the routes that bind on song suchi and the military proceeded that. they are embedded in her family history. in the 1940 s. a general fought against british colonial rule and was instrumental in engineering independence for as myanmar was formally call he is still regarded as a national hero today his name is general aung san the father of aung san suu kyi. to create unity in the country and to help ward off external attacks he regarded it as vital to strengthen the tonics between the various ethnic and political groups. that was no easy task as the country is not only geographically diverse with 5000 meter high peaks plateaus swamps and tropical rainforests it also has more than 130 different ethnic groups with varying religious affiliations. including bamma to change. change again moni xan corinne careening barca naysay and. general on song favorite a socialist state having rejected capitalism after the experiences with colonial rule son conducted the negotiations for burma's independence from britain it was at an earlier specially chosen by the emm

the military held a long son suchi under house arrest for 15 years suchi became an icon of the struggle for freedom the nobel peace laureate began writing for democracy in myanmar in the 1990 s. . as the millet. harry came under more and more pressure from sanctions and economic boycotts they decided to release their arch enemy from house arrest 102018 sign of goodwill toward the west but all song suchi was barred from standing in the forthcoming elections and her national league for democracy boycotted. virtually unopposed the military gained almost all the seats. in any case the constitution guaranteed the armed forces 25 percent of seats and key ministries. the civil service and police remain under the general's control. the commander in chief directly appointed the ministers for defense border affairs and the interior. some members of the military exchange their green uniforms or white civilian apparel. a former long serving general was made president. he was ordered to usher in a cautious transition to a more mobile and society. program ended a lot of a lot of the new muslims who i

in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly. in an historic shift from military rule through cheeze national league for democracy came to power in 2015. she became state counselor and the de facto leader of myanmar but after 5 decades in power the military maintained much control. the constitution allowed control of defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it enough power to veto changes to the constitution. suchi is extremely popular in myanmar in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice when she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n o d party won a landslide victory the military claimed the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking widespread criticism. city's previous detention did little to undermine her popula

in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly. in an historic shift from military rule cities national league for democracy came to power in 2015 she became state counselor and the de facto leader of myanmar but after 5 decades in power the military maintained much control. the constitution allowed it control of defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it another power to veto changes to the constitution. suchi is extremely popular in myanmar in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice where she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twenties november election her party won a landslide victory the military kind the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking widespread criticism of. city's previous detention did little to undermine her popularity but now

suchi is extremely popular in the. in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice where she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n.d.l. party won a landslide victory the military claim the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking widespread criticism of. city's previous detention did little to undermine her popularity but now it's unclear how active and vocal her supporters will be on the threat of military action. al-jazeera. officials and bangladesh call for peace and stability and men are but this could cause doubts over the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of our hanger refugees living in cox's bazaar time which has more than a capsule dhaka. well the 1st official reaction was from the foreign minister he said it really doesn't matter who is in power the repatriation agreement must be followed through now the foreign ministry itself send out a press release saying that it hopes that the constitutional arr

after 15 years under house arrest suchi was freed in 2010 the generals needed her as a front to gain access to financial help from overseas from 2016 she effectively led the government and in last november's elections she won in one slide victory. general min lang's suki's most powerful opponent he was supposed to retire last year at the age of $65.00 but isn't he strengthened this grip on power. the cornerstone of the constitution is that no one is above the law that is democracy. has been accused of breaking import laws and failing to observe coronavirus rules the generals clearly wanted out of the way on the streets she's venerated by the young protesters well the military is hated the latest violence is likely to drive the 2 sides even further apart. let's take a look now at the rising tensions between china and taiwan for years now beijing has been stepping up pressure on the territory it sees as its own one of its latest tactics in that campaign dredging up sand around the taiwan one not so islands since last year chinese judging ships have started operating heavily around the

in terms of the international community florence when we saw unsung suchi released from. home. you might say her own home prison the days of her incarceration the international community of brace the fact that democracy was moving slowly you say there's been so much investment into the country to the international community offer too much help too soon that is perhaps waters brought the jitters into the military in seeing that as you talked about the open the possibility of how a country can develop and or the lack of influence that this institution could have has been really a large part of of why we're seeing what we're seeing right now. in italy and more. well the military even when it started handing over power to civilian government back in 2010 they had military generals resign and then form its own party so the military even though the military they gave up power but they also made sure to retain it so they were still very powerful the generals were still very powerful they still had very important business interests so i really don't think it's so much of that but it wa

came into power in 2016 the general appeared in public with unsung suchi he seemed satisfied to work with her so what changed for him personally some are saying corruption may be part of stake here is that right. well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper couper for us maybe a black box for observers i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with this power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with d n l to having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian deny such as labor policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of businesses. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests back. but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that this it's a military mindset you know. it's a military thinking it's about having you can they still

after 15 years under house arrest suchi was freed in 2010 the generals needed her as a front to gain access to financial help from overseas from 2016 she effectively led the government and in last november's elections you want to learn slide victory. general min lang is suki's most powerful opponent he was supposed to retire last year at the age of $65.00 but his only strengthened his grip on power. to the cornerstone of the constitution is that no one is above the law that is democracy. has been accused of breaking import laws and failing to observe coronavirus rules the generals clearly wanted out of the way on the streets she's venerated by the young protesters well the military is hated the latest violence is likely to drive the 2 sides even further apart. let's take a look now at the rising tensions between china and taiwan for years now beijing has been stepping up pressure on the territory it sees as its own one of its latest tactics in that campaign dredging up sand around the taiwan run maps to islands since last year chinese judging ships have started operating heavily arou

one thing in common how do they reinstate saying the government and the de facto leader on the song suchi who was democratically elected in november have we heard any well from her posse the l.d.n. for the pos few days. well through the process they have been really more back last week maybe mid last week early last week just after the coup they were demanding that the end of the leaders be released on suchi be released as far as their direct involvement with this protest movement there hasn't been any kind of voice coming out official voice coming out from that political party saying this is what we need to do this is where we need to go a general call went out saying this needs to we need to protest against this there needs to be civil disobedience against this wrong as they saw it the military coup and one person who was saying that a top advisor to on song suchi he was detained a couple of days after he made that kind of statement so one thing that we really need to remember going through this process is it. was very very popular at the end of the was very very popular inside myanmar

in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things. in an historic shift for military rule cheese national democratic party came to power in 2015 she became state counselor and the de facto leader of myanmar but after 5 decades in power the military maintained much control. the constitution allowed to control the defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it another hour to veto changes to the constitution suchi is extremely popular in myanmar in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice where she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n.d.l. party won a landslide victory the military kind the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking void spread criticism. cities previous detention did little to undermine her popularity but now it's

place in me and i have filed criminal charges against deposed leader and sang suchi the u.s. is among a number of countries that have condemned monday's military coup but washington has yet to say if it will impose sanctions facebook says access to its app in myanmar has been disrupted and there are reports of instagram and whatsapp not working but despite all this displays of anger continue across me and mock reports. medical workers walked off the job at yangon general hospital in the middle of a pandemic believing that this moment is too important to stay. a silent they wore red ribbons the color of young sun tsu cheez national league for democracy which is quickly become a symbol of resistance i mean we see you know this government was not elected by us so we don't accept them or work under the command we stopped providing service at governmental hospitals instead will provide free medical services by outside doctors and other alternative services so that there are no problems for the public in this way we're conducting civil disobedience. medical staff in mandalay did th

in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly. in an historic shift from military rule through cheeze national league for democracy came to power in 2015. she became state counselor and the de facto leader of myanmar but after 5 decades in power the military maintained much control. the constitution allowed control of defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it a nothe power to veto changes to the constitution. suchi is extremely popular in myanmar in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice when she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n o d party won a landslide victory the military kind the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking widespread criticism of. cities previous detention did little to undermine her popul

to watch al-jazeera remind us of our top news stories mean miles ruling party leader unsung suchi has been detained by the military along with other key politicians that follows days of tension between the civilian government and the army which has sought to discredit the universe and a vote that returned to power. has us from gold. i'm hearing that a back plea am. in the capital and. playing not just on time to choose but also other ministers ministers legions. rank. regional ministers. trying. to say here in yangon and also the travel ministers and presidents and also some political activists and local. under military control feel like this is the beginning of a coup donald trump has named a new legal team to head his impeachment defense that comes a day after the former u.s. president suddenly parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers he's accused of inciting his supporters to storm the capitol building on january the 6th more than 5000 people have reportedly been detained across russia during protests demanding the release of jailed kremlin critic alexina valley it's the 2nd w

not easy in myanmar but here in thailand ex-pats made their allegiances clear honoring suchi times burning photos of the country's most senior army chief. i'm terribly upset i've been crying all day be crying all day he's the bad guy how could he do something like this is that. while current military supporters free flags in celebration on the streets of myanmar the coup was a setback for many of the little more than a decade after the country began its transition to democracy the army is back in charge. didn't you know you know that you're going to i feel the army assaulted all the people when it states this deal when the civilian government and a government elected by our people. room one nothing new our country just a bird learn to fly like news now while the army program does is another goal the only good to not do it was the democrats ion. residents have been queuing at cash machines and rushing to stock up on essential me and has catapulted into a nonsense and future. and we've got dave green about on the line now he's a journalist who spent many years reporting from myanmar and he j

the top stories and memos military has seized power detaining democratically elected leader and son suchi and dozens of government ministers the military says the overthrow is temporary and has promised elections in a year or they could mean mars drawing international condemnation u.n. secretary general called the military takeover a serious blow to democratic reforms and u.s. president joe biden has warned me and miles military leaders that they could face sanctions once again a group of republican senators in the united states say the bipartisan credit of our us relief package can be passed after meeting with the president to discuss their alternative they're proposing a plan costing about a 3rd of the $1.00 trillion dollars that joe biden is aiming for republican senator susan collins spoke after the meeting and she says that she's happy with how it went. it was a very good exchange of views i have when say that we came together on a package tonight no one expected that in a 2 hour meeting but what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further at the staff level and amongst ourse

came into power in 2016 the general appeared in public with unsung suchi he seemed satisfied to work with her so what changed for him personally some are saying corruption may be part of stake here is that right. well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper couper for us is maybe a black box for up to i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with this power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with the n.l. to having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian to my labor policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of business this. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests. but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that this it's a military mindset you know. if the military thinking it's about having can they still control the

the release of civilian leader own son suchi is a key demand of demonstrators she was scheduled to appear in court but the hearing has been postponed until wednesday meehan maher does not have an independent judiciary suchi could be kept in custody indefinitely but as government workers join the civil disobedience movement it could eventually become difficult for the military to keep the government and the hunters hold on it running. for more let's cross over to an activist in myanmar he goes by the name of sam and he's based in the country's 2nd largest city. thanks for being with us let me start by asking you about those clashes being reported between security forces and protesters in mandalay what have you seen. you know yesterday there were people were gathering in front of a central bank and mentally and during the time of the police came in and dean didn't want anyone they didn't make any announcements and they came in and the detroit just hers and they also use slingshots and then there's all kinds which uses that bullets so to disperse the crowd and they're also seen firing into t

when mint 2 days after they were removed from power in a military coup police want suchi remanded into custody for 2 weeks while her party says its offices were raided and documents stolen during the takeover catching up as had a on reports. military vehicles patrol the streets of me on mar they are the reminder the coup may be over but hits against alstad leader on sung switchy and her government continue police have filed charges against her for allegedly importing radios illegally an accusation they will have retained until february 15th some members of her party the national league for democracy now gather in a temporary office and young gone after their headquarters they say were raided now they are telling the people who support the army are celebrating but if we go out onto the streets there would be a clash it would be chaos we fear the military would then use that to extend the coup and legitimize it saying we incited violence we have to avoid that political trap. the announcement follows public displays of outrage against the coup with people banging pots and pans over night

came into power in 2016 the general appeared in public with unsung suchi he seemed satisfied to work with her so what changed for him personally some are saying corruption may be part of stake here is that right. well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper of course for us is mainly a black box for observers i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with the power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with d n l to having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian to my labor policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of baseness this. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests back . but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that this it's a military mindset you know. it's a military thinking it's about having to do can they s

days since myanmar's military took power in a coup and arrested civilian leaders including an the son suchi. but the people of myanmar seem determined to hold on to the democratically elected government they gained in 2015 they've refused to go back to the military rule they lived under for hof a century. the coup triggered civil disobedience and mass protests. manama security forces have responded with violence hundreds of people have been killed in the crackdown thousands more injured and others have been arrested without charge for many in myanmar the only hope they have to avoid any further escalation is the international community's intervention shortly after the coup in february myanmar's un ambassador spoke out against the military we need our strongest possible action calling the international community to immediately and a military coup to stop oppressing that unless the people do it down the state power to the people and to stroll that democracy but now me and mas neighbors and members of the association of southeast asian nations don't appear to be standing up to the military in

suu kyi and of a civilian leaders on monday plunging the southeast asian nation under military rule suchi who has not been seen in public since she was detained is being charged for illegally importing walkie talkies the military has justified its crew by alleging widespread voter fraud during november's election which saw suchi win by a landslide. britain's media watchdog of com has revoked the broadcasting license of china's state owned channel c g t n of com says it is against u.k. broadcasting the chinese communist party to control the channel so you need to hear from studios in london in 2019 and was carried on satellite networks in the u.k. and around the world. they don't it comes when the child chills hill joins us from london welcome charlotte so what sort of service is. its state controlled english language group cost to fill the house being criticize long people here in the u.k. for essentially being a propaganda channel this isn't the 1st time either that it's come into the crosshairs if the u.k. independent regulator ofcom last year it ruled that it was in breach of its regul

any news on the whereabouts of suchi and the other political leaders. yeah it's still that they are being detained in their own homes in nato the capital so rather than initially the news that they've been detained was coming out that we went sure whether big detainees there was much information about whether they'd been taken somewhere where they've been put in prison or anything like that but now we're learning or hearing certainly that it's what's happened in most cases is that the military have been surrounded all security forces have been surrounding areas where they are based so the presidential compound has been surrounded would mean it's. still inside on fancy cheese houses also been surrounded by security. now and she's. trapped inside so they're all in the capital but they're in their own homes and the m.p.'s have all been detained as well all the newly elected and a lot of already already setting m.p.'s who are really reelected they're also still in the m.p. come kind so all m.p.'s in myanmar live in these government built compounds in the sa

came into power in 2016 the general appeared in public with unsung suchi he seemed satisfied to work with her so what changed for him personally some didio are saying corruption may be part of stake here is that right. well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper coeur for us is maybe a black box for observers i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with this power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with the n.l. to having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian jim i said just like the policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of baseness this. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests back . but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that it's a military mindset you know. it's a military thinking it's about having to

hill and down jordan the soldiers there on live from doha also coming up more allies of unsung suchi are arrested as the u.s. announces sanctions against me and military of the recent in. the philippines are set to roll out a covert $900.00 that scene but many are worried about a growing bloc. she was a powerful advocate for women's rights and really sure was the right thing to do and u.s. president joe biden welcomes the release of saudi women's rights activist hussein al hats moon who spent years in jail. u.s. senators have seen. new videos and audioboo recounting in graphic detail the violence on capitol hill which democrats say was whipped up by former president donald trump on the 6 of january it was day 2 of his 2nd impeachment trial video evidence showed just how close the rioters came to top politicians during the insurrection alan fischer reports from capitol hill. the day was punctuated by video much of it which had never been seen before much of it security footage from actually inside the capitol building itself senators could only watch on in horror as they saw or hope p

that this is happening initially when we were just getting reports that the state councilor and son suchi the de facto leader of the country and the high ranking officials had been detained that it could have been something else but now we are there's no there's no more gray area this is a military coup that's happening in the military is back in charge and it has made that very clear so the military back in charge in myanmar if you're just joining us breaking news this monday myanmar where there's been a coup the military in charge us for its way is saying therefore and extensively reported from myanmar for us is following the latest developments we spoke earlier to. a young gone who was telling us that there's been so far little reaction on the streets to this foreign to you expect that they could be any form of you know protests or dissent after this action today. what we're hearing we've heard from the spokesman of the national league for democracy that's own party urging his supporters to remain calm now but we won't we shouldn't be surprised if there is some sort of protest or some

sound better known as dr a close aide to a son suchi who escaped the arrests ordered by the gentle and tom andrews special. on the situation of human rights in myanmar on this edition of talk to al-jazeera we connect with them to discuss what can be done to reestablish democratic rule in myanmar. dr susser thank you for talking to al-jazeera can i start by asking you to describe how you see right now the state of affairs in your country is a chaos and is there's braids it didn't need immediate actions and it in no more words about its actions because the does they'd defense forces that should be protecting the people of myanmar are not against the people of myanmar would smoking guns so the $54000000.00 of people in myanmar are now are others seats would smoking guns let me take you back to the election which took place in november you were the campaign manager for an sunset cheese party in the last election was the election free and fair or was weather problems as the military claim it was a no comment in the international observer included logo observer and the people of myanmar have

hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera life and also coming up more allies of the unsung suchi are arrested as the u.s. announces sanctions against me in miles military over the recent coup. the former commander of colombia's fock rebel group was questioned over the killing of a presidential candidate. she was a powerful advocate for women's rights and really sure was the right thing to do the u.s. president joe biden welcomes the release of saudi women's rights activists are saying al has moon who spent years in jail. democrats in the u.s. senate have been presenting their case that former president donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial on capitol hill they showed never before seen surveillance video and played dispatch calls from frantic police all this as rioters approached and stormed the seat of government on january 6th describing him as insider in chief impeachment trial prosecutors say trump was fully responsible for the deadly attack and should therefore be convicted and banned from public office this remains unlikely republican senators have indicated they're unwilling to

but instead the military rounded up the nation's democratically elected leadership including on song suchi it then announced a coup on military run t.v. . the name of the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the generation of the state of emergency is set to one year. military chief men playing now rules the country monday was to be the 1st session of a new parliament after on songs to cheese party the national league for democracy a landslide victory in november recently the army made accusations of election fraud and tension between the civilian government and the military increased last week when a general refused to rule out the possibility of a coup the matter where like this member of parliament and all the leaders and military critics were taken into detention before dawn there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation in myanmar as well as the united nations the u.s. state department has called on the military to release all those who have been detained australia's prime minister says his country is keeping a close watch. rather disturbing. develop

days since myanmar's military took power in a coup and arrested civilian leaders including and the son suchi. but the people of myanmar seem determined to hold on to the democratically elected government they gained in 2015 they've refused to go back to the military rule they lived under for hof a century. the coup triggered civil disobedience and mass protests. manama security forces have responded with violence hundreds of people have been killed in the crackdown thousands more injured and others have been arrested without charge for many in myanmar the only hope they have to avoid any further escalation is the international community's intervention shortly after the coup in february the end was u.n. ambassador spoke out against the military we move on our strongest possible action the international community to immediately and a military coup to stop oppressing that unless the people do it down the state power to the people and to stroll that democracy but now me and miles neighbors and members of the association of southeast asian nations don't appear to be standing up to the military in

protesters in man mob trying to increase pressure on the military to release deposed leader unsung suchi gathering in central young dawn and intentionally causing traffic jams on tuesday such as noah said the ministry had filed additional charges potentially prolonged attention what's called haida joins us live now from the thai capital bangkok scott so what are we expecting with the protests today because the un special rapporteur has some of the alarm of a possible violence. they're expecting a very large protest and they are talking about and we are seeing those cars parked in the middle of roads in central yangon it's quite interesting campaign that they have for today and this is kind of a long string of campaigns with interesting tax that these protesters have used what they have done is they pretended these hundreds of cars that they broke down that they can't move their vehicles so that is going to obviously snarl traffic in yangon but also they're looking to prevent police and military convoys moving around freely within the city so that's one tactic and we know also that suit t

but instead the military rounded up the nation's democratically elected leadership including on song suchi it then announced a coup on military run t.v. . the name of the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the generation of the state of emergency is set to one year military chief men playing now rules the country monday was to be the 1st session of a new parliament after on song party the national league for democracy one a landslide victory in november. recently the army made accusations of election fraud and tension between the civilian government and the military increased last week when a general refused to rule out the possibility of a coup the matter where like this member of parliament and all the leaders and military critics were taken into detention before dawn there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation in myanmar as well as the united nations the u.s. state department has called on the military to release all those who have been detained australia's prime minister says his country is keeping a close watch. rather disturbing. developments o

under house arrest the head of mi and mas army the man who now runs the country says the deposing of suchi was inevitable. what i found is one of the few foreign journalists based in me in monte joins us via skype from young gone into more details emerging about. being house. pretty much got confirmation that she is being held in her home in a fetal which is what we've long suspected that hasn't really been any actual nation that gto one of the n.l. these folks cousins has said on facebook that she is in good health and that she is known to be in her compound in a video she's reportedly been seen by an eva walking around the grounds what she apparently does to show are those that she's in good health some of the thing when she was under house arrest in gone she would take regular walks obviously if you spend 115 years under house arrest exercise becomes a key to your day she's not in the same place she was detained for many years before that was her home in young gone this iconic lakeside villa but in the last few years since she came to power she's been spending more and more time in a fu

rather than more of al jazeera live from doha minerals de facto need to unc song suchi and other political leaders are detained a party is calling for protests the burmese military says the power has been transferred to the commander in chief general men. and in other news a bail hearing in hong kong for jimmy lie the billionaire media tycoon charged with violating the national security you know. it's just past 7 g.m.t. that one 1st see in the afternoon in may in ma where the military has seized power and installed a former general as president has declared a state of emergency after detaining civilian unsung suchi and other senior officials as a heavy military presence seen in major cities communication lines have been disrupted and banks closed the coup comes on the very day new parliament was to be inaugurated has been public tension ever since november's election when suchi is policy won in a landslide but the military discredited the results making on. allegations of widespread voter fraud were general men on hiring who previously suggested abolishing the constitution is now the man i

dead and that number may change as we learn more on monday on sun suchi leader of the national league for democracy party which won resoundingly in last november's elections appeared for the 1st time since her detention via video link for her court hearing her lawyer says she faces 2 new charges by lation of communications laws and inciting public unrest despite losing favoring recent years for her denial of genocide against the countries within just the international community has called for her release and for the restoration of democracy. the tension is palpable beyond most future is being played out on the streets of yangon on young soldiers facing off against youthful protesters. queen is just one of hundreds of thousands resisting the military coup. tactic is to maintain peaceful civil disobedience even when the security forces resort to violence we're remaining peaceful and we're not giving up we'll keep going until we win the protesters understand the dangers risking their lives by confronting an army determined to crush their pricing they know that their future will be taken

and just a theory it's them even more you see so many protesters they march with pictures of on some suchi calling for her release and now they see that she's got more of these additional ridiculous charges on her it just gives them more incentive to keep going. foreign minister of the association of southeast asian nations that you to hold a video conference tomorrow to discuss they scribe's has what is their view of it and can they bring any pressure to bad. well i wasn't if you look at you know past histories generally been a toothless organization but they do have the potential i stress potential to really have some influence here now in the show and the reason why i should say is because me m.r. the generals included value their membership in an auction more than they value their membership in the united nations even oxygen is the one members of that they value the most but i wasn't in the short term it would be an accomplishment if they could just get the generals to agree to no more lethal force against the demonstrators and if the generals actually stuck to it long term though to d

mons de facto leader unsung suchi and other political leaders are detained policy is calling for protests. minerals military says the power has been transferred to the commander in chief general mina online. and in other news anger grows amongst india's struggling street vendors who are still waiting for coronavirus bailouts from the government. it's just past 9 g.m.t. that's 330 in the afternoon in miramar where the military has seized power its leaders say they will hold elections in a year's time civilian leader unsung suchi and other senior officials have been detained and there's a heavy armed presence in the may just cities communication lines have been disrupted and banks closed the coup was announced on a military owned television channel. but the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the duration of the. state of emergency is set to one year starting from this date the order is announced in line with the 2008 constitution article 417. also cheese policy won in a landslide in november's election but the military recently discredited the results alleging that been widespre

son suchi and several officials and also activists that. have been detained we don't yet know what's happened to them we haven't yet heard from them now and the military chief has now taken over the vice president is now in the acting president the vice president himself is a former general and he has said that he will be handing over power to the military chief the commander in chief been all hearing so the military is going to be fully in charge of the country and he has already said that there is a state of emergency has been declared and it's going to be in place for a year so the military now in charge what do we know i know there's been very difficult to get in touch with people in myanmar right now because of the phone lines being done down what do we know about the whereabouts of on science and are these figures party members who have been arrested. well they were in naypyidaw because 1st of february on monday was would have been the 1st parliamentary sitting since the elections in 2000 since the election last year which and the n l

suchi is extremely popular in the. in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice when she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n.d.l. party won a landslide victory the military kind the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by fools provoking widespread criticism. cities previous detention did little to undermine her popularity but now it's unclear how active and vocal her supporters will be under threat of military action nor about al-jazeera i suspect that they would matheson was a young on based analyst of me and maher he's joining us from chiang mai in thailand thanks for speaking to us on the news hour so we have a situation now where the military is saying that it will hold on to power for one year and then it will pass it on to the civilian government how likely is that well whatever military stage a coup it is and set a timer i think it's fair to say just trust and once they get a taste of. i don't see whatever time. tha

days since myanmar's military took power in a coup and arrested civilian leaders including an the son suchi. but the people of myanmar seem determined to hold on to the democratically elected government they gained in 2015 they've refused to go back to the military rule they lived under for hof a century. the coup triggered civil disobedience and mass protests. manama security forces have responded with violence hundreds of people have been killed in the crackdown thousands more injured and others have been arrested without charge for many in myanmar the only hope they have to avoid any further escalation is the international community's intervention shortly after the coup in february myanmar's un ambassador spoke out against the military we need follow our strongest possible action call the international community to immediately and a military coup to stop oppressing the in-laws them people to rip down the state power to the people and to stroll the democracy but now me and miles neighbors and members of the association of southeast asian nations don't appear to be standing up to the milit

on the house arrest ahead of me and miles on me the man who now runs the country says the removal of suchi was inevitable claiming irregularities in november election. well after a wave of international condemnation the u.s. says it's now looking for ways to hold me on monster military leaders accountable or 1st concern of course is the restoration of civilian leadership in burma our concern consistent with that is ensuring that as we undertake this review now that we have the chairman that a coup has taken place on february 1st the civilian led government has been deposed by the military our 1st concern is we do that review will be to ensure that of the $135000000.00 we contribute and annually to the people of burma that we don't do anything that would affect the long suffering people of burma including. that's one of the few foreign journalist based in myanmar she joins us via skype from young gone and what's the mood now in yangon given that we've now started to see the 1st signs of these public protests. mood is pretty low to be frank i think now that the people had time to digest the

a heavy police presence the threat of arrest is real a top in the party leader and key aides on sun suchi was detained on friday on charges of sedition when tain is a long time campaigner against military rule who called on the public to oppose the coup suchi and the deposed president are unreachable according to their attorney who out of a job as far as i know they're under house arrest on song suchi is in her private home not given from the government and when me and it is not the president's residence but in a separate home that is what i've heard. activists are also being held incommunicado this is the moment that weighing in says her father a former student protest leader was taken away by soldiers it's been 5 days since my father and other activists were arrested early hour on monday morning and then we haven't heard anything about their situation where the are being held or a health condition all the family members a very worried about them the military is gradually cutting off the population from one another and the outside world blocking twitter and instagram along with all other

yeah georgette way was a top official with song suchi and had been with her and the end of their party for quite some time he was taken overnight from his house as were other 4 members connected to the government is the way it's being described by and of the official we also know that some people who are working for the electoral commission were also taken and not just in the capital neighbored or yangon on the largest city but further afield within myanmar so it's a bit concerning now they're going after election officials the military government said that that was their main reason for staging this overthrown february 1st as they saw that there was a lection fraud in the november polling that saw a landslide victory for the end of the so they used that as their body of evidence to take over the democratically elected government so they're continuing to to widen their nets in getting people they think were involved in this in this fraud as they see it the military government. how the communications going scott i asked you this yesterday again but i do think it's so quite interesting g

under their command more anger across me on ma over the military coup stripping deposed leader and son suchi of her power. play why money inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a pledge not to leave poor countries behind the kovacs alliance unveiled plans to distribute over 300000000 kovan 1000 vaccines in the coming months. the u.s. house prepares to decide the future of the new elected members she's on the fire for backing wild racist conspiracy theories. and climbing taken to new heights a once nations sport set to make its an impact day. the leaders of the military career in myanmar have ordered popular social media apps offline facebook says access to services have been disrupted the police filed criminal charges against depose leader unsound suchi the u.s. is among a number of countries that are condemning monday's military coup but washington has yet to say if it will impose sanctions meanwhile displays of anger continue across . reports. medical workers walked off the job at yangon general hospital in the middle of a pandemic believing that this moment is too import

has criticized the move away from democracy unsung suchi and the deposed president both face charges and if they convicted they won't be working in politics again as a bank has more. small protests in the 2nd largest city in myanmar the students and activists in mandalay are speaking out against monday's military coup but with the military campaign down on internet and social media providers it's hard for people to communicate and organize protests here don't have the power that we have no access to any news no news about mother and song suchi i feel so sad it gives me a pain in my chest i would rather go out and fight if possible but that would be against the wishes of mother sue facebook is a central part of life in myanmar it's why the military has shut it down seems as if the military is really going after the primary social media platforms including facebook which really is the internet in myanmar most people including people within government agencies use facebook almost as if it was an e-mail system so it will be. terrible in terms of its consequences not only in terms of orga

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 need for the continued support of the democratic transition in me and she wasn't taking any questions but the spokesperson for the un secretary general said he was pleased there was security council unity on this issue i think it's very welcome that relatively quickly the council came together to speak with one voice human rights groups of welcome the security council statement but they say words must now be matched with action. still ahead on al-jazeera 3 months on tens of thousands of refugees will. get here. when you're not done. it's time for the perfect. sponsored plan qatar airways howie we've got right in the forecast for good parts of the middle east over the next couple of days cloud and rain driving in from that eastern side of the mediterranean sweater weather there just around the levant syria lebanon jordan right down across is

in the bloodiest day yet in the me in my military's crackdown on protestors ousted civilian leader suchi is due back in court in the coming hours a month and a half after she was deposed scott heil has more from bangkok. 6 districts around yangon are now under martial law now you know when you look at what's been happening over the last several weeks there have been such restrictions on what people can do these gatherings we are seeing those are technically illegal so be interesting to see what they do more in these 6 districts this coming out in just the last couple of hours what they're going to do differently does that mean that any time anyone comes out on the street they're going to be arrested immediately so the posture could change in those 6 districts again these are around and where we saw a lot of that violence in the arson take place on sunday large protests are being held across australia demanding an end to violence against women one of the biggest rallies was outside parliament house in the capital camera demonstrators are calling for action following a string of sexual ass

is calling for the immediate release of those who have been arrested a party spokesperson says suchi is in good health. and as the sun goes down the sons of resistance can be heard in the city. people striking pans and drums from their balconies and sounding their car. all in protest against in the true coup alley file young gone out. on the u.s. state department says it's reviewing millions of dollars in aid to me and. our 1st concern of course is the restoration of civilian leadership in burma our concern consistent with that is ensuring that as we undertake this review now that we have the chairman that a coup has taken place on february 1st the civilian led government has been deposed by the military our 1st concern is we do that review will be to ensure that all of the $135000000.00 we contribute and all annually to the people of burma that we don't do anything that would affect the long suffering people of burma including. the u.n. security council held a meeting on the developments in me and ma but stop short of taking immediate action diplomatic editor james bates reports. th

adding to that news that a 2nd charge has been filed against suchi on the night i'm going to terry told the public that he would appear in court on february 17th but they change it to get media attention we assume that the military has done to stop us so they can fire one more shot to conspire to sister reason we have on the street again. and those on the streets on tuesday in the southern township of me faced rubber bullets and tear gas fired by security forces the protesters gathered to call for the release of a detained school principal who had been taking part in the civil disobedience movement since the coup on february 1st hundreds of people have been arrested. back in yangon the punk rock band rebel riot does more than just play music it also fronts the organization food not bombs delivering hundreds of food boxes each week to those in need they've been busy since the coup d'etat all of the. people are in trouble the economy is descending into darkness people cannot sleep at night can't even eat and get intestines but there are people across generations. you have no fed now that

suchi faces verdicts as early as next week of she could be sentenced to more than 100 years in prison if found guilty of all charges. florence louie, al-jazeera. >> they were planned for an area where many palestinians live. we have the details. >> of tall israeli proposed settlements this has long been one of the most controversial. the idea of 9,000 housing units being built on the side of the foreman airport very close to the columbia refugee camp separating phlegm the west bank and from ramallah. that's why it had such international pressure against it since it was raised again recently. it's why there seemed to be an indication from the israeli that is they were going to drop it under u.s. pressure. unless it was still on the agenda of this planning meeting. last week, the u.s. secretary of state anthony brooklyn blinken spoke to neftali bennett with this very much at the center of that conversation and that pressure may have had some affect. it's a political difficulty for him to just seed to u.s. pressure and reject it. what has happened instead is that the committee has decide