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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BY Oliver Slow
The process towards granting citizenship has been met with sharp resistance by communities in the restive state, and authorities are planning procedural amendments to encourage more people to apply.
Outbreaks of communal violence have captured significant attention in recent years but less well known are the actions of monks and laypeople who protected those targeted by angry mobs – and saved countless lives in the process.
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အမျိုးသားရေးလှုပ်ရှားသူတွေလို့ သူတို့ကိုယ်သူတို့ ခံယူထားသူတွေကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့မှာ ဖြစ်ပေါ်ခဲ့တဲ့ သီးခြားဖြစ်စဉ်နှစ်ခုနဲ့ ဆက်စပ်ပြီးတော့ အစိုးရက ဖမ်းဆီးထိန်းသိမ်းလိုက်ပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
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A government-arranged trip to Maungdaw District enabled journalists to learn of the concerns and needs of some of its 800,000 residents, most of them Muslims.
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