i think with regards to the rohingya, rohingya, but rohingya is what i heard when i was there, was the speech that was made by tune kim and he spoke, at the ri gala and it really was a gripping speech that he made, and it was different because it was so immediate and there was such desperation there. and he came the next day and he addressed the board and i remembered feeling like i would óóyo like to help this guy somehow, if we could -- not help him, but help his cause, the people there. because he seemed so desperate, you know. and then there was a lot of stuff coming out in the media with these ships being turned away, the human trafficking and the mass graves. and i was in the region and this was something i wanted to do. the other question you asked about, you know, refugees international. it's a great organization. i'm really pleased to be a part of of it. i've been on the board for seven years and working with them for longer. >> how did you get involved -- the board in the first place. >> well, richard holbrooke introduced me to the organization after -- robert de niro introdu

we've also resettled rohingya into the united states about 2,700 rohingya have been brought to the u.s. by the international rescue committee. on the both side the conn assistant message is until all parts of burmese and rohingya society are treated properly we'll never have the political stability to allow for the economics to be deployed. >> rose: does independence increase as democracy increased yes, the voting rights issues became real. the politicization of the rohingya issue became more intense. since the gradual opening of burma, what emerged is a buddhist extremist movement, two words you don't tend to put together. a 969 movement, not officially a military movement that the military used the extremists to try to split the pro democracy and the national wing of democracy vote. so we've seen intensification of the violence against rohingya. they're a good way to change the subjfrom military malpractice and misrule to an unpopular minority that they have a tough time defending. >> rose: matt. the u.s. government and other governments should put more pressure on the myanmar govern

that the rohingya really got my attention. as an advocate for his fellow rohingya was honored at refugees international and defense that he made a powerful speech there is an urgency you don't typically hear it was the immediate desperate plea of of someone who was accepting an award for something they have done the first words out of his mouth were i don't exist. i learned later at the very moment he was making that speech, and many rohingya were suffering and dying at sea. my decision to go to myanmar was spontaneous and not something that i play and. and at that time more stuff was coming out about rohingya and induce induce, horrendous pitchers pitchers, people crammed into the holes of the votes like cargo and talk about human trafficking and ships turned away by countries in the region and i wanted to find out more why these people were forced to flee. i had been on a mission before i met and spoke with displaced people in the eastern kong go in and sudan and i feel the best way to learn about what is going on is to see

myanmar's government doesn't recognise the rohingya. viewing them as illegal immigrants from bangladesh. chang high is a multicultural community, thanks to its location along the trade routes. the rohingya that came, fleeing violence and persecution hide the identity. the mosque was founded over 100 years ago, the congregation has been growing. >> we can't identify if it is rohingya. they told us they are not rohingya, but burmese muslims. >> for safety, mohammed does not tell people his background. there are many buddhists living in chang high. the violence in his former home has drawn along ethnic and religious lines. he can't go back. >> they should stay and fight. not with guns, but with law, and prove that we belong to that country, according to that history. >> as mohammed watches the fight from afar, it will be a difficult one. as mean mar's governments shows no sign of changing its stance on the rohingya. >>> hundreds of tamils in sri lanka have been given back their ancestral land. the government used the area as a high securit

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. >>> thousands of rohingya are leaving myanmar for india.veling by land is seen as a faster and safer way out than by boat. >> reporter: every day this person leaves home with the hope of finding work. he's an ethnic rohingya who came here last month after escaping from myanmar by boat to bangladesh and arrived on foot in india. he says he is safe now, but it hasn't been easy. >> translator: i can understand a bit of the local languages here but i can't speak them fluently. that's why i don't get picked up for day work as much as the locals. >> reporter: others are just settling in to this refugee camp. this man says he arrived here three days ago. >> translator: we have been tortured back home i knew about the rohingya community and escaped here to save my life. >> reporter: in recent years thousands of rohingya have escaped to india, and more than 1700 of them have come here. some are registered as refugees with united nations. others are not. while conditions here are basic. most people seem happy to give up comfort for safety. just a few

i think with regards to the row henna, rohingya but rohingya is what i heard when i was there was the speech that was made by tune kim and he spoke and it was a gripping speech that he made and it was different because it was so immediate and such desperation there and he came the next day and he addressed the board and i remembered feeling like i would like to help this guy somehow, if we could -- not help him but help his cause, the people there. because he seemed so desperate, you know. and then there was a lot of stuff coming out in the media with these ships being turned away, the human trafficking and the maskar aids -- mass car aids and i was in the region and this was something i wanted to do. and refugees international it is a great organization and pleased to be a part of it. i've been on the board for seven years and working with them for longer. >> how did you get involved -- the board in the first place. >> well, richard holbrooke introduced me to the organization after -- robert denero introduced me to richard holbrooke. and i was -- i wrote and directed a movie i was tr

it's congregation has been growing. >> we can't really identify if they are rohingya.they have told us that they are not rohingya, but burmese muslims. >> for safety, muhammed doesn't tell people his background, as they are many buddhists from my myanmar. the violence in his former home has been drawn along it nick and religious lines. he can't go back but encourages the rohingya still in myanmar to stay on. >> they should stay and fight not with guns, but fight with law and prove that we belong to that country according to our history. >> as muhammed watches that fight from afar, it will be a difficult one, as myanmar's government has shown no sign of changing its treatment of the rohingya. >> stay with us, stories still ahead, we meet those finding it hard to rebuild their lives after civil war. >> the twist indies and australia, who said set to deliver the knockout blow in jamaica? details coming up. >> south africa's high court is meeting to consider where sudan's president should be handed over to the international criminal court. he is in johannesburg for a summi

i knew about the rohingya community here. i have some relatives here and thought i would be safe. >> in recent years thousands have rohingya have escapeed to india. some in this camp are registered as refugees with the united nations. others are not. while conditions are basic most people are happy to give up comfort for safety. >> just a few minutes away away from the refugee camp, this represents the hopes that many rohingya come to india with. being able to rent property here is sign of stability and acceptance for the wider community. >> it is testing some people's patience. >> the local people find that it is competing for the jobs. the local work for daily wage and the rohingya work for daily wage. coming here the housing stock is going up. >> like many of the locals they'rethey are missing out on finding work today. he's just another face in the crowd. but compared to so many others his journey to get here has been longer and harder. al jazeera. >> still to come on al jazeera, family we look at the growing number of wo

they don't even acknowledge the word rohingya.enneth: it has gotten so bad that diplomats will not use the term for fear of offending the burmese government. in my private meeting with the president i got him to say the word rohingya, which was a victory. officially, they don't exist. you see most of the diplomats not using the term, which is a real abdication of responsibility. the burmese went back to 1988 when there was an outpouring and it was crushed. and burma live through 30 years of awful dictatorship. charlie: did they change the government? kenneth: they put in a civilian figurehead with a general. but burma under severe economic sanctions is looking around and seeing countries like thailand and others booming and recognizing that it had to open up politically in order to open up economically, but they have been doing it begrudgingly. they're are trying to split the opposition. it is an effort at a controls transition, and so far, the west seems more interested in applauding it's great victory toward some progress rather

it is where most of the persecuted rohingya live. it's not clear if the migrants on the boat are rohingya, they were stranded in a converted fishing boat. thousands of rohingya are leaving for india, travelling over land seen as a faster and safer way out than by boat. we met some of the newest arrivals in the indian city. >> reporter: every day she leaves home with the hope of finding work. she's an ethnic rohingya coming to hyderabad last month, after escaping from bangladesh and arriving on foot. he says he's safe, but it has not been easy. >> translation: i can understand a bit of local languages, i can't understand them. that's why i'm not picked up. in the last month i had five days of work. >> reporter: other rohingya are settling into this camp. this man arrived three days ago from myanmar five days ago. >> translation: we have been tortured back home. we have relatives and thought we'd be safe. more than 1700 of them have come to hyderabad. some that live in the camp are refugees with the united nations. others are not. comp

let's look at the rohingya people. they are a muslim ethnic group mostly in buddhist majority myanmar. they are often called the world's most percent cute minority. they are denied citizenship freedom to travel and education. nearly 120,000 of them have tried to leave by boat in the last three years. neighbors countries have in the past turned them away. a research fellow at the overseas development institute who's work focuses on sectarian violence in myanmar joins us. lillian, i understand you have recently come back from indonesia where 1800 rohingya and bangladesh boat people have left in recent days. how were they received by the local community and what condition did they arrive in? >> well, it's really been an extraordinary welcome from the people in indonesia which is remarkable because the rest of the region has struggled to find a way to save these very vulnerable people. there have been so many boats in distress. thousands of people are starving around in an incredibly precarious situation on these boats in

the rohingya muslims of myanmar.at tens of thousands of rohingya muslims call home. no country claims these people. the rohingya have been stateless for centuries. they are descendants of people who lived in what is now bangladesh. they are unwanted, both in the land of their distant ancestors and in myanmar. this decade, the plight of the rohingya turned from statelessness to persecution. long-simmering tensions between burmese buddhists and their poor muslim neighbors have exploded into violence. mobs armed with machetes have killed hundreds of rohingya prompting more than 100,000 to flee. many thought they would find freedom through traffickers who instead left them for dead floating on rickety boats on the adaman sea or buried in shallow graves in nearby malaysia and thailand. this level of gruesomeness and despair might tempt us to look away, but matt dillon is making it his mission to make sure we do not look away. speaking to the press after his recent visit to the rohingya refugee camp, dillon said, i quote,

. >> and i have a question on the rohingya minority in burma. burma just allowed 700 individuals rohingya were floating offshore. they brought them back into the country. i know the president had something to say about this on monday. there continue to be stateless individuals within their own country and the united states, the administration has maintained sanctions on burma. will those sanctions be contingent on the fate of the rohingya and what pressure will the u.s. apply to give these people rights and citizenship in their own country. >> as it relates to the sanctions on burma i would have to take the question as to what impact those would have. when it comes to pressuring the government in burma the president did that when he traveled to burma and talked about the need for the burmese government to respect the rights and citizens to respect the rights of all the citizens of burma and particularly, to prevent violence between carried out against religious and ethnic minorities in that country and he acknowledged that is a basic responsibil

where most of the rohingya are from. >> officially, these people don't exist. they have no rights, no formal status. every day, up to 100 more anger -- 100 more rohingya refugees make the journey. she arrived days ago. >> we have to crawl to the barb wire fences. my son was hurt. we only made it by the grace of god. >> like most of the rohingya refugees she says she had no choice but to leave myanmar, where her family has been for generations. >> the local people beat up my son, took our cows and goats demanded money, and said they would kill us if we didn't leave. we don't have any money. i thought we were going to die. >> they do have a little school but life is hard for the refugees. >> we have nothing. we live as scavengers. and to melt. we don't have any peace, just suffering. -- we live as scavengers. hand to mouth. we don't have any peace, just suffering. >> she is lived here as a refugee for decades. she looks after her son and mother alone. >> i have no choice but to go from village to village begging for food and money. this morning i was given 1.5 ki

but, about 300 rohingyas have already died at sea this year.ere are reports of others still stranded. earlier today president obama warned myanmar, the country formerly known as burma, that if it wants to become a successful democracy, it needs to take its treatment of the rohingya minority serously. we take a closer look tonight at that treatment. lucy watson of independent television news traveled in myanmar's rakhine state, and filed this report. >> reporter: life for the rohingya community is rejection. segregated in myanmar are regarded as illegal immigrants looking for escape. still this woman and family tribe fled to malaysia on a trip with 400 others, a trip that lasted 50 days and were rescued two weeks ago. we got a handful of rice a day and have to sit in the same place for the whole trip, if you moved you got beaten, she said. "the entire crew was so brutal some days i wanted to jump into the sea. i wished i was dead. it was so hard ." she left more than a month ago. "i'm so worried about him, i think he must be dead. i'm terrified

it is not clear if the migrants are rohingya.manders say they will not take action until they identify the 727 on board found stranded in a fishing boat in the andaman sea. we have more >>> over the last few days we have heard from various state-level officials that the boat had 727 people will be moved to rakhine state. wednesday mark we had confirmation from the rakhine state that it would be moved to maungdaw close to the border with bangladesh, and where the government is keeping a group of beat people found in myanmar borders on the 22 may, 10 days ago. the government says this small a group. most are from bangladesh but we don't know the identities of 720 people found on friday. when we spoke to the government spokesman an tuesday. he said they'd be moved to an undisclosed location before they are repatriated back to bangladesh suggesting that a verification exercise of the identities had been completed, but he later corrected the statement to say the verification exercise will be conducted and is ongoing. this whole attitu

and policies of discrimination and marginalzation and persecution against rohingya making desperateeys to leave the country but says it's not part of the problem because it says these people are not from myanmar and not from the country and are all illegal immigrants from neighboring bangladesh and this whole and the whole way it has handled this issue is connistent with that and does not see itself as part of the refugee migrant crisis despite being a regional meeting four days ago in bangkok to tackle the crisis and were supposed to discuss the route part of the problem and myanmar is part of the problem but myanmar is not acknowledging that. >> florence thank you. more than 400 passengers are missing after their river cruiser sank in china. rescuers heard cries from help in the eastern star carrying 458 mostly elderly tourists on the yangtze river in hubei province and five confirmed dead and another 14 have been rescued so far, the captain and chief engineer who managed to get out are being questioned by police and rob mcbride has more from hong kong. >> reporter: this accident

other rohingya are settling in.y said they arrived here three days ago from the state in myanmar. >> we have been tortured back home. we escaped to stay my life. i have relatives here, and thought i would be safe. >> in recent years, thousands escaped. more than 1700 came to hidera bad. some are refugees. others are not. conditions here are basic. most people are happy to give up comfort for safety. >> just a few minutes from the refugee camp the neighbourhood represents the hope that many come to india with. being able to rent a property is a sign of stability. and acceptance by the wider community. >> reporter: as the unrest grows, so does the rohingya in hyderabad. it's testing patients. >> local people found they were competing for jobs. re go for the wage. the second issue was about the house rents. more and more come back in here. the houses started to go up. locals started dissenting. many have missed out on find work today. in one of india's biggest cities he's a face in the crowd. compared to sorts, the jou

. >> myanmar's navy, most of the migrants are rohingya migrants that myanmar's government refuses to acknowledge about migrants are leaving the country myanmar says, to find owner employment not toen invoice to avoid persecution. >> people in thailand's government realize that, the boats of most of the rohingyas floating off the coast of thailand has but the human rights issue on the world's mind more than anything before. antitrafficing people have told me that on previous years they have been no more than talking shops. the keynote address of the president suggests this issue was taken more seriously. he is keen to point out this issue is one of his dwoft's top three priorities, and officials are handing out the amendments to are thailand's anti antitrafficking laws. and much more serious prosecution on those convicted of human trafficking. 140 people were successfully prosecuted last year, a number lower than the previous year, a suggestion that things are getting worse in thailand. unless they have a practical result they're not worth that many. >>> not the home the three iranian

thailand was criticized for pushing back rohingya boats. helicopters dropped them food but would not let them land on shore. under international pressure thailand promised a better response, air patrols started and the thai navy based a large ship off sure ready to recover any immigrants. >> when boats were found you have off the sea. there was thousands floating out there. thailand's navy has been sending two helicopters and two planes on patrol of every day since, and so far have not found any other vessels. at least not ones with migrants visible on deck. this is the busy sea. every boat has checked given each care craft flies for two hours each day. that, though, the captain insists, is enough. >> if there are the migrants out there, as the rumours suggest, that there are boats out there, and they come through thai waters, we'll find them. so far we have not seen anyone. >> reporter: this is a woman's shelter, last november this woman was tricked to leaving her children in myanmar and getting on a boat. in fact, she says she was kidnapp

the government described these people as beng alley, a term used to describe and disparage the rohingya. an ethnic minority not recognised. they believe that it employs that they are recent migrants. the rohingya are stateless and friendless in this country, subject to restriction, and they can't travel freely. they are stateless, don't have rights and are segregated from the community, these continues are making so many get onto boats to leave the country. the myanmar government refuses to acknowledge that policies of discrimination are driving many to make dangerous boat journeys to escape. >> thank you. iraq's prime minister is pleading for happy to fight islamic state of iraq and levant. haider al-abadi says his country needs the support of the world to defeat i.s.i.l. but is not getting it. we have a report from paris where there was a meeting with allies. >> reporter: in iraq, the bullets and bombs continue. fighting so severe it looks nowhere near over. the hot desert landscape, a tangled web of militaries and militias, all trying to stop the advance of i.s.i.l. in paris, a stark

the rohingya are virtually friendless and stateless, they have few rights they can't move around they are forcibly segregated and that's why so many are making the boat journeys to leave. the myanmar government refuses to acknowledge that they are part of the refugee and migrant crisis and says it is a human trafficking problem, and many of these people on the boats are economic migrants from bangladesh. iraq's prime minister is pleading for happy to fight islamic state of iraq and levant. haider al-abadi says his country needs the international support of the world to defeat i.s.i.l. but is not getting it. we have a report from paris where there was a meeting with allies. >> reporter: in iraq, the bullets and bombs continue. fighting so severe it looks nowhere near over. the hot desert landscape, a tangled web of militaries and militias, all trying to stop the advance of i.s.i.l. in paris, a stark juxtaposition. in this ornate setting diplomats desperate to find a solution for iraq in its battle against i.s.i.l., or as the group is called in arabic, d.a.e.s.h. >> translation: the int

in mid may, thailand was criticized for pushing back rohingya boats. helicopters dropped them food, but would not let them land on shore. under international pressure, thailand promised in future a better response, air patrols started and the thai navy based a large ship off shore ready to accommodate any immigrants. >> when boats of desparate in the andaman sea there was thousands floating out there. thailand's navy has been sending two helicopters and two planes on patrol every day since, and so far have not found any other vessels. at least not ones with migrants visible on deck. this is though, a busy sea. every fishing boat has to be checked near impossible given each aircraft flies for two hours each day. that, though, the captain insists, is enough. >> if there are the migrants out there, that the rumours suggest, and if they come through thai waters, we'll find them. so far we have not seen anyone. >> reporter: for now a home for this woman is a woman's shelter, last november this woman was tricked to leaving her children in myanmar and getting

it's not clear if the migrants on this boat are rohingya.el officers says they will not take further action until they have identified the 727 team on board. they were found stranded in a concerted fishing boat five days ago. florence lou looi has more. >> reporter: over the last few days we have heard from various state level official that his the booed crammed with 727 people will be moved to rakhine state. now, on wednesday morning we got confirmation from the rakhine state spokesman that this boat will be moved to northern rakhine state very close to the border with bangladesh. it's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters. on the 22nd of may about 10 days ago. the government says most of them are from bangladesh in the smaller group but we don't know the identities of the 727 people on friday. when we spoke to the government spokesman a tuesday he says they will be moved before they are repatriated back to bangladesh, suggest that go a verification exercise of their identities have been c

rakhine is where most of the persecuted rohingya minority live.s not clear if the migrants on the boat are row hip ga. the navel commanders say they won't take action until they have identified the 727 people on board. they were found stranded in a converted fishing boat five days ago. floorflorence looi has more. >> reporter: over last few days we have heard from various state-level official that his the boat crammed with 727 people will be moved to rakhine state. now, on we understand morning we got confirmation from the rakhine state spokesman that this boat will be moved to to northern rakhine state very close to the border with bangladesh. it's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters on the 22 *pd of may. about 10 days ago. now, the government says this smaller group. most are from bang los angeles deck we don't note identities of the 727 people found on friday. now, when we spoke to the government spokesman on tuesday he said they will be moved to an undisclosed location before they were fina

a vast majority of rohingya, the muslim population left stateless by myanmar. the state department said giving them citizenship will solve the problem. >> the answer to this issue is peace and stability and citizenship for the rohingya in rokind state. that is the solution and that's what we mean when we talk about root causes in terms of the rohingya. >> myanmar said the rohingya are illegal immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. malaysia airlines said it is technically bankrupt. a new plan released tailed says the company will cut 6,000 jobs and may change its name. that comes after two major disasters in the air. we have this report. >> is a smaller fleet with a new look and name. that's what's set to emerge from the restructuring of malaysia airlines. the expected cost is almost $2 billion. the transformation will be painful. its overhaul includes laying off a third of it's 20,000 workforce. >> the only thing right now that we have to do is evaluate the mistakes or the areas that we have made. this is a very competitive industry right now analysts say the

the rohingya were put inside a warehouse.ar is largely buddhist and does not recognize the rohingya as citizens. >> woodruff: the corruption scandal that's engulfed soccer rolled on today, with reports the f.b.i. is investigating how world cups were awarded. they came a day after sepp blatter, head of soccer's governing body fifa, announced he's resigning. the russian sports minister insisted today that plans to play the 2018 world cup in his country will go forward. >> ( translated ): blatter is the president of fifa and he has always maintained warm relations with russia. but in general, the decision on hosting the world cup was made by the executive committee of fifa and it is a legal decision, no resignations can affect or change it. >> woodruff: the government of qatar likewise rejected any talk that it might be stripped of the 2022 world cup. the foreign minister said his country is the victims of "prejudice and racism" against arab/islamic states. >> ifill: a suspect in a boston terror investigation talked of killing p

see that these missions are appropriately supported and we hope that something can be done for the rohingya people, and that's easier if failing missions some decades old are closed and the horrendous sexual abuses are tackled head-on. u.n. reform shouldn't be limited to peacekeeping. this summer when the u.n. scale of assessments is reviewed i trust the u.s. delegation will be working to spread the burden and give major donors greater say in management decisions. ambassador power, you will be wrestling with many critical issues in the coming months. to say you have a difficult and even hostile environment at the u.n. is an understatement, but you do not appear to be one to shy away from the challenge. i look forward to continue to work with you on these pressing matters. we thank you again for being with us today, and i will now turn to mr. elliott engle, the ranking member of new york for his opening statement. thank you, mr. chairman for holding this hearing and ambassador power, welcome. thank you for your testimony today and more importantly, for your distinguished service. as far as i

myanmar does not consider the rohingya citizens. (n) bangladesh dozens were charged with murder over the rana plaza garment factory which collapsed in april of 2014. the factory's owner and 43 others are responsible raising questions about bangladesh's garment industry. >>> malaysia's airlines took a major step to charter new territory for the company. hoping to restore the confidence of the flying public after a disastrous 2014. divya gopalan reports. >> a new name, that's what's emerged from malaysia airlines restructuring. christophe mueller the new ceo describes the restructuring with reason. the changes followed two tragedies involving malaysia airlines in the past 14 months but analysts say the carrier had been racking up losses for years. >> this restructuring is driven by business imperatives and the need for it was identified long before last year. so i wouldn't put too much direct connection. it's the intensely competitive situation that airlines fly in. >> to promote the country's foreign policy it had excess staff due to

in mid may thailand was criticized for turning back boats of rohingya. tield finished in future a better response it will thai navy have placed a large ship oaf shore. >> when boats of migrants were found in the andeman sea you manien thailand's navy has bent sending a plane up refer month since, and still haven't found any migrants. at least those that are visible at sea. given each scrart acknowledge that the captain is, enough. >> if there are suggestions that we e-they suggest we will find them. but so far we haven't seen anybody. >> women's shelter near the thai island of poukette pitcher she was she says kidnapped. after five weeks she was held for a ransom she couldn't pay. some people died there my mothers, iscape. my experiences in myanmar, at the jungle camp westerly horrific. for the firsts time in my life i feel like a free person. >> it says systems are now in place if boats start coming again. for desperate it now has a human main response. ak dreurs thomas, being scott hyde lir will about from the sunday at be al jazeera we have still got

overloaded boats many are rightly bothered by the united nation's poor track record of protecting rohingyas. muslim girls can think they are finding safe haven but end up being trafficked, being sexually exploited and being led into a lifetime of misery. united nations peacekeeping by the way, despite many short comings has managed to protect innocent civilians and minorities in recent years the missions in the democratic republic of congo and mali and south sudan have saved lives. the committee wants to continue working with the ambassador to see that these missions are appropriately supported and we hope that something can be done for the rohingya people and that's easier if failing missions some decades old are closed and the horrendous sexual abuses are tackled head-on. u.n. reform shouldn't be limited to peacekeeping. this summer when the u.s. scale of assessments is reviewed i trust the u.s. delegation will be working to spread the burden and give major donors greater say in management decisions. ambassador power you will be wrestling with many critical issues in the coming months. to

. >> scott heidler will report from rohingya. >> women are restricted from going out in public since 8:00 p.m. a e-an original sperption interpretation or your ability to. >> adopted islamic law. women are reppary manted for being outdoors after 9:00 p.m unaccompanied by their husbands or family members unmatter is couples are given the last warning, kissing in a public park violators can be punished by caning in public like these unmarried couples who were reliant caught, for the player of banda ache, she has now issued a banning for women after a certain hour. >> we've adopted islamic law we need to implement it. by 11:00 p.m people should be able to rest. >> elmie ne, she needs to do night shifts to support her family and liver for her children. >> i think the government should look at what we women are doing and what kind of risk is there? >> no position to give up on night shifts can a are accord to the new regulations her employer can lose his lines if she works past 11:00 p.m. you-k he can be reprimanded for be and humane version of islamic law. they say because a regulation h

. >> still to come, supporting an entire family on just $10 a day but this rohingya living in thailand is more fortunate than others. >> i'm robin forester walker who recording from azerbaijan. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et is >> hello again the top stories here on al jazeera. african leaders are gathering for the african union summit in johannesburg, with the crisis in burundi on the top of the agenda agenda. calling for the arrest of omar al bashir president of ever president of sudan at that conference. >>> whistle blower edward snowden. >>> 12 months after a series of attacks in which almost 100 people died. al jazeera catherine soy reports. >> just started rebuilding his hotel a year after it was banged down by gunmen. he was in this room about 11:00 p.m, when he was hit by continuous gun fire. started hunting for men. by dawn at least 50 men were dead and the to

it's not clear if the migrants on the boat are rohingya. they were found in the sea five days ago. we have more. >> over the last few days, we've heard from various state level officials that the boat crammed with 727 people will be moved to that rakind state. we got information from the state spokesman that this boat will be moved to mondor in the northern part of the state close to the border with bangladesh. it's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters on the 22nd of may about 10 days ago. the government said this smaller group, most are from bangladesh. we don't know the identities of the 727 people found on friday. when we spoke to the government spokesman on tuesday, he said they'll be moved to an unadditional closed location before they are sent back or rate receipted back to bangladesh. their identities had already been completed. he later corrected the statement to say that an exercise will be conducted and is still on going. this whole attitude, the way the entire incident has been handled, however reflects the government

they include rohingya muslims facing persecution in myanmar. a mass grave was discovered in the country's south. the discovery led to the arrest of more than 50 people including politicians and police officers. officials at the united nations say about 2,000 people are still adrift at sea. they are calling on neighboring nations to help. >>> it's time for a check of the weather. meteorologist robert speta. joins us with more. >> yes, actually, in tokyo. we are going to be looking at a likely in the next week or two out here. now, it has officially started a little farther back toward the west, across parts of kyushu, we have seen the rainy season kick in about four to -- well, two to four days ahead of average out here. now, we are getting a little break for most of the country as we go ahead through our thursday here. you see a satellite picture, clear skies have moved in, as we head into the weekend, another bout of rainfall is really going to start to push in from the west. and that's going to bring in some more showers not only parts of kyu

and hundreds more have died in southeast asia, mainly rohingya muslims fleeing persecution in myanmarmore than 13,000 syrians have crossed the turkey-syrian border in the last week alone. fleeing fighting between isil and kurdish forces. >> just a couple of meters here this latest search of refugees is escaping an assault on a border town under isil control. airstrikes have helped the ypg push forward. >> we lost our home ten days ago. fierce fighting forced us to leave to save our children. before that life was okay. >> we were terrorized by isil. we left because of a heavy bombardment from both sides. i'll never go back. in there you die a hundred times a day. >> the ypg has had the area in its sights for three weeks. isil has been in the town for four months. people say that it is now deserted with a few isil fighters left inside and the ypg now controls the only road, isil's effective capital 80 kilometers away. this is the fourth time that turkey has opened its borders. most people have been waiting at least 4 hours to get through. they're carrying everything that they can manage

myanmar is seen as one of the problems because of the way it treats the rohingya an at nick high norty government doesn't recognize. but the myanmar government says it is not the problem, because these people are not from here anyway and refuses to recognize that it is its policies that is driving tens of thousands to leave the country. >>> it has been a year since hamas and fattah formed a unity government, but they still haven't put aside their differences. stay with us. ♪ >>> welcome back. i'm shiulie ghosh let's remind you of the top stories. a bomb has exploded in northeastern nigeria. up to 50 people are reported killed. the attack follows another major blast on saturday when at least 30 people were also killed in the capitol of borno state. >>> hundreds of migrants found drifting in their boat off of the coast of myanmar have been escorted to an undisclosed location. >>> iraq's prime minister is describing the advance of isil fighters as a failure for the world community. he is accusing the u.s.-lead international coalition of not doing enough to stop them. >>> the u.s. say ther

hundreds more have died in southeast asia sea mainly rohingya muslims facing persecution in myanmar. many are tried to reach turkey. they are fleeing fighting between isil and kurdish forces. we have more from turkey. >> this is the fourth time that the turkish authorities have opened this frontier between in the last two weeks or so. we think a couple of thousand syrian refugees have left the town today and they're telling us that the area itself is all but deserted. it remains under isil control but we're told that syrian kurdish forces have the town encircled. the refugees are waiting just on the other side of that border checkpoint. they may open it again later on today. once they come through the children are vaccinated. everybody is registered, and they're allowed to live with relatives or refugee camps in turkey. >> there are reports that eight people have been killed in two separate explosions explosions in northeast nigeria. one went off outside an office. it is unclear who is behind the attack. >>> three tunisian police have been killed in a battle with gunmen. one gunman w