Sagaing Region internet blackout
A man in Sagaing Region's Ayadaw Township, seen next to a homemade rifle, uploads news of the conflict, sidestepping an indefinite internet blackout in the region with the help of a hotspot connection from a phone suspended on a bamboo pole. (Supplied)

Bearing witness: The volunteers bringing news from the front line

In Sagaing Region, local people linked to resistance groups risk death to document the conflict, providing media outlets with a vital – if inevitably partisan – source of information from the ground.

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