in an exclusive bbc interview, michelle bachelet, the un commissioner for human rights, admitted that regional stability. she was speaking to the bbc world service asia editor rebecca henschke. the truth is that the international community has been not very affect give and has lacked maybe a sense of urgency. i know they. the international community as destruct —— act stronger. also regional actors are important, like india, china, japan, they needed to do more. amen, unfortunately i am frustrated because we had very little tools other than speaking out. so for me, first of all, i have also mentioned to many countries that maybe it would be good that, because they have not recognise the government, the military government of the militaryjoint. but they the military government of the military joint. but they also haven't recognised either the national unity government. would you like to see countries around the world recognise the national unity government which has ousted elected leaders? it would be useful. because it would be useful. because it would give them a feeling of support.

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has failed to prevent gross violations by the military regime. in an exclusive bbc interview, michelle bacheletonal stability. all those saying we are not able to do something more strongly about it, it would echo the serious situation. well, we think we are on the verge of a national civil war, because we do have, on the one hand, repression and the response of the people who do not want to be killed. so they have been organising this militia. of course, probably they have been victims of air strikes, of drones, of killings, of massive burnings of villages, et cetera. but it is, i think, a possibility to come into a civil war. our correspondent, jonathan head, joins us from the border between thailand and myanmar. many have fled to thailand, where you are? shy, many have fled to thailand, where you are?— many have fled to thailand, where you are? a lot of people have fled _ where you are? a lot of people have fled quietly _ where you are? a lot of people have fled quietly into - where you are? a lot of people have fled quietly into thailand | have fled quietly into thailand to seek shelter and

this is un human rights michelle bachelet has been speaking to the bbc�*s rebecca heschke.s evidence of this being a civil war. data from the ground shows fighting is increasingly coordinated and spreading to urban centres which haven't seen armed resistance to the military previously. many of those taking up arms are civilians — who joined the protests a year ago. a warning, this report from rebecca henshke is distressing from the start. this is the aftermath of a brutal raid by the military on a village in central maymar. the bodies of six mends were found. they were the ones who couldn't run. three were elderly, two had a mental health condition. some had their hands tied as well as ropes around their neck. this man's body showed signs of torture. his widow says he stayed to look after their animals. translation: he had a limp after falling from a palm tree, they must�*ve seen he was disabled. he was old enough to be their father or grandfather and they killed him. i am heartbroken. this grandfather and they killed him. i am heartbroken.— grandfather and they killed him.

sin embargo, sabemos que la alta comisionada de derechos humanos michelle bachelet le preocupa la cantidadi llegan a esa ciudades donde se ha sufrido la cifra podrÍa ser mayor. asÍ lo da a conocer el ministro de salud de ucrania. dice que ellos han contabilizado 352 civiles que han perdido la vida, incluyendo, 14 niÑos. por eso gran parte de la estrategia por parte de la casa blanca es asignar mÁs armamento militar para ucrania para que se puedan seguir defendiendo en contra de esta invasiÓn. sabemos que la casa blanca ha aprobado un fondo de $350,000,000 para ello. no sÓlo la casa blanca, sino tambiÉn canadÁ ha aportado un fondo de 25,000,000 para la compra del penal militar. por primera vez en la historia vemos que la uniÓn europea tambiÉn se suma aprobando un fondo de $450,000,000. sin embargo, sabemos que el presidente joe biden estarÁ de regreso a la casa blanca luego de pasar el fin de semana en su casa donde estuvo monitoreando de cerca con su consejo de seguridad nacional. tambiÉn obtendrÁ una llamada de emergencia con aliados europeos para determinar si continuarÁn adelante con ma

in an exclusive bbc interview michelle bachelet, the un commissionerfor human rights, admitted that the editor rebecca henschke. the international community has to act stronger and regional actors are important there, like india and japan, they need to do more. i am frustrated because we have very few tools, other than speaking out, so for me first of all it is sad. many countries have not recognised the military government, the military gentle, but they also have not recognised either the national unity government two would you like to see them recognising the government? it would be useful because it would give them a feeling of support. the thing is mainly the demonstrations have been peaceful but people have been getting fed up as well of being killed. so many of them have gone into the malicious or created a people's defence force. that is why for a long time i have been saying that with the situation in myanmar, if we are not able to do something more strongly, it would echo so much the seriousness of the situation. on that point, looking at similarities with syria for example, at