In-Depth
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Myanmar’s landmine clearers working with pliers and bare hands
Armed only with rudimentary tools, anti-regime groups undertake the painstaking task of removing mines left behind by retreating junta soldiers
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After fleeing the war at home, refugees from Myanmar are now trapped in India’s conflict
Violent nationalism in India’s border state of Manipur has been supercharged by the Myanmar coup, with refugees branded as illegal immigrants and terrorists
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Junta fills coffers with private bank magnates’ bond purchases
Private domestic banks, whose assets consist largely of money deposited by ordinary Myanmar citizens, are effectively using the public’s money to fund the military council’s war effort
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Thayarwaddy Prison, Myanmar’s ‘hell for political prisoners’
For nearly a century, the notorious detention centre in Bago Region has been a symbol of successive regimes’ oppression
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The Age of Urban Insurgency in Myanmar?
It is impossible to predict where urban resistance to military rule will head, but the justness of operating in towns and cities is eroded when ordinary people suffer, David Scott Mathieson writes
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