Yangon Region
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
The authorities fed the prisoners at Insein with just enough food to keep them alive and little more.
On how being young and out on the street could be grounds for suspicion and arrest in today's Myanmar
"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
A reporter on the anxious, foreboding dreams that haunt her at night
These illustrations of hands are a tribute - and a symbol - of our ongoing revolution and the importance of helping each other.
If you choose to continue working as a journalist within the country, there is no guarantee on your life.
I think of my friends who used to come here. I miss them and wonder when I will see them again
A former journalist who is now exiled looks back at the days of mass protests followed by mass arrests last year
On the one-year anniversary of the coup, I was away from my family - I had to escape and leave my two children behind
"If there is any chance for us to bring our hopes and dreams for our country to fruition, we need to find something other than ghosts to unite us."
A politically active Shan-Karen professional looks back on the day she left Myanmar, not knowing when she will see her home again
Despite the grim events of the past 12 months, an exiled reporter who had to flee Myanmar remains hopeful
We went from staying at home waiting for Covid to be over, to staying at home because our lives were not secure anymore.
We at the Kites Tales believe it is more important than ever to give a voice to ordinary people
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...
A 24-year-old Rohingya student has had apologies from some fellow Burmese protesters for the treatment of the Rohingya but still feels nervous.
