nick schifrin is back, and begins with the anatomy of an event that amnesty international calls a possible against humanity. (gunfire) >> schifrin: in axum, ethiopia, gunshots broke the morning quiet, and didn't stop until the shooters committed a massacre. axum is in northern ethiopia, inside tigray, a town of 70,000 residents in 10 square miles. and the soldiers who arrived in november were from neighboring eritrea-- allies of the ethiopian government. they began by taking the high ground at mai ku-ho hill. a resident filmed black and white video of the local tigrayan militia, fighting back. >> the young people of axum, they were given a gun. i don't know by who, but they're fighting very amazing. >> the person describes fighting around the hill of mai koho. it's only a few hundred meters away from from the main hotels and the main churches of the city. a crisis response unit was able to geolocate the video and find that it was shot around mai koho. >> schifrin: jean batiste gallopin is a co-author of an amnesty international investigation that verified social media videos, scanned satel

nick schifrin focuses on three of those convinced, and their fight against an increasingly aggressiveeijing. >> 82-year-old martin lee left court gingerly, and this 73wasn't allowedn court. he was last seen in custody back in february. 64-year-old lee chuck spoke to the group and admitted they were resigned to their fate. >> if we are sentenced in the future for this case or many other cases following, it is our honor to be in jail for walking together with the people of hong kong. [yelling] >> schifrin: their walk took place in july 2015. they helped lead 1.7 million people out of virginia park through downtown without a permit. [yelling] >> schifrin: it was a peak of protests, initially against an extradition law of fundamental democracy. but they were shut down by a wave of arrests anda natial security law that targeted the city's freedoms. and today's convictions are designed to discredit lifetimes of peaceful activists. >> these three in particular, they are like the first generation of democracy proponents who are acting professionally, acting constructively, and many would say

as nick schifrin reports, the military admits there's a problem, but advocates say it hasn't taken thesary steps to tackle it. >> so this is going to be the stand-down training for extremism. >> schifrin: from a marine corps base in california, to an air force base in texas-- >> our purpose is to address a concern that has likely been around for decades, and has either been dormant, or simply ignored. >> schifrin: --the military's two million active duty and reserve men and women were all recently ordered to pause their day jobs and "stand down"-- to admit they had a problem. >> never has this been more important than now, as we face potential threats from within. >> hello, everyone. i'm lloyd austin. >> schifrin: in february, defense secretary lloyd required every unit to discuss extremism in the ranks. >> views and conduct that run counter to everything that we believe in, and which can actually tear at the fabric of who we are as an institution. >> schifrin: the stand-down was sparked byhe january 6 insurrection. but, the military's problems run deeper than the 15% or so of insurrec

nick schifrin reports on how that western criticism sparked a nationalist backlash in china, directedcompanies. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> schifrin: on chinese social media, patriotism requires punishing perceived enemies. last month, that enemy was swedish department store h&m. ♪ ♪ ♪ a popular blogger ripped up what she called her last h&m blouse. ( ripping ) and h&m's flagship in beijing disappeared from chinese mapping and e-commerce sites. >> i'm feeling good right now. i'm feeling good right now. >> schifrin: on chinese tv, aspiring pop stars were feeling good, because their adidas shirts were blurred after that company faced a boycott. and pro-beijing lawmakers in hong kong looked longingly for the last time at their burberry scarves-- also boycotted. in their place, chinese blogger o wang xiao ming told her million followers to "buy chinese." >> ( translated ): take advantage of this opportunity to give our domestic goods a chance, we'll confirm that no one and no country can order us around! >> schifrin: the boycott was launched when china's communist youth league criticized h&m and other compa

nick schifrin is back and begins with the anatomy of an event that amnesty international calls a possibleinst humanity. nick: in ethiopia, gunshots broke the morning quiet. and did not stop until the shooters committed a massacre. oxen is in northern ethiopia, and town of 70,000 residents in 10 square miles. the soldiers who arrived in november were from neighboring eritrea, allies of the ethiopian government. filmed black and white video of a local militia fighting back. >> of people were given a gun, i don't know by who, but they are fighting. it's really amazing. >> the person describes fighting a few hundred meters away from the main hotels and the main churches of the city. they were able to geo-locate the video and find where it was shot. >> scanned satellite images and interviewed survivors. the report revls what happened next. eritrean soldiers opened fire and killed hundreds of civilians. this man, a bank teller, killed outside a church. that whole house became an epicenter of death. >> eritrean soldiers called reinforcements and proceeded to shoot at civilians running in the str

as nick schifrin tells us, there are long-simmering reasons for the confrontation. >> schifrin: in jordan this weekend a simmering family feud, publicly boiled over... >> the lives and futures of our children and their children are at stake if this continues. >> schifrin: ...when popular prince hamzah accused his half- brother's government, of neglecting its own people. >> their well-being has been put second by a ruling system that has decided that its personal interests, that its financial interests, that its corruption is more important than the lives and dignity and futures of the ten million people that live here. >> schifrin: jordanian authorities placed hamza under house arrest for what they labeled an attempt to unseat his half brother, king abdullah. they arrested nearly 20 other people for collaboration, including formerinance minister, bassem awadallah, in what jordan's foreign minister called a foreign backed plot. >> ( translated ): these investigations also found links betweebassem awadallah and foreign elements, the so-called external opposition related to weakening jordan'

in 2017, nick schifrin followed him again during his campaign for president. >> ( translated ): they( bleep ) you and we have to say, oh, okay, we're very sorry. but no, we have gathered here to say we're going to ask these questions and we'll obtain the answers. >> at the end of the day, there are millions of people in russia who fundamentally reject putin, who want russia to finally become a normal european country. there are millions of people in russia who share our vision. >> nawaz: vladimir kara-murza is a russian opposition politician. he himself has survived two assassination attempts, he says by putin's government. he also says the crackdown in recent years is a sign of putin's weakness. >> why is he so afraid to allow the opposition on the ballot? why is he so afraid to allow peaceful opposition demonstrations? this is not the behavior of somebody who's popular and strong. this is the behavior of somebody who is weak and very insecure. >> nawaz: today in moscow putin said threats to russian national security would not go unchallenged. >> ( translated ): initiators of any pr