Resistance Diaries: Life after the Myanmar coup
This is the age when young people should be following their passions and hobbies, not dying or killing others.
"I fear for my physical security. But I don’t want to give up my journalistic work."
How a journey to see an ailing parent took four months instead of one week
With every victory, we move closer toward the light of dawn.
The life of an unwillingly exiled
People with chronic diseases depend on family and friends to get vital medicines in prison, where healthcare is often withheld
A young Muslim university student who is now working in the medical corps for the PDF
The authorities fed the prisoners at Insein with just enough food to keep them alive and little more.
Whenever I feel down, I would revive my spirits by reminding myself of people who were resisting the dictatorship in various ways.
“I want my children to go to school so I was hoping they’d be able to study. But when we got here, we realised it’s not safe here either.”
After the coup, journalists were designated as criminals. There are also a lot of threats on social media. But getting rid of that reporting bug is...
This war transformed our lives and it reshaped our city. (The people) dug trenches throughout the city and in the countryside. The idea was that...
He wanted to be a gold medalist in traditional boxing. But the military destroyed that dream.
On how being young and out on the street could be grounds for suspicion and arrest in today's Myanmar
For many people in Myanmar today, the biggest concern is to make ends meet. People are preoccupied with survival.
"If the military had not seized power, he would not be (in prison). Our family would not be on the run like this either."
A call to action from a veteran healthcare professional helping severely injured Myanmar people on the Thai border
"I was overcome with worry for my friend. And at the same time, I was also frightened about my own safety."
As a group of friends meet for the first time since the coup, a young woman talks about the frightening incidents that forced her out of her job
while it may look like things are calm and peaceful in the Shan State capital at the moment, there are spies everywhere.
There are many cases of women having to give birth on the run and babies losing their lives due to lack of healthcare and transport.
If I’m out and about and witness something, I fear I would still be arrested even if I turned back just for being in the vicinity.
Journalists can no longer help each other socially. The connection we used to have among us has been severed.
A reporter on the anxious, foreboding dreams that haunt her at night
