yes so where the security counterinsurgency campaign has been going on it's in a rakhine state which is a western state here and it's going on in the northern part of rakhine state near the border with bangladesh that area is a secured zone your it's a restricted area you do not get access to that area you are on a government supervised trip as a foreigner or any journalist you go on a government supervised trip and the only see what they let you see you only get access to people that they simply let you have access to so it makes it certainly much more challenging that said news organizations are aggressively pursuing the story i mean it doesn't close down all avenues you still have contacts in those areas that you can still reach out to you can obviously reach your mobile phone you still have satellite photos you can obviously still access the refugees who fled in the bangladesh so there are certainly a number of ways to still pursue what's happening not only to the right hindu community there but to all communities in rakhine state nor the rakhine state so there's still a lot of w

now thousands of people in me and miles rakhine state of fled their homes after rebels attacked four police stations on friday killing at least thirteen offices the u.n. humanitarian agency says many of those displaced are sheltering in camps i'm on a street attacks were carried out by the our economy which wants autonomy to rakhine state. responded with air strikes and to infantry divisions have been deployed to the area let's get more on this now and talk to benjamin's iwaki he's a southeast asia political analyst who joins us live via skype from the thai capital bangkok benjamin they've been weeks of renewed fighting between ethnic rebels and the me and my military so what's causing the conflict to suddenly intensify and how worrying is it. well it's a conflict that goes back decades if not longer in many ways it was it was kept under wraps while the military was in firm control the country between say nine hundred sixty two and in two thousand and twelve or so the only informed speculation as to why the uptick in violence this past week is on account of the me on mar dependence d

parents pile their children and animals into boats fleeing fighting in rakhine state they cross the yo chung creek and build a makeshift camp away from the bullets there was heavy fighting between a buddhist rebel group and the security forces nearby on friday the u.n. estimates twenty five hundred people fled similar violence in december that number is now expected to be much higher. the rebel group is the are a con army whose members say they are fighting for greater autonomy for kind's buddhist population. they posted this video to mock the night then of the street last year since november seventh crease their attacks on facebook they posted these photos of ammunition as well as police and civilians captured in friday's right they were later released. ministry of information confirms the latest pre-dawn attack on full police outpost near the bangladeshi border the government responded this is a carefully planned premeditated attack to harm the lives and property of the people and to further the aggravate the instability in rakhine state it is learned that the security forces will ta

parents piled their children and animals into boats fleeing fighting in rakhine state they crossed the yo chung creek and build a makeshift camp away from the bullets there was heavy fighting between a buddhist rebel group and the security forces nearby on friday the u.n. estimates twenty five hundred people fled similar violence in december that number is now expected to be much higher. the rebel group is the are a con army whose members say they are fighting for greater autonomy for kind's buddhist population. they posted this video to mark the night the anniversary last year since november they've increased their attacks on facebook they posted these photos of ammunition as well as police and civilians captured in friday's right they were later released. ministry of information confirms the latest pre-dawn attack on full police outpost near the bangladeshi border the government responded this is a carefully planned premeditated attack to harm the lives and property of the people and to further the aggravate the instability in rakhine state it is learned that the security forces will

thousands of people in myanmar as rakhine state fled their homes after rebels attacked four police stations on friday killing at least thirteen officers the un humanitarian agency says many of those displaced a shelf in camps and monasteries the attacks were carried out by the can army which once or ptolemy for the state of rakhine mean mars military responded with airstrikes to infantry divisions have been sent to the area southeast asia political analyst benjamin's a walkie explains the long history of conflict between the rebels and the government. it was kept under wraps while the military was in firm control the country between say nine hundred sixty two and in two thousand and twelve or so the only informed speculation as to why the uptick in violence this past week is on account of the myanmar dependence day which would have been a media draw for domestic media when the country was focused on patriotism nationalism independence and these sorts of things it would have been a prime time for that this our economy to draw attention to itself and to its grievances when a country was up pa

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thousands of people in myanmar as rakhine state fled their homes after rebels attacked four police stations killing at least thirteen offices the u.n. humanitarian agency says many of those displaced have taken shelter in camps and monasteries the coordinated attacks on police stations were carried by the can army outcome rebels want autonomy in rakhine state meanwhile military responded to the attacks by deploying to infantry divisions and aerial bombardments. brazil's new government has deployed troops to the northern states city of four to let's count a spike in violent crime nearly eighty incidents were reported this week across the state. including robberies gun attacks and buildings being set on fire reports suggest the drugs gangs were responding to tough new measures in the prisons the president. has promised to have a crackdown on crime. the new leader of venezuela's opposition controlled national assembly is promising to challenge the president nicolas maduro when he's sworn in for a second term next week. is an illegitimate leader because opposition candidates were barred from co

who live there on the basis of customary practices this is commonplace and ethnic areas including rakhine kitchen china and korean state communities have depended on this land for their livelihoods traditions and cultures for generations. that terry is a man of already been sieged from people to make way for hydra power downs and i have spoken with many who fear losing their lands and my blue chip plant down such as it's our upper can't cooperate yellow and hodgy go ahead there is no transparency around in these plans and the government has failed to consult those affected causing further concern and uncertainty for millions as a higher power projects the extraction of natural resources including jam. including jackson temporary continue to be inextricably linked to the cycle of iraq conflict and human rights violations in manama it has been reported to me that in the past jane mining regions of conscience state display sample sale of drugs environmental destruction and widespread corruption at the hands of the military militias ethnic are organizations private actors in israel i have hea

were able to hear what the un special rapporteur on myanmar had to say there about the situation in rakhine and about the bangladeshi government's plan to resettle some of the refugees on this island off bangladesh as coast what are your thoughts about what she has said and this ban by the bangladeshi government. well it's largely discouraging in the sense that the that the solution being found by the government of bangladesh is sort of the least worst solution that that's possible the ideal solution would have been if you ethnic cleansing didn't take place to begin with and of course in the wake of the clendenning what should be seen is conditions that are me conducive for the return of seven hundred fifty thousand years and if they should be permitted to return to myanmar as the citizen that they are about not being the case bangladesh has stepped up its efforts and to its credit is done so whether or not this island group to be a durable solution and a proper solution remains to be seen again the isolation of it was certainly pointed out by the special reports or at least it shows the be

to six years and saudi arabia on pilgrimage he says but overstayed to work there originally from rakhine state in the end market saudi arabia sending them to bangladesh even though they don't have citizenship or than seven hundred thousand or henschel muslims crossed into bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown in two thousand and seventeen. for them now filming this video from the airport after being detained in saudi arabia for almost six years today they are deporting us they are ruining the who came after two thousand and twelve they didn't do any crimes. i would like to inform all my fellow or hangers that we have been in detention for many years and now they are deporting us to bangladesh as being. there are concerns that one of the men accused in the murder of journalist. free and interfering with the investigation according to the washington post saudi authorities are refusing to confirm the whereabouts of sad tani is accused of playing a major role in the killing in november of the kingdom confirm that he was under investigation and forbidden to leave the country the report

for up to six years and had saudi arabia on pilgrimage bases but overstayed to work originally from rakhine state in may and margaret saudi arabia sending them to bangladesh even though they don't have citizenship more than seven hundred thousand right henschel muslims crossed into bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown in two thousand and seventeen. for them now filming this video from jeddah airport after being detained in saudi arabia for almost six years today they are deporting us they are ruining the who came after two thousand and twelve they didn't do any crimes. i would like to inform all my fellow or hangers that we have been in detention for many years and now they are deporting us to bangladesh as being goalies. there are concerns that one of the men accused in the murder of a journalist might be free and interfering with the investigation according to the washington post saudi authorities are refusing to confirm the whereabouts of saddle cattani is accused of playing a major role in the killing in november the kingdom confirmed that he was under investigation and forbidde

thousands are forced from their homes as fighting intensifies between rebels and the million man army in rakhinetate. also ahead they were once used as bomb shelters during world war two show you what they've become today. versus in the democratic republic of congo will have to wait another week to find the initial results of last month's presidential election outcome was expected to be announced on sunday but the head of the election commission says his country less than half of the votes the catholic church is calling for the result to be made public to avoid political unrest is laura but many. it's been delay after delay and patience is wearing thin people in the democratic republic of congo were first promised election results on sunday now some time next week. joseph kabila has clung on to his presidency since his term ended two years ago despite that he says he will step down after seventeen years in power he hopes emmanuel roman son is shaddai would take his place a man who played a role in the violent suppression of opposition protest in two thousand and seventeen chad hari is up against

course where are the seven hundred thousand refugees live since escaping a military crackdown in rakhine state and me in my government refuses to cooperate however with me and has barred her entry. from cults is bizarre. the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has been shut out by me in march the government won't allow her access to the country and is not cooperating so her work is confined to neighboring countries and bangladesh factors in greatly the u.n. says there are now more the nine hundred thousand will hinder refugees living here the bulk of them came during a spike of violence in august twenty seventh and now they are spread across a mag i can't here in cox's bazaar now it's the dry season the monsoons are behind people and life has become a little easier but as you can see sanitation lack of access to clean water and latrines can use to new to be concerned if you look here there are workers trying to prepare the can for floods that are inevitable in this part of the world there is also concern about a lost generation of children two to the lack of schools the mood

along the border housing more than seven hundred south who fled the military crackdown in me and mars rakhine state in two thousand and seventy that are going to aim has more now from cox's bazar in bangladesh where many have been living in the refugee camp pendleton is facing the enormous challenge of how best to host a million row him directly. with our is now home to the largest refugee settlement in the world and the government says people keep streaming over the border from me and mark at a rate of about forty thousand a year this mega camp you can just get it on an elephant migration route and in less than two years the jungle has been heavily forested one of the solution for government has is to move about one hundred thousand rohingya refugees to a remote island it's called. it's about a four hour boat ride from the mainland it is uninhabited and it's prone to flooding that is why it's controversial. for tourists. a crisis began she has been pushing for access to this island on tuesday she told al-jazeera he is now going to be allowed to take a tour and that will happen on thursday. c

parts of the country the fighting has forced more families from their homes and near mass trouble rakhine state the un says the road to a half dozen people were displaced by the violence between security forces and a buddhist armed group the twenty to twenty seventeen the military campaign the recurring drove more than seven hundred thirty thousand into neighboring bangladesh . and the un special envoy to somalia has been ordered to leave accused of interfering in the country's internal affairs the government issued a statement saying nicholas heysel would no longer be allowed to work in somalia a few days ago hasen wrote a letter to the interior security minister for information about the arrest of a former al-shabaab leader turned politician and civilian deaths in protests that followed last month that's news there are more news in half an hour next inside story with laura karl do stay with us. official results from sunday's presidential election and democratic republic of congo. for acute days front. and governing coalition have already said they're on track to win so will there be a p

record on human rights and her record with regard to media freedom and with regard to the situation in rakhine state which is what these journalists were focusing on her record has been appalling and so but again you know it's not too late for her to free loan and just so and set the record straight so what message do you think man law is trying to send by upholding these sentences well or i think this is sending a chilling message throughout not only journalists and me in my arm but also throughout meum our society it's sending a chilling message to would be truth tellers about the military's crimes it said in a chilling message to anybody who's working for justice and human rights and unfortunately the military and now she's government wields a high amount of influence in that regard and dispensing is that why international pressure has so far they failed to make any impact and that when these men's freedom. well what we've seen what we've seen in other situations is that when the government of myanmar when clear benchmarks are sent by men are said by members of the international community.

border or house of a seven hundred thousand ringette many fled the military crackdown in myanmar's rakhine state in twenty seventeen a taliban attack has killed at least sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel southwest of kabul the suicide bomb and gun attack up on the m a gun shop the capital of war duck province has drove a truck packed with explosives into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency after the explosion other taliban fighters dressed in police uniforms stormed the base united nations is reporting a big increase in the number of people leaving saudi arabia to seek asylum the u.n. high commissioner for refugees says there are more than eight hundred cases reported in twenty seventeen up from two hundred twenty twelve the recent case of the saudi teenager raphe mohammed was given refuge in canada has drawn international attention amnesty international is demanding that the pakistani government disclose the whereabouts of a human rights campaign a video has circulated online of police in karachi arresting the activists elam's they may soon yes it w

cox's bizarre way over seven hundred thousand refugees live since escaping a military crackdown in rakhine state in twenty seventeen months government seized cooperation with me and has refused to enter into the country and tasher the name reports from causes. the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has been shut out by me in march the government won't allow her access to the country and is not cooperating so her work is confined to neighboring countries and bangladesh factors in greatly the u.n. says there are now more the nine hundred thousand will hinder refugees living here the both of them came during a spike of violence in august twenty seventh and now they are spread across a mega i can't here in cox's bazaar now it's the dry season the monsoons are behind people and life has become a little easier but as you can see sanitation lack of access to clean water and latrines can use to new to be concerned if you look here there are workers trying to prepare the can for floods that are inevitable in this part of the world there is also concern about a lost generation of child

along the border housing more than seven hundred thousand if that a military crackdown in the a malls rakhine state in twenty seventeen i was really surprised because you guys in our last night gave the approval to go ahead for me to go visit russia and china for two years as you said i had no access and this time in their early part of my trip here they i was told that i can go when it's finished but you know but she promised me last july when i came here she said you can go after the rain so i think she's taking you know she's fulfilling her promise because the rain has stopped and it's a dry season and i think she's willing to let me go and show to the world what it really is u.k. and french coast guard say there's little hope of finding any survivors from a light plane that went missing over the english channel carrying a premier league footballer argentinian pay a million osama had just signed for cardiff city in a club record deal from the french team nonce the twenty eight year old was one of two people on board the light aircraft that disappeared on his way from north to cardiff on mo

create and me and my security forces has forced hundreds of people out of their homes and western rakhine states the u.n. says about two thousand five hundred people have been displaced over the past month following violence between security forces and equip known as the article on a military crackdown on revenge and muslims in iraq has driven more than seven hundred thirty thousand people into neighboring bangladesh since august twenty seventeen rescue workers in indonesia are searching for twenty people feared buried beneath landslides in west java at least fifteen bodies have been recovered so far mariana hunt has more. the wall of mud and debris came without warning just before some see it on new year's eve. it was about one hundred people live in the village of tsunamis me it slammed into the heinz burying at least thirty buildings many up to the bruce. around to the back of my house and saw the bomb turn upside down and then be carried away our source. soil coming my way very very fast at least thirty five people are thought to have been swallowed up by the landslide survivors and r

fifty thousand ruhi get fled to bangladesh in twenty seventeen a military crackdown in myanmar's rakhine state let's bring in a name who is in dhaka for is a time to talk us through what we heard from the un special rapporteur on myanmar. holy the headline is really this she's saying that this is a regional problem that is fast becoming one with global implications she cited the deportations by saudi arabia and india of rohingya refugee she said she was dismayed and of course has mentioned this is a violation of international law and she said that because me and maher is has not made the democratic reforms as stated that violence continues in the country people continue to be intimidated and sort of coaxed into fleeing over the border into bangladesh people's homes continue to be burned and more than one hundred sixty two thousand people are internally displaced in myanmar she said something that probably is not what they would have wanted to hear that the idea of these people being allowed to go back to me and mar under these conditions is simply unrealistic right now bangladesh is host

years they entered saudi arabia and put them into visas but overstayed to work there recently from rakhine state in may and saudi arabia sending them to bangladesh despite not having citizenship for going about way no. lawyer for them now filming this video from jeddah airport after being detained in saudi arabia for almost six years today they are deporting us they are referring to who came after two thousand and twelve didn't do any crimes has given what the mom i would like to inform all my fellow are hangers that we have been in detention for many years and now they're deporting us to bangladesh as being goalies. well ranger activist may some of the way in has been communicating with the deportees i believe they will be transported to the. refugee camp in a cause as well as are all there they are very much afraid of being detained again at the dock i have also sent all the detail information to the un a senior protection officer in dakar i am sure that they are well aware of this deportation because bangladeshi media are also have given some coverage for i believe they will be they wil

sheltering in camps in monasteries attacks were carried out by their economic which once autonomy for rakhine state well those are the headlines for years continues here on al-jazeera after the crusades an arab perspective watching life and. july eleven eighty seven. crusader armies under the command of god of loosing your. the king of jerusalem. are marching towards a decisive battle with the muslim. of their saliva deem. the salt on that set the trap for the crusaders. and they were carelessly walking into it. under the whole two laws song. when the thirsty army finally come to top clean. so had diem had already booked the way to the only water source. os kind of a nation is named jean ebay negations so we needed many public and somebody. will feel the want have to ask kind of the nation silly me. that and so did. bob and want to say nina was leaning a shadow he had been painting the mosque of saline. the whole of europe and not fit it on with him and the feds asleep kenny and the little hadid with yeah i did he. was not so you would think that it's. a lot i don't know i shut what i mean bu

officers who handed over documents they're investigating as you said nic this killing of ten muslims in rakhine states they're headed suppose they handed over documents by these police and then arrested for holding possessing classified documents so again you know you can imagine will be some comments coming out by reuters we know that there was an ngo a nonprofit organization at the court house today they say they will protest if this appeal was rejected and obviously they're going to do that they. got more and this is a day goes on for timing to go ahead and take their mission to. sudan's security forces are being accused of attacking injured protesters while they were receiving treatment at a hospital in on them and the amnesty international says officers fired live bullets in takeouts of patients many of them the believed to have been to wednesday's anti-government demonstrations where three people were killed the protests have spread across two done since mid december the u.s. president has been to the country's southern border to try and drum up support for his proposed wall separating th

they entered saudi arabia on pilgrimage visas but overstayed to work though they are originally from rakhine state and may have lost saudi arabia send them to bangladesh despite not having citizenship. so joining me now from frankfurt is now when he's a ranger activist who has been communicating with those deportees in jeddah so what more can you tell us about these fifty ranger men and the reasons why they're being deported from saudi arabia thank you i believe they are now all on board in the flight to dakar the flight will take up from to die airport at five pm local time they were being deported from saudi arabia because their finger printing where it just are as india and their bangladeshi pakistani and the police as you know that drawing days the response agreed and minority in the wall they have been in open prison for decades their genocide is ongoing their their citizenship is stripped obscene and i did eighty two and no one can have my passport to travel outside of myanmar they are not even allowed to travel from one town to another state so these people who are now being deported

record on human rights and her record with regard to media freedom and with regard to the situation in rakhine state which is what these journalists were focusing on her record has been appalling and so but again you know it's not too late for her to free loan and just so and set the record straight. what message do you think man law is trying.

the border housing more than seven hundred thousand who fled the military crackdown in myanmar's rakhine state in two thousand and seventeen that the sugar name is more now from cox's bazar in bangladesh where many have been living in the quote apollo refugee camp. then that is facing the enormous challenge of how best to host almost a million rohingya refugees cox's bizarre is now home to the largest refugee settlement in the world and the government says people keep streaming over the border from me and mark at a rate of about forty thousand a year this mega camp is congested it sits on an elephant migration route and in less than two years the jungle has been heavily used or assisted one of the solutions the government has is to move about one hundred thousand rohingya refugees to a remote island it's called. is about a four hour boat ride from the mainland it is uninhabited and it's prone to flooding that is why it's controversial if you want special rapporteurs says since the rohingya crisis began t. has been pushing for access to this island on tuesday she told al-jazeera she is no

reuters journalists who were arrested while investigating the killing of ten muslim or hindu men in rakhine state in two thousand and seventeen the court has maintained the seven year prison sentence handed down to well known in charge. the pair maintained their innocent i'm a frame by police let's go straight to scott height limits following the story from bangkok scott tell us the latest nic well yeah this all came down within just the last hour or so and a sense of what the court said the high court and yangon said that they're up holding the ruling they rejected this appeal saying that there was enough evidence that they were innocent in this and they also went on to say that the suitable punishment of seven years should stand because of the severity this coming from the high court and yang of this case because there were what could have happened with these documents they say could have harmed national security so that's why the high court says that they were jack did the appeal and said that they will maintain because we knew there was a possibility there could be could be a reduction