Doh Athan

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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“They tell you to die, you die” – tales of forced recruitment from escapees

One moment Ko Aung Kyaw was riding home on his motorbike, the next moment he was being forcibly recruited into the Myanmar military. In Doh Athan this week we hear some dramatic stories of abductions ... and escapes.

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No protection for Myanmar domestic workers in Oman

What risks would you take to support your family? Domestic workers are often extremely vulnerable because their work is behind closed doors. Even more so when they are thousands of miles away from home without a support system.

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Doh Athan

Lashio prisoners say they were fired on and locked in during battle

Imagine a battle broke out around you but you were unable to flee. That’s what happened to thousands of inmates of Lashio Prison during the resistance offensive in July. Some of them spoke to Doh Athan about their ordeal.

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Two years after the coup: The designer

The 10 years before the coup were boom years for the creative industries in Myanmar. Now job opportunities are scarce and many emerging talents have had to flee. Ko Myat Min, a young fashion designer, had to make a drastic career change to make ends meet.

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No supplies, can’t travel: Villagers trapped behind Tanintharyi conflict lines

Almost 1.3 million people have been internally displaced in Myanmar since the February 2021 coup, according to the United Nations. But many thousands more remain in their homes but are precariously trapped behind the front lines of the conflict.

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Menstruation with dignity denied to Myanmar’s displaced women

For many women, monthly periods can be both agonising and inconvenient. But imagine if, at the same, you were time denied access to clean water and sanitary products – a painful reality for many women displaced by war.

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Families call for an end to visitor restrictions at Rakhine’s prisons

While reopening the Tachilek land border with Thailand and ramping up its promotion of domestic tourism, the regime is removing restrictions established during the pandemic. However, in Rakhine State, prisoners' families say authorities are still using COVID-19 rules to justify a state-wide freeze on prison visits.

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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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