only hold you to help with each upgrade. the invasion to ukraine can be considered just the beginning. they will want to invade other countries. of course, we will resist for as long as possible to break this ambition of the russian federation, but also of the nation that believe in the victory of life over devil. all they have to fight together with us. they have to help us un chief antonio terrace is traveling to russia and ukraine. next week. he is expected to meet vermeer 14 in moscow on tuesday, followed by talks with broad me zalinski on thursday, rushes defense ministry has admitted for the 1st time that a sailor was killed when its flagship miss sal closer the mosque, vast sank last week. it also confirmed that $27.00 service men are missing and almost $400.00 crew members were rescued in avenues. israel has closed the garza border crossing to workers and businesses citing rockets fired by her mass. the rockets targeted southern israel after a week of raids by israeli police into the aisle oxer moss compound in occupied. his jewel slim is really military has not given a date for when the garza border will reopen. the taliban says at least 33 people have been killed in an explosion or mos can school in afghanistan. it happened in condos province, at least 43 people were injured. the u. s. state of florida is revoking the rights of the war. disney company to self governess theme parks near orlando. critics say it's retaliation for the entertainment giant opposing legislation. banning the teaching of sexual orientation issues in schools. and the european union has agreed new rules that will require internet and social media companies to remove the legal and harmful content from their platforms. the regulation will also been advertising aimed at children, or based on sensitive data, such as religion, gender, and race. and you're up to date with a headlines on al jazeera. i'll be back with more news after the listening post on counting the cost sri lanka, worst economic crisis in decades. what are the chances for a bailout? china's g. d. p growth beads 1st, quarter expectations, red, could the economy grind to a halt and our high fuel prices pushing our demand for electric cars? counting the cost on al jazeera pakistan. m ron khan is no longer prime minister journalist remained beholden to really runs the country. the militant in the hatred and violence against muslims is getting worse. the prime minister's silence says more than words ever could and bangladesh where the government uses law fair against reporters and voices of dissent. journalism across south asia is under the gun. when pakistan's now former prime minister im ron kong was removed from his job a couple of weeks ago. no one expected him to go quietly. ever since losing a parliamentary, no confidence felt. conn and his supporters have been holding political rallies and conducting an aggressive at times ugly social media campaign. con, maintains that his defeat wasn't over his style of governance, or the runaway inflation pakistani consumers are now facing. it is a by product of american interference in pakistani politics. however, there's a lack of evidence for that. and most in the pakistani media aren't buying it. some of them still hold a grudge against kong who campaigned in support of press freedom, then cracked down on journalism as did his allies in the countries military, in pakistan, politicians come and go. it is the men in uniform who hold power. they are no friends of the 4th estate and they are not going anywhere. our starting point this week is the capital islam a bond. ah. in the aftermath of his sudden ouster from hebron con is on a full spectrum media. oh fence. oh, the one time cricket turned politician and now x prime minister is holding rallies for the faith. oh, and live streaming speeches for the youth trying to forge a path back into partnership. whatever the platform, the self styled savior of pakistan delivers the same message, the traitors in the political class and media have betrayed through a conspiracy, authored somewhere somehow in washington, iran con and is the leagues. they are trying to use an anti america narrative good sympathies from the people of pakistan and the most of his supporters of coming to his leads in big numbers for the time be this the entire american narrative was working. but with the best of time, i don't think that this narrative, when somebody is sending out calls for security that are juris funders of conspiracy. as for removed him from his halter. grievously, we have experienced only that religion guard are going to print god against the operators. but this is the 1st time somebody using a card of are due to which to liberal all the politicians of the mansion political parties. they're calling on of those people, including journalists and political opponents, traitors, and the different political tactics that they're using. also include slamming the pakistani military establishment, slamming the bags. i need to additionally, as well, and saying that they're essentially complicit in a conspiracy against him. ron khan is quite dangerous, because by iran, con bodies supporters have showed up outside the houses of some of the leading journalists in the country. among those targeted were 2 prominent journalists on pakistani news tracks hubbard, mir of gio news, and our smushed horizon of arch news media. was that the deal, but the both are part of the media industry. the prior to the 2018 election welcomed him run, cons, promise to transform pakistani politics and support press. reason that promise did not age well. con, eventually turned on. many of those who crossed red lines, either by criticizing the government or the military that had back con, found themselves censored scapegoat it. and in some cases, target topic was he doesn't run a contractor focus on his family, but it's about the i need that he thought iran to what goes around comes around and now apart from the talking heads at the news channel, a r y con, finds himself with few allies on the packer stony air, immediately after becoming prime minister, he got me some of my colleagues and he asked us that please don't criticize me for 6 months. i said, okay, let's give him a chance. when 6 months passed, i started criticizing is back, governance is all your policy, is a policy with when he got any and he issued orders all sent and my shows stopped. my interviews with the opposition leader. so slowly and gradually we realized that im non con is or becoming an auto group. he is becoming our dictator. today has the 1st political party who used a social media very systematically. they had their dedicated social media cells in every city. there are many ministers of the p d, a government who are targeting journalists and calling them part of the forum. conspiracy in toppling the beauty a government, we have to face a big fortune, media campaign of late, greater infidel, and a foreign again, foreign for lead. it destroys your life in the most significant threat, journalists face is not from enron con, or his supporters. it is pakistan's military, and it's hold on political power, which started a decade after the country gained its independence. in 1947, pakistan has lived through 4 periods of military rule, a total of 33 years. when the generals were front and center, even under quote unquote, democratic group, the men in uniforms have health power behind the scenes. when enron khan was elected in 2018, he had the military's back until he came into conflict with the head of the army palmer java, budge, over who should run pakistan's intelligence service. the ice on that disagreement created a rift. that cons political opponents exploited, they had plenty of reasons to want him gone from his authoritarian tendencies, reference inflation and with a vote of no confidence. they remove a formulas on the military has rule over pakistan for most of 2017. so indirectly or directly, whether it's through a direct military dictators or whether it is behind the scenes or talking, and journalists as well journals, al, hug in the eighty's, you know, lashawnduh unless and public. but then we also had a flip side, which was general shadow for presented himself as a benign dictator and actually opened and liberalized media. but that's because he wanted to counter indian propaganda. so this sort of interference has been documented, but people are obviously afraid to talk about it because you're afraid of losing either your job. you're afraid of, of being picked up, you're afraid of a being attacked. the p t i removed from office imran con is now trying to force a quick election, but the media outlets he helps way over no longer have to do his bid. the pakistani military though remains a shadowy force behind the scenes. that news organizations must contend, reporting on corruption in its ranks, or the counter insurgency campaigns in baluchistan and have as resulted in journalists getting fired, disappearing and being torture. that is the primary challenge, leasing anyone covering politics impact of how to hold power to the camp. when that power is unelected, and is exercised out of the public view beyond the reach of news care. the tricks of the trade include using coded language. you can uniquely pakistani that news consumers there learned to decipher long ago. some of the film analogies are filmed, like when i mock look now this term, which basically means an alien is why do you do referred to intelligence even comment about something we mark on a short on one of them. go, go, then there are 2 of them and all of these, like, quote unquote boys published in leading daily to refer to the general. there is a term called a with it to the agricultural department or oh, of visit all a tourism site, referred to enforce disappearances. arbitrarily detention, and other way to refer to the military, your intelligence is, is powerful circles. another way to refer to them would be invisible. forces, you know, so there's, there's many creative ways, depending about me. the i said that he apartments. now while we're probably going to sign up on the 18th, some magazines and newspapers used to blank out these is where they were asked to issue a press release. so i think this kind of domain ology, this kind of resistance. it's always been there within pockets on the society. this is of us beard for buck. funny jonas and by finding media like in the past and it is there was a military dictator, but still, we could not even the puerto rican north, even published black bridges are live where you cannot report this, that we are getting census lou elsewhere on the subcontinent. in india, the past few weeks have produced a search in hate speech and violence against muslims. their tar napa is here with the details. what's indians has been witnessing has really alarmed observers and activists. incidence of communal violence flared up during celebrations of hindu festivals. religious processions, where people wave swords and guns and chanted slogans, insulting must be in several b, j. p. ruled states, the party that holds power nationally. those processions led to attacks on muslim neighborhoods. the authorities then went in and demolished the homes and shops of those. they said were responsible. who are for the most part, mostly the state government say the buildings demolished, were illegal unauthorized. that's the line that went unquestioned by much of india's media. leading to bizarre moments on tv like this one. yeah, it was, but i think you get mad, you can, i cannot get on. i get they got all by reading my darn, i give you a bag in bed. i believe doug without you and his muslims are a minority, but we're talking about more than 200000000 people. a population larger than most muslim countries. prime minister, nor under modi's government is accused of pushing a device of hindu nationalist agenda that has emboldened his supporters. religious leaders and preachers are also driving hatred against muslims. his just one example . from this past week, i was born young along with also seen religious figures demanding that must some homes be destroyed and oh, it's part of a celebratory culture of violence in india where hate speech and attacks on muslims are filmed, and then fur collated on social media the prime minister silence on all this, prompted 13 opposition parties to come out this week and say modi's failure to speak out against those who in fight and propagate bigotry is quote testimony to the fact that they enjoy the luxury of official patronage. thank start. if you were to list the nations of south asia and there are 8 of them in order of their press freedom rankings, bangladesh is at the bottom of that table lower than afghanistan. the country's legal system includes laws that have been weaponized against those who dare to express political dissent. against the government of prime minister, shake his senior, or anyone who questions the basic tenets of islam. the religion of nearly 90 percent of bangladesh is one of those laws. the digital security act, the dsa, has only been on the books for 4 years. but more than $1500.00 people have already been charged under it. the d. s. a is written in a way that is taylor made for abuse. politicians have been jailed writers and died in prison while awaiting trial and governmental promises to reform the law. have come to nothing. the listening posts monopoly robbie now on bangladesh is digital security act. and the toxic effect it has on journalism and politics. much doug f made a writer, abbas ali made of one's ability in the midwest of bangladesh, others among a farmer who has never been online. his digital footprint is sonya legible. that what you're seeing isn't even his photo. it's a stock image of a farmer and bangladesh. all 3 men were charged under the digital security act, the d. c. up with a month a legit crime was eating and imbedding the publication of false information about someone else in his village in california, part mailed the charges against me at a bus ali were for comments he made about plans for immune of chic. would you be mind bond that they should founder and the father of current prime minister? she casino, the me. i said the music would be inappropriate, according to islam, which forbids idolizing people. my stock med was arrested in me 2020. he'd posted messages on facebook, criticizing the senior government handling of the corporate panoramic med was held without trial for 9 months, denied bill 6 times and eventually died in jail. these 3 were among the more than $1500.00 cases filed under the dsb. i've seen 1617 year old taken off to jail because they posted a facebook status and good someone's religious sentiment. or somehow to police told that if people see this facebook status, they've been, perhaps there might be some bickering. i'm just preemptively the big, the theme is you're off to jail. we've seen situations where a full singer is thinking about god and who lation should with god and someone sitting in his drawing. this is the song on, on youtube, and does not like the song and finds the case against her, the digital figure. the act has been created in such a way in such a string where that the use of it is basically misuse when we change legality of the law. what are the standard we need to be thinking of? it is our cost tradition. article to the 6 of the constitution that clearly says the state shall not make any law inconsistent with the rights of the citizens of the country. if they make any such law that will be considered void far from being void. the digital security act passed in 2018 has w down on the claim, only the official secret act and in corporate language from the countries information and communication technology act sections the government admitted would abusive and promise to the appeal. the law punishes negative propaganda with up to 14 years in prison. it's a vice clamped around all kinds of expression in validation, especially political criticism and journalism. that's actually many among the they saw the b a c coming 3 years before it was passed, cannot survive, a senior reporter would be eco, she tv channel was arrested for the crime of broadcasting a speech by an opposition politician. i was in jail in 2015 in a charge of sedition. so at that time, i see many people inside the jail that they are convicted for, the posts in facebook, people will just click on like bargain. so when i get out from jail, this work in my mind that maybe if my friends and relatives are connected with me, maybe they will be in trouble. so i said this to my friends, my call, my family members, not communicate with me. give blocked me in the facebook or unfriendly facebook. me actually, this is not my or my demarcus anymore enough guy because there is no, i think it was. i have had it in 2016 after getting out of jail side was fled bangladesh for new york, where he now has a youtube channel that pulls no punches when she casino among the, the she politics he left behind, family members who have been targeted in october of 2021, his sister miss richard. rocca was arrested indeed for 5 months charged under the dfi with spreading nbc propaganda on social media. she says she was framed that a fake facebook account had been created with her name on it. the government is very, very misc, about going to talk because of his criticisms of the government. since he's not in installing the next best thing that they could do is start with the d. s a. any person who speaks up against authority. their family members are going to be in an equal amount of dangerous them. in the hearing the judge mention, there was accused in the d. s a case because of how the journalist brother clinic, settler. this is the findings of a hiker jet. and this is clear that she's that estate i get to drop my voice just as a hostess, if you go to my sister's case, you will see there is no news and that is no, it's just due to their fear that maybe maybe if i write about the subject i will be interested in october last year, but in addition, justice minister, a nice will huck was interview by al jazeera. he admitted the d as he had been misused and abused and said the government was taking complaints about the law. seriously. we are having a dialogue with the united nations. hi felicia for human rights office in geneva so that we can understand the best practices it all of the world. and we would like to stop at the misuse and abuse of this. the new of missed angio human rights watch was unconvinced. 2 months after that interview and similar statements made by the minister, it said the ruling of emily government has made clear it has no intention of addressing a pattern of grave abuses. authorities use the digital security act to harass and indefinitely detain journalists, activists, and others critical of the government. the last big wording, an indiscriminate use has meant that many bangladesh she's, i now prone to self censoring. and the list of troublesome topics is long. just to give you an idea of what actually can get you into trouble under this particular law is like if you comment on file or liberation was, then you will be in trouble. if you spread any religious opinions that can you disable, afraid even children got arrested. if you talk about corruption of any political person, any not meant officials basically that can get you into trouble. you cannot establish accountant, narrative on to what you are being told by the ruling party. that is how it was. here's the strangest thing about the law. you don't actually need to be a direct victim of the law. so for example, you poster face looks at the, my friend kings dad, this is extremely human waiting for me and my friend can file a case against you, even though my friend is not even a direct victim. so the worst case scenario for this would be where you're cr