No Mercy No Media for Political Prisoners in Rakhine
The junta’s recent actions risk provoking the restarting of an active conflict. Although the SAC released more than 7000 prisoners for Independence Day across the country, not a single political prisoner from Rakhine was included. Moreover the junta threatened families not to talk to the media about their relatives being arrested.
The March of Myanmar Women
Chiang Mai, North Thailand // On International Women’s Day, the city hosted the first Myanmar’s Women’s summit by the Thanakha International Gender Tekkatho. The Old Town streets were taken by women and their allies for an inclusive rally.
After two years of darkness, a Sagaing village goes up in flames
Two years after the coup d’Etat, people from a village in Sagaing Division told their stories of struggling to access electricity and Internet. Three weeks later, the village was burned to the ground by junta soldiers.
Myanmar Youth Seeks Japan as a Work and Study Eldorado
Eight out of ten young people are trying to flee the country, crippled by worsening insecurity and precariousness. Early this year, thousands of them got the results of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) they passed in the hope of being allowed to study and work there.
Energy, Money, and Security: for whom?
Early 2022, the Yadana pipeline to supply Thailand with natural gas has been handed over from French TotalEnergies to Thai PTTEP. The Myanmar generals now rack up more profits than ever.
Hope for international support rise as US Senate passes Burma Act Bill
United States// After many years of attempting to pass a version of the “Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022” (as known as BURMA ACT), both houses of the U.S. Congress have finally passed the bill. This welcomed development comes after multiple failed attempts in 2019 and 2021. On December 16th, President Biden […]
Poetry // About Fear, Anger & Resistance
A powerful collection of poems by a Southeast Asian youth for her Myanmar friends.
SEA youths express “Grief, Loss and Human Rights”
“I think we are all entitled to grief, don’t you think?” asked Southeast asian youths through artworks displayed in Yuwana Zine #7 and Exhibition. To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10th 2022, the ASEAN Youth Forum (AYF) collective organized two art exhibitions in Jakarta and Bangkok to showcase poetry, essays and illustrations created […]
The women fighting on the eastern frontline
Despite the risks, hundreds of women choose to join resistance fighters’s groups after the military coup, united in their outrage as well as their commitment to a democratic and non-discriminatory future for Myanmar.
Asian summits shut eyes to dirty business in Myanmar
Bangkok, Thailand – Pot lids and umbrellas, symbols of resistance in Myanmar, appeared in front of Thailand’s Prime Minister’s Office and United Nations headquarters as political leaders from the region gathered in the capital to discuss free trade zones and other economic issues. November was a month where numerous international meetings took place in Southeast […]