been happening since the coup on february 1st they're saying they want to directly go against the tatmadaw the government forces because of what they've been doing not their individual fight their individual flight fight has been going on for quite some time but one thing that has happened just over the weekend that was something that we had not seen in quite some time and that was in this career in an area which is just across the border from here thailand into myanmar there are air strikes and that's why we saw that flow of people coming over about 3000 coming over to thailand fleeing that seeking refuge and medical attention and the thais said that they are there so there are still about 550 here in thailand thailand territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tied social said it's because the situation was safe human rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their own their their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar no

yeah i mean the tatmadaw seems to really be digging their heels in they haven't responded very well to any suggestions for diplomacy or dialogue and i think the n.l. deeside kind of feels like they shouldn't have to negotiate or make any concessions because they wanted no action in overwhelming landslide so under what normal circumstances with the wedding party have to make any concessions so both sides seem quite far apart thanks for joining us and your neck i'm certain and young go thank you. china's palm to spot the communist party's plan to tighten control of hong kong by overhauling the city's electrical system the national people's congress voted overwhelmingly to pass a resolution granting beijing powers a veto of accountants to ensure that the cities governed by what they called patriot's critics say the changes will eliminate all remaining opposition calling it a final nail in the coffin of hong kong's democracy let's get more from dwi correspondent phebe kong who is in hong kong welcome phoebe so talk us through what practical difference these changes will make. beijing has t

they're they're scattered all across the country they have been engaged in these battles with the tatmadaw the military in myanmar pretty much since the establishment of the country so when you look at armed conflict it has been ongoing in the country but what makes it very delicate now obviously is because of the post-coup activity because of the the violent crackdown on the streets across myanmar so you have these ethnic armies that have had their individual battles if you will with the tatmadaw some of them had been under ceasefire some of them had been in peace talks but now because of what's been happening since the coup on february 1st they're saying that they want to directly go against the tatmadaw the government forces because of what they've been doing not their individual fights their individual flight fights have been going on for quite some time one thing that we can definitely isolate as an escalation you talk about attacks on outposts and things that kind of attacks those kinds of attacks have been going on for years but one thing that has happened just over the weekend that

as such so it's very difficult when you see ok they're going to all come together and fight the tatmadaw the myanmar army that is a very difficult situation because even within these ethnic armies sometimes they fight each other but right now what we're seeing a groundswell from these ethnic army saying that what the myanmar army is doing military is doing is wrong and they're backing the the protest movement and also they have these individual fights with the tatmadaw now as we saw with the karen you over the weekend so that part yes has escalated the can you also saying that they are seeing troop movements tatmadaw troop movements toward their positions that's something we're keeping a very close eye on. diplomatic editor james bays tells us what we can expect from the un security council late on wednesday. the security council has already issued 2 strong statements on the situation in myanmar but they've been ignored and the violence and killing has continued in the streets the secretary general of the united nations antonio good terrorists in recent days has issued fresh condemnation

they have been engaged in these battles with the tatmadaw, the military in myanmar, pretty much since the establishment of the country. so when you look at armed conflict, it has been ongoing in the country, but what makes it very delicate now obviously, is because of the post-coup activity because of the violent crackdown on the streets across myanmar. so you have these ethnic armies that have had their individual battles if you will, with the tatmadaw or some of them have been under ceasefire. some of them had been in peace talks. but now because the words happening since the coup on february 1st, they're saying that they want to directly go against the tatmadaw, the government forces because of what they have been doing, not their individual fights. heavy gunfire was heard, presidential palace in the early hours of wednesday, 2 days before president elect mohammed gazans swearing in ceremony. yemen's who the rebels have rejected a leaked u.n. report suggesting they are behind in the tack on at an airport. airport. the security council says the missiles used were similar to those in

k n u the current national union they are saying that they're preparing for an offensive by the tatmadaw that's the myanmar army and they're concerned because of what we've seen as you mentioned what has happened over that happened over the weekend and those were airstrikes where those injured and frightens people came across the border here in the thailand some are still here on this side of the border they are seeking they are getting medical attention any of those who were injured we do know that a few 1000 went back across the river that's the border in this part between me and mar and thailand they were back across and some of them are staying just on the bank on the other side of the thailand government here the prime minister said late on tuesday he said if that escalates if the fighting escalates in that parts of myanmar they will welcome the refugees in the government's line so far has been stance so far has been those who went back went back because the situation became more safe but the government here is saying if it changes they will allow them to come back a little bit of a

yeah i mean the tatmadaw seems to really be digging their heels in and they haven't responded very well to any suggestions for diplomacy or dialogue and i think the n.l. deeside kind of feels like they shouldn't have to negotiate or make any concessions because they want to know actually in an overwhelming landslide so under what normal circumstances with the winning party you have to make any concessions so both sides seem quite far apart thanks for joining us under not consent and younger . to china where the country's parliament has backed the communist party's plan to tighten control of hong kong by overhauling the territories the electoral system the national people's congress voted overwhelmingly to pass the resolution granting beijing powers a veto over counting votes to ensure that the city is governed by what they called patriots critics say the charges will eliminate all remaining opposition called it a final nail in the coffin of hong kong democracy. let's get more from d.w.i. correspondent phoebe kong who is in hong kong welcome phoebe so talk us through what practical diffe

happening since the coup on february 1st they're saying that they want to directly go against the tatmadaw the government forces because of what they've been doing not their individual fight their individual flight fights have been going on for quite some time but one thing that has happened just over the weekend that was something that we had not seen in quite some time and that was in this. area which is just across the border from here thailand into myanmar there are airstrikes and that's why we saw that the flow of people coming over about 3000 coming over to thailand fleeing that seeking refuge and medical attention and the thais said that they're there so there are still about 550 here in thailand at thailand's territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tire officials said it's because the situation was safe haven rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their oh their their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now

the tatmadaw staged a coup and quashed burmese's experience with democracy. and they want respected human rights. the genocide of the rue hingea is the best example. in fact when burma's november 8, 2020 elections resulted in the national league for democracy winning an overwhelming victory and securing enough seats in parliament and form the next government it was not examining the disenfranchising of ethnic in several provinces. the resolution before us today condemns the february 1 coup and calls on the tatmadaw to free all those detained and return members of the civilian government to power. we are considering this resolution at a critical time. more than 2100 people have been arrested, charged or sentenced in relation to the coup. the military and police have been ordered to fire on protestors. more than 200 people have been killed in cold blood in these violent crackdowns. on top of mobile data blackouts, there is concern that tatmadaw could cut off wifi and fiber lines being cut which would cut off access to the internet all together. there is no time

happening since the coup on february 1st they're saying that they want to directly go against the tatmadaw the government forces because of what they've been doing not their individual fight their individual flight fights have been going on for quite some time but one thing that has happened just over the weekend that was something that we had not seen in quite some time and that was in this korean area which is just across the border from here thailand into myanmar there are airstrikes and that's why you saw that the flow of people. coming over about 3000 coming over to thailand fleeing that seeking refuge and medical attention and the thais said that they're there they're still about 550 here in thailand at thailand's territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tire officials said it's because the situation was safe haven rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their 0 their their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar n

recognized by this occurring to each council that now that the behavior is in the actions of the tatmadaw they terrorist group they're using snipers tear gas is bombs and killing people from the shooting for the head we've had 2 deaths by children 14 and 16 shot in the head and the 2nd thing the security council will have to really recognize is that the fact that the actions i called for egypt were crimes crimes against humanity and genocide in relation to the record state and kitchen and shin and shine states but this time i'm calling it is security council recognize it as crimes against humanity for they are the people in manama now and strongly refer to this. this military hunta to the i.c.c. once and for all now he let me just follow up with you very quickly about one point . we're making with regards to the atrocities committed in iraq and say one of the things that i've noticed on twitter and i know that you've noticed as well is this outpouring by many in myanmar who are taking to twitter and other social media platforms saying that they were unaware of what had happened to the roh

so you have these ethnic armies that have had their individual battles if you will, with the tatmadaw some of them had been under ceasefire. some of them had been in peace talks. but now because of what's been happening since the coup on february, 1st, they're saying they want to directly go against the tatmadaw, the government forces because of what they've been doing, not their individual fight, their individual flight fight has been going on for quite some time. but one thing that has happened just over the weekend, that was something that we had not seen in quite some time. and that was in this career in area which is just across the border from here, thailand, into myanmar. there are air strikes and that's why we saw that flow of people coming over about 3000 coming over to thailand, fleeing that seeking refuge and medical attention. and the thais said that they are there. so there are still about 550 here in thailand, thailand, territory. but the rest about 2200 were sent back tied. fishel said it's because the situation was safe. human rights groups say no, they were actually p

existence but the ethnic groups recognize words point for anybody watching the situation that the tatmadaw the military is on the ropes there perhaps is a generational moment you're for some fundamental change inside the country and brian 3 of these ethnic groups have now threatened to end a cease fire deal with the 1000000 mom military because of the deaths of the protest as if that ceasefire is broken how much of an escalation would this be. you know this can create some real problems for the military so the collectively all the our ethnic armed groups have about 75000. members and military has about 300000 but the geography is such that the ethnic groups the rain the periphery of the country and really would require some movement to towards that periphery which would mean that there weren't as many troops to police the cities where there were the civil disobedience movement is really at the heart of the m 20 coop movement so this group create major problems for the military but the backdrop here is that the ethnic groups who have been battling to toughen up for decades have no faith tha

tatmadaw or so again we're kind of getting down that way but right now it's just kind of a wait and seebut particularly in that area where those aerial bombardments happened because they can you has said that they also have intelligence or physical evidence that there are some tatmadaw troops on the way to them so there could be a confrontation there they're warning about that and that's the one area to really keep a close eye on and keep a cool sight we shall meanwhile scott's the elected leader aung san suu kyi she said it's a here in courts to more rule what more do we know about this. well yeah this is a court hearing and i'll be done via video link you know we've had a couple of hearings a couple of delayed hearings since february 1st there are multiple of charges against her now we know that the 2 original ones seem pretty innocuous considering what later charges are accusations have been leveled against her the person was illegally possessing walkie talkie radios breaching covert 1000 restrictions while she was campaigning for the election back in november and then now over the l

nights the feeling among the communities was that these were potentially people being paid by the tatmadaw to go out and cause chaos so nighttime brings particular nightmares for me and must people and they are hoping for i ask you is it likely to despite everything that's happened the crackdown we've seen some 50 protesters that's a figure that we know of 50 people have been killed now these nighttime raids which is a deep intimidating has it done anything to deter the demonstrators i'm not sure if you had a chance to speak to many people before you left the country i would say knots i think that the people are spoken to who. are friends and. neighbors they they say that they are. they're willing to risk everything they're willing to risk their life they herds and those their jobs by being part of civil disobedience movement for example which includes doctors that covert $1000.00 testing centers included some and public hospitals teach themselves very briefly to people want what they be ok with that military sort of bringing back and sense 18 the l.n.b. and sort of renegotiating its polit

minnaar in addition to their own battles that they've been having with the central army with the tatmadaw so that's kind of inching when you see that they're coming together because a lot of these ethnic armies have had fights amongst themselves as well so now they're speaking with more of a unified voice so that is a development when you look at what could come next what we're looking at very closely is the current state which is right across the border here in the western side of thailand the eastern border of myanmar over the weekend there are air strikes in a couple of villages in the territory run by the ethnic army there that hasn't happened for a very long time and it was very violent and deadly and it sent people across the border here into thailand thus making this an international truly international situation and growing very dangerous a lot of those there about 3000 came over. most of them 2300 went back and said they went back because it was safe human rights groups said. they were pushed back about 550 are still here so that is the area i think we really need to focus on rea

we have seen you know teenagers young women shot in the head it really doesn't reflect what the tatmadaw is saying about only using force when necessary they seem to use force totally indiscriminately i was i'm searching the country's foremost civilian leader she's facing new allegations that seem much more significant than the 2 shot you see face before yeah these are the big charges she had been charged for some kind of kind of silly things before violent cove and i can see her stripped gins illegally importing walkie talkies i think these were kind of placeholder charges while they tried to dig up something a little more serious corruption charges of seeing people sentenced to prison for as long as 30 years so i think these are the charges that they're really hoping are going to permanently sidelined on some say cheaper politics right i'm one of a saying that she has done. well like you said they haven't offered as a ton of details they said she accepted illegal payments $600000.00 in cash and gold they said the information came from the. chief minister and yang. but all we heard so f

trading partner with me and maher and is the biggest supplier of arms and military equipment to the tatmadaw me and mars' army. after sunday's violent crackdown and vandalism the judge to announce at least 6 areas in yangon are now under martial law. in smaller groups than on sunday protesters came out again on the streets of mandalay on monday marching against the giant and supporting their democratically elected leaders ousted civilian leader aung sang suu kyi was to have another court hearing on the charges against her including one added last week accusing her of accepting illegal payments but the hearing was pushed back to the go on sunday g.'s g.'s was a jaunt to the new food on this my. p.c. cannot be just could not be conducted this t. today because we have got no internet in the country for the whole country these 6 weeks on the protesters resolve has remained constant. but according to some they've had to increase their willingness to sacrifice. their dirty that could have found the meaning of the tattoo is freedom from fear they threatened us with weapons but our revolution won't

insurgent groups who are likely to be coming out to protect the protesters and to stand against the tatmadaw the burmese army and this is one of the areas i think where. we've seen the violence of the last week this is where it is still teetering on the edge of an even greater conflict we're in in this country you have all sorts of different groups with all sorts of different agendas once you create the kind of chaos that we're seeing now an army that is prepared to use fatal force against its own population. really threaten what is a very fragile house of cards on the other side and crossed the army can't be shown to back down they've now put themselves in the position where if they show any weakness at all it will be exploited by these ethnic armed insurgent forces and so we really we've seen the balance that they're using on the streets and terrible as that is there are still worse places to go and while the army is using these terrible controls against the people i think there's still a lot of concern people watching outside that it could get even worse if the armed groups decide to use

building up trying to further pressure the military to turn back the coup mir most military the tatmadaw doesn't seem to be showing any signs of backing down just bring us up to date with the latest on the protests who are overnight they've been tabulating the fatalities from from yes it appears so far we've got 12 confirmed in. in the protest mainly in mandalay 6 confirmed but once again the protesters are back on the streets they're coming out they've changed their tactics somewhat we saw yesterday they were moving faster. they're using smoke to cover their rich they're throwing up barricades on the street but they are as they have been for more than a week now being met with a sniper shots we've seen terrible pictures of wounds which been clearly inflicted by weapons there have been fatalities lots of wounded in mandalay was just in touch with a contact in mandalay though who said the protesters are already back on the streets nothing here than young gone but one would imagine they will be out there too as they will be again in many other parts of myanmar tony thanks very much indeed

something the ethnic groups have been saying for decades in their battle against myanmar as army the tatmadaw as it's known inside the country but he did also say that at this stage it would be very hard for all of those groups to come together they all have disparate aims there in different areas many of them have different caliber of weapons very hard for any kind of coordinated response and he also said there's a level of distrust about the n l d who many of those groups feel have betrayed them since they got into parent 2015 when they were working with the the myanmar army so i think there is a mood there is a reception everybody is watching what's going on in the streets and feels that something needs to be done this call may be a rallying cry but as yet it's a little too early to turn 20 chang reporting live from bangkok thanks terry. a british iranian woman who's been detained in iran since 2016 has appeared in court not stay in the gallery radcliffe is facing a new charge of propaganda against the system she was released from detention just a week ago after serving 5 years for a separ

that the tatmadaw or the ability in myanmar is accused of the horrific crimes against humanity and against the ruling that they have committed and clearly this makes it even more volatile right now and we must also remember we are talking about the people of myanmar can feel unsafe right now on the streets protesting but it's also that people there are people who are displaced outside the country because of this conflicts we shouldn't forget that that it's not just the people internally displaced it's not the people who are affected right now it's also people who are outside the country who are equally affected and who must be taken into consideration who should have that opportunity to go back if they wish to and under those conditions so the pressure really builds should build on the myanmar government and the international community has a role there too to really create that condition for the people to go back and say voluntary unsustainable conditions and dignified conditions out of their homes commodore day you mentioned there that well several countries have i think the words used wa

existence but the ethnic groups recognize what it's plain to see for anybody watching the situation tatmadaw the military is on the ropes so the collectively all the are ethnic armed groups of about 75000. members and the military has about $300000.00 but the geography is such that ethnic groups that ring the periphery of the country and really require some movements to towards that periphery which would mean that there weren't as many troops to police the cities where there are the civil disobedience movement is really. the heart of the entire crew movement so this group create major problems for the military but the backdrop here is that the ethnic armed groups who have been battling the top not productive. have no faith that fatah is not broker here they have been experiencing the very tactics that we're seeing on t.v. today in cities of myanmar for decades in the regions that they control in contests in a lot of ways this is the military's horse nightmare a true alliance between that and take who demonstrators politicians that won this election last month and ethnic congress and you know

types of intimidation that the military is using you know there's probably a department within the tatmadaw that's the military in myanmar that is specifically designed to do that to intimidate psychological warfare right now when you look at the streets in myanmar you can look at as there that their battle lines so the military is deploying whatever they have learned over the years or tried to use over the years against their enemies and now they see the protesters as their enemy so yes they're using any type of intimidation they can if that is you know the facebook pages the you tube channels were much more official in organized by the military still spreading disinformation still spreading rumors stoking fear now the tick tock it's interesting it's difficult to tell i guess at this stage to see if that was actually orchestrated by someone within the military and in a leadership position or just encouraging soldiers and saying go out there intimidate as much as you can the protesters and to talk is one of the platforms to use but tick-tock has has announced that they're going to monitor m

been happening across the border but over the years of civil conflict between ethnic armies and the tatmadaw the myanmar military there have been a lot of refugees who have come here over the last 40 so years so it's not a situation that is something that's new to the people here but this situation is different in that as we heard there's concern about if there is a flood of refugees coming over what's that going to do to the existing refugees here and how is that going to work into the community here that is also you know really kind of taxed because of the coronavirus situation and because of loss of trade between these 2 countries so moving forward albeit to see what happens here and how this community is able to absorb refugees if that doesn't fact happen case got hired lou that on the scene in thailand scott thank you. well people in the indian state of missouri are welcoming migrants who fled the military coup in myanmar but the government is now ordering their deportation hundreds of people have crossed the border they include includes police officers and soldiers who say they fled be

we have seen you know teenagers young women shot in the head it really doesn't reflect what the tatmadaw is saying about only using force when necessary they seem to use force totally indiscriminately. i was i'm searching the country for my civilian leader she's facing new allegations that seem much more significant than the 2 shot you see face biffle yeah these are the big charges she had been charged for some kind of kind of silly things before violent nights in her stretch ins illegally importing walkie talkies i think these were kind of placeholder charges while they tried to dig up something a little more serious corruption charges of seeing people sentenced to prison for as long as 30 years so i think these are the charges that they're really hoping are going to permanently sidelined on some 60 from politics right i'm one of a saying that she has done well like you said they have been offered as a ton of details they said she accepted a legal payments $600000.00 in cash and gold they said the information came from the n l d e's chief minister in yangon. but all we have so far is th

we have seen you know teenagers young women shot in the head it really doesn't reflect what the tatmadaw is saying about only using force when necessary they seem to use force totally indiscriminately i was on the country's former civilian leader she's facing new allegations that seem much more significant than the 2 shot you see face before yeah the these are the big charges she had been charged for some kind of kind of silly things before violent nights here her strict gins illegally importing walkie talkies i think these were kind of placeholder charges while they tried to dig up something a little more serious corruption charges of seeing people sentenced to prison for as long as 30 years so i think these are the charges that they're really hoping are going to permanently sidelined on some suchi from politics right i'm one of a saying that she has done. well like you said they haven't offered as a ton of details they said she accepted illegal payments $600000.00 in cash and gold. that information came from the l d e's chief minister and yang. but all we've got so far is the military'

types of intimidation that the military is using you know there's probably a department within the tatmadaw that's the military in myanmar that is specifically designed to do that to intimidate psychological warfare right now when you look at the streets in myanmar you can look at as the their battle lines so the military is deploying whatever they have learned over the years or tried to use over the years against their enemies and now they see the protesters as their enemy so yes they are using any type of intimidation they can if that is you know the facebook pages the you tube channels were much more official in organized by the military still spreading disinformation still spreading rumors stoking fear know the tick tock it's interesting it's difficult to tell i guess at this stage to see if that was actually orchestrated by someone within the military and in a leadership position or just encouraging soldiers and saying go out there intimidate as much as you can the protesters and to talk is one of the platforms to use but tick-tock has announced that they're going to monitor much more

types of intimidation that the military is using you know there's probably a department within the tatmadaw that's the military in myanmar that is specifically designed to do that to intimidate psychological warfare right now when you look at the streets in myanmar you can look at as the their battle lines so the military is deploying whatever they have learned over the years or tried to use over the years against their enemies and now they see the protesters as their enemy so yes they are using any type of intimidation they can if that is you know the facebook pages the you tube channels were much more official in organized by the military still spreading disinformation still spreading rumors stoking fear now the tick tock it's interesting it's difficult to tell i guess at this stage to see if that was actually orchestrated by someone within the military and in a leadership position or just encouraging soldiers and saying go out there intimidate as much as you can the protesters and to talk is one of the platforms to use but tick-tock has announced that they're going to monitor much more c

types of intimidation that the military is using you know there's probably a department within the tatmadaw that's the military in myanmar that is specifically designed to do that to intimidate psychological warfare right now when you look at the streets of myanmar you can look at as there their battle lines so the military is deploying whatever they have learned over the years or tried to use over the years against their enemies and now they see the protesters as their enemy so yes they're using any type of intimidation they can if that is you know the facebook pages the you tube channel for much more official in organized by the military still spreading disinformation. still spreading rumors stoking fear now the tick-tock it's interesting it's difficult to tell i guess at this stage to see if that was actually orchestrated by someone within the military and in a leadership position or just encouraging soldiers and saying go out there intimidate as much as you can the protesters and to talk is one of the platforms to use but tick tock as it has announced that they're going to monitor much

and is the biggest supplier of arms and military equipment to the tatmadaw me and mars' army. after sunday's violent crackdown and vandalism the judge to announce at least 6 areas in yangon are now under martial law. in smaller groups than on sunday protesters came out again on the streets of mandalay on monday marching against the giant and supporting their democratically elected leaders ousted civilian leader aung sang suu kyi she was to have another court hearing on the charges against her including one added last week accusing her of accepting illegal payments but the hearing was pushed back to. a jaunt to a new food. this man. cannot be dismissed could not be conducted. today because we have no internet in the country for the whole country these 6 weeks on the protesters resolve has remained constant. but according to some they've had to increase their willingness to sacrifice their duty could have found the meaning of the tattoo is freedom from fear they threatened us with weapons but our revolution won't win if we have fear so we must get rid of this kind of fear to pre