back in manama suit she's an l d party urged citizens to support campaigns of civil disobedience by the country's medical staff and civil servants who were going to stop the country from becoming a military dictatorship. this situation won't last long and are 6. success is about to come. only. as they yearn to clamp down on communications it's not clear if civil disobedience will be enough to restore me and most fledgling democracy. here's some other stories making headlines around the world at this hour hundreds of protesters gathered in toulouse a limo over the weekend to demand the resignation of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the weekly demonstrations have been taking place for 7 months protesters say netanyahu should step down because of his ongoing corruption trial and mismanagement of the krona virus crisis. voters in ecuador go to the polls on sunday to choose a new president officials decided to go ahead with the election in spite of the pandemic leftist candidate andras arouse has pledged to put the effort or back on the path to socialism while conservative. say

water cannons many in the crowd wore red in support of a rested leader aung sang suu kyi and her an l d party protesters are demanding her release it's. dave going to bomb. as a journalist who has been covering miramar for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur. we're seeing reports of the nationwide internet blackout give us some idea about why the government would deny internet access right now the military wants them to not because this is what the demonstrators have been using to communicate with one another where they're still social media whether it's through e-mail and other methods and they want to make it a lot tougher to them to organize to strategize that's why also they're using the internet to get these their messages and the visuals these powerful visuals out to us and the outside world they want to make it tougher for us to know exactly what's going on inside me on maher keep in mind the military before they went forward this coup they had already worked out a playbook of what they would do step by step based on what they saw the public react got the playbook ready and no

and imposed a year long state of emergency the move follows a landslide win by own son sushi's an l d party and then the election the army says was marred by fraud soldiers have detained suchi along with dozens of political leaders activists and journalists the united nations security council has called an emergency meeting for tuesday. off to the arrests the power grab military vehicles lined up in myanmar's capital make the towel soldiers now patrolling the streets a clear sign of who's in control. will this was the moment a member of parliament was whisked away in a pre-dawn raid one of many from aung san suu cheese ruling national league for democracy or any of the party the door of her home is once more looks she previously spent nearly 15 years under house arrest in opposition to an earlier period of military rule in a statement suit she said i urge people not to accept this to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the military north easy in myanmar but here in thailand beyond modest ex-pats made their allegiances clear on uring suchi times burning photos of the co

state of emergency after detaining leader on santucci and other senior politicians from the ruling an l d party the military says it's in response to allege fraud in november's election which returned the national league for democracy to power a tory gate and b. has more on the event so far. the military made its move in the early hours of the morning detaining mammals democratically elected leader and son suchi and all the sea figures from the ruling party su cheese and l d government one november's election by a landslide but accusations of electoral fooled led to tension between the civilian government and the military. what my stance is is that one has had the upper hand in the internal network tree struggles but also they have gone back to a chinese arms and say look this is where we think you are going is not chinese government which is not inclined to support him ocracy has said you have that in the political crisis began last tuesday when a military spokesman refused to rule out the possibility of a coup the following day mammals military chief state fairs when he said the constitution

military to to live her house arrest and grant democratic concessions 5 years later for n l d party one anabsolute majority in the 1st free elections suchi became the country's minister of foreign affairs and de facto head of government but the military led by army chief men long retained its grip on power meaning that suit she remained a head of government at the mercy of the military. as a result of basic democratic freedoms like freedom of the press and protection for minorities remain elusive during her time in power. is this the end of. physics let me pass that last question right on to you is this the end. see the end of her ability to influence political developments in her country well i wouldn't say so. i think there we must differentiate between the formal political process and there i agree with us need a very much looks like these trumped up charges. quite possibly lead to her becoming essentially becoming barred from running for public office that includes actually the wider and the leadership she won't be the only one that's what i expect that will be charged on the. walkie t

military judith to lift her house arrest and grant democratic concessions 5 years later in l d party one an absolute majority in the 1st free elections suchi became the country's minister of foreign affairs and de facto head of government but the military led by army chief men long retain its grip on power meaning that suit remains a head of government at the mercy of the military. as a result of basic democratic freedoms like freedom of the press and protection for minorities remain elusive during her time in power. is this the end of. physics let me pass that last question right on to you is this the end of unsung city the end of her ability to influence political developments in her country well i wouldn't say so. i think there we must differentiate between the formal political process and there i agree was yes need a very much looks like these trumped up charges will quite possibly lead to her becoming essentially becoming boss from running for public office. that includes actually the white and the leadership she won't be the only one that's what i expect that will be charged on some w

military to have to live her house arrest and democratic concessions 5 years later in l d party won an absolute majority in the 1st 3 elections suchi became the country's minister of foreign affairs in de facto head of government but the military led by army chief men long retained its grip on power meaning that suit she remained a head of government at the mercy of the military. as a result of basic democratic freedoms like freedom of the press and protection for minorities remains elusive during her time in power. is this the end of. physics let me pass that last question right on to you is this the end of unsung suits see the end of her ability to influence political developments in her country well i wouldn't say so. i think there we must differentiate between the formal political process and there i agree was yes needed very much looks like.

imposed a year long state of emergency the move follows a landslide win by aung sun suu cheese and l d party in an election the army says was marred by fraud soldiers have detained along with dozens of political leaders activists and journal. yes the united nations security council has called an emergency session for tuesday. off to the arrests the power grab military vehicles lined up in myanmar's capital make the tao soldiers now patrolling the streets a clear sign of who's in control. will this was the moment a member of parliament was whisked away in a predawn raid one of many from aung san suu cheese ruling national league for democracy or any of the party the door of her home is once more looks she previously spent nearly 15 years under house arrest in opposition to an earlier period of military rule in a statement suit she said i urge people not to accept this to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the military north easy in myanmar but here in thailand me and most ex-pats made their allegiances clear honoring suchi crimes burning photos of the country's most senior ar

head of government on some sochi and leaders of her national league for democracy party or in l d they want to landslide in an election in november but the army insists without evidence there was widespread fraud world leaders have condemned the event as an assault on democracy the l.d.s. urging supporters to protest and resist scott heiler reports myanmar was supposed to mark an exercise in democracy on monday but instead the military rounded up the nation's democratically elected leadership including on song suchi it then announced a coup on military run t.v. . the name of the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the generation of the state of emergency is set to one year. military chief men playing now rules the country monday was to be the 1st session of a new parliament after on songs to cheese party the national league for democracy a landslide victory in november recently the army made accusations of election fraud and tension between the civilian government and the military increased last week when a general refused to rule out the possibility of a coup the matter where like this member of p

when meant to be released quickly we want all the people from the winning party the n l d to be released that's what we all want was an end i find interesting and. it isn't only support for one party or even one leader these demands for democracy run fun i look i know we're very glad that the protests are happening in the entire country. but we will fight until we win. and there are signs the tide is turning among all thora ts to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. until now the protests have been largely peaceful but this video being circulated by activists shows a woman being shot by police. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation that the country's new military leaders or to justify a cage repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we're investigating are responsible for eighty's regarding voter fraud. he promised fresh elections but gave no timeline for when they might be held i think comments have done nothing to call the anger and defiance of these protesters he say it's too l

ruling national league for democracy or n l d party the door of her home is once more looks she previously spent nearly 15 years under house arrest in opposition to an earlier period of military rule in a statement suchi said i urge people not to accept this to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the military. not easy in myanmar but here in thailand ex-pats made their allegiances clear honoring suchi times burning photos of the country's most senior army chief. i'm terribly upset i've been crying all day be crying all day he's the bad guy how could he do something like this is that. while current military supporters free flags in celebration on the streets of myanmar the coup was a setback for many of the little more than a decade after the country began its transition to democracy the army is back in charge. didn't you know you know that you're going to i feel the army assaulted all the people when it states this deal when the civilian government and a government elected by our people. room one nothing new our country just a bird learn to fly like news now while the army program does is another goal the only good to not do it

ruling national league for democracy or n l d party the door of her home is once more looks she previously spent nearly 15 years under house arrest in opposition to an earlier period of military rule in a statement suit she denounced the coup was an attempt to quote put the country back under it to taste the ship she urged people not to accept it and to go out and protest. not easy in myanmar but here in thailand beyond mobs ex-pats made their allegiances clear on uring suchi farms burning photos of the country's most senior army chief. keef. now these are the man now in power they insist the n l d s landslide election victory was fraught with the regularities baseless claims according to the electoral commission the cuckoo has drawn strong international condemnation. it's nothing short of. deeply disturbing this is unacceptable the international community rejects what is after. their leaders of the world are united in their. this illegal act. while curry military supporters free flags and celebration on the streets of myanmar the cue is a setback for many others as little more than a decade after the country began its transition to democracy the ar

in the crowd were read in support of arrested leader aung sun suu kyi and her an l d party protesters are demanding hercules. dave going to bomb is a journalist who has been covering miramar for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur gave we're seeing reports of a nationwide internet blackout give us some idea about why the government would deny internet access right now the military wants them to not because this is what the demonstrators have been using to communicate with one another whether it's through social media whether it's through e-mail or other methods and they want to make it a lot tougher for them to organize to strategize that's why also they're using the internet to get these their messages and the visuals these powerful visuals out to us and the outside world so they want to make it tougher for us to know exactly what's going on inside me on maher keep in mind the military before they went forward this to they had already worked out a playbook of what they would do step by step based on what they saw the public react got the playbook ready and now they're using

to be released quickly we want all the people from the winning party the n l d to be released that's what we all want. in him and here is an article. it isn't only support for one party or even one later these demands for democracy run fun taper. you know i know we're very glad that the protests are happening in the entire country. and we will fight until we win. and there are signs the tide is turning among all foreign teas to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. until now the protests have been largely peaceful but this video being so.