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Human Rights Defenders: The former rebel running a school for migrant children

News from Myanmar in recent years have been downbeat, with many human rights abuses. But amid the suffering, there are stories of people working to improve the lives of others. In this video we meet a former rebel who has established a school for migrant children near the Thai-Myanmar border.

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Fear stalks communities in Rakhine State

Renewed fighting in Rakhine between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army has brought renewed insecurity. As well as a lack of work due to the destroyed economy, young people now fear being forcibly recruited into an unpopular military by its newly enforced conscription law.

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Delays, extortion and forced ID changes common for Muslims at government offices

Imagine being suddenly given a new nationality or ethnicity by a government official, one which gives you fewer rights as a citizen? That’s something happening to some Muslims under the new electronic identification system.

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Video: A fading dream of return for Myanmar migrant families

The military coup has made the lives of not only local citizens but also some long-term Burmese migrants abroad more difficult. In Ranong, Thailand, there are many such migrants. For them the idea of returning to their homeland has now become a distant dream. And what future do their children have?

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Elderly people at higher risk in conflict zones

How do you picture your old age years? You probably imagine a quiet home life in retirement. But that's an impossible dream for increasing numbers of old people in Myanmar's conflict areas who instead face danger and discomfort.

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Rural health care deterioration means losses for pregnant women in Tanintharyi

Being pregnant can be a worrying time for women. Now imagine the stress for women in rural Myanmar who can't get check-ups or pre-natal medicine and might not be able to get to hospital in emergency because of conflict.

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Video: Young Karenni refugees struggle to find their future

If you're high school or university age in Myanmar, your university or career dreams may well have changed or been disrupted since the coup. But if you're a young refugee who's grown up in a camp on the Thai-Burma border, your options are so limited it's hard not to lose hope.

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Dismissed workers losing rights to compensation in post-coup climate

Labour activists say unfair dismissals are increasing alarmingly, with many cases of workers being laid off and not getting the compensation they deserve. Since the coup it's also much harder for workers to get justice.

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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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