the law and then kuala lumpur richard welsh an honorary research associate at the university of north asia research institute in malaysia very well welcome to you all i'd like to believe begin with you so if i may how concerned are you about what we're seeing right now in me in ma in terms of human rights violations. i have from what i see what is happening in the country the people are very organized and then he has been involved in the t.v. protest everywhere in the country but my concerns are that the security truth will youth more for this against the protests that we have seen what has happened in naypyidaw that the. peaceful protests that were gunned down by the security forces the think may have been more because we have a track record of the military and the security for this youth excessive force in the q. . and a civilians in the past we have seen that many almost immediately when people left the country because of their or their often feel in fear that an amphibian. wins out or do you agree with that sentiment how concerned are you about human rights violations happening right now and how much of

we can speak to bridget well she was an honorary research associate with the asia research institute the university of north korea malaysia joins us on skype from kuala lumpur bridget's 10 days in both sides entrenched really no one's backing down what's your sense of how this is shaping up. well i think it's going to be something for the long haul i think the military has underestimated me or my people in terms of their response or just not just in yangon but throughout the city senate has been consistent the strikes if you actually gain momentum as opposed to losing momentum in the military's response well has been using fear and trying to intimidate with their presence and shit jesting that they're going to become more confrontational also at the same time has been largely defensive they try to use different tactics and i think they've underestimated the response of the protesters we've seen a sense of jews here and being pushed forward to wednesday what the military do with uncensored is a problem it's a headache for them isn't it. well i think what they're doing to man what people as a bigger headache