Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
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Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
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As the military brazenly guns down its own citizens in ever-larger numbers, activists are finding new ways to resist.
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The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
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A government worker in his early 20s spoke to Frontier’s Emily Fishbein the day before his deployment to a new duty station near a sensitive border.
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Report predicts half a million Rohingya refugees will return in two years but glosses over allegations of atrocities, ignores ongoing conflict and fails to mention the Muslim group by name.
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With the growing strength of the Arakan Army, Rakhine is descending into a conflict zone all too familiar throughout the rest of the country.
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