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In Myanmar, With The Youth Militias Fighting For Freedom

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Post date September 22, 2024

Two service women training with their guns in preparation for combat. Thu Myae/ZUMA

Since a military junta seized power in 2021, Burmese youth started fighting alongside established ethnic militias to free their country. To them, there is no such thing as the future, but only a present made of war and its horrors.

Tags brutal dictatorship, burmese revolution, burmese revolutionary forces, democratic federalism, freedom rights democracy, indigenous minorities, justice peace work, kayah state, militias, myanmar, myanmar junta, peace symbol, thailand myanmar border, tropical jungle

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How Many Dead Bodies? Myanmar Military Stops At Nothing To Squash Resistance

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Post date April 18, 2023

Soldiers march during a military parade to mark the 78th Armed Forces Day in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 27, 2023. Myo Kyaw Soe/Zuma

Last week, Myanmar’s armed forces bombed a gathering in a village in Sagaing Region, killing scores of innocent victims. It was not an isolated incident.

Tags bombings, civilians, democracy, funding military, international concerns, military violence, myanmar, myanmar junta, myanmar military, myanmar violence, oil and gas, soldiers

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