The Mon resistance has entered the post-coup conflict but still has a long way to go to replicate the success of other groups, starting with forging unity in a fractured landscape.
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The Mon resistance has entered the post-coup conflict but still has a long way to go to replicate the success of other groups, starting with forging unity in a fractured landscape.
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Mainstream discussions of transitional justice in Myanmar emphasise future punishment at the expense of dialogue, introspection and structural change.
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The auctioning of the imprisoned leader’s Yangon house at the behest of her estranged brother is a legal farce, lawyers say, while pro-democracy veterans insist it must be preserved for public memory.
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Ahead of this month’s deadline to submit arguments and evidence to the International Court of Justice, the military regime has been using questionable methods to collect testimony from Rohingya, at times even allegedly pressuring them to change their story.
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As public healthcare deteriorates, some are looking to invigorate the private sector, but bureaucratic dysfunction and regime crackdowns on dissident medics are denying opportunities to all but the well-connected.
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Conditions continue to worsen for Myanmar's garment workers, some of whom are forced to work punishing hours in unlicenced, often nameless factories that allegedly supply major global brands.
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The injustices faced by smaller ethnic minority groups in Myanmar, like the Maramagri people in Rakhine State, are often overlooked by domestic and international human rights advocates, contributing to our continued suffering.
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Hungry for cash and unable to collect tax in resistance strongholds in Sagaing, the regime has taken the unusual step of revoking sought-after liquor licences in the region and transferring them to compliant businesses in Yangon.
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The United Nations has played into the military’s hands in Rakhine State, by acquiescing when the regime starved communities of aid and then restored humanitarian access to achieve its war aims.
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Ko Bobo has emerged as one of the most respected resistance commanders in Kayah State, risking his life to protect the area’s Christian and Buddhist heritage and demanding justice for all Myanmar’s religious groups.
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On Armed Forces Day, Myanmar's junta chief vowed no let up in a crackdown on opponents and said elections would be held, weeks after the military conceded it did not control enough territory to allow a vote.
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Logging has accelerated amid the post-coup conflict, with sanctions pushing smugglers to open new routes to India, while activists and locals accuse both the military and resistance groups of profiting off the plunder.
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