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Fog of war: The battle for truth and blame in the Rakhine conflict. Credible reports indicate that the Arakan Army committed crimes against the Rohingya in Buthidaung in May – but the group has managed to silence many of its critics among the resistance and civil society organisations.
Unpaid and abandoned: Myanmar junta fails displaced civil servants
Nov 1, 2024 · A school damaged by an airstrike in Sagaing Region’s Tabayin Township on September 16, 2022. Many teachers and civil servants have been forced to flee conflict areas since the 2021 coup. (AFP) He says it’s unfair to be denied pay due to circumstances that are beyond his control. “It’s not that we don’t attend school when it’s open.
Army or prison: Forced recruitment in Myanmar’s towns and cities
January 5, 2024. The overstretched military is increasingly recruiting young men in urban areas against their will, often targeting them at night and threatening them with imprisonment. By FRONTIER. On the night of October 27 in the Mon State capital of Mawlamyine, a truck full of soldiers stopped Ko Wai Phyo* on his motorbike.
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How is your mental health these days? Many Myanmar people are said to be suffering from depression and anxiety, after enduring almost four years of destruction and deprivation. These include journalists, who are also traumatised by having to witness and document these disturbing events. Against the odds: The diary of a frontline medic, part two.
Fog of war: The battle for truth and blame in the Rakhine conflict
2 days ago · By FRONTIER. Ko Maung Maung hid in his uncle’s house, watching from the window as Buthidaung town went up in flames. “The Rohingya who hadn’t hidden yet were rounded up by the Arakan Army and arrested,” the 24-year-old said. “I knew they were AA because of their uniforms and I heard them speaking to each other in the Rakhine language.”.
Breaking newsrooms: Are Myanmar’s exiled journalists getting a …
Sep 9, 2024 · A Myanmar photojournalist takes pictures of a barricade erected by anti-coup protestors in Yangon on March 16, 2021. (Frontier) Other alleged abuses at Delta News Agency affected both men and women. The outlet was founded in 2018 to cover Ayeyarwady Region but now reports on events across Myanmar from exile, having been banned by the junta in ...
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Feb 21, 2021 · Keep tuning in for full coverage from the Frontier team as we report on ongoing demonstrations and strikes across the country against the February 1 coup, and the military government’s response.For liveblog updates prior to February 21, please visit this page.. By FRONTIER. UPDATE: Thursday, March 4, 11:00am
Fresh dialogue needed for Myanmar’s fractured resistance
May 1, 2024 · It was in this spirit that the National Unity Consultative Council was created soon after the coup. The council was granted broad policy-making powers by the Federal Democracy Charter, a loose framework for Myanmar’s future agreed on by many resistance actors. The NUCC was also tasked with writing a new, transitional constitution for the country.
No smoke without fire? Chemical weapons accusations continue
Jul 26, 2024 · Chemical weapons accusations continue. July 26, 2024. The Myanmar military has been accused of using chemical weapons for decades, but definitive evidence has remained out of reach, partly due to bureaucratic deadlock and a lack of international support. By ALLEGRA MENDELSON | FRONTIER.
Double disaster: Flooding batters war-torn Kayah State
Oct 28, 2024 · The mass drowning of combat medics occurred at the vicious nexus of natural disaster and the conflict between the KNDF and the military regime, which seized power in a 2021 coup. The double catastrophe continues playing out in Kayah nearly two months after the typhoon made landfall, as many flood victims remain in desperate need of aid.