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standing up to a brutal military dictatorship. and now some protest as of fighting but with weapons. he's me and mos cycle of violence said to get worse. and what of the response from the world? a regional initiative to restore democracy in me and mom has come up short and sanctions against the generals. haven't achieved much. he's a diplomatic solution even possible. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to d w. news asia. you could join us one. yes, it's me and mas army overthrew the elected sivilton government. the country appears to be in the throes of a civil war, at least according to one former un official. the army has stepped up violent attacks against citizens and pro democracy protest as are organizing into arm to groups to fight the government. but it's an uneven contest and the military appears

willing to do anything to stay in power. the miasma regimes responds to popular resistance, tells a story of indiscriminate violence from the 1st protesters gun down. just days after the military coup to air strikes, launched in a remote area in december, sending people fleeing into neighboring thailand by him. and that more and more, the conflict is becoming a civil war. and st protestors are deciding to take up arms with them on a hill fire. we hate the military dictatorship, colorado, and we've decided to end it by routing out the military from the country. eat all i am all making out, we promise to help and try our best to finish them off when the war starts. new i

wanna know, sit of, i am with him as a model when i don't have any model follow when you a lot of these anti cou activists have joined an ethnic rebel group, putting their lives on the line against a regime they've sworn to resist their decision, the sign of desperation, of having no other option. i see the stage so to set for prolonged conflict need aside, seems willing to back down. i just very difficult to see how the conflicts ah, will, will diminish. i will reduce, ah, in that in the near term, even in, you know, over a period of several years, neither side may be strong enough to win an outright victory. meaning villages and army base is like this one will continue to burn. and earlier i spoke to me in

my human rights activist tips way when, who was on the border between thailand and me and my helping refugees fee the violence. i asked him to describe for me specific instances of violence perpetrated by the military. so all the all and then these military right now, so we call that as a fascist military for the, you know, brutally killing torture in people every way and you know, not only in the ethnic area you think that the coop said the that you know, they make a note of progress in many places for the right. know what they are doing right now in the, in the area. yes. yes, definitely. the same did in the area you know many yes. cool. like the rape daughter at the you know that for event, but you know, one of my friend a, she was a woman and she was that rest have to tell me in mentally like, you know, crushed by why she was writing about us. i get take the crush her with

a car. and i just, you know, bro, how to the briefing that the torture and the humiliate her in many ways because you know that, that they have the bomb, if military they've had all the order to in the area. and also that you know, the rate at the halls if at night, and then you just read them issued with the paper for the even yesterday. and this morning. and today in this morning, like an infant. why was tied by the bus monitor up on body to their village and yesterday, it also one why it was awful being kid by the bumps military. but you're keeling in burma by the, by me for literary is happening every day. and every way, i mean just what you're describing, it's just, it's just heartbreaking to get it. and therefore i'm guessing some people are describing the situation in me and my as a civil war. i mean, would you agree with that classification? yeah,

i totally agree with that. so we're already in the see the one and then our people only preparing for our rights to defend. we have a right to defense, a follow with that also reports a set of people forming armed resistance against the military in the form of these are people's defense forces or their joining ethnic armed rebels. do people see no other option of resisting the military government? we are actually tween to leave when, if the doing it on the ground that you know for to have, and i to protest every day in the fifty's for that we have in the protest every day already. you know, i had a $0.55 left here, so we do it every day, every way, you know in many places. then of course, you do that for deaf nowadays into a very dangerous and very like, you know, only a few people can do this. but you know, our young people, the generation v a,

you know, trying to do this even for today, you know, many groups of an activity in the fif notorious that you know, that the, the fresh budgetary route, the entry. but in the other hand, the other, the, the gen people are also taking m because, you know, we, the thing that, you know, we cannot waive mandatory by only doing that before with that, you know, i also to refer for the, refer for their division because they didn't really get that deaf division of them for that many groups are formed, you know, their own defense group in many believe it. and also some of them also tried with the ethnic revolution, a group and family them to i with the nation. unity government, a defensive me and my human rights activists affect to say, when they're talking to me earlier. and through this entire crisis, the international community has been accused of not doing enough to stand up to me and mas military leaders. the u. s. the european union and the u. k. have imposed

some sanctions on individuals and companies. but the foreign governments are continuing consent weapons to the cool leaders and protest hills on the ground. say they fear they have been abandoned by the world. the un special envoy to the region has called for renewed international efforts to bring about change. i've called a greater action including the security council. the help lay down the building block. so narrowed the truck deficit and initiate, talk about top on peace, national unity and democracy. so the road ahead will be long and difficult at the time, so it's now and time is running. and joining me now for more is k, when he's founder and executive director of the human rights network and the drug, you know, from bangkok, mr. when has the response from the international community been ineffective so far?

in order to answer the question, i think there isn't any to tell inaction. there is action, but doubt that as being symbolic action. so what we are asking do international community to have a concrete action that must be effective action or so imposing any sanction effectively. so that need to include new mot while and get in there, right? something that generating millions of dollars and meters of money in going to into the, the military is pocket which they use. they spend the money to buy the weapon and also international arms and bubble, which is crucial to stop the military of committing cruelties in burma. but this hasn't happened in the past year, and 1500 civilians have been guild. why is the international community hesitant to

impose such targeted sanctions and these arms embargoes as you're demanding? i mean, so far the minute the sanction is coming from you in the us and u. k. and canada. but the but you see that it is not only a now but un secretary. first of all, us are the council. you don't see any roles of us equity counseling. describe it totally. they went to the counselors in faith in obama. so what we, what we are seeing if international community is divided like china and russia. it's one site and the trying to support and stand with the military, despite the military is committing heinous crime, crime against humanity. and we launch a report today called breathing tyranny of military. in this report, we clearly defy all the military committing. you know, i mean the, me, the crime against humanity or the widespread very the make.

none of his garza. yeah. so the military is got the waves, could go move, conducting the welding and the atrocity mark killing them. and, and often attack on the villages is quite similar very same way in the very systematic and very similar way the way literally committed genocide in the honda civic in your people which indicate i'm sorry, i'm really just talking about this when the fact that an actor is tools on the tile and me and my border about the atrocities of the military. but i just wonder, just to go back to the point that you were making earlier about a divided international community. and you talked about china and russia being on one side and other countries being on the other side. can i just ask you directly? is it the support of china and russia that allows me and my military to continue to rule so far, the military receiving arms from china and russia. but one thing is that china is

very close country to burma. china has also includes 2 other arms, giving bob like a like a chain like want like many, many other northern alliance. so the many armed group in exist, entire operate operating table bought the evidence. very china, very strong influence. also, china as a some of the in indian border. so, russia, it seems, isn't remote very far from burma, but it has a very strong influence. thousands of them is military training, taking trading training in are in russia, all high tech and the falls and a lot of apples and maybe all different fact of the taking training from, from, from, from the russian army so that the 2 countries have a lot of investment in market in burma, and also they have

a political support the but however they, these 2 country didn't return an item or 3 as a government obama. so that's still, they hope you see that there is some, there is some rules and hope that the other country like like you, as you gave runs and other country can convince these 2 other power to do something against the, you know, the military good could possible here's hoping that happened really over there that i've been back so much for joining us. k written of the by my human rights network . thank you sir. and that's it for today. there's of course more on the situation and me and my on our website, d, w dot com, forward slash asia mazama. you can follow us on facebook and twitter back again at the same time tomorrow. see you then, or by a compelling me do, john?

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