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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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Junta’s ‘squatter’ demolition campaign in Mandalay

As in Yangon, junta forces in Mandalay have conducted a “squatter clearance plan”, leaving thousands of insecure residents in the city homeless, and with no place to go.

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Conflict brings more misery for the disabled

When the military attacks, many disabled people are unable to flee to safety. Those that manage to make it out alive find themselves struggling to get the level of care and support they need in rudimentary IDP camps.

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Education woes for Yangon’s ‘squatter’ families

So-called squatter families, or informal residents, in Yangon have long been marginalised from society. Since the coup, however, their difficulties have increased, with many forcibly removed from their homes, leaving them unable to work or afford to send their children to school.

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In Kayah conflict, the disabled struggle to escape

Eastern Myanmar’s Kayah State has been one of the areas hardest hit by conflict since the coup, with the military recently accused of laying landmines "on a massive scale" in the state. Those living with disabilities face particular difficulties, as they are often unable to flee when fighting reaches them.

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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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