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Covering the aftermath: Journalists navigate restrictions while reporting on the quake recovery

The Myanmar earthquake brought massive death and destruction, but the government's heavy press restrictions mean that the true extent is still unknown. This week we hear the audio journals of two freelancers trying to navigate the obstacles.

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The women farmers of Rakhine, reluctant heads of household

In Rakhine State, conflict, cyclones and climate change have long forced men to leave their villages. In Doh Athan this week, we hear the stories of Rakhine women heading farming households, as rice production plummets and the threat of famine grows.

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Protest and survival on the streets of Myanmar cities

The opposition in Myanmar continues to organise street protests, despite the risks. Proper planning can make the difference between life – and imprisonment, torture or death. In Doh Athan this week, we hear stories about how protests have changed since the coup and why protestors take risks.

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As years go by, separation puts strain on relationships of PDF fighters

Would you be supportive if your partner joined the resistance forces? What if they left you to work and raise children alone? As the post-coup conflict drags on, separations like this can lead to growing frustration on both sides.

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Myanmar migrant fishermen still suffer abuses in Thailand

Imagine having to risk your life just to go to the toilet. This is what many offshore fishermen in Thailand have to do - hanging off the back of the boat. Despite some improvements in recent years, Myanmar fishermen say working conditions are still abysmal.

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Two years after the coup: the teacher

“Destroying homes is like crushing hearts,” says a teacher we’ll call ‘Coral’. Her family had their house in Sagaing Region burned down by the military.

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Myanmar migrants suffer abysmal conditions in Thailand’s detention centres

In late January, interns at an immigration detention centre in southern Thailand staged a rare protest. They complained about the absymal conditions and demanded to be released. Why is the situation so bad in Thailand's IDCs and why migrants are held in them for so long?

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Women living in fear in the Dry Zone as sexual violence increases

If you are a woman and a resistance fighter in Myanmar, you are a double target for the military, which is increasingly using sexual violence against the resistance. Two female fighters who are determined to protect their communities despite the risks tell us their stories.

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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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