protesters in 1000000 man march against monday's new trick you missed the internet is shut down nation. ironically this is our live from doha also coming up al jazeera journalist mark hussein is freed from prison in egypt tough to be detained for more than 4 years. cuba massively expands a number of sectors open to private players for the loosening the state's hold on the economy. and campground. super bowl super

spreader this concern as america's biggest sports day kicks off the nation remains in the grip of the us. now tens of thousands of people took to the streets and young gone 6 days after mere mars' army seize control of the government and arrested its civilian leaders it is the 1st major street protest since a coup on monday and they calling for an end to what they call a military dictatorship even as internet access has been widely blocked florence louis has more now from kuala lumpur. people out on the streets of yangon monks students young and old. many addressed in red the color of the national league for democracy party or the n.l. game. it won november's election by a landslide a result of that has refused to record citing unsubstantiated allegations of phone

the bad as read against military dictatorship. these people are calling for the release of the elected leader. and others have been detained. protests have grown from just banging pots at night in yangon. for civil disobedience with medical stuff went on strike 1st and were joined on friday by lecturers and other government employees that are yet another for love or money out we don't want this military coup which unlawfully seize power from our elected government we don't want anyone who steals power and then forms their own government we're no longer going to work with them we want the military coup to fail america from. the threat of arrest israel astray and shawntel an economic advisor to us on suchi was reportedly taken into custody on saturday another key aide when taking who called on the public to oppose the coup was detained on friday on charges of sedition. the

attorney for stitching and the deposed president when mint says he hasn't been able to contact either of them. as far as i know they are under house arrest on some suchi is in her private home not one given by the government and women is not at the president's residence but in a separate home that is what i heard. activists are also being held this is the moment that weighing in says her father a former student protest leader was taken away by soldiers it's been 5 days since my father and. the rest. were on monday morning and then we haven't heard anything about ration where they are being held or a health condition all the family members very worried. the military is gradually cutting off the population from one another and the outside world 1st by blocking facebook and twitter and instagram and now shutting down the internet the u.k.

based internet monitoring group says that saturday 2 pm local time internet connectivity in myanmar had fallen to 16 percent of ordinary level. party has declared itself the sole legitimate representative of the people. in a show of defiance about a dozen l.g.m. peace convened a symbolic parliamentary session on thursday yangon's regional m.p.'s held a swearing in ceremony via. international pressure on myanmar is growing. the un security council has called on the military to release on sunset and others who are being detained the u.s. is considering targeted sanctions and in the region malaysian and indonesian leaders have called on the association of southeast asian nations or audience to hold a special meeting but the generals have been down this road before me and most military leaders were shunned by the west when they ran the country from 962 to 2011 they want to be giving up power so easily florence italy al-jazeera. protesting farmers

have been blocking highways across india pressing on with. that new agricultural lol should be repealed they fear that they will no longer get guarantee prices for the produce leaving them at the mercy of corporate play as it is with their own and reports not from just outside and. police used these protesters in the southern city of to put them on saturday for their courage sorry they were among thousands of people around the country who hated fama schools to join their movement god. many stopped traffic by sitting on roads and told collection centers in the states of. punjab and ted and donna they said they wanted to show their solidarity with those who've been blocking the highways around delhi for more than 2 months. there are at least 80 places in

punjab where farmers groups are protesting and blocking roads against the government and the farm laws to force them to roll them back there is a blockade here at the golden gate to. $50000.00 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in and around the capital new delhi police say they're taking extra precautions since the outbreaks of violence between police had protests on india's republic day january 26th sense republic day police have erected many rows of barricades outside the 3 major protest sites on delhi's outskirts making them very difficult to access. tricity and internet services have been intimately at the sides where hundreds of thousands of people camping out the un's human rights office has asked the indian government and protesters to exercise maximum restraint but also said the right to peaceful assembly and expression should be protected offline and online. the government has arrested more than 120

people in connection with the race. and violence and charged union leaders with writing and sedition it's also had hundreds of twitter accounts suspended farmers say the government is treating them like criminals as are the farmers are not that aggressive that bob vi it has to be put up the government shouldn't have done this farmers are not from some foreign country they are people of the same country as even a child doesn't behave the same will he does and he's a senior citizen they should be dissolving to such measures to stop farmers this is absolutely wrong fama say they're undeterred by the government's crackdown and will continue their protests until the agricultural laws of repealed elizabeth piron an al-jazeera pool with her for the. an 18 month ban on high speed internet services has been lifted in india the minister kashmir the indian government has asked police in the region to closely monitor the impact of a blanket internet ban was imposed in august 29000 when you delhi strip kashmir

haven't special status has called the restrictions of the apartheid in the regions 12000000 residents of entry regain the internet access but only to government approved websites. teaches the students in the philippines angry over the decision to allow military forces to enter the top state university critics call the move an attack on academic freedom jamelle and reports now from mina. if art is a reflection of society then this display of work by filipino artist email can be seen as a put trail of young people struggle for academic freedom in the philippines time called. our barricade he created it to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the beginning and put you in february 971 activists march to the university touring martial law and declared it liberated from state forces the incident ended in a violent siege. and now similar battle lines are drawn once again

the military has and did a decade's old agreement with the university of the for the pains to keep state forces out of its campuses across the coaching the military says the university has been a haven of recruitment for communist rebels the new people's army and the military have been fighting for more than 50 years the conflict is described as the world's oldest existing communist insurgency hope that we will. be able to get some of the. military has not been your be no only you. moron. what resources. for other universities have also been accused of encouraging dissent in a joint statement to the military their heads say such allegations are irresponsible and without proof critics say the military is the zisha and to cancel

its accord with the university of the philippines is deeply disturbing it could soon mean that soldiers in civilian clothes could join students in rallies and that the atmosphere of freedom and campuses would soon be replaced by fear university education needs you need to give a range of ideas the man has thought of inspiring in a normal. length all heroes was in for free dom is based here. the limit. across the country student activists are up in arms to unfairly targeting the large and it's because we are actually very critical about the faults all and i think it's the duty of students actually that much of times work has been focused on the legacy of the martial law era when young people were under siege and turned to art as a means of expression and defense he says recent events are a reminder that those times of trouble and conflict could be returning in the. dark

an al-jazeera manila. al-jazeera journalist moment hussein has been released after more than 4 years in prison in egypt he was arrested in 2016 while visiting relatives in egypt but was never formally charged with a crime or indeed put on trial i'm go process report. home at last and the joyful welcome for mahmoud hussain after 2 years in prison. multiple organizations campaigned for his release and say could open the door for other journalists wrongly held in egypt. really is can be a step forward. loosening of the repression in egypt there are dozens more journalists in egypt in jail there has been a mass crackdown closing of websites. i think it is to really did help but we hope it will be

a stepping stone for mahmoud was detained in december 26th seen after traveling him to cairo from his base and he was accused of incitement broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions allegations he and al jazeera have repeatedly rejected al-jazeera media networks acting director general welcome to mommies truly after a vigorous campaign for his freedom throughout his detention. a statement said while he was incarcerated mahmoud had become a symbol of press freedom across the globe on the day of his release al-jazeera course for freedom of all journalists who were unjustly imprisoned all around the world while being held at the tora maximum security jail in cairo my meat was kept in solitary confinement for long periods and did not receive proper treatment when he broke his arm. reunited with family and friends

there are other words that would be easy to hear. mom it's father died just every year ago before witnessing his son's release. still ahead here on al-jazeera the closure for some of iraq's minorities e.d.'s 6 years later more than 100 c.d.'s killed by someone finally laid to rest. an international criminal court's ruling brings hope for palestinians but israel says it will fight back. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways however we have more wintry weather on the cards for japan over the next couple of days it is going to turn color yet again we have seen some snow making its way

towards the western side of honshu into hokkaido 60 celsius here as we go on through sunday as the winds come in from that northwesterly direction the sea effect snow it'll hold the temperatures down further by the time we come to monday and you see the snow a little more widespread at that stage so it could cause further disruption cold enough behind solid around one degree celsius 7 celsius over also there for beijing noticing creasing cloud and rain coming into china by this stage as well we see some wet weather into the southwest of china next week possibility of some flooding pushing down the walls when not so that's something to watch out for we have same flooding recently into indonesia just around java some very heavy rainfall here that has caused problems in the wet weather staying in the forecast as we go through the next few days increasing cloud and rain to you also coming into central and southern parts of the philippines chaucer's some rain in the next day or so before much. south asia it does look dry and settled with say a few showers just easing away from the pole butat the fall northeast of india

bright skies coming back and behind with more in the way of sunshine. sponsored power cuts at ways. as information on the government's responses to covert 19 across the world emerges so too as a deeply disturbing question. people in power investigates allegations of systemic discrimination against the pandemics disabled victims and das has there been a shameful failure to protect some of the world's most vulnerable citizens. coverts disabled victims one on a just you know. we're

going to watch out 0 among the top stories this hour and thousands of people at miramar have wrist arrest to protest against a military coup on monday it did had access has been widely cut off indian farmers are wrapped up their protests against agricultural reforms by blocking highways across the country the farmers say they had new laws and guaranteed prices for the juice. and al jazeera journalist mark which is saying has been released after more than 4 years in prison in egypt he was arrested while visiting family in december 2016 but was never formally charged with a crime. in a major reform of cuba's state dominated economy the government says it will allow private businesses to operate in most industries in the past small businesses could only participate in 127 sanctioned activities that's now been expanded to more than 2000 comes as the communist caribbean island tries to recover from an economic

slump brought on by tough u.s. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic let's bring in philip brenner he's the professor emeritus at the school of international service at american university joins us by skype from washington d.c. good to see that philip this is been a long time coming what will it actually mean. well it began as you indicated about 10 years ago when they designated a list of private enterprises those who are. limited to things like being a shoemaker or well being repairing bicycles and restaurants and now this opens it up to more professional charities and the significance is twofold one it expands the possibilities for small businesses private entrepreneurs currently even it's about 15 percent of the population who work for non state and prices and this

could expand that much further 3040 percent. which changes the brick wall with a much less reliance on the state the 2nd is that the state needs to reduce its employment because it's running out of money they now change their economic system so that was going to be a single turn see and that's going to result in raising the. wages of state employees and the state can't afford that and so this is a way of helping people leave the state will implement take private jobs for a much broader range of people especially compressional lawyers architects people who provides services the business yeah certainly the economy's a piece doesn't have his contracts by 11 percent a combination of the cave and pandemic and sanctions of course imposed by the trumpet ministration what has been the impact of that of the downturn in the

economy and people living in cuba what sort of difficulties they face for one thing it's it's caused a hunger that didn't exist before people have trouble getting food it's cuba ends on imports for a large part of its food it doesn't have a hard earned sit in for food for example its way imports from. carina which is one of its largest trading partners dropped by almost 50 percent from 2019 to 2020 and so. people are suffering they don't get enough food they this leads people to have seasons they would have been for so if the entire economy has been affected by this so taking most businesses away from the state how quickly will that have an effect on the economy is still that mean credit difficult to rebound as. well it's difficult because these private enterprises will need resources and this state has

been very slow to open up it just recently opened up also markets for example to restaurants and it's not going to privatized large korten sectors like health care or education so there's still going to be a large 'd state sector what it means is that people have greater opportunities and less reliance on the state and source likely it will create the size of civil society there and raise challenges to the government in maybe positive ways yeah interesting times in cuba philip ruddock appreciate that thanks a lot our pleasure the killing of a street performer in chile has triggered protests against a lead's a police violence demonstrators in the southern town of pain deeply set several buildings on fire protests what was reported to the capital santiago police shot the street juggler on friday after officers say he resisted

a routine identity check video of the incident on social media has sparked widespread. fears as a criminal court has ruled it has jurisdiction in the occupied palestinian territories that posed as the i.c.c. the effort to investigate suspected crime war crimes by israel and potentially by policy iran groups the prime minister benjamin netanyahu condemned the judgment and says israel will fight back leave barca has more. it was founded to bring the perpetrators of the world's worst atrocities to justice or the $120.00 countries and states accept the international criminal court's authority including palestine where the i.c.c. now says it has the power to investigate suspected war crimes by the israeli military and armed palestinian groups such as hamas the decision was quickly and fiercely rejected by israel which isn't a member of the court doesn't recognise its jurisdiction when the i.c.c. investigates fig. this is. the court

established to prevent atrocities like the nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not targeting the one state of the jewish people 1st it out religiously claims that when jews live in a room and this is a war crime 2nd it claims that when democratic israel defends itself against terrorists who murder our children rocket our cities we're committing another war crime the palestinian authority and hamas say the decision off is vital protection for the palestinian people with a mass insisting its military activity is lawful how to get the highest guard to hold the mass no resistance groups in a legal and legitimate battle against his zionist occupation in accordance with all international norms and treaties that give us a right to defend ourselves before these daily war that kills indiscriminately the palestinians want the i.c.c.

to look into israeli military operations in the gaza strip in 2014 in which more than 2000 palestinians and 70 israelis were killed also in the spotlight military tactics used by israel against palestinian protesters on the israeli gaza border and the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem i.c.c. top prosecutor bensouda had previously called for investigations saying there was a reasonable basis to believe war crimes had happened but progress could be slow the courts only convicted a handful of people in its 23 year history. right. right . very much. for

a. very. i.c.c. involvement in the struggle between israelis and palestinians could shine a light on other state injustices but was less certain is whether it will help or hinder the troubled search for peace in the middle east neve barca al-jazeera. more than 100 members of iraq's new the minority who were killed by ice would have been buried among them were 2 brothers of nobel peace prize winner not him or what he was tortured and raped by i saw a fight a 6 years ago service was held in the northwest of the country there remains were found in mass graves last year and identified through d.n.a. testing when water is the founder of the motor up in human rights organization that works to improve minority rights and the rock explains the difficulties displaced as he does face they are scared to death. even the slightly g of the government is too close. to the terror

homeland but still the situation you know in specially is. very. political and people late there is no trust of the security situation as an engineer was encouraging people to 10 we have broken. to help them for 10. years these they don't have all of the night bars this is one of their. 2. 2 sisters and. the conciliation between years in these and that villages villages in the night were there they see this especially beyond all these villages some grounding see john. almost all you know they're.

rebuilding the houses there is many times it houses are destroyed completely the people when they come back they cannot see their houses where they can shoot again they cannot stay. in again in the camps in science in general. the head of the african union has been re-elected for a 2nd 4 year term the appointment of the former child in prime minister ahmet came during a summits based video conference covert 900 pile demick has been top of the agenda elite is now details on how best to secure vaccines and how many people will be inoculated. already has become the 2nd african country to rule out ordering vaccines the health minister says it's better to focus on prevention and that vaccines aren't essential as 95 percent of patients recover neighboring tanzania has also said it has no plans to order the jabs president john mcafee really has

called vaccines dangerous politicians in somalia have failed to break a deadlock over the holding elections just 2 days before the deadline to choose a new president incumbent mohammed have did all he mohammed has been accused of trying to scupper negotiations in a bid to extend his time in their right to parliamentary and presidential polls were agreed last year would have been a rift between the president and regional leaders. he's concerned that america's biggest sporting event the n.f.l. super bowl could end up being a super spreader as a tampa bay buccaneers in the kansas city chiefs go head to head on sunday new variants of covert 19 continue to spread across the nation organizers say they are taking extreme measures but health experts are worried about another spike in cases kalika as this report. n.p.r. pro word come out of. the super bowl is by far the biggest sporting and television event in the united states last year's final attracted over 100000000 viewers but

as the tampa bay buccaneers and kansas city chiefs prepared to meet on sunday this will be a game like no other tampa's raymond james stadium is the venue it's also a testing site for code 19 in a state that's lost close to 30000 people to the virus in a bid to keep the game safe the stadium will only be a 3rd full with strict protocols and social distancing as you pass through security screening your tickets will be scanned and you will be provided with a safety kit which includes a k n $95.00 mask and a hand sanitizer health experts say the national football league's measures are acceptable under the circumstances that more concerned with what happens in areas outside their control it's the pre-game the post-game and for those people who aren't at the game the during game celebrations where we expect folks to get together in private and public venues and that's where the risk is especially since

we now have 3 new strains of the disease that have made landfall in the states that will of course be the much anticipated celebrity filled multimillion dollar ads but also a recognition of the sacrifice made by u.s. healthcare workers throughout the last year you've been america's real where 7500 free tickets have been allocated to vaccinated frontline staff mostly from florida i have 5 children 4 boys they all play football. and they are going to be hey and i'll make them tell her of all just exciting like you don't even believe it you know like a fairy tale it's amazing we're very grateful all this is a far cry from previous super bowls where host cities reap huge economic benefits last year's game in miami generated more than $500000000.00 for the local economy tampa is the 1st team in n.f.l. history to play the super bowl in the whom stadium is still not known how many fans

will travel from kansas but the number is likely to be far lower than would normally be expected tampa's mayor says the goal is to have fans arrive healthy and leave healthy umask mandates now in place but health experts warn there could be a spike uncovered 1000 cases following the game the super bowl was never going to be canceled all anyone can do is make the best and hopefully the safest of a bad situation to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. so just time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera and thousands of people in miramar have risked arrest to protest against a military coup on monday internet access has been widely cut off.