Conscription
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Myanmar junta administrators preparing lists of women for conscription
Locals and sources close to regime-appointed administrators said they have begun to collect women’s information for recruitment purposes, despite junta officials’ denials that there were any orders to do so
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Military failing to find sufficient recruits despite conscription
The military regime’s top defence official directed officers to take stronger measures to enforce the conscription law, vowing severe penalties for those who evade mandatory service
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Kidnapped and conscripted: Rohingya taken from Bangladesh refugee camps, handed over to Myanmar military
Young Rohingya men and their relatives describe how local militias are forcing them across borders to fight for the same military that made them refugees
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Man selected for conscription into Myanmar military kills himself
Neighbours say they found the 25-year-old, a resident of Taungoo, Bago Region who had been randomly selected for mandatory military service, after his apparent suicide by hanging
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Myanmar army forces Rohingya, Muslim conscripts to work at Chinese-backed development projects in Rakhine State
After subjecting young men in the Kyauktalone displaced persons’ camp to military training, the army is now using them as a captive labour force, assigning them to stand guard and dig ditches at the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone
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