protests
Even with the latest tragedy on Oct 23, Hpakant residents continued to express their opposition to the coup regime.
These illustrations of hands are a tribute - and a symbol - of our ongoing revolution and the importance of helping each other.
I think of my friends who used to come here. I miss them and wonder when I will see them again
When I appeared on the wanted list, I knew I had to escape. There is still a lot to do from outside the prison walls
A former journalist who is now exiled looks back at the days of mass protests followed by mass arrests last year
A Kayin teacher in Myeik was the first person in her village to take part in CDM, determined not to live under dictatorship again
The prominent display of women's longyis on International Women's Day in a socially conservative country like Myanmar gave Linn "chills"
In the normally vibrant Yangon neighbourhood of Sanchaung, police went door-to-door last week detaining and beating people. This medical student...
Linn and her family hide in the darkness at home as gunshots from soldiers ring out across the city, in a night of terror in Yangon
Linn, 28, is from Myanmar’s Shan State but lives and works in Yangon. This is her resistance diary.
An ethnic environmental lawyer taking part in protests in Yangon hopes this can be an opportunity to heal the country’s divisions and create a...
On one of the bloodiest days since the military seized power, a 39-year-old teacher in Hpa An explains why she refuses to work under the junta
A 24-year-old Rohingya student has had apologies from some fellow Burmese protesters for the treatment of the Rohingya but still feels nervous.
A medical specialist in Yangon tells The Kite Tales of the agonising decision to leave their patients to join the civil disobedience movement (CDM)
This 25-year-old Kachin protester in Myitkyina hoped to study abroad this year, but now his priority is to protest the coup.
Born in Kachin but raised in Yangon, this 23-year-old says the hurt felt across Myanmar echoes the pain caused by the army in minority areas
A government worker explains why she joined the civil disobedience movement and says there is an intergenerational struggle against the military
A 27-year-old in Myitkyina, Kachin State tells the Kite Tales about her hopes and fears for the protests.
