stability and be involved who has cast doubt over the repack tradition of hundreds of thousands of rangar refugees living in cox's to saw a flat man following a military crackdown but the file is activist and refugee in caucasus bazaar he says elections won't change anything for the rangar this morning. when i were hearing the news that. consular down things and other senior senior ruling parties of the we are arrested by military government this is really very shocking news for me and also. on the ground in myanmar is really concerning and really rich situation much for me . i have been experiencing genocide and. right now i am staying in the largest refugee camp in consular bangladesh so i'm really really thinking and worrying for the people of myanmar so i don't want to suffer any other people in myanmar like we were in myanmar so for me. a it doesn't make any difference for me whoever was in the elections because. it was a the government. and we had suffered genocide in myanmar again in this. election. but nothing make a difference to me because. we are the people who have been accusi

bangladesh says it's under no obligation to take back 81 rangar refugees rescued by the indian coast guard had been adrift for 2 weeks in the andaman sea in a crowded fishing boat along with 8 people who died they set sail from a refugee camp in bangladesh hoping to reach malaysia india wants bangladesh to take them back well the $151.00 refugee convention lays out states obligations towards refugees this includes that they can't be returned to a place where they are in danger it also says a state shouldn't stop them entering but india never signed the convention and has no domestic laws on protecting refugees despite this of a host more than 200000 including some rango bangladesh's sheltering more than a 1000000 rangar who've fled persecution in neighboring me and some are refugees pay people smugglers to take them to southeast asia so let's bring in simon business sees executive director of the international campaign for the running game joins us live from washington d.c. simon good to have you back on the program so we're seeing this. between india and bangladesh over this boatloa

muslims in 2017 the military launched a crackdown against a rangar armed group in the western state of rakhine rang to say their homes were set on fire by the military and buddhist militias well then 730000 refugees fled violence rape and torture to neighboring bangladesh the un had described the military operation against the rain as textbook ethnic cleansing today the community leader is urging the global community to help restore democracy in myanmar at any cost phil robertson is the deputy asia director at human rights watch the joins us from bangkok via skype so phil the man who is accused by the us of human rights abuses against the rangar is now in charge of the whole of man maher did you see this coming. no we didn't i mean we saw the threats of course but we believed it was a bluff to start with you know part of the military's ongoing effort to try to build leverage over the civilian government you know there has been sort of a 2 headed government arrangement in myanmar for quite some time with the military wholly its own power not really operating under the control of the

asked what does this say to you does that mean that there's more awareness of the plight of the rangar now in myanmar while the battle is not between the and i was and the and the military the battle is between the the the the public cloud the public office and the democrates south. big military i think we need to be able to distinguish this is not a war that we are in between the military or the or the end of the it is a war between the public where the power of sourced exist in a democratic society and i think it's that like the number that you have giving that does regrets what happened to the till for a small number and this should be a quite a lot of people all their regarding like what happened to ring of people in the past and the common enemy is not really there and gates it's another cute self who commented this atrocities and things like that and at the same time at the growing every post should be able to express themselves and position them politically to be part of this country and to be participating in any means they can to be contributing to this democratization process

of society for policy studies an independent geo political think tank in vancouver yes mean a la a rangar activist and advocate and in colombo sad how mad the south asia campaigner with a focus on bangladesh for amnesty international a warm welcome to you war if we could start with commodore today so since the indian coast guard found these refugees why was india so reluctant to take them in . india when it was informed about this particular india what did what was appropriate at the time which was to disparage the you know still readable asset that could provide water and food because it was understood that this war was drifting for a few days and that some people had even died on board having provided the water and the food and water were the accord those board was on its way as we understand from bangladesh to malaysia so what india did was to contact the bangladeshi government to see what best could be done under the circumstances so given the current situation as far as the rohingya. are confident i could jump in why i could contact bangladeshi authorities if the boat is actually clo

michael thank you now there are grave concerns for a group of rangar refugees adrift in the andaman sea with no food or water about 90 people including children are on board and rights group the project says at least 8 have died the boat left southern bangladesh about 10 days ago and experienced engine failure it's now somewhere in the andaman sea which is part of the indian ocean and bounded by the coastlines of me and thailand it's exactly occasion is still unknown. and more than a 1000000 reaching the refugees are living in crowded camps in bangladesh naseem a cartoon and her family live in cox's bazar the world's biggest refugee camp 25 year old son is on board the missing vessel. how is my son is my son eating is he getting treatment i have been told that my son did not carry any medicine he only took 4 liters of water with him is my son alive i don't know if anything happens to him or if he is hungry. at least 41 refugees drowned when their boat capsized in the central mediterranean at the weekend the united nations says there were among at least 120 people who left a war ravaged

minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun suu she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals aside big al jazeera for the un security council has also added to the growing demands for a return to democracy in may and from new york as our diplomatic editor james best . the statement took several days to negotiate but it is significant it shows security council unity and that china is on board with criticism of the military in myanmar it was read out by the current president of the security council the british ambassador barbara woodward the members of the security council expressed deep concern at the declaration of a state of emergency imposed by the military on the 1st of february and the arbitrary detention of members of the government including state councilor unsung suchi and president when mint and others they called for the immediate release of all those detained. the members of the security council emphasized the

least me and mar and on sun tsu cheese profile in the international community dip because of the rangar situation the running a crisis so there was concern that there'd be a lot of that foreign aid foreign investment pulled out china stuck to its allies are all the way through so those those routes have already grown there with china and they're maintaining china needs me and more as well because of you know access to water there's also a lot of energy interests investments from china in myanmar so it is a relationship that has been going on for a while and is very tight and we're seeing that in the political arena now particularly so what's happening at the u.n. ok great context there with scott hind leg reporting from bangkok today thank you. in the news ahead france holds off on a 3rd long dumba critics warn that may be a risky strategy. there is finally an international or new lead prosecutor should say the international criminal court after a long drawn out process at the u.n. . how they were amazed basically cold across a good part of europe certainly into northern and central are

minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun suu she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals assad beg al-jazeera in the capital naypyidaw there's been a rally in support of the military coup crowds carried the flag of the armed forces and pictures of men online the man who's now in power. there are new warnings about consequences for the world if developing countries don't get fair access to covered by teen vaccines the international federation of red cross red crescent societies says that 70 percent of doses administered so far have been in the world's 50 wealthiest countries they say that this vaccine inequality could lead to further mutations of covert 19 the group is developing a plan to fund jobs for 500000000 people in poor countries. without equal distribution even unduly who are bassinet it may not be safe if the last pockets of the bloop bloop remain on vaccinated there could be 1000 baxi invited as we continu

nations we've also seen how i was very muted in its criticism of myanmar when the crackdown on the rangar happened in 2017 and really i think we can expect more of the same with regards to what happened in myanmar this monday ok florence. from kuala lumpur the regional reaction of the moment thank you florence. the state department has issued a statement saying the united states of poses any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impede me in must democratic transition and will take action against those responsible if these steps are not reversed and monitoring the situation closely and stand with the people of burma who have already enjoyed so much in their quest for democracy and peace batticaloa hain is the u.s. state of as in the u.s. state of maryland she says the new by demonstration will want to take an assertive stance on the. i think we can expect the by the administration to take quick action on this but remember this was joe biden he campaigned for president saying that america needs to reengage the world america to take up its position as leader of the free world

minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun suu she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals assad bake al-jazeera in the capital now if you know there's been a rally in support of the military coup crowds carried the flag of the armed forces and pictures of ming and playing who is the man now in the. pictures are from neighboring thailand where there's been a protest against the coup in me and they waved posters of the aster data unsung suchi thailand is home to the largest population of migrant workers from me and. there are new warnings about the consequences for the whole world of developing countries don't get a fair access to covert 19 vaccines international federation of red cross and red crescent society says 70 percent of the doses administered so far have been in the world's 50 wealthiest countries i say this vaccine inequality could lead to further mutations of covert 19 so the groups developing a plan to fun

robertson is the deputy director at human rights watch he says the coup further disadvantage says rangar refugees hope to one day return to man mama you know our min online of course is someone who has direct responsibility for what happened to the rohingya and also to other ethnic groups across the country who have suffered from the operations of the burmese military the potential return of the rohingya has never really been on the cards for either the government or the military but certainly the b.m.r. military is more hardline about this so i think that unfortunately the rohingya people are going to face a tough time going forward i mean the hope that they will be able to finally return to their homes in peace and freedom with with rights and access to services all those things that the international community has been demanding for them i think it's receded further into the into the future. ok let's move on to some other news now and former u.s. president donald trump has named a new legal team to head his impeachment defense and comes after trying the brought the passageways with hi

minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun too she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals i said big al jazeera well crowds in neighboring thailand held a protest against the coup in myanmar. they were posters of the ousted leader aung sun suu chain thailand is home to the largest population of migrant workers from like me and mark international criminal court has found a ugandan rebel commander dominic unwin guilty of war crimes but the case is an unprecedented one because all when is a perpetrator and a victim on one was part of the lord's resistance army but he was himself abducted by the armed group at the age of 10 and forced into becoming a child soldier even so the court found him guilty of ordering the killings of civilians and abducting children and that he did so on his own accord the chamber's therefore convicted only going over total of $61.00 crimes compromising both crimes against humanity and war crime

minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun too she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals i said beg al-jazeera ok let's wrap up some other top stories for you the 1st shipment of 10000 doses of the russians buttoning we've seen has arrived in iran another 400000 more doses are expected to be delivered in the next few weeks health care workers and vulnerable groups are 1st in line to receive these limited doses dosage of body explains from tehran this aircraft brought the 1st sign of good news for millions of iranians since the start of the pandemic nearly a year ago. the russian sputnik vaccines are the 1st batch to arrive and there are 2 more shipments coming later this month these jobs will be given to 430000 health care workers before anyone else and iran has so far purchased 2000000 doses of the russian vaccine. russia sputnik visa because he is 91 to 93 percent considering that the sputnik is designed well in i

minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun too she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals as that big al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera life from london still ahead on the program china's state broadcaster c.t.m. loses its u.k. license beijing promises retaliatory measures and a social media backlash of a sexist comments made by the tokyo olympics chief apologized but will he step down . however we've got some mall there across parts of southern year but a very different story further north and in between we go to areas of cloud rain sleet and snow this weather system here this double front has a dividing line between the wars that we have across southern most parts and that cold air that we have across the northern areas and it's the northern areas the cold air is going to win over the next couple of days further south of that temperatures hovering around the 20 degree mark were around 6 or 7 celsius above the

the same units was responsible for the campaign of mass killings rape and arson against the muslim rangar in 281-773-0000 members of the minority group were forced to free to bangladesh un investigators say they were escaping genocidal violence or weighing in is a campaigns officer burma campaign u.k. that's a london based non-governmental organization that aims to achieve the restoration of human rights and democracy in burma she joins us by skype from london have you with us on the news hour just how much of it again change or would you say the involvements all of this military division is in the events we're seeing in the a more. it was absolutely shocking and that's what people to you know to what happened yesterday. armies were shooting peaceful protest peacefully or a human rights and democracy in the country and they started shooting in the crowd and they started you know there are a lot of police brutality and you can see on the footage it's completely unacceptable and the crackdown will continue of course people continue going out on the street protesting and you know we we have

minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun suu she who was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals as that big al-jazeera or u.n. security council has called for the military to release unsung say change but stop short of condemning the 15 member council stressed the need them a classic institutions and respect human rights there is diplomatic editor james phase is at the united nations. the statement took several days to negotiate but it is significant it shows security council unity and that china is on board with criticism of the military in myanmar it was read out by the current president of the security council the british ambassador barbara woodward the members of the security council expressed deep concern at the declaration of a state of emergency imposed by the military on the 1st of february and the arbitrary detention of members of the government including state councilor unsung suchi and president when mint an