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Children bearing brunt of coup
Oped, Amihan Abueva, Published on 09/09/2021
» More than six months after the coup in Myanmar, children are still suffering through a horrific situation they have done nothing to bring about. The junta and its proxies have killed scores of boys and girls, arbitrarily detained hundreds, and driven the country to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe. Now, the military's deadly mismanagement of Covid-19 is causing untold destruction and leaving children orphaned.
Asean must save Myanmar's kids
Oped, Amihan Abueva, Aurora Javate-de Dios, Rita Serena Kalibonso and Noor Aziah Mohd Awal, Published on 09/04/2021
» Htoo Myat Win, 13, was playing around his house in Myanmar's northern Mandalay region when a stray bullet hit him. He died almost immediately. On social media, heart-breaking footage showed Htoo Myat Win's father hugging his dead child, crying: "My son! My son was shot!". He was one of 11 children killed in the military's brutal crackdown on protesters just in a single day, on Sunday, March 28.