and activists say up to four million people may have been unable to vote including the minority rohinjalims and we spent the day at a polling station and begins our coverage. ♪ the end of historic day here in myanmar the end of polling for this general election. it seems to have gone very smoothly, there have been no reports of any kind of violence, no reports today on polling day or accusations of any kind of inconsistencies, election monitors from both local and international organizations have fanned out across the country and so far there have been no mention of any kind of wrongdoing or any suspicious activities as these 40,000 polling centers across the country. now the nld opposition party headquarters here people started to gather after the sun sets a couple hours after polling closed to show their support for chi and gathered out in front of headquarters and told to go home and wait for results and we look at how the day unfolded. >> reporter: before daybreak and before polling stations had opened, voters in myanmar were patiently waiting their turn for a chance to vote for a g

do something for the serious human rights problems in the country and at the top of that list is rohinjahich face crimes against humanity and conditions that are close to genocide and are creditably up for international investigation but have not heard from the nld or government for addressing those very real problems. >> said if nlb does win she will be the power above the president, what does that say for democracy in myanmar, how will the military tolerate that and this government of reconciliation that she says she is going to form will that address the rohinja plight do you think? >> those are two very good questions, remember she is facing a constitution that was specifically drafted to excuse her as somebody who is married to, was married to a foreigner and whose children hold foreign passports and she herself has deemed the constitution very silly and certainly criticized appropriately as a very bad constitution because it gives the military authority. the question is what she means by reconciliation and whether she can strike a balance between keeping the military at bay, keepin

. >> rohinja faced abuse at every turn... rape, forced labor, torture, arbitrary arrest and detention it was planned violence. >> the truth could not be revealed until today. >>> other media stories - turkish authorities raided an opposition media company ahead of elections. police entered the istanbul offices of a media group, linked to one of recep tayyip erdogan's rivals. live footage on one of the channels shows it being taken off the air. it was called an operation to silence dissident forces. the ruling party does not like, including media outlets, holding true for anyone that does not obey. it follows a court order. amid accusations that it was dealing in terror propaganda. new-panted trustees moved in, resulting in scenes in the newspaper newsroom. this past week the turkish authorities were criticized for refusing to meet over vice news journalist who has been gaoled for two months, an iraqi kurd. they were deported to the u.k. in egypt the government's targetting of the media continues with the arrest of three journalists. october 21st authorities raided the offices of a med

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holders to vote after protests from nationalists and the move mostly effects hundreds of thousands of rohinja mainly live in western rokind state and were allowed to vote in the last election but not this time and not recognized as citizens and suffer severe discrimination. growing concern led to some add ambassadors and the attorney general himself to speak out and the use of a political agenda based mainly on the protection of the race or religion is dangerous especially in a country as diverse as myanmar. but the damage may have been done. neither of the two largest parties the ruling party and the opposition national league for democracy is fielding any muslim candidate. and he says he is worried about the future and asks who will speak up for his community, florence lee. >>> the death toll from a factory collapse in pakistan is up to 32 and dozens of people are still missing in the rubble and one of pakistan's worst industrial accidents. an investigation will begin once the recovery effort is complete. let's take you live now to lahor and kamal is at the scene of the accident, what is th

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