release of opposition leader it was months on the and surprisingly popular we ll take you behind the increasing demands in iran for translated western literature. but 1st activists in myanmar say hundreds of protesters who had been cornered by security forces in a district in young going to have been allowed to leave earlier both the u.s. and the u.n. expressed grave concern for their safety security forces were raiding homes in the city on monday nights searching room by room for protesters who staged their 1st nighttime demonstrations defying a nationwide curfew and as the crackdown intensifies the military has stripped the licenses of 5 independent media organization. and malaysia s high court has alleged rights groups to challenge the deportation over men are nationals more than a 1000 people were sent back to myanmar in february including asylum seekers well scott highclere is following all of those developments and more he joins us now live from bangkok own neighboring