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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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Exploitation in Myanmar’s factories

Just a few years ago, Myanmar’s garment sector underwent drastic reforms that improved the working conditions of many employees. Since the coup, however, many employers have been accused of taking advantage of the country’s economic and political turmoil to exploit the rights of their workers.

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‘We want a peaceful life’: Pauk residents live in fear

Pauk Township, in central Myanmar’s Magway Region, has been one of the most heavily targeted parts of the country by junta forces. Residents there describe the daily restrictions and living under constant fear.

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Human shields and extortion in Kayin conflict

In Kayin State, military troops and an aligned Border Guard Force have been accused of using local villagers as human shields, and extorting them for millions of kyat as people flee their homes amid the conflict.

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‘I don’t feel safe’

Yangon residents say that everyday crimes such as robberies and snatchings have drastically increased since the coup, with victims unwilling to report incidents to police due to a lack of trust in military-linked institutions.

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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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