For god to w. s november focus. This is due to every news from the dangers of being a journalist in the inbox more and more reporters in the country are being locked up simply for doing their job why is de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi so determined to silence her critics with a special report. Also coming out islam is in a town in nigeria bury their dead after the military opens fire on a demonstration in the capital the army says the group is
a threat to National Security but critics fear the crackdown is producing a new generation of radicals. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us to journalists in myanmar jailed in connection with the reporting on the range of prices are expected to file appeals this week the reuters report as well known and were said to seven years in prison want us to get in the massacre of revenge of muslims during a Military Crackdown last year many countries condemn the trial but a state of South East Asia correspondent reports its part of a wider push by the government in myanmar to stifle freedom of the press. A workers strike on the outskirts of yangon. Things get heated when protesters confront the police. Line tips in why is right
in the middle reporting it live on facebook. But situations like these are not the dangers journalists like him fear most its criticizing the powerful which has once again become a present danger in me and mark a Risk Blankets and why has to weigh up carefully whenever i have to publish a news and story i need to kings. Three times. That this story kind heart my security or destroy can love me in the deal when many kids that i thought he went to. To hide the real situation the true information so. So they also had already tried to address the threat alone and just only too well the two reuters
journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison after investigating the involvement of me and maher Security Forces in mass killings in Rakhine State these are the walls of yangons Notorious Insein Prison Back in the days of Military Rule that housed many a political prisoner nowadays more and more journalists have to do time here not only well known and also whose case to International Attention there are many more just recently three journalists were arrested and brought here because they reported on Shady Business deals by the Yangon Regional government and its head if you maintain a close confidant of State Councilor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate aung san suu chiefs three journalists have been released on bail but the Incitement Charges so far have not been dropped if convicted they face up to two years in prison. De facto leader on sense suchi was once the figurehead of the Democracy Movement in her country a symbol of resistance against the decades long oppression by me and mars military
rulers now she heads a party and a government that alongside that same military for tales press freedom and intimidates critical voices. They are lying runs me in march first investigative magazine he says the laws like the Official Secrets Act the two reuters journalists were charged under need urgent reform as things stand he says journalists remain under threat. Even when we using our phone we very nervous who are sent which if a mission to my for everyone can sense so if a mission for to me if some official. Fall some secret to finish in the fall it will be valid into the secrecy so i very we are very nervous not only me but also my family also very worried about that the last threatening journalists like they are lying are currently under review a spokesperson for cities party told us but its not only the interests of the
media the civilian leaders are considering they are also careful to avoid confrontation with the countrys powerful military that report from Southeast Asia Correspondent Boss and heartache and he joins us for more on the story happy to see you we mentioned that were expecting just journalists to appeal their Prison Sentences this week how likely is it that their sentences will be overturn it. Well its a bit hard to predict the outcome of a potential second trial well have to wait and see if that second trial should actually happen if thats any different from the first trial the first trial was widely criticised for Different Reasons let me just give you an example one of those one of those things that bad critics pointed out is that apparently the judges didnt take into account the testimony of one of the witnesses. A Police Officer who admitted that the two reuters journalists were basically lured into
a trap by the police they were given documents that allegedly contained State Secrets and then directly afterwards they were arrested for being in possession of these exact documents and thats only possible because there is this law the Official Secrets Act that has been in place since colonial times and that basically criminalizes the possession of Secret Information you dont even have to do anything with it just having it or being in possession of it is already a crime and thats what they were charged for now. Cheese she said that this trial and also the verdict was in line with the laws and that really shows that the laws are really the problem here is that laws like this Official Secrets Act for example but there are Others Telecommunications laws for example Defamation Laws as well and there are so broad critics say that they easily lend themselves to silencing and intimidating critics and they say that critics say that
these laws have to be amended and if that doesnt happen then its really hard to see how things will significantly change the i mean. What about Aung San Suu Kyi you know she was the Nobel Peace Prize laureate a former prodemocracy activist but some Say Press Freedom has declined since she took Office Tell Us more about her role in all of this. Well it is a surprise or it was a surprise for many to see this development really because many. Inside and outside of myanmar thought and hoped that things were going to get better that things were going to move more towards more freedom and more democracy but as you say it seems that the opposite at least in parts has happened so many journalists for example in myanmar say that they felt they had more freedom under the previous president saying who was a former general then they do now another reason is why is this happening theres a lot of finger pointing at the military saying its their fault theyre the ones
who really wield power in me and maher and that they have been very sensitive especially since the onset of the crisis but its not only the military because its the government too if you take for example that case against the three journalists who were recently arrested for criticizing the Regional Government nash led by the end of the party and they want theyre the ones who press these charges so that was their decision so that is really a development that not only surprises but also disappoints many so we are at our Southeast Asia correspondent thank you very much for your reporting. Now to some other stories making headlines Around The World german chancellor Angela Merkel is in warsaw for a joint session of the polish and german and German Cabinet relations are tense between the two Neighbors Berlin thinks the polish governments judicial reforms could undermine the rule of law while worse off years a german Russian Pipeline Project could threaten polish energy security. Police in
china say an on Board Quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the countrys southwest the bus plunged off a bridge in the city of. Thirteen bodies have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing. A Freelance Japanese journalist who were turned for more than three years of captivity in syria has apologized for causing trouble to his government and. Said he traveled to syria to see for himself what was really happening but was kidnapped by militants after crossing the border through supporters of a jailed shiite cleric in nigeria say Security Forces have shot dead more than forty five of their protesters since monday the Islamic Movement of nigeria has been calling for the release of its leader Ibrahim Zuck Sakhi but the military says he is a Security Risk and has met their demonstrations in the capital of with live fire. Almost every minute another corpse arrives tearful relatives have gathered outside
what is normally an Islamic School but now functions as a mortuary theyre still in shock. So why dont you know im heartbroken that my older brother isnt here anymore. And the us also came here to say goodbye he watched as soldiers shot his twenty year old son before his eyes the father insists he was unarmed and peaceful. You know what you saw it in the. Absolutely shocked by the actions of the Nigerian Military not all soldiers behave like that its but those who did this to me theyre not soldiers. Theyre terrorists. Have been. An ass and his son been known to the socalled Islamic Movement of nigeria is
shiite group whose followers have repeatedly been targeted by authorities. Three years ago the army a text the house of their leader threw him in prison and killed more than Three Hundred of his followers since then the shiites demand the release of their leader shake him sack sakhi which was also ordered by of course but he remains in custody because the government still sees him as a National Security threats and therefore between Security Forces and his supporters keep on escalating redo food it shows that the latest protests started out peacefully then individual people threw stones and soldiers responded by shooting into the crowds the army says they were forced to defend themselves against a growing threat. This will bring is supported by iran. Would have a lot of money. To do its. Job. In
supporting the group that. This group if it is to be was a. Market experts fear this prediction could be correct but they also say the military could be to blame while unkrich down by the army what radicalized almost a decade ago since then the Jihadist Group has killed Tens Of Thousands of people. Under the force of a dont allow. You might push a group to go into. Yes it is true when we look at the history of the book which you would you would you pointed out it actually started as a Group Just Went in there all space to practice islam. You know. Which brutal tactics that put them on the ground and then they decided to take arms and with us where we are today. Shiite leaders are still appealing for peaceful
protest but in the wake of the latest violence its becoming clear that some followers like mohammad on the us are ready to give their lives for the course yet you. Want it to be sincere i feel santa i lost him. But he died as a martyr. This is also my goal not of my children its a sign of success and a sign that god has accepted our work. Here because you think. That. That was no time for now and says hell keep protesting until they release his leader even if the government and Security Forces continue to choose violence over a dialogue that he. Russia china and norway have reportedly blocked efforts to create the Worlds Largest Marine Reserve the proposal spearheaded by the e. U. Aimed to protect nearly two million square kilometers from fishing and mining in the what ill see off and arctic ah its a remote area thats home to a vast array of marine life some of that believed to be still undiscovered and International Commission meeting in Hobart Australia failed to secure the agreement of all twenty five member countries. Now with winter approaching in korea its time to break out the regions favorite for men to double Kimchi Thousands gathered in Downtown Seoul to share an extra large helping of the korean kouri classic its a part of a Charity Event in which volunteers serve more than one hundred tons of kimchi for the Homeless Koreans traditionally stock up on kimchi in the autumn because of the fermented cabbage keeps well in winter its also rich in vitamin c. And seems to help keep up your spirits during the cold months of the year. Youre watching news still to come a walkout at Google Thousands of employees are leaving their offices to protest the
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