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‘Skeletons covered in skin’: inside Myanmar’s labour camps

Ex-guards describe convicts perishing en masse from exhaustion, vicious beatings, and starvation at remote camps with no access to medical care.

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As online defamation cases grow, cartoonists face self-censorship and rejection

Cartoonists, who have long played an important role in Myanmar’s society, say that an infamous defamation law is curbing their ability to do their job.

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လှည်းကူးရှိ ကျူးကျော်အိမ်များ ဖျက်သိမ်းမှုကို ဆက်လက်ဆောင်ရွက်နေ

အိမ်များအားလုံးကို ဖျက်သိမ်းမှု ပြီးစီးရန် ၁၀ ရက်ခန့် အချိန်ယူရနိုင်ကြောင်း သိရသည်

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Displaced by violence, Kaman yearn for home as hopes dim

Five years after being displaced in Rakhine violence, Kaman Muslim IDPs air concerns over rights and resettlement.

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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‘Skeletons covered in skin’: inside Myanmar’s labour camps

As online defamation cases grow, cartoonists face self-censorship and rejection

လှည်းကူးရှိ ကျူးကျော်အိမ်များ ဖျက်သိမ်းမှုကို ဆက်လက်ဆောင်ရွက်နေ

Displaced by violence, Kaman yearn for home as hopes dim

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

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