the convoy heads to northern rakhine their trucks everywhere. the road is still being built but whole villages have appeared only one year after the engine fled. prefabricated houses that the government has given to buddhists moving here from other parts of the country. the settlement show that the rock injure land did not stay empty for long. the international community is increasingly taking a stand and denouncing the crimes against the right engine. for justice takes time. in the corridors of the palace of nations one woman is once again preparing to defend the range of cards. since 2014 yankee league has been the un special rapporteur for human rights for me and mark. there's no one to provide you know you. know ok i get some. of the. i think. mr president distinguished representatives ladies and gentlemen i'm honored to once again to address you and represent you my report to this council on the situation of human rights in myanmar. i read the international community going to tell bangladesh they were let's continue their generosity indefin

as soon as we arrive in the north and capital of rakhine were taken to a press conference. went by saying. the propaganda lesson delivered by the governor and a handful of officials in the finest room talent. that people in the minority will when we look back in history we see it was always the muslims who attacked the local buddhists now they seized the land whenever they had the opportunity. the government just did what was necessary to retain our national territory. the official version of the genocide. i mean. it was neither the police nor the army who drove these people out nobody forced them to leave it was rohingya terrorists who burned down their houses forced them to flee with. the accusations of crimes against humanity or brushed aside by the mayor. there was no genocide here it has never happened and never will. if that were true why are muslims still living in the region. but how can that be. if it had really been genocide and they wouldn't be here anymore. and you know as i think. they've managed to kill 22000 then my estimates range and drive up to a 1000000 o

southern rakhine had been cleansed. and. little by little the rockin just lost the remaining rights. they could no longer study and seek health care or even leave the camps. who were going to you know. those not in prison camps but confined to their villages in a rest day link. who were. also. well. well. her honor of gone. but after years of persecution in our movement was born in recalling the rock n roll in just salvation army. the only committers of this mysterious guerilla army are these propaganda films. that are murdered are murdered . again i'm going to murder. without uniforms and under equipped the militants attacked me and more police stations in the summer of 2017 the powder keg had been lit. when august 25th came around and writing a militant attacked and killed a handful of. myanmar officials the authorities essentially activated what appeared to be a very well planned operation. a massive repression of the wreckage of minority led to the myanmar army being accused of crimes against humanity. don't. worry about

states this isn't the context in which repatch ation can occur what's happening on the ground in rakhine state of mind is severe restrictions on movement indicate what would for those for whom she returned . i think the threat of violence too was really interesting very high. even before the huge influx of 2017 bangladesh had been hosting ranger refugees for decades. more than a 1000000 now live in the sprawling makeshift camp in the most densely populated refugee settlement on the planet. officials estimate that tens of thousands are now squeezed onto every square kilometer. to reduce the population pressure bangladesh now wants to relocate 100000 refugees to the arland of bashar. russian stories ready to echo what it wanted like. the air and the places will it create and. we don't do what our citizens. in sufis share in our drinking water supply. the lists of their a residence is much more bitter then their dog he says about that. but human rights groups are part of the relocation plan. very argue that the low lying island is prone to natural disasters. and is not suitable for long ter

observers say the situation in rakhine state is still too unsafe to start sending refugees back to their homes. i think the idea of repatriation. at the moment is. very misguided remains a perilous situation for injure in myanmar there still are into their villages they're still confined to camps south states this is in the context in which repatch nation can occur what's happening on the ground in rakhine state of mind is severe restrictions on movement indicate what would for those for whom she returned states. i think the threat of violence towards rangers still very high. even before the huge influx of 2017 bangladesh had been hosting ranger refugees for decades. more than a 1000000 now live in the sprawling makeshift camp in the most densely populated refugee settlement on the planet. officials estimate that tens of thousands are now squeezed onto every square kilometer. to reduce the population pressure bangladesh now wants to relocate 100000 refugees to be arland on passion charge. present or is ready to echo what it wanted like. the air and the places will it create and they will

situation for injure in myanmar they're still around half a 1000000 range are living in villages in rakhine state they're confined to their villages they're still confined camps further south states this is in the context in which we're back chasing can occur what's happening on the ground in rakhine state of mind is severe restrictions on movement indicate what would fall those were hinged he returned state. i think the threat of violence to his ranges still very high. even before the huge influx of 2017 bangladesh had been hosting ranger refugees for decades. more than a 1000000 now live in the sprawling makeshift camp in the most densely populated refugee settlement on the planet. officials estimate that tens of thousands are now squeezed onto every square kilometer. to reduce the population pressure bangladesh now wants to relocate 100000 refugees to the arlen don't question chart. russian stories ready to echo what it wanted like. the air and the places will it create and there. were no arse. sufis sharon or drinking water supply. the lists of there are a residence is much more better

so-called because fighting continues in several areas the worst is in rakhine state in the country's west where the our economy has been involved in regular battles with the me and my military the government has designated the rebels a terrorist group and they won't be invited to the talks for those who do attend experts say there is little hope of any major developments because government negotiators don't have the expertise to get the job done 'd. frustrated by a lack of progress the qur'an fighters withdrew from the process almost 2 years ago . have decided to rejoin but they're not hopeful suchi can deliver what they want. we need she has been in office for years but the hopes of the ethnic groups in me amar have not come true so we have to stay in the battlefield and be prepared case they attack. this round of negotiations is likely to be largely symbolic and designed to ensure the process continues after the general election in november meaning the long wait for permanent peace will go on. and when he joins me live in thailand where many of ethnic groups have representatives ba

government of me and ma to change its upholding practices and make the conditions within northern rakhine state the regime his ancestral home safe for their return if the international community was to apply more pressure and had the willingness to do so what will be the best mechanism for them to do that. well probably the best mechanism would be collective action taken through the united nations but that would need to demonstrate to me and mock that there was a collection of powerful international actors not not just one or 2 but that there was a consensus of opinion internationally and we all to back it up i mean what what me and my has gotten away with foot too many years when it comes to mistreating groups like the reaping and other groups mind you with me and my badly mistreated in the u.n. is documented that on numerous occasions what me and amounts gotten away with too often easy it gets platitudes from the united nations and from international activists and they say that they're concerned about human rights violations they're concerned about genocide they're concerned about war c

economy as mentioned the our economy involved in some very heavy fighting in the west of the country in rakhine state also in parts of chin state our economy was not invited to the talks because the government declared it a terrorist organization so i think this round of peace talks will be seen as largely symbolic procedural in substance and a way for the government to go into that election in november armed with the knowledge or the weapon if you like that they can go to their people and say look we've had 4 rounds of formal peace talks we've got the process back on track and we are the ones who can carry it forward south korea has reported its highest number of new coronavirus inspections since march nearly $300.00 cases were detected in the latest tally the restrictions on gatherings of imposed and saw and surrounding areas hundreds of recent infections have been linked to a church from seoul mcbride reports. it is lead to your thirty's to reintroduce the kind of social distancing that had been in place back at phase 2 on a 3 level scale this means for example that a number of venue's which

economy as mentioned the our economy involved in some very heavy fighting in the west of the country in rakhine state also in parts of chin state. was not invited to the talks because the government declared it a terrorist organization so i think this round of peace talks will be seen as largely symbolic procedural in substance and a way for the government to go into that election in november with the knowledge or the weapon if you like that they can go to the people and say look we've had 4 rounds of formal peace talks we've got the process back on track and we are the ones who can carry it forward. in belarus the president is trying to quash opposition rallies after 10 days of protests demanding his resignation speaking to the belorussian security council alexander lukashenko accuse nato of intent and increasing its military presence along the border the new numpad give the word process on the other side and demand nor less then to hand them power we consider it clearly an attempt to seize power with all the aid in the consequences western countries including some leaders are not even aware w

makeshift camps we came across a woman named jarring a refugee who just arrived she disc a privilege in rakhine state she just arrived in bangladesh she was trudging through the mud barefoot with an extremely distraught look on her face and we asked her what she was doing she was searching for a family member she'd been separated from but she told us that she would be glad to have stayed in me and more to have stayed in her home in iraq kind state if only the military hadn't been burning their homes and raising their villages and shooting them and their children and that really gave me a sense of just how bad things were across the border this is a sentiment that i hear reflected even today to the refugees with whom i speak constantly they say they would love to go back they're thankful that bangladesh has allowed them to stay but they say conditions are not yet safe enough across the border in their homeland for them to return in fact many rights groups have said that there is an ongoing genocide against their hang in man mark to this day now there are these mechanisms there is a case at the i

burma has expanded a lockdown in rakhine state after reporting its largest one-day spike in coronavirus cases. in south korea, the health minister ordered doctors to return to work or face prison sentences as they began a three-day nationwide strike to protest a medical workforce reform plan. south korea recorded 441 new coronavirus cases on wednesday, its highest total since march, raising the prospect of new lockdowns. in nicaragua, at least 46 educators have died of covid-19 after the government refefused o close schools to slow community spread. president daniel ortega has celebrated his administration's decision to keep schools open throughout the pandemic, while a teachers' union is demanding a halt to in-person classes. in economic news, just two states have begun n distributina $300-per-week federal supplelemt to weekly unemployment benefits, even though treasury secretary steven mnuchin promised on august 10 that most states would have the program up and d runnig within two weeks. president trump set up the makeshift $44 billion program by executive order after republican lawma

so-called because fighting continues in several areas the worst is in rakhine state in the country's west where the our economy has been involved in regular battles with the me and my military the government has designated the rebels a terrorist group and they won't be invited to the talks for those who do attend experts say there is little hope of any major developments because government negotiators don't have the expertise to get the job done. it would be less. frustrated by a lack of progress the korean fighters withdrew from the process almost 2 years ago . and. have decided to rejoin but they're not hopeful suchi can deliver what they want. we're all we need she has been in office for years with the hopes of the ethnic groups in mi amar have not come true so we have to stay in the battlefield and be prepared. this round of negotiations is likely to be largely symbolic and designed to ensure the process continues after the general election in november meaning the long wait for permanent peace will go on wayne hay al-jazeera on the time myanmar border. when we come back andy has