yar has also its criticism of the authorities in myanmar over their actions against the rootin joe muslim minority in northern brook khan's state even going so far as to use the phrase acts of genocide now this echoes strong language used earlier by a high ranking representative of the united nations human rights office when he and his team visited cox's bazaar just across the border in bangladesh touring where hinge refugee camps there he spoke of ethnic cleansing and recalling statements. nobody wants to reward the ethnic cleansing on the side who have driven them out but at the same time one can't afford to go back into what could well be threatened that what is going on at the moment not only are they still killing are they still rapes on a large scale not only are they driving people out with force and threats but also there is this it seems always systematic attempt to destroy the future livelihoods that was. speaking earlier tonight british counterterrorism police say it was a nerve agent that was used to we're tracking former russian double agent and his daughter last weekend poli

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joe let's start in sri lanka where we've seen an escalation of violence between the country's ethnic majority that's a sinhalese buddhists and the muslim minority allow social media seems to have become a part of the story why is that what tensions between these two communities have worsened over the last few years with hardline but its troops accusing mr. whims of forcing people to convert to islam and destroying sacred but as sites. after clashes erupted in tremendous candy district two weeks ago the government declared attend a state of emergency and they also blocked all social media platforms for just facebook instagram what's up and fiber saying that they were instrumental in spreading amplifying hate speech but joe while the band has been criticized there are some analysts that say the government isn't role because actually social media did become a significant tool in the spread of hate speech yes social media and particularly facebook actually have been the go to platforms to spread rumors and hate speech for example a day before last week's riots the leader of a sinhalese nationalist group posted this widely shared video how

joe camel thank you very much indeed. now a senior year in human rights officials accused. of ethnic cleansing following his visit to a sprawling refugee camp in bangladesh some seven hundred thousand rohingya muslimss the border to bangladesh since august. saudi atrocities being carried out by soldiers vigilante mobs andrew gill models i said it was inconceivable that any of the refugees will be able to return home e anytime soono. meeting rohingya muslims foles feet irma. the un human rights envoy and you visit t to the refugee campn bangladesh he pulled on his government's ethnic cleansers. nobody wants to rererd. ththe ethninic kansn the indian outside of driven out. but at the same time one cannot. go back into what will be certain that. his visit to cox's is all cocomes seven months altar hanger insurgents attack thirty police posts on an army base in august. but i'm astounded by own sweeps through villages and what the government says was illegitimate operation to reach out terrorists but human rights groups said instead the response was aiaimed at removing the mosy minority ringa. for the majority but it states an eighty seven hundred thousand people have now fled to neighboring bangladesh.