ah with this or did up the news aisha coming up to date war crimes against civilians. this isn't about ukraine. this is in me and mom the u. n. has accused me and modest amount of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. the question we're asking is when the world act and puts on the ground for peace, why the un sees these women in india play a crucial role in making its peacekeeping missions around the world more effective? ah,

i british energy, welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us. it's not just ukraine where possible war crimes have been committed. it's also me and mar, the un has now accused a military junta of human rights violations, that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. and unlike ukraine, these have been happening for more than a year since the military deposed and elected civilian government. the u. n. 's allegations are contained in a report by the office of the high commissioner for human rights. our next report sums up the you and is saying, but a warning. it contains distressing images. a continuing spiral of violence. that is what the un has called military actions in men, much within

a year of the cool $1500.00 people have died at the hands of the military. and that number does not even include civilians who were killed in the old ongoing conflict between rebel groups and the army. the you and report is based on interviews with victims. i've witnesses and other verifications. oh, it finds that the abuse is systematic. the report sets out me and mars a military and security forces, flagrant disregard for human life. bombarding populated areas with air strikes and heavy weapons and deliberately targeting civilians, some of whom have been shot in the head, burned to death. arbitrarily arrested, tortured or used as human shields. the un also pointed to incidence where the army had peaceful protestants, or tortured people in detention. the un faith,

the military has also conducted mass killings. in december in kaya state soldiers burned the bodies of up to 40 men, women and children. villages described discovering the remains in several trucks, with the bodies found in positions indicating that they had tried to escape, and they were burned under the guise of clearance operations. the military has rated and bond houses in several villages. according to the un, the type and level of atrocities seen indicate that the commands came from the top . and so did bombs from the air were talking of airstrikes conducted against civilian populations. you had the un spokesperson talk of chaos, state and the military's atrocities there. this is what that looks like. air strikes by military plains, against civilian targets. this is sky state in the east of the country. and in

general, walker described it as some of the was fighting in the country since world war 2, the hunt up targeting, antique, who activists an ethnic groups. the latter have already been fighting the military for decades. the angio human rights watch has been monitoring the situation in the me and my and we can now talk to it's deputy isha director phil robinson for more feel, talk to us a bit about the military's actions in chaos state. and if that in any way is representative of the home does actions across the country. what we're seeing i asked a is a action to use the air force and the helicopters to attack civilians. this is part of an ongoing action by the time and all that we've seen across the country where civilians are being targeted. they are being hit in areas where insurgents

are active, they are being treated as if they are insurgents. and, and these are clearly war crimes, and there are crimes against humanity being committed as well. now the un i did in the week referred to those crimes against humanity and wall crimes, that the military, the legend committing a similar accusations have also been made against russia and it's ongoing water in ukraine. and we've seen the stringent sanctions and the global condemnation that has followed do you think something similar needs to be happening in the case of me and my is quite clear that the target economic sanctions against, ah, the military and its interests in myanmar have to be ramped up in a very significant way. ah, you know, it's been too slow. it's been too little. ah, so far the pressure really hasn't affected the military junta and myanmar the way it needs to come. and so we do a call for a much more comprehensive effort to expand sanctions against not only individuals,

but also the companies that are operating under military auspices. and the 2 major military can run conglomerates in myanmar to really target these interests and target them. the money flows that are benefiting myanmar generals and enabling them to continue this atrocities against their own people. why is immune model priority? are with the world? i mean, it doesn't appear to have been a priority to law and do you, what are you that but the situation in ukraine, me and my father go into the background? well, it's quite clear that many people around the world are watching ukraine very closely . and that anything else is being pushed out of the headlines. we saw a lot of attention paid during the 1st 6 months after the february, 1st 2021 military coup to what was happening in myanmar. but now it is essentially been pushed aside. the fact of the matter is that the people in myanmar are suffering, suffering grave abuses at the hands of the security forces. there is an economic

crisis. there's a manager in crisis. and all of this as been, as sort of pushed aside because of the news and coming out of myanmar is just more tit for tat violence, a slow descent into civil war. you spoke of the economic crisis and i do want to talk to you about that because we have some visuals of people facing electricity and water shortages. for instance, these are visuals from the commercial capital yang gone where people are having to queue for water and are facing rolling blackouts. i'd like to also play football bureaus, finn, what some residents have been saying, and then i'll come to you for your views. no, not madelon shortages of water and electricity often happened in summer, but it's already bad this year and food of your yeah, that one. okay, let it run. we'll move it out. if there's an electricity black out, we can use charcoal for cooking, but we can't live without water. even if there's electricity without water. we

can't cook anything about a failure, hudson, some of the voices that we are managed to hear from people in a young gone. do you think this misery of daily living is set to get was in the me and my under the military. certainly it is because there is an ongoing economic boy caught and up a mass right by many people in myanmar against the military and i, it's the government agencies that are controlled by it. and so, you know, there is an ongoing use of our economic power by the people to try to deny the legitimacy of the military junta. and the military junta is striking back very hard, not only with the physical violence of my shooting people and arresting people, but also by increasingly coercive efforts to force people to pay bills that they simply can't afford. you know,

that involves electricity bills and involves water bills, but it also involves no increasing prices on the use of the internet and an electronic services. so we're seeing now a real pressure that is coming against the people in myanmar, from the military who died. and the situation for them is getting much worse, including food security, health issues, as the basic services like your people indicated for. and we'll have to leave it there for the time being. but thank you so much for joining us. ah. in india, a group of women is trading to become un peacekeepers and their services out in high demand, the you and saves. as more women have joined it's peacekeeping missions, operations have become more effective. the w got exclusive access to the pattern military center, where they conduct their training. i'm with a chima reports these them and have had several years. if police training.

now they're preparing for a special mission. they're heading overseas as piece content. they don't know as yet rad they'll be deployed, but they want to be fully prepared for what they me face. for example, dispersing a violent mob for these trainees see, my dounia is a trailblazer. she lived the 1st ever all female police unit as part of the un peacekeeping mission in liberia in 2007 quite challenging for me because in. 8 god, god, commander of this, but develop on engine that both added dog as want the blue on my shoulders. we knew that the old boy was watching god. the mission was seen as a success. an india has since said it wants to increase the number of women peacekeepers. the selection process is rigorous. thousands applied for this mission,

but only a $160.00 were chosen and sent to crean at this camp run by a paramilitary organization. the day starts with early morning drills, fitness is key to their cleaning. so need your say a she was inspired by her father to join the police force. she was also part of the liberia mission and says she'll never forget what she saw. there we go. see there pay assessment fear they're very victims of torture. so many ladies of labor victims somewhere with chopped arms, mentally metal groups. so when we reached their me how seen their eyes and they were hoping for help. we went home done and literally being helped a lot. most of the women in the camp have served in conflict here is within india. there used to dealing with urban unrest or insurgencies in the jungle. here they are to undergo hours of physical activity to ensure they can cope in any situation

. they are also given classes on issues like human rights, 1st aid and gender violence. he would have gotten if a woman is being ill treated at home or outside in her job, she must raise her voice. or no one will come and fight for her. but it's not always easy to take on this rule. the vast majority of women in discourse are married and most have small children, even though they're leaking the of course, we feel very bad leaving the children. but once we are in uniform, we set aside these feelings and are ready to serve the nation and do our duty. but without their un officials want to induct more women as peacekeepers because they believe women are more effective, especially in post conflict situations. they are, arrive him in officer, they are trained, they are sensitized. so they are aware of the trauma that vin, of him and victims and children have under gone. they could relate to them. those

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i m p as will and in a much anticipated move. the u. s. federal reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points on wednesday. as the united states seeks to fight off rapidly rising inflation. the move lifts the target rate between a quarter and a half percent. the fit had kept borrowing costs the 0 to help you economy recover from the panoramic chairman jerome pals says further rate hikes a likely in the near future. well, cassandra sort is following this story, forrest cassandra, there's a lot to keep up with, especially when we take a look at this gauge of future hikes that suggests another 6 all this year. yeah, 6 sounds like a while, but they'll be coming at the same time. as the already scheduled federal reserve meetings. so we just had the meeting this week, the march meeting this week. the next ones in may and the rest are.