VIOLENCE INTENSIFIES IN MYANMAR AS AT LEAST 150,000 CHILDREN FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE YEAR SINCE MILITARY COUP

One year since the Myanmar military seized power in a coup, the scale and severity of violence against civilians, including children and humanitarian staff, is escalating, 

Press Release

Opinion paper

ILO estimates reveal 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

Military takeover hammers labour market already weakened by impact of COVID-19, women workers hit hardest.

Press Release

Opinion paper

Myanmar: One year into the coup, Bachelet urges governments and businesses to heed voices of the people, intensify pressure on the military

“One year after the military seized power, the people of Myanmar – who have paid a high cost in both lives and freedoms lost – continue to advocate relentlessly for their democracy,” Bachelet said

News

Guns, gems and drugs: One year after Myanmar’s coup, how the generals hold power

The international response to the February 2021 coup in Myanmar included sanctions and global condemnation; a year later, billion-dollar industries have helped the coup leaders thrive.

Daniel Combs

Opinion paper

Revolutionary forces say ‘true liberation can only be achieved if nationalism is eradicated’

Revolutionary forces in Myanmar point out that they can only build a federal democratic country and achieve true civil liberation if the bad habits of party ideology and religious division are eradicated in this revolution.

Mizzima

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Six young activists and a taxi driver from Yangon sentenced to 10 years in prison

Ma Win Htet Mar (b) Amar is the former chair of a Pabedan local township branch of the Youth for a New Society activist group and Ko Zin Lin and Ko Phyo Hein Kyaw are from the All Burma Federation of Student Unions.

Mizzima

News

Military disinformation moves offline amid internet restrictions

The military and its allies are turning to pamphlets and newspapers to spread hate speech and disinformation, targeting areas that have been under an internet blackout for months.

Andrew Nachemson

News

A Determined Gen-Z Shan Woman Journalist with a Heart of Steel

SHAN has contacted the young and brave, Ying Naunt Naunt, to understand more of her commitment to revolt against the military junta.

Interview

Opinion paper

Oil companies’ Myanmar exit must include immediate commitment to stop bankrolling junta, activists say

As Woodside, Total and Chevron announce their departure, campaigners warn that remaining revenue must be deposited in protected accounts, or risk funding the military’s crimes

Myanmar Now

News

‘We have to end their impunity’–NUG minister says bringing military to justice ‘primary’ goal of revolution

The National Unity Government (NUG) has been collecting evidence of atrocity crimes committed by the Myanmar military and plans to open a case against junta perpetrators in a foreign court.

Ko Cho

Opinion paper