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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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Keeping education going in a conflict zone

The recent beheading of a National Unity Government teacher in Magway Region highlights dangers faced by teachers and students in conflict zones. Students, parents and education officials speak out in Gangaw District, despite phone and internet restrictions.

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‘I am scared’: Children in Tanintharyi traumatised by violence

The United Nations has warned that Myanmar’s children could become a lost generation. Since the military coup, at least a quarter of a million have had to flee from their homes, hundreds have been arrested, and hundreds killed. There are many more who have witnessed horrific violence, which psychologists say could leave them deeply traumatised.

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Aid cuts drive displaced northern Shan youths into child labour

Humanitarian aid reaching northern Shan IDP camps has plummeted in the last year, forcing some children to forgo their educations and find work to support their families.

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Senior citizens failing to make ends meet in the downturn

Elderly people are struggling to keep up with Myanmar's burgeoning cost of living. Sources of support have disappeared since the coup, leaving many with no income at all.

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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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