me and mom in a report the rights group accuses the civilian government led by nobel laureate aung san suu chief of failing to revise or oppressive laws the report says instead the government has used them against peaceful critics and protesters angry. foreigners not from young gone is phil robertson from human rights watch and he's deputy director of the asia division phil thank you very much for speaking to us can i just ask you at the outset is your own son suchi responsible for the deterioration of press freedom in myanmar. well she's certainly playing a role in this it's her political party that is overseeing the teary a sion a free expression and the diminishing respect for media freedom in this country she's done nothing to with to constrain her m.p.'s and other members of her party from bringing criminal defamation cases against the media or getting them for the under the telecommunications act the very infamous article sixty six d. of the telecommunications act we're seeing time and time again a failure by the end of the to raise these issues a press freedom to defend journalists

jamar leader aung san suu kyi has called for investment in the crisis hit west and stay there for a keen on friday saying the world focused narrowly on negative aspects in the state the past two years and the western part of myanmar has made headlines with the internationally condemned expulsion of their one hinge or ethnic minority a region has unlike the rest of myanmar hardly benefit of economically from the opening of the country. in a photo with the head of government something very special for the participants of the investor conference in are occurring in san suu kyi really gets lost in this region now she talks about the great opportunities that western me and i are off as foreign investors. when your miners benefited widely from the opening up of high conny much of the kind economic potential still remains untapped for too long our international community's attention has been focused narrowly on negative aspects related to problems and also crime rather than on dependent on live picture that shows the immense potential of this state. prosperity peace and growth that's what craft

the 63—year—old was also a legal adviser to aung san suu kyi's government and a prominent voice for religioushas the latest. well, this is the exact spot that yang gong international airport where ko ni was assassinated two yea rs where ko ni was assassinated two years ago. it was a chilling is crime that shocked myanmar, the fact that it was carried out in such a public place, many simply could not believe it. many do not believe that, they see this as the perfect illustration of despite there being a civilian government now, the army still being able to click crimes and get away with it. later today at a courthouse in young gone, we are expecting to get the verdicts on the trial of four men who have been on trial in connection with the murder for the last few years. three of those men have connections with the military. there is another suspected man who is believed to be still at large, he is believed to be still at large, he isa is believed to be still at large, he is a retired colonel. ko ni's family have said they wantjustice, but whether or not they get that is hard to see. he was tryi

the country's civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, has said little about the murder of her friend, whocourt, alleged that other suspects, all with army links. but the suspected mastermind has not been caught. justice means punishment according to the law. just the same punishment, not more, not less. it is important for our country, rule of law. i still hope to have justice. but country, rule of law. i still hope to havejustice. but for country, rule of law. i still hope to have justice. but for me a little bit losing hope. not so much hope. newsday‘s grandson remarkably survived the assassination and now grows up survived the assassination and now grows up in a country where justice seems increasingly elusive. nick beake, bbc news, yangon. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: while the us suffers in a polar vortex, australians are suffering the opposite — drought, heatwaves, and bush fires. is the world's weather getting more extreme and is climate change to blame? also on the programme: the abuse allegations which have rocked the elite sport of speed sk

undock aung san suu kyi given right spot says they have a knowledge on this so working in a climate of fear. plus. the risks of living on the mekong river we'll see how it goes and goes by he can sign by i think his trust in riverside communities. and the south koreans are in a rush to see the start of the action of this museum to look at why feast of the.