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'I will be a journalist until the end'
Oped, Lu Kyaw, Published on 06/01/2023
» 'The saying 'journalism is not a crime' does not work here. It's the opposite. We [journalists] are afraid of everything. We have to worry about everything," says Ma Khine, who has been in working in news for eight years now.
When the environment gets sidelined
Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 23/07/2022
» Myanmar's human, social and natural capital have been "rapidly diminishing" after the 2021 military coup, explains Win Myo Thu, a respected environmental campaigner who, for over three decades, has been working with local communities for better access to land, forest, water, food and a clean environment.
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.
We can't just let Myanmar suffocate
Oped, Ye Myo Hein, Published on 21/07/2021
» Long queues of wailing Myanmar people wait daily outside Yangon's oxygen distribution depots -- with scant regard for social distancing -- to refill their oxygen cylinders needed for their relatives at home, suffering from Covid-19.
A parallel govt emerges post-coup
Oped, Larry Jagan, Published on 31/03/2021
» Myanmar's elected parliamentarians are openly challenging the country's coup leaders by declaring a parallel civilian government in the next few days. The timing corresponds with the official end of the current elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. They are also planning to establish a parallel administration throughout the country, challenging the military's coercive structures. One of the key intentions is to challenge the military's legitimacy and credibility internationally and make the country ungovernable.
We'll keep protesting however we can
Oped, May Nyein Chan, Published on 25/03/2021
» They are street protesters and keyboard warriors, as well as hospital and bank staff and teachers with the civil disobedience movement. Some are night guards watching over their neighbourhoods, while others have been preparing food for protesters, day after day. They provide shelter to young protesters hunted down by security forces, and they have been arrested, shot and killed.
Peoples' power versus military might
Oped, Larry Jagan, Published on 25/02/2021
» Millions and millions of protesters swarmed onto the streets throughout Myanmar earlier this week in an overwhelming rejection of the military's seizure of power. Despite dire threats and warnings from the country's coup leader, the army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, marchers thronged the thoroughfares even in small towns to demonstrate their deep support for democracy and their rejection of the coup.
Crisis deepens, violence fears grow
Oped, Larry Jagan, Published on 11/02/2021
» Myanmar's political crisis is deepening rapidly, raising fears of an imminent violent confrontation between the military and pro-democracy protesters. Every day hundreds and thousands continue to demonstrate their refusal to accept the military coup. In the past few days, the military have begun a concerted crackdown: using water cannons, riot police charges and shooting above the crowd's heads to scare them.
Beijing frets over political upheaval in Nay Pyi Taw
Oped, Nian Peng, Published on 05/02/2021
» China's response to the military coup in Myanmar has been considered as moderate by the western media. This is based on Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin's statement, saying he hoped all sides in Myanmar can appropriately handle their differences under the constitution and legal framework and safeguard political and social stability.