Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
BY Frontier
Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
BY Frontier
Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.
BY Frontier
The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.
BY Frontier
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On Saturday, the 10 major rebel groups that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement met virtually to discuss the situation, condemning the junta’s use.
BY AFP
Ethnic nationality women have been heavily involved in protests against the coup, and hope the unity among the anti-military movement will pave the way for a federal future.
With youth flocking to join the Kachin Independence Army since the Tatmadaw took power, Frontier spoke to the young Kachin who believe armed revolution is the only way forward.
On Saturday, the Karen National Union condemned the use of "excessive force by engaging in non-stop bombing and air strikes" from March 27 - 30, which have "caused the deaths of many people including children".
BY AFP
Since the weekend, the Myanmar military has launched near-daily airstrikes in Karen state, targeting strongholds of the Karen National Union (KNU) – the first such attacks in the area in 20 years.
BY AFP
NGOs have urged companies to review their presence as the military dramatically ramps up its use of lethal force against protesters.
BY AFP
Hundreds of thousands of workers have fled joblessness and state violence in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, but without jobs waiting in their home villages a mass exodus to foreign labour markets may be on the horizon.
BY Frontier
Any progress made in land rights and environmental conservation over the past decade is in peril under the rule of a military with a long history of natural resource plunder.
BY Esther Wah
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