The Shadow of Death Penalty
More than three decades after the last executions, the junta announced the renewed implementation of the death penalty.
Junta Burning Upper Burma
A woman in her sixties, wearing a hat and a worn-out sweater, is weeping heavily as she is leaning against a wall. She sits on the ground, in the middle of fuming ashes, metal poles, pieces of the zinc roof of a house and charcoaled woods from the burned house scattered all over the […]
Colorful Resistance and Regional Solidarity
From April 26th to May 8th, 2022, the exhibition “Stand for Democracy in Myanmar” was organized at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center (BACC) by SEA-Junction and Art for Human rights. The colorful artworks showed solidarity from international artistic communities with the people in Myanmar and that resistance has no boundary. “In 1962, my country […]
A Month of Unity for Burmese and Thai Workers
May 1st, 2022 // As mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become too risky in Myanmar since March 2021, hundreds of Burmese migrant workers used the May Day strike tradition to take to the streets of downtown Bangkok. They protested against the coup d’Etat in their native country and requested dignified working conditions in their host country, where they are subjected to regular abuse and exploitation for decades.
The Fuel Crisis
PWIN OO LWIN, MANDALAY REGION // Early morning, the rumor of a vast fuel shortage started spreading across the whole country and crowds of consumers took petrol stations by storm. “I don’t know who the hell said that fuel delivery will be interrupted. I couldn’t rest the whole day because of that rumor. All morning […]
Read the Zine “From Our Place to the Frontline”
From Our Place to the Frontline ငါတို့နေရာမှ ရှေ့တန်းသို့ a new outlet written by striking students from Yangon university in collaboration with Fulbright University Vietnam students who felt deeply affected by the situation in Myanmar. The free-to-read online magazine features creative writing and interviews of highschoolers who left their education for revolution, a young aspiring teacher […]
The Dangers of Thingyan
YANGON // The beginning of the annual New Year festivities has been marred by many protests and warnings this year. Thingyan is the traditional Burmese New Year celebration and a water play festival held in the month of Tagu, which corresponds to April, in most Southeast Asian countries. “For three or four days in April, […]
Exam Papers Gone in Smoke
HAKHA // In Chin State’s capital Hakha, sacks of paper were scattered on the sun-burned grass of Yonetaung Valley. Just two days ahead of the nationwide university’s entrance exam, the helicopter that was bringing the Grade 10 exam papers crashed down according to The Chindwin. The helicopter was hit by strong wind at the hilltop […]
Our Photo Exhibition at the Movies that Matter Film Festival
We are proud to announce that we had a successful photo exhibition that ran from March 22nd – April 16th, 2022 at the Atrium City Hall in the Hague, the Netherlands as part of the Movies that Matter Festival. We showed a collection of photos, artworks and our short documentary under the theme “Protesting Through […]
From Ukraine to Myanmar : Reflections on crime against humanity
Laung Lone, Dawei // “Slava Ukraini!”, shouted a young Burmese revolutionary in a video clip aimed at the international community. Behind him, a group of like-minded people were holding signs with blue and yellow flags to show solidarity with the Ukrainians and repeated firmly “Glory to Ukraine”. On February 24th, 2022, the Russian invasion of […]