting president and then to have him declare a state of emergency is alter virus and illegal the police in myanmar report actually to the military and therefore any charges against her or anyone else are flagrantly illegal in violation not just of the myanmar constitution its own laws but international law as well these are pretextual charges that are totally fabricated you can't even believe necessarily that they even found any walkie talkie and in her in her home as he's been charged with but again as i said regardless these are

the charges that themselves are illegal because they're coming from a legal authority in the end more or you would not and will not get a fair trial and that usury is not impartial. you know or independent and now with the military junta back in charge i'm confident that you'll be convicted of these charges obviously she needs to put on a defense locally and work with many of her lawyers for many many years and they'll do the best that they can but again you know there is no question any objective observer what's going on here and of course you know there will be the opportunity to take her case to an international tribunal united nations for example the united nations working group on arbitrary detention which found multiple periods of her house arrest previously to be illegal and it violation of international law but there's all this has to get all politically this is not going it's all through the courts in myanmar were brought in there are a number of other things that can be done you know i think you know one of the most

important things is to sanction the 2 conglomerates that are owned by the myanmar military there are 2 massive companies that they own that bat and run and have offer. revenue from that sells across many different sectors of society on more than 100 companies and so i think so actually in those 2 companies that they can't get much money directly because many of these companies have joint venture backing surance with the international community that would be very very helpful and then another thing would be to really press for it you want to curate council to to institute a global arms embargo on myanmar and to refer the situation e.m.r. to the international criminal court it will be much harder to achieve because of china and russia sitting at security council but ultimately i think we have. now the kovacs scheme set up to ensure poor countries get equal access to corona virus vaccines has unveiled its distribution plans for the coming months the scheme

backed by the global vaccine alliance the world health organization and the u.n. children's fund is aiming to purchase $2000000000.00 is by the end of 2021 as of now they've secured $330000000.00 doses to be distributed in the 1st half of this year these will mostly consist of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine well that would cover around 3.3 percent of the total populations of the $145.00 participating countries but kovacs wants to ensure countries are able to vaccinate at least 20 percent of their populations pfizer biotech has pledged up to $40000000.00 doses in the next few months china has announced a plan to provide $10000000.00 coronavirus vaccine doses while india's seram institute has agreed to supply 1100000000 doses of the astra zeneca another vet's vaccines to be delivered over a number of years. well the kovacs facility is planning on delivering more than 35000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine to the caribbean and latin america by

the middle of the year chile has become one of the 1st countries in the region to launch a vaccination program began inoculating older adults and essential workers with the chinese sign of that early on wednesday a latin america editor at the sea and human was at a vaccination center in the capital santiago. although it doesn't look like it i'm actually standing on a football pitch in a large soccer stadium in santiago in one of the working class neighborhoods which has been turned into a clinic as you can see people are being vaccinated on the 1st day of a mass inoculation campaign which begins with people 90 years and older and let me tell you there are a lot of them people are coming in wheelchairs they're coming with using canes some of them sprinting in and sprinting out very healthy indeed there are a lot of people of that age and so of course they're beginning with the most vulnerable age group and then work work their way down this is a plan that the chilean government implemented and promised the people that it

would happen as early as possible and actually it is the chile is now the 1st latin american country to struck mass inoculation until now that had only been. medical personnel nurses and medical students but this is actually quite something and the same thing is happening all over the country simultaneously 5000000 people will have been inoculated by the end of february and more will do the same in march and in the following months now the world's largest annual migration of people has been drastically reduced due to the pandemic of this time of year hundreds of millions used to travel across china to celebrate the new not new year with their families but with the recent surge in cases they've been want to remain where they are katrina you reports from beijing. swimming coach has lived and worked in beijing for 5 years he looks forward to delude a new year when he usually travels north to celebrate with his family but this year

his employer has asked him to stay put to lower his chances of catching covered $95.00 and only child so my parents will celebrate lunar new year by themselves they will be a little lonely and disappointed. resurgent outbreaks in china is not have prompted the government to warn against travel despair but holiday 10 regions are under lockdown for medium and a high risk areas must strictly implement restrictions in low risk areas people are encouraged to avoid unnecessary travel. again you'll festival is known as the world's largest human migration hundreds of millions of city workers take advantage of the week long break to return to brutal home towns but this year china's usually bustling transport hubs are quiet in the weeks leading up to the train tickets for just one from the major chinese cities that are usually very difficult to come by

but seek something out very quickly but this year due to the pandemic charges are practically empty. travel prey to say bookings are down 60 percent compared to before the pandemic local governments and some employers are offering allowances additional work and jobs and shopping coupons to entice people to stay put coronavirus tests a compulsory for those who do travel but they're expensive floor income workers who've also been told to expect restrictions on their movement in some areas the measures have been criticised by social media uses for being too heavy handed the fear of sudden lock downs is also dissuading travel is chinese authorities have often responded to a few infections by quarantining and thai areas but some industry insiders are confident domestic travel will pick up later this year. it's difficult to say when exactly getting back to normal depends on

a lot of factors like how fast people get vaccinated where the virus spreads and the weather etc. gal shin says he's ready to sacrifice his family reunion this year but you're right there my parents ever stand but it will miss each other the whole country was to suffer through this. like many others he's hoping life will return to normal the next. katrina you al-jazeera beaching. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back perpetrator or victim a verdict you in the trial of a former child soldier who became the commander of an armed group in uganda. violence and corruption in mexico a dozen police officers are arrested in connection with the killing of migrants more not stay with us. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways

however we've got more snow in the forecast for japan over the next couple of days we've got that face they drifted in across the sea of japan there dumping huge amounts once again into that western side of honshu might see a little bit of snow to into hokkaido cooler at taksim behind for time so we're at one celsius on thursday warming up to 7 celsius as we go on through friday and that moderate address back in atl help to lift the temperatures there will be some snow melt the risk of flooding as a result of that and course increased avalanche risk as well as follow that area of cloud on the right which comes into central parts of china that is what's the weather there just around shanghai north and south of that it is looking fine and dry present sunshine in hong kong lifting temperatures to around $24.00 degrees celsius and it's fun to try to across much of indo china want to see want to show the shallows there just coming into vietnam with the northeast monsoon showers that say into where the philippines and heavy downpours as well into borneo i suspect

the wetter weather will be across indonesia over the next couple of days some of the wet weather to making its way towards sri lanka but for much of south asia it is fine and we've got a westerly disturbance across northern most pass and how to stir things up here there will be some sleet and snow for the northern plains. to qatar airways. what is the price of luxury. an undercover team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast simple solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor from chocolates hearts of darkness and count as unpaid child labor is working in a 100000000000 dollar industry well overhaul of the country's cocoa produces live below the poverty line. on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera me a mass police of filed criminal charges against deposed leader unsung suchi co-leaders accuse her of the only hand held radios that were illegally imported the un's calling for her release saying the arrest is undermining democracy and the rule of law. symbolic displays of anger continue across me and i would calls for nationwide civil disobedience ex-pats living in thailand and japan have rallied against the 21 expressed solidarity with some cheese. on the global alliance to distribute vaccines to poorer nations known as the comeback scheme says it's on track to supply $2300000000.00 doses by the end of the year most vaccines in the

1st phase will come from astra zeneca and it's going to be a. now in a rare move the u.s. house of representatives will hold a vote on thursday on whether to remove a republican congressman from various committees largely tena greene has been criticized for promoting right wing conspiracy theories including suggesting that school shootings were faked and advocating violence against democrats sabotaging reports from washington d.c. . those that attacked congress in early january laid bare don't want trumps unshakable bates willing to contest the presidential election to the end christian fundamentalists white supremacists and d.c. mates go writes militias and followers of conspiracy theories like q. and on who believe that trump is a warrior against satanist paedophile countable zx running a global child sex trafficking ring at one point or another marjorie taylor green the newly sworn in republican representative for georgia's 14th district has

expressed support for all these groups there is no point in a lifetime opportunity to take this global cable of satan worshipping pedophiles out and i think we have the president today what was striking was how easily greene defeated a mainstream republican for her party's nomination last year i was with donald trump many republicans saw her as an agent of change who could shake things up in washington after the failure of the republican establishment to improve their loans . and as with donald trump's ascent in the republican party the republican establishment was eager to embrace grassroots enthusiasm and their grassroots campaign contributions last reliable support for the long held corporate agenda of small government and low taxes but then january the 6th happens it's critical for everyone to show up and show the nation who we are we are a people that's good that are going to go quietly into the night in the aftermath

of the rod greene says she really. hanes the support of donald trump who remains the party's most influential leader republican leaders know if they cross the trump ace they may face powerful forces but my attempt to unseat them but i also know that if they allow figures like marjorie taylor green to define the republican party they may lose a white suburban and that troops already an easy after the storming of the capitol on january the sext senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is concerned as the waters party membership decline and corporate donations dry up as he attempts to regain control of the senate in 2022 and he's warning of loony learner's and conspiracy theories as a cancer for the republican party but house republican leader kevin mccarthy has taken a different approach this is the minority leader who recognizes now the corporate dollars have dried up so i have to make sure i at least hold on to donald trump and

we're talking about a man who has raised more than a quarter $1000000000.00 and post-election not shift even further to the right is complicating the career path of figures like congresswoman liz cheney she sided with president trump around 97 percent of the time but is now seeing her leadership ambitions in peril following her vote to impeach him she already faces a primary challenge the republican party's embrace of the extreme right has long with accepted in mainstream us politics since richard nixon's southern strategy that courted segregationist voters who once voted democrat but now there is palpable fear in the republican party that a strategy that has served so well for decades may lead to the party's downfall she every time see al-jazeera washington. found within the last hour house republicans have overwhelmingly voted in favor of allowing the 3rd most senior leader in the chamber to continue in her role liz cheney had been accused of being disloyal for

voting to impeach former president donald trump she the daughter of former vice president dick cheney cheney joined 9 other republicans who are in favor of impeaching trump last month canada has designated the far right group of boys as terrorists some of their members have been charged in the u.s. for their role in last month's attack on congress 5 people including a police officer died in the riots in the capital building earlier that day some proud boys members attended a runny by then president donald trump now the popular video sharing app to talk with again flooding videos that cannot be verified in an effort to combat the spread of misinformation it will place a warning label over unverified content and place an extra problems when users attempt to share it they say they'll be particularly careful with videos relating to breaking news. american airlines is warning it may need to lay off 13000 workers due to the pandemic the company expects

a drastic reduction in flights in the 1st quarter its bosses are blaming a slow vaccine rollout and new restrictions on international travel congress has provided billions of dollars in support to american airlines over the past year and it's pushing for yet another bailout syria is accusing israel of aggression in the southern region of state media show these pictures of syrian air defense systems responding to an apparent attack and said there were no casualties israeli missiles hit an area housing government forces and iranian backed militias that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. 12 police officers have been arrested in mexico in connection with the deaths of 19 people close to the border with the united states charred bodies were found last week in the back of 2 burnt out trucks at least 2 of them who got him out of migrants trying to reach the u.s. and as john homan reports now from mexico city it's the latest in a long series of violent incidents involving the police. that's.

going to go a bombshell in mexico tuesday night the killing and burning of 19 people among them guatemala migrants was perpetrated by police said authorities entirely persist. at least 12 members of the state police took part in the events of the 22nd of january this theory gained traction because the crime scene was altered there's an absence of shells and bullets the police also contradicted themselves in their report of the crime and in interviews with officers. the suspects are now under arrest that won't be much of a consolation to rayna parents back in guatemala who suspected her brother was among the victims even before the news of the alleged police involvement broke with them. the truth is that everyone was there from our community they all went on that trip so the relatives have told us that they died and that's how we knew that he

was one of them but. this keeps happening not just the kidnapping killing an extortion of central american migrants heading through mexico most notoriously when 72 were massacred in 2010 again entirely post but also the involvement of mit's completes in atrocities. in 2014 in good arrow they helped to gang disappear 43 students. experts say it's due to a lack of transparency and basic working conditions for local police forces 1st of all or pay. in many. as in most cases will lead us now social security to health care which is graver in the current situation of course and the other thing is that many times the basic human rights of police are not being respected so at the 1st abusers in this whole chain of human rights abuses are the commanders that cray in their own element order to do their bidding so much carry out violent acts for them criminal acts for them which need 1st it's great transparency in most situations

hold commanders accountable. but this administration hasn't focused on police reform instead they've created a super security force called the national guard rather than concentrating on the existing problems in the country's many police forces critics say that's like putting a band-aid on a knife wound and welcome to the well not just makes concerns but those traveling through the country have been reminded once again that they can't fully trust those who should be protecting them john home and al jazeera mexico city the international criminal court is set to deliver its verdict in the case of a former militia leader from africa dominic on when he was part of the lord's resistance army but he was in self abducted by the armed group at the age of 10 and forced to become a child soldier is going to say he shouldn't be punished for acts he committed under duress catherine so he reports. janet talk on your say as has a son and parents were killed here in look already in north in uganda by the lords

resistance army or l r a in 2004 it was one of many villages that were attacked by the group and that he had shot and i was in the market when the attack happened it was evening time and they started shooting i ran home and when i got there i found my son dead his body was next to his grandparents. dominic when we say to have been the rebel commander in charge of the low quality massacre app to 60 people killed the war between l.r.u. rebels and the government began 3 decades ago and is now say to have shifted into parts of central african republic the democratic republic of congo and south sudan joseph corney formed the group to overthrow president yoweri museveni in uganda and create a state based on his interpretation of the bill because it had commandments the group's current political goals are not clear for in a did and will go on when is charged with 70 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes he says he was abducted by the l r a when he was

a 10 year old child going to school in his village of koran he also argues he did not know any better because of his are bringing in the group and devotion to its leader connie his relatives told al-jazeera many children were taken by the rebels during those times. and. his family members were praying for him may not get knocked up but in case he is found guilty he is forgiven. when may have been a child soldier but he quickly rose through the ranks and by the time of his capture was the number 4 in command human rights organization says a victim himself this case poses difficult questions on the biden of responsibility he should be held accountable for. any crimes that he may have committed as an adult but the fact that he was abducted i think to be taken into consideration as a mitigating factor because. his situation is so unique by 2004

the area had abducted more than $20000.00 children killed around 800000 people including those in luke already commemorated in this memorial site and displaced up to 1500000 it was one of africa's longest conflicts and the victims of it like janet are kanya but only one justice. but compensation as well catherine sorry. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera me and miles police have filed criminal charges against deposed leader unsung suchi coup leaders accused her of owning handheld radios that were illegally imported the u.n. is calling for her release facebook says some of its services have been restricted in me and mo it's called hide is following developments from neighboring thailand 53000000 people live in the country half are on food.